nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, which may itself be either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bunda—either way probably from puncta (“hole”), the feminine singular form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“pierce into, prick”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋ/, /bʊŋ/, /bʊŋɡ/ 1. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc. Example: With the heavy seas trying to broach the boat they baled — and eventually found someone had forgotten to put the bung in. Example: Andre pulled the bung from the top of a barrel, applied a glass tube with a suction device, and withdrew a pale, almost greenish liquid. 2. The cecum or anus, especially of livestock. 3. The human anus. Labels: slang 4. A bribe. Labels: slang Example: It is almost a year since Luton Town's manager, Mike Newell, decided that whistle-blowing was no longer the preserve of referees and went public about illegal bungs. Example: Is this a case of mere ‘bungs’ (a form of bribery) at play in the book trade, a success bought with massive advertising effort and distribution through the author’s drugstore chain? 5. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole. 6. A sharper or pickpocket. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: You filthy bung, away. 7. The landlord of a public house. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: "Well, sir, I haven't got one," said the landlord, "or you should have it directly." […] "Could you oblige me with such a thing as a postage stamp?" "No," said the Bung; "don't keep 'em!"
Word: bung Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, which may itself be either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bunda—either way probably from puncta (“hole”), the feminine singular form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“pierce into, prick”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋ/, /bʊŋ/, /bʊŋɡ/ 1. To plug, as with a bung. Labels: transitive Example: It has not yet been ascertained, which is the precise time when it becomes indispensable to bung the cider. The best, I believe, that can be done, is to seize the critical moment which precedes the formation of a pellicle on the surface... Example: Put the wine into a cask, cover up the bung-hole to keep out the dust, and when the hissing sound ceases, bung the hole closely, and leave the wine untouched for twelve months. 2. To put, throw, or place something without care; to chuck. Labels: Australia, UK, informal, transitive Example: "Doctors are queer birds. This one didn't mind a bit dabbling about that old thing to find out what had happened inside her. He's fixed her up for tonight and is coming tomorrow to put her leg in plaster, or something. He wanted to bung her off to a hospital, but I persuaded him not to." Example: Of course, the weird thing is that he found Marianne Faithfull at the same time and bunged it onto her, and it was a fucking hit, so already we're songwriters. 3. To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell. Labels: transitive Example: [T]he Chicken had been tapped, and bunged, and had received pepper, and had been made groggy, and had come up piping, and had endured a complication of similar strange inconveniences, until he had been gone into and finished. 4. To pass a bribe to (someone). Labels: transitive
Word: bung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Yagara bang (“dead”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋ/, /bʊŋ/, /bʊŋɡ/ 1. Broken, not in working order; damaged; injured. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, not-comparable, slang Example: […] My right eye has gone bung, and my left one is pretty dicky. Example: ‘Morning Mrs. Weissnicht. I′ve just heard as how your washing-machine′s gone bung.’
Word: bung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bouget (“wallet, purse or bag”), from Middle English bogett, bouget, bowgette (“leather pouch”), from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge (“leather bag, wallet”), from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰ-os (“skin bag, bolster”), from *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋ/, /bʊŋ/, /bʊŋɡ/ 1. A purse. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Oft thsi crew of mates met together, and said there was no hope of nipping the boung because he held open his gowne so wide, and walked in such an open place. Example: Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.
Word: carbon tax Part of Speech: noun 1. A tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Example: Swedish politicians push for imposition of a punitive carbon tax to turn back a global climate warming that has not even been detected, even as a major political party vows to close down Sweden's nuclear power plants.
Word: fossil fuel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Example: […]but we also have the technological means and know-how to help free America from the grip of fossil fuels. Example: Without renewables, we’ll still end up burning (albeit much more efficiently) the same coal and natural gas that we burn today in our power plants and the same fuel oil that we burn in our cars and trucks. And it is precisely these carbon-based fossil fuels that we must distance ourselves from if we really want to come to grips with our dependence on foreign oil and with global warming.
Word: greenhouse gas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹiːn.haʊs ˈɡæs/, /ˌɡɹinˌ(h)aʊs ˈɡæs/ 1. Any gas (such as carbon dioxide, a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), or methane) that contributes to the greenhouse effect when released into the atmosphere by absorbing infrared radiation emitted by a planet's surface, thus increasing the surface temperature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Termites and cows account for much greenhouse gas. Example: Only two greenhouse gases get much attention.
Word: cardboard city Part of Speech: noun 1. An area of a town where the homeless gather at night to shelter under makeshift constructions of discarded boxes and packing material.
Word: carjacking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of car + hijacking. 1. present participle and gerund of carjack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carjacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of car + hijacking. 1. The violent hijacking of a vehicle and sometimes its driver. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cash-back Part of Speech: noun 1. The retail facility whereby a customer may withdraw an amount of cash when making a purchase with a credit card or debit card, the amount being added to the bill. Labels: uncountable
Word: cashback Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cash-back. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: chlorofluorocarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English fluorocarbon English chlorofluorocarbon From chloro- + fluorocarbon. 1. Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer. Example: The proposed replacement for CFC-11, a chlorofluorocarbon used to make plastic foam and in central air-conditioning systems, is a compound called HCFC-22. This is a chlorofluorocarbon already in use in home air-conditioners, but it is more expensive than CFC-11 and its potential applications are limited by its inferior characteristics. Example: The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.
Word: creased Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɹiːst/ 1. Having a crease or creases. Example: You're not going out wearing that creased shirt, are you? 2. Wrinkly. Example: Feller was creased like he lived under a camel.[…]'Inswinging free kick,' goes the creased geezer. Example: The sight of McGregor, creased but still boyish, returning to an eerily fogbound Hundred Acre Wood is calculated to well up eyes, and it works. 3. Amused. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: "Omfg I'm absolutely crying and laughing at Dean and Joe with this drinking challenge! It's disgusting but I'm creased!" one said.
Word: creased Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹiːst/ 1. simple past and past participle of crease Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: divert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse. Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜːt/, /daɪˈvɝt/, /dɪˈvɝt/ 1. To turn aside from a course. Labels: transitive Example: The workers diverted the stream away from the road. Example: Many of the remaining trains have been retimed and where possible freight trains have also been diverted to alternative routes. 2. To distract. Labels: transitive Example: Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball. Example: that crude apple that diverted Eve 3. To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention) Labels: transitive Example: We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy. Example: But somehow, despite wooden, unfunny dialogue, rigid characterization, and the dreadful mindless meaninglessness of it all, Good News manages to divert us for its three hours. 4. To turn aside; to digress. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.
Word: challenged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒd/, /ˈt͡ʃæl.ənd͡ʒd/ 1. Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives. Labels: euphemistic Example: mentally challenged 2. Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind. Labels: humorous Example: He's not short; he's vertically challenged
Word: challenged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒd/, /ˈt͡ʃæl.ənd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of challenge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eats Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /iːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eats Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /iːts/ 1. Food. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: When are we going to get some eats? Example: There were two or three all-night diners to choose from and they pushed through the door that announced GOOD EATS in the brightest neon.
Word: antique brass Part of Speech: noun 1. A brownish yellow color, like that of brass, but darker. Labels: uncountable
Word: antique brass Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a brownish yellow color, like that of brass, but darker. Labels: not-comparable
Word: teenage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From -teen + age. First attested in 1921. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fred's teenage years were the most difficult of times. Example: It was a teenage girl with Cleopatraesque black hair; tight jeans and a tie dyed T-shirt cut off to show her stud-pierced navel.
Word: teenage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) + -age (suffix forming abstract nouns). First attested circa 1700. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːnɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Brushwood for fences and hedges. Labels: Kent, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Stone Age Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊn ˌeɪdʒ/, /ˈstoʊn ˌeɪdʒ/ 1. A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking. Example: Holonym: prehistory Example: Meronyms: Old Stone Age, Paleolithic; Mesolithic; New Stone Age, Neolithic; Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; Chalcolithic, Cyprolithic, Copper Age 2. Any extremely primitive or undeveloped era. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: If they attack our country, we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age! Example: Welcome back to the Stone Age, vermin. Welcome home. 3. The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development. Labels: figuratively
Word: battleship grey Part of Speech: noun 1. A medium grey color tinged with blue, like that of a battleship. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: battleship grey Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a medium grey color tinged with blue, like that of a battleship. Labels: not-comparable
Word: top dog Part of Speech: noun 1. The boss, the leader (of the pack). Labels: idiomatic 2. In a competition, the one expected to win. Labels: idiomatic
Word: top banana Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌtɑp bəˈnænə/, /ˌtɒp bəˈnɑːnə/ 1. The boss, the leader. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: Only the top banana can make a decision of that magnitude. 2. The principal comedian in a vaudeville or burlesque show. Labels: colloquial, dated, idiomatic Example: He was hilarious, and remained the top banana on the tour for years.
Word: Americophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Americo- + -phobia. 1. A fear or dislike of the United States of America or its culture. Labels: uncountable Example: 1990: [Henry] James's internalised Americophobia led him to sound rather like Shaw's Professor Higgins as he lamented the indifference of the American people to the beauties of their language. — Transatlantic Manners: Social Patterns in Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Travel Literature, Mulvey, Christopher, Cambridge University Press, p133
Word: cerebrally challenged Part of Speech: adj 1. Of low intelligence; stupid. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: culinarily challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Unable to cook. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: divers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of diver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divers Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See diverse. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪvɜː(ɹ)z/, /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/ 1. Archaic form of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber. Example: And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Word: divers Part of Speech: pron Etymology: See diverse. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪvɜː(ɹ)z/, /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/ 1. An indefinite number (at least two). Labels: archaic, literary Example: Tubal: There came divers of Antonio’s creditors in my company to Venice that swear he cannot choose but break.
Word: follicly challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From follicle + -ly, as if follicle were an adjective, and challenged. 1. Bald or going bald. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: horizontally challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Fat, obese. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: hymenally challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Not in the desired state regarding virginity: Labels: euphemistic, humorous 2. Not in the desired state regarding virginity: Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: mentally challenged Part of Speech: adj 1. Having low intelligence. Labels: euphemistic 2. Having a mental illness. Labels: euphemistic
Word: metabolically challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The second sense is an ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like "mentally challenged". 1. Having difficulty with metabolism. Example: From this evaluation it was evidenced that metabolically challenged dairy cows (on the basis of concentrations of glucose, BHBA, and NEFA) show differences in liver transcripts, compared to metabolically unchallenged dairy cows [...] 2. Dead. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: physically challenged Part of Speech: adj 1. Having some physical disability; disabled. Labels: euphemistic
Word: reality challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Crazy, bonkers, insane. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: vertically challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Short. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: change management Part of Speech: noun 1. the controlled implementation of required changes to some system; includes version control and planned fallback Labels: uncountable 2. a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams and organizations from a current state to desired future state, aimed at employee empowerment for accepting change in the work environment. Labels: uncountable
Word: charm offensive Part of Speech: noun 1. A campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field. Labels: idiomatic Example: Putin’s speech was a culmination of the Kremlin’s two-day charm offensive with China, aimed at cementing ties between the two countries amid Russia’s growing isolation from the west.
Word: blood red Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blodred, blodread, Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdaraud, from Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood (“bloodred”), West Frisian bloedread (“bloodred”), Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), Low German bloodrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”), Icelandic blóðrauður (“bloodred”). 1. A dark red color.
Word: blood red Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blodred, blodread, Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdaraud, from Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood (“bloodred”), West Frisian bloedread (“bloodred”), Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), Low German bloodrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”), Icelandic blóðrauður (“bloodred”). 1. Of a deep vivid red color.
Word: blue green Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * blue + green * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism 1. A bluish green colour. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An ecocapitalist; a person concerned with ecocapitalism. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A blue-green alga. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Blue-greens were the principal primary producers throughout the Proterozoic eon from 2.5 billion to 543 million years ago.
Word: blue green Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * blue + green * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism 1. Alternative form of blue-green. Labels: not-comparable 2. Alternative form of blue-green. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blue violet Part of Speech: noun 1. A bluish violet colour. Labels: uncountable 2. The plant Viola sororia. Labels: countable
Word: blue violet Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a bluish violet colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Aristotelian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Aristotelī(us) or Aristotelē(us) + -an. By surface analysis, Aristotle + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌæɹɪstəˈtiːliən/ 1. A proponent of the philosophical or logical theories of Aristotle.
Word: Aristotelian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Aristotelī(us) or Aristotelē(us) + -an. By surface analysis, Aristotle + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌæɹɪstəˈtiːliən/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating the philosophical or logical theories of Aristotle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Having noted that, it should be kept in mind that such scholars (i.e. those who reject that Cusanus is trivialist) should not cite as evidence for denying he was a trivialist the fact that Cusanus was an advocate of Aristotelian logic and the Law of Non-Contradiction. This is because an advocacy of both Aristotelian logic and the law of Non-Contradiction are quite compatible with being a trivialist – the trivialist accepts the truth of all propositions, including the Law of Non-Contradiction and other laws of Aristotelian logic.
Word: cherry-pick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A metaphor, from the idea of picking through a bowl of cherries and seeking the best for oneself, or the idea of picking off the cherries for oneself from a cake or dessert. 1. To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light. Labels: idiomatic Example: Screeners can help you cherry-pick a promising group of stocks that meet your exact specifications. Example: "We're not offering you a chance to cherry-pick the Caerphilly Zoo to fill in the gaps in your own collection. 2. To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence. Labels: broadly, rhetoric Example: From all the available statistics, the politician cherry-picked only those that backed up his ideas. Example: The reason for this concentration is to attempt to alleviate the problems of fragmentation which usually accompany the study of retailing, particularly at the end of the early period, and has so often happened in the past, to curtail the temptation to 'cherry-pick' the best evidence from a wide, but not necessarily related, area. 3. To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced. Labels: US, idiomatic 4. To broadcast selected programming from another network. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Those stations that will send CNN tapes of their local and regional news for CNN to cherry-pick from, in turn will be allowed to cherry-pick themselves. 5. In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.
Word: brick red Part of Speech: noun 1. A warm brownish-red colour similar to that of red clay bricks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Covered wagons and containers, with the exception of insulated and ventilated meat wagons and containers, will be painted a dark brick-red.
Word: brick red Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a warm brownish-red colour similar to that of red clay bricks. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bronze yellow Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellowish brown colour, like that of bronze.
Word: bronze yellow Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of bronze.
Word: follicularly challenged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of follicly challenged. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: buckskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkˌskɪn/ 1. The skin of a male deer, a buck. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Clothing made from buckskin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As she spoke, we perceived two lines of figures, one male and the other female, to the number of about a hundred, each advancing round the human bonfire, arrayed only in the usual leopard and buck skins. 3. Breeches made of buckskin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have alluded to his buckskins. 4. A grayish yellow in colour. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought, / An' did the buckskins claw, man. 7. A horse with a light yellowish-brown coat and black mane and tail. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: buckskin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkˌskɪn/ 1. Of a grayish yellow in colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: client-server Part of Speech: adj 1. describes computer software usually comprising a number of client modules, and a server module to which they are connected in some way. The clients make requests of the server; the server processes the requests and returns the results to the appropriate client. Labels: not-comparable
Word: commonhold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From common + hold. 1. The freehold tenure of part of a multioccupancy building (typically a flat) with shared responsibility for common services. Labels: England, Wales, countable, uncountable
Word: bauxite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the name of Les Baux in France, plus + -ite. The /ks/ in the English pronunciation is from a spelling pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːksaɪt/, /ˈbɔːksʌɪt/, /ˈbaksaɪt/ 1. The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A thin red stream poured down one of the rises, snaking its way around trees; a river turned red with bauxite?
Word: comper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From comp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpə/, /ˈkɑmpɚ/ 1. A person who enters many competitions in order to win as many prizes as possible.
Word: shit-for-brains Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Canadian, from the 1950s. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪt fɚ ˌbɹeɪnz/ 1. Extremely stupid. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, not-comparable, vulgar Example: That shit-for-brains neighbor of mine is shooting off amateur fireworks again. Example: Who are you crying about, the predatory prick or the shit-for-brains tramp? Because neither one deserves your tears.
Word: shit-for-brains Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Canadian, from the 1950s. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪt fɚ ˌbɹeɪnz/ 1. An extremely stupid person. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, vulgar Example: That new assistant of yours is a real shit-for-brains. Example: He's another one of those shit-for-brains.
Word: cut and paste Part of Speech: verb 1. To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents. 2. To delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or a different one.
Word: cut-and-paste Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See cut and paste. 1. Pieced together from several sources.
Word: follically challenged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of follicly challenged. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tincture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English tincture (“a dye, pigment; a colour, hue, tint; process of colouring or dyeing; medicinal ointment or salve (perhaps one discolouring the skin); use of a medicinal tincture; (alchemy) transmutation of base metals into gold; ability to cause such transmutation; substance supposed to cause such transmutation”) [and other forms], borrowed from Latin tīnctūra (“act of dyeing”) + Middle English -ure (suffix indicating an action or a process and the means or result of that action or process). Tīnctūra is derived from tīnctus (“coloured, tinged; dipped in; impregnated with; treated”) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns expressing activities or results); while tīnctus is the perfect passive participle of tingō (“to colour, dye, tinge; to dip (in), immerse; to impregnate (with); to moisten, wet; to smear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”). Doublet of tainture, teinture, and tinctura. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə/, /ˈtɪŋktjʊə/, /ˈtɪŋ(k)t͡ʃɚ/ 1. To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment. Labels: transitive Example: [T]hey are rich habilimented, their heads rounded vvith a golden caule: their cheekes tinctured vvith Vermillion, their noſes and eares hung vvith Ievvels of price and bigneſſe, and about their faces (tied to the chin) a rope of orient pearle of exceeding value, if not counterfeit: […] Example: [T]his very River Nilus that runs novv into the Mediterranean is the River that vvill run tinctured with bloud three hundred years hence, though the vvater is not the ſame novv and then nor of the ſame Quality: […] 2. Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Of fulgent beautie; but ſo pure a mind, / As if tinctur'd from Heaven, and ſo devin'd. Example: Chriſt dravveth my VVill into himſelf, and cloateth it vvith his Blood and Death, and tictureth it vvith the higheſt Tincture of the Divine Povver: Thus it is changed into an Angelical Image, and getteth a Divine Life. 3. To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture. Labels: transitive Example: Fill a glass jar full of plant matter, leaving an inch of space. (I prefer to tincture each herb separately and mix combinations as I need them.) Completely cover plants with 100-proof vodka, brandy, or vinegar and secure the lid tightly. 4. To have a taint or tinge of some quality. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: The portrait of the Author, prefixed, is engraved from a drawing by another of his friends, done from memory; it is like, but a likeneſs that tinctures of the prejudice of friendſhip. Example: Which one of the carefully chosen assessors, one white, one sufficiently tinctured to pass as black, was it who was speaking—both sat, either side of the judge, silent henchmen.
Word: asthenospermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From English asthenospermia + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæs.θə.nəʊˈspɜː(ɹ).mɪk/, /ˌæsθənoʊˈspɝmɪk/ 1. Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile Labels: not-comparable
Word: asthenospermia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astheno- + -spermia. Pronunciation: /ˌæsθənəʊˈspɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/, /ˌæsθənoʊˈspɝmi.ə/ 1. Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility or subfertility. Labels: uncountable
Word: photon belt Part of Speech: noun 1. A mythical dangerous belt of photons emanating from the Pleiades that will collide with the Earth in the near future according to New Age mystics. Labels: New-Age Example: According to many ancient Mayan esoteric beliefs, Alcyone is the central star of the Pleiadian star system, and our sun is the outermost star of this system. The Mayan Great Cycle is a calendar that delineates the [26,000]-year-long orbit of our sun and solar system around Alycone. According to the latest discoveries in astronomy, our sun is moving into a "photon belt," or belt of light particles. As we move deeper and deeper into this photon belt, it would seem that we are moving into the Age of Light described in many ancient prophecies as well as by the Mayans. My latest theory about the photon belt, which combines science, astrology, esoteric sources, and secret information given to me by indigenous people, is that we cyclically travel through this belt of light for [2000] years and then travel outside of it for about [11,000] years. Example: This photon belt — a huge mass of light — will be the vehicle for your restoration to full consciousness and for the complete transformation of your DNA and chakra systems.
Word: torroid Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of toroid. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: start over Part of Speech: verb 1. to begin again; to return to the beginning Labels: US, ambitransitive, idiomatic Example: I forgot to save my work, and I had to start over. Example: He had to start the game over because he lost his memory card.
Word: difficulties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪfɪkəltiz/ 1. plural of difficulty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: difficulties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪfɪkəltiz/ 1. a series of frustrations Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only
Word: bases Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪz/ 1. plural of base Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bases Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of base Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bases Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin basēs pl. See basis. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsiːz/ 1. plural of basis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senryu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of senryū. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shazbot Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Popularised by the character Mork (played by Robin Williams) on the American television sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978). 1. An excited utterance used to convey disappointment, particularly as a euphemism for shit. Labels: slang Example: Shazbot, I missed! Example: I spent the next frantic seconds (felt like a year, actually) trying to disentangle myself from the pole while the crowd and the contestants guffawed. Shazbot!
Word: aloo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani آلو (ālo) / आलू (ālū), ultimately from Sanskrit आलु (ālu), said to mean the edible root of a variety of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.luː/, /ˈɑː.luː/ 1. potato Labels: South-Asia
Word: Ansatz Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of ansatz. Labels: alt-of
Word: antidopaminergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + dopaminergic. 1. preventing or counteracting the effects of dopamine Labels: not-comparable
Word: antidopaminergic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + dopaminergic. 1. Any drug that prevents or counteracts the effects of dopamine.
Word: babushka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babuška, “grandmother, midwife”). First attested in the 1830s. Pronunciation: /bəˈbuːʃ.kə/ 1. An Eastern European old woman. Example: Yet, much as I loved to listen to it, standing there in the heat of all the lighted candles and dressed in my heavy shuba and felt boots, I invariably, halfway through the service, would begin to feel an intolerable pain across my shoulders which would spread across my back, gradually getting worse, until in the end I was forced to go to the back of the church and find a corner on a bench especially placed there for all the old babushkas and dedushkas who were also unable to bear the strain of standing throughout the whole service. Example: There was a 92-year-old babushka who was injured, and we put her on the stretcher and helped get her out. 2. An Eastern European old woman. Example: I tell thee what, Babushka! I have no time to waste with thee in idle words. Example: The young coachman […] not knowing how to treat the old woman: whether with deference as it seemed to him proper, because the old woman wore the same kind of attire as his babushka and the mother of his house did […] 3. A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin. Example: White Parian bust of smiling Russian peasant woman - with babushka covering head, lovely detail work, 21½″ tall Example: “Say hello to old Stanley,” he called as she pattered down the steps into the street, flung a babushka over her license plate and screeched away down Telegraph. 4. A Russian doll, a matryoshka. Example: The present inhabitants of the Kremlin […] have rigged the Constitution in a series of articles which fit into each other like those wooden babushkas Russian peasants used to make, so that, as one shell after another is removed, the effective power finally resides in the tiny babushka in the inmost center.
Word: anniversaries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹiz/, /ˌænɪˈvɝs(ə)ɹiz/ 1. plural of anniversary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recommended Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛndɪd/ 1. That one recommends (often by a person, community, or authoritative body). Example: recommended daily allowance Example: strongly recommended
Word: recommended Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛndɪd/ 1. The list of auto-recommended content (most often videos) presented to a particular user by a website's (or app's) algorithm. Labels: Internet, uncountable, usually Example: This vid is gold. How did you find it? It was just in my recommended.
Word: recommended Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of recommend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: backloading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + loading or backload + -ing. 1. The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: One State fauna authority believes that Australian fauna is smuggled out and backloadings of drugs are made. Example: A structural weakness in Cairns tourism is the lack of an outbound market. Asiana, owned by the South Korean tyre manufacturer Kumho, established its office in Cairns two years ago but failed to attract passenger backloadings.
Word: backloading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of backload Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Beckwith Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English bēċe ("beech") + Old Norse viðr (“wood”) 'Beechwood' 1. A surname from Old English of Old English origin. 2. A number of places: 3. A number of places: 4. A number of places: 5. A number of places:
Word: tutorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is from tutor (noun) + -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/, [ˌtʰjʊu̯ˈtɔːɹɪəl], /ˌt͡ʃuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/, [ˌt͡ʃʊu̯ˈtɔːɹɪəl], /ˌt͡ʃʉwˈtoːɹɪjəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor. Labels: not-comparable Example: The probability is that any verse of this nature, in which the lines are worn smooth, is one which has been causing tutorial ears to tingle for a generation at least; and very probably it is known in a variety of forms.
Word: tutorial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is from tutor (noun) + -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/, [ˌtʰjʊu̯ˈtɔːɹɪəl], /ˌt͡ʃuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/, [ˌt͡ʃʊu̯ˈtɔːɹɪəl], /ˌt͡ʃʉwˈtoːɹɪjəl/ 1. A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience. 2. An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups. 3. A video or text guide or instruction about a specific topic (generally a how-to).
Word: bed load Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bedload. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: behind the scenes Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/, /bəˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/ 1. behind the scenery and stage area; backstage; among the actors; during the production or rehearsal Labels: idiomatic Example: Many videos come with features that show what went on behind the scenes to make the movie and special effects. Example: The men who stood behind the scenes and worked the religious puppet-show by hidden wires to the awe and astonishment of the gaping vulgar. 2. In secret; out of public view. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: The government has been negotiating behind the scenes with the separatists for months. Example: He was more comfortable behind the scenes, he admitted, writing articles, drafting speeches for others. “I don't really have what it takes to be a hand-shaker or a baby-kisser,” he said.
Word: behind the scenes Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/, /bəˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/ 1. Being or working out in secret or out of public view. Labels: not-comparable 2. Divulging or reporting hidden workings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bellyflop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From belly + flop. 1. Alternative form of belly flop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bellyflop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From belly + flop. 1. Alternative spelling of belly flop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: neutrality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French neutralité, from Medieval Latin neutralitas. Morphologically neutral + -ity. Pronunciation: /njuːˈtɹæləti/, /nuˈtɹæləti/ 1. The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And what happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances. Example: Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects. 2. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: There is no health; physicians say that we At best enjoy but a neutrality. 3. The quality or state of being neutral. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: best of both worlds Part of Speech: noun 1. A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits. Labels: idiomatic, singular, singular-only, uncountable Example: That movie was both hilarious and touching; it was the best of both worlds.
Word: bully pulpit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bully (“(US, slang) very good”) + pulpit (“raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker”), said to have been coined by the United States President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) who used the term to refer to his office, by which he meant a terrific platform from which one can advocate an agenda: see the 1909 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌbʊli ˈpʊlpɪt/, /-ˈpʌl-/, /-ˈpəlpət/ 1. An advantageous position from which to express one's views, especially a political office. Labels: US Example: He [Theodore Roosevelt] was sitting at his desk reading to us his forthcoming Message. He had just finished a paragraph of a distinctly ethical character, when he suddenly stopped, swung round in his swivel chair, and said: "I suppose my critics will call that preaching, but I have got such a bully pulpit!" Example: “The only option is to continue raising the issue, making it a political fight and using the bully pulpit to get more attention,” the [White House] source said.
Word: Burkinabe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French burkinabé, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Fula -ɓe (plural ending for a people noun), coined by Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara. Pronunciation: /ˌbɜɹkinəˈbeɪ/, /bɜɹˌkinəˈbeɪ/, /ˌbɜː(ɹ)kiːnəˈbeɪ/, /bɜː(ɹ)ˌkiːnəˈbeɪ/ 1. A person from Burkina Faso or of Burkinabe descent.
Word: Burkinabe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French burkinabé, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Fula -ɓe (plural ending for a people noun), coined by Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara. Pronunciation: /ˌbɜɹkinəˈbeɪ/, /bɜɹˌkinəˈbeɪ/, /ˌbɜː(ɹ)kiːnəˈbeɪ/, /bɜː(ɹ)ˌkiːnəˈbeɪ/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe people or the Burkinabe language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Casta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish and Portuguese casta (“lineage; breed; race”), either from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts) or a derivative of Latin castus (“pure”). 1. The institutionalized system of racial and social stratification in 17th-century Mexico. 2. Variety, in reference to and in names of Portugal grapes or wine.
Word: cercus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”). 1. A structure on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid.
Word: close, but no cigar Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the United States in the 20th century; those who did not win would fail to receive a cigar, even if they came close. Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊs bʌt nəʊ sɪˈɡɑː/, /ˈkloʊs bʌt noʊ sɪˈɡɑɹ/ 1. Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: Betty ran all out in the sprint race; yet, it was close, but no cigar. Example: The long distance trophy [for alumni who had traveled the furthest to attend the reunion], an appropriately inscribed silver cigarette case, was awarded to Em Gooch who had made the trip from Lincoln, Neb. for the occasion. Several other members came close, but no cigar, and we trust that all those in New York and Philadelphia who failed to show up, without reason, will read these lines with a quiver.
Word: phaneromania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from phanero- and -mania 1. An uncontrollable impulse to pick at a spot or growth on one's body; the habit of picking at scabs, biting one's nails, or picking pimples. 2. The constant preoccupation with some external part of the body, as plucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, etc.
Word: subfund Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English fund English subfund From sub- + fund. 1. A fund making up part of a larger fund.
Word: vest date Part of Speech: noun 1. The date on which stock award restrictions lapse and the stock becomes available for transfer to buyer. Also the date on which stock options become available for exercise.
Word: vesting schedule Part of Speech: noun 1. The schedule setting forth when and to what extent options become exercisable (for example, 20% per year over five years); could apply to restricted or deferred stocks also.
Word: warwalking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + walking, modelled on war-dialing. 1. The act of walking around with a wireless device to find an access point for a wireless network. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: encircle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin circulus Old French cerclebor. Middle English circle English circle English encircle From en- + circle. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/, /ɪnˈsɝkl̩/, [n̩̊.sɹ̩.kɫ̩] 1. To surround, form a circle around. Labels: transitive Example: "Friday!" she called out, bursting open the doors and quickly encircling her friend in the warmth of her arms. Example: […]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy forces there. 2. To move or go around completely. Labels: transitive Example: It is also customary in the Orient and among Sephardim for the mourners to encircle the coffin of an erudite person seven times and recite Yoshayv besayter while making each circuit.