nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a collateral form of ail (“awn of barley”). 1. A bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to dry; a stook. Labels: West-Country, obsolete
Word: hile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a collateral form of ail (“awn of barley”). 1. To form sheaves into a hile. Labels: West-Country, obsolete
Word: hiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hilare Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hilar (hilarious). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Subsequently, the queens sashayed down the runway in their finest Silver Foxy attire, where they dressed as themselves in 50 years time, and it made for one of the most hilarious runways evaaah! Who knew Kameron would be so hilare?
Word: hipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1. A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.
Word: hipe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. 1. To throw (an opponent) using this technique. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: hipes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hipe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hipes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hipe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hurte Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of hurt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hurte Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hurt. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hurtes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hurte Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hurtes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hurte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tillable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English till Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English tillable From till + -able. 1. able to be tilled or ploughed; arable
Word: optionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English option English -al English optional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English optionally From optional + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɑpʃənəli/ 1. In an optional manner; not mandatorily. Example: Plural suffixes may be optionally added after the Ist person exclusive ƞə—z̆e, Ist person inclusive ƞə—təƞ, and IInd person non-honorific khyo—z̆e and honorific ñe—z̆e.
Word: mossy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒsi/, /ˈmɔsi/, /ˈmɑsi/ 1. Covered in or overgrown with moss. Example: The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […] Example: A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!
Word: mossy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, colloquial
Word: mandatorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English mandatory Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mandatorily From mandatory + -ly. 1. In a mandatory manner; not optionally; required. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tilled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of till Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tilled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɪld/ 1. ploughed or cultivated
Word: updraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + draft. 1. an upward current of air, especially a strong one
Word: updraught Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + draught. 1. Alternative spelling of updraft. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: qualifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of qualify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: modifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of modify; Altering. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: protects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of protect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: upmarket Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From up- + market. 1. Designed for customers with a high income. Example: Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day.
Word: upmarket Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From up- + market. 1. Towards the more expensive end of the market.
Word: upmarket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + market. 1. To render or become upmarket. Labels: transitive Example: […] their flats and shops are upmarketed or pulled down to be replaced by hotels, offices and a privately owned park.
Word: tubular assault Part of Speech: noun 1. An assault operation, performed in a confined tube-like space (mostly inside vehicles, like trains, airliners, buses, coaches etc.), usually for rescuing of hostages. Labels: slang
Word: upperclassman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upper + classman. 1. A junior or senior student in a school or college. Labels: US
Word: uppercut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upper + cut. 1. A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin. 2. A cut shot that sends the ball over the wicket-keeper's head.
Word: uppercut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From upper + cut. 1. To strike with an uppercut. Example: The bowler was bowling a bouncer so he uppercut the ball for six.
Word: uprightly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English upright Middle English -ly English -ly English uprightly From upright + -ly. 1. In an upright manner.
Word: uproariously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English uproarious Middle English -ly English -ly English uproariously From uproarious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌʌpˈɹɔ.ɹi.əsli/ 1. In an uproarious manner. Example: Everybody, old and young, laughs uproariously at this and immediately forgets all about it. Example: From the first frames, it reveals itself as an outrageously, uproariously sexed-up piece of work, stylishly directed by Alfonso Cuaron from a script by his brother Carlos.
Word: nut huggers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So-called due to their propensity to compress (hug) the nuts (testicles). 1. Men's swimming briefs, tight-fitting jeans or similar, especially tight, lower-body garments. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar
Word: upwardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English upward Middle English -ly English -ly English upwardly From upward + -ly. 1. In an upward manner. 2. Towards a higher level, position or status.
Word: urbanely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From urbane + -ly. Piecewise doublet of urbanly. 1. In an urbane manner. Example: The other took the card from his hand, read it in a rapid glance, looked again at Newman from head to foot, hesitated a moment, and then said, gravely but urbanely, “Madame de Cintré is not at home.” Example: Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
Word: Low Countries Part of Speech: name 1. A historical region of Western Europe, consisting of the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Maas rivers, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: urbanologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English urbanology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English urbanologist From urbanology + -ist. 1. a sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns
Word: urbanology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From urban + -ology. 1. The branch of sociology that studies the problems of living in cities and towns. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: urethrae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urethra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urinalyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urinalysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urinalysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of urine + analysis. Pronunciation: /jʊəɹɪˈnælɪsɪs/ 1. The comprehensive analysis of urine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘He was still booking them in for their check-ups. All that cholesterol to be tested, all those urinalyses.’
Word: urological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English urology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English urological From urology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to urology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: useable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of usable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uselessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *oissos Latin ūsus Old French usbor. Middle English use English use 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 useless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English uselessly From useless + -ly. 1. In a useless manner. 2. To no useful purpose. Example: Mr. Civil, warned and guided by distant axe-whangs, had found them, and had been unsparing in his condemnation of Jim's stupid waste of time in coming an unnecessary mile to chop down a tree uselessly far away.
Word: uselessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *oissos Latin ūsus Old French usbor. Middle English use English use 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 useless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 uselessness From useless + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being useless. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: user-friendly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From user + friendly. 1. Designed to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc. Example: In the past few years, product engineers have infused the basic telephone with lots of high-tech, razzle-dazzle, and user friendly innovations such as speed dialing, automatic redial, speakerphones, cordless phones, hold buttons, and dialing memories.
Word: user-friendliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English user English friendly English user-friendly Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 user-friendliness From user-friendly + -ness. 1. The quality of being user-friendly. Labels: uncountable
Word: usurious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English usury Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English usurious From usury + -ous. Pronunciation: /juːˈʒuːɹɪəs/, /juːˈzjuːɹɪəs/ 1. Of or pertaining to usury. Example: If an Executor pay an Uſurious Bond, other Creditors may make a Devaſtavit of it, Hob. p. 167. If a Man be bound in an Obligation Uſurious, the Bond is void between the Parties, yea and Strangers ſhall take the advantage of it; and therefore if ſuch an Obligor makes his Executor and die, and the Executor pay the uſurious Bond, other Creditors may ſhew it, and make a Devaſtavit of it, in Winchcomb and the Biſhop of Wincheſter’s Caſe. Example: The fallacy of his [Justice William Best’s] argument is, that he supposes the objection to the plaintiff’s recovery to be, that his contract with the defendant is usurious; whereas the objection really arises from the circumstance that these notes are deposited to enforce another contract, which was usurious, and the defence rests on this — not that more than 5 per cent. is reserved by these bills, but that they are destined to enforce a contract which is usurious. 2. Exorbitant. Example: But nature, violated by these excesses, exacts a most usurious interest for this illicit indulgence. She makes them pay for moments of rapture with hours of despair.
Word: ubiquitously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ubiquitous Middle English -ly English -ly English ubiquitously From ubiquitous + -ly. 1. In a ubiquitous manner.
Word: chalypsography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + -graphy. 1. steel-engraving Labels: uncountable
Word: ulcerated Part of Speech: adj 1. affected with ulcers
Word: ulnae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ulna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultrahigh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-West Germanic *hauh Old English hēah Middle English heigh English high English ultrahigh From ultra- + high. 1. Alternative spelling of ultra-high. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: ultrasonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ultrasonic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English ultrasonically From ultrasonic + -ally. 1. In an ultrasonic manner. 2. Using ultrasonics.
Word: ultrasonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- English sonics English ultrasonics From ultra- + sonics. 1. the science and technology of ultrasound Labels: uncountable
Word: umbrae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹiː/, /ˈʌmˌbɹi/, /ˈʌmˌbɹaɪ/ 1. plural of umbra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hollies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ilex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ilex (“holm oak”). 1. Holm oak (Quercus ilex). Example: There is a point of strand / Near Vada's tower and town; and on one side / The treacherous marsh divides it from the land, / Shadowed by pine and ilex forests wide, / And on the other creeps eternally, / Through muddy weeds, the shallow, sullen sea. Example: Many nights, though autumnal mists were spread around, I passed under an ilex—many times I have supped on arbutus berries and chestnuts, making a fire, gypsylike, on the ground […] 2. Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex.
Word: unaffiliated Part of Speech: adj 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 affiliate 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 unaffiliated From un- + affiliate + -ed. 1. Not affiliated, not associated. Labels: not-comparable Example: But politically correct universities and colleges, overrun by SJW liberals and angry geeds (read uninitiated and unaffiliated members of the university who have no wish to join Greek life or support it whatsoever) want to destroy the Greek system. Example: This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter.
Word: unaffiliated Part of Speech: verb 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 affiliate 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 unaffiliated From un- + affiliate + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unaffiliate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unaffiliated Part of Speech: noun 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 affiliate 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 unaffiliated From un- + affiliate + -ed. 1. A person or organization having no affiliation. Example: These unaffiliated (or independent) directors are, supposedly, the purifying factor against the contamination of the Managing Group's duality. The unaffiliateds are, in short, the Fund's watchdogs. Example: Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.
Word: premenstrual tension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Robert T. Frank in 1931 of New York, the first doctor to treat PMS's physical and psychological components as related to a single cause. 1. Synonym of premenstrual syndrome: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: There may be an actual distaste for sexual relations for a week or so prior to the period, perhaps as part of a picture of general irritability and vague feelings of discomfort of which some women complain; the name "premenstrual tension" has been applied to this. Example: However, the pervasive social impact of the premenstrual tension comes from psychological, behavioral change, and this is the time of month that women are likely to be admitted to psychiatric wards.
Word: scooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scoop 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 scooper From scoop + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskuːpə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who scoops. 2. Something that scoops. 3. An engraver's tool. 4. The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food. 5. A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive. 6. A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and directly scooping up water to fill its tanks, by skimming the water's surface with scoops delopyed. Labels: informal
Word: premenstrual syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Katharina Dalton in 1953 to replace the earlier premenstrual tension, which she considered accidentally created the impression of focusing solely on PMS's mental aspects. 1. The physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation; premenstrual tension. Labels: uncountable Example: The thiazides and similar compounds have also been used in patients with edema associated with nephritis and …the premenstrual syndrome…. Example: In The Premenstrual Syndrome, Dr. Katherina Dalton summarizes many studies of behavior change that show a large portion of crimes (63 percent in an English study, 84 percent in a French) are not distributed evenly over time, but clustered in the premenstrual interval along with suicides, accidents, a decline in the quality of schoolwork, decline in intelligence test scores, visual acuity, and response speed.
Word: whacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whack + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwækə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍækə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or something which, whacks. Example: Joe was just about the best Australian heavyweight at the time, a very tough customer in his own right. He didn't have any science, but he was a mighty whacker. 2. Synonym of whopper (“anything large”). Labels: informal 3. Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”). Labels: informal Example: "Oh, there's a whacker!" cried East; "we haven't been within a hundred yards of his barn; we haven't been up here above ten minutes, and we've seen nothing but a tough old guinea-hen, who ran like a greyhound." Example: But all the while Captain Amos Brown was telling whackers that would have done credit to Baron Munchausen, he was really thinking of how he was to save those whose passage to a port not named in any bills of lading looked almost certain. 4. A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies. Labels: slang
Word: estrene Part of Speech: noun 1. A derivative of estradiol characterized by a structure that includes a phenolic ring. Example: A series of compounds related to the estrenes, parent saturated hydrocarbon of which is 5a-estrane (Fig. 4.3), have been obtained by removing the 19-methyl group (No R or Nor) attached to the 10th position in androstene derivatives. Example: In 1993 , a U.S. patent (# 5,272,134) was granted for fragrances containing 16-androstene and estrene steroids (see examples in Figure 14).
Word: what-if Part of Speech: noun 1. A speculation as to what might have happened if something else had happened earlier. Labels: informal Example: Each man was running over the what ifs in his mind. 2. A hypothetical case or situation, usually evoked by a sense of anxiety or uncertainty. Labels: informal
Word: what-if Part of Speech: verb 1. To speculate about the consequences of something that could have happened. Labels: informal
Word: affiliated Part of Speech: adj 1. Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation. Example: We are not affiliated with any commercial publisher. Example: The main Christian doctrines and festivals, besides a great mass of affiliated legend and ceremonial, are really quite directly derived from, and related to, preceding Nature worships; and it has only been by a good deal of deliberate mystification and falsification that this derivation has been kept out of sight.
Word: affiliated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of affiliate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wheeler-dealer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wheel and deal, equivalent to wheel + -er + deal + -er. 1. A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator. Labels: informal Example: Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler-dealer Charles Keating, the five were fighting to regain reputations earned in a lifetime of public service. Example: It is illegal to buy and sell this sort of item, he says, but not necessarily illegal to buy and sell the containers that they happen to come in. What an unexpected wheeler dealer.
Word: wheeziness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wheezy 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 wheeziness From wheezy + -ness. 1. the state of being wheezy Labels: uncountable
Word: wheezy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wheeze + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːzi/, /ˈʍiːzi/ 1. That wheezes. Example: A couple of somewhat wheezy Highland "River" class 4-6-0s have succeeded in hauling 450-ton stock trains between Stranraer and Ayr.
Word: whensoever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English quen-so-ever, wensoever, whanne so evere, whan-so-ever, whan-so-evere, whenne-soever, when so evyr. By surface analysis, when + so + ever. 1. whenever; at any time at all Labels: not-comparable Example: Now or whensoever, provided I be so able as now. Example: Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.
Word: whiffletree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whiffle + tree. 1. a whippletree Labels: US
Word: whippletree Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal. Example: The single whippletree should have a chain attached to bring it out even with the other two. Example: Like the whippletree, the wheelbarrow only became known in the Middle Ages.
Word: swingletree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swingle + tree. 1. Alternative form of singletree. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lugging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lugging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lugging, equivalent to lug + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɡɪŋ/ 1. The process by which something is lugged from one place to another; a laborious carrying or dragging.
Word: whilom Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English whilom (“(adverb) at one time, formerly, once; once upon a time; at times, sometimes; at a future time; (conjunction) while”) [and other forms], from Old English hwīlum, hwīlan, hwīlon (“at one time, once; sometimes”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlum, the dative plural of *hwīlu (“period of time, time, while; period of rest, pause”), from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of time, time, while; period of rest, pause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”). The Oxford English Dictionary regards adverb sense 2.2 (“for some time that has passed”) as “aberrant”. Cognates * Old High German hwīlōn (Middle High German wīlen, wīlent, German weiland (“at one time, formerly”)) * Old Saxon hwīlon (“sometimes”) (Middle Dutch wilen, Middle Low German wilen (“at one time, formerly”), Dutch wijlen (“deceased, late”)) Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪləm/, /ˈʍaɪ-/ 1. At some time in the past; formerly, once upon a time. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whilom, as olde stories tellen us [...] Example: Lo I the man, vvhoſe Muſe vvhilome did maske, As time her taught, in lowly Sheapards vveeds, Am novv enforſt a far unfitter taske, […] 2. At times, on occasion, sometimes. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Wald ze be lov'd, this lessone mon ze leir; Flie vhylome Love, and it will folou thee. 3. Preceded by of or this: for some time that has passed. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: This money I do give ye, becauſe of vvhilom You have bin thought my ſonne, and by myſelfe too, […]
Word: whilom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English whilom (“(adverb) at one time, formerly, once; once upon a time; at times, sometimes; at a future time; (conjunction) while”) [and other forms], from Old English hwīlum, hwīlan, hwīlon (“at one time, once; sometimes”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlum, the dative plural of *hwīlu (“period of time, time, while; period of rest, pause”), from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of time, time, while; period of rest, pause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”). The Oxford English Dictionary regards adverb sense 2.2 (“for some time that has passed”) as “aberrant”. Cognates * Old High German hwīlōn (Middle High German wīlen, wīlent, German weiland (“at one time, formerly”)) * Old Saxon hwīlon (“sometimes”) (Middle Dutch wilen, Middle Low German wilen (“at one time, formerly”), Dutch wijlen (“deceased, late”)) Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪləm/, /ˈʍaɪ-/ 1. At some time in the past; former, sometime. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the same day, two notable Female Prisoners are also put in ward there: Dame Dubarry and Josephine Beauharnais! Dame whilom Countess Dubarry, Unfortunate-female, had returned from London; they snatched her, not only as Ex-harlot of a whilom Majesty, and therefore suspect; but as having 'furnished the Emigrants with money.' Example: The play must have appeared during the closing years of the Peloponnesian war, and must have been fresh in men's memory, when, as Plutarch tells us (Life of Lysander, c. 15), the deliberations about the fate of conquered Athens were determined by a Phocian actor singing the opening monody, which moved all to pity by its picture of a whilom princess reduced to miserable poverty. 2. Of a person: deceased, late. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: whilom Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English whilom (“(adverb) at one time, formerly, once; once upon a time; at times, sometimes; at a future time; (conjunction) while”) [and other forms], from Old English hwīlum, hwīlan, hwīlon (“at one time, once; sometimes”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlum, the dative plural of *hwīlu (“period of time, time, while; period of rest, pause”), from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of time, time, while; period of rest, pause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”). The Oxford English Dictionary regards adverb sense 2.2 (“for some time that has passed”) as “aberrant”. Cognates * Old High German hwīlōn (Middle High German wīlen, wīlent, German weiland (“at one time, formerly”)) * Old Saxon hwīlon (“sometimes”) (Middle Dutch wilen, Middle Low German wilen (“at one time, formerly”), Dutch wijlen (“deceased, late”)) Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪləm/, /ˈʍaɪ-/ 1. During the same time that; while. Example: Subjects their King, the King his Subjects greets, VVhilome the Scepter and the Plough-ſtaffe meets. 2. Up to the time that; till, until.
Word: lugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lugged Part of Speech: adj 1. Constructed with lugs. Labels: not-comparable Example: a bicycle with a lugged steel frame 2. Having ears. Labels: not-comparable
Word: whimsey Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whimsy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelations of truth
Word: whimsicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whimsical + -ity. 1. The state of being whimsical. Labels: uncountable 2. Something whimsical; a caprice. Labels: countable Example: We ask: Has this same ‘perhaps not ill-written Program,’ or any other authentic Transaction of that Property-conserving Society, fallen under the eye of the British Reader, in any Journal foreign or domestic? If so, what are those Prize-Questions; what are the terms of Competition, and when and where? No printed Newspaper-leaf, no farther light of any sort, to be met with in these Paper-bags! Or is the whole business one other of those whimsicalities and perverse inexplicabilities, whereby Herr Teufelsdröckh, meaning much or nothing, is pleased so often to play fast-and-loose with us?
Word: whimsically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English whimsical Middle English -ly English -ly English whimsically From whimsical + -ly. 1. in a whimsical manner Example: "Now don't say that this is what you get for bringing a woman along," she said. She smiled at me whimsically, gloriously, and I knew there was no need for forgiveness. Example: As they drew nearer she was whimsically struck by a kind of family likeness between Miss Van Osburgh and Percy Gryce.
Word: whipcord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whip + cord. 1. A hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A type of catgut. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A strong worsted fabric, with a diagonal rib. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: white-bread Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of white bread. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lashkar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu لشکرِ (“army”). 1. A city in Madhya Pradesh, India. 2. The Islamic militant Lashkar-e-Toiba (Urdu: لشکرِ طیبه (“Army of the Pure”)), based in Pakistan. Also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, or Lashkar-i-Toiba.
Word: clamjamfry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of clamjamfrey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deems Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deem Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deems Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːmz/ 1. plural of deem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deeming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English demynge, deminde, demand, from Old English dēmende (“judging”), equivalent to deem + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of deem Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deeming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deming, demyng, from Old English *dēming (attested in Old English fordēming (“confiscation”)), equivalent to deem + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːmɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of judging or of forming an opinion; judgment, estimation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pardon me Part of Speech: phrase 1. Sorry; said as an apology. Labels: idiomatic Example: Pardon me for stepping on your foot. 2. Polite expression used to soften a contradiction. Labels: idiomatic Example: Pardon me, but that is not true. 3. Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic Example: Pardon me, I didn't hear you.
Word: whitecap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + cap. 1. Any of several birds having a white patch on the head 2. A wave having a white crest; a breaker 3. A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. Labels: US, historical
Word: whitefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + fish. 1. Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food. 2. Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.). 3. Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes. 4. A beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale). 5. A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
Word: whitefish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From white + fish. 1. To fish for whitefish. Example: “Perhaps he went whitefishing after he had his supper.” Example: “Bill” is said to have whitefished on the lake since Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox first plowed it out.
Word: white-knuckle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Evoking the imagery of tightly clenched hands with reduced bloodflow to the knuckles. 1. Causing fear, excitement, apprehension, suspense, or nervousness. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: "No surprise given both Bellamy and White share - or have inherited - Hendrix's unique blend of experimental instincts and white-knuckle showmanship," said Mr Goldsmith. Example: BP said its capped-off well appeared to be holding steady Friday morning, almost midway into a white-knuckle waiting period in which engineers watched the pressure gauges for signs of a leak.
Word: white-knuckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Evoking the imagery of tightly clenched hands with reduced bloodflow to the knuckles. 1. To endure despite feeling terror, fear, apprehension, anxiety, discomfort, or torment. Labels: transitive Example: The rest of the drive home I white knuckled it. Example: “I white-knuckled it down there. Went as fast as I could. I didn't tell anyone I was going. When I got there, they wouldn't let me in. Because I wasn't family.” 2. To grip tightly in fear, apprehension, suspense, or nervousness. Labels: transitive Example: That lifting sensation is so strong, I inadvertently feel myself white-knuckling the hand grips.
Word: whitener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whiten + -er. 1. Any substance used to whiten something; a bleach. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A person employed to whiten or bleach. Labels: countable 3. A powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk. A "non-dairy creamer". Labels: Canada, countable, uncountable
Word: whiteout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from white out. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtˌaʊt/ 1. A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A whiteout can best be described as a paradoxical combination of being partially blind, but also being able to see illusions of things. It is like floundering in a sea of cotton; everything looks blurred and white. 3. Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 5. The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Despite the media whiteout, we believe our weapon flashing had communicated the important political message that the nuclear mentality and the masculine mentality are intimately connected. Example: The slightest reference to national security is accepted as excuse enough for a news whiteout. 7. The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While it represented a symbolic break from the “whiteout” on the US presidency, it was also, obviously, the most racialized campaign in American history. Example: Closer to home, I thought about how that same “whiteout” existed in U.S. scholarship on television production and viewership and their cultural flows.
Word: whitewall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From white + wall. 1. Having white sidewalls (of a tyre/tire) Labels: not-comparable Example: Jake had just installed a radar detector and four new whitewall tires. Example: The UniRoyal Tiger Pay Touring whitewall tire is not a performance tire, but it is totally acceptable for street use. 2. Describing a hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: A weird elongated creature with a whitewall haircut who had the big head as well as hands and fat thighs of the acromegalic, he was an uninhibited cross-dresser suffering from Gender Identity Disorder who constantly appeared in frocks. Example: A blond kid with a whitewall haircut and long, thin sideburns came over to stand beside the kid with the wimpy Roman do.
Word: whitewall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + wall. 1. A tyre/tire with white sidewalls. Example: She'd look two hun-erd percent better with the whitewalls... Example: Sales points you just have to snap on the whitewalls; they are easy to clean, can't scuff on curbs […] 2. A hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer. Labels: US
Word: whitewall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See witwall. 1. The spotted flycatcher. Labels: Northamptonshire, UK, dialectal, rare Example: White wall (Northants). Example: The beam-bird, Muscicapa grisola; the spotted flycatcher. Also whitewall, white-bird.
Word: whodunit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by critic Donald Gordon in 1930. An alteration and univerbation of who done it? with ellipsis of has. Pronunciation: /ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt/ 1. A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator. Example: Actually, an whodunit is a mystery story. The hero is generally a detective, although sometimes he is a gentleman (apparently a mild mannered worm) who sallies forth at night to become Public Enemy No. One of Crime. Otherwise, the formula is exactly the same as that of the Cliff-hanger and follows the same rules.
Word: wholeheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wholehearted 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 wholeheartedness From wholehearted + -ness. 1. the condition of being wholehearted Labels: uncountable
Word: whole-wheat Part of Speech: adj 1. Of flour, prepared from all the constituents of the wheat grain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: wholemeal 2. Of bread, etc., made from whole-wheat flour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scared to death Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Could be a reformation of Old English oþ dēaþ ondrǣdan (literally “to be scared to death”). 1. Extremely frightened. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: whooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whoop + -er. 1. A person or animal that whoops. 2. The whooping crane, Grus americana. Example: Adult whoopers are white and easy to distinguish from sandhills. 3. The whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus.
Word: whoreish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of whorish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wonderfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wonderfulnesse, equivalent to wonderful + -ness. 1. The state of being wonderful. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [H]ow could Pierre […] fail to acknowledge the existence of that all-controlling and all-permeating wonderfulness […] denominated The Finger of God?
Word: wonderingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English wondering Middle English -ly English -ly English wonderingly From wondering + -ly. 1. In a wondering manner; with wonderment. Example: The flowers that Florence held to her breast began to fall when she heard those words, so wonderingly spoken. Example: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaie & Co., Volume I, Phase the First, Chapter 4, p. 50, The poor creature looked wonderingly round at the night, at the lantern, at their two figures, as if he could not believe that at that hour, when every living thing was intended to be in shelter and at rest, he was called upon to go out and labour.
Word: Potemkin village Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Russian потёмкинская деревня (potjómkinskaja derévnja), named for purported fake settlements erected at the direction of Russian minister Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787. 1. Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances. Labels: idiomatic Example: Such concentration not only simplifies the task of keeping tabs on foreigners' movements, but it also enables the Government to influence the outside world's picture of Russia by arranging matters in Moscow to make it a sort of huge, latter-day Potemkin Village. Example: When a government substitutes propaganda for governing, the Potemkin village is all. Since we don't get honest information from this White House, we must instead, as the Soviets once did, decode our rulers' fictions to discern what's really happening.
Word: wonderment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wonder Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English wonderment From wonder + -ment. 1. Wonder; astonishment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Blind!" exclaimed the old fellow, sitting up in startled wonderment. "You mean it, sir? You walk all right and you look at me as if you saw me. You're kidding surely." 2. A puzzle or curiosity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: penetralium Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌpɛnɪˈtɹeɪliəm/ 1. the innermost (or most secret) part of a building; an inner sanctum; a sanctum sanctorum.
Word: wil Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of will. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wondrously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English wondrous Middle English -ly English -ly English wondrously From wondrous + -ly. 1. In a wondrous manner. Example: But had thoſe vvits the vvonders of their dayes, / Or that ſvveete Teian Poet [Anacreon] vvhich did ſpend / His plenteous vaine in ſetting forth her [Venus's] prayſe, / Seene but a glims of this, vvhich I pretend, / Hovv vvondrouſly vvould he her face commend, […] Example: Renamed in honor of the tube tearjerker, the work wondrously went on to become the most recognized theme in all of soapdom.
Word: Mandarin Chinese Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. Labels: uncountable 2. Standard Mandarin. Labels: uncountable
Word: haring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mossel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mossle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Citroën Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Citroën. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹəʊn/, /ˈsɪtɹən/, /ˈsɪtɹoʊn/ 1. A surname from French.
Word: Citroën Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Citroën. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹəʊn/, /ˈsɪtɹən/, /ˈsɪtɹoʊn/ 1. A car of the Citroën brand.
Word: optically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English optic English -al English optical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English optically From optical + -ly. 1. regarding or using optics Labels: not-comparable Example: The picture is seen optically through the lens, as in many photo cameras. Example: The microscopically small crystals often obtained by very rapid cooling of the hot solution, appeared to be no crystals of the optically active form either; they were rhombic individuals exhibiting prismatic, domatic and basal facets, of a new hydrate of the racemic compound, probably at higher temperatures stable, and containing less water of crystallization.
Word: optimally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus English -al English optimal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English optimally From optimal + -ly. 1. In an optimal manner.