nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: complementary function Part of Speech: noun 1. For a nonhomogeneous linear differential equation a_ny⁽ⁿ⁾+a_n-1y⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾+⋯+a_1y'+a_0y=g(x), the general solution of the associated homogenous linear differential equation a_ny⁽ⁿ⁾+a_n-1y⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾+⋯+a_1y'+a_0y=0.
Word: lumberer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lumber + -er. 1. One who lumbers, who moves in a heavy and ungainly manner. 2. One who is involved in the production of lumber.
Word: luckless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English luck 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 luckless From luck + -less. 1. Unsuccessful, in a failing manner. Example: The search party returned dejected from the luckless search. 2. Without luck, unfortunate. Example: The luckless third-class passengers were required to stand in open wagons (or "Stanhopes"), which were of the same length and width as the carriages, and divided into four compartments by two bars running diagonally across the vehicle and crossing in the middle. Example: Agents of the law, luckless pedestrian
Word: luckiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lucky 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 luckiness From lucky + -ness. 1. The property of being lucky; good luck. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lumberyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lumber + yard. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌmbɚˌjɑɹd/ 1. A facility dedicated to the preparation and sale of lumber. Example: I'll just go to the lumberyard and buy some more two by fours so we can finish building this. Example: He got a job at the lumberyard, working the big saw for planks.
Word: dejectedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dejected Middle English -ly English -ly English dejectedly From dejected + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈdʒɛktədli/ 1. In a dejected manner, in a dispirited way. Example: "Don't we behave just as stupidly in our pursuit of happiness - don't we?" Simpson nodded dejectedly. Example: From his disembodied mind Gargravarr watched dejectedly.
Word: magis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin magis Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.d͡ʒɪs/ 1. The philosophy of striving to do more for Jesus Christ, associated with Ignatian spirituality and the Society of Jesus. Labels: uncountable
Word: lucrativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lucrative 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 lucrativeness From lucrative + -ness. 1. The property of being lucrative. Labels: uncountable Example: The lucrativeness of the business was unquestionable, but it was unethical to make money that way.
Word: integrand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From integral + -and. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɪɡɹænd/ 1. The function that is to be integrated
Word: ludicrously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ludicrous Middle English -ly English -ly English ludicrously From ludicrous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈluːdɪkɹəsli/, /ˈljuːdɪkɹəsli/ 1. In a ludicrous manner. Example: That authority has been sharpened by the cavalcade of ludicrously rich tech dorks, like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, who have each paid fealty to the man—forming the framework for a deregulatory free-for-all looting reminiscent of mid-’90s Russia.
Word: integrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French intégrable, equivalent to integr(ate) + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɪɡɹəbəl/ 1. Able to be integrated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lugubriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lugubrious Middle English -ly English -ly English lugubriously From lugubrious + -ly. 1. In a lugubrious manner. Example: "I've heard," he said lugubriously, "that what prisoners in gaol crave for most is tobacco." "You needn't rub it in," said Bunson, bringing this remark to its proper bearings. Example: He glared malevolently at the shining porcelain, and then shook his head lugubriously.
Word: lugubriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lugubrious 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 lugubriousness From lugubrious + -ness. 1. The property of being lugubrious. Labels: uncountable Example: If you have never beheld or heard a bassoon you are to understand that it is an instrument of wood, of considerable more length than breadth, provided with numerous stops and keys, and capable of producing an infinite variety of tones, ranging from the depth of lugubriousness to the highest pitch of vivacity. Example: It is a little difficult for the present generation to gain a clear conception of the New England Sabbath of the time of my boyhood; but this outline at least will give a general impression of its lugubriousness, and it may readily be inferred that the day thus given over to dolorous tasks was not one to which the child would look forward joyously.
Word: lumberman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lumber + -man. 1. A man involved in the production or sale of lumber; a lumberjack or logger. Example: And the shoes they weren't shoes, but knee-length leather boots, like a dressy version of lumberman's boots or a rougher version of riding boots. He hadn't seen even pictures of such things since the few silent movies run in some of the little art theaters.
Word: lumbermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lumberman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lubricator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lubricate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English lubricator From lubricate + -or. 1. A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant. Example: The mystery of the dripping lubricators was also explained to him. Example: Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators. 2. A person employed to lubricate.
Word: lukewarmly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English leuk Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-West Germanic *warm Old English wearm Middle English warm Middle English leukwarm English lukewarm Middle English -ly English -ly English lukewarmly From lukewarm + -ly. 1. In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without enthusiasm.
Word: luxuriantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English luxuriant Middle English -ly English -ly English luxuriantly From luxuriant + -ly. 1. In a luxuriant manner; with luxuriance. Example: […] here and there a gray rock cropped out of the ground, and over it the yellow stone-crop and scarlet-leaved crane's-bill grew luxuriantly. Example: Hortense, with her rich chestnut locks so luxuriantly knotted, plaited, twisted, as if she did not know how to dispose of all their abundance, with her vermillion lips, damask cheek, and roguish laughing eye.
Word: luxuriance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From luxuri(ant) + -ance. Pronunciation: /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹiəns/ 1. The property of being luxuriant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet such was the luxuriance of the tropical growth that the rats had not attained such numbers as to provide competition among members of the species.
Word: possessing Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: possessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of possess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lubberly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lubber + -ly. 1. Clumsy and stupid; resembling a lubber (an inexperienced person). Example: a great lubberly boy Example: Ponocrates and Eudemon burst out in a laughing so heartily, that they had almost split with it, and given up the ghost, in rendering their souls to God: even just as Crassus did, seeing a lubberly ass eat thistles; 2. Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor. Example: "Do not use such a lubberly expression, my dear Rose, if you respect your father's profession. On a vessel is a new-fangled Americanism, that is neither fish, flesh, nor red-herring, as we sailors say,— neither English nor Greek."
Word: lubberly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lubber + -ly. 1. In the manner of a landlubber. Example: I'm not ignorant of these matters, having been many years at sea—and seamen, you must know, are curious in knots; I cannot endure to see anything done lubberly.
Word: unskillfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English skillfully English unskillfully From un- + skillfully. 1. In an unskilled manner.
Word: low-tech Part of Speech: adj 1. Simple, uncomplicated, primitive, not involving advanced technology. Labels: informal Example: Sometimes the low-tech ways are best: bash it with a rock, that'll loosen it. Example: The Automat, whose gleaming chrome-and-glass machines brought high-tech eating to a low-tech era, has gulped down its last coin and served up its last helping of macaroni, baked beans and kaiser rolls.
Word: uncomplicated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + complicated. 1. Simple; not complicated; basic.
Word: uncomplicated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of uncomplicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: low-rise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (architecture): A retronym created as an antonym to high-rise. 1. A building of no more than a few stories.
Word: low-rise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Referring to the low waistline. 1. Of lower body clothing: whose waistline does not reach the waist, but hangs along the hips. Labels: not-comparable
Word: high-rise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high + rise. 1. A tall building, one consisting of many storeys.
Word: high-rise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From high + rise. 1. Designed to sit high on, or above, the wearer's hips. Labels: not-comparable Example: high-rise jeans
Word: lowborn Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of low-born. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: accelerations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acceleration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loudmouthed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From loud + mouthed. 1. Tending to loud, indiscreet, especially bragging, speech.
Word: petrifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petrification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peregrinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peregrination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decolourisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decolourisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decolonisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decolonisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stop 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 stopper From stop + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstɒp.ə/, /ˈstɔp.ə/, /ˈstɑ.pɚ/ 1. Someone or something that stops something. Example: “It just shows you what women are like. A frightful sex, Bertie. There ought to be a law. I hope to live to see the day when women are no longer allowed.” “That would rather put a stopper on keeping the human race going, wouldn't it?” “Well, who wants to keep the human race going?” Example: Often, in our conversations we encourage people to talk, or we manage to stop them. This can happen without our even thinking about it. Following is a list of conversation starters and stoppers. 2. A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling. Example: Put a stopper in the knot. 3. A bung or cork. Example: We need a stopper or the boat will sink. 4. Goalkeeper. Labels: informal Example: He's the number one stopper in the country. Example: And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner. 5. In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity. Labels: slang Example: Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher. 6. A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones. Example: The local train was empty at midday. She changed at Yatton and caught a stopper into Bristol. There was an express calling at Exeter which left Bristol at twelve-forty-five and she caught it by the skin of her teeth. Example: Changing times at Barnham on December 8 2022. Southern 313211 is an all-stations stopper. 7. Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies. Example: Red Stopper. Leaves ovate-oblong, contracted at the apex into long points, coriaceous. Eugenia Garber 8. A short rope for making something fast. 9. A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
Word: stopper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English stop 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 stopper From stop + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstɒp.ə/, /ˈstɔp.ə/, /ˈstɑ.pɚ/ 1. To close a container by using a stopper. Example: He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating. Example: The diaphragmatic spasm of his hiccup caused his epiglottis to painfully stopper his windpipe with a loud "hic".
Word: spuds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spud Labels: form-of, plural
Word: logy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested from the 19th century, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch log (“heavy, dull”). Pronunciation: /ˈloʊɡi/ 1. Slow to respond or react; lethargic. Example: The steering seems logy; you have to turn the wheel well before you want to turn. Example: Perkins discovered his prize duck in a logy condition.
Word: logy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nominalization of the -logy suffix. Pronunciation: /lədʒɪ/ 1. A term formed with the -logy suffix. Example: The many Logies and Isms that have lately come into vogue.
Word: spatter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”). Pronunciation: /ˈspætɚ/ 1. To splash (someone or something) with small droplets. Labels: transitive Example: When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water. Example: His axel-tree, and chariot wheeles, all spatterd with the blood Hurl’d from the steeds houes, and the strakes. 2. To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: […] she seem’d to have woven the Rainbow into a loose Robe, which being so rarified that she might be seen through it, and also spatter’d with radiant Jewells in the forms of Starrs […] Example: The low, whitewashed houses between the red and green acacia trees are spattered with shell-holes […] 3. To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around. Labels: transitive Example: to spatter blood Example: Perhaps ev’n I, reserv’d by angry Fate The last sad Relick of my ruin’d State, (Dire Pomp of sov’reign Wretchedness!) must fall, And stain the Pavement of my regal Hall; Where famish’d Dogs, late Guardians of my Door, Shall lick their mangled Master’s spatter’d Gore. 4. To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The cabman spattered his few words of English. Example: […] they had seen him, at the sound of the alarm, rush like a madman from his window in Gant’s shop, leaving the spattered fragments of a watch upon his desk […] 5. To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something). Labels: intransitive Example: Make sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesn’t spatter. Example: they fondly thinking to allay Thir appetite with gust, instead of Fruit Chewd bitter Ashes, which th’ offended taste With spattering noise rejected: 6. To injure by aspersion; to defame. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: 1647, John Hall, “A Genethliacon to the Infant Muse of his dearest Friend” in Poems, London: J. Rothwell, Let envy spatter what it can, This Embryon will prove a man. Example: 1728, John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera, Dublin: George Risk et al., Act II, Scene 13, “Good-morrow, Gossip Joan,” p. 42, Why how now, Madam Flirt? If you thus must chatter; And are for flinging Dirt, Let’s try who best can spatter;
Word: spatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”). Pronunciation: /ˈspætɚ/ 1. A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface. Example: 1763, Richard Bentley, Patriotism, a Mock-Heroic, London: M. Hinxman, Canto 5, pp. 65-66, As a rough Water-Dog, New-England’s Breed, Fresh plaister’d from some Pond with Mud and Weed, Round from his Fleece the dirty Puddle shakes Rejoicing in the Spatter that he makes: Example: Ivar turned the mare and urged her into a sliding trot. Her feet sent back a continual spatter of mud. 2. A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface. Example: There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall. Example: […] I groped from step to step, collecting the shattered earthenware, and drying the spatters of milk from the banister with my pocket-handkerchief. 3. The sound of droplets hitting a surface. Example: As Henry lay awake that first night the hiss and spatter of the rain against his window seemed to have a personal grudge against him. 4. A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface. Labels: figuratively Example: [Father Roman] had shriven many simple souls on the battlefields of the Republic, kneeling by the dying on hillsides, in the long grass, in the gloom of the forests, to hear the last confession with the smell of gunpowder smoke in his nostrils, the rattle of muskets, the hum and spatter of bullets in his ears. Example: The rapid handing out of the diplomas brought frequent applause—bits, spatters, volleys, as the case might be. 5. A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface. Labels: figuratively Example: 1988, Don DeLillo, Libra, New York: Viking, Part 2, “12 August,” p. 270, The attendant had a droopy lower lip, a rust-tone complexion with a spatter of freckles across the cheekbones […] Example: It was untidy; the quarters of someone not used to looking after herself; to seat himself he removed the stained cup and plate and a spatter of envelopes, sheets of opened letters, withered apple-peel, old Sunday paper, from a chair.
Word: logically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English logical Middle English -ly English -ly English logically From logical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪˌkli/ 1. In a logical manner, with logic. Example: A world, then, is a state of affairs W of this sort: For every state of affairs p, either W logically implies p or W logically implies the negation of p, and there is no state of affairs q such that W logically implies both q and the negation of q.
Word: spangled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ.ɡəld/ 1. simple past and past participle of spangle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spangled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ.ɡəld/ 1. Having spangles. Example: I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony. 2. drunk or high. Labels: UK, slang
Word: logged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of log Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: logbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook Compound of log + book, originally a record of a ship’s speed and progress, from a wooden float (chip log, or simply log) used to measure speed. First attested in the 1670s. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑɡ.bʊk/, /ˈlɔɡ.bʊk/, /ˈlɒɡ.bʊk/ 1. A book in which measurements of a ship's position are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage, such as weather, resupply occasions, the crew's performance, other ships sighted, and so on. Example: Near-synonym: log 2. A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel. Labels: broadly Example: "If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case." 3. A record of the ownership and licensing of a motor car. Labels: UK
Word: lockout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from lock out. 1. The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing. Example: The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike, the second was in a curious tavern, having the façade of a grocery store, where met the more subterranean triumvirate of those who would have been very glad to turn the lock-out into a strike—and the strike into a revolution. 2. The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock. 3. The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc. Labels: broadly Example: It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix. 4. The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown. 5. The situation of being locked out of a building. Example: a locksmith who is willing to deal with emergency lockouts 6. A situation where the system is not responding to input. 7. A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation; a safety device to keep the power supply turned off during repairs; the standardized practice and method whereby such devices are deployed. Example: lockout–tagout 8. The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out". 9. An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion. Example: Tip: For Bigger Triceps, Do Heavy Lockouts 10. A form of vote splitting in a two-round voting system which a large number of candidates with similar politics prevent each other from advancing to the second round, allowing a pair of opposition candidates to face each other in the runoff.
Word: towhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tow + -head. 1. A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow; the hair of such a person. Example: You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. Example: Then he noticed that the scar ran back into her hair, and Lower Appalachian towhead is the nearest thing in nature you will get to platinum blond, barring albinos. 2. An alluvial deposit in a river, such as a sandbar, or a small island formed from silt, often permanent enough to have vegetation. Example: Well, the second night a fog begun to come on, and we made for a towhead to tie to, for it wouldn't do to try to run in a fog; but when I paddled ahead in the canoe, with the line to make fast, there warn't anything but little saplings to tie to.
Word: sculpt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French sculpter, from Latin sculpō (“to cut out, carve in stone”). Pronunciation: /skʌlpt/ 1. To form by sculpture. Labels: transitive Example: They sculpted a statue out of clay. 2. To work as a sculptor. Labels: intransitive Example: What do you do? -I used to box, but now I sculpt. 3. To carve out gradually. Labels: transitive Example: Landforms sculpted by the wind.
Word: sculpt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sculpter, from Latin sculpō (“to cut out, carve in stone”). Pronunciation: /skʌlpt/ 1. A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.
Word: absolute monarchy Part of Speech: noun 1. A state over which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Sultan of Brunei effectively subverted a constitutional monarchy into an absolute monarchy by implementing a perpetual state of emergency. 2. The rule of such a monarch, as a form of government. Labels: uncountable
Word: roadshow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + show. 1. A show that travels from place to place. 2. The showing of a film in selected cinemas prior to its general release. Example: In 2004, Gibson’s roadshow tour for The Passion of the Christ saw him visiting church groups and giving impassioned speeches about the film (which Hollywood studios refused to fund or distribute). 3. A series of meetings across different cities in which executives from a company have the opportunity to talk with current or potential investors. Example: I thought Equity had a pretty quick and easy way of illustrating what happens when a company decides to go public: from the pitch, to the due diligence, to the pricing, to the roadshow.
Word: roadshow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From road + show. 1. To show in various places as part of a travelling excursion. Labels: transitive
Word: loggerheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loggerhead Labels: form-of, plural 2. Fisticuffs; fighting. 3. The knapweed. Labels: dialectal Example: Loggerheads is a local term for a harmless plant called the knapweed (centaurea nigra) […]
Word: loads Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ləʊdz/, /loʊdz/ 1. Lots, much, plenty, a great deal. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: The price of living is loads less expensive in Thailand than in Singapore Example: The sequel is loads worse than the original
Word: loads Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ləʊdz/, /loʊdz/ 1. plural of load Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loads Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ləʊdz/, /loʊdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of load Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resurface Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English resurface From re- + surface. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈsɜːfɪs/, /ɹiːˈsɜɹfɪs/ 1. To come once again to the surface. Labels: intransitive Example: His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater. 2. To surface again; to reappear or re-occur. Labels: intransitive Example: Just as amazing, gruesome morgue photos of some of the madman's street-walker victims also resurfaced after being missing for decades. Example: Subplots that might have been fun to explore were relegated or eventually sidelined altogether in the case of characters like Gendry, who disappeared for years and finally resurfaces as a blacksmith in King’s Landing, literally waiting for the call to his hero’s journey. 3. To make something reappear. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Tourian's poem exhibits a central strand of the Catholic tradition which has been suppressed in Armenian religious life but needs to be resurfaced. Example: Hajjar said the initial idea was to resurface retro holiday sweaters, typically featuring reindeer and Christmas trees. 4. To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface. Labels: transitive Example: A zamboni is a big machine that resurfaces ice at a rink so it is smooth as glass for the skaters. Example: Both platforms are being resurfaced, and work will take place to improve stepping distances between the platforms and trains.
Word: live-in Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English live Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Middle English in English in English live-in From live + in. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvˌɪn/ 1. Living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner. Labels: not-comparable Example: A live-in maid is a true luxury, but even a maid once a week is great. Example: The Air Force veteran fatally shot by police during last week’s US Capitol riot had been in a “throuple” with her husband and their live-in girlfriend, according to reports.
Word: live-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English live Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Middle English in English in English live-in From live + in. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvˌɪn/ 1. A household employee or domestic partner who lives on the premises of the employer or partner. Example: 30, Camb seeks one man lover 20-32: shd lke domestic evenings, books, edc people, travel. Possible live-in for right guy. Example: […] but that doesn't stop families from hiring live-ins; nor does it stop newly arrived Latina migrant workers from taking jobs they urgently need. 2. A firefighter who lives at the fire station.
Word: racehorse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse English racehorse From race + horse. 1. A horse that competes in races. Example: They were bosker horses. Until I went to work for Bill I didn't know how good racehorses are. Example: Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses. 2. Any member of certain species of genus Congiopodus.
Word: low-cal Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of low-calorie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Yes. Though based on my thorough sampling of the trend, cold pork pies are tragically absent from girl dinner plates. Perhaps because, as noted by many TikTok users – and over the weekend both Today and the New York Times – many of these girl dinners are “suspiciously low cal”.
Word: dietetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin diaeteticus, from Ancient Greek διαιτητικός (diaitētikós). Pronunciation: /daɪəˈtɛtɪk/ 1. Relating to diet. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to the preparation of food for those on a restricted diet. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lettered Part of Speech: adj 1. Marked with letters. 2. Literate (able to read writing in letters). 3. Educated, especially having an academic degree. 4. Bearing spots or blotches that resemble letters.
Word: lettered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of letter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prospectus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French prospectus (“a prospectus”), borrowed from Latin prospectus. Doublet of prospect and prospekt. Pronunciation: /pɹəsˈpɛktəs/ 1. A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer. 2. A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write). 3. A booklet or other document giving details of a share offer for the benefit of investors. Example: The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock & Midlands Junction Railway, which was the title of this project, issued its prospectus on May 30, 1845, and announced that "this Company is formed to complete the communication by Railway between Lancashire and the East Districts. [...]". The capital to be raised was £800,000. Example: Just in case, Oatly’s prospectus gives it the option of listing in Hong Kong if the foreign ownership becomes a problem in the United States.
Word: liberalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English liberal 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 liberalness From liberal + -ness. 1. The property of being liberal. Labels: uncountable Example: His liberalness in dispensing the bonuses displayed his generousity. Example: A convention of conservatives is not the place to display your liberalness.
Word: nut job Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnʌt ˌdʒɑb/ 1. Someone who is crazy (insane). Labels: colloquial, derogatory Example: Some nut job from the government actually thought he could tax our moonshine! Example: She told me that she knew she sounded like a “nut job,” but she stressed that she had a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in social work and knew what mental illness looks like.
Word: nearsighted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of near-sighted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lightheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lighthearted (adjective) (any sense) + -ly (suffix forming adverbs). 1. In a lighthearted manner, cheerfully, with joy.
Word: narco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of narcotics. From narcotic. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑːkəʊ/, /ˈnɑɹkoʊ/ 1. Narcotics. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: Margo sighed her contentment. ‘Selling narco in Harlem is the life. There's nothing finer.’ Example: Colonel Thornton had the deepest admiration for the Colombians at all levels of society who had made a stand against corruption and narco-dealing, often at the cost of their own lives. 2. A Latin American drug baron, usually from Colombia or Mexico. Labels: countable Example: The conflict has become a test of endurance for both the government and the narcos. Example: “When narcos use this level of cruelty[…] it means that something is changing and that criminal leaders are trying to show off their power, which is very worrying,“ said Germán de los Santos, an investigative journalist who covers organized crime. 3. Acronym of narcotics control officer (“a police officer specializing in drug crimes”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable
Word: narco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of narcoleptic. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑːkəʊ/, /ˈnɑɹkoʊ/ 1. Someone suffering from narcolepsy. Example: I too am a narco. Have been for about 10 years. Example: Besides, staying awake on your first day at a new job is definitely NOT a problem (unless you're a narco or something...).
Word: Merc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Mercedes-Benz. Pronunciation: /mɜːk/, /mɝk/ 1. A Mercedes-Benz automobile. Labels: Commonwealth, UK, especially, slang Example: His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs. Example: Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc
Word: Merc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Mercury. Pronunciation: /mɜːk/, /mɝk/ 1. A Ford-Mercury automobile Labels: US, dated, especially Example: a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8 2. Clipping of Mercury dime. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: When I was 4 years old, my mother saved dimes, mostly Mercury Dimes, and periodically rolled them and took them to the bank. At that age, I once swallowed a Merc as I awoke from a nap after having spilled the contents of my piggy bank on to my bed. I woke up with something in my mouth and half asleep, I swallowed it...painful though it was and I can still remember it vividly 53 years later!
Word: letch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See lech, lecher. Pronunciation: /lɛt͡ʃ/ 1. Strong desire; passion. Labels: archaic Example: Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others. 2. A lecher. Labels: informal
Word: letch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See lech, lecher. Pronunciation: /lɛt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of lech (“to behave lecherously”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: letch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English leche, for example Sandy's Letch located east of Annitsford in North Tyneside. Pronunciation: /lɛt͡ʃ/ 1. A stream or pool in boggy land. Example: The Letch near Killingworth Village flows in two branches: the Longbenton Letch and the Forest Hall Letch.
Word: letch Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of leach. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: letch Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɛt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of leach. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: knighthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English knyghthode, knyȝthod, from Old English cnihthād, from Proto-West Germanic *knehtahaidu, equivalent to knight + -hood. Cognate with Dutch knechtheid, dialectal German Knechtheit. 1. An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and whereafter one is entitled to be called Sir. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the knighthood of Sir [So-and-So] Example: He's got an OBE and MBE, and his recent work should entitle him to a knighthood. 2. The quality of being a knight. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The knights collectively, the body of knights. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jalapeno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jalapeño. 1. Alternative spelling of jalapeño. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.
Word: wailing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wail + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪlɪŋ/ 1. A loud drawn out scream or howl. Example: 'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.
Word: wailing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wail + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Craig ran off wailing because his friend pulled a prank on him.
Word: indecisive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English decisive English indecisive From in- + decisive. Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv/ 1. Of a person, not decisive, not marked by promptness or decision. Example: They were all being very indecisive about what to wear to the party. 2. Of a contest, etc., inconclusive or uncertain. Example: The outcome of the race was so indecisive.
Word: light-footed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English liȝtfoted, liht fotyd, alteration of earlier lyghtfote, liȝtt-fot (“light-footed”), equivalent to light + foot + -ed. 1. Fast on one's feet, not plodding; nimble, agile.
Word: light-footed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English liȝtfoted, liht fotyd, alteration of earlier lyghtfote, liȝtt-fot (“light-footed”), equivalent to light + foot + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of light-foot, ran. Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: We light-footed it out of there before we were caught.
Word: sporogonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sporo- + -gonium. 1. The sporophyte of a bryophyte (moss, liverwort or hornwort), generally consisting of a foot, seta and capsule.
Word: lightener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lighten + -er. 1. That which lightens. Example: She claims that incense is a natural mood lightener. Example: controversy over the use of skin lighteners in India 2. Synonym of creamer (“powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk”).
Word: ligation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin ligatio, ligationis, from Latin ligo. Doublet of liaison. Pronunciation: /lɪˈɡeɪʃən/ 1. Something that ties, a ligature. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of tying, of applying a ligature. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The state of having a ligature, of being tied. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lifesaving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From life + saving. 1. Alternative form of life-saving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Example: The lifesaving surgery is expensive, but so is a funeral.
Word: lifesaving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + saving. 1. The act of saving a life, especially from drowning. Labels: uncountable Example: I’m normally a big fan of lifesaving, but in his case we can make an exception.
Word: likeability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English like Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English likeability From like + -ability. 1. The property that makes a person likeable, that allows them to be liked. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Attractiveness and likeability isn't simply a matter of sexual desirability. Example: Perhaps the most striking result of this study was that a simple advertising likeability scale predicted sales winners 87% of the time.
Word: antispastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + spastic. 1. That prevents or diminishes spasms; antispasmodic.
Word: antispastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + spastic. 1. A substance that prevents or diminishes spasms.
Word: antispastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antispast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antispastic From antispast + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to antispasts
Word: limber Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/ 1. Flexible, pliant, bendable. Example: He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it. Example: Not yet the bargeman that doth rowe / with long and limber oare
Word: limber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/ 1. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. Labels: transitive Example: Her stiff hams, that have not been bent to a civility for ten years past, are now limbered into courtesies three deep at every word Example: Go back to the Island and limber up with a few drafts.
Word: limber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/ 1. A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transport. (Some versions have built-in storage bins for ammunition. Either the limber itself or the ammunition box may also be called a caisson.) Example: An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels. Example: As the limber gunners went to the rear, his horse trod in a rabbit-hole and came down, throwing him into a depression of the ground. 2. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. Labels: in-plural 3. Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well. Labels: in-plural
Word: limber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/ 1. To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.) Labels: obsolete
Word: GTH Part of Speech: intj 1. Gate to heaven. Labels: Internet 2. Great to hear. Labels: Internet 3. Glad to help. Labels: Internet 4. Go to hell. Labels: Internet 5. Good to hear. Labels: Internet
Word: limberness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English limber 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 limberness From limber + -ness. 1. Property of being limber. Labels: uncountable Example: 1828, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, A Treatise on Gymnasticks (Die Deutsche Turnkunst, 1816), translated by Charles Butler, Northampton, Mass.: Simeon Butler, Section Three, p. 154, Every boy, or youth, who has not exercised before, is either entirely stiff, or if he possesses some limberness, he rarely understands to execute a regular movement. Example: To achieve so desirable an end, its leaders are ready to coalesce, here with the Douglas, and there with the Breckinridge faction of that very Democratic party of whose violations of the Constitution, corruption, and dangerous limberness of principle they have been the lifelong denouncers.
Word: Roland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French, from Frankish *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊlənd/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: Ons Jabeur has criticised Roland Garros for snubbing women’s tennis, saying “I don’t think they have daughters”. 2. A surname. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A rural municipality and village therein, in southern Manitoba, Canada. 9. A rural community of Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia, named for a Captain Rolland.
Word: limpidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French limpidité, from Latin limpiditas. 1. The property of being limpid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The limpidity of Lake Tahoe is legendary, but now the water is clouding.
Word: stock market Part of Speech: noun 1. A market for the trading of company stock. Example: Prices have tumbled on the stock market. 2. A cattle market. Labels: rare