nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: money-spinner Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that generates a continuous income. Labels: Australia, UK, figuratively Example: One cannot resist the impression that the doctrine that a person who has been harmed in some way is a victim, and therefore cannot commit any wrong, has been turned into a money-spinner by lawyers. Example: But on April 13 it 'scrambled' a rake of Mk 2s and dual-braked 'Black 5' 45212 to start its lucrative summer money-spinner two days later. 2. A money spider. Example: She never passed a spider or moneyspinner, without throwing it over her shoulder, to the no small annoyance of those who might be near.
Word: moneyspinner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of money-spinner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leg-spinner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leg spinner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: castell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan castell. Doublet of cashel, castellum, castle, and château. 1. A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
Word: leod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lede (“person, people”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Therefore have I no lykinge with tho leods to wonne. Example: If any of the leod were obstructed in their attendance on the king, a heavy penalty was incurred.
Word: FYROM Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /fɪɹəm/ 1. Acronym of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, former long form of North Macedonia: a country in Southeastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
Word: caterwaul Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English caterwrawen, from cater (“cat”) + wrawen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat”), equivalent to cat + waul. Compare Low German katerwaulen (“to cry like a cat”) and Middle Dutch cater (“tomcat”) (Dutch kater). Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.ə.wɔːl/, /ˈkæt.ɚ.wɔl/, /ˈkæt.ɚ.wɑl/ 1. To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Labels: intransitive 2. To have a noisy argument, like cats. Labels: intransitive
Word: caterwaul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English caterwrawen, from cater (“cat”) + wrawen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat”), equivalent to cat + waul. Compare Low German katerwaulen (“to cry like a cat”) and Middle Dutch cater (“tomcat”) (Dutch kater). Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.ə.wɔːl/, /ˈkæt.ɚ.wɔl/, /ˈkæt.ɚ.wɑl/ 1. A yowling. 2. A noisy quarrel.
Word: cajole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail. Pronunciation: /kəˈdʒəʊl/, /kəˈd͡ʒoʊl/ 1. To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […] Example: If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?
Word: cajole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail. Pronunciation: /kəˈdʒəʊl/, /kəˈd͡ʒoʊl/ 1. The act of cajoling.
Word: rutting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rut Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rutting Part of Speech: noun 1. Pairing; the period of time when certain ungulates mate.
Word: café noisette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French café noisette (literally “hazelnut coffee”), due to the color; compare cappuccino. 1. An espresso with a dash of hot milk. It is a hazelnut color. The hot milk is either poured in by the barista before serving, or served in a small pot for the drinker to pour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: French cafés serve a large number of different kinds of coffee drinks, but the most traditional are plain espresso and café noisette (espresso with a light foam).
Word: cottontop tamarin Part of Speech: noun 1. A small New World monkey with a long crest, white hairs from forehead to nape flowing over the shoulders, Saguinus oedipus
Word: cistern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cisterne, from Old French cisterne (Modern French citerne) from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). Doublet of cisterna. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪs.tən/, /ˈsɪs.tɚn/ 1. A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use. Example: (obsolete) Example: For cistern valves, they are well adapted—opening the full area upon the least descent of the ball, and are not liable to be set fast. 2. In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank. Example: It is possible to connect your tank to your toilet cistern and/or garden, so that even if the water is not drinkable it still can be used productively to make major water savings. 3. A shallow, typically oval, vessel made of porcelain, pottery, or glass. 4. The receptacle that holds the fuel in an oil lamp. Example: By next winter he was spending every evening poring over the work of Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné on the French Reformation by the light of a little oil lamp, with a tiny cistern the size of an orange and no chimney[.] 5. A cisterna. 6. The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.
Word: lawfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English lawefully, lawfulliche, lawefulliche; equivalent to lawful + -ly. 1. Conforming to the law; legally. Example: This grand ceremony was immediately followed by a proclamation expreſsly forbidding the Abyſſine clergy, monks, and prieſts, to perform any prieſtly functions till they were previouſly examined and approved by the patriarch ; there being ſome reaſon to doubt whether they had been lawfully examined. Example: He was sent to Guantánamo in 2002, and Judge Kollar-Kotelly found that from the beginning of his stay, “there is no evidence in the record that anyone directed any allegations toward al-Rabiah nor any indication that interrogators believed al-Rabiah had engaged in any conduct that made him lawfully detainable.”
Word: unlawfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unlawful + -ly or un- + lawfully. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈlɔːfəli/ 1. In a manner not conforming to the law. Example: The deceased was unlawfully killed during a riot. Example: Look here, my body-snatchers, you have unlawfully abridged the liberty of one of the sons of the sovereign State of New York!
Word: Waquita Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Word: filmology Part of Speech: name Etymology: 1949, from French filmologie. 1. A 1950s–60s movement of theoretical study relating to film. Example: [title] International Bureau of Filmology ¶ When the International Film Congress met in Paris in 1947 a plan was approved for the organization of a “Bureau International de Filmologie.” Example: Pervy's research in filmology may eventually open wider applications of films in modern languages.
Word: widescreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wide + screen. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪdˌskɹin/ 1. A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience. Labels: attributive, often
Word: widescreen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wide + screen. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪdˌskɹin/ 1. Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Labels: not-comparable 2. Presented in the original aspect ratio; presented in letterbox orientation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: letterbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From letter + box. 1. A box into which mail is put. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK 2. A box into which mail is put. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: A wad of junk mail was pushed through the letterbox in the front door and dropped onto the mat. 3. A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation. 4. A rectangular hole or slot. Example: His strength was running out fast: one more good letterbox was all that he could conceive himself able to make. He made it, hacking away with slow, painful strokes, his axe-handle slippery with his sweat.
Word: letterbox Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From letter + box. 1. Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area. Labels: not-comparable
Word: letterbox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From letter + box. 1. To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, with the placing of black bars above and below the picture area. Labels: transitive 2. To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: pan and scan Part of Speech: adj 1. Formatted to fit within proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, with sides of the original widescreen image (especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio) cropped off. Labels: not-comparable Example: Paul disdained pan and scan DVD releases, always holding out for the widescreen special editions.
Word: pan and scan Part of Speech: noun 1. The method or practice of adjusting widescreen film images, especially 2.35:1 or 2.39:1 aspect ratio, so that they can be shown within the proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, by cropping off sides of the original widescreen image, as opposed to letterboxing. Labels: uncountable Example: Alicia hated the person who had invented pan and scan, since the heightened panning effect aggravated her nausea when watching action movies. 2. A movie recording employing this technology. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the discount bin by the door sat a pile of pan and scans, mostly comedies, that no one would touch.
Word: pan and scan Part of Speech: verb 1. To adjust widescreen film images so that they can be shown with standard television aspect ratios by cropping the original image, i.e. using pan and scan methods. Labels: transitive 2. To crop out (a character or object) when performing the pan and scan process, resulting in the deletion of a character or object. Labels: transitive Example: In the full-screen version of Star Wars Episode II, only Anakin and Obi-Wan appear in the scene because Padmé was panned and scanned out.
Word: APC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of armored personnel carrier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Sill waved for an armored vehicle to come up from the rear. It was an APC with a small cannon on the top. 2. Initialism of anaphase-promoting complex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of antigen-presenting cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of antenna phase center. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism 6. Initialism of all-purpose cleaner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of activated protein C. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of article processing charge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of adenomatous polyposis coli. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of argon plasma coagulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: APC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of A Perfect Circle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of All Progressives Congress. Labels: Nigeria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: APC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of armor piercing capped. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: armored personnel carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. An armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat.
Word: gunship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + ship. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnʃɪp/ 1. A ship equipped with heavy artillery. 2. An armed helicopter tasked to attack the enemy. Example: I'm sending down five more dropships, combat EMVs, and a thopter gunship. 3. A transport airplane equipped with large calibre guns typical of armoured fighting vehicles Labels: US Example: Roger that, Hocus. Friendly gunship, coming in hot!
Word: hospital ship Part of Speech: noun 1. A ship that is intended to serve as a mobile hospital with appropriate equipment and personnel. Example: The Leinster has been in use as a hospital ship and a transport, but is now released and is refitting for her regular service.
Word: jaws Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːz/, /d͡ʒɑz/ 1. plural of jaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jaws Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːz/, /d͡ʒɑz/ 1. The mouth. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The borders of anything which has a mouthlike aspect. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Open the jaws of the wrench and wide as possible. Example: The red wobbled in the jaws of the pocket, but didn't go down. 3. A contrarian. Labels: colloquial
Word: jaws Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːz/, /d͡ʒɑz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jaw Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: depth charge Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine. Example: The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice. 2. Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”).
Word: depth charge Part of Speech: verb 1. To attack (a target, usually a submarine) with depth charges. Labels: transitive Example: After the freighter was torpedoed, its escorting destroyers depth charged the submarine for two hours, but failed to sink it.
Word: periscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed in English from peri- + -scope. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪskəʊp/, /ˈpɛɹɪskoʊp/, /ˈpeɹɪskəʉp/, /ˈpeɹəskɐʉp/, /ˈpɛɾɪskop/ 1. A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility. Example: The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen. 2. A general or comprehensive view. Labels: obsolete Example: […] will show it not only enlarging the periscope of knowledge, but contributing to the amelioration of the condition of unfortunate and suffering humanity […]
Word: periscope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Formed in English from peri- + -scope. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪskəʊp/, /ˈpɛɹɪskoʊp/, /ˈpeɹɪskəʉp/, /ˈpeɹəskɐʉp/, /ˈpɛɾɪskop/ 1. To rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope. Labels: intransitive Example: Thousands of ungainly black-beaked heads would periscope and freeze in the direction of the approaching intruder. Example: The second summer I had a great deal of interest but weeks passed before I worked up the nerve to approach her, the confidence finally gained when I caught a queen snake that periscoped within reach, one of the last I ever saw swimming in Cross Creek.
Word: automimicry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + mimicry. 1. The advantage gained by some members of a species from their resemblance to others of the same species. Males of many bees and wasps, although defenseless, are protected from predators by their resemblance to females that are equipped with stingers.
Word: sequential art Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of art where the content is presented in a series of artistic items positioned in a specific order to convey its message or effect, such as a comic strip. Labels: uncountable
Word: surface-to-air missile Part of Speech: noun 1. A ground-based anti-aircraft missile.
Word: air-to-air missile Part of Speech: noun 1. A missile that is fired from an aircraft to attack another aircraft.
Word: stop-motion Part of Speech: noun 1. An animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement when displayed in sequence. Labels: uncountable Example: Jan Švankmajer’s stop-motion looks angry, rough, and primal; Henry Selick’s is so polished and smooth that it resembles CGI. 2. A device used for automatically stopping a machine or engine when a fault or error is detected. Labels: countable
Word: shrinkage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shrink Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English shrinkage From shrink + -age. 1. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How far progress has been made in liquidating the locomotive stock of the old companies may be judged from the shrinkage in their numbers, by some 50 per cent. at the end of 1931, to about 35 per cent. in 1938. Example: An emergency South Western Railway (SWR) timetable came into force on September 5, in response to the shrinkage of clay embankments on the nine miles between Gillingham and Tisbury. The shrinkage has been caused by the driest summer since 1936, with a severe 40mph speed restriction having to be imposed. 2. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Do women know about shrinkage? Example: This is why guys experience "shrinkage" after they've been swimming.
Word: indicts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of indict Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antivirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English antivirus From anti- + virus. Pronunciation: /ˈantɪvʌɪrəs/ 1. A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
Word: backstop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + stop. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.stɒp/ 1. An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support. 2. A default arrangement that holds if all else fails. Example: Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, this morning, said a time-limited backstop would be unacceptable, and has previously promised to vote down the UK’s Brexit withdrawal deal unless it features a satisfactory backstop. Example: "The 2½ years since have been about hammering home these points in any European capital that would listen. And in spite of capacity-sapping talks on the first point – Brexit, border and backstop – the Department of Foreign Affairs and other government departments have been working quietly to make good on the second. 3. A wall or fence behind home plate. 4. A catcher; the position of catcher. Labels: slang Example: Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better. 5. The player who stands immediately behind the striking base. 6. The longstop. Labels: dated 7. The wicket-keeper. Labels: dated 8. Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc. Example: […] to be set up in Indonesia with a phony book and school supplies company established in New York City as a backstop. Example: Closely representing an alibi, creating a backstop could involve such measures as having people available to verify the details of an agent's cover story.
Word: backstop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + stop. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.stɒp/ 1. To serve as backstop for. Labels: transitive 2. To bolster, support. Labels: transitive Example: Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian.
Word: crush room Part of Speech: noun 1. A large room in a theater, opera house, or other public building, where the public may stand during the intermissions; a foyer or lobby. Labels: dated, obsolete Example: August 2, 1833, Thomas Babington Macaulay, letter to Hannah M. Macaulay Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush-room of the opera at night.
Word: arcminute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arc + minute. 1. A unit of angle; 1/60 of a degree.
Word: crushroom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crush room. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crush hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A hat that collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and, when expanded, is held in shape by springs. 2. Any hat not damaged by compressing.
Word: MS-DOS Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌɛmɛsˈdɒs/ 1. Initialism of Microsoft Disk Operating System, an operating system for IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s, eventually succeeded by standalone versions of Microsoft Windows. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In its MS-DOS, Version 6.22, Microsoft added a legally correct version of data compression and enhanced the operating system's safety features.
Word: harumph Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /həˈɹʌm(p)f/ 1. An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal. Example: Harumph! She is welcome to try, but I'm not going to bother helping. Example: "Harumph! Well, now, perhaps I spoke too soon, McManus."
Word: harumph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /həˈɹʌm(p)f/ 1. An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort. Example: I didn't get a harumph out of that guy. Example: Give the governor a harumph.
Word: harumph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /həˈɹʌm(p)f/ 1. To make a huffing or snorting sound of disdain or dismissal; (figurative, by extension) to show one's disdain. Example: Is it wrong to harumph when the scent of spitting fat drifts towards your washing line? Example: "An open invitation for beggars," harumphed Migrationwatch. Ever the humanitarians.
Word: dumb terminal Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer terminal consisting of a monitor (usually in monochrome) and keyboard, but (unlike a personal computer) having almost no processing capability, used to provide input to and receive output from a remote server, minicomputer, or mainframe.
Word: extrovert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- + -vert. Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/, /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/ 1. An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs. Labels: informal Example: In order to understand the marked contract between Comte's mental attitude during his early years and that of his later life, we must keep in mind Jung's hypothesis of the two psychological types, the introvert and extrovert,—the thinking type and the feeling type. Example: He cannot find the fabled boatman, but he does come across the two stone images that belong to the boatman, and in rage and frustration, the great heroic extrovert, the man who is used to acting out whatever he feels inside, smashes the stones.
Word: extrovert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- + -vert. Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/, /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/ 1. Alternative form of extroverted: outgoing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal
Word: extrovert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- + -vert. Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/, /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/, /ɛkstɹəʊˈvəːt/, /ɛkstɹoʊˈvəɹt/ 1. To turn or thrust outwards. Labels: transitive Example: The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted.
Word: introvert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin intrōvertere, from intro- (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung. By surface analysis, intro- + -vert. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɜːt/, /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɝt/ 1. An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction. Example: Important distinctions which obtain amongst the various ‘introverts’ or intro- and e-versible tubes so frequently met with in animal bodies. Example: Peanut worms (phylum Sipunculida) are drab-colored bottom dwellers, most of which are less then four inches long. Their body is divided into two sections: the trunk and the introvert. The introvert, the narrow neck-like anterior section, is used as a probe. 2. An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations. Example: An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system. Example: In order to understand the marked contract between Comte's mental attitude during his early years and that of his later life, we must keep in mind Jung's hypothesis of the two psychological types, the introvert and extrovert,—the thinking type and the feeling type. 3. A reserved person. Labels: figuratively, proscribed
Word: introvert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin intrōvertere, from intro- (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung. By surface analysis, intro- + -vert. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɜːt/, /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɝt/ 1. Alternative form of introverted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They were noticeably more introvert, schizoid and desurgent in temperament.
Word: introvert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From New Latin intrōvertere, from intro- (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung. By surface analysis, intro- + -vert. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɜːt/, /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɝt/, /ɪntɹəʊˈvəːt/, /ɪntɹoʊˈvəɹt/ 1. To turn inwards. Example: […] the Soul being straight, introverted […] into itself, and easily conforming to God's will and time […] Example: The less we look abroad, the more our ideas are introverted, and our habitual impressions... grow together into a kind of concrete substance. 2. To turn inwards. Example: His awkward gait, his introverted toes, Bent knees, round shoulders, and dejected looks […]
Word: schtick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שטיק (shtik, “shtick, act, piece”). 1. Alternative spelling of shtick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: schtick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A blend of schlockey + stick. 1. The stick used to play schlockey.
Word: thermoluminescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English luminescent English thermoluminescent From thermo- + luminescent. Pronunciation: /ˌθəːmə(ʊ)luːmɪˈnɛs(ə)nt/ 1. Of, relating to, or showing thermoluminescence.
Word: thermoluminescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English luminescence English thermoluminescence From thermo- + luminescence. 1. The release of previously absorbed radiation upon being heated. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wonky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), from Old English wancol (“unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wankul (“swaying, shaky, unstable”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/, /ˈwɑŋ.ki/, /ˈwɔŋ.ki/ 1. Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre. Example: Who's this gimp with a wonky eye / I don't know but his lips are dry 2. Feeble, shaky or rickety. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Example: It seemed likely that he would need First Aid when those wonky steps yielded, at length, to the well-known law of gravitation. 3. Suffering from intermittent bugs. Labels: informal 4. Generally incorrect. Labels: informal Example: “It’s the ‘societal value’ part this looks wonky to me,” Mr. [Lee] McIntyre said in an email to The Times.
Word: wonky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), from Old English wancol (“unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wankul (“swaying, shaky, unstable”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/, /ˈwɑŋ.ki/, /ˈwɔŋ.ki/ 1. A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths. Labels: uncountable Example: By the late 2000s, dubstep had splintered into numerous factions, from brostep to wonky to the evocative “purple,” […]
Word: wonky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English wonk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English wonky From wonk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/, /ˈwɑŋ.ki/, /ˈwɔŋ.ki/ 1. Technically worded, in the style of jargon. Example: Climate change is an issue that might lend itself more easily to thematic framing in the news, due to the often highly technical and wonky language required to explain it. Example: McCain's message, while similar in content and equally as valid, is lost in the minutiae of “'high-risk' pools” and wonky jargon. 2. Technical in nature, difficult for non-specialists to understand. Example: During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies. Example: [Senator Todd] Young is a low-key Indiana lawmaker with an enthusiasm for wonky, but important national security issues. He's a protégé of the late Sen. Richard Lugar, a low-key Indiana lawmaker who had an enthusiasm for wonky but important national security issues.
Word: pro tem Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Clipping of pro tempore, from Latin prō tempore (literally “for a time”). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈtɛm/ 1. temporarily; for the time being Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: pro tem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of pro tempore, from Latin prō tempore (literally “for a time”). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈtɛm/ 1. temporary Labels: US, not-comparable 2. acting (of a job or role), serving temporarily Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: endogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endogen + -ous or endo- + -genous. Piecewise doublet of indigenous. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈdɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/, /ɛnˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə.nəs/, /ɛnˈdɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/, /ɪnˈdɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/, /enˈdɔd͡ʒ.ə.nəs/ 1. Produced, originating or growing from within. 2. Of a natural process: caused by factors within the body.
Word: immensity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French immensité, equivalent to immense + -ity. 1. The characteristic or state of being immense. Labels: uncountable Example: Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie / Thy soul's immensity; […] 2. An immense object. Labels: countable
Word: -z Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: An eye dialect spelling variant of -s. 1. Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/. Labels: Internet, Leet, humorous, morpheme, slang Example: Boyz are always trouble, while girlz just play with their Bratz dolls. Example: He lovez me and I love my warez.
Word: -z Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From a mutation (specifically a zetacism) of the rhotic consonant /ɹ/ to /z/. While standalone suffixation (such as soz and Baz) gained wide recognition in British print during the 1980s, the underlying morphophonological shift is attested significantly earlier in Australian English via the derived non‐rhotic suffix -zza (such as Bazza for Barry), which has been in print since at least the 1960s. 1. Forms nicknames, especially of personal names. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, morpheme Example: Barry + -z → Baz Example: Sharon + -z → Shaz 2. Forms colloquial variants of words. Labels: UK, morpheme Example: sorry + -z → soz Example: tomorrow + -z → tomoz
Word: bandage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French bande Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French bandagebor. English bandage Borrowed from French bandage. Pronunciation: /ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury. Example: […]he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed. 2. A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold. Example: […] the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage. Example: The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…]. 3. A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: This new healthcare proposal merely applies a bandage to the current medical crisis.
Word: bandage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French bande Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French bandagebor. English bandage Borrowed from French bandage. Pronunciation: /ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To apply a bandage to something. Example: 1879, Samuel Clemens (as Mark Twain), A Tramp Abroad, https://web.archive.org/web/20140811201712/http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w ...they ate...whilst they chatted, disputed and laughed. The door to the surgeon's room stood open, meantime, but the cutting, sewing, splicing, and bandaging going on in there in plain view did not seem to disturb anyone's appetite.
Word: resorb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin resorbere, from re- (“again”) + sorbere (“to suck in”). 1. To absorb (something) again. Labels: transitive 2. To undergo resorption. Labels: intransitive 3. To dissolve (bone, sinew, suture, etc.) and assimilate it. Labels: transitive
Word: staffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of staff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: staffing Part of Speech: noun 1. the practice of hiring and firing staff 2. The personnel required for some project. Example: In accordance with an agreement made in 1855, "the Junction Station" (Coaley) was erected at the expense of the Dursley Company, which also paid for the staffing of it.
Word: asserted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈsɜːtɪd/, /əˈsɝtɪd/ 1. stated, declared or alleged, especially with confidence but no proof Example: asserted authority Example: asserted ownership
Word: asserted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈsɜːtɪd/, /əˈsɝtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of assert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enroll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enrollen, from Anglo-Norman enroller; by surface analysis, en- + roll. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɹəʊl/, /ɛnˈɹoʊl/, /ɪnˈɹoʊl/, /ɪnˈɹəʉl/ 1. To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list Labels: transitive Example: All the citizens capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves. Example: An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling. 2. To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of. Labels: transitive Example: They were eager to enroll new recruits. 3. To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something). Labels: intransitive, reflexive Example: Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term? 4. To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something). Labels: intransitive, reflexive 5. To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something). Labels: US, intransitive, reflexive 6. To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive, reflexive 7. To envelop; to enwrap. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […] Example: enroll thy memorable name In th’ heart of every honourable dame 8. To curl up into a ball. Labels: intransitive Example: Many trilobites (e.g.37), including Ampyx priscus (Supplementary Fig. 11) had the capacity to enroll as do modern terrestrial isopods when threatened.
Word: chemotaxis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English taxis English chemotaxis From chemo- + taxis. 1. The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: motility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mōtus Latin -īlislbor. English -ile English motile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English motility From motile + -ity. 1. The state of being motile (moving) Labels: uncountable 2. The degree to which something is motile Labels: countable
Word: motile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mōtus Latin -īlislbor. English -ile English motile From Latin mōtus, perfect passive participle of moveō (“to move”) (English move), + -ile. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtaɪl/ 1. A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.
Word: bipartite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bipartītus (“bisected”), perfect passive participle of bipartiō (“to divide into two parts, bisect”). By surface analysis, bi- + part + -ite. Pronunciation: /baɪˈpɑː.taɪt/, /baɪˈpɑɹ.taɪt/ 1. Having two parts (two principal or main parts). Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: bifid, bilobar, bilobular, split, forked 2. Having two participants; joint. Labels: not-comparable 3. Divided into two at the base. Labels: not-comparable 4. Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph) Labels: not-comparable
Word: cleaved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kliːvd/ 1. Cleft or cloven.
Word: cleaved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kliːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of cleave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cloven Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of cleave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cloven Part of Speech: adj 1. Split, sundered, or divided. Example: All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues Do hiss me into madness—[...]
Word: whoosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /ʍʊʃ/, /wʊʃ/, /ʍuːʃ/, /wuːʃ/, /ʍʉʃ/ 1. A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. Example: The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a last-second whoosh of sound, a two-story wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry: “Avalanche! Elyse!” 2. A homicide by shooting. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang 3. A gun. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang
Word: whoosh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /ʍʊʃ/, /wʊʃ/, /ʍuːʃ/, /wuːʃ/, /ʍʉʃ/ 1. To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. Labels: intransitive 2. To pass by quickly. Labels: ambitransitive 3. To pass by quickly. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively, intransitive 4. To cause to pass quickly. Labels: transitive Example: Twitter whooshed your tweet away before I read all of it lmao. 5. To kill by gun, to shoot. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive Example: Man do it for the team Kick him and swing him on landing The olders are whooshed Brass and bruck I promise all of them has been (dun out 'ere) Example: How many man got whooshed like Jackson?
Word: whoosh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /ʍʊʃ/, /wʊʃ/, /ʍuːʃ/, /wuːʃ/, /ʍʉʃ/ 1. Imitates anything passing by quickly and more or less close. Example: I was batting when Nikki sent down a lollipop and whoosh, what a shot. 2. Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head). Labels: sarcastic
Word: essive case Part of Speech: noun 1. Noun case used to indicate a temporary state of being, such as the site of an action or the time at which it took place.
Word: pre-mechanization Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English mechanization English pre-mechanization From pre- + mechanization. 1. Referring to a period before the mechanization of farming or some other human activity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nerve-racking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1812. Pronunciation: /ˈnɝv ˌɹækɪŋ/ 1. Intensely irritating or distressing to the nerves. Example: His own greeting was equally cordial. "Still exploring!" he cried, as he shook them by the hand. "We will hope your new experiences will not be so nerve-racking as our last."
Word: emissary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪs(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɛmɪˌsɛɹi/ 1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. Example: The small group around Ch’en Tu-hsiu that had remained at headquarters hastily sent an emissary—Chang Kuo-t’ao—to Nanch’ang. Though Chang set out immediately, he did not reach Nanch’ang until July 31, the day before the rising. 2. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. Example: Near-synonym: missionary 3. A venous channel in the skull. 4. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.
Word: not the end of the world Part of Speech: phrase 1. (It's of) minor importance, at least not as important as it first seemed. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't worry; it's not the end of the world if he doesn't attend.
Word: nerve-wracking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1867, following earlier nerve-racking (1812). 1. Alternative form of nerve-racking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Example: To thrust this grating, screeching, nerve wracking, heart-rending, worse than Pandemonial howling, upon such an occasion, is the climax of cruelty. Example: One could hardly commend any of these nerve-wracking exploits; [...].
Word: Burg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Burgundy. 1. Burgundy wine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many 2006 Burgundy reds are drinking well now, the better 2007s, especially Chambolles, have been beautiful for a while, and the 2008s could be left alone for a year or so to resolve their tannins. I find many 2011 and 2012 Burgs seductive, and irresistible, just bursting with fruit.
Word: Synthol Part of Speech: name 1. A synthetic preparation proposed as a substitute for alcohol.
Word: Synthol Part of Speech: name 1. An oil that is injected directly into muscle to artificially increase its size.
Word: Burgenland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German Burgenland. Literally, “land of castles”. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡənlænd/ 1. The easternmost and least populous federal state of Austria.
Word: Augustinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Augustinen, from Latin Augustīniānus, from Augustīnus + -iānus, after Augustine of Hippo. By surface analysis, Augustine + -ian. 1. Of, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace. Labels: not-comparable Example: What does Freud oppose to the view that the future is already written? It is in so far as chance does exist in the physical, as opposed to mental world, that Freud distinguishes himself from a superstitious person. Yet the analyst never takes a chance event at face value. Everything mental — that is speakable — is determined. This sense of determination, the famous determinism that Freud is rebuked for, is in truth more of a parody of nineteenth century Laplacean determinism than its extension. From the dream in The interpretation of dreams, we derive the simple formula that dreams foretell the future insofar as the future is a perfect likeness of the past. This model seems to be akin to the Laplacean determinism of the nineteenth century, the view that, given knowledge of initial conditions, of the present state of forces and elements in the universe, the entire history of a system can be predicted, both forward, into the future, and backwards, into the past. This determinism is broken up, we are told, by twentieth-century physics. But this Laplacean future is the future invoked by the dream; the real future, if such a thing can be allowed to escape the clutches of the Augustinian paradoxes, is a very different thing. One simple index of Freud's avoidance of the Laplacean denial of a difference between past and future is the fact that the question of chance and coincidence bulks so large in discussions of foretelling the future. In a sense, the future is the privileged domain of the miraculous for psychoanalysis. And yet, psychoanalysis itself essays to enter into the domain of the future by undoing the Laplacean determinations the patient constructs for him or herself. Example: I do not subscribe to any Augustinian type split of the world/universe into good or bad, one Godly, one absent of God. 2. Of, or relating to several religious orders influenced by him. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Augustinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Augustinen, from Latin Augustīniānus, from Augustīnus + -iānus, after Augustine of Hippo. By surface analysis, Augustine + -ian. 1. A follower of St Augustine or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace. 2. A friar or monk of any Augustinian order.