nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: jill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the female name Jill. * (to masturbate): By analogy with jack (off). See Jack (“male name”). * (gill): Paired with jack (from the male name Jack) as terms for alcohol measurements. * (pelvic protector): By analogy with jock, Jock being a male name. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪl/ 1. To masturbate. Labels: slang, uncommon, vulgar Example: Sue was fingering herself in my bed. IN MY BED. I couldn't believe it. I tried to pretend that I was still asleep but she caught me peeking as she was jilling herself. Example: I jilled while babysitting, having found a cache of skeezy porno mags hidden at the bottom of a big basket of magazines in one family's master bathroom.
Word: jill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the female name Jill. * (to masturbate): By analogy with jack (off). See Jack (“male name”). * (gill): Paired with jack (from the male name Jack) as terms for alcohol measurements. * (pelvic protector): By analogy with jock, Jock being a male name. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪl/ 1. A female ferret. Example: Below ground, in the maze of tunnels excavated by the rabbits over many, many years, five of our jill, or bitch, ferrets were running loose[...]. A white jill popped out of the hole nearest men slithered through the net mesh and disappeared down an adjacent entrance. Example: In 1989 I obtained a hob from Curtis Price from one of my own jills mated to my own hob, for living as I do at the very edge of Britain it is not practicable to breed litters of ferrets to obtain a single replacement. Hence I lend out my best mated jills and receive a single ferret kitten from each litter. 2. Misspelling of gill. Labels: alt-of, misspelling 3. A pelvic protector, a woman’s equivalent of a man’s jock. Example: These complicated pieces of padding usually one-piece these days) should cover the entire chest and belly (down to the top of the jock or jill), the upper back, the collarbone, the upper arms and part of the forearms. Example: GOALIE JOCK OR JILL CUP AND STRAP PRICE RANGE: $10.00 - $25.00 This is a specialized piece of equipment with extra padding to protect the groin area.
Word: aminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English amino- English amino Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English aminate From amino + -ate. 1. To introduce one or more amino groups into a compound, in the process of amination
Word: springhare Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus Pedetes of generally nocturnal, herbivorous African rodents that dig burrows.
Word: springhaas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans springhaas. 1. A South African springhare. Labels: South-Africa
Word: lacrimators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lacrimator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repossessor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From repossess + -or. 1. Agent noun of repossess; one who repossesses. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: repossessors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repossessor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: S.D. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Southern District Used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the southern part of a multi-district state. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of South Dakota: a state of the United States, as used in case citations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: S.D. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Doctor of Science. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: N.D. Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of North Dakota: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: N.D. Part of Speech: noun 1. Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, an academic degree and title in naturopathic medicine 2. Northern District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States federal courts designated to cover the northern part of a multi-district state
Word: W.D. Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Western District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the western part of a multi-district state. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: C.D. Part of Speech: name 1. Central District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the central part of a multi-district state.
Word: C.D. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of CD. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: E.D. Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Eastern District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the eastern part of a multi-district state. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pronouncer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pronounce + -er. 1. One who pronounces. Example: Moreover, it is to be remembered that a poor speller is a poor pronouncer. The ear does not mark the sound any more exactly than the eye marks the letters. 2. The official who gives out words to be spelled at a spelling bee and answers questions about their definition, use in a sentence and etymology. 3. A phonetic representation of the pronunciation of a word, to aid the presenter. Example: Pronouncers are shown in all wire service copy destined for broadcast use. If you are doubtful about a word and don't have a pronouncer, try looking them up on one of the many helpful pronunciation guides available online […]
Word: pronouncers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pronouncer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carrick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carrack. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A greatcoat. Labels: nonce-word Example: […] here there was little hairy Pushkin in a fur carrick, and ratlike Gogol in a flamboyant waistcoat, and old little Tolstoy with his fat nose […] Example: A poor man is robbed of his overcoat (Gogol's "The Greatcoat," or more correctly "The Carrick") […]
Word: attorney of record Part of Speech: noun 1. In a legal proceeding, an attorney who has submitted his name to the court or tribunal as the person responsible for representation of the client, irrespective of which attorneys perform work for that client.
Word: attorneys of record Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attorney of record Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Carrick Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicised version of Irish carraig, Scottish Gaelic carraig or Cornish karrek, all meaning rock. Doublet of Craig. 1. A surname from Irish. 2. A surname from Scottish Gaelic. 3. A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States. 4. A former local government district of Cornwall, England, named after the fjord-like Carrick Roads estuary; it was abolished on 31 March 2009. 5. A rocky coastal district now in in South Ayrshire, Scotland and part of the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament constituency and the eponymous UK Parliament constituency. Example: (describing a siren seen in a group of otherwise decrepit old witches dancing) There was ae winsome wench and waulie / That night enlisted in the core, / Lang after ken'd on Carrick shore; / (For mony a beast to dead she shot, / And perish'd mony a bonie boat, ...) 6. A locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. 7. A locality in Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia. 8. A Scottish earldom bestowed on the heir apparent to the reigning monarchs first of Scotland (since Robert the Bruce in 1292) and later of the United Kingdom.
Word: unconstructive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + constructive. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnkənˈstɹʌktɪv/ 1. Not constructive; unhelpful.
Word: deconstructive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English constructive English deconstructive From de- + constructive. Pronunciation: /diːkənˈstɹʌktɪv/, /diːkənˈstɹʊktɪv/ 1. Tending to deconstruct; of or relating to deconstruction.
Word: cassoulet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French cassoulet, from Occitan caçolet. 1. A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He’d made cassoulet, rich with pork and duck and lamb, glistening with oil and so delicious and sinful that everyone in the room let out audible sighs after their first bites.
Word: deconstructively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deconstructive Middle English -ly English -ly English deconstructively From deconstructive + -ly. Pronunciation: /diːkənˈstɹʌktɪvli/, /diːkənˈstɹʊktɪvli/ 1. In a deconstructive manner.
Word: violative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From violate + -ive. 1. Tending to violate; constituting a violation; of or relating to violation. Labels: US Example: If a restaurant had a policy that two blacks or two Catholics could not sit together, everyone would understand that that policy is unacceptable and illegal. Similarly, we feel that insisting that two people of the same sex cannot sit together is also violative of the law. Example: If YouTube finds fewer videos to be violative — and therefore removes fewer of them — the percentage of violative video views may decrease. And none of the data is subject to an independent audit, although the company did not rule that out in the future.
Word: chemisette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hamô Proto-West Germanic *hamō Proto-West Germanic *-iþi Proto-West Germanic *hamiþibor. Late Latin camisia Old French chemise French chemise Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French chemisettebor. English chemisette Borrowed from French chemisette. Pronunciation: /ˌʃɛmɪˈzɛt/, /ʃəˌmiˈzɛt/ 1. An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment. Example: [Of Italian peasants] And then their dress—the fine plaited chemisette close round the throat—the long gold ear-rings, those indispensables of their toilette—the black velvet boddice, showing the figure to such advantage, laced with gold and coloured silks—the full petticoat—the apron trimmed with gay ribands; all put on so neatly, and with such a fine taste for harmony of colouring.
Word: citration Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of citrating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fibery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fiber Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fibery From fiber + -y. 1. Fibrous; having an appearance of fibers.
Word: fibration Part of Speech: noun 1. A continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space.
Word: doffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English doff 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 doffer From doff + -er. 1. In a carding machine, a device such as a revolving cylinder or a vibrating bar with teeth, that doffs, that is to say strips off, the carded cotton or other fiber from the cards; or a hand tool for the same function in smaller machines or in manual carding. 2. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames. The job was often done by children. Example: It has more varied exercises too than has the hand of the child who enters a mill. For though a doffer or factory child does use his hand all day long, it is but a very small group of muscles that is brought into activity.
Word: carding machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine used for carding fibres.
Word: eygre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of eagre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: one swallow doesn't make a summer Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of one swallow does not a summer make. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: n-ary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From n (“an arbitrary number”) + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnəɹi/ 1. Of, or relating to, n entities (where n is an arbitrary or large number). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Highveld Part of Speech: name Etymology: From high + veld, after Afrikaans hoëveld. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪfɛlt/, /ˈhʌɪvɛld/, /ˈhʌɪfɛlt/ 1. The inland plateau of South Africa and neighbouring countries, containing greater Johannesburg. Example: Somewhere early in her childhood, on the farm on the highveld, ‘Matty’ had been created by her as an act of survival. Example: The Ben Schoeman highway, a wide barren lane in the mist without any glimpse of the yellow highveld landscape […].
Word: flopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flop 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 flopper From flop + -er. 1. One who flops. 2. The knocking down of all nine pins in one go. 3. A person who deliberately falls down on a slippery floor or in front of an automobile etc. so as to claim compensation. Labels: US, slang Example: According to the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail," professional "floppers" are making good livings out of American insurance companies.
Word: ∆ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual ∆ (“change”). 1. An award given to someone who successfully convinces someone to change their viewpoint. Example: In Figure 3, we report the fraction of comments that received a ∆ for each treatment condition. […] Meanwhile, ∆s can be awarded to any type of comment, without restrictions.
Word: hypobromous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English bromous English hypobromous From hypo- + bromous. 1. Of or pertaining to hypobromous acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypofluorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypo- + fluorous, in analogy to chlorous. 1. Of or pertaining to hypofluorous acid Labels: not-comparable
Word: indenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See denizen. 1. To naturalize. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: ratiocinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ratiocination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hippuric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hipp- + uric. 1. Of or pertaining to hippuric acid or its derivatives Labels: not-comparable
Word: jasmonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French jasminbor. English jasmine German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English jasmonic From jasmine + -one + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to jasmonic acid or its derivatives, the jasmonates Labels: not-comparable
Word: kainic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Japanese 海人草 (kaininsō, “the red alga Digenea simplex”) + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to kainic acid or its derivatives. Labels: not-comparable
Word: TDMAGe Part of Speech: noun 1. Tetrakis(dimethylamino)germanium, a metalorganic source for germanium nitride (GeN) in MOCVD of semiconductors. It grows GeN instead of Ge, and is used at either high temperatures (600-800 C) or with plasma because of its very low vapor pressure and higher decomposition temperature.
Word: erotomane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eroto- + -mane. 1. A person with excessive sexual desire.
Word: guest books Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guest book Labels: form-of, plural
Word: formalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English formal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English formalist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English formalistic From formalist + -ic. 1. Formalist. Example: By 1900, many of the young who grew up in the Hirschian community had dropped out and even among those who remained committed, their religious observance was rather formalistic and arid.
Word: pochoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French pocher French -oir French pochoirbor. English pochoir Borrowed from French pochoir. 1. A technique in visual art consisting of applying various stencils (perforated templates). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: templet Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of template. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: misandric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English misandry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English misandric From misandry + -ic. 1. Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
Word: misandric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English misandry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English misandric From misandry + -ic. 1. One who professes misandry; a hater of men, or one prejudiced against men. Labels: rare Example: Sentimental misandrics, for example, focus attention on the warm and cosy features of womanhood, contrasting them pointedly with the sinister and threatening features of manhood. Example: By turning Shakti into an odd misandric, the patriarchal order is maintained as her field of action is limited to only women in distress.
Word: frits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of frit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aurora-colored Part of Speech: adj 1. Having many colors, reminiscent of those in an aurora.
Word: Caty Part of Speech: name 1. A less common spelling of Katie, diminutive of the female given name Catherine and related names.
Word: BOCAT Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Baghdad Operations Command Advisory Team. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: to the day Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc. Example: It was a year ago to the day that I first met him.
Word: set-theoretical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of set-theoretic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: adaptin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of proteins that interact with membrane-bound receptors to assemble clathrin-coated vesicles
Word: cytolytic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪtəˈlɪtɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to cytolysis Labels: not-comparable
Word: derepression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English repression English derepression From de- + repression. 1. The inactivation of a repressor gene. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The cessation of repression of a belief, memory, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dileucine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lewkós Proto-Hellenic *leukós Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English leucine English dileucine From di- + leucine. 1. A dipeptide consisting of two leucine molecules joined via a peptide bond. Labels: uncountable
Word: thereout Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ther-oute, þer-out, þar-out, þeroute, from Old English þǣrūt and þǣrūte, equivalent to there + out. Compare Saterland Frisian deeruut, Dutch daaruit, German Low German daarut, German daraus. Pronunciation: /ðɛəɹˈaʊt/ 1. Out of it, out from it. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Claius presently went to a Fisherman, & having agreed with him, and provided some apparrell for the naked stranger, he imbarked, and the Shepheards with him: and were no sooner gone beyond the mouth of the haven, but that some way into the sea they might discerne (as it were) a stayne of the waters colour, and by times some sparkes and smoke mounting thereout. Example: Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure. 2. outside; outdoors Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: myogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myo- + -genesis. 1. The formation of muscle tissue during the development of an embryo Labels: uncountable
Word: myogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myo- + -genic, after French myogénique. Pronunciation: /mʌɪəˈdʒɛnɪk/ 1. Forming muscle fibres; pertaining to myogenesis. 2. Originating in muscle tissue; specifically, pertaining to contractile activity that is produced by the muscles independent of any neural mechanism. Example: Gaskell, using frogs' hearts, proved that the heartbeat was, as Haller had suggested, of myogenic origin.
Word: materials handling Part of Speech: noun 1. The receiving, moving, storing, packing and shipping of raw materials, components and finished products in a warehouse; sometimes together with forecasting requirements and the disposal of scrap. Labels: uncountable Example: In the material handling standard, 1910.176, OSHA only addresses the environment in which material handling occurs. Training is not addressed, but how can you ensure employees know the ins and outs of safe material handling? Awareness through training is the answer. Training will help employees focus on getting ahead instead of making unnecessary mistakes that put everyone behind.
Word: Louie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.i/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Louis. 2. A diminutive of the female given names Louise or Louisa.
Word: Louie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cantonese 雷 (leoi4). Pronunciation: /ˈluː.i/ 1. A surname from Chinese.
Word: panniers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pannier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superorganism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English organism English superorganism From super- + organism. 1. A social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism. Example: A superorganism is an ensemble of living and non-living matter, which acts as a single self-regulating system. […] Gaia is the largest and most complex superorganism we know. Example: To grasp why Metaman—our strange amalgam of concrete, humans, computer chips, and various plants and animals—is a superorganism rather than merely an elaborate “social grouping” of humans, look at another, far simpler grouping of organisms—a termite colony.
Word: division of labour Part of Speech: noun 1. The separation of work into different categories or tasks, each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.
Word: complection Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of complexion. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: c. 1534, Desiderius Eramus, An epystell of ye famous doctor Erasmus of Roterdam, Thomas Godfray (London), p. 46, What nedeth it here to reherse divers diseases and sicknesses / ye weaknesse of olde men and yonge chyldren / povertie / & the certayn peculyar nature & complection of bodies. Example: All be ye not of one complecction / That cauſeth all day ſuch deuiſion.
Word: president-elect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From president + -elect. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛzɪdənt ɪˈlɛkt/ 1. A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office. Example: If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died, the Vice President-elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President-elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President-elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President-elect nor a Vice President-elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. (1932, Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3) Example: Late on the evening of the 3d of March Congress rose, but in point of fact, the change of Executive power was not made until the President elect took the oath of Office.
Word: bye-law Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bylaw. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: romping good Part of Speech: adj 1. Thoroughly successful or satisfying. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: The fans had a romping good fight after the game. Example: Emma's bridge club had a romping good laugh about the champagne cork lodging in Betty's hair.
Word: out of nowhere Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence. Labels: idiomatic Example: It had been no easy matter when he first drifted in mysteriously out of nowhere to their little mountain cottage. Example: Mr Pickering's 'Hi!' came out of nowhere and hit him like a torpedo.
Word: unquantifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos? Proto-Indo-European *-onts? Proto-Indo-European *kʷoider.? Proto-Italic *kʷāntos Latin quantus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Medieval Latin quantificōder. English quantify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English quantifiable English unquantifiable From un- + quantifiable. 1. Incapable of being quantified or precisely defined mathematically. Labels: not-comparable Example: The value of being loved is unquantifiable.
Word: unquantifiable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos? Proto-Indo-European *-onts? Proto-Indo-European *kʷoider.? Proto-Italic *kʷāntos Latin quantus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Medieval Latin quantificōder. English quantify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English quantifiable English unquantifiable From un- + quantifiable. 1. Something that cannot be quantified.
Word: prisoners of war Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prisoner of war Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vigintile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vīgintī (“twenty”) + -ilis (adjective-forming suffix), equivalent to viginti- + -ile. 1. Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into twenty groups of equal frequency. 2. Any one of the twenty groups so divided. Example: Chart 4 examines the changes in vigintile ( 1/20th or 5% ) for the SIMD and the domains between the 2006 and 2009 SIMD publications. Vigintiles are bands of 5%, ie vigintile 1 is the 5% most deprived and combining the first three vigintiles is the 15% most deprived datazones in Scotland. […] No datazone had a decrease in the vigintile category for either income or employment domain. The income domain had one datazone remaining in the same category, three datazones increasing by one vigintile category and one datazone increasing by two vigintiles. Example: We categorised income into vigintiles by sex and cohort. […] In addition, we estimated the absolute income level of each vigintile by adjusting for inflation using the consumer price index with 2020 as the index year, and by calculating the within-vigintile mean income.
Word: one-piece Part of Speech: adj 1. Composed of a single integral unit, or so appearing. Labels: not-comparable Example: A one-piece metal hammer with an applied rubbery handgrip is nonetheless one integral piece, because the head, shaft, handle, and butt are cast in a single mold and/or forged as one seamless unit. Example: A man's one-piece swimsuit can be as small as a jock strap, whereas a woman's one-piece swimsuit covers both the genitalia and the breasts.
Word: one-piece Part of Speech: noun 1. A one-piece article of clothing, especially a swimsuit.
Word: TIA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of thanks in advance. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TIA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of transient ischemic attack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Total Information Awareness. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of This Is Africa: a business publication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: tail fin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tailfin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: impositive Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of causative that describes the patient being put into a certain position.
Word: unsee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + see. Compare Middle English unseen, unsen (“to fail to see, be unable to see”). 1. To undo the act of seeing something; to erase the memory of having seen something, or otherwise reverse the effect of having seen something. Labels: transitive Example: We have shown the world, and it cannot be unseen, it cannot be unknown, it cannot be forgotten, that Christianity cannot be defended on any ground where Infidelity can get an inch of fair play against it. Example: I have only seen the performance once; and I would not unsee it again if I could; but none the less I am a broken man after it.
Word: Inuvik Part of Speech: name 1. A town in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Example: “I spent a few days there.” “In Inuvik? Why?” “I liked it there,” David said. “I was there in the winter and the northern lights were beautiful. The sun never came up, but I liked living by moonlight.”
Word: acoustography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acousto- + -graphy. 1. An ultrasonic testing method, an imaging process that employs a sensor to convert ultrasound into an image in near real-time, analogous to an X-ray. Labels: uncountable
Word: ventouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both. 1. A cupping glass. Labels: obsolete Example: [I]t commeth at length to fall upon the fleſh which the ventoſe ſticketh faſt unto, and by heating and inchafing, it expreſſeth the humor that is within, into the ventoſe or cupping veſſel. 2. A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.
Word: ventouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both. 1. To cup; to use a cupping glass. Labels: obsolete
Word: param Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of parameter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: param Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paracyanamide. 1. dicyandiamide Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: fiz Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of fizz. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: “Why, do you know Margaret, I never hear the gallant captain talk, but I think of those small stone bottles one sees by the road-side, in the little green barrows on hot, dusty day. Fiz, fiz, fiz they go, and only seem to be watching an opportunity to fly out in the face of that luckless wight who should be bold enough to cut their restraining wire.”
Word: fiz Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fizz. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: When the contents of the papers are dissolved in separate portions of water and the two solutions are then mixed, there results a “fizzy” mixture which is not hard to take. The “fiz” is due to the carbon dioxide (the chief substance desired).
Word: make book Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The "be confident" sense is connected to the "gamble" sense: a sure bet is one that you can be nearly certain of. 1. To gamble, either by placing or taking bets. Labels: idiomatic Example: In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball. Example: [Connie:] How is Mrs Miller? [Mr Miller:] She doesn't understand me. [Connie:] I could have made book on that answer. 2. To be very confident; to be sure. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: bet one's bottom dollar Example: "Oh, you can make book that she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper."
Word: crown flower Part of Speech: noun 1. A large shrub, Calotropis gigantea, growing up to 4 meters tall, with clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color.
Word: Seljukian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Seljuk Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Seljukian From Seljuk + -ian. Pronunciation: /sɛlˈd͡ʒukiən/, /sɛld͡ʒʌkiən/ 1. Synonym of Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule. Labels: historical, not-comparable, uncommon Example: Romanus at once took the field against the Seljukian hordes, who were now devastating Cappadocia with fiendish cruelty, and had just captured Caesarea and plundered the shrine of St. Basil. Example: This was the time when the Seljukian Empire in West Asia was dissolved by Mongol invasions, thus causing the out-migration of Seljukian artisans and craftsmen, many of whom found refuge in India under the Khiljis...
Word: Seljukian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Seljuk Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Seljukian From Seljuk + -ian. Pronunciation: /sɛlˈd͡ʒukiən/, /sɛld͡ʒʌkiən/ 1. Synonym of Seljuk, a member of the Seljuk dynasty or person of their empire. Labels: historical, uncommon Example: Zingis came down upon the Seljukians, and Timour came down upon the Ottomans. Example: Living a nomadic life under the leadership of Suleyman Shah, Kai tribe was involved in many battled with Mongol on one hand and Turkmens on the other hand, and at the same time, it had disagreements with Seljukians and suffered famine, drought, and diseases.
Word: sight glass Part of Speech: noun 1. water gauge
Word: write up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ̯t ˌʌp/, /ˈɹʌɪ̯t ˌʌp/, /ˈɹʌi̯t ˌʌp/, /ˈɹəi̯t ˌʌp/, /ˈɹɑe̯t ˌɐp/ 1. To produce by writing. Labels: transitive Example: The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him. 2. To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: cite Example: His supervisor wrote him up after their last argument. 3. To write about positively; to praise in writing. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: talk up Example: The paper wrote up the team's prospects. 4. To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset. Labels: transitive Example: The company decided to write up its property assets after an independent appraisal showed their market value had increased significantly. 5. To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety. Labels: transitive Example: She carefully wrote up each stamp in her collection, noting the Scott catalog number, perforation gauge, and printing plate variety. 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up. Labels: transitive Example: I can't write up in the attic; it's too cold there in the winter and too hot there in the summer.
Word: writeup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from write up. 1. Alternative form of write-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I will be the first to concede that my writeups for the fourth season of The Simpsons have so far been suspiciously devoid of criticism. Example: The Zurich group has shared a preliminary writeup of its findings.
Word: gemmology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gemma (“gem”) + -logy (“science”). 1. The branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones. Labels: uncountable
Word: mark down Part of Speech: verb 1. To reduce the price of. Labels: transitive 2. To write a memorandum about. Labels: transitive 3. To subtract marks or points from, for an error. Labels: transitive Example: The writing is good, but I had to mark you down for failing to cite references. 4. To write down. Labels: transitive 5. To draw a conclusion about something; to consider something to be a certain way. (Typically used with as.) Labels: transitive Example: They could not take what he'd become / and mark him down as free, / and so they trapped him with his dream / and nailed him to a tree.
Word: sew up Part of Speech: verb 1. To seal by sewing. Labels: transitive Example: Amongst the Narrinyeri in South Australia men of the Snake clan sometimes catch snakes, pull out their teeth or sew up their mouths, and keep them as pets. 2. To bring a matter to a full conclusion that deals with all outstanding issues or other concerns. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Threatening to veto the Berkshire offer suggests the fund doesn't have the financing sewn up and is stalling for time.
Word: light into Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Phrasal verb from light (“to get down, drop, come”, verb) + into (“against”, preposition). 1. To set upon or attack. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: [H]e lit into that horse with his whip. Example: [S]he lit into everybody else in the church and gave them a fearful raking down, calling them right out by name and telling them how they all had behaved, and casting up all the quarrels and scandals of the past ten years.
Word: bastard wing Part of Speech: noun 1. A tuft of feathers borne by the bony thumb-like structure in a bird's wing; alula.
Word: Vice-President-elect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Vice-President + -elect. 1. The person elected Vice-President of the United States between the time of the election victory on or after Election Day to installation in office usually on Inauguration Day.
Word: -elect Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From elect. 1. Used after a title to indicate that the person has been elected to hold the title, but has not yet officially taken it. Labels: morpheme Example: Senator-elect Li will be sworn in next month. Example: The full outcome of the November election will only be known after January 5, when Georgia voters choose the two senators who will determine which party controls the US Senate – and thus President-elect Joe Biden’s ability to pass laws. […] It’s unclear how many will heed the call, but it’s worth remembering that Georgia just elected to Congress a QAnon devotee, Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Word: fresh country eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. A common way to describe ordinary chicken eggs on a breakfast menu, especially in expensive restaurants and hotels. Labels: plural, plural-normally 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fresh, country, eggs. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: It is difficult to see how a user of eggs could afford to pay such prices when fresh country eggs are being sold by farmers to country grocers at this moment for prices ranging above and below 20 cents a dozen in trade. Example: Every Saturday a farmer came to our door selling fresh country eggs from his big round basket covered with straw.
Word: President-elect Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of president-elect. Labels: alt-of
Word: at sight Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. As soon as seen, or presented to sight. Example: payable at sight Example: to shoot a person at sight
Word: Vice-President Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Vice President. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Section. 4. The president, vice-president and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Example: It was settled, as long ago as the first Congress, at the instance of Madison, then in the Senate, and by the deciding vote of John Adams, then Vice-President, that even where the advice and consent of the Senate was necessary to the appointment of an officer, the President had the absolute power to remove him without consulting the Senate.
Word: Election Day Part of Speech: noun 1. The day on which a general election is designated to be held. 2. The day on which general elections are held in the United States, usually the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. Labels: US, specifically Example: Voters returned nearly 64 million mail-in ballots before Election Day, a pandemic-driven record that is certain to make for a more complicated vote count this year but could also reshape American elections for years to come. 3. The day on which general elections are held in the Philippines, usually on the second Monday of May. Labels: Philippine, specifically
Word: Inauguration Day Part of Speech: name 1. The day on which a President and a Vice-President of the United States takes office, now on January 20 after a Presidential election, before 1936 on March 4. Example: President Trump listens to a lot of voices, and he will think it over, and then he’ll make a decision. And clearly, the tech broligarchs have, because of their ability to get in there, and I consider the Inauguration Day like they’re on display, like on the deck of the battleship Missouri.
Word: gazabo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Spanish gazapo (“sly fellow”). Pronunciation: /ɡəˈzeɪbəʊ/ 1. guy, fellow Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: fantasmagoria Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phantasmagoria. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sploshing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In sense “wet and messy fetish”, coined or popularized by 1989 British magazine Splosh! 1. A splosh, or the sounds of a splosh. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of wet and messy fetishism. Labels: uncountable Example: It [a cave drawing] features a man sitting with a bowl turned upside-down on his head. Is this an ancient rite or is it evidence of sploshing, a kink that involves people rolling around naked in various food substances? Example: Each one is based around a genuine fetish: sploshing, clown fetishism, mermaid fetishism (there are numerous erotic mermaid performers), furryism, hybristophilia (arousal from having sex with a convicted criminal), […]
Word: sploshing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In sense “wet and messy fetish”, coined or popularized by 1989 British magazine Splosh! 1. present participle and gerund of splosh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gloop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic; similar to glop or goop. Pronunciation: /ɡluːp/ 1. Any gooey, viscous substance. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop. Example: Mr. Stink smiled, before letting the last sludge of his volcanic gloop slip down his throat.
Word: gloop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic; similar to glop or goop. Pronunciation: /ɡluːp/ 1. To flow like goo or goop, to move in a slushy way. 2. To cover someone in gloop or goo.
Word: forgetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forget + -er. 1. one who forgets, fails to remember something
Word: will-o'-wisp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɪl ə ˈwɪsp/ 1. Alternative form of will o' the wisp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: smoochy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smooch + -y. 1. Excessively romantic. Labels: slang Example: We had a long smoochy kiss. Example: At last something interesting. MTV — the twenty-four hour mirror channel. The Cat gazed lovingly at his reflected image, while smoochy music piped softly through the speakers.
Word: spoofer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spoof + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈspuːfə/, /ˈspufɚ/ 1. Someone who spoofs. 2. A computer program that falsifies something. Example: an IP address spoofer
Word: from on high Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. From Heaven, from above. Example: Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited vs, Example: Can we whose souls are lighted With Wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? 2. From people with power or authority. Example: For the rest, that the Manchester Insurrection could yet discern no radiance of Heaven on any side of its horizon; but feared that all lights, of the O’Connor or other sorts, hitherto kindled, where but deceptive fish-oil transparencies, or bog will-o’-wisp lights, and no dayspring from on high: for this also we will honour the poor Manchester Insurrection, and augur well of it. Example: The whole point of America is that we are all supposed to be our own masters, never viewing anyone as being by birth or situation inherently better or more capable than ourselves, and so the notion of relying upon some nebulous class of investment bankers to “channel opportunity” from on high strikes me as being un-American.
Word: jugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin jugum (“yoke”). 1. Relating to a jugum. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the jugal bone. Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to a yoke or marriage. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: jugal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin jugum (“yoke”). 1. A bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds; the equivalent of a malar in mammals.
Word: subjugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English jugal English subjugal From sub- + jugal. 1. Below the jugal bone or zygomatic bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfrugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + frugal. 1. Not frugal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadratojugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quadrato- + jugal. 1. Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadratojugal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quadrato- + jugal. 1. A small jaw bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds.
Word: nucha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”), borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Doublet of nuque. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːkə/, /ˈn(j)ukə/ 1. The spinal cord. Labels: obsolete 2. The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head. Labels: dated, rare
Word: nychthemera Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nychthemeron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vomiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vomit + -er. 1. Someone who vomits. 2. Chlorophyllum molybdites, a poisonous mushroom.