nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: overspray Part of Speech: verb 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 spray English overspray From over- + spray. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvə(ɹ)ˈspɹeɪ/ 1. To produce overspray when spray painting.
Word: oversteps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overstep Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overspecify Part of Speech: verb 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 specify English overspecify From over- + specify. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvɚˈspɛsɪˌfaɪ/ 1. To specify in excessive detail. Example: The customer overspecified the requirements and now we're contractually required to build it this way. Does he think he's an engineer? Example: Manufacturers of sponge-rubber products have noted a tendency for designers and other users to overspecify. 2. To specify excessive capability. Example: As usual the customer overspecified the requirements, it's like asking for a car that seats 20 and fits in a compact car's parking space. Example: Design your mobile water supply apparatus around the chassis that you intend to use. Don’t overspecify or underspecify the unit. 3. To provide redundant or inconsistent information. Example: An overspecified truth table contains at least one decision that will never be executed because it is already specified in a previous decision... Example: A noun phrase is overspecified when it is used in a context where a pronoun would have been unambiguous.
Word: overspecifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overspecify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overspecifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overspecify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overspecified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overspecify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overstimulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stimulation English overstimulation From over- + stimulation. 1. Excessive stimulation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Something has to change Undeniable dilemma Boredom's not a burden anyone should bear Constant over-stimulation numbs me But I would not want you any other way
Word: foreshortens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of foreshorten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: A/S Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of after service 1. Maintenance service provided after the sale of a product
Word: peccadilloes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peccadillo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delineations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delineation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: translatorese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English translator Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English translatorese From translator + -ese. 1. Stilted or unidiomatic language produced by automated translation. Labels: derogatory, uncountable
Word: bludgeoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Cornishder.? Middle French bouge Middle French bougeonder. English bludgeon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bludgeoner From bludgeon + -er. 1. One who bludgeons. Example: If one is stopped on the highway, one would rather hand one's purse over to a courteous knight than to the rough-and-ready bludgeoner. Example: 2007, New York Post, October 27 Puppy-Killer Gets 9 Months in Cage An unemployed, coke-abusing dog-bludgeoner was sentenced yesterday to nine months in prison by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge who called the man's 2005 murder of his pet "unimaginable."
Word: nitrenoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nitrene + -oid. 1. characteristic of a nitrene
Word: nitrenoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nitrene + -oid. 1. any molecular entity having the characteristics of a nitrene or acting as a source of nitrenes
Word: tetherin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tether + -in. 1. Any protein-based tether that causes retention of virions on infected cell surfaces.
Word: phorid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Phoridae. 1. Any fly of the family Phoridae.
Word: eeny, meeny, miny, moe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Dutch iene miene mutte, German ene mene mu. Pronunciation: /ˌini ˌmini ˌmaɪni ˈmoʊ/ 1. A method of choosing between two or more people or things, used by children. A child points to each item in turn (or alternately), while saying a rhyme starting "Eeny, meeny, miney, moe", moving to the next item after each word. The item pointed to on the last word of the rhyme is the one chosen. Labels: uncountable Example: “...As for this thing”, ... he held up the shuttlecock, contaminated, in his outstretched right [hand], “this idiot tickler, the only thing it's good for is eeny-meeny-miney-mo”. Example: “Well”, said Lord Galen in some dismay, “I suppose we shall have to cast lots or play at Eeni Meeni Mina Mo?”
Word: neurite Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)ʊɹaɪt/ 1. Any projection from the body of a neuron; either a dendrite or an axon
Word: protonophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton)lbor. English proton Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)der. New Latin -phorusbor. English -phore English protonophore From proton + -o- + -phore. 1. Any ionophore that transports protons
Word: diatonism Part of Speech: noun 1. The characteristic of being diatonic Labels: uncountable
Word: diesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίεσις (díesis, “sending through, the smallest interval in the scale”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/ 1. Any of several intervals, smaller than a tone, in ancient Greek music. 2. The double dagger sign (‡).
Word: OPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of optionally piloted aircraft. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 2. Initialism of offensive patent aggregation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: alaruming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alarum Labels: archaic, form-of, gerund, participle, present, rare
Word: alarumed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alarum Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past, rare
Word: burn a hole in someone's pocket Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause someone to spend money or be tempted to spend money. Labels: idiomatic Example: The fortune burned a hole in his pocket, and he could not resist spending several thousand francs on jewelry for Eveline; […] Example: In frustration, I go to the local Circuit City, my Visa card burning a hole in my pocket. "Here's a grand! Two grand," I shout, "for the salesperson who can bring me a VCR that I can use to record TV shows.
Word: silver ball Part of Speech: noun 1. Pinball (the game itself). Example: Ever since I was a young boy, I've played the silver ball. 2. A pinball (the ball used to play the game).
Word: gibs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of gib Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gibs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gib Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gibs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giblets. 1. The internal organs of certain computer game characters after being splattered to death. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: At the perfect moment, Romero fired into the barrel, leaving the monster in a bloody pile of gibs.
Word: gibs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. Pronunciation spelling of give. Labels: alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling, rare Example: An you shure am a powerful good Massa to gibs me dat chiken nek, yowsa, yowsa 2. Pronunciation spelling of gives. Labels: alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling, rare Example: Hey nigger, SS was never intended to be a retirement program, it was meant to be supplemental to a portfolio but then we know with your character you'll never have much more that what gubment gibs you.
Word: gibs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of gibsmedat, a caricaturized AAVE eye dialect of give me that. 1. Received money (e.g. charity, government benefits, or private gifts), regarded as undeserved. Labels: offensive, plural, plural-only, slang Example: Wranglers said the gangs of teenaper nigger sows would sneak up behind a lone shopper, grab at her purse and/or bags, and push the women down and punch and kick her before running off with the stolen gibs. Example: SAVAGE UNGRATEFUL NIGGERS beat a human after he offered to help pay for their food. The coons are always after gibs and when a human tries to be nice to them, this is what happens.
Word: airstream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + stream. 1. A flow or current of air. 2. The flow of air around an object. Example: Maintaining a clean airstream around the car is important for good fuel economy.
Word: airstreams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of airstream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antivivisectionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antivivisectionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MHRB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mental Health Review Board. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MHRB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Mimosa hostilis root bark. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: macking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: body surfing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of body surf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: anteclassical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English classical English anteclassical From ante- + classical. Pronunciation: /æntɪˈklæsɪk(ə)l/ 1. Pertaining to something from before the classical era. Labels: not-comparable Example: The graffiti contains many anteclassical words of uncertain origin.
Word: postclassical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English classical English postclassical From post- + classical. 1. After the classical era (but sometimes before the medieval). Labels: not-comparable Example: From the postclassical grammar, we can deduce that the book was written in the Middle Ages
Word: anteclassically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English anteclassical Middle English -ly English -ly English anteclassically From anteclassical + -ly. 1. In an anteclassical manner
Word: postclassically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English postclassical Middle English -ly English -ly English postclassically From postclassical + -ly. 1. In a postclassical manner
Word: classical era Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several periods of history noted for a particular style of art, architecture, literature or music termed classical
Word: giant-killer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪəntˌkɪlə(ɹ)/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪəntˌkɪlɚ/ 1. Someone or something, especially a sports team, that defeats a larger and superior opponent.
Word: polyspast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”). 1. A machine consisting of many pulleys Example: The Bishop of Chrysopolis, his Majesty's former tutor, consecrated the foundation-stone, which was suspended from two elegant polyspasts; the Emperor himself laid it. 2. A machine of many pulleys, formerly used to reduce dislocation 3. A windlass with many pulleys and truckles
Word: polyspasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyspast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thistle sage Part of Speech: noun 1. A North American herb (Salvia carduacea), the seeds of which were once a staple food similar to chia Labels: uncountable
Word: non-league Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + league. 1. Playing in a division below The Football League, being amateur or semi-professional teams. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: Crawley missed two penalties but still edged out League Two Torquay to become the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup fifth round for 17 years.
Word: loaded word Part of Speech: noun 1. Any word, set phrase or idiom that has strong positive or negative connotations beyond its ordinary definition. Labels: idiomatic
Word: double-entendres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double-entendre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dinner tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dinner table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arc lamps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arc lamp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guardsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guardsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of ambidextrous. 1. Ambidextrous. Labels: informal Example: I later began relearning everthing the real "right way," which is to say the left-handed way. I became truly "ambi" in most things I do. Example: Of course, there's the prejudice toward lefties. (i.e. "sinister") Those who are ambi or semi-ambi are just thought of as strange. In my case, it rather nicely fits my personality to be semi-ambi, as I also have other odd talents and display inginuity and intrepidness.
Word: ambi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of ambidextrous. 1. An ambidextrous person. Labels: informal Example: This with the sickle illustrates the frustration of lefties, but also ambis when their right hand gets tired and want to switch over. Example: I am a righty, but have noticed I am becoming more of an ambi each day.
Word: apocalypses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apocalypse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apocalypses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of apocalypse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mirror images Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mirror image Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aquifers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aquifer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astrophotographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English photographer English astrophotographer From astro- + photographer. 1. A person, especially an astronomer, who takes photographs of the stars
Word: astrophotographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of astrophotographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trip to the woodshed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably derived from the previous term "horseshedding," meaning to take a person privately (such as to a horse shed or woodshed, separate buildings away from the house) for private cajoling or reprimand. 1. An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: More than a few of the 3,000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, gathered for their annual convention in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last week, felt like small boys worrying about a trip to the woodshed. None knew how vindictive or friendly toward business the Truman Administration would be.
Word: unseeded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English seeded English unseeded From un- + seeded. 1. Not seeded (in any sense). Labels: not-comparable 2. Not being a seed, not being in a seed position. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hairbrushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hairbrush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hairbrushes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hairbrush Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hair-brush Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hairbrush. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: takeover bid Part of Speech: noun 1. An attempt to buy a controlling share in a business. Labels: UK
Word: binman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bin + -man. 1. Alternative spelling of bin man. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Example: Postmen, binmen, dock workers, even barristers are now on strike. Where will all this end?
Word: pull oneself together Part of Speech: verb 1. To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused; to regain control of oneself Labels: idiomatic, reflexive Example: "Damn, damn, damnation!" he murmured, together with such other words as he had learnt from older men. Then he raised his hand to his forehead and said, "Oh, damn it all—" which meant something different. He pulled himself together. He drank a little tea, black and silent, that still survived upon an upper shelf. He swallowed some dusty crumbs of cake. Then he went back to the sitting-room, settled himself anew, and began to read a volume of Ruskin.
Word: protoplasma Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of protoplasm. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: pull rank Part of Speech: verb 1. To assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees. Example: Graduate schools teach students to use footnotes as authorities — barriers to anyone's questioning the author's conclusions. Professionalism then becomes a matter of pulling rank: the person who has the most footnotes has the last say. Example: And don't try pulling rank again: your answer, not your age, will determine your fate!
Word: automobiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of automobile Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: automobiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of automobile Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: staircase wit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French esprit de l'escalier. 1. The thinking of an idea or course of action too late to use it effectively, or the tendency to do so. Labels: idiomatic, rare, uncountable Example: When I have completed a manuscript, if I lay it away in a drawer or pigeon-hole, it lies there quietly enough, and my mind seems wholly discharged of it. But if I mail it, I straightaway find myself tormented with "staircase wit" in the shape of emendations. Example: So-called Staircase Wit is another example, where we key ourselves up for an important event—an interview, say, or a date—rehearsing how we are going to present ourselves and what we are going to say. Then afterwards we lie awake thinking of all the witty, intelligent, charming things we should have done and said, and didn't because we were so busy trying to remember and revise the plan, […]
Word: axehead Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of axe head. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: axe head Part of Speech: noun 1. The cutting metal portion of an axe.
Word: axe heads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of axe head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: straight lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of straight line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretermits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pretermit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pretermitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pretermit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pretermitted heir Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the party or of the relationship at the time the will was written.
Word: pretermitted child Part of Speech: noun 1. A child who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the child at the time the will was written, usually because the child was not yet born.
Word: pretermitted spouse Part of Speech: noun 1. A spouse who would likely stand to inherit under a will, but was not included in the will because they were not yet married to the testator at the time the will was written.
Word: pretermitted children Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretermitted child Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretermitted heirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretermitted heir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretermitted spouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretermitted spouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ischemic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪˈskiːmɪk/ 1. Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation. Example: Dr. Salazar was a fast talker, devoid of personality. Lolly's vitals had stabilised, she said. Her stroke was ischemic, caused by a clot rather than a rupture. She'd come in exhibiting classic symptoms: weakness on her left side, double vision, aphasia. "What's aphasia?" I said. "A disconnect between what the patient's trying to say and what's being communicated. For instance, Louella thinks to herself, I'm thirsty. I want more ice chips. But when she verbalises it, it comes out as gibberish."
Word: embryonal Part of Speech: adj 1. embryonic Labels: not-comparable
Word: bar iron Part of Speech: noun 1. wrought iron molded into bars. Labels: uncountable
Word: backpacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English backpack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English backpacker From backpack + -er. 1. A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services. Example: Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday). Example: A decade ago, I was a backpacker entirely reliant on the railways as a means to see Britain, and with castles as my destination. Via trains alone, I was able to tick off nearly all of the castles that my English Heritage annual pass afforded me. 2. A hostel offering accommodation for such people. Example: We hardly ever stayed in backpackers as it was approximately double the cost of pitching a tent in a caravan park or nature reserve. 3. A fan or performer of backpack rap. Labels: slang Example: Blacks and Latinos were more likely to be gangsta rappers than backpackers. Example: To him the white backpackers are abject, 'safari wiggers' who threaten to undo all his careful work at 'passing' in this culture. With their earnestness and clumsy naiveté they betray the scandalous truth of his posturing.
Word: bog iron ore Part of Speech: noun 1. Deposit of porous, impure limonite found in bogs and swamps. Labels: uncountable
Word: Middle Earth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English myddelerthe, middelerthe; an alteration of earlier middelerd; in turn an alteration of earlier middenerd; from Old English middaneard (“Middle Earth”), variant of middanġeard (“Earth, the world”, literally “the middle yard, enclosure, or realm”) mis- or reinterpreting its meaning, from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”) and *gʰórdʰos (“enclosure”). Cognate with Norwegian & English Midgard (q.v.) and Danish, Norwegian, & Swedish Midgård. 1. The Earth. Labels: archaic Example: And what you’ve not to do is this: bite no bit, and drink no drop, however hungry or thirsty you be; drink a drop, or bite a bit, while in Elfland you be and never will you see Middle Earth again. 2. synonym for Midgard, the world of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Niflheim). Labels: Norse 3. Alternative form of Middle-earth: the setting of the Lord of the Rings series. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Not only are there maps of fantasy, such as those of Oz or Middle Earth, there are also hypotheses that have been made on the basis of mapped information Example: The place might as well be called Noplace; it is a sort of magic island, like Thomas More’s Utopia or Homer’s Ogygia or Aristophane’s Cloudcuckooland—or Oz, or Narnia, or Middle Earth, or Disney’s Magic Kingdom.
Word: middle earth Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Middle Earth. Labels: alt-of
Word: index card Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of heavy paper stock used to record information to be stored in a card index or to supply the copy (content) from which to generate a book index. Example: Near-synonym: notecard
Word: greenmarket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + market. 1. A market where farmers and growers sell produce directly to the public. Example: At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries. Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.
Word: sea bed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of seabed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sedan chair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clarifying the intended meaning or sense of sedan. Pronunciation: /səˈdæn ˌtʃɛər/, /səˈdæn ˌtʃɛr/, /sɪˈdan tʃɛː/ 1. An open or enclosed chair raised on poles and carried by people or animals, used as a mode of transport. Labels: historical Example: In Rio de Janeiro the gentry keep their chaises, which are drawn by mules; the ladies however use a sedan chair, boarded before and behind, with curtains on each side, which is carried by two negroes on a pole connected with the top of the chair, by two rods, coming from under its bottom, one on each side, and resting to the top. Example: Mr. G.'s published letters have widely diffused his favorite position, that "China is open." He still maintains this position, though others have risen to controvert it. To me it seems that, whether or not it is open to the settlement of missionaries is a matter to be decided only by experiment; to make which, there are not more than himself and three other missionaries sufficiently versed in the language... The worst that would probably happen to a proper man, making the trial, would be, to be placed in a sedan chair, and transmitted to Macao... It is a great mercy that China should be shut, at present, to Christian teachers. Were it otherwise, Protestants are without persons to send; while Popish priests abound in the East, and would instantly enter in great numbers, making the field worse for us, if possible, than now. 2. An equivalent mode of transport created by two people grasping each other's forearms, making a seat for the rider. Example: Another way of carrying a patient is upon what is known among school-boys as a ‘sedan-chair’, each bearer grasping his own fore-arm and that of his fellow about its middle... and the patient grasping the bearers' necks.
Word: paternal uncles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paternal uncle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-uncles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-uncle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paternal aunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paternal aunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maternal aunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maternal aunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: l'esprit d'escalier Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of l'esprit de l'escalier. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: 'That's understandable,' said May, 'we get it all the time. L'esprit d'escalier—remembering what you should have said too late.'
Word: esprit de l'escalier Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of l'esprit de l'escalier. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Yet, she had outflanked him, taken him unawares, and he had fired not one shot. Esprit de l'escalier—it was as he went upstairs that he saw how he might yet have snatched from her, if not the victory, the palm.
Word: Apocalypses Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Apocalypse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jamaican Creole punani, perhaps from Akan oponaani. Possibly influenced by English poon (“vagina”) from French putain, or from Hawaiian Puanani (“beautiful flower”). Pronunciation: /pʊˈnɑːni/ 1. The vulva or vagina. Labels: countable, slang, vulgar Example: I felt on the big fat fanny / Pulled out the jammy and killed the punani Example: Gotta hit the spot, if not don't test the poom poom / Nanny nanny, punani donny, hey 2. Sexual intercourse with a woman. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: minovery Part of Speech: noun 1. Poaching by means of a mechanical trap or snare. Labels: uncountable
Word: Jaap Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Jaap. Pronunciation: /jæp/ 1. A male given name from Dutch
Word: Ashlee Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Ashley.
Word: Maxima Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Maxima, feminine of Maximus. 1. A female given name. Example: Well—this lady—whose name is Miss Maxima Molendillula has turned out to be the Editress of the greatest periodical of the South Seas! is it not delightful? Example: She was brought by her guardian to the Summit Manor House, where now his own old maiden cousin, Miss Maxima Rowley, had been induced to come and act as the chaperone of the young heiress, until such time as her marriage with Gerald Fitzgerald should enable her to dispense with such feminine protection.
Word: ski school Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where skiing lessons are taught.
Word: ski schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ski school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: H.E. Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Holocene Era. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: double dagger Part of Speech: noun 1. The typographical sign ‡ that is used to indicate a footnote or reference
Word: gelatinose Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of gelatinous. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: fibrilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra + -illa. Doublet of fibril. Compare fibre. By surface analysis, fibre + Latin -illa. Pronunciation: /fʌɪˈbrɪlə/ 1. Synonym of fibril (“a fine fibre or filament”). Labels: archaic
Word: armeria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any member of the thrift genus Armeria.
Word: shoot off Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave quickly. Labels: colloquial Example: I have to shoot off: my interview starts in under an hour. 2. To do (something, usually a written or verbal communication) quickly, and without hesitation or forethought. Labels: idiomatic Example: In other situations, you might know someone who adds colour with personal anecdotes and feelings. You could shoot off a similar response – perhaps including a short story of your own to hammer home your point. 3. To overshoot the bounds of a set when filming, showing part of what lies outside it. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, off. Example: His arm got shot off in the war. Example: "But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery.
Word: Ascension Part of Speech: name 1. Entry into heaven while still alive. 2. The believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection. Labels: specifically 3. A holiday celebrating the Ascension of Jesus, 40 days after Easter. 4. Ellipsis of Ascension Island. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: For a relatively unpromising scrap of land – 88 square kilometres of infertile shore and mountain – Ascension attracted a lot of interest.
Word: boojum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nonsense word from The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. 1. A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3. 2. A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico. Labels: countable 3. Something mysterious and dangerous. Example: Her long-term projects were all dealt with. The antimemetics groups would keep plugging away without her regular input. Wheeler would find a new boojum to hunt, and be hunted by. Bernie was as much at rest as he would ever be. Euler's fight… well. That was in the future.
Word: Ames Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /eɪmz/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames last month was found guilty of a hate crime – a class "D" felony – third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire. 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A municipality in A Coruña province, Galicia, Spain. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ames Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the clipping of Amy + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Pronunciation: /eɪmz/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Amy. Example: Brittany looked up, and Amy's arrival was finally noticed. “Hey, Ames,” Brittany said, waving from the corner of the couch.
Word: sulfur oxides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulfur oxide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boarhide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boar + hide. 1. Skin of a boar. 2. Leather made from the skin of a boar.
Word: polylineal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English lineal English polylineal From poly- + lineal. 1. Having or being composed of many lines. 2. Describing any of several stylistic or expressive devices, especially in contemporary western calligraphy, employing repetition of words or phrases. Example: The painting uses polylineal writing to create a brown texture over the lower third of the canvas.
Word: non-leaguer Part of Speech: noun 1. A team or player from the non-league.
Word: strategic management Part of Speech: noun 1. The art and science of formulating, implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that will enable an organization to achieve its objectives. Labels: uncountable
Word: make a mistake Part of Speech: verb 1. To err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Word: make a scene Part of Speech: verb 1. To bring unnecessary attention to oneself, especially through a public expression of tumultuous emotion. Labels: idiomatic Example: I saw, though he tried to conceal it, that he was very much hurt at your behaviour, and I was sure, by his looks, that he did not think my jealous apprehension groundless; however, he protested he did, and persuaded me not to make a scene by arriving her in the middle of the night […] Example: The next time I saw Miss Churm after this incident she surprised me greatly by making a scene about it—she accused me of having wished to humiliate her.
Word: make the bed Part of Speech: verb 1. To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress. Example: You're old enough to make your own bed now.
Word: arsenic trioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. An industrially important and highly toxic oxide of arsenic that occurs as the mineral claudetite; formula As₂O₃ (though in liquid, gaseous and some solid forms it has molecules of the form As₄O₆). Labels: uncountable
Word: works council Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization representing workers within a commercial corporation, known in several European jurisdictions.
Word: off the beaten track Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In or to a place or places not commonly visited. Labels: idiomatic Example: From Nikko northwards my route was altogether off the beaten track, and had never been traversed in its entirety by any European. I lived among the Japanese, and saw their mode of living in regions unaffected by European contact. Example: The Manifold Valley is on the borders of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, very much off the beaten track and somewhat difficult of access.
Word: on a full stomach Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Directly after eating; straight after a meal. Labels: idiomatic Example: You shouldn't swim on a full stomach.
Word: oxid Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of oxide. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: present perfect continuous Part of Speech: noun 1. A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing at the present time, started in the past. In English it is formed by using have been with a present participle. Labels: uncountable
Word: past perfect continuous Part of Speech: noun 1. A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the past. In English it is formed by using had been with a present participle. Labels: uncountable
Word: BTP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Transport Police. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A spokesperson for BTP said: “Under previous policy, we had advised that someone with a gender recognition certificate may be searched in accordance with their acquired sex.
Word: Sani Part of Speech: name 1. A Loloish language spoken in China.
Word: Sani Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Sani, a patronymic from the medieval personal name Sano. * Borrowed from Punjabi ਟੀਨਾ (ṭīnā), a surname found among members of the Sikh community. * Borrowed from Hausa Sani, a surname given to the second of two or more sons, from Arabic ثَانٍ (ṯānin, “second”). 1. A surname.
Word: present progressive Part of Speech: noun 1. present continuous Labels: continuative, present, uncountable
Word: past progressive Part of Speech: noun 1. past continuous Labels: continuative, past, uncountable
Word: present perfect progressive Part of Speech: noun 1. present perfect continuous Labels: continuative, perfect, present
Word: past perfect progressive Part of Speech: noun 1. past perfect continuous Labels: continuative, past, perfect
Word: future perfect continuous Part of Speech: noun 1. A tense used to express an ongoing action completed after some time in the future; in English formed by use of will have been (or shall have been) and a present participle. Labels: no-plural
Word: future perfect progressive Part of Speech: noun 1. Future perfect continuous. Labels: no-plural
Word: future continuous Part of Speech: noun 1. A tense used to express an ongoing action in the future. In English it is formed by use of will be (or shall be) and a present participle. Labels: no-plural
Word: religious order Part of Speech: noun 1. An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.
Word: future progressive Part of Speech: noun 1. Future continuous tense.
Word: ass bandit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ass + bandit. Cf. turd burglar. 1. Synonym of gay man, a homosexual man. Labels: US, derogatory, slang 2. Synonym of corrupter, particularly a man who eagerly seduces young women. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: piece of ass Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiːs əv ˈæs/ 1. An act of sexual intercourse, especially a one-night stand. Labels: US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: Yeah. Maybe we/ll^([sic]) make the rounds of the bars. I could use a little nookie. Thats^([sic]) what I need, a good piece of ass. 2. The person with whom such an act is performed. 3. A very attractive woman, when considered as a sex object. Labels: US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: More recently, in 2018, a radio host called Patrick Connor called Olympic athlete Chloe Kim, then just 17 years old, a “little hot piece of ass”. 4. A male prostitute. Labels: US, idiomatic, rare, slang, vulgar
Word: titanium hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. The binary compound of titanium and hydrogen, TiH₂, that is used in metallurgy etc. and, together with an oxidant, in pyrotechnic devices Labels: uncountable
Word: titanium oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two binary compounds of titanium and oxygen: titanium dioxide and titanium trioxide. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: titanium trioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The binary compound of titanium and oxygen, TiO₃, that is a pale yellow solid, and is used to colour ceramics Labels: uncountable
Word: titanium sand Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various sands that are an industrial source of titanium minerals such as leucoxene, rutile and ilmenite
Word: snottier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of snotty: more snotty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: snottiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of snotty: most snotty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: first choice Part of Speech: noun 1. The most suitable and most optimal choice. Example: Manager Jurgen Klopp made it clear as soon as Liverpool reached Wembley that Kelleher would retain his place as the Reds' goalkeeper in this competition ahead of first-choice Alisson. 2. The prime cut. 3. The one with the highest ranking.
Word: high treason Part of Speech: noun 1. Criminal disloyalty to one's country or a sovereign. Labels: uncountable Example: 1952, James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work: (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105. Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character…. Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place—the Temple Bar being a favourite spot—after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them. 2. In some jurisdictions, a criminal offence of treason including features regarded as more severe than ordinary treason. Labels: uncountable 3. A betrayal portrayed as especially shocking. Labels: excessive, uncountable
Word: death warrant Part of Speech: noun 1. An official warrant that authorizes capital punishment. 2. That which definitively spells the end of something. Labels: figuratively Example: Ordo Malleus''' Inquisitor: I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire world, and consign a million souls to oblivion.
Word: connes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conne Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cludge Part of Speech: noun 1. A toilet. Labels: UK, dialectal, slang Example: ‘Listen, hen, I better get going. Just need to visit the old cludge first.’ Example: Should I ever coin it in with a series of bonkbusters, I reflect, looking at the draughty – doubtless rat-infested – cludge, I should like to erect a similar statue, to all the nameless women throughout time who died on the toilet of cystitis. 2. Alternative spelling of kludge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cludge Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of kludge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vanadium-50 Part of Speech: noun 1. The naturally-occurring radioactive isotope of vanadium, 5023V, having twenty-three protons and twenty-seven neutrons; its half-life is 1.5 x 10¹⁷ years Labels: uncountable
Word: vanadocyte Part of Speech: noun 1. The blood cell of sea squirts, containing hemovanadin rather than hemoglobin. Example: Henze (1913 a) was able to localize the vanadium chromogen in certain blood cells which he designated as morulae (Maulbeerformen). […] This type of cell, which, as will be shown later, is probably confined to the Ascidiidae and Perophoridae, is hereinafter referred to as a "vanadocyte", in order to distinguish it from other types of morulae which do not possess the properties just described. Example: Such a solution would be expected to be an extremely complex mixture of molecules with possibility of artifact formation between vanadocyte vanadium and ligands originating from other cell types.
Word: hemovanadin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemo- + vanadium + -in. 1. A pale-green pigment, similar to hemoglobin but containing vanadium instead of iron, found in the vanadocytes of sea squirts. Labels: uncountable
Word: cyclobutadiene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- English butadiene English cyclobutadiene From cyclo- + butadiene. 1. The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C₄H₄, that is the smallest annulene.
Word: PWP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pulmonary wedge pressure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of porn without plot or Plot? What plot?; a piece of erotic fanfiction with little regard to characterization or plot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of password protection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: PWP Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of password-protected. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable