nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hoser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hose + -er. The Canadian senses originally derive from hose (“to siphon gasoline from automobile gas tanks”), in reference to farmers who siphoned gas from farming vehicles; they were later reinforced by use to describe the players on the losing side of a game of shinny or hockey, who were required to hose down the rink to return it to a smooth state, and ultimately popularized in the 1980s by a sketch on the television show Second City Television, in which Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas played Bob and Doug McKenzie, who used the term as an insult for each other. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ̯zə/, [ˈhəʊ̯zə], /ˈhɵʊ̯zə/, [ˈhɵ̞ʊ̯zə], /ˈhoʊ̯zɚ/ 1. One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose. Example: […] they found one of the neighbors hosing down the area. He was pretty resistant when the cops told him to turn off the hose. The hoser gave the cops a statement, […] Example: Membership [in early Russian fire departments] included the mayor, a retired general, a teacher at a school for artists, a merchant, at least sixteen duma members, and teams of hosers, climbers, and security guards. 2. One that hoses, i.e. hurts someone badly. Labels: slang Example: All three of these are blue-hosers. Every color in Magic has cards specifically designed to hurt it. Against many of the hosers, you can't really do much; the best strategy is simply not to rely too much on a single color. 3. A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment. Labels: Canada, slang 4. A person who hoses down a lake after a game of ice hockey, to return it to a smooth state. Labels: Canada, slang 5. A clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks. Labels: Canada, slang Example: We bet you know lots of hosers, eh. And you want to help them not be hosers. Example: This brings me to the second, more interesting genre of Canadian TV drama, one focused on what can be summarized as “hosers, whores, boozers, and losers.” 6. A Canadian. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: imperial decree Part of Speech: noun 1. A decree issued by a sovereign.
Word: ludo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Ludo. Labels: alt-of
Word: beggarware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English beggar Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English beggarware From beggar + -ware. 1. freeware that encourages the user to make an optional donation to its author Labels: uncountable
Word: inherent power Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the powers that are given to a national government.
Word: mouthguard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouth + guard. 1. A device that fits into the mouth over one or both arches of the teeth and usually made of plastic. Such devices may protect against injury during sport or fighting or may serve a medical purpose. Labels: US
Word: sika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 鹿 (shika, “deer”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkə/ 1. Cervus nippon, a deer found in the forests of East Asia
Word: sika Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkə/ 1. A traditional Bangladeshi hanging basket Example: In the past sikas were made within the family and its purchase and sale was not so noticeable.
Word: tomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Displaced native Old English þrūh. The verb is from Middle English tomben. Pronunciation: /tuːm/, /tum/, /ʈumb/ 1. A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. 2. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited. Labels: broadly Example: As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. 3. One who keeps secrets. Example: I never told anyone about it. You're the first, except Ivan, of course—Ivan knows everything. He knew about it long before you. But Ivan's a tomb. 4. Death (literary) Example: I'll go to the tomb unrepentant.
Word: tomb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Displaced native Old English þrūh. The verb is from Middle English tomben. Pronunciation: /tuːm/, /tum/, /ʈumb/ 1. To bury. Labels: transitive
Word: plano Part of Speech: adj 1. Of lenses: flat; having no curvature; not serving to correct the vision. Labels: not-comparable Example: Plano lenses may be used to protect the eyes from ultraviolet light.
Word: Q quotient Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Q score.
Word: quiescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quiescent + -ence, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia, from quiescens, present participle of quiesco, from quies. Pronunciation: /kwiˈɛsəns/ 1. The state of being quiescent; dormancy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place. Example: The man does not theologize; he does not contemplate; he does not envision the full possibilities of the occasion. His one act is belly-oriented, and it is an act of quiescence, not of initiative. 2. Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence. 4. The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: redskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + skin. References to indigenous Americans' skin being red can be found from the 1580s, although not consistently (another European in 1584 described indigenous Americans as "yellowish"); in some cases the reference may be not to their skin color per se but to their painting themselves with red paint. A letter ostensibly from 1699, which was formerly cited as the earliest reference to "red skins", was not published until 1900 and is now recognized as fake. The earliest documented instance of the term "redskin" is from a 1769 discussion between the Piankeshaw and John Wilkins, this and other early uses appear to be translating terms meaning red + skin, flesh, or people that the tribes of the Illinois / Mississippi Valley area used to refer to themselves when communicating with the French (who translated such terms as French peau-rouge) and with English-speakers (whence redskin). Piecewise doublet of Rauðskinna. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdˌskɪn/ 1. A Native American. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: redskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + skin, from skinhead. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdˌskɪn/ 1. An anticapitalist skinhead. Example: The Red & Anarchist Skinheads, a left‐wing splinter of the SHARP group, formed in 1993. It grew out of influences from the redskin culture in England.
Word: recovery time objective Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of time within which a business process must be restored after a disruption in order to avoid unacceptable consequences.
Word: top shelf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * (US: best, or high quality): Possibly from the higher quality, thus more expensive, thus less often used liquors being stored on the less accessible top shelf behind a wet bar. * (British: material with adult content): Such material is often stored on the top shelf in a newsagent's shop, where it is both less visible and harder to reach without being seen. 1. Best, or high quality. Labels: US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I bought a bottle of top shelf whiskey. 2. Describing books, magazines, or movies that have adult content or softcore pornography. Labels: UK, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Most of the band used to buy Autotrader to read on the various bus and plane journeys, but Barry would always turn up with a copy of Underwear Unlimited or some other seedy little top-shelf mag.
Word: top shelf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (US: best, or high quality): Possibly from the higher quality, thus more expensive, thus less often used liquors being stored on the less accessible top shelf behind a wet bar. * (British: material with adult content): Such material is often stored on the top shelf in a newsagent's shop, where it is both less visible and harder to reach without being seen. 1. The upper part of the goal. Labels: Canada
Word: toxidrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of toxic + syndrome. 1. A syndrome induced by a toxin.
Word: nova remnant Part of Speech: noun 1. The ejected material left behind by novae.
Word: manifestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English manifestacion, manyfestacion, manyfestacioun, from Late Latin manifestātiō. In the political sense, a semantic loan from French manifestation. By surface analysis, manifest + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən/, /ˌmænɪfəˈsteɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of becoming manifest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The last known manifestation of the ghost was over ten years ago. Example: Rather, the genuinely historical lies in the appearing of the phenomenalizing cogitatio, an appearing that does not refer back to pregivennesses; that is, the genuinely historical lies in the manifestation of noetic-noematic consciousness. 2. The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying. Example: Both brides and grooms in native Hawaiian tradition wear flower garlands as a physical manifestation of their love for one another, and to some, the twining of the stems is reflective of two families now becoming one. A more tourist-friendly version established in the past couple of decades involves winding the leis around the couple’s hands to bind them together. 3. The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A political demonstration or protest. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: The nationalist parties were also busy during the whole of April preparing a manifestation for the 3rd of May, the centennial anniversary of the “constitution of 1791.” Example: “The Printers Union published a communique branding General Radescu and those who took part in the manifestation as ‘fascists.’” 6. Willing something into existence (see manifest (verb)). Labels: also, countable, slang, uncountable Example: I don't believe in manifestation.
Word: mediopassive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From medio- + passive. 1. Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whereas the function of the passive voice is to remove the agent from the discussion of a transitive activity, the function of the mediopassive voice is to discuss an event in a way which explicitly denies the involvement of an initiating agent. Example: Until about 1900 the r-element attached to mediopassive endings was merely regarded as a marginal feature peculiar to Halo-Celtic; it was taken as evidence for Italo-Celtic because it was supposed to be an innovation of these two groups.
Word: mediopassive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From medio- + passive. 1. A mediopassive construction; a phrase that uses the mediopassive voice. Example: A systematic study of mediopassive sell in the BNC (Figure 6) confirms that – at least for this verb – the constraint seems to hold: the vast majority of mediopassives with sell contain some kind of modification, namely 92.2%. Example: More importantly, it is highly context dependent: (a) certain text types (such as advertising copy) seem to license bare mediopassives more than others (see Section 6.4.1), (b) contextually implied contrast may enable an inherent property reading of a bare mediopassive (see Sections 6.4.2.1 and 6.4.2.2), or the verb itself might foster bare mediopassive use (this seems to be the case with denominal verbs like zip, button, bolt, or clamp, see Goldberg and Ackerman 2001: 806).
Word: rumination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminate. Pronunciation: /ˌɹuːmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Deep thought or consideration. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Amid these internal battles is a clear vision of the chaotic world outside, too; ‘Bless The Bold Future’ is a nuanced rumination on the dangers of bringing new life onto a planet in turmoil 3. Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mediasphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English media Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English mediasphere From media + -sphere. 1. The collective ecology of the world's media, including newspapers, journals, television, radio, books, novels, advertising, press releases, publicity and the blogosphere; any and all media both broadcast and published.
Word: meridional ray Part of Speech: noun 1. A ray that passes through the axis of the optical fiber.
Word: mixed inhibition Part of Speech: noun 1. A mode of enzyme inhibition that includes components of both competitive and uncompetitive inhibition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: morphic unit Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of form, organization or arrangement of any size.
Word: MYA Part of Speech: symbol 1. million years ago: megayears ago.
Word: pantology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From panto- + -logy. 1. A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge or a work of universal information Labels: uncountable
Word: parage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English parage, from Old French parage, perage, from pair (“equal”) + -age. Doublet of peerage. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɛɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: at souper the knyght sat syr Beumayns afore the damoisel / Fy fy said she syr knyghte ye are vncurtoys to sette a kechyn page afore me hym bysemeth better to stycke a swyne than to sytte afore a damoysel of hyhe parage / thenne the knyght was ashamed atte her wordes / and took hym vp / and sette hym at asyde bord / and sette hym self afore hym / and soo al that nyght they had good chere and mery reste 2. A feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers, and equality in the portions of an inheritance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A woman's marriage portion or dowry. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: projecting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ/ 1. Sticking out. Labels: not-comparable Example: I caught and tore my coat on the projecting nail. 2. Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence. Labels: not-comparable
Word: projecting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of project Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: projecting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is projected. Example: The movie projector here is, of course, an analog of Soul, and its projectings (abstracting from the movie screen on which they fall) analogs of Soul's ontically generative activities. 2. A projecting part. Example: The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […] 3. Assumption of qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality; projection.
Word: protraction Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being protracted. Labels: uncountable 2. The act of protracting. Labels: countable 3. The lengthening of a short syllable. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An anterior movement on the horizontal plane; The forward movement of the tongue or of a limb. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act of making a plot on paper. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: proxy representative Part of Speech: noun 1. a person authorized to act on behalf of another
Word: install Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”). Cognate with Old High German stal (“location, stall”), Old English steall (“position, stall”), Old English onstellan (“to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of”), Middle High German anstalt (“institute”), German anstellen (“to conduct, employ”), German einstellen (“to set, adjust, position”), Dutch aanstellen (“to appoint, commission, institute”), Dutch instellen (“to set up, establish”). More at in, stall. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɔːl/, /ɪnˈstoːl/, /ɪnˈstɔl/, /ɪnˈstɑl/, /ɪnˈstɒl/ 1. To connect, set up or prepare something for use Labels: transitive Example: Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion." Example: Each TBM installs two-metre-wide rings made up of seven precast concrete segments produced on-site. Each ring takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour to install. 2. To connect, set up or prepare something for use Labels: transitive Example: I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs. 3. To admit formally into an office, rank or position. Labels: transitive Example: He was installed as Chancellor of the University. Example: My husband rented a small, comfortable house, and I was installed as its mistress. 4. To establish or settle in. Labels: reflexive, sometimes, transitive Example: I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire. Example: At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.
Word: install Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”). Cognate with Old High German stal (“location, stall”), Old English steall (“position, stall”), Old English onstellan (“to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of”), Middle High German anstalt (“institute”), German anstellen (“to conduct, employ”), German einstellen (“to set, adjust, position”), Dutch aanstellen (“to appoint, commission, institute”), Dutch instellen (“to set up, establish”). More at in, stall. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɔːl/, /ɪnˈstoːl/, /ɪnˈstɔl/, /ɪnˈstɑl/, /ɪnˈstɒl/ 1. An installation: the process of installing a software application. Labels: informal Example: The install takes a long time, but you can run it in the background while working on other things. 2. An installation: a software application that has been installed. Labels: informal Example: I've customized my local install; the out-of-the-box version looks a bit different.
Word: pung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan. Pronunciation: /pʌŋ/ 1. A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse. Labels: Canada, US Example: […] they all crowded into the big pung sleigh, among straw and furry robes.
Word: pung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 碰 (pung³). Pronunciation: /pʌŋ/ 1. A set of three identical tiles. 2. A call for forming such a set using a discarded tile.
Word: pung Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pʌŋ/ 1. simple past and past participle of ping Labels: Internet, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: lemniscate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1781; borrowed from New Latin lēmniscāta (figūra), substantivized from lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”), from lēmniscus (“a sort of ribbon”). Pronunciation: /lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/, /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/ 1. A closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞). 2. The lemniscate of Bernoulli 3. Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.
Word: sheriff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English shirreve, in turn inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛɹɪf/, /ˈʃɛɹəf/ 1. (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties. Labels: UK 2. A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom. Labels: Scotland 3. A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected. Labels: US
Word: sheriff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English shirreve, in turn inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛɹɪf/, /ˈʃɛɹəf/ 1. To carry out the duties of a sheriff. Labels: transitive
Word: infancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English infancie, from Latin īnfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfənsi/ 1. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being an infant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An early stage in the development of anything. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Space tourism is still in its infancy. Example: It was in November, 1932, in an endeavour to reduce working costs, that the first diesel railcar was introduced, and it was a far-sighted move on the part of Mr. D. N. McClure, for diesel propulsion on railways was then more or less in its infancy. 4. The state of being a minor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wary Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English wariness From wary + -ness. 1. vigilance or the condition of being alert Labels: uncountable, usually 2. precautionary forethought to avoid harm or risk Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: warlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From war + -like. Compare the older warly. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔɹlaɪk/, /ˈwɔːlaɪk/ 1. Hostile and belligerent. Example: “I see a somewhat warlike atmosphere. Silence can say many things,” a driver from eastern Caracas told CNN, asking not to be identified for security reasons. 2. Martial, bellicose or militaristic. Example: Doubt not my Lord and gratious Soueraigne, But Tamburlaine, and that Tartarian rout, Shall either periſh by our warlike hands, Or plead for mercie at your highneſſe feet. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
Word: warm-hearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Amicable and friendly. 2. Kind, sympathetic, and generous.
Word: warmhearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of warm-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This new play by Gunnar Branson and Marc Silvia has a lot going for it--a warmhearted and detailed script about a 1940 radio broadcast (much like The 1940's Radio Hour), a sharp and energetic ten-member cast, and the right screwball pacing to make it work.
Word: warmonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + monger. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə/, /ˈwoɹˌmɑŋ.ɡɚ/, /-ˌmʌŋ.ɡɚ/ 1. Someone who advocates war to an enthusiastic or ardent degree. Labels: derogatory Example: Wham! Overnight he [Dwight D. Eisenhower] became a warmonger. Example: Do you hear revolution's call? / Time to fight our own denial / Warmongers keep us locked in fear / Invoke the past, a moment of tears / An ugly truth put forth by our youth / Under the threat of patriotic brute / So use your rage / It is a weapon we now must engage / Let trumpets sound our call / Or by their lies we will fall 2. A mercenary soldier. Example: With that, out of his bouget forth he drew Great ſtore of treaſure, therewith him to tempt; But he on it lookt ſcornefully askew, As much diſdeigning to be ſo miſdempt, Or a war-monger to be baſely nempt;
Word: warmonger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From war + monger. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə/, /ˈwoɹˌmɑŋ.ɡɚ/, /-ˌmʌŋ.ɡɚ/ 1. To advocate war. Labels: derogatory, intransitive Example: Harmsworth's Daily Mail had warmongered for over twenty years.
Word: warpath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + path. 1. The route taken by a party of Native Americans going on a warlike expedition. Labels: historical Example: He went often to visit the spot where the women had buried her, and sat musing there, when, it was thought, by some of his friends, he would have done better to try to amuse himself in the chase, or by diverting his thoughts in the war-path. 2. A course of action that leads to battle or hostility. Labels: figuratively
Word: watch tower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of watchtower. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For my part, who can now no longer build chateaux even en Eſpagne, I find that Mowbray Caſtle, Graſmere Abbey, the caſtle of Rock-March, the caſtle of Hauteville, and Rayland Hall, have taken ſo many of my materials to conſtruct, that I have hardly a watch tower, a Gothic arch, a cedar parlour, or a long gallery, an illuminated window, or a ruined chapel, left to help myſelf. Example: They were interrupted by the entrance of a youth from one of the watch towers of the castle, who communicated intelligence that the army of the Yorkists was in sight.
Word: watchtower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English watch English tow Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tower English watchtower From watch + tower. 1. An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc. Example: A "watchtower" Website, keeping track of paedophile groups around the world, is expected to be up and running next year. The campaign will also liaise with law enforcement agencies around the world and share information on suspected Internet paedophiles. Example: Redcap - A malevolent goblin easily distinguishable by their namesake red cap, fiery red eyes, claws and iron boots. They often appear as little old men, but can run very fast despite the boots. They reside in castles and watchtowers along the English-Scottish border, but will move their residence to avoid detection.
Word: religious leader Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who is recognized by a religious body as having some authority within that body. Example: A group of religious leaders in Somaliland is behind an attempt to replace a progressive sexual offences law passed in 2018 with a revised version that protects rapists rather than survivors and allows child marriage. 2. The leader of a religious order. 3. In Catholicism, any of a number of individuals, including priests, cardinals, bishops, and the supreme pontiff.
Word: dwarves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dwarf Labels: form-of, plural Example: Then said Þriði: They took also his skull and made thereof heaven and set it up over the earth with four sides, and under each corner they set dwarves: they hight thus Austri, Vestri, Norþri, Suþri. Example: The belief in Dwarves as inhabitants of the interior of the earth and especially of large isolated rocks, was likewise a direct offshoot of the Asa-Mythology.
Word: significance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance. Pronunciation: /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/ 1. The extent to which something matters; importance Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial. Example: As the nudities and mythologies of the sixteenth century lost something of their vogue, the draperies acquired greater significance in the general effect; and the impression of agitation was accentuated by exaggerated flutters of wide-flung expanses of carved stuffs. 2. Meaning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the significance of her gesture was unclear
Word: insert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin insertus, past participle of inserō, from in- + serō (“join, bind together, connect, entwine, interweave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Compare exsert. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɜːt/, /ɪnˈsɝt/ 1. To put in between or into. Labels: transitive Example: In order to withdraw money from a cash machine, you have to insert your debit card. Example: To make your proof easier to understand, I recommend you insert a few more steps.
Word: insert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin insertus, past participle of inserō, from in- + serō (“join, bind together, connect, entwine, interweave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Compare exsert. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsɜːt/, /ˈɪnsɝt/ 1. An image inserted into text. 2. A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc. Example: This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper. 3. A mechanical component inserted into another. Example: a threaded insert 4. An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance. 5. A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule. 6. A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast. 7. A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene. Example: […] close-ups of her legs on the escalator, an insert of the emergency stop button (ARRET D'URGENCE), intercut close-ups of her glance and the cinema sign, […] 8. A diaper insert. Labels: informal 9. A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track. 10. A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode.
Word: hyphenate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḗm Proto-Indo-European *sémsder. Proto-Hellenic *hens Ancient Greek εἷς, μῐ́ᾰ, ἕν (heîs, mĭ́ă, hén) Ancient Greek ῠ̔φ’ ἕν (hŭph’ hén) Ancient Greek ῠ̔φέν (hŭphén)bor. Late Latin hyphenlbor. English hyphen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English hyphenate From hyphen + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪf(ə)ˌneɪt/ 1. to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line. Labels: transitive 2. to join words or syllables with a hyphen. Labels: transitive Example: you have to hyphenate his surname as it's double-barrelled
Word: hyphenate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḗm Proto-Indo-European *sémsder. Proto-Hellenic *hens Ancient Greek εἷς, μῐ́ᾰ, ἕν (heîs, mĭ́ă, hén) Ancient Greek ῠ̔φ’ ἕν (hŭph’ hén) Ancient Greek ῠ̔φέν (hŭphén)bor. Late Latin hyphenlbor. English hyphen English -ate English hyphenate From hyphen + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪfənət/ 1. A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter". 2. A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American". Example: We seem to have settled on African-American, and at first glance it certainly does seem logical. […] Not to mention what happens when hyphenates marry other hyphenates and have baby hyphenates.
Word: inflict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin īnflīctus, from in- + flīctus, past participle of īnflīgō (“to knock or strike against”), from in- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence in-). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflɪkt/ 1. To thrust upon; to impose. Example: They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession. Example: The enemy's artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy forces.
Word: barely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalent to bare + -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə.li/, /ˈbɛːlɪj/, /ˈbɛɹ.li/, /ˈbeɹ.li/, /ˈbeː.li/ 1. By a small margin. Labels: not-comparable Example: I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it. Example: It becomes, therefore, no inconsiderable part of science barely to know the different operations of mind, 2. Almost not at all. Labels: not-comparable Example: The plane is so far away now I can barely see it. Example: Yes, it is barely visible. 3. Recently, just now. Labels: not-comparable Example: I barely got to the store. 4. Merely. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Now that fire do's not alwayes barely separate the Elementary parts, but sometimes at least alter also the Ingredients of Bodies […] 5. Openly, clearly, plainly. Labels: comparable, rare Example: Firſt here is the Reſurrection of our Saviour barely and poſitively affirmed, whom God hath raiſed up. Example: And the same feeling appears in the following reign; in 1380 the commons petitioned against the plurality of wars; from time to time we have seen them vigorously endeavouring to limit, direct, and audit the expenditure on the wars, and even attempting to draw distinctions between the national and royal interests in the maintenance of the fortresses of Gascony and Brittany; but when the question is put barely before them they avoid committing themselves.
Word: amorist Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who is in love. 2. Someone who writes about love.
Word: profunda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin profunda, from prō + fundus (“bottom”). 1. A deep-seated artery, as of the arm, neck, or leg.
Word: pomo Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of postmodern. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: pomo Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of postmodernism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: arriver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English arrive Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English arriver From arrive + -er. 1. One who arrives; usually, one who arrives in a specified way. Example: Mr. Kaminsky tells precisely the same story — except with Mr. Beekman as the late arriver.
Word: sanguinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sanguinarie, from Latin sanguinārius. Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/, /ˈsæŋɡwɪnɛɹi/ 1. Involving bloodshed. Example: We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. Example: "[…] every one of which took its rise from some noble family that succeeded in grasping the purple after a sanguinary struggle." 2. Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty. Example: Passion […] makes us brutal and sanguinary. Example: "The defence set up for Mahomet is equally availing for every sanguinary and revengeful tyrant; […]" 3. Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood. Example: I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge […] Example: Here is the premeditation, the thrill, the strain of accumulating victory or disaster—and no smashed nor sanguinary bodies […], that we who are old enough to remember a real modern war know to be the reality of belligerence.
Word: sanguinary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sanguinarie, from Latin sanguinārius. Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/, /ˈsæŋɡwɪnɛɹi/ 1. A bloodthirsty person. 2. The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).
Word: jours Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɝz/, /ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of jour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laine Part of Speech: noun 1. an area of arable land at the foot of a hill
Word: plena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French plainebor. Spanish plenabor. English plena Borrowed from Spanish plena. 1. A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics. Labels: uncountable Example: This eclectic group is dedicated to preserving the Puerto Rican traditions of bomba and plena, two drum-focused (and African-derived) forms of traditional dance music. 2. A song in this style. Labels: countable
Word: plena Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plenum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/ 1. Clipping of rotogravure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 2. Clipping of rotisserie baseball. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Example: "But that's just not an exciting quote, so they put on that roto baseball guy saying disparaging things about fantasy football," Emil concedes, referring to a roto baseball expert that HBO interviewed for the piece[…] Example: Looking to find someone who has a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for Roto baseball. 3. Clipping of rotisserie sports. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
Word: roto Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/ 1. Clipping of rotoscope. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: roto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish roto. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/ 1. A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean. Labels: countable
Word: ses Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sess (sensimilla) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Hit the West, smoke some of that ses, you’ll probably pass out when it reach your dome. Example: [GDP] And I rest all day. And I stress all day. Smoke ses all day. I’m depressed all day.
Word: ses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of se Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incertitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French incertitude. 1. uncertainty, doubt, insecurity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unrequited love Part of Speech: noun 1. Love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired. Labels: uncountable Example: To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.
Word: revolutionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French révolutionnaire; equivalent to revolution + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, /ˌɹɛvəˈluːʃənɹi/, /-ˈljuː-/ 1. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution Example: revolutionary war Example: revolutionary measures 2. Of or pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset Example: a revolutionary new tool 3. Of or pertaining to something that revolves.
Word: revolutionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French révolutionnaire; equivalent to revolution + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, /ˌɹɛvəˈluːʃənɹi/, /-ˈljuː-/ 1. A revolutionist; a person who revolts. Example: "The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face.
Word: Pixar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Conceived as a faux-Spanish word meaning “to make pictures”. See pix (“pictures”) and Spanish -ar (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪks.ɑːɹ/, /ˈpɪks.ɑː/ 1. Pixar Animation Studios, a computer-generated imagery (CGI) company known for its animated films.
Word: externship Part of Speech: noun 1. An experiential learning opportunity, usually offered by a school, similar to an internship, but generally shorter in duration.
Word: press card Part of Speech: noun 1. A press or media credential issued as identification to newsgatherers who work professionally in media. The principal occupations covered are reporters and writers, photographers, film and video camera operators and crews and other broadcasting workers such as producers and researchers.
Word: ultraism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ultraism From ultra + -ism. 1. Radicalism or political extremism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We glory in such ultraism—the ultraism which says that “all men are created equal—[…]the ultraism which treats man as an intelligent and immortal being, and not as an article of merchandize and traffic—[…] Example: With all that tendency to ultraism said to prevail at present, it may be doubted whether evangelists might not even now be found who, though in health, would require no such license for such a liberty; […] 2. A Spanish poetic movement opposed to modernism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The eight young signers of this “Ultra manifesto” could not have known at the time how accurate and prescient their declaration was. Spanish ultraism, born as a movement with that document, would be distinguished, ironically, by its indiscriminate and eclectic borrowings from the other European vanguard tendencies.
Word: grr Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: [ɡɚːː] 1. Sound of an animal growl. 2. Expression of anger or disappointment. Example: Grr, life is not fair.
Word: etendue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French étendue (“area, expanse; size; extent, range, scale”), short for étendue géométrique (“geometric extent”). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.tɒnˈd(j)uː/, /ˌeɪ.tɑnˈdu/ 1. A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional area (normal to the direction of propagation) and the solid angle it subtends. Labels: uncountable Example: The topics include […] carefully outlining the concepts of etendue, finesse, and their theoretical implications; methods of spectral, spatial, temporal, and polarization discrimination; and application of these topics to search and track systems. Example: The light power transmitted to the detector is proportional to the product of the solid angle #92;mathit#123;#92;Omega#125; and area A in the central plane, which is imaged by the lens onto the aperture (often called the étendue U).
Word: philoprogenitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From philo- + progenitive. 1. Prolific, or producing many offspring. Example: The police mess had formerly been a maternity home for the wives of the Sultans of the state. Faded and tatty, peeling, floorboards eaten and unpolished, its philoprogenitive glory was a memory only. 2. Loving one's offspring.
Word: solid angle Part of Speech: noun 1. The three-dimensional analog of an angle, equivalent to the area of that portion of the surface of a unit sphere that it subtends.
Word: steeplechase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of steeple + chase, from horse races in 18th century Ireland in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːpəltʃeɪs/ 1. A horse race, either across open country, or over an obstacle course. Labels: UK 2. An athletics event in which the runners have to run 3000 metres round a track, jumping hurdles and a water obstacle along the way.
Word: steeplechase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of steeple + chase, from horse races in 18th century Ireland in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːpəltʃeɪs/ 1. To take part in a steeplechase event.
Word: Grand National Part of Speech: name 1. The premier steeplechase (horse race over fences) in the United Kingdom
Word: prelate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French prelat (French prélat), from Medieval Latin praelātus, perfect passive participle of praeferō (“to carry before, prefer, exceed”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of prefer. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛlət/ 1. A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop. Example: Hear him but reason in divinity, […] / You would desire the king were made a prelate. Example: ’Tis acknowledg’d on all hands, ſays that learned Prelate, that the Authority, either of the Scripture or of Tradition, is founded merely on the Teſtimony of the Apoſtles, who were Eye-witneſſes to thoſe Miracles of our Saviour, by which he prov’d his divine Miſſion.
Word: prelate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French prelat (French prélat), from Medieval Latin praelātus, perfect passive participle of praeferō (“to carry before, prefer, exceed”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of prefer. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛlət/ 1. (obsolete) To act as a prelate. Labels: intransitive Example: 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.