nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: scree Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. However, some connection to a lost dialect term (Old Norse influence? cf. shriek, screech) from Old English sċrēon is not impossible. Pronunciation: /skɹiː/, /skɹi/ 1. To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk. Example: They smelled the land before they saw it. A rich, dark odor of sweet earth, coming at them through a misty rain. Then seabirds appeared, crying and screeing. Example: She didn't want to scream to alert Malicia or a guard. What could she do to get the boy's attention? Suddenly, the memory of the mountaintop came to her. The hawk. She screed like a hawk. The boy stopped and searched the sky, […]
Word: scree Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of screed. Pronunciation: /skɹiː/, /skɹi/ 1. To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface. Example: The crushing and screeing equipment owned by the TVA was transferred from job to job, and the availability of this equipment was one of the factors in determining who would produce the aggregate. Example: Sequence of Construction – Circular Dog Kennel. […] Pour concrete. Use a straight 1-inch pipe about 12 feet long to scree each section. Extra help should be on hand to get screeing done. […] Specify a concrete mix that will not harden before screeing can be completed; do not order more concrete than can be property screed at one time; […]
Word: scree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from screen. Pronunciation: /skɹiː/, /skɹi/ 1. A coarse sieve. Labels: Scotland Example: A contract of lease was entered into between the pursuer, who is the proprietor of the estate of Bargaddie, on the one part, and William M'Creath and others, carrying on business under the firm of the Bargaddie Coal Company, on the other part, […] and the lessees becoming bound to pay to the pursuer the sum of £500 sterling of fixed yearly rent, or, in his option, a lordship of 5½d. per cart of the gross output of coals, such cart weighing 13 cwt., and the coals being riddled through a riddle or scree of the customary size.
Word: bonds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɑndz/, /bɒndz/ 1. plural of bond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bonds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɑndz/, /bɒndz/ 1. imprisonment, captivity Labels: plural, plural-only 2. the condition of goods in a bonded warehouse until duty is paid Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bonds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɑndz/, /bɒndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bond Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: screeve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In view of the slang nature of the term, probably from Polari screeve (“write”), from Irish scríobh, eventually from Latin scrībō (“write”). Doublet of shrive. Pronunciation: /skɹiːv/ 1. To write. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang 2. To draw with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang 3. To write begging letters. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: screeve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In view of the slang nature of the term, probably from Polari screeve (“write”), from Irish scríobh, eventually from Latin scrībō (“write”). Doublet of shrive. Pronunciation: /skɹiːv/ 1. A begging letter. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: screeve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian მწკრივი (mc̣ḳrivi, “row, series”). Pronunciation: /skɹiːv/ 1. In the grammar of Georgian and related languages, a combination of tense, aspect and mood. Occasionally used for non-Kartvelian languages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It has already been explained that the series in the Kartvelian languages are sets of tense–mood–aspect paradigms. These paradigms are traditionally referred to as screeves. In general, a screeve expresses one tense, one aspect, and one mood. For example, in Old Georgian the screeve that is called "aorist" expresses past time, indicative mood, and punctual aspect. Example: This qualitative vowel gradation is not connected with screeve (unlike Georgian).
Word: backing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. Support, especially financial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's a volunteer organization that works with backing from the city and a few grants. 2. A liner or other material added behind or underneath. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cardboard backing gives the notebook a little extra stiffness. Example: An old print was discovered some time ago in an arch at Waterloo Dock Goods Station[,] Liverpool, in use as a backing on which to write time sheets. 3. A backdrop. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The simplest and cheapest answer is to introduce a scenic backing of some kind, a backdrop, a drape, some flats to restrict the shot and obscure whatever is outside. 4. Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The mounting of a horse or other animal. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: backing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From back + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. Providing support for the main performer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: backing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. present participle and gerund of back Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scratched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /skɹæt͡ʃt/ 1. Produced by scratching. Example: My Lord, my thanks; but theſe ſcratcht limbs of mine have ſpoke my love and truth unto my friends, more than my tongue ere could: my mind's the ſame it ever was to you; where I find worth, I love the keeper, till he let it go, And then I follow it.
Word: scratched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skɹæt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of scratch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪ.ʒən/, /ˈsɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The resulting delamination of the two lipid monolayers causes a “lens” to form, the further growth of which creates a spherical droplet that is then released by scission at the neck.
Word: casting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkæstɪŋ/, /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈkastɪŋ/, /ˈkɛəstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: casting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkæstɪŋ/, /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈkastɪŋ/, /ˈkɛəstɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A manufacturing process using a mold. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An object made in a mold. Labels: countable Example: The practice of casting steel seems the most difficult of all the foundry arts, for despite every care, a percentage of the work is liable to be faulty and disappointing, but at Crewe, generally, a very good class of casting was turned out. 4. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass? and thou hast neglected its castings also for these two days.[…]” 5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The act of converting between data types. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "The dogs were no sooner let loose, than the hare was afoot. This time there was no stopping or casting, but the hounds were soon in full cry, and after half-an-hour's run, the hare came dancing down the moor towards me."
Word: bonding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bond Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bonding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is bonded or joined together. Example: A systems view of reality allows one to see that it is made of successive layers of bonded elements, each layer with properties emergent from the previous one: atoms are particular bondings of more elementary particles[…] 2. A relationship between a parent and offspring that establishes the basis for an ongoing mutual attachment. 3. A close friendship that develops between people, often as a result of intense experiences, as those shared in military combat. Example: a work bonding session Example: sibling bonding 4. A method of aggregating multiple network interfaces on a computer into a single logical interface 5. An arrangement by which goods remain in the customs warehouses until the duties are paid.
Word: generals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəlz/ 1. plural of general Labels: form-of, plural
Word: generals Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of general Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: debts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɛts/ 1. plural of debt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English defend 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 defended From defend + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛndɪd/ 1. Having defenses. Example: For example, in the boreal forest where browsing by hares in winter is an important source of mortality, the juvenile-phase is more defended chemically against browsing by hares in winter than is the conspecific mature-phase (Table 2). Example: This result corroborates the Hypothesis 2 that the less defended fast-growing species can be replaced over time by more defended slower-growing species. 2. In which the defendant responds to the allegations made against them, typically by filing a defense or counterclaim in court. Labels: not-comparable Example: If this simpler procedure were adopted in a defended case the cost would be about 29l. if counsel were employed, and about 27l. if no counsel or solicitor were employed. Example: But only in less than 5% there was a court order in a defended case (Müller-Alten, 1984).
Word: defended Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English defend 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 defended From defend + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of defend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: monkfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English monk Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English monkfish From monk + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌŋk.fɪʃ/ 1. Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I’ve had the good luck to cook monkfish on both sides of the Atlantic. The European monkfish is Lophius piscatorius, while our western Atlantic brand is Lophius americanus. 2. An angel shark, of the genus Squatina. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A sea monk (“folkloric creature”). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [The] monkfish is preceded by the “monstre Leonin” and followed by the “monstre marinen habit d'Evesque” (de Monstro Leonino and de pisce Episcopi habitu respectively). The creature represented in these works is a hybrid: his round and tonsured ...
Word: spots Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /spɒts/, /spɑts/ 1. plural of spot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spots Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɒts/, /spɑts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: defends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of defend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: defending Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dəˈfɛndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of defend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: defending Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dəˈfɛndɪŋ/ 1. An act of defence. Example: […] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […]
Word: spotting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spotting Part of Speech: noun 1. A spotted pattern. Example: Symptoms consist of various foliage spottings and blotchings. 2. The act of spotting or sighting something. Example: Although the NVA went to great lengths to conceal the locations of their artillery, they had to expose them at the time of firing. Less reliable than visual spottings were electronic intercepts […] 3. Vaginal spotting, the discharge of blood from the vagina at a time outside of one's usual menses. Example: Subchorionic bleeding […] can cause light to heavy spotting but doesn't always (sometimes it is only detected during a routine ultrasound).
Word: stod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stød. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: overdraught Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English draught English overdraught From over- + draught. 1. An overdraft. Labels: UK
Word: scintillating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scintillate + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtɪŋ/, /ˌsɪntəˈleɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of scintillate. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scintillating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scintillate + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtɪŋ/, /ˌsɪntəˈleɪtɪŋ/ 1. That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling. Example: On the scintillating water yellow and blue boats bobbed up and down. Example: They sank me into the ocean / Wishing me to remain in the depths. / I became a deep sea diver / And came up covered with scintillating pearls. 2. Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty. Labels: figuratively Example: Her sketches and tales may be said to be cleverly written. They are lively, easy, conventional, scintillating with a species of sarcastic wit, which might be termed good were it in any respect original. Example: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
Word: mudskipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + skipper. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌdˌskɪpɚ/ 1. Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
Word: schooling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskuːlɪŋ/ 1. Training or instruction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Institutional education; attendance of school. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I never let my schooling interfere with my education. Example: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. 3. The training of a horse at dressage. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Discipline; reproof; reprimand. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He gave his son a good schooling. Example: […] I thought the schooling as severe as the case merited, […] 5. Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: schooling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskuːlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of school Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: burh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English burh. Doublet of borough, burg, burgh, and bury. Pronunciation: /bɜː/, /bɝ/ 1. A fortified dwelling place belonging to a king or noble; a prehistoric fort.
Word: schnapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of snapper, influenced by German Schnapper. Attested from the 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈʃnæpɚ/, /ˈʃnæpə/ 1. An Australasian fish, Chrysophrys guttulatus or C. auratus; the porgy or snapper.
Word: porbeagle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear, but likely from Cornish porth (“harbor”) + bugel (“shepherd”), with the latter element either influenced by English beagle or in fact formed from it, with only the first element truly being from Cornish. 1. A large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic. Example: In English waters, the porbeagle is considered the premier shark to catch, but in other parts of the world it is considered a nuisance, or at best a poor substitute for its more glamorous relative, the mako.
Word: sceptre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛptə/, /ˈsɛptɚ/ 1. An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power. Example: “Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.” Example: To the fleet he came / Bearing rich ranſom glorious to redeem / His daughter, and his hands charged with the wreath / And golden ſceptre of the God shaft-arm’d.
Word: sceptre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛptə/, /ˈsɛptɚ/ 1. To give a sceptre to. Example: To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends. 2. To invest with royal power. Labels: figuratively
Word: scepter Part of Speech: noun 1. American and archaic form of sceptre. Example: Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide, Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,
Word: scepter Part of Speech: verb 1. American form of sceptre.
Word: burg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The historical sense is from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“borough, fortification”). Doublet of borough, Brough, burgh, burh, and bury. Also compare burgess. The modern sense may have been formed in part by analogy with the many North American city names that are suffixed with -burg (a number of which in the Eastern United States once used -burgh instead. See burgh), as well as being formed in part due to German Burg. Pronunciation: /bɜːɡ/, /bɝɡ/ 1. A city or town. Labels: Canada, US Example: Tell mother that I will write her in a day or two, probably from Chicago, as I have always had an idea that that was one burg where I could make good. Example: Imagine my surprise when I learned that he was not only a Canadian but lived in Ottawa, that icy burg I had left so many kilometers -- sorry, miles -- behind me. 2. A fortified town in medieval Europe. Labels: historical
Word: burg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɜːɡ/, /bɝɡ/ 1. Clipping of burger. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: I hate this emptiness and the redundancy of eating burgs at Burger Town.
Word: whale shark Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /weɪl.ʃɑːk/, /weɪ.əl.ʃɑːk/ 1. A very large spotted shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm marine waters, similar to a whale, that feeds by filtering plankton from the water. Example: The largest fish in the world is a shark. It is a harmless plankton eater, and its name, whale shark has been confusing people for years.
Word: great white shark Part of Speech: noun 1. A large shark, Carcharodon carcharias, of coastal surface waters in all major oceans that feeds on fish and marine mammals.
Word: basking shark Part of Speech: noun 1. A very large shark, Cetorhinus maximus, that feeds at or close to the surface by filtering plankton from the water and is found in all the world's temperate oceans. Example: Like the whale shark, the basking shark is a huge, slow-moving plankton feeder. Also like the whale shark, the basking shark is the sole member of a family created especially to accommodate it.
Word: mako shark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori makō (“shark”), a Southern Māori dialect form of the more standard mangō (“shark”). 1. Either of two powerful mackerel sharks of the genus Isurus, having a large heavy body, a sharp nose and a nearly symmetrical tail, found in southern oceans. Example: ‘Aguedo fell through the floor into what we call the shark pool. We call it that because it is a pool filled with sharks. Mako sharks, to be precise.’
Word: glaire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of glair. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: When glairing in grained leathers such as Morocco a froth has a tendency to form; this can be dissipated by adding a spot or two of milk to an eggcup full of glaire. Example: Unlike traditional egg glaires these are impervious to insect attack, and can be tooled long after application. BS glaire also keeps indefinitely, unlike egg glaire.
Word: gerefa Part of Speech: noun 1. A reeve or official with local jurisdiction under the king; the chief magistrate of a district. Labels: historical
Word: sigmoidoscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scopy English sigmoidoscopy From sigmoid + -o- + -scopy. 1. Internal examination of the sigmoid colon
Word: chase tail Part of Speech: verb 1. To be on the hunt for a (usually sexual) partner. Labels: idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: Let's go out clubbing tonight and chase some tail.
Word: Church of Rome Part of Speech: name 1. The Roman Catholic Church.
Word: Church of England Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɜː.t͡ʃəˌvɪŋ.ɡlənd/, /ˈt͡ʃɜɹ.t͡ʃəˌvɪŋ.ɡlənd/ 1. The English branch of the Christian Church; (since the 16th century) specifically the established Protestant church in England which is the mother church of the Anglican Communion.
Word: Anglo-Catholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo- + Catholic. 1. A member of the Anglican Church whose practices emphasise continuity with Catholic tradition.
Word: Anglo-Catholic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo- + Catholic. 1. Pertaining to or characteristic of Anglo-Catholicism. Example: Ash-Wednesday is, in Spurr’s authoritative assessment, Eliot’s most Anglo-Catholic poem.
Word: Bishop of Rome Part of Speech: name 1. The pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
Word: milk tooth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milk + tooth. 1. Any tooth of the first set of teeth of young people (or animals).
Word: socle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊkəl/ 1. A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork. 2. A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall. 3. The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R. 4. The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.
Word: love seat Part of Speech: noun 1. A small sofa for two people. Example: A carafe of tea and a plate of oatmeal cookies were on a small mahogany table in front of a pink and lime green plaid loveseat. Example: “Sit over there,” she added, pointing to a sage loveseat, matching chair and two chocolate-hued, cube-shaped ottomans.
Word: loveseat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From love + seat. 1. Alternative spelling of love seat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: withing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of withe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Meredith Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh Maredudd (“great lord”). Pronunciation: /məˈɹɛdɪθ/, /ˈmɛɹədɪθ/ 1. A male given name from Welsh. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What was his name now? Literary sort of name - I've got it. Meredith. Meredith Blake. Don't know whether he's alive or not. 2. A female given name from Welsh; sometimes mistaken for a combination of Mary and Edith. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "What did I hear you say her name was?" "Meredith. Mary and Edith. Names from both sides of the family." "Meredith," he repeated softly. "I like it." Example: On some level, the filmmakers behind Monster Trucks must have recognized the ill fit of Till playing a teenager, because they cast Jane Levy, a 27-year-old who can pass for younger but not a decade younger, as Meredith, a nerdy classmate of Tripp’s who moons over him as she insists on making an appointment to tutor him in biology. […] Till is somewhere on the Hemsworth spectrum (more engaging than Liam; not as charismatic at Chris), but Levy is wholly charming as his enthusiastic sidekick. 3. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic]. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A town in the Shire of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: saag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi साग (sāg). 1. An Indian dish made from greens (usually spinach) cooked down to a thick paste. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sati Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of suttee. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: peaked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See peak. Pronunciation: /piːkt/, /ˈpiːkɪd/ 1. Having a peak or peaks. Example: The wizard wore a peaked cap.
Word: peaked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See peak (Etymology 2). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːkɪd/ 1. Sickly-looking, peaky. Example: 2000, Toshio Mori and Lawson Fusao Inada, Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori, p. 149, She looked peaked and tired ever since he had volunteered for the army. Example: 2001, Fred C. Feddeck, Hale Men of Fordham: Hail!, p. 17, While Nixon looked peaked throughout the debate, Kennedy looked like a poised diplomat oozing confidence.
Word: peaked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See peak. Pronunciation: /piːkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of peak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: saggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sag + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsæɡi/ 1. Baggy or loose-fitting. 2. That sinks or droops from wear or its own weight. Example: saggy boobs Example: saggy skin
Word: saleswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sales Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English saleswoman From sales + -woman. 1. A woman whose occupation it is to sell things. Example: The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known. Example: We stop walking a second and look around at the spectacle before us. There's something Felliniesque about a department store cosmetics section. You stand here on a Saturday morning, dressed in the standard mall-casual suburban wardrobe, gazing at a chamber glittering with chandeliers, populated by saleswomen wearing makeup and hair dramatic enough for opening night at La Scala.
Word: salesperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of sales + person. 1. A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store. Example: When I was a child, salespeople were usually stationed behind a counter in any given department. […] Having searched in vain for an item and finding a salesperson to ask if the store has it, more often than not you are greeted with, "Do you see it? Then we don't have it." Example: Thus despite sex-typing at Macy's and Target—the placing of salespersons in like-gendered departments and women more often in interactive roles that paid less—women were not much more class-conscious than men.
Word: sacristy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman sacrestie, from Medieval Latin sacristia. Pronunciation: /ˈsækɹɪsti/ 1. A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.
Word: sacristan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton. Pronunciation: /ˈsækɹɪstən/ 1. The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains. Example: And hence the custom and law began That still at dawn the sacristan, Who duly pulls the heavy bell, Five and forty beads must tell Between each stroke Example: […] every evening as the temple was closed for the night the sacristan paused: "Pindar to supper with the god!" he cried.
Word: sapiens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Homo sapiens, from Latin sapiēns, present active participle of sapiō (“discern, be capable of discerning”). 1. A human being (Homo sapiens). Example: The earliest sapiens were gatherers, scavengers, and hunters of food. Example: Even if we assume that the rate of change was slow and the evolving population large, we must still assume that sapiens was rather isolated.
Word: sandal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin. Often mistakenly parsed as related to sand. Pronunciation: /ˈsændəl/ 1. A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
Word: sandal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin. Often mistakenly parsed as related to sand. Pronunciation: /ˈsændəl/ 1. To put on sandals.
Word: sandal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /⁠čandal⁠/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Doublet of santalum. Pronunciation: /ˈsændəl/ 1. sandalwood Labels: uncountable Example: And on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal, amber, ancient rosaries[…]
Word: sandal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), the same word as the shoe sandal, just applied for boats of the shape of this shoe. Pronunciation: /ˈsændəl/ 1. A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.
Word: disenchant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French desenchanter, equivalent to dis- + enchant. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːnt/, /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃænt/, /ˌdɪsɪnˈt͡ʃænt/ 1. To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion. Labels: transitive 2. To disappoint. Labels: transitive 3. To break from a mental captivation such as reverie (daydream) or preoccupation. Labels: transitive 4. To remove a spell or magic enchantment from. Labels: transitive
Word: truism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English true Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English truism From true + -ism. Pronunciation: /tɹuːizəm/ 1. A self-evident or obvious truth. Example: It is a truism that the site of stations is conditioned by history and geography, but Dover Marine especially owes its fascinating and unusual layout to these two factors. Example: It is a truism that the people who attend a rally for President Trump more than two years before he’s on the ballot again are generally strong supporters of President Trump. 2. A banality or cliché. Example: After a little decent sorrow had been put forth for the late "severe affliction," joined with some weariful truisms about resignation to the will of Providence, the rest of the epistle was filled up with reproofs about her ladyship's extraordinary and improper conduct in setting off without his consent! Example: A medical “truism” holds that nose hair filters the air we breathe and therefore protects us from infection by airborne viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. But, as is often the case with truisms, its history may be more venerable than verified.
Word: foule mudammas Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ful medames. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: boxes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɑksɪz/, /ˈbɒksɪz/ 1. plural of box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boxes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɑksɪz/, /ˈbɒksɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of box Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ABEND Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of abend. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ABEND Part of Speech: adj 1. Acronym of absent by enforced net deprivation. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable Example: Folks, I just heard from Paul Saunders, another of our patrons who is ABEND at the moment. Example: ABEND when translated means i had a VERY crappy 5 day weekend and now i am WAY behind at work and i won't be around for awhile till i catch up.
Word: UTF-8 Part of Speech: name 1. Unicode Transformation Format-8, a variable-width encoding scheme for Unicode characters, using sequences of one to four one-byte (8-bit) code units per character, and the default encoding for numerous internet protocols and applications.
Word: UTF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Unicode Transformation Format: Any of various algorithms that map Unicode codepoints to unique sequences of bytes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UTF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Universal Transfer Format. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Unabomber Task Force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sapodilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish sapodilla, from Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl. Pronunciation: /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/ 1. A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics. 2. The edible fruit of this tree. Example: They heard the flight of the bats as they attacked the ripe sapodillas at their feet.
Word: saprotroph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sapro- + -troph. 1. An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients.
Word: saprobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sapro- + -obe. 1. An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material
Word: saprotrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English saprotroph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English saprotrophic From saprotroph + -ic. 1. of or pertaining to saprotrophs (or saprobes) Labels: not-comparable
Word: sarsparilla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sarsaparilla. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: satinet Part of Speech: noun 1. A faux satin usually made of synthetic fiber or cotton. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: satinette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From satin + -ette. 1. A faux satin usually made of synthetic fiber or cotton. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having a white body, tricolored shoulders, and bluish-black tail with a large white spot on each feather. Labels: countable
Word: impenetrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl/, /ɪmˈpɛnɪtɹəbəl/ 1. Not penetrable. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken. Example: The avalanche spread and stopped, locking everything it carried into an icy cocoon. It was now a jagged, virtually impenetrable pile of ice, longer than a football field and nearly as wide. 2. Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent. Labels: not-comparable Example: When night falls, she cloaks the world in impenetrable darkness. 3. Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Business jargon makes this document impenetrable—I can’t understand it.
Word: impenetrable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl/, /ɪmˈpɛnɪtɹəbəl/ 1. A person not openly given to friendship. Example: I should lose the reputation that I am gradually acquiring among our impenetrables here, were I to confess the excitement which I felt at the idea of entering his house—the house of that great general under whose command you made your first charge.
Word: penetrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English penetrable, penytrable, from Old French penetrable, from Medieval Latin penetrābilis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnətɹəbəl/ 1. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Example: On the east the high mountain-chain of Zagros, penetrable only in one or two places, forms a barrier of the most marked character, and is beyond a doubt the natural limit for which we are looking. 2. Capable of being fully understood. Labels: figuratively Example: A Boer may know you, but it will take you some time to know him, and when a certain stage in your acquaintance is reached, you may begin to wonder whether his real nature is penetrable at all. Example: A capacity is cognitively penetrable in this sense if that capacity is affected by the subject's knowledge or ignorance of the domain.
Word: aurum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aurum (“gold”). Doublet of or. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɹəm/, /ˈo.ɹəm/, /ˈoː.ɹəm/ 1. Gold (used in the names of various substances, see "Derived terms"). Labels: uncountable 2. A sweet, orange-flavored Italian liqueur. Labels: uncountable
Word: menace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English manace, from Old French manace, menace, &c., from Late Latin minācia (“threat, menace”), from Latin mināx (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnɪs/ 1. A perceived threat or danger. Example: the dark menace of the distant war. 2. The act of threatening. 3. An annoying and bothersome person or thing. Labels: informal
Word: menace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1303: from Middle English manacen, from Old French menacer, manecier, manechier and Anglo-Norman manasser, from the assumed Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, from Latin minācia, whence the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnɪs/ 1. To make threats against (someone); to intimidate. Labels: ambitransitive, transitive Example: to menace a country with war Example: My master […] did menace me with death. 2. To threaten (an evil to be inflicted). Labels: ambitransitive Example: Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, And in his eies the furies of his heart, That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks. Example: By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal. 3. To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: young gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a play on young'un. 1. A new or rising talent or star; rising star. Labels: informal Example: […] McKillen – not a man to entrust just anyone to build his homes – clearly had huge faith in the young gun.
Word: muscle woman Part of Speech: noun 1. a female bodybuilder
Word: muscled Part of Speech: adj 1. Bearing muscles or muscle tissue. 2. Having large muscles.
Word: muscled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of muscle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: softy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft English -y English softy From soft + -y. 1. A weak or sentimental person. Labels: derogatory, informal, mildly 2. Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish. Labels: informal 3. A software expert who is ignorant of the workings of hardware. Labels: slang 4. A soft drink containing no alcohol. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal 5. A soft toy. Labels: informal 6. A flaccid state of the penis. Labels: slang
Word: muscling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of muscle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: muscling Part of Speech: noun 1. muscles in the body, meant collectively Labels: uncountable Example: The legs are set wide apart due to the very thick muscling. 2. the process of muscle formation or growth Labels: uncountable Example: The effects of muscling were of secondary importance to the effects of fatness.
Word: spotted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: [ˈspɒtɪ̈d], [ˈspɑɾɪ̈d] 1. Discoloured by spots; stained. 2. Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants). Labels: no-comparative, superlative Example: a spotted hyena
Word: spotted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: [ˈspɒtɪ̈d], [ˈspɑɾɪ̈d] 1. simple past and past participle of spot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wells Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɛlz/ 1. plural of well Labels: form-of, plural Example: The town's water supply consisted of three wells, but a new one was being dug to meet demand from the new development.
Word: wells Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɛlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of well Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Every time she sees her little grandson, her face wells with joy.
Word: love bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. An attempt to influence a person by lavish demonstrations of attention and affection. Example: Be careful not to drop love bombs, and try not to get wrapped up in someone else's bombing.
Word: love bomb Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of love-bomb. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: My hypothesis is that a great many of the troubled children who have been love bombed would have had elevated or blunted cortisol prior to the intervention and that measured afterwards, the experience would have “reset” them to more benign ones.
Word: welling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɛlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of well Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: welling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɛlɪŋ/ 1. The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water. Example: It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space. Example: Later experience suggested that such wellings up of molten glass from caverns filled with active lava in a period of outflow might be due to sudden generation of steam from cascades of water during torrential rainfall.
Word: crooner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English croon 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 crooner From croon + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːn.ə(ɹ)/ 1. One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music. Example: My mom likes to listen to old crooners like Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey. Example: “But, you know, crooners gonna croon.”
Word: bottling Part of Speech: noun 1. A batch of bottled liquids, as from a single vat, barrel, or seasonal growth. Example: The bottlings from the barrel-aged wines bear a premium label. 2. The act of pelting (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
Word: bottling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bottle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: welled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɛld/ 1. simple past and past participle of well Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gay bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. A theoretical chemical weapon whose aim is to instigate feelings of mutual homosexual attraction amongst enemy soldiers.
Word: bottled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw-der. Ancient Greekbor.? Latin buttis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Late Latin butticula Old French boteillebor. Middle English botel English bottle English -ed English bottled From bottle + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of bottle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bottled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw-der. Ancient Greekbor.? Latin buttis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Late Latin butticula Old French boteillebor. Middle English botel English bottle English -ed English bottled From bottle + -ed. 1. Packaged in a bottle. Example: bottled water 2. drunk Labels: slang Example: Then turning to the others at the table as though appealing to a jury, he asked, "Y'know what this Arkansas Ape did the last time we got bottled? […] 3. Shaped or protuberant like a bottle. 4. Kept in restraint; bottled up.
Word: in absentia Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin in absentia (“in absence”). 1. While not present; while absent Example: The defendant was convicted in absentia after fleeing during the trial. Example: The first chancellor of West Germany, Conrad Adenauer […] continued to keep Hans Globke as his secretary of the chancellery despite protests. […] Even after an East German court indicted Globke in absentia in 1950, Adenauer would not budge. 2. Absent in general; not present. Labels: possibly, proscribed Example: Since then, the ex-minister has been in absentia, likely relaxing on his private yacht. Example: At Sora’s involuntary acknowledgment of their crew currently in absentia, Shiro nodded.