nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: statewide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English statewide From state + -wide. Pronunciation: /steɪtˈwaɪd/ 1. Happening in or affecting an entire state (political subdivision of a federal union). Labels: not-comparable Example: School monies are derived from two general sources in Georgia—State taxes and local taxes. ¶ The State secures money for its school funds from two sources—a statewide general property tax, and a unit of measure tax on gasoline and kerosene. Example: The 1963-founded Surfing Victoria meanwhile held regional and statewide contests; today the organization schedules more than 25 statewide pro and amateur events each year. 2. Happening in or affecting an entire sovereign state; nationwide. Labels: not-comparable Example: But should economic science further such attempts by accepting those doctrines at their face value, couching all its discourse in terms of statewide economies, and making its basic estimates in terms of national totals, i.e., totals for the relatively artificial boundaries of states? Example: All their activities in the economic and political sphere were related to the state’s law and were performed within the statewide market for labor and commodities, and their citizen’s rights could be exercised in state elections. All these facts and forces favored the identification of the people with their state but they did not explain why this state had to be national, why the national ties were developed simultaneously with the creation of citizen states.
Word: statewide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English statewide From state + -wide. Pronunciation: /steɪtˈwaɪd/ 1. Throughout a state (political subdivision of a federal union). Labels: not-comparable Example: Sharks are an ever-present hazard in South Australia…as of 2002 there had been nearly 50 attacks statewide, including a 48-hour period in September 2000 that saw two surfer fatalities. Example: After an unsuccessful attempt to have The Grapes of Wrath banned statewide (the effort backfired), the AF commissioned and distributed a barrage of counternarratives. 2. Throughout a sovereign state; nationwide. Labels: not-comparable Example: Alternatives to the core Spanish identity were pressing only in the Catalon and Basque regions and not statewide. Example: In the end, the Communist Party scored a stunning victory in the 26 May 1946 election, winning more than 40 percent in the Czech provinces and taking a substantial plurality of the vote statewide.
Word: statewide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English statewide From state + -wide. Pronunciation: /steɪtˈwaɪd/ 1. An agency or association operating through a state (political subdivision). Labels: US
Word: murder-suicide Part of Speech: noun 1. A murder in which the killer subsequently commits suicide. Example: Pladl, pictured, ended up killing his daughter, his baby and himself in a triple murder-suicide[.]
Word: mesmerizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mesmerize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: murder-suicides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of murder-suicide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: channel surf Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of channel-surf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: minikin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn. 1. A young person, especially a young woman. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. A small or insignificant person, thing or amount. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. A little pin. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. The size of type smaller than brilliant, standardized as 3-point. Labels: UK, dated, uncountable
Word: minikin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn. 1. Diminutive or miniature. Labels: obsolete
Word: minikin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Miniken, a 16th-century English form of the place name Munich, a German city where such strings were produced and from which they were imported. Miniken is derived from then-contemporary German Münichen. 1. The treble string of a lute. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: experience is the best teacher Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Calque of Latin ūsus magister est optimus, from Prō Rabīriō Postumō by Cicerō about Gāius Rabīrius Postumus. 1. Lessons learned from experience are the most lasting.
Word: lorimer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French lormier, loremier, from Latin loranum (“bridle”), lorum (“thong, the rein of a bridle”). 1. A person who makes the bits and other metal parts of a horse's bridle, and other small metal pieces. Labels: obsolete
Word: loosebox Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of loose box. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: longhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + house. The sense of outhouse possibly derives from Whittington's Longhouse, a public toilet in medieval London, but first attested in a translation of a similar French expression. 1. A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples. Example: They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House. Example: We met in Council at the Long House. 2. An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation. Labels: euphemistic, obsolete Example: To make wads and wisps for those that go to the Long-house (you know what I meane). 3. The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling nonconformity and masculine values. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Incredible witnessing the tone of the longhouse authoritarian liberal regime is that of an obsessive and histrionic ex or overbearing mother trying to gaslight you. The twilight days of the Soviet union at least tried to project an air of masculine competency via propaganda. Example: The most important feature of the Longhouse, and why it makes such a resonant (and controversial) symbol of our current circumstances, is the ubiquitous rule of the Den Mother. More than anything, the Longhouse refers to the remarkable overcorrection of the last two generations toward social norms centering feminine needs and feminine methods for controlling, directing, and modeling behavior.
Word: holometabolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From holo- + metabolic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism Labels: not-comparable
Word: leatwright Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leat + wright. 1. A person skilled at constructing leats. Labels: obsolete
Word: lemniscus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnĭ́skos), from Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) + -ίσκος (-ískos, “noun-forming diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /lɛmˈnɪ.skəs/ 1. One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala. 2. A woollen fillet attached to the back of crowns, diadems, etc. 3. A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers.
Word: school of hard knocks Part of Speech: noun 1. The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse experiences. Labels: US, countable, idiomatic Example: Trained, however, in the school of hard knocks, he now had learned the theory of success, and from that time on has had it. Example: Did Vietnam's school of hard knocks teach Americans to do peacemaking and state building right?
Word: lentiscus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lentiscus. Doublet of lentisk. 1. The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus).
Word: Formosan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Formosa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Formosan From Formosa + -an. 1. Of or relating to Formosa or people of Formosa. Labels: not-comparable Example: The great Jesuit missionary, St. Francis Xavier, also spent some time at Öita, and Otomo, its lord, was the first Daimio to embrace Christianity. Still farther south, and in line with these, stretches the chain of the Liuchiu islands, the westernmost of the group lying within 50 miles of the Formosan coast. Example: A patrolman shot and killed a Formosan black bear in self defense last night, after it turned on the man who saw it attacking a dog in Hualien County’s Jhuosi Township (卓溪).[…] Jhuosi Township Mayor Huang Pin-lun (黃品綸) announced news of the bear’s capture this morning and expressed apologies to the villagers for the fear and disruption caused by the recent bear sightings.[…] The Hualien branch has been working with the Formosan Wild Sound Conservation Science Center since 2020 to monitor Formosan black bears in Jhuosi Township, branch Director Huang Chun-tse (黃群策) said.
Word: Formosan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Formosa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Formosan From Formosa + -an. 1. An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Formosa. Example: From his base at Amoy the Emperor Kanghi dispatched a fleet of 600 junks against Formosa. In two naval battles, on July 1 and 7, 1683, they defeated the Formosans, and occupied Penghu, one of the Pescadores Islands, forming the key of Taiwan.
Word: Formosans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Formosan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ex parte Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ex parte ("from [one] part"). 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a proceeding where one of the involved parties is not present. Labels: not-comparable Example: The judge issued a temporary ex parte injunction. Example: She was dismissive of an ex parte application for an order excluding a husband from the matrimonial home. 2. Concerning only one side of a matter; one-sided. Labels: not-comparable Example: I wish merely to caution you against the whole tone of L'Etoile's suggestion, by calling your attention to its ex parte character at the outset.
Word: ex parte Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin ex parte ("from [one] part"). 1. In the manner of a proceeding where one of the involved parties is not (or sometimes may not be) present. Labels: not-comparable Example: Grand juries are conducted ex parte; neither the suspect nor his attorney may attend.
Word: holometabolism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos)bor. English holo- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek μεταβάλλω (metabállō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ) 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 metabolism English holometabolism From holo- + metabolism. 1. The complete metamorphosis of an insect Labels: uncountable
Word: continental United States Part of Speech: name 1. The portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories. Labels: US 2. The largest portion of the United States which is not separated by any ocean or non-U.S. land; the United States exclusive of Alaska, Hawaii, and other overseas territories. Labels: US, colloquial
Word: knockit Part of Speech: noun 1. A small loaf of bread; a snack Labels: Scotland
Word: knaveship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English knave Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English knaveship From knave + -ship. 1. The condition of being a knave (used mockingly) Labels: uncountable 2. A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill Labels: Scotland, countable, obsolete
Word: jackanape Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from jackanapes. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækəneɪp/, /ˈd͡ʒækəˌneɪp/ 1. Of or pertaining to a jackanapes. Example: I will teach a scurvy jackanape priest to meddle or make.
Word: jackanape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from jackanapes. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækəneɪp/, /ˈd͡ʒækəˌneɪp/ 1. Alternative form of jackanapes. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Can Iack an Ape be merry vvhen his clog is at his heele. Example: Now, she hath favoured, doth favour, and will favour, this jack-an-ape,—for what good part about him I know not, save that as one noble lady will love a messan dog, and another a screaming popinjay, and a third a Barbary ape, so doth it please our noble dame to set her affections upon this stray elf of a page, […]
Word: focus groups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of focus group Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jackanapes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English iack napys, iac nape, iac napes (“derogatory nickname of the English military commander and statesman William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396–1450)”), probably from Jacun or Jakin (“pet forms of the male name Jack”) + ape (“ape, monkey”) + -s (possibly modelled after surnames such as Hobbes and Jakkes), referring to Suffolk’s heraldic badge which was an ape’s chain and clog (“weight such as a block of wood or log attached to an animal to hinder motion”) (see the image, right). It is uncertain whether the word was first coined as a nickname for Suffolk (the earliest known uses), or to refer to an ape or an ape-like person. If the word was originally a nickname, some early uses of etymology 1 sense 2.1 (“person thought to behave like an ape or monkey”) may allude to Suffolk who was widely regarded as an upstart, having risen from the merchant class. In later uses, the middle element of the word was often treated as the indefinite article a or an, that is, as if the word meant “Jack, an ape”. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækəneɪps/, /ˈd͡ʒækəˌneɪps/ 1. (A proper name for) an ape or monkey, especially a tame one kept for entertainment or as a pet. Labels: obsolete Example: To iettynge, to iaggynge, and to full of iapes; / To mockynge, to mowynge, to lye a iackenapes: […] Example: He grynnes and he gapis, / As it were iack napis. 2. (A proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey, for example, in being impudent, mischievous, vain, etc.; specifically (chiefly humorous), an impudent or mischievous child. Labels: broadly, dated, derogatory Example: I [Aye], quoth Jack a napes, by these ten bones, / Nothing happens amiss to a præparid minde, / Tis good philosophy, katt will to kinde. Example: VVas there euer man had ſuch lucke? vvhen I kiſt the Iacke vpon an vp-caſt, to be hit avvay? I had a hundred pound on't: and then a vvhoreſon Iacke-an-apes muſt take me vp for ſvvearing, as if I borrovved mine oathes of him, and might not ſpend them at my pleaſure. 3. A crucifix. Labels: broadly, derogatory, obsolete, rare Example: I wyl rather haue these knees pared of, then I wil kneele to yonder iacknapes (meaning the rode) God healpe me I am borne to trouble and aduersity in this world. 4. A small pulley which keeps a rope in line when lifting ore, water, etc., from a mine. Labels: broadly, obsolete
Word: jackanapes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jackanape + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækəneɪps/, /ˈd͡ʒækəˌneɪps/ 1. plural of jackanape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: focus-group Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of focus group. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: focus-group Part of Speech: verb 1. To subject ideas to review by a focus group in order to determine the viability of those ideas.
Word: focus-groups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of focus-group (alternative spelling of focus groups). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: focus-groups Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of focus-group Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hatchment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French hachement, a modification of Old French acesmement (“adornment”) (related to Italian accismare); not, as is often claimed, an alteration of achievement. Pronunciation: /ˈhæt͡ʃmənt/ 1. A display of the arms, supporters, crests, motto, etc of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall Example: No Trophee, Sword, nor Hatchment o're his bones. Example: Having passed through Gaunt Square into Great Gaunt Street, the carriage at length stopped at a tall gloomy house between two other tall gloomy houses, each with a hatchment over the middle drawing-room window; as is the custom of houses in Great Gaunt Street, in which gloomy locality death seems to reign perpetual.
Word: focus-grouping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of focus-group Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: focus-grouped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of focus-group Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: genethliac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin genethliacus, from Ancient Greek γενεθλιακός (genethliakós, “belonging to a birthday”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈnɛθ.li.æk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the casting of horoscopes at a person's birth Labels: not-comparable
Word: genethliac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin genethliacus, from Ancient Greek γενεθλιακός (genethliakós, “belonging to a birthday”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈnɛθ.li.æk/ 1. A person who casts horoscopes. Example: The follie of our genethliaks, or nativiti-casters. 2. A birthday poem.
Word: gambade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gambade. 1. The leap of a horse. Labels: Scotland, obsolete 2. A prank or frolic. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: He made his hawke to fly, […] And in the holy place She mutyd there a chase Upon my corporas face. Such sacrificium laudis He made with suche gambawdis. Example: How strange and yet how good it was to thread those narrow passages once more! Their suffocating constriction and padded, ladderlike steps summoned up a thousand memories of gambades and trysts: coursing the white wolves, scourging the prisoners of the antechamber, reencountering Oringa.
Word: get about Part of Speech: verb 1. To be mobile, physically active. Labels: informal Example: I can't get about so much since I hurt my hip. Example: The first walk I took when I grew stronger and was able to get about was up to Aunt Jane's, notwithstanding she had never so much as been to ask after me all these days. 2. To become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience. Labels: informal Example: If this story gets about then I'm finished. 3. To visit a variety of different places. Labels: informal Example: That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.
Word: construes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹuːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of construe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: construing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹuːɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of construe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: construing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹuːɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who construes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: galletting Part of Speech: noun 1. The insertion of flint fillets into the joints of masonry. Labels: uncountable 2. The resulting joint. Labels: uncountable
Word: galletting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gallet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rainier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of rainy: more rainy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: rainiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of rainy: most rainy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: frier Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fryer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this flock, looking on them as meat.”
Word: frier Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of friar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Franciscans , of their founders of Embryo's and idiots , eremites and friers
Word: snowier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of snowy: more snowy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: snowiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of snowy: most snowy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: foxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fox Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foxing Part of Speech: noun 1. The discoloration of printed material with brown marks. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Crafty or wily behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Here, wake up!" cried Silas. "None of your foxin'! Wake up! D'ye hear?" He shook him roughly by the shoulder, but the boy still slumbered on. 4. Pretending to be asleep or unconscious. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: feeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: feeing Part of Speech: noun 1. The hiring of servants for a fee Labels: Scotland, uncountable
Word: Barbados cherry Part of Speech: noun 1. acerola
Word: acerola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish acerola. Doublet of azarole. Pronunciation: /as.əˈɹəʊ.lə/, /æs.əˈɹoʊ.lə/ 1. Any tree of species Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and northern South America. 2. The fruit of this tree.
Word: get at Part of Speech: verb 1. To manage to gain access to. Example: I have a lot of money in my trust fund. I just can't get at it. 2. To understand or ascertain by investigation. Example: We need to get at the root cause of all this. 3. To mean, signify, imply. Example: I don't understand. What are you getting at? 4. To attack verbally or physically; to annoy, bother. Example: He's a bit disheartened. The newspapers have been getting at him again. Example: My cat was badly injured after the neighbour's dog got at her. 5. To persuade by intimidation; to tamper with; to corrupt. Example: That was a ridiculous verdict. I think the jury was got at. Example: All the while, Wolf's followers hounded me about why I had sold out to the “globalists” and was duping the public into believing that masks, vaccines, and restrictions on indoor gatherings were legitimate public health measures […] “I think she's been got at!” someone whose handle is “RickyBaby321” said of me[.] 6. To begin working on or dealing with. Example: Stop procrastinating on your work and get at it! 7. To contact someone. Labels: US, slang Example: I've got some things to do for about an hour. After that, get at me. 8. To tease (someone). Labels: UK, slang
Word: epidemiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English epidemiology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English epidemiological From epidemiology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to epidemiology. Labels: not-comparable Example: With verve and clarity, he details mathematical epidemiological models, the life cycle of the malaria-causing Plasmodium and the relation between transmission and virulence. Example: In a December 5 post on X, CDC Acting Director Jim O’Neill said there was no epidemiological evidence linking the Texas outbreak and the ongoing cases in South Carolina.
Word: mapmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From map + maker. 1. A person who makes maps.
Word: marlinespike Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of marlinspike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: marlinspike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marline + spike. 1. A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing. Example: […] the afterguard, of whom they have but a sorry opinion, chiefly landsmen, never going aloft except to reef or furl the mainsail and in no wise competent to handle a marlinspike or turn in a dead-eye, say. Example: There was / that interval of moonless calm filled only / with the water's and the rigging's usual sounds, / then sudden movement, blows and snarling cries / and they had fallen on us with machete / and marlinspike.
Word: marlingspike Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of marlinspike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: marquisette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of French marquise 1. A sheer cotton fabric used for mosquito nets and curtains Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mass-market Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a product, produced in large numbers, and designed to appeal to many different people. Example: Whether Glass will ever become a mass-market product, and smartglasses take off, is still unclear. Google is hedging its bets, however, with its new Android Wear and smartwatch initiative which is expected to be shown off at Google’s I/O developer conference in San Francisco later this week.
Word: materialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From material + -ization and materialize + -ation. 1. The conversion of something into a physical form. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "But I went under nicely and I am glad there were some fine materializations." Example: "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?" 2. The conversion of energy into mass. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: matzot Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matzo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matzoth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matzo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maxillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin māxillāris (“of or belonging to the jaw”), from māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to maxilla + -ary. Pronunciation: /makˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/, /ˈmæk.səˌlɛɹ.i/ 1. Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the maxillae of an arthropod. Labels: not-comparable
Word: maxillary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin māxillāris (“of or belonging to the jaw”), from māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to maxilla + -ary. Pronunciation: /makˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/, /ˈmæk.səˌlɛɹ.i/ 1. Alternative form of maxilla. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the RODENTIA the interorbital space is still larger, by reason of the size of the intermaxillary bones throwing the maxillary backwards and to the sides, where they form the inner orbitar wall, in which the palate bones occupy only a small space. The anterior wall is formed by a process of the maxillary, which contributes to form the zygomatic arch, while the malar is suspended in the middle between the process and that of the temporal bone. Example: Neoplastic localisations in the maxillaries can be distinguished between primitive tumour lesions with osteomedullary origin (osteoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, myeloma, etc.) and secondary neoplasms of the maxillaries such as the hematogenous metastasis or the tumours which affect the maxillaries for their adjacency, for example, the lesions in the oral cavity and the salivary glands. 2. A tooth growing from the upper jawbone. Example: A tendon extends from the inner surface of the dentary to the postero-lateral surface of the maxillary near the ball and socket joint.
Word: semiskilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English skilled English semiskilled From semi- + skilled. 1. Requiring, or having, only minimal levels of training. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: low-skilled Example: Semiskilled workers are cheaper than skilled workers but more productive than unskilled drudges.
Word: semiprivate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English private English semiprivate From semi- + private. 1. More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients. Labels: not-comparable Example: Since there were few semiprivate sociopetal spaces or other facilities that could promote the formation of a social order, the informal social networks found in lower class neighborhoods didn’t develop. Example: We lived on one of only six blocks in the entire neighborhood in Williamsburg that had semiprivate houses.
Word: self-worth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English worth English self-worth From self- + worth. 1. The value one assigns to oneself or one's abilities in self assessment. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Recognizing one's self-worth is a necessary step to respecting the worth of others. Example: Now, Nielsen is sending all hotel employees through EI training to help them become more open and confident, understand their own limitations and fears, and to boost their self-worth and comfort in dealing with other people.
Word: self-styled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English styled English self-styled From self- + styled. 1. Claimed by the recipient, as a title one gave to oneself. Labels: not-comparable Example: This self-styled king of the hill must prove himself before the title has any worth. Example: “A more heartfelt word, notwithstanding its playfulness,” said the elder lady, “than some of those self-styled patriots, that come here to give us laws, would pronounce, I have no doubt.”
Word: overfurnished Part of Speech: adj 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 furnished English overfurnished From over- + furnished. 1. pretentiously or ostentatiously decorated. Labels: not-comparable 2. cluttered Labels: not-comparable
Word: medicine cabinet Part of Speech: noun 1. A cupboard where drugs and medical paraphernalia are stored. 2. A cupboard in the bathroom that contains toiletries and other items;
Word: medicine cabinets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medicine cabinet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humplock Part of Speech: noun 1. hillock Labels: Scotland
Word: hillfort Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hill-fort. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hill-fort Part of Speech: noun 1. A prehistoric fortification constructed on a hill.
Word: heugh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English hōh (“promontory”). The southern form is hoe. 1. A steep crag or cliff, especially one overlooking a river Labels: Northumbria, Scotland 2. A glen with steep, overhanging sides; a cleugh Labels: Northumbria, Scotland 3. The face of a quarry or mine Labels: Northumbria, Scotland
Word: heritour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of heritor. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: heritor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heriter, from Anglo-Norman heriter, Old French heritier, earlier eretier, eritier, from Late Latin hērēditārium (from the adjective hērēditārius (“hereditary”)), which took the place of hērēs (“heir”). In the 16th century conformed to agent nouns in -our, -or. By surface analysis, herit + -or. 1. A person who inherits; an heir or heiress. Example: How comes it then that from such high estate We have thus fallen, save that Luxury With barren merchandise piles up the gate Where nobler thoughts and deeds should enter by: Else might we still be Milton's heritors. Example: Morris, our sweet and simple Chaucer's child, Dear heritor of Spenser's tuneful reed, With soft and sylvan pipe has oft beguiled The weary soul of man in troublous need, And from the far and flowerless fields of ice Has brought fair flowers meet to make an earthly paradise. 2. A proprietor or landholder in a parish. Example: The printed statement reads (abridged in parts):— "To the Interested HERITORS in the Counties of Mid-Lothian, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Berwick. […]
Word: headrace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + race. 1. The part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel. 2. A time trial in the sport of rowing.
Word: millwheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ti Proto-Italic *melō Latin molō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin molīnus Late Latin molīnabor. Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu Old English mylen Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Old English mylenhwēol Middle English milnewhel English millwheel From Middle English milnewhel, from Old English mylenhwēol (“millwheel”), equivalent to mill + wheel. 1. A water wheel used to power a watermill.
Word: hauch Part of Speech: noun 1. A cough or gasp Labels: Scotland
Word: hamesucken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English hāmsōcn, literally "home-seeking, an attack upon a house; also the fine exacted for this". Compare German Heimsuchung. 1. An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose. Labels: Scotland, uncountable, usually
Word: cornage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cornage, from Latin cornū (“horn”) + -age. 1. A feudal tax levied on horned cattle. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: cothouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cot + house. 1. A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar. Labels: Scotland Example: He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.
Word: Hillsborough Part of Speech: name Etymology: From hills and borough. The village in New Brunswick was probably named in honour of British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). The civil parish is named after the village. 1. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 2. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 3. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 4. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 5. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 6. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 7. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 8. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 9. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 10. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 11. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 12. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 13. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 14. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 15. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 16. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 17. A number of places in English-speaking countries: 18. A major football disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. Labels: UK 19. the home stadium of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Example: Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday. 20. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club itself. Labels: broadly
Word: conspicuous consumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in 1899. 1. A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power. Labels: uncountable Example: Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. Example: "Conspicuous consumption" is a proof of economic success.
Word: programmatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From programmatic + -ally or programmatical + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɹoʊɡɹəˈmætɪk(ə)li/ 1. In a programmatic manner. Labels: not-comparable 2. In the manner of a political program; ideologically. Labels: not-comparable Example: While clearly opposed to the political thrust of much 'Heritage' cinema (Sammy and Rosie, in particular, in programmatically anti-Tory: for example, the property developer who ousts the 'straggly kids' is one of Thatcher's MPs and her vision of a 'new Britain' is blatantly lampooned), Kureishi's films do not, however, endorse traditional kinds of Left oppositional politics as the best means by which to challenge the hegemony of the New Right. 3. Through program code, rather than through a user interface. Labels: not-comparable Example: To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…] Example: Mark-up coding was programmatically added to identify certain data types from others, for example, headwords and citations.
Word: barkcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its raw material, tree bark; bark + cloth. 1. A soft, thick, slightly textured fabric made from the inner bark of certain trees, pounded together. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rock out Part of Speech: verb 1. To party to or play rock music, punk rock, grunge or heavy metal. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Hey man, look at me rockin' out, I'm on the radio
Word: Moloch Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Proto-Semitic *malk- (“king”). The figurative sense derives from the Old Testament, in which it is alleged that the cult of Moloch involved the sacrifice of human children. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊlɒk/, /ˈmoʊlɑk/, /ˈmɑlək/ 1. An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant, often depicted with the head of a bull. 2. A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice. Labels: figuratively Example: [W]e can't without wonder remember that horrid Invention projected in this place, but thanks be to God diſappointed, wherein there was not Reverence to the ſacred Bones of Princes, but all were at one blaſt to be offer'd up to Moloch. Example: They [bankers] would do what has been done by the Bank of France—buy bullion at a premium, on the approach of danger, and keep peril at a safe and respectable distance. Any expenditure that might be incurred for that purpose would be small indeed when contrasted with the immense loss and suffering caused by the present system, and the continual fear in which the public now live of some new crisis—because it has been out of one and into another for a long period now; and that will be the case hereafter, until we have no interval to gather strength, and recruit for the next struggle with Mammon, or Moloch, or whatever other name of evil import belongs to the "Tutelarity" of Lombard-street and its precincts.
Word: for all intensive purposes Part of Speech: adv 1. Eggcorn of for all intents and purposes. Labels: US, nonstandard
Word: credobaptist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From credo + baptist. 1. One who holds that baptism should only be performed on those who have professed faith in the Christian religion and understand the significance of the rite.
Word: bein' Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of the present participle of be. 1. present participle of be Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, present
Word: lazar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical figure found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped". Pronunciation: /ˈleɪzə/ 1. Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation. Labels: archaic Example: And Tamburlane cloked the fantasticall cruelty, he exercised upon Lazars or Leprousmen, with a foolish kinde of humanitie, putting all he could finde or heare-of, to death, (as he said,) to ridde them from so painefull and miserable a life, as they lived. Example: Why were they proud? Because fair orange-mounts Were of more soft ascent than lazar stairs?
Word: lazar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical figure found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped". Pronunciation: /ˈleɪzə/ 1. Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: on the ropes Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse. Example: The champ had his opponent on the ropes at the end of the third round and knocked him out in the fourth. 2. Showing signs of imminent failure or collapse. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: After a good start in the stock market, this company seems to be on the ropes. Example: So Ukraine is on the ropes. Using that boxing metaphor, one immediately thinks of the new world heavyweight champion, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who was seemingly down and out under the ferocious assault of the giant Tyson Fury, but then came back to win on points at the end of a brutal 12 rounds. 3. Being threatened or pressured by a rival gang member. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, broadly
Word: bucket hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A casual hat often worn at the beach, with a narrow downward-sloping brim. Example: The beaming smile of David Brooks, proudly wearing his yellow Euro 2020 jersey and a bucket hat, instantly raised the spirits of those on the pitch who spotted the 25-year-old's frantic waving. Example: Ultimately most people will always think of Gallagher brother-approved trackie tops, bucket hats, parkas and a swagger when they think of Britpop.
Word: minari Part of Speech: noun 1. Oenanthe javanica Labels: uncountable
Word: shoot one's bolt Part of Speech: verb 1. To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored. Labels: idiomatic Example: We were playing checkers and, although I'd started off well, I seemed to have shot my bolt too soon. Example: The war situation was going from bad to worse. The Greek army, facing the Italians in Albania, had shot its bolt by spring. The Yugoslav revolution of April, for which SOE claimed some credit (our people had been there and post hoc, propter hoc), was followed by the prompt invasion of Yugoslavia and occupation of Greece. 2. Of a male, to ejaculate. Labels: slang Example: ‘Holy-Jesus-fuckin’-Christ! I’m comin’! I’m shootin’ me bolt! I’m gonna fill ya twat with spoof!’
Word: lotus eater Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lotus-eater. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: martins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of martin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pesticidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pesticide + -al or pest + -icidal. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)pɛstɨˈsaɪd(ə)l/, /ˌpɛstɪ̈ˈsaɪdl̩/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or effective as a pesticide. Labels: not-comparable
Word: piano player Part of Speech: noun 1. One who plays the piano (to make music); a pianist.
Word: epitomizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of epitomize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: space cake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the informal term space out, and cake. 1. Cake as an edible infused with THC / psychoactive extraction of cannabis, usually in the form of cannabutter. Labels: slang
Word: epitomizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of epitomize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lethargus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lethargus (“lethargy”). 1. A quiescent sleeplike state in some arthropods and nematodes. Labels: uncountable
Word: epitomized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of epitomize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Luhith Part of Speech: name 1. A Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim mentioned in the Bible. It's probably a hill Example: My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up Example: For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
Word: major premise Part of Speech: noun 1. In a categorical syllogism, the premise whose terms are the syllogism's major term and middle term.
Word: Blackburn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”). Pronunciation: /ˈblækbəːn/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “This 2v1 is completely different and I never thought I’d have this offer on the table,” Hall told the gathered Blackburn crowd at Tuesday’s press conference. “I’ve took it knowing full well that it’s going to end up bringing more work in. 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable