nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: highland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hy laund, holond (“highland, upland”), from Old English hēahland (“highland”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauhaland, *hauhalandī; equivalent to high + land. Cognate with Scots hieland (“highland”), Dutch hoogland (“highland”), German Hochland (“highland”), Danish højland (“highland”), Swedish högland (“highland”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.lənd/, /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/ 1. A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas. Example: Near-synonyms: upland, upcountry Example: The highlands of the Swiss Alps are home to many unique flowers.
Word: skinned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English skin Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English skinned From skin (noun) + -ed (“having”). Pronunciation: /skɪnd/ 1. Having skin. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having skin. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: Kiwi: Kiwi fruits are imported from New Zealand. Sometimes called Chinese gooseberries, these brown fuzzy-skinned fruits will be soft to the touch, like an avocado, when ripe. To serve this fruit, peel and slice. 3. Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skinned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From skin (“to remove skin”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses). Pronunciation: /skɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of skin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skinned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skin (“to remove skin”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses). Pronunciation: /skɪnd/ 1. Having skin (or similar outer layer) totally or partially removed. Labels: not-comparable Example: My skinned knuckles hurt until the scrape healed. 2. Stripped of money or property. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: aad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Regional form of old (compare auld), from Northern Middle English ald (southern old). Pronunciation: /ɑːd/ 1. old Labels: Geordie Example: He’s aad codger.
Word: aad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism. 1. Initialism of active acoustic device; active acoustical device. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of advanced ammunition depot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of alloxazine adenine dinucleotide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of antibiotics-associated diarrhea. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: midland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land. 1. The region of a country not near the borders; the interior. Example: The City of Daejeon: the capital of Choongnam Province in the midland of Korea, now it is expanded to be a Metropolitan City.
Word: midland Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land. 1. Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subcommittee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin committōbor. Middle English committen English commit English -ee English committee English subcommittee From sub- + committee. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/ 1. A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members. Example: The society's museum sub-committee is aiming to gather narrow-gauge railway exhibits from throughout the British Isles, and further accommodation will be provided to house the growing collection. Example: Have you ever seen the televised St. Vitus subcommittee prize
Word: cooperative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English operative English cooperative From co- + operative. Pronunciation: /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/, /kɔˈɑp.ɹətɪv/, /kɔˈap.ɹətɪv/ 1. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate. Example: The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment. Example: Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011). 2. Involving cooperation between individuals or parties. Example: a cooperative game Example: a cooperative business enterprise 3. Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
Word: cooperative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English operative English cooperative From co- + operative. Pronunciation: /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/, /kɔˈɑp.ɹətɪv/, /kɔˈap.ɹətɪv/ 1. A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Example: The head of an agricultural producers’ cooperative in Chien-shih county of Hupei Province lectured his peasant wife: “To gain emancipation, women must do production work just like men.” Example: Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.
Word: slaty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slate Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English slaty From slate + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsleɪti/ 1. Resembling the rock slate. Example: Their faces and hands were yellow as saffron; their small and slaty eyes were set obliquely beneath lashless lids; and their thin lips, which smiled eternally, were crooked. as the blades of scimitars. 2. Of a light grey colour as slate. Example: But snow had now begun to fall out of a forbiddingly slaty-grey sky, and this seemed to depress both engine and crew.
Word: subroutine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English routine English subroutine From sub- + routine. 1. A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task. Example: Holonyms: routine, program, app, application
Word: stakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /steɪks/ 1. plural of stake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /steɪks/ 1. The money wagered in gambling Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Risks Labels: plural, plural-only Example: These are the stakes: to make a world in which all of God's children can live or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die. Vote for President Johnson on November 3rd. The stakes are too high for you to stay home. Example: Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.
Word: stakes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /steɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: anti-caking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + caking. 1. Used to prevent a powder from forming a solid block or cake. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kiddie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kid + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdi/, [ˈkʰɪɾi], [ˈkʰɘɾiː] 1. A child. Labels: attributive, often, slang Example: The kiddie pool was shallow so the children would be safe, which meant it was much warmer than the adult pool. Example: C. S. Lewis first made kiddie lit a respectable field of study.
Word: -ock Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ock, -ok, -uk, -uck, from Old English -oc, -uc (diminutive suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-uk, from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (diminutive suffix). Akin to Old Saxon -ik (diminutive suffix), German -ich, Middle Low German -ken (diminutive suffix), Middle Dutch -kin, Old Norse -kr (diminutive suffix). More at -kin. 1. Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense. Labels: morpheme Example: hillock, haddock, bullock, Drillock, ballock, maddock, paddock
Word: kanny Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkæni/ 1. Alternative spelling of canny. Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: Daphne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæfni/ 1. A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus. Labels: Greek Example: Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; / Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; / The dove pursues the griffin 2. 41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid. 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: My wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty.
Word: suggilated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suggilate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pickthank Part of Speech: noun 1. A sycophant; one who meddles, tattles, informs (often in order to curry favour). Labels: attributive, sometimes Example: [T]he Dogge nuſling his noſe vnder the necke of the Deare, the Wolfe glad to let the Lambe lye vpon hym to kéepe him warme, the Lyon ſuffering the Aſſe to caſt hys legge ouer him: preferring one honeſt vnmannerly friende, before a number of croutching picke-thankes. Example: This Dodger is mine uncle’s parasite, The arrant’st varlet that e’er breathed on earth; He sets more discord in a noble house By one day’s broaching of his pickthank tales, Than can be salved again in twenty years […]
Word: tyek Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tjɛk/ 1. To take. Labels: Geordie Example: Heor pet, tyek this stotty for yer bait theday.
Word: bicorne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bicorne, from Latin bicornis. Doublet of bicorn. 1. Alternative form of bicorn (“two-cornered hat”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For some he was—and remains—the romantic embodiment of the French Enlightenment, the champion of religious freedom and a progressive to the tips of his bicorne hat.
Word: tabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tabs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tab Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cigarettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cigarette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cigarettes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cigarette Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blonde moment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From common jokes about supposedly dumb blondes. 1. A momentary lapse in concentration, resulting in an embarrassing situation. Labels: humorous
Word: projector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project + -or. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒektə/ 1. Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something. Example: So far is it from the kenne of theſe wretched projectors of ours that beſcraull their Pamflets every day with new formes of government for our Church. Example: [A]s the Doctor neither did this, nor yet sent him an answer, the projector wrote a second letter […]. 2. An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. 3. That which projects or launches something. Example: a depth charge projector 4. One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others. Example: Projectors attempt to get rid of unwanted feelings, only it does not work; they still experience the unwanted feelings […] 5. An operator that forms a projection.
Word: prickle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪkəl/ 1. A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn". 2. A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn. Example: The plants that have prickles are, thorns, black and white, briar, rose, lemon-trees,[…] 3. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort. 4. A kind of willow basket. Example: If I had but a pottle of Sacke, like a sharp prickle, / To knock my nose against when I am nodding Example: The prickle is a brown willow basket, in which walnuts are imported into this country from the Continent; they are about thirty inches deep, and in bulk rather larger than a gallon measure; they are used only by the vendors of walnuts. 5. A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds. Labels: UK, obsolete 6. A group of hedgehogs or porcupines. Labels: collective
Word: prickle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪkəl/ 1. To feel a prickle. Labels: intransitive 2. To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick. Labels: transitive Example: Guilt prickled me. It was about to get much worse.
Word: substantiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657. Pronunciation: /səbˈstænʃieɪt/, /səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/, /səbˈstænʃiˌeɪt/, [səbˈstɛənʃiˌeɪt], /səbˈstænʃiæɪt/ 1. To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate. Labels: transitive Example: substantiate allegations Example: substantiate a claim 2. To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents Labels: transitive
Word: fremd Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”). Cognate with Scots fremmit, frempt (“fremd”), West Frisian frjemd (“strange, fremd”), Dutch vreemd (“strange, foreign”), German fremd (“fremd, strange, foreign”), Swedish främmande (“foreign, outlandish, strange”). More at from. Pronunciation: /fɹɛmd/ 1. Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar. Labels: dialectal, rare Example: a fremd day Example: Something fremd has been going on here. 2. Not kin, unrelated; foreign. Labels: dialectal, rare Example: [...] seeing that they were fremd in heart, if they were kin in blood. Example: The doctor went up to the bed, and said, firmly, " Miss Garnock, you must not keep Mr. Yonge any longer." "Who'll he be that comes meddling between me and my Tar?" shrieked the patient. "Mither, bid yon fremd body gang his ways. I'll no be fashed wi' him the day." 3. Wild; untamed. Labels: obsolete
Word: fremd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”). Cognate with Scots fremmit, frempt (“fremd”), West Frisian frjemd (“strange, fremd”), Dutch vreemd (“strange, foreign”), German fremd (“fremd, strange, foreign”), Swedish främmande (“foreign, outlandish, strange”). More at from. Pronunciation: /fɹɛmd/ 1. A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest. Labels: dialectal, rare 2. An enmity. Labels: archaic, obsolete
Word: fremd Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɹɛmd/ 1. Humorous alteration of "friend". Labels: Internet, childish
Word: switching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈswɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of switch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: switching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈswɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of something that switches. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act or process of something that switches. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act or process of something that switches. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act or process of something that switches. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act or process of something that switches. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The act or process of something that switches. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: exercising Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɚˌsaɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of exercise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exercising Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɚˌsaɪzɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is exercised. Example: Whilst this is a duty which cannot be excluded or restricted, and notwithstanding its general policy of promoting the spirit of portfolio in all exercisings of investment power […]
Word: do-or-die Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An adjectival phrase composed of the words: do, or, and die all conjoined by hyphens. 1. Requiring a determined or desperate effort in order to avoid the consequences of failure. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: At that period the L.N.W.R., with its Webb compounds, was addicted to late arrivals at Carlisle and the Caledonian proceeded to make up the arrears with a "do-or-die" attitude. Example: The do-or-die mentality gambaru permeates Japanese society, where the pursuit of a goal can carry more significance than the outcome.
Word: fire in the hole Part of Speech: intj 1. A warning of an imminent explosion in a confined space, especially a grenade or blasting charge. 2. A warning of any imminent explosive detonation. Labels: broadly, humorous Example: Before screaming “Fire in the hole!” and detonating a cache of confiscated fireworks on a residential street two years ago, Los Angeles police Det. Damien Levesque repeatedly walked away from critical discussions about the safety of the operation. Example: […] fire-in-the-hole farts and the unwholesome sounds of a Niagara Falls of diarrhea filling the sink rim to the brim. 3. A generalized warning that something is about to happen. Labels: slang
Word: frameshift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frame + shift. 1. A frameshift mutation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: frameshift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From frame + shift. 1. To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons. Example: Commonly, there are stimulatory signals in mRNA distinct from the shift site that greatly increase the level of frameshifting at the shift site. Example: Considering these costs, it seems likely that mechanisms may exist to stop frameshifted translation as soon as possible, depending on the frequency of occurrence.
Word: frameshift mutation Part of Speech: noun 1. A genetic mutation that either inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not divisible by three (i.e., a non-integer number of codons), altering the reading frame of the portion of the gene downstream of the mutation and causing it to code for a completely different protein sequence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: devilry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English develrye; equivalent to devil + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛv.əl.ɹi/, /ˈdɛv.ɪl.ɹi/ 1. Mischief. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their newfound devilry : prank-calling local businesses. 2. Wickedness; cruelty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "The Master's Society wishes to overturn the world order into his hands by devilry and chaos. There is good news that Mr. Stevens is repentant and under our employ and gave us a significant store of antidote for the violent toxin. We can dose the MPs." 3. An action performed with the help of a devil; witchcraft. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty, or witchcraft. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] pranks and devilries which turned slowly more unpleasant.
Word: deviltry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of devilry, influenced by gallantry. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛv.əl.tɹi/ 1. Devilry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The poor girl had a right to her chance, and he should not really alter anything by taking it away from her; for was she not the artist to the tips of her tresses (the ambassadress never in the world), and would she not take it out in something else if one were to make her deviate? So certain was that irrepressible deviltry to insist ever on its own. Example: They stand back to make room for every rascal and demagogue who chooses to cloak his selfish deviltry under the veil of race pride.
Word: fullen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From full + -en (verbal suffix). 1. To make or become full Labels: ambitransitive, rare Example: That red day, the girl fades into the fullening form of maiden. Example: Then she took off the bodice that encased her upper body and the bum roll that fullened her hips.
Word: pororoca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pororoca. 1. A tidal flood, especially at the mouth of the Amazon River, that rushes with a roaring noise into the river and proceeds in one or more waves that often present a very abrupt front of considerable height.
Word: kairos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek καιρός (kairós). Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪɹɒs/, /-oʊs/, /ˈkɛə-/ 1. A time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment. Example: The—so-called! friends—rational world. If only they, Mom&Dad&Buddy&Sis, dear-but-square ones, could but know the kairos, the supreme moment… Example: Kairos is not measurable. Kairos is ontological. In kairos we are, we are fully in isness, not negatively, as Sartre saw the isness of the oak tree, but fully, wholly, positively.
Word: DISC assessment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the initials of dominance, influence, steadiness and compliance. 1. A group of psychometric tests based on word association.
Word: formless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English form Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English formless From form + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːmləs/, /ˈfɔɹmləs/ 1. Without form; shapeless. Example: It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space. Example: 1985: Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. — Genesis 1:2 (New Jerusalem Bible) 2. Without the use of forms or templates. Labels: not-comparable Example: You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose: Windows CE for the Pocket PC Project and Windows CE Formless project.
Word: kahal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew קָהָל (kahál, “community”). 1. The local governing body of a former European Jewish community, administering religious, legal and communal affairs. Labels: Judaism Example: The State of Israel is the modern equivalent of the kahal, and its democratic institutions must be treated with the same respect and authority as the medieval kahal. 2. A congregation. Labels: Judaism
Word: kaiserdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English kaiser Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English kaiserdom From kaiser + -dom. 1. The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A realm directly ruled by a kaiser or with a kaiser as the nominal head of state. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kakidrosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A secretion of sweat of a disagreeable odor. Labels: uncountable
Word: Kalema Part of Speech: name 1. A violent surf that occurs on the coast of the Guinea region of West Africa. Labels: uncountable Example: Has no harbour and landing is rather difficult through the heavy surf, the “Kalema”, which breaks upon the coast all year round. Example: "In the same way, the imposing swell causing the constant surf at the coast of Guinea (the Kalema) originates from a region near Tristan de Cunha […] There is sometimes a strong surf generated from about 400 nautical miles distance.
Word: kipfel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kipfel, diminutive of Kipf (“wagon post”), from Old High German kipfa, chipf, from Latin cippus (“post”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɪp.fəl/ 1. A type of crescent-shaped biscuit or bread roll. Example: Bake the kipfel on wafers, in a very moderate oven. Example: The son of a former houseowner in the Stumpergasse told me that the young Hitler would go every morning to a Jewish distiller (Branntweiner) near his flat to have a small breakfast there consisting always of ‘a tea and a kipfel’.
Word: lamellibranch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of taxonomic name Lamellibranchiata, former name of the class Bivalvia. 1. Synonym of bivalve.
Word: swonk Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of swink Labels: form-of, past
Word: feminizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of feminize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: feminizing Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to make more feminine. Example: Tumours of the adrenal cortex which secreted feminizing hormones […]
Word: swonken Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of swink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Fourth of July Part of Speech: name Etymology: The proper noun comes from an ellipsis of the fourth day of July. The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Pronunciation: /ˌfɔɹθ‿əv d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/, /-d͡ʒu-/, /ˌfɔːθ‿əv d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/ 1. The national holiday of Independence Day in the United States, celebrated (commonly with fireworks) on the fourth day in July to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain in 1776. Example: And the Ohio State Journal reports that “it was the hottest, quietest, and safest Fourth of July that Columbus ever had. The firecracker, the gun, and the cannon did not appear, and so there was not an injured or mangled boy or dead body anywhere yesterday as a result of powder patriotism. What a happy condition for the city to be in! What a marked difference from other days, after the Fourth. It seems that these ear splitting and soul stabbing Fourth of Julys are ended; and it is well; it is very well.” Example: MARY went in to the frail little mother and told her the news through the cotton wool in both ears. Mrs. Davis had no difficulty hearing, so beautifully penetrating is good news. The relief in her pale little face “choked” Mary. / “My dear! You are an angel, there in that white robe! All you haven’t got is wings! If you knew—if anybody but me could know the tortures Fourth of Julys are to me.[…]” 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Fourth, of, July. Example: The brightest supernova in your Milky Way galaxy to be visible from Earth was seen and recorded by the Chinese during the Song Dynasty on the 4th of July in A.D. 1054.
Word: Fourth of July Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The proper noun comes from an ellipsis of the fourth day of July. The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Pronunciation: /ˌfɔɹθ‿əv d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/, /-d͡ʒu-/, /ˌfɔːθ‿əv d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/ 1. A cocktail containing one part grenadine syrup, one part vodka, and one part blue curaçao, reminiscent of the red, white, and blue colors of the United States flag, often poured in layers so that the colors do not mix when the drink is served. Labels: US
Word: fucknut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuck + nut. 1. A very stupid or annoying person. Labels: derogatory, rare, slang, vulgar
Word: crise Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of kris. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: aerospace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English aerospace From aero- + space. Pronunciation: [ˈɛə̯.ɹəʊˌspeɪs], [ˈeɪ.əɹ-], [ˈɛː.ɹəʊˌspɛjs], [ˈɛː.ɹowˌspejs], [ˈɛː.ɹowˌspeːs] 1. The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Meronyms: airspace, air space (not synonymous) 2. The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He works mainly in aerospace. Most of their contracts are in aerospace. A few are in medical devices.
Word: aerospace Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English aerospace From aero- + space. Pronunciation: [ˈɛə̯.ɹəʊˌspeɪs], [ˈeɪ.əɹ-], [ˈɛː.ɹəʊˌspɛjs], [ˈɛː.ɹowˌspejs], [ˈɛː.ɹowˌspeːs] 1. Of, or relating to the Earth's atmosphere and nearby space. 2. Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
Word: cut it fine Part of Speech: verb 1. To achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error. Labels: UK Example: ‘No, — I hadn’t time. I was due at the station, — I was cutting it pretty fine as it was.’ Example: Working from home has allowed me more day-to-day ease – but my friend’s visit made me think I’ve perhaps become too comfortable with cutting things fine. 2. To be stingy. Labels: UK Example: “O stop, stop,” cried the Mole in ecstacies: “This is too much!” “Do you really think so?” enquired the Rat seriously. “It’s only what I always take on these little excursions; and the other animals are always telling me that I’m a mean beast and cut it very fine!” 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, it, fine.
Word: marmennill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Icelandic and Old Norse. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹməˌnɪl/ 1. A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.
Word: amorino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian amorino. 1. A cupid (a putto, commonly with bow and arrow, representing love).
Word: infralittoral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- English littoral English infralittoral From infra- + littoral. 1. The region of shallow water closest to the shore; in marine environments, usually excluding the intertidal zone.
Word: infralittoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- English littoral English infralittoral From infra- + littoral. 1. Situated in the region of shallow water nearest the shore. Example: Holonyms: sublittoral, neritic Example: The lowest zone over exposed, and the only at extreme low tides, is called the infralittoral fringe.
Word: incienso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish incienso. Doublet of incense. 1. A desert shrub (Encelia farinosa) producing a resin that emits a fragrant odor when burned. Labels: uncountable
Word: incienso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used among the Zenless Zone Zero fandom through a meme image captioned "omaigoto its incienso" (oh my God it's incest). 1. Filter-avoidance spelling of incest. Labels: Internet, neologism, uncountable
Word: jicara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jícara. 1. A cup or bowl made from the fruit of the calabash tree. Example: The four priests received the blood of the victim in four jicaras, or bowls, made from the shell of a certain fruit, and descending one after the other to the courtyard, sprinkled the blood with their right hands in the direction of the cardinal points.
Word: lambrequin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lambrequin, from Middle French lambequin, from Middle Dutch lepperkijn, lappekijn, from Old Dutch lappakīn (“little cloth”). Compare modern English lapkin. Pronunciation: /ˈlæmbɹəkɪn/ 1. A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet. Labels: historical Example: 'Twere as easy to woo the snow-dame that we shaped last winter in our castle yard. I did but ask her yesternight for her green veil, that I might bear it as a token or lambrequin upon my helm. Example: A dead man (he had, I think, been suffocated with a lambrequin, there being those who practice that art) lay at the corner. 2. A heraldic representation of such an item, often used as drapery around a coat of arms. 3. A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing. Labels: US Example: Lambrequins dependent from gaudy boxings of beaten tin, gilded. Example: […]the mirror over the mantel rested on a fringed mantel-cover of green reps, and heavy curtains of that stuff hung from gilt lambrequin frames at the window; […]. 4. A decorative architectural element placed along the eaves of a roof, the edges of an overhang, etc. 5. A border pattern with draped effect.
Word: korrigan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Breton korrigan, from korr (“dwarf”) + -ig (diminutive suffix) + -an (hypocoristic suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹɪɡən/, /ˈkɒɹəɡən/ 1. A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess; such creatures considered collectively. Example: The Korrigan, our authority further states, can predict the future, assume any form they please, move from place to place with the rapidity of thought, cure maladies by the aid of charms which they communicate to their favourites. Example: Like fairies in general the Korrigan steal children, against which the remedy usually employed is, to place the child under the protection of the Virgin, by putting a rosary or a scapulary about its neck.
Word: klister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish klister. 1. A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kierkegaardian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kierkegaard + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌkɪəkəˈɡɑːdɪ.ən/, /ˌkɪɹkəˈɡɑɹdi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) or his existentialist philosophy.
Word: kathakali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam കഥകളി (kathakaḷi). Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈkæli/ 1. a spectacular lyric dance drama of southern India performed with acrobatic energy and highly stylized pantomime.
Word: acrasial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acrasia + -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /əˈkrɹeɪ.zɪ.əl/, /-ˈkɹæ-/, /əˈkrɹeɪ.zi.əl/ 1. Lacking self-control; prone to excess; intemperate, uncontrolled. Labels: rare
Word: pellicule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”), from Latin pellis (“a skin”) + Latin -cula. Cognate with French pellicule, Spanish película. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛlɪkjuːl/ 1. A thin diaphanous fabric. 2. The skin of an onion or other plant.
Word: pelisse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pelisse, from Late Latin pellicia, from Latin pellis (“skin”). Doublet of pilch. Pronunciation: /pəˈliːs/ 1. A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform. 2. A long cloak formerly worn by women, with a shoulder cape or hood, often lined or trimmed with fur. Labels: historical Example: The mother was crimson in countenance and pelisse, and her ample dimensions spoke years of peace and plenteousness. Example: Mrs. Wix, after Miss Overmore's last demonstration, addressed herself wholly to the little girl […], drawing from the pocket of her dingy old pelisse a small flat parcel […] 3. An overgarment worn by children when outside. Labels: archaic Example: Crawley is made to put on the brightest pea-green in her wardrobe, and my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.
Word: polytrauma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English trauma English polytrauma From poly- + trauma. 1. The condition of a person who has been subjected to multiple traumatic injuries. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aesir Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Æsir Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: acoel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From group name Acoela, from Ancient Greek ἄκοιλος (ákoilos, “not hollow”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪsiːl/ 1. Any of the order Acoela of xenacoelomorphs that resemble flatworms and were originally classified as such. 2. A member of the order Acoela of marine flatworms, which lack a digestive cavity with definite walls. Labels: obsolete Example: Acoels have no brain or ganglia but a network of nerves beneath the skin that is slightly more concentrated towards the front end.
Word: mumbo jumbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Mandinka maamajomboo (“mask; masked dancer”); or perhaps from /l/-vocalization in the words mumble and jumble. Pronunciation: /mʌmbəʊˈdʒʌmbəʊ/, /ˌmʌmboʊˈdʒʌmboʊ/ 1. A deity or other supernatural being said to have been worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished. 2. Any object of superstition; religious words and/or actions which are seen as superstitious or fraudulent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rev. Quack's healing services are little more than mumbo jumbo. Example: Vera was made to dip her hand into the bird's blood and then make a handprint on a sheet of paper while the witches all chanted some mumbo-jumbo. 3. Any confusing or meaningless speech; nonsense, gibberish. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Football lingo is mumbo jumbo to me. Example: He escaped from that experience confounded, horrified, and conscious of degradation. Those infernal bandogs of the law had treated him as a piece of insensate property to their drivelling mumbo-jumbo, as if mere contact with it had robbed him of all rights to the dignity and integrity of his own ego.
Word: westbound Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From west + -bound. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛstbaʊnd/ 1. Towards the west; in a westerly direction. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was driving westbound on the George Washington Bridge.
Word: westbound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From west + -bound. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛstbaʊnd/ 1. Which is, or will be, moving towards the west. Labels: not-comparable Example: Westbound traffic was blocked for miles. Example: [...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.
Word: dish pig Part of Speech: noun 1. A person employed to wash dishes at a restaurant or similar location. Labels: slang Example: A dish pig washes dishes for a living.
Word: bushy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bush Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bushy From bush + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊʃi/, /ˈbɵʃɪj/, /ˈbʉʃe/, /-ʃɪ/, /-ʃi/ 1. Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions. Example: the bushy tail of a squirrel 2. Growing thickly. Example: bushy eyebrows
Word: bushy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bush Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bushy From bush + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊʃi/, /ˈbɵʃɪj/, /ˈbʉʃe/, /-ʃɪ/, /-ʃi/ 1. Alternative form of bushie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mother-in-law style Part of Speech: noun 1. The style of speech and manners which are to be observed between an Australian aboriginal man and his mother-in-law (i.e. wife's mother). Depending on the particular people, this can go so as far as an entirely separate vocabulary of words.
Word: shagger's back Part of Speech: noun 1. A bad back, or that illness, humorously supposed to arise from excessive sexual intercourse. Labels: uncountable Example: Latham, under Medicare Gold, will summon teams of nurses to gently massage your shagger's back.
Word: exhaust pipe Part of Speech: noun 1. Of an internal combustion engine, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air. Example: Holonym: exhaust system 2. Of an internal combustion engine, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air. 3. On a steam locomotive, a pipe which takes away steam exhausted from a cylinder. Example: […] with this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe.
Word: exhilarate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exhilarō (“to delight, to gladden, to make merry”), from ex- (“out, away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) + hilarō (“to cheer, to gladden”), from hilaris (“cheerful, light-hearted, lively”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), from ἵλαος (hílaos, “gracious, kind, propitious”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“comfort, mercy”). By surface analysis, ex- + Latin hilar(ō) + -ate. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪləɹeɪt/, /ɛɡ-/, /ɪɡˈzɪləˌɹeɪt/ 1. To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate. Labels: transitive Example: Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker. Example: For the Philiſtian preſcribeth Cures of the minde in Phrenſies, and melancholy Paſsions; and pretendeth alſo to exhibite Medicines to exhilarate the minde, to confirme the courage, to clarifie the wits, to corroborate the memorie, and the like; but the ſcruples and ſuperſtitions of Diet, and other Regiment of the body in the ſect of the Pythagoreans, in the Hereſy of the Manicheas, and in the Lawe of Mahumes doe exceede; […] 2. To excite, to thrill. Labels: transitive Example: [A]lcohol, as all the world knows, or should know, does not nourish, but only stimulates,—exhilarates if you will, but exhilarates as fire exhilarates! Would carbon or any other combustible exhilarate only to burn up, consume, and destroy? Example: Harriet became suddenly conscious that every woman in the room was gazing furtively or with frank interest at Wimsey and herself, and the knowledge exhilarated her.
Word: exilarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exile + -arch, a calque of Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ גָּלוּת (rôš galûṯ). 1. The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile. 2. The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.
Word: reflexion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reflexion, reflexioun, from Middle French reflexion and its etymon Late Latin reflexiō; the variant spelling reflection is due to influence from correction. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/ 1. Dated spelling of reflection. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Now, I say, why Time should be so burthensome to such as these, or what should betray them to such infrugal Expences of it, I can give no account without making severe Reflexions on their Discretion. Example: He gets off the train, determined not to leave town after all. But a little further reflexion shows him the folly of such a course. 2. An act or instance of referring back to the subject of a sentence, or of having an object equal to the subject. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: exonarthex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- English narthex English exonarthex From exo- + narthex. 1. The space anterior to the narthex of a church, sometimes roofed-over as with a porch, but more often an enclosed courtyard; in antiquity, the courtyard where catechumens were permitted to be close to the Eucharist, but forbidden to see it celebrated. Example: The exonarthex is of inferior workmanship, and has been thought by some of later date than the rest of the church; but there seems no ground for this belief.
Word: conspiracy theories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conspiracy theory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rathe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rathe, from Old English hraþe, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō, *hradō (“quickly”), from *hraþ, *hrad (“quick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“quick; to move quickly”). Cognate with German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), and German gerade (“now, just, exactly”); compare Dutch rad (“quick, swift”), Norwegian rad (“quick, direct”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 (raþiza, “easier”). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪð/ 1. Ripening or blooming early. Labels: poetic Example: Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Example: Thy converse drew us with delight, The men of rathe and riper years: The feeble soul, a haunt of fears, Forgot his weakness in thy sight.
Word: rathe Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English rathe, from Old English hraþe, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō, *hradō (“quickly”), from *hraþ, *hrad (“quick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“quick; to move quickly”). Cognate with German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), and German gerade (“now, just, exactly”); compare Dutch rad (“quick, swift”), Norwegian rad (“quick, direct”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 (raþiza, “easier”). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪð/ 1. Quickly. Labels: obsolete 2. Early in the morning. Labels: poetic
Word: red cap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of redcap (“goblin or imp”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of redcap (“breed of poultry”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. Alternative form of redcap (“porter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The man who carries your luggage at the station is a "red cap", not a porter.
Word: redcap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + cap. In sense of "porter", 1890s US; compare contemporary Japanese 赤帽 (akabō), Chinese 小紅帽 /小红帽 (Xiǎo Hóng Mào). On Labor Day, 1890, John Williams, an African-American railway porter, tied a red ribbon to his black uniform cap to stand out from the crowd at Grand Central Terminal. The strategy was so successful that it was soon adopted by others in the profession, leading to the synecdochic use of redcap as a term for all railway porters. 1. A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army. Labels: UK 2. A porter in a US railway station. Labels: US 3. A European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis). Labels: UK, archaic 4. A type of evil goblin or imp. Labels: UK Example: 1876: Porter & Coates (pub.), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Lord Soulis he sat in Hermitage Castle, And beside him Old Redcap sly; — "Now, tell me, thou sprite, who are meikle of might, The death that I must die?" Example: "What's a Brownie?" you say. Oh, it's a kind of a sort of a Bogle, but it isn't so cruel as a Redcap! What! you don't know what's a Bogle or a Redcap! 5. A breed of poultry.
Word: glatt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish גלאַט (glat, “smooth”). Doublet of glad. Pronunciation: /ɡlæt/ 1. Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher. Labels: Judaism, not-comparable 2. Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt. Labels: Judaism, broadly, not-comparable
Word: fabricated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fabricate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fabricated Part of Speech: adj 1. Constructed or assembled. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most of the strength of the locomotive's fabricated underframe is derived from the two side girders that carry the body support struts; [...]. 2. False in the sense of made-up, constructed. Labels: not-comparable Example: During the debate, he filibusters with fabricated stories about his nonexistent children and defends empty stances simply to drain his audience of their will to live.