nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: p-code Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of portable code. 1. A very low-level code that is machine-independent and enables a compiled file to be run on different processor types. Labels: uncountable Example: Most implementations of the Pascal programming language employed a p-code system to achieve a greater level of machine independence.
Word: Trudy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortened Gertrude + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹudi/ 1. A diminutive of Gertrude, also used as a formal female given name.
Word: Trudie Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name, variant spelling of Trudy, a pet form of Gertrude.
Word: Trudi Part of Speech: name Etymology: In some cases, a 20th-century spelling of Trudy; in other cases borrowed from German Trudi. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: She had a twin sister named Heidi and neither Trudi or Heidi liked their names. They were the names (in the opinion of Heidi and Trudi) of goat-herding girls and American hookers, of girls who wore their hair in plaits and drank milk or had sex dressed as French maids and nurses. Of girls who never grew up. Trudi and Heidi had no idea why they were so called.
Word: cheap and cheerful Part of Speech: adj 1. Not of bad quality, or otherwise enjoyable, despite being cheap. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: There's a cheap and cheerful coffee shop on the next street which sells quite a good selection of sandwiches.
Word: rotators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redivides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redivide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: redividing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redivide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redivided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redivide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: run up against Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin to encounter problems with (someone or something). Labels: transitive Example: The latest model has run up against the limits of its technical capacity.
Word: rebutia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Rebutia. 1. Any plant of the cactus genus Rebutia, the crown cactus.
Word: crown cactus Part of Speech: noun 1. Any plant of the cactus genus Rebutia, with big colorful flowers and native to South America.
Word: rub up against Part of Speech: verb 1. To touch something with one's body. Example: She accidentally rubbed up against the painted door and got green paint on her blouse. 2. To touch another person with one's body in a sexually stimulating manner. Example: Now men, I have rubbed up against a few men in my time, but women? 3. To touch a person's body in a friendly manner, seeking attention. (of animals) Example: Tibbles the cat rubbed up against my leg, asking for a piece of my cheese. 4. To come into conflict with someone or something.
Word: palaeobotanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English botanical English palaeobotanical From palaeo- + botanical. 1. Alternative spelling of paleobotanical. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: paleobotanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English botany Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English botanical English paleobotanical From paleo- + botanical. 1. Of or pertaining to paleobotany. Labels: not-comparable
Word: palaeobotanist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English botanist English palaeobotanist From palaeo- + botanist. 1. Alternative spelling of paleobotanist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: telecentre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English centre English telecentre From tele- + centre. 1. A place where members of the public may access personal computers (and other digital equipment) and the Internet, in order to acquire or improve skills. Example: Near-synonym: telecottage
Word: biopesticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English pesticide English biopesticide From bio- + pesticide. 1. Any naturally-occurring (rather than synthetic) pesticide
Word: microfinancing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + financing. 1. The provision of microfinance. Labels: uncountable
Word: microfinance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + finance. Coined by German sociologist and economist Hans Dieter Seibel in 1990. 1. Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Microfinance, once a relative cottage industry championed by antipoverty activists and development wonks, is on the verge of a revolution, with billions of dollars from big banks, private-equity shops and pension funds pouring in.
Word: underperforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underperform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underperforming Part of Speech: adj 1. That performs less well than required. Example: Underperforming operators will risk termination of their contracts. Example: The goal was scruffy, with some debate over whether Johnson got the last touch - and was totally in keeping with the tepid domestic seasons of these two underperforming sides, but no-one at Spurs will care about that.
Word: stand up against Part of Speech: verb 1. To defy or challenge someone Example: In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
Word: complexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of complex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complexes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of complex Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hibernal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hībernālis (“wintry”), from hiems (“winter”). 1. Of or pertaining to winter; brumal or hiemal
Word: Aeneid Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Aeneis (Greek third declension, genitive Aeneidos), from Aeneas + -is. By surface analysis, Aeneas + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.ni.ɪd/, /əˈniː.ɪd/ 1. A classic epic poem, written in Latin by Virgil in the 1st century BCE (between 29 and 19 BCE), that tells the legendary story of Aeneas fleeing Troy and settling in Italy as ancestor of the Romans.
Word: nonempty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + empty. 1. Not empty, containing something. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a set, containing at least one element, thereby being distinct from the empty set. Labels: not-comparable
Word: go up against Part of Speech: verb 1. To challenge someone. Example: May 27, 2007, Jamie Doward, The Observer.Jail head rejects shared cells plan. The Director-General of the Prison Service is ready to go up against ministers by resisting any government plan to force more prisoners to share cells.
Word: taho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog taho, from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu-hū, “tofu”) or perhaps 豆腐花 (tāu-hū-hoe, “tofu pudding”) that it might simply be short for. 1. A Philippine snack food made from sweetened flavoured tofu with sago pearls. Labels: uncountable
Word: what's yours Part of Speech: phrase 1. What do you want to drink? Labels: colloquial
Word: industrial action Part of Speech: noun 1. A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Example: Furthermore, overdue training of crew on the new Class 385 electrics, compounded by industrial action, meant that announcements of train cancellations "due to a member of the train crew being unavailable" became very familiar to passengers across east central Scotland. Example: The federation, set up in 1919 after police were banned from taking industrial action when strikes led to riots and looting, is a statutory body that provides legal support to its officers, as well as fighting their corner like a union would over pay, conditions and welfare.
Word: warts and all Part of Speech: adj Etymology: In 1653, an artist, Samuel Cooper, was asked to paint Oliver Cromwell’s portrait. Cromwell preferred the portrait to be shown with “pimples, warts and everything” (i.e., to include any defects and imperfections). Over time, this phrase has come to be shortened to “warts and all”. 1. Of or pertaining to a description or other depiction which reveals the full range of characteristics of a person or thing, including the shortcomings and imperfections. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: Biographer Jones, for all his hero worship, belongs to the warts-and-all school, and notes some strange quirks in Freud's character. Example: More than a quarter of a century after the fraught events that followed the privatisation of the railway, Corbett has provided a warts and all analysis of what led to the spate of rail disasters in the aftermath of the break-up of British Rail, and (ultimately) to the demise of the company.
Word: warts and all Part of Speech: adv Etymology: In 1653, an artist, Samuel Cooper, was asked to paint Oliver Cromwell’s portrait. Cromwell preferred the portrait to be shown with “pimples, warts and everything” (i.e., to include any defects and imperfections). Over time, this phrase has come to be shortened to “warts and all”. 1. In a manner which does not conceal shortcomings or imperfections. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: The new crop of reality shows brings us that much closer to the contestants, warts and all. Example: "We are very open and publish everything we investigate in detailed reports - warts and all," adds French.
Word: warts-and-all Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of warts and all. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: noumenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Equivalent to noumen(on) + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: We may here distinguish between two kinds of reality, phenomenal or relative, and noumenal or absolute. Example: Nor can the elements of the phenomenal world derive any complexity from the interaction of the noumenal elements which they represent with the complex structure of the precipients.
Word: pædophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pædo- + -philic. 1. Dated spelling of pedophilic.
Word: Slune Part of Speech: name 1. A rare surname from German.
Word: bearing fruit Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bear fruit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Proto-Celtic Part of Speech: name 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 πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Celtic English Proto-Celtic From proto- + Celtic. 1. The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.
Word: Common Celtic Part of Speech: name 1. Proto-Celtic language.
Word: Common Germanic Part of Speech: name 1. Proto-Germanic language.
Word: bolas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish bolas. 1. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs. 2. A sticky thread whirled around by certain spiders to catch prey.
Word: parapodium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English -podium English parapodium From para- + -podium. 1. Any of the paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids. 2. A lateral expansion on both sides of the foot in some gastropods, often used as a swimming organ.
Word: parapodia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parapodium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deep thinker Part of Speech: noun 1. A person whose thoughts are profound; an intellectual. Labels: idiomatic Example: Then came a disquisition on pride, with quotations and commonplaces;—then an eulogium, by his lordship, on his lordship's own knowledge of the human heart, and more especially of that "moving toyshop," the female heart; then anecdotes illustrative, comprising the gallantries of thirty years in various ranks of life, with suitable bon-mots and embellishments;—then a little French sentiment, by way of moral, with some philosophical axioms, to show that, though he had led such a gay life, he had been a deep thinker. Example: THOMAS PAINE. "Oh what fun it is to be a rebel," says Mr. Bradford. Paine "was a commonplace rebel, entirely practical." Not educated, not a deep thinker.
Word: be taken ill Part of Speech: verb 1. To become ill. Labels: idiomatic
Word: hayfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hay + field. 1. A field of hay.
Word: take ill Part of Speech: verb 1. To become ill, to fall ill. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: obstinant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An alteration of obstinate, influenced by the ending -ant. 1. Obstinate. Labels: proscribed Example: I was respected in PBG, but I was never liked. I was called upon to work; but I was never invited to socialize with the "in crowd," mainly composed of founders. Word got back to me that I was too obstinant.
Word: red yeast rice Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of rice that is fermented with the mold Monascus purpureus until it turns red; used in whole and powdered form as a food coloring, food ingredient, and medicine in China and other Asian nations. Labels: uncountable
Word: bog bilberry Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɒɡ ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/ 1. A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.
Word: northern bilberry Part of Speech: noun 1. A bog bilberry (shrub and berry).
Word: butterfly upon a wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. An innocent person (usually a female) crushed by life's adversities.
Word: cat and dog life Part of Speech: noun 1. An unhappy married life marked by arguments and disagreements. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: The Bolton line thus became part of the Lancashire & Yorkshire on July 23, 1847, and the E.L.R. and L.Y.R. thereupon settled down to a cat and dog life which was to last about ten years.
Word: cat in the sack Part of Speech: noun 1. Something to be suspicious of.
Word: covenant of salt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A Biblical reference, as in Leviticus: "every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt." ( he:T:13) 1. A long-lasting agreement. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: ... God gave the Kingdom unto David for ever, or by a Covenant of Salt.
Word: lingonberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Swedish lingon Middle English berye English berry English lingonberry From Swedish lingon (“cowberry, lingonberry”) + English berry. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋɡənb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈlɪŋɡənˌbɛɹi/ 1. A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. 2. The berry of this shrub. Example: Ze lingonberry pancake!
Word: huckleberry above a persimmon Part of Speech: phrase 1. Someone or something that is better than others. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: "He's a huckleberry above a persimmon, for sure," Katherine said, following her gaze. "I hear tell he broke a lot of hearts in San Antone when he married you."
Word: smart chance Part of Speech: noun 1. A substantial quantity of something. Labels: US, colloquial
Word: above one's bend Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Beyond one's power or ability. Labels: US, dated, idiomatic Example: I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum; it is above my bend. Example: It would be above my bend to attempt telling you all we saw among the Redskins.
Word: above the salt Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: In medieval times, salt (a valuable seasoning) was placed in the middle of a dining table and the lord and his family were seated "above the salt" and other guests or servants below. 1. Of high standing or honor. Labels: idiomatic
Word: abozzo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbɔt.si/ 1. Alternative form of abbozzo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abrash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish abraş, from Ottoman Turkish آبراش (abraş), from Arabic أَبْرَش (ʔabraš, “dappled, mottled”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.bɹəʃ/, /ˈɑ.bɹɑʃ/ 1. A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).
Word: accessit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin accessit (“he came near”), from accēdō (“approach”). 1. An honorable mention in an academic contest. 2. A vote in the election of a pope.
Word: acknowledge the corn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An American expression. Its origin is usually explained via the punch line to some humorous story, but the story and the literal meaning of the punch line vary greatly. * In a debate on tariffs in the U.S. Congress in 1828, Rep. Stewart of Pennsylvania claims that Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio exported corn to Pennsylvania; on being challenged by Rep. Wickliffe of Kentucky, Stewart explains that the corn to which he alluded is exported in the interiors of hogs fed on that corn. Wickliffe replies contritely, "I acknowledge the corn." * A Louisiana gambler, while drunk, wagers and loses a large quantity of corn and potatoes; when the winner comes to collect, the gambler says, "I acknowledge the corn, but the potatoes you can't have!" * A New Englander boasts of their fine corn fields; a Western visitor says "That's nothing! I'll send you some of our seven-foot corn." He does so, and receives a grudging telegram in reply: "I acknowledge the corn." * A drinker is accused of having imbibed too much corn whisky. He retorts, "I acknowledge the corn," implicitly refusing to acknowledge the "whisky" part of the accusation. In actual usage, though, the phrase was usually associated with drunkenness, which suggests the last of these explanations ("corn" as synecdoche for "corn whisky") is probably closest to the true origin. 1. To admit to the truth of the point at issue or to a mistake; to cop a plea; or perhaps to admit to a small error but not a larger one. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: I hope he will give up the argument, or to use a familiar phrase acknowledge the corn. Example: 1859, J. Underwood, letter to the editor, Samuel W. Cole (editor), The New England Farmer, Volume 11, I should like to take a job of that kind on a wager with him, or any other New Hampshire man, and if I did not come out a little ahead on the "home stretch," why then I would "acknowledge the corn," and own myself beaten.
Word: donator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English donatour, from Latin dōnātor and Old French; equivalent to donate + -or. 1. Donor, one who donates. Labels: rare
Word: pooper scoopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pooper scooper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perioperative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English operative English perioperative From peri- + operative. 1. Relating to the period around an operation, including immediate preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery. Labels: not-comparable Example: Meronyms: preoperative, postoperative; presurgical, postsurgical
Word: paraoperative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English operative English paraoperative From para- + operative. 1. Relating to equipment and accessories for an operation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rafted Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: rafted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of raft Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: autarchies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autarchy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recreates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recreate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disintegrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disintegrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disintegrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disintegrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disintegrating Part of Speech: adj 1. That causes disintegration. Labels: not-comparable Example: "By means of the purple disintegrating rays, the site to be used later for agricultural purposes is treated exactly as is the canal proper." Example: The city did not evolve up from the ground, it descended from Heaven; the me's, the divine laws which constitute the program for civilization, were carried by Inanna from the seat of Enki at Eridu to her beloved Erech (Uruk); without these divine laws, no city can hold together, no wall can stand against the disintegrating wind of the desert.
Word: stem cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stem cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geronticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geronto- + -icide. 1. The killing or euthanasia of the elderly Example: Maxwell et al. (1982) studied geronticide practices in some ninety-five different societies.
Word: double space Part of Speech: verb 1. To format (a document) so that every other line is left blank, leaving sufficient whitespace for annotation (e.g. a teacher's corrections). Labels: ambitransitive
Word: intransigence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising". Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/ 1. Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism Example: The intransigence of both sides frustrated the negotiators.
Word: knothole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knot + hole. 1. In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences. Example: Looking in the same direction, I saw that the knothole in the wall had indeed become a human eye -- a full, black eye, that glared into my own with an entire lack of expression more awful than the most devilish glitter. Example: These city-owned parks, regal concrete crowns with acres of parking lots and nary a knothole to peek through, are a definite swing away from the democratic character of the earlier ballparks. 2. Youth league baseball. Labels: Cincinnati, attributive Example: But he was worried that a coach of a knothole team might not like the idea and not let me switch-hit. So, my dad went to the coach. Example: I was a Cub Scout. I went to church with my family, and taught Sunday school when I was in my teens. I played knothole baseball and rooted for the Reds.
Word: inconsiderate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English considerate English inconsiderate From in- + considerate. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkənˈsɪdəɹɪt/, /ˌɪŋ-/ 1. Not considerate of others. Example: Not replacing the roll after using the last of the toilet paper is very inconsiderate. Example: “It’s very inconsiderate of you, St. Clare,” said the lady, “to insist on my talking and looking at things. You know I’ve been lying all day with the sick-headache; and there’s been such a tumult made ever since you came, I’m half dead.” 2. Not giving enough consideration to one's actions, conclusions, etc.; acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences. Labels: obsolete Example: And all the unsettled humours of the land, Rash, inconsiderate, fiery voluntaries, […] Have sold their fortunes at their native homes, Bearing their birthrights proudly on their backs, To make hazard of new fortunes here: Example: […] the wise and considerate Men of the World, by a right and careful employment of their Thoughts, and Reason, attained true Notions in this, as well as other things; whilst the lazy and inconsiderate part of Men, making the far greater number, took up their Notions, by chance, from common Tradition, and vulgar Conceptions, without much beating their heads about them. 3. Resulting from insufficient consideration. Labels: obsolete Example: I am ouer-ready to pardon young ouersights, and forgiue inconsiderate offences: Example: And having given us this inconsiderate Description of Cold, they [the Classick Authors] commonly take leave of the subject, as if it deserved no further handling, then could be afforded it in a few Lines, 4. Of too little value to be considered. Labels: obsolete Example: […] when they had sold any one of their bullooks to us, for a little inconsiderate peece of brasse, if we did not presently knock him down, they would by the same call, make the poor creature break from us and run unto them again, and then there was no getting them out of their hands, but by giving them more brasse, Example: […] to wrest the Law to our convenience Is no small, inconsiderate Work?
Word: honey dipper Part of Speech: noun 1. A turned kitchen tool used to transfer honey. 2. A worker who collects household sewage from sewage tanks. Labels: US, informal
Word: hobilar Part of Speech: noun 1. An English medieval light cavalryman. Labels: historical
Word: stirring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstɝɪŋ/, /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/ 1. invigorating or inspiring Example: As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'. Example: But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.
Word: stirring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstɝɪŋ/, /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of stir Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stirring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstɝɪŋ/, /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/ 1. An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred Labels: countable, gerund, uncountable Example: The reduction takes the central bank back to where it was in December 2005, when it began raising its key rate despite objections from some political figures and many economists about choking the early stirrings of a recovery in growth. Example: […] his inability to move freely in nature as the song's protagonist expects to, or to enjoy the emotional stirrings that such movement often precipitates. That is, the video shows how the African American subject is not given time, space, or opportunity to form the kinds of individualized, sentimental, wondrous, or otherwise normatively affective relationships that mainstream environmentalism champions.
Word: ballerino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Late Latin ballāre Italian ballare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian ballerinobor. English ballerino Borrowed from Italian ballerino. Pronunciation: /ˌbæləˈɹiːnoʊ/ 1. A male ballet dancer. Example: BALLERINOS WANTED / Can use a few trained ballerinos for "Song of Norway" tour. Auditions TODAY at 2 p.m., Masonic Temple, Hollywood. Bring practice clothes and toe shoes. Example: As aware as you are, though, consider how much more keenly the leaping ballerinas and ballerinos of the world feel the tow with every move they make. 2. A male ballet dancer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: synthetic phonics Part of Speech: noun 1. System of teaching children to read by synthesising sounds from letters. Labels: uncountable Example: Many schools that have moved to synthetic phonics have noted dramatic improvements to the literacy of pupils taught by this method.
Word: thors Part of Speech: pron 1. theirs Labels: Geordie, possessive, pronoun, without-noun
Word: wifie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal diminutive of wife (“woman”), equivalent to wife + -ie. 1. A woman, especially older woman. Labels: Geordie, derogatory 2. One's wife. Labels: US, endearing, informal 3. A woman, who is a best friend of another woman. Labels: UK, endearing, informal
Word: wifies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wifie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cannet Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /kænɛt/ 1. cannot, can't Labels: Geordie, contraction
Word: berretta Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of biretta. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: fatha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronouncing the /a/ vowel. Doublet of fathe, patach, and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts. Pronunciation: /fɑːt.hɑ/ 1. In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/. 2. The vowel designated by this mark.
Word: fatha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of father. Pronunciation: /fæðæ/ 1. father Labels: Geordie
Word: fathas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fatha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alreet Part of Speech: adj 1. alright Labels: Geordie, not-comparable
Word: alreet Part of Speech: intj 1. All purpose greeting, often said in passing. Labels: Geordie Example: Alreet wor kid? Example: Aye, am canny man!
Word: ballerini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballerino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benigne Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of benign. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men. Example: even th’Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […]
Word: ectypal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ectype Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ectypal From ectype + -al. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈtaɪpəl/ 1. Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original. 2. Corresponding to external reality. Example: What would you have! do I not acknowledge a twofold state of things, the one ectypal or natural, the other archetypal and eternal? The former was created in time; the latter existed from everlasting in the mind of God.
Word: serrati Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serratus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serrano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish serrano (“mountainous”), because it originated in the sierras (“mountains”) of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo. Pronunciation: /səˈɹɑːnəʊ/ 1. Ellipsis of serrano pepper, a chili pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum which originated in the mountainous regions of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo and is used in cooking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. Ellipsis of serrano ham (jamón serrano), Spanish dry-cured ham from non-Iberian breeds of pig. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: With a sharp knife, remove the rind of the Manchego and slice the cheese into roughly sixteen 1⁄8-inch (3-mm) triangles. Slice the serrano in half lengthwise, then again in half, creating 4 strips of serrano out of 1 slice.
Word: serraglio Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seraglio. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For although (as hath bene ſaid) the Temple of Sancta Sophia, which he moſt vſually frequenteth, is not aboue a ſtones caſt from the out-moſt gate of the Serraglio, yet hath he not ſo few as a thousand horſe (beſides the archers of his guard and other footmen) in that ſhort proceſſion: […] Example: Here we ſaw certaine great Serraglios, exceeding high, and propt vp by buttreſſes.
Word: biomodification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English modification English biomodification From bio- + modification. 1. The process of modifying a biological organism using either genetic or mechanical means. 2. The modification of a material by biological (enzymatic or genetic) means.
Word: theme parks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theme park Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accreditment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accredit Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English accreditment From accredit + -ment. 1. The process of becoming accredited. Example: Steps have been taken to ease the problems of accreditment.
Word: sit in on Part of Speech: verb 1. To attend a private meeting or class without participating. Example: Parents of younger children often become upset when they are told that they cannot sit in on the psychological assessment.
Word: homographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homo- + -graphic; alternatively, homograph + -ic. 1. Spelled identically. Labels: not-comparable 2. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having the same invariants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unrestrainedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unrestrained Middle English -ly English -ly English unrestrainedly From unrestrained + -ly. 1. In an unrestrained manner.
Word: abradable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English abrade 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 abradable From abrade + -able. 1. That may be abraded Labels: not-comparable Example: The part had an abradable coating the removal of which signified that replacement was necessary.
Word: musea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin musea; by surface analysis, muse(um) + -a. 1. plural of museum Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: -ums Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Perhaps after diddums or snookums. 1. Used in forming affectionate terms of address. Labels: morpheme
Word: statice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin staticē, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós, “standing still”). Pronunciation: /ˈstætɪsi/ 1. Plants of the genus Limonium having spikes of white or mauve flowers.
Word: interbellum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inter bellum (literally “between war”). 1. The time period between wars. Example: My parents met during the interbellum between World War I and World War II.
Word: trading post Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where trading of goods takes place. Example: He runs a small trading post in the vicinity of New Hampshire. Example: Further questions elicited from him that Mr Kurtz was at present in charge of a trading post, a very important one, in the true ivory-country, at ‘the very bottom of there. Sends in as much ivory as all the others put together. . .’
Word: boys and their toys Part of Speech: noun 1. Used to evoke the idea that adult men sometimes dote excessively on machines, automobiles, and gadgets in a childish manner. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
Word: slam-bang Part of Speech: adj 1. Noisy, raucous. Labels: not-comparable, onomatopoeic Example: At a signal from Horko's box there was an all-out, slam-bang, grand salute of the guns and with it a pounding of the deep liquid bass drums. Example: Their arguments weren't pleasant to hear or to watch, but they weren't yet having the all-out, slam-bang quarrels they would have when I was older. 2. Violent, forceful. Labels: not-comparable Example: "If you had led the rough, tough, slam-bang, every-man-for-himself life I have, you wouldn't be frightened of gorillas...." Example: Temporary Agency begins with a tale of demonic possession and adolescent crushes and ends with a slam-bang, all-out global confrontation between the forces of good and evil. 3. Impressive, exciting. Labels: not-comparable Example: "I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman." Example: 2004 March 18–24, Jack Harvey (pseudonym), "Once Again, Oscar Is King Of The Rings", in The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 114, After this slam-bang production, the next is sure to be a huge letdown.
Word: slam-bang Part of Speech: adv 1. Shot or hit with a noise. Labels: not-comparable Example: 19th cent., Robert Montgomery Bird, Nick of the Woods, 1967 Rowman & Littlefield edition, →ISBN, page 48, Well! as soon as I jumped out of his way, bang went his piece, and bang went another, let fly by an Injun;—down went the Major, shot right through the hips, slam-bang.
Word: slam-bang Part of Speech: noun 1. Noisy activity. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: From far down the hall came the staccato notes of a new term, the slam-bang of teachers flinging open cabinets, filling trash cans, stapling lists to bulletin boards, dragging desks into optimistic configurations. Example: 1985, Paul Theroux, "Introduction", to, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Penguin Classics, →ISBN, page 13, But James in describing the slam-bang of her upbringing has given us every reason for her turning out crazy, vengeful or anti-social.
Word: slam-bang Part of Speech: verb 1. To beat noisily. Labels: informal, transitive Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He was forever slam-banging the microphone stand & twisting the cord around himself.
Word: mediology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French médiologie. 1. An interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture, created by Régis Debray in 1979, that pays specific attention to human symbolic activity and to technology, especially as a medium of cultural transmission. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What mediology wishes to bring to light is the way in which something serves as a medium, and the often unperceived complexities that go with it, looking back over the long term (from the birth of writing) without being overly concerned with present-day media (even if certain mediologists are prepared to consider these). Example: Against the background of the radically constructivist mediologies of Vilem Flusser and Niklas Luhmann, Berressem argues that Deleuze's radical philosophy allows for a fundamental realignment of the ecological notions of the environment and the medium. 2. The study of mass media and its influence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I do not believe any mass mediology can predict the effect of a mass media message. Example: There was no media research in the strict sense during this period. Mediology did not yet exist. 3. The use of mass media. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is everywhere visible in hard data about four key elements of that culture: film. television, books, and theme parks. But it is not limited to such elements, for they are but pieces of a mesmerizing global mediology that suffuses consciousness everywhere. Example: The Hegelian master, for all his violence and terror, still requires literature, names, memory, and readerships—in other words, the public sphere. Such Hegelian mediologies are radically evacuated and removed from all living supports of translation, witnessing, and transmission in the war to end all wars, whose focal attack surfaces are the organic and living substrates of transmissible names, including those that support the nomenclature of war itself.
Word: venter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Latin venter (“the belly; the womb; a swelling”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)/ 1. A woman with offspring. 2. A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably: 3. A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably: 4. A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone.
Word: venter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vent 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 venter From vent + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)/ 1. One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems. Example: Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting.
Word: venter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Cognate with Dutch venter (“vendor, peddler”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)/ 1. A vendor. Labels: obsolete
Word: sit on it Part of Speech: verb 1. shove it up your ass (up yours) or back off. Labels: slang 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit on, sit, on, it. Example: Regarding the proposal, the boss said to sit on it and I tend to agree: it is too soon to begin.
Word: bracciale Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden cylinder worn over the forearm and used to strike the ball in the game of pallone.
Word: unflinching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + flinching. 1. Without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast. Labels: not-comparable Example: Can an honest, upright and Christian man, go into these conflicts, and with unflinching firmness stand up for all that is good, and oppose all that is evil, in whatever party it may be found, without a measure of moral courage such as few can command? Example: […] I abandoned myself implicitly to the guidance of my wife, and entered with an unflinching heart into the intricacies of her studies.
Word: gibbsite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gibbs + -ite after George Gibbs (1777-1834) in 1822. 1. A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white, Al(OH)₃. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: saltier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of salty: more salty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: saltier Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of saltire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: saltiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of salty: most salty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: allegorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English allegoriese, allegorisen (“to interpret (something) in a spiritual sense”), from Anglo-Norman allegorizer and Middle French allegoriser, alegoriser (“to express or interpret allegorically”) (modern French allégoriser), and from their etymon Late Latin allēgorizāre, the present active infinitive of allēgorizō (“to express or interpret allegorically”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ (ăllēgorĭ́ā, “veiled language, allegory”) + Late Latin -izō (suffix forming verbs expressing resemblance or similarity). Ἀ̆λληγορῐ́ᾱ (Ăllēgorĭ́ā) is probably derived from ἀλληγορος (allēgoros, “allegorical”) (though only attested in Byzantine Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); and ἀλληγορος (allēgoros) from ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos, “another; different”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”)) + ἠγόρ- (ēgór-, the imperfect stem of ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak in the assembly; to say, speak”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain inflections of adjectives). By surface analysis, allegory + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈælɪɡəɹaɪz/, /ˈælɪɡɹaɪz/, /ˈæləɡɔˌɹaɪz/, /-ɡə-/ 1. To interpret (a picture, story, or other form of communication) to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences. Labels: transitive 2. To create an allegory from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences). Labels: transitive 3. Followed by away: to treat (something) as allegorical or symbolic rather than as truth. Labels: transitive 4. To interpret an allegory. Labels: intransitive 5. To create or use allegory. Labels: intransitive Example: For his explanation he will allegorize the problem.
Word: collective nouns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of collective noun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: put a damper on Part of Speech: verb 1. To stop people from enjoying an activity. Labels: idiomatic Example: John told us he had lost his job, which put a damper on the celebrations.
Word: babysitting circle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: babysitting + circle 1. A group of families who share the task of babysitting on a rotational, or other equalising basis. Example: Our babysitting circle uses tokens to keep things fair.
Word: pesant Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of peasant. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [M]y honoured Lord, ſaid Iſabella, who reſented Theodore’s warmth, which ſhe perceived was dictated by his ſentiments for Matilda, diſcompose not yourſelf for the gloſing of a of a peſant’s ſon: He forgets the reverence he owes you; but he is not accuſtomed⸺[…]
Word: alkalify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From alkali + -fy. 1. To render (more) alkaline (less acidic). Labels: transitive Example: The process was required to alkalify the basic mixture before hardening. 2. To become changed into an alkali. Labels: intransitive
Word: alkalifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of alkalify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: alkalifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alkalify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alkalified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alkalify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: factice Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfæktɪs/ 1. Vulcanized unsaturated vegetable or animal oil, used as a processing aid and property modifier in rubber. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although factice is, strictly speaking, not a plasticizer, being added to mixes for a whole range of reasons including the improvement of dimensional stability and rigidity of unsupported articles in hot air cures, the improvement of surface finish and electrical insulation, it does nevertheless act as a softener, improving filler dispersion and decreasing the energy requirements of mixing. 2. An oversized, mock perfume bottle, usually filled with colored water instead of perfume, used for display purposes in perfumeries. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: auto de fé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From medieval Spanish auto de fé (“act of faith”). 1. Alternative form of auto da fe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: savvies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of savvy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: savvying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of savvy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: savvied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of savvy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: savvier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of savvy: more savvy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: savviest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of savvy: most savvy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: supercomputing 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 computing English supercomputing From super- + computing. 1. The design and use of supercomputers. Labels: uncountable