nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: barrier reef Part of Speech: noun 1. A reef separated from the adjacent coast by a channel or lagoon; a reef that forms a barrier between the open ocean and the waters of the shoreline. Example: This was the first example I had met with of a true barrier reef due to subsidence, as has been so clearly shown by Mr. Darwin. In a sheltered archipelago they will seldom be distinguishable, from the absence of those huge rolling waves and breakers which in the wide ocean throw up a barrier of broken coral far above the usual high-water mark, while here they rarely rise to the surface. Example: Ask anyone who's been there and they'll tell you the same thing - there's no surf in Tahiti. The reason they say is because this barrier reef.
Word: toddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi ताड़ी (tāṛī) / Urdu تاڑی (tāṛī)), ultimately from Dravidian. 1. The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: […] the cocoa-nut tree yields a pure draught from a dry and barren land; a cup of water to the temperate and thirsty traveler; a cup of cream from the pressed kernel; a cup of refreshing and sparkling toddy to the early riser; […] Example: Moti Guj was very fond of liquor—arrack for choice, though he would drink palm-tree toddy if nothing better offered. 2. The drink itself. Labels: India, South, countable, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of hot toddy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Yonatan brings them all dandelion toddies and places down a caddy on the center of their table crowded with bottles of hot sauce, packets of tapioca pearls, salt, utensils, and miniature divination games
Word: Tokyoite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tokyo Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Tokyoite From Tokyo + -ite. 1. Of or relating to Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
Word: Tokyoite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Tokyo Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Tokyoite From Tokyo + -ite. 1. An inhabitant or native of Tokyo.
Word: torrefaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin torrefaciō. Pronunciation: /ˌtɔ.ɹɪˈfæk.ʃən/ 1. Drying or roasting; especially an anaerobic heat treatment to make wood waterproof. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During this operation the insects are constantly stirred about with a tin ladle; and sometimes water is sprinkled upon them, to prevent absolute torrefaction, which would destroy the colour, and reduce them to a coal ; Example: Pelletization is a proven technology for improving biomass properties, whereas torrefaction is considered a plausible alternative for decreasing the moisture content, increasing the energy density and greatly facilitating the handleability and grindability properties of the torrefied material. 2. The act or process of subjecting something to heat or to highly acidic substances. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: They now began by a change of diet and other precautions to prepare themselves to encounter the torrefaction of a tropical climate, and in somewhat more than a fortnight arrived in Carlisle Bay in the island of Barbadoes, which was appointed the general rendezvous of the expedition. Example: The walls of the stomach are lined with a nerve-interwoven delicat membrane, which suffers from scalding fluids as much as any other tegumental tissues of the body, and by daily torrefactions becomes either callous or chronically inflamed, and in either case less fit for the performance of its important functions. 3. An angry outburst; vituperation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Some Commentators take no notice of this Parallel, but certainly it is not to be omitted, nay it is of very great moment; and the manner of speech very fitly and significantly expresses the Heat, the Height of God's wrath kindled against Sinners; We see this Torrefaction is adapted to the usual language of Scripture, where the Extremity of the Divine Anger against the wicked is set forth by fire, with which (saith the Learned and Pious Bochart) it behoved Christ to be as it were scorched and burnt, who had made himself a Surety for Sinners, that he might undergo the Punishment which they deserved. Example: Under such torrefaction the doctor suffered an ebullition of his anger and he replied : “You are rather pachycephalic not to understand what I have said.
Word: torrefied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of torrefy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: torrefied Part of Speech: adj 1. Having undergone torrefaction; dried or roasted. Example: For brewing our bitters we only use pale malt, torrefied wheat, and hops. Example: Torrefied biomass is more brittle than raw biomass and has a higher carbon content.
Word: touchhole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of touch hole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: touch hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A small hole through which the propellant charge of a cannon or muzzleloading gun is ignited.
Word: touch-hole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of touch hole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: touchiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of touchy: most touchy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: tralaticious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of tralatitious. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: train bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. An ornamental glass bottle in the shape of a locomotive.
Word: trashsport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trash + sport. 1. An entertainment that is supposedly a sport but has no real sporting content. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Trashsport can be described as novel sports competition designed to entertain television viewers.
Word: trestle bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A bridge supported on a system of trestles. Example: Just beyond Base Station, the Ammonoosuc River is crossed on a simple trestle bridge. Example: A timber trestle bridge was used in this instance because the boggy peat soil offered only a poor foundation. The piles extend 25 ft. below the surface of the ground.
Word: batten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English *battenen, *batnen, of North Germanic origin, probably from Old Norse batna (“to grow better, improve, recover”), from Proto-Germanic *batnaną (“to become better, improve”) (compare Old Norse bati (“advantage, improvement”), from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement, recovery”)), from *bataz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”). Compare battle (“(adjective) improving; fattening, nutritious; fertile, fruitful; (verb) to feed or nourish; to render (land, etc.) fertile or fruitful”) (obsolete). The adjective is probably derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch baten (“to avail, benefit, profit”) * Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gabatnan, “to benefit, profit”) * Icelandic batna (“to improve, recover”) * Old English batian (“to get better, recover”) Pronunciation: /ˈbæt(ə)n/, /ˈbætən/, [-ɾən] 1. To cause (an animal, etc.) to become fat or thrive through plenteous feeding; to fatten. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: VVe drove a field, and both together heard / VVhat time the Gray-fly vvinds her ſultry horn, / Batt'ning our flocks vvith the freſh devvs of night, […] 2. To enrich or fertilize (land, soil, etc.). Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: [O]thers [i.e., rivers] ariſing and running thorovv this Shire, doe ſo batten the ground, that the Medovves euen in the midſt of VVinter grovv greene; […] 3. To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up. Labels: intransitive Example: No, let him batten; when his tongue / Once goes, a cat is not worse strung. Example: Like enough, Sir, ſhee'll doe forty ſuch things in an houre (an you liſten to her) for her recreation, if the toy take her i'the greaſie kerchiefe: it makes her fat you ſee. Shee battens vvith it. 4. Of land, soil, etc.: to become fertile; also, of plants: to grow lush. Labels: intransitive 5. Followed by on: to eat greedily; to glut. Labels: intransitive Example: Could you on this faire Mountaine leaue to feed, / And batten on this Moore? Example: Follovv your Function, go, and batten on colde bits. 6. Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Robber barons who battened on the poor Example: There, in these Dens of Satan, […] do Sieur Motier's mouchards consort and colleague; battening vampyre-like on a People next-door to starvation. 7. To gloat at; to revel in. Labels: figuratively, intransitive 8. To gratify a morbid appetite or craving. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: [H]opes he may / VVith charmes, like Æson, haue his youth reſtor'd: / And vvith theſe thoughts ſo battens, as if fate / VVould be as eaſily cheated on, as he, / And all turnes aire! Example: [T]here are sceptics with a taste for carrion who batten on the hideous facts in history, – persecutions, inquisitions, St. Bartholomew massacres, devilish lives, Nero, Cæsar, Borgia, Marat, Lopez, – men in whom every ray of humanity was extinguished, parricides, matricides, and whatever moral monsters.
Word: batten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English *battenen, *batnen, of North Germanic origin, probably from Old Norse batna (“to grow better, improve, recover”), from Proto-Germanic *batnaną (“to become better, improve”) (compare Old Norse bati (“advantage, improvement”), from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement, recovery”)), from *bataz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”). Compare battle (“(adjective) improving; fattening, nutritious; fertile, fruitful; (verb) to feed or nourish; to render (land, etc.) fertile or fruitful”) (obsolete). The adjective is probably derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch baten (“to avail, benefit, profit”) * Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gabatnan, “to benefit, profit”) * Icelandic batna (“to improve, recover”) * Old English batian (“to get better, recover”) Pronunciation: /ˈbæt(ə)n/, /ˈbætən/, [-ɾən] 1. Synonym of battle (“of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful”). Labels: obsolete Example: The Soile for the moſt part is lifted vp into many hilles, parted aſunder vvith narrovv and ſhort vallies, and a ſhallovv earth doth couer their out-ſide, vvhich by a Sea-vveede called Orevvood, and a certaine kinde of fruitfull Sea-ſand, they make ſo ranke and batten, as is vncredible.
Word: batten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is from Middle English bataunt, batent (“finished bar or board (as for panelling)”), from Old French batent (“a beating”), a noun use of the present participle form of batre (“to beat, hit, strike”), from Late Latin battere, the present active infinitive of battō (“to beat”), from Latin battuō (“(very rare) to beat, hit, strike”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-, *bʰedʰh₂- (“to pierce; to stab”) or *bʰat- (“to hit”), ultimately onomatopoeic. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈbæt(ə)n/, /ˈbætən/, [-ɾən] 1. A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping. 2. A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc. Labels: specifically 3. A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended. Labels: specifically Example: The next morning, we took the battens from the hatches, and opened the ship. Example: She was too sick to get out of bed, and he was not able to hoist her up without assistance; […] we were permitted to come in and hoist her ladyship up again to the battens. 4. The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof. Labels: specifically
Word: batten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is from Middle English bataunt, batent (“finished bar or board (as for panelling)”), from Old French batent (“a beating”), a noun use of the present participle form of batre (“to beat, hit, strike”), from Late Latin battere, the present active infinitive of battō (“to beat”), from Latin battuō (“(very rare) to beat, hit, strike”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-, *bʰedʰh₂- (“to pierce; to stab”) or *bʰat- (“to hit”), ultimately onomatopoeic. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈbæt(ə)n/, /ˈbætən/, [-ɾən] 1. To furnish (something) with battens (noun etymology 2, noun sense 1). Labels: transitive 2. Chiefly followed by down: to fasten or secure (a hatch, opening, etc.) using battens (noun etymology 2, noun sense 2.2). Labels: transitive Example: Nail down the lid; caulk the seams; pay over the same with pitch; batten them down tight, and hang it with the snap-spring over the ship's stern. Were ever such things done before with a coffin?
Word: trestlework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trestle + work. 1. A system of trestles, especially one used to support a bridge.
Word: trigonometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English trigonometr(y) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English trigonometric From trigonometr(y) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɪɡənəˈmɛtɹɪk/, /ˌtɹɪɡənəˈmetɹɪk/ 1. of, relating to, or constructed using trigonometry Labels: not-comparable
Word: tropical disease Part of Speech: noun 1. any infectious disease which occurs only, or more often, in tropical or subtropical regions
Word: truckling Part of Speech: adj 1. Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.
Word: truckling Part of Speech: verb 1. Present participle and gerund of truckle. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: truckling Part of Speech: noun 1. Fawning; ingratiation. Example: Despicable trickery at elections; under-handed tamperings with public officers; cowardly attacks upon opponents, with scurrilous newspapers for shields, and hired pens for daggers; shameful trucklings to mercenary knaves […]
Word: 'tween Part of Speech: prep 1. Apheretic form of between. Example: “Skunks first colonized this land in 1794. With the arrival of European settlers, an uneasy truce was established tween man and skunk. Gifts were exchanged. Treaties were struck... and broken. A feud ignited, resulting in the Battle of Skunktown.”
Word: 'tween Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of tween Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 'tween Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tween (“a tweenager”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Known as ‘tweens in the marketing world, youngsters in this age group are spending like never before, $90 billion a year, by one estimate. […] Today’s ‘tweens make for picky, fickle shoppers with a keen awareness of what’s hot and a hankering to look more grown-up than they are. Example: The success of blockbuster films like "The Princess Diaries" and the comedy remake "Freaky Friday," in theaters and again on video and DVD, fueled a flurry of movies for teenagers and 'tweens.
Word: 'tween Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of tween (“tweenage”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Teen and ‘tween consumers will be spending more than $76 billion this year on shoes and apparel that doesn’t come from the top designers. Example: Bubble Yum is targeting the highly lucrative teen and ‘tween consumers, licensing its name to Lotta Luv LLC to create a collection of beauty and personal care products. “With teen and ‘tween consumers, bubble gum is the No. 1 selling flavor for lip balm and lip gloss.[…]” said Steph Fogelson, president of Lotta Luv, the manufacturer of the Bubble Yum beauty products. […] The company is targeting mass merchants and the teen/’tween specialty retailers.
Word: discompose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English compose English discompose From dis- + compose. 1. To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate. Labels: transitive Example: I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning. Example: You will not be discomposed by the Lord Chancellor, I dare say? 2. To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder. Labels: transitive Example: If e'er with airy horns I planted heads, Or rumpled petticoats, or tumbled beds, Or caus'd suspicion when no soul was rude,
Word: prosopopoeia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσωποποιία (prosōpopoiía, “dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters”). By surface analysis, prosopo- + -poeia. Pronunciation: /pɹəˌsəʊpəˈpiːə/ 1. An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Of the prosopopœia or personification, there are two kinds: one when action and character are attributed to fictitious, irrational, or even inanimate objects; the others, when a probable but fictitious speech is assigned to a real character. Example: Prosopopœia a new person feigns, And to inanimates speech and actions deigns. 2. The personification of an abstraction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rhykenologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ρυκανή (rukanḗ, “a woodworking plane”) (hence Lat. runcina) 1. A person who collects woodworking planes. Example: Bring your interesting planes to describe or share results of current research with other rhykenologists.
Word: wraparound host Part of Speech: noun 1. A host or hostess who appears in very short segments before and after a television show.
Word: Galilee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Galilee, from Old French Galilee, from Latin Galilaea, from Ancient Greek Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ (Gălīlaíā), from Hebrew גָּלִיל (galíl). Pronunciation: /ˈɡælɪliː/ 1. A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel. Example: Last spring I organised a race for birdwatchers in Jenin, and we had 21 Palestinians participating. They came from as far as the Naqab desert and the Galilee. 2. The Sea of Galilee. 3. A village in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Word: fathead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fat + head. Pronunciation: /ˈfæt.hɛd/ 1. An idiot; a fool. Labels: derogatory Example: You fathead! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled! Example: ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’ 2. A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow. 3. A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher. 4. A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos 5. Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps
Word: fatheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fathead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flapjack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flap (“to toss sharply”) + jack (“generic object”). So called from the process of baking it by flipping and catching it in the griddle when done on one side. Pronunciation: /ˈflæpd͡ʒæk/ 1. A pancake. Labels: US Example: Sven ordered a stack of flapjacks with maple syrup, two strips of bacon, and an egg, sunny side up. Example: There is CCTV in the coach, so anyone planning to pilfer a flapjack may well be seen! 2. A bar made with rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray. Labels: UK Example: fudgy flapjacky fudge […] I always buy one of those flapjacks with a layer of yoghurt on top. But even with the topping, they are just never sweet enough for me. I also love fudge but that can be toe-curlingly sweet. So, in my search for a middle ground, I decided to combine the two.
Word: flapjacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flapjack; pancakes. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flashlights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flashlight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flashlights Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flashlight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flyspeck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fly + speck. 1. Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot. Example: The wall of the kitchen above the fruitbowl was dotted with flyspeck. 2. Anything tiny or insignificant. Labels: broadly Example: From the foothills below, Jean, Jan, and James were mere flyspecks, easily lost among the straggly pines that formed the treeline. Example: We passed through some flyspeck town, barely more than a gas station and a stoplight, but I never saw the name.
Word: flyspeck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fly + speck. 1. To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color. Example: To flyspeck, you need an old toothbrush, the paint color of your choice, glazing medium, a palette knife, and a mixing surface such as a palette or plastic container. 2. To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick. Example: Your criticism will seem like flyspecking. They'll be mad at you for pointing out that there's more crime than they like to think, and especially mad that you're saying their own group—privileged middle-aged white males—are just as bad as young African-American inner-city toughs, walking the streets in packs of four and looking mean.
Word: flyspecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flyspeck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funnies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfʌniz/ 1. plural of funny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funnies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfʌniz/ 1. The section of a newspaper containing comic strips. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: And I'm turning to the horoscope and looking for the funnies / When I'm feeling someone watching me and so I raise my head
Word: frosting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English -ing English frosting From frost + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/, /ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/, /ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/ 1. Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: “[…] Cities aren’t like frosted cake — and, anyhow, even the cake didn’t keep very well. I tried it, and it dried up, ’specially the frosting. I reckon the time to take frosting and good times is while they are going; so I want to see all I can now while I’m here.” 2. A layer of frost. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: frosting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English -ing English frosting From frost + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/, /ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/, /ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of frost Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: frostings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frosting Labels: form-of, plural Example: I liked to look in the baker's store window and examine the array of different frostings on display.
Word: nacho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from nachos. Pronunciation: /ˈnæt͡ʃəʊ/, /ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊ/ 1. A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
Word: duckweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duck + weed. Supposedly so-named for often being consumed by ducks and other waterfowl. Compare Middle English dokemete (“duckweed”, literally “duck-food”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌkˌwid/ 1. Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats. Example: But his face was a face of such happiness that, had you seen it, you would have understood indeed how that he had died happy, never knowing that cool and streaming silver for the duckweed in the pond.
Word: amounts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈmaʊnts/ 1. plural of amount Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amounts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈmaʊnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amount Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Bashkir Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Russian башки́р (baškír). Pronunciation: /bæʃˈkɪə/, /bɑːʃˈkɪɚ/ 1. Of or pertaining to a certain Turkic ethnic group that lives mostly in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bashkir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian башки́р (baškír). Pronunciation: /bæʃˈkɪə/, /bɑːʃˈkɪɚ/ 1. A Bashkir person; a member of the Bashkir ethnic group.
Word: Bashkir Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian башки́р (baškír). Pronunciation: /bæʃˈkɪə/, /bɑːʃˈkɪɚ/ 1. A Turkic language with many dialects, spoken in parts of Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
Word: overlapping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overlap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overlapping Part of Speech: adj 1. That overlaps something else Example: A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.
Word: overlapping Part of Speech: noun 1. The situation in which things overlap. Example: This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.
Word: vair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English veir, veire, from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”). Not related to Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“squirrel”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛə/, /ˈvɛɚ/, /ˈvɛɹ̩/, /veː/, /ˈve̝ə/ 1. A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair. 2. An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: weights Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /weɪts/ 1. plural of weight Labels: form-of, plural 2. Any collection of weighted objects, such as dumbbells or barbells, used for exercise and training the muscles.
Word: weights Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /weɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of weight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bachelor pad Part of Speech: noun 1. A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men. Labels: US Example: Wanna slow dance in my mansion / Shawty wanna stay in my bachelor pad / But I'm a bachelor and I'm happy Example: But upon his arrival, Lewis discovers that his uncle’s place is no threadbare bachelor pad. It’s a creaky old Victorian mansion, full of overstuffed chairs, flocked wallpaper, stained glass, creepy carnival curios, and dozens and dozens of clocks.
Word: back pass Part of Speech: noun 1. An intentional pass to the goalkeeper by a teammate.
Word: ultramodern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + modern. 1. Extremely modern.
Word: Ulwa Part of Speech: name 1. A Misumalpan language from Nicaragua.
Word: unassailable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English assailable English unassailable From un- + assailable. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈseɪləbl̩/ 1. Secure against attack; impregnable. Example: Yet in the number, I do know but One That vnaſſayleable holds on his Ranke, Vnfhak’d of Motion : and that I am he, Let me a little ſhew it, euen in this : That I was conſtant Cymber ſhould be baniſh’d, And conſtant do remaine to keepe him ſo. Example: His recourse to written documents to make his discourse unassailable has created a virtually unalterable situation even as he is on the verge of being forced to “see through” Tartuffe. 2. Undeniable, incontestable or incontrovertible. Labels: broadly Example: She won the debate with her unassailable logic. Example: So the French National Railways have secured a record which is likely, one imagines, to remain unassailable for a long time to come.
Word: unassailable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English assailable English unassailable From un- + assailable. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈseɪləbl̩/ 1. Something, such as a belief, that cannot be assailed.
Word: uncompanionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English companion 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 companionable English uncompanionable From un- + companionable. 1. aloof and standoffish 2. disagreeable or boorish
Word: undaring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English daring English undaring From un- + daring. 1. not daring; unadventurous
Word: galenite Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of galena. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: me fellow Part of Speech: pron Etymology: See Australian Kriol mibala, Bislama mifala, Tok Pisin mipela, Torres Strait Creole mipla. 1. we, us Example: That’s for me fellow Aboriginal people. Example: 1987, A. McGrath Born in the Cattle When we was a kid we couldn’t even talk properly, but the missus go tell me fellers ‘You gotta speak! Talk proper English you naughty girls—you’ll get a smack!’
Word: Galwegian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Galloway or Galway + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːlˈwiːdʒən/, /ɡɔlˈwid͡ʒən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Galloway, Scotland, or to its historic people, language and culture. 2. Of or pertaining to Galway, Ireland, or to its residents.
Word: Galwegian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Galloway or Galway + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːlˈwiːdʒən/, /ɡɔlˈwid͡ʒən/ 1. Someone from Galloway. 2. Someone from Galway.
Word: gamin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gamin (“a street urchin; a young boy”), apparently an “eastern dialect” word of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmɪn/ 1. A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy. Labels: also, attributive, dated Example: Dearest Eloise,— There is one little and perhaps insignificant French cake, which I feel certain would soon become a favourite in the cottage, more particularly amongst its juvenile inhabitants. It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of France. Example: The Paris gamin is respectful, ironical, and insolent. He has bad teeth, because he is poorly fed, and his stomach suffers and fine eyes because he has genius. [...] To sum up all once more, the gamin of Paris of the present day is, as the grœculus of Rome was in ancient times, the people as a child, with the wrinkles of the old world on its brow. The gamin is a beauty and, at the same time, a disease of the nation—a disease that must be cured. How? By light.
Word: internment camp Part of Speech: noun 1. a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp. Labels: euphemistic Example: Historical references describe the camps as internment camps, although others favor the name relocation camps. Others, more critical of this action, refer to them as detention camps or concentration camps. Example: People assigned to the factories appear to be subject to a less stringent regime than those in the main internment camps, as they are allowed to receive monitored monthly visits and short calls from family members.
Word: gas main Part of Speech: noun 1. The conduit through which coal gas or natural gas is conveyed to users. Example: This imposing structure, which not only carries the single track branch line but also the gas main supplying the Forest of Dean area, cost £200,000 when it was built in 1879, and at its highest point is 70ft above the high-water mark. Example: Elsewhere, utility diversion works are still scheduled to continue, with work to move a gas main on Drummond Street set to begin in early 2025.
Word: gigantomachy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Γιγαντομαχία (Gigantomakhía), from Γίγας (Gígas, “giant”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) + -ια (-ia). Compare Titanomachy, Typhonomachy, centauromachy. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪɡænˈtɒməki/ 1. The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods. Labels: Greek, countable, uncountable Example: Here we will examine Amazonomachies, Gigantomachies, and Centauromachies; the Trojan War will be discussed in Chapter 7. Example: You often see the Gigantomachy in the sculptural decoration of Archaic temples: the statement of the authority of the gods, made by the temple itself, is reinforced by the myth told upon it. 2. Any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Giant and dragon interchange as opponents of god or hero in folklore; in the gigantomachies we have evidence of their near-identity. Example: Beginning with the presentation of the giants in c.m. 53, supported by the Greek Gigantomachia and the recurring giant theme from the De Raptu Proserpinae, it is then possible to analyse the construction of the Visigothic leader Alaric to demonstrate the way in which he, in particular, is depicted as a monster figure and his assault on Roman land as a new gigantomachy.[…]To write a gigantomachy is to engage with a long tradition associated with the theme.
Word: Trotskyite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Trotsky Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Trotskyite From Trotsky + -ite. 1. An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Лев Дави́дович Бронште́йн (Lev Davídovič Bronštéjn) / Lev Davidovich Bronstein). Labels: derogatory Example: A great number of disillusioned young men in the Western world are saying now that it is Stalin who is to blame and proclaiming themselves Trotskyites.
Word: Trotskyite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Trotsky Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Trotskyite From Trotsky + -ite. 1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating the doctrines of Leon Trotsky. Labels: derogatory Example: […] [her] father had fought in the Lincoln Brigade but now provided janitorial supplies to factories by day and attended Trotskyite meetings by night […]
Word: get on someone's nerves Part of Speech: verb 1. To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: There’s an insect buzzing around in my bedroom tonight, and it’s really getting on my nerves. Example: Gerty wished to goodness they would take their squalling baby home out of that and not get on her nerves...
Word: eschatocol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἔσχατοκολλον (éskhatokollon, “last sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from ἔσχατον (éskhaton) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). 1. The final section of a document, often involving a formulaic close (e.g. “Yours faithfully”), the date and location of writing, and information on the document's originators e.g. author, counter-signer, witnesses present, etc. 2. The concluding section of a liturgical preface, following the embolism.
Word: goalpost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goal + post. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊlpəʊst/, /ˈɡɔʊl-/, /ˈɡoʊlpoʊst/ 1. One of the two vertical side poles of a goal. Example: Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines. 2. The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.) 3. A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts. Example: […] whatever you eat, how much you drink, you know the goalposts keep moving all the time, and it's difficult to be sure that, but I don't think it's harmful, not the amount I drink.
Word: striga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin striga (“a furrow”). 1. A sharp bristle or hair-like scale. 2. A stripe or stria. 3. The flute of a column.
Word: anis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ani Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charabanc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French char-à-bancs (literally “carriage with benches”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæ.ɹə.bæŋ(k)/ 1. A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof. Labels: UK, historical Example: A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard. Example: And full of colored dreams / Deep inside a rainbow / Lived Happiness Stan / In a small Victorian charabanc 2. A bus, especially one hired by groups for pleasure outings, what was later called a coach. Labels: UK, dated Example: Oh shit, there goes the charabanc! Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer Example: Mum had worked there as a teenager and once recalled her duty of having to meet the charabancs that brought the well-heeled to the baths from Droitwich station before the war. 3. A vehicle that is slow, overcrowded, or otherwise undesirable. Labels: UK, informal Example: We return to the charabanc of a car to find a swarm of children dancing round it, clambering up the back, jumping on the step; the driver sleeps peacefully at the wheel, oblivious of their shrieks. Example: Just as I'm thinking my plan has failed an old charabanc of a vehicle slows down and starts hooting. 4. An elaborate production or endeavor involving many people or things. Example: For all their lean and hungry look, and for all they wear the simplest of dhotis around their loins, they usually have clever accomplices in the crowd, and a whole charabanc full of invisible wires and concealed cabinets. Example: He comes along all dressed up in the real deal costume, all the sequins and rhinestone, the heavyweight boxing belt, the cape, the whole charabanc, you know?
Word: charabanc Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French char-à-bancs (literally “carriage with benches”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæ.ɹə.bæŋ(k)/ 1. To travel or convey by charabanc. Labels: ambitransitive, rare
Word: yarring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yarr Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wile Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: steamship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steam + ship. Pronunciation: /ˈstimˌʃɪp/ 1. A ship or vessel propelled by steam power. Example: Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset by weather and tide. Example: The shipwreck is the earliest examples yet found of a propeller-driven steamship on the Great Lakes.
Word: steamboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of steam + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈstimˌboʊt/, /ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/ 1. A boat or vessel propelled by steam power. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By and by the steamboat intruded. Then for fifteen or twenty years, these men continued to run their keelboats down-stream, and the steamers did all of the upstream business, the keelboatmen selling their boats in New Orleans, and returning home as deck passengers in the steamers. 2. Hot pot (Chinese dish). Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable 3. A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, countable
Word: steamboat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of steam + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈstimˌboʊt/, /ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/ 1. To travel by steamboat.
Word: meteorologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English meteorology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English meteorologist From meteorology + -ist. 1. A person who studies meteorology. 2. A weather forecaster. Example: For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA. Example: Rees-Mogg has claimed that “climate alarmism” is responsible for high energy prices and that it is unrealistic for scientists to project future changes to the climate because meteorologists struggle to correctly predict the weather.
Word: underfeeding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underfeed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underfeeding Part of Speech: noun 1. Inadequate feeding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since malnutrition and underfeedings occur among every group of children, the school lunch is essential in improving this state of nutrition.
Word: underfeed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English feed English underfeed From under- + feed. 1. To feed inadequately or insufficiently. Labels: transitive 2. To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from below.
Word: underjaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English jaw English underjaw From under- + jaw. 1. the lower part of the jaw
Word: under-kimono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English kimono English under-kimono From under- + kimono. 1. A garment worn underneath a kimono. Example: The same radio broadcast had also warned that red undergarments should be hidden, because the glimpse of that colour would inflame the passions of the troops to rape. And so it was that the red under-kimono were also cut up or otherwise disposed of.
Word: undersash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sash English undersash From under- + sash. 1. A wide ornamental waistband worn with a kimono.
Word: underserve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English serve English underserve From under- + serve. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndəˈsɜːv/, /ˌʌndɚˈsɝv/, /ˌɐndəˈsɜːv/ 1. To supply something with insufficient services or resources. Labels: transitive
Word: undersleeve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sleeve English undersleeve From under- + sleeve. 1. A sleeve worn underneath another, and visible through slashes or near the hand.
Word: unfed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English un-fedd, unfedd, equivalent to un- + fed. 1. Not fed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Unmentioned in the existing document, Henry would be left alone after I died: unfed, unwalked, unloved. Example: “Every day, the California dream is dimmed by the wrenching reality of families and children and seniors living unfed on a concrete bed.” 2. Unsupported. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: unfed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English un-fedd, unfedd, equivalent to un- + fed. 1. A mosquito that has not had a blood meal. Example: The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds.
Word: unfiltered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English filtered English unfiltered From un- + filtered. 1. Without a filter (e.g., a cigarette). Example: He's got chainsaws and bombs and an axe / And some unfiltered cigarettes too / He will unleash mass destruction, you're dead / You just got trashed... it's the ¶ Attack of the Wrath of the / War of the Death of the / Strike of the Sword of the / Blood... of the Beast 2. Having not been filtered (e.g., coffee grounds). 3. Unrestrained, unrestricted, frank. Labels: broadly Example: She is a classic omnivert who loves playing around with a bunch of unfiltered thoughts and biochemical things. She is a firm believer of 'everyone & everything around has a story to tell' and is on the journey to decipher all those tales. Example: He was one of Berkeley’s most popular professors — kinetic, unfiltered and genuinely thrilled by the advancements in A.I. technology at the heart of his courses.
Word: unladen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + laden, from lade (“to load or burden”). 1. Not carrying anything; unburdened. Labels: not-comparable Example: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Word: unladen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + laden, from lade (“to load or burden”). 1. past participle of unlade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unharness Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English harness English unharness From un- + harness. 1. to remove the harness from a horse etc. Labels: transitive 2. to liberate Labels: broadly, transitive