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Word: winder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wynder; equivalent to wind + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪndɚ/ 1. A winding plant. Example: Two types of leguminous crops combine most of the above mentioned favourable characteristics, the vines (creepers or winders, fig. 23) and the bushes (fig. 22). 2. An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine. 3. The person who operates such an engine. 4. A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth. 5. A spool around which something is wound. 6. A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism 7. One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
Word: winder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndə(ɹ)/ 1. A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath. Labels: slang Example: "Well!" exclaimed the miner. "That's a winder." He considered it a moment, said "H'm!" and proceeded with his dinner. Suddenly his face contracted with wrath. "I hope he may never set foot i' my house again," he said.
Word: winder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to winnow. 1. To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
Word: winder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to winnow. 1. A winnowing fan.
Word: winder Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of window. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: That accounts for my having the dress, but it don't account for the piece that you left sticking to the rose-bush under Mrs. Lander's bed-room winder, which piece I took off that morning, and which piece I matched with the dress after you pitched it at me over them bannisters […] Example: Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders.
Word: winding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“act of exposing something to the wind, airing, ventilating; act of winnowing (?)”), from winden, wynden (“to expose (something) to the air or wind, ventilate; to cause (someone) to be out of breath; to winnow (wheat); of an animal: to catch the scent of (someone or something)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb. The English word is analysable as wind (“to blow air through (a wind instrument or horn) to make a sound; to cause (someone) to become breathless; to winnow (food grain), etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndɪŋ/ 1. gerund of wind Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable 2. gerund of wind Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Novv their opinions of the end of the vvorld, of Paradiſe, and of hell; exceede the vanity of dreames, and all old vviues fables. They ſay, that at the vvinding of a horne not only all fleſh ſhall die, but the Angels themſelues: & that the earth vvith earthquakes ſhall be kneaded together like a lumpe of dough, for forty daies ſo continuing. Example: [W]e savv a Fox run by the Foot of our Mount into an adjacent Thicket. A fevv Minutes after, vve heard a confuſed Noiſe of the opening of Hounds, the vvinding of Horns, and the roaring of Country Squires.
Word: winding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“act of exposing something to the wind, airing, ventilating; act of winnowing (?)”), from winden, wynden (“to expose (something) to the air or wind, ventilate; to cause (someone) to be out of breath; to winnow (wheat); of an animal: to catch the scent of (someone or something)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb. The English word is analysable as wind (“to blow air through (a wind instrument or horn) to make a sound; to cause (someone) to become breathless; to winnow (food grain), etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndɪŋ/ 1. Causing one to be breathless or out of breath. Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Of a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound. Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: winding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“act of exposing something to the wind, airing, ventilating; act of winnowing (?)”), from winden, wynden (“to expose (something) to the air or wind, ventilate; to cause (someone) to be out of breath; to winnow (wheat); of an animal: to catch the scent of (someone or something)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb. The English word is analysable as wind (“to blow air through (a wind instrument or horn) to make a sound; to cause (someone) to become breathless; to winnow (food grain), etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: winding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“directional change, curve, turn; bend of the leg at the knee; meandering course of a river; act of turning and twisting; twisting of things (especially thread) together; wrapping of a cloth around something; wattling of a structure; wattle(s); ornamentation with interwoven patterns; hoisting of something”) [and other forms], and then partly: * from winden, wynden (“to go, move; to move forcefully or suddenly; to direct, guide, lead; to go along a meandering or twisting course; to move in a circular pattern, revolve, turn; to move restlessly, toss and turn; to wriggle free; to move with a turning or twisting motion, bend, turn, twist; to form or mould (something) in one’s hands; to mix together; to cover; to clothe, dress; to wrap (a baby, a corpse, etc.); to encircle, surround; to bind; to interlace; to winch; (figurative) to conceal, disguise; to embroil, involve”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs).; and * from Old English windung (“woven object”), from windan (“to twist, wind; to circle, curl, eddy, spiral”) (from Proto-Germanic *windaną (“to wind; to wrap”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; to wind”)) + -ung (suffix forming nouns denoting a verbal action or something involved in a verbal action). The adjective is derived from the verb. The English word is analysable as wind (“to turn coils of (a cord, etc.) around something; to encircle, enfold, entwist, wrap; to travel in a way that is not straight”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: helical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, helic- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈhiː.lɪ.kəl/ 1. In the shape of a helix. Example: Near-synonym: spiral
Word: Windex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a trade name, derived from window. 1. A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia. Labels: uncountable
Word: Windex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a trade name, derived from window. 1. To clean (a glass surface) using a cleaning product of this kind. Example: 1985, Bharati Mukherjee, “Visitors” in Darkness, Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada, p. 164, But if change has come into her life as Mrs Sailen Kumar, it has seeped in so gradually that she can’t fix it with one admiring stare when she Windexes toothpaste flecks off the bathroom mirror. Example: Back on the twenty-third floor, he found Nguyet Windexing the kitchen window with what appeared to be the last of the paper towels.
Word: Windex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a brand of mast-top wind indicator for sailing boats, derived from wind. 1. An arrow-shaped indicator of wind direction installed in mast-top.
Word: windmill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wyndmylne, wyndmylle, equivalent to wind + mill. Cognate with Scots wyndmyln, wyndmyl, Saterland Frisian Wíendmäälne, West Frisian wynmûne, Dutch windmolen, Afrikaans windmeul, Dutch Low Saxon windmölle (Achterhooks), wiendmeule (Drents, Veluws), German Low German Windmöhl, German Windmühle, Danish vindmølle, Norwegian Bokmål vindmølle, Norwegian Nynorsk vindmølle, vindmylne, Swedish vindmölla, Icelandic vindmylla. (imaginary enemy): A reference to Don Quixote tilting at windmills. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪn(d).mɪl/ 1. To rotate with a sweeping motion. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee. Example: The main thing now was to find the steering wheel. At first, Billy windmilled his arms, hoping to find it by luck. 2. To (become disengaged and) rotate freely. Labels: intransitive Example: The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall. 3. To (become disengaged and) rotate freely. Labels: intransitive Example: The stern dropped just as the captain began to get his control room crew to react to orders again. His head struck an instrument console. What slim hopes his crew had died with him. The Politovskiy was falling backwards, her propeller windmilling the wrong way as she slid to the bottom of the sea. Example: When he went to switch on his rotary engine again, the Le Rhone refused to pick up. Nothing happened! The propeller simply windmilled in the slip stream. Garros knew immediately what was wrong and cursed himself for his imbecility. 4. To move in order to rotate the penis in a circle (similar to the rotation of a windmill). Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: windpump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + pump. 1. A structure somewhat like a windmill for pumping water, either for drainage or for irrigation
Word: window box Part of Speech: noun 1. A narrow box filled with earth, placed on a windowsill and used for growing plants. Example: As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. 2. One of the hollows in the sides of a window frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash.
Word: windowbox Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of window box. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lucubration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin lūcubrātiō (“nighttime study”), from lūcubrō (“work by artificial light”), from lūx (“light”). Compare luculent. 1. Intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The virtue of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was of a severer and more laborious kind. It was the well-earned harvest of many a learned conference, of many a patient lecture, and many a midnight lucubration. 2. The product of such study; often, writings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With his own ghostly voice, he had exhorted me, on the sacred consideration of my filial duty and reverence towards him,—who might reasonably regard himself as my official ancestor,—to bring his mouldy and moth-eaten lucubrations before the public. Example: There is General Blair. True, his lucubrations on negro supremacy are ludicrous enough, but it will not do to speak lightly of his ability. There is power in his organization.
Word: window cleaner Part of Speech: noun 1. A person whose job is to clean windows. Example: In his 20s he was a freelance window cleaner, 50p a pane, when one of his clients – a lady in Aberystwyth – asked if he would clear out a vacated property she managed. 2. Any of various specific formulas of cleaner, usually cleaning fluid, for glass windows; many commonly encountered ones contain ammonia, and nonammoniacal types exist for various special purposes. Example: Near-synonyms: glass cleaner (usually coinstantial), Windex (a famous brand of such cleaners)
Word: window dressing Part of Speech: noun 1. The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows; the goods and trimmings used in such a display. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The linen-draper at the corner under the town clock was divided between keeping an eye on his apprentices to see that they did not spar with yard sticks, and mentally criticising the ludicrous and meretricious window-dressing of his next-door neighbour. Example: […] a shop where a shingle could be had for two shillings in the same building as a coffin-maker’s who worked in oak, elm or lead: no window-dressing but one child’s coffin dusty with disuse and the list of hairdressing prices. 2. The process, skill or task of creating such a display. Labels: uncountable Example: Such days as there was no window-dressing there was a mighty carrying and lifting of blocks and bales of goods into piles and stacks. Example: Down in the village Ras Beebe began his twice-a-year window dressing, removing the caps, candy, sweaters, oil heaters, patent medicines and mittens to substitute bathing suits, candy, straw hats, toy shovels, patent medicines and caps. 3. A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: These latest modifications are mere window dressing; the same problems remain. Example: Meanwhile, the left is deliberately running more ethnically diverse candidates in the parliamentary elections next year, claiming Sarkozy's one-time "rainbow" cabinet of racially diverse women had turned out to be window dressing.
Word: chemist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie 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 -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist First attested 1562, borrowed from French chimiste, from Medieval Latin chimista, from earlier alchimista (literally “alchemist”), from Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), with article اَلْ (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”). The pronunciation with initial /k/ is based on the Graeco-Latin etymology rather than on the French word, where the pronunciation with /ʃ/ is based on native French orthography. As a synonym for pharmacy, a metonymous use of the proprietor to stand for their shop. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛmɪst/ 1. A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level. Example: It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row. Example: As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. 2. Synonym of pharmacist. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Nigeria, UK 3. Synonym of pharmacy, especially as a standalone shop or general store. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK 4. An alchemist. Labels: obsolete
Word: window-dressing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of window dressing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: window frame Part of Speech: noun 1. The wooden, aluminium or PVC etc. framework around a window
Word: reagent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Latin reagō. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål reagens. The sequence of act → action → agent → agency shows morphologic and semantic parallel, and apparent cognate relation, with react → reaction → reagent → reagency. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/ 1. A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
Word: windowpane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From window + pane. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn/, /ˈwɪndoʊˌpeɪn/ 1. A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window. 2. A fabric pattern of widely-spaced intersecting vertical and horizontal lines forming large squares. Example: As for patterns, solids are the most formal, followed by stripes, nailhead, and birdseye (tiny, frequent dots on a darker background; nailhead is smaller and squarer), pic-and-pic (tiny, staggered diagonal lines, like miniature staircases), herringbone, windowpane, houndstooth, and glen plaid. 3. A gelatin base tab with LSD. Labels: slang Example: Another form is called a windowpane. Windowpanes are small thin squares of gelatin treated with LSD that look like little pieces of plastic. Example: When you place a windowpane of LSD on your tongue and watch the world transform into a Salvador Dalí landscape of radiant colors, shimmering geometric shapes, and morphing phantasmagoria while your sense of self dissolves—
Word: window-shop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from window-shopping. 1. To engage in window-shopping; to browse the windows of shops with no intention of buying anything. Labels: intransitive 2. To browse for romantic partners by meeting new people without any intention of having a long-term relationship. Labels: intransitive, uncommon
Word: windowsill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From window + sill. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl/, /ˈwɪndəˌsɪl/, /ˈwɪndoʊˌsɪl/ 1. The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame. Example: An upscale version of this tried and true method of providing windowsill humidity is the use of plastic 'egg crating' instead of gravel. Example: You could tell summer was coming because people were drinking on the street, searching for spaces on the windowsills of the pub to balance their beerglasses.
Word: windscreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + screen. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪn(d).skɹiːn/ 1. A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front of a vehicle in order to protect its occupants from the wind and weather. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: Oh no! A vandal has just smashed our windscreen! Susan, can you go and call the insurance company? 2. A cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises such as wind and breathing. 3. A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range. 4. A draught screen at the side of a passenger train doorway. Example: As well as demonstrating operating facilities, full-size car body models are used for experimenting with new types of interior finish, systems of lighting, positioning of route diagrams and advertisements, and the best form of windscreens at doorways, and the height and location of handgrips and handrails.
Word: windscreen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wind + screen. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪn(d).skɹiːn/ 1. To install a windscreen on. Labels: transitive
Word: windshield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + shield. Pronunciation: /wɪnˈʃiːld/ 1. A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: The freezing rain covered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing. Example: For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels. 2. A cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises such as wind and breathing. 3. A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.
Word: windshield Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wind + shield. Pronunciation: /wɪnˈʃiːld/ 1. To install a windshield on. Labels: transitive
Word: cruiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cruise Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cruiser From cruise + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹu.zɚ/ 1. A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships. 2. A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship. 3. A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship. Labels: broadly 4. A miniature aircraft carrier carrying VTOL aircraft. 5. A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience. 6. Any of several yachts designed for cruising. 7. One who attends cruises. 8. A bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use, usually characterized by balloon tires, upright seating, a single-speed drivetrain and expressive styling. 9. A police patrol vehicle. Labels: US 10. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Vindula. 11. Any dragonfly of the family Macromiidae; a macromiid. 12. One who cruises at bars and neighborhoods seeking sex. Labels: colloquial Example: I'm up on the eleventh floor and I'm watching the cruisers below / He's down on the street and he's trying hard to pull sister Flo
Word: windscreen wiper Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to clear rain and dirt from a windscreen; normally a pivoting arm with a rubber blade. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: The driver's window in each cab is fitted with an electrically-operated windscreen wiper, a sun visor, and a defroster, heated from a nozzle. 2. An exercise where the back is parallel to the ground (lying on it or hanging via the arms from a pull-up bar) and the legs are perpendicular to the floor so that the lower torso with the legs is rotated to target the Musculus obliquus externus abdominis, the Musculus quadratus lumborum and the Musculus rectus abdominis.
Word: shaft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chafte, saft, scaft, schaft, schafte, scheft, shaffet, shaft, from Old English sċeaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (“shaft”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (“club, rod, shaft, staff”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch schacht (“shaft”), German Schaft (“shaft”), Low German Schacht, Skacht (“shaft; cane, stick; beating”), Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish skaft (“handle; stem; shaft”); also Latin scapus (“stalk, stem; shaft”), Greek σκήπτρο (skíptro, “sceptre”), Albanian shkop (“staff, stick”), Belarusian кап'ё (kapʺjó, “spear”), Bulgarian ко́пие (kópie, “spear”), Czech kopí (“spear”), Macedonian копје (kopje, “spear”), Polish kopia (“spear”), Russian копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”), Serbo-Croatian ко̏пље, kȍplje (“spear”), Slovak kopija (“spear”), Slovene kopje (“javelin”). In Early Modern English, shaft referred to the entire body of a long weapon, such that an arrow's “shaft” was composed of its tip, stale, and fletching. Over time, the word came to be used in place of the former stale and lost its original meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːft/, /ˈʃɐːft/, [ˈʃɐ̞ːft], /ˈʃæft/, /ˈʃaft/ 1. To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that. Example: Who can I trust after repeatedly being shafted 2. To equip with a shaft. Labels: transitive 3. To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend. Example: Which grotesque auld hing-oot will the shrivelled post-menopausal slag want tae shaft? Stay tuned.
Word: jealous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ləs/ 1. Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. Example: jealous lover Example: She gave him a jealous look. 2. Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. Example: Thou ſhalt not bow downe thy ſelfe to them, nor ſerue them: For I the Lord thy God am a iealous God, viſiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me: Example: Soft Simon had reduced himself to the lowest class of Stalkos, or walking gentlemen, as they are termed; men who have nothing to do, and no fortune to support them, but who style themselves esquire; and who […] are jealous of that title, and of their claims to family antiquity. 3. Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. Example: be jealous of someone/something Example: He was jealous of his friend’s success. 4. Suspicious; apprehensive. Example: I began my fence or wall; which, being still jealous of my being attacked by somebody, I resolved to make very thick and strong. Example: At length […] the Duke demanded to know of Durward who his guide was, […] and wherefore he had been led to entertain suspicion of him. To the first of these questions Quentin Durward answered by naming Hayraddin Maugrabin, the Bohemian; […] and in reply to the third point he mentioned what had happened in the Franciscan convent near Namur, how the Bohemian had been expelled from the holy house, and how, jealous of his behaviour, he had dogged him to a rendezvous with one of William de la Marck's lanzknechts, where he overheard them arrange a plan for surprising the ladies who were under his protection.
Word: jealous Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ləs/ 1. To harass or attack (somebody) out of jealousy. Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: If I go back, he starts his jealousing again. Drinking and jealousing. Example: Jealousing can take place: You may notice some of your fellow female co-workers that can be jealousing you. 2. To deliberately make (someone) jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people. Labels: transitive Example: […] where the victim of an assault had been 'jealousing' the offender about her sister.
Word: windshield wiper Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of windscreen wiper. Labels: Canada, US Example: Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic. 2. Synonym of windscreen wiper.
Word: cruising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, cruise + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːzɪŋ/ 1. Sailing about without an exact destination, especially for pleasure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cruising is a popular activity among the over-60s. Example: Maintenance time takes away from the time for sightseeing, fishing, reading, or the other things that were the original objectives of cruising. 2. Driving around without an exact destination, as a social activity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cruising was a popular pasttime for teens in this area at the time. 3. Walking unsteadily while holding onto objects such as furniture and walls: a stage in the development of ambulation (unassisted walking), typically occurring around age 10 months. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cruising is a fun stage for the baby, even though there are going to be some mild falls and crying during the course of it. 4. Walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner for casual sex, especially among gay men. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: There was a fair amount of cruising going on at the gay party. Example: Within their [homosexuals'] own group, too, there is considerable social discrimination. In the most “respectable” class are those who do no “cruising,” i.e., picking up “friends” at random in the parks or streets. 5. Reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: cruising Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, cruise + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cruise Labels: countable, form-of, gerund, participle, present, uncountable
Word: schoolchildren Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolchild Labels: form-of, plural Example: Communication from Bishop Elias L. Williams, requesting that Saturday, April 4, be proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Long Beach, and suggesting that school children be given half-day off on April 3.
Word: golly Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Euphemism for God, dating from the 18th century. Possibly a compaction of “God′s body”. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒli/ 1. A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. Labels: euphemistic Example: Golly! That was a long trip to California. Example: “Golly! What would dad say if I did marry him?”
Word: golly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From golliwog. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒli/ 1. Abbreviation of golliwog:. Example: 1985, New Society, Volumes 71-72, page 4, There are pictures of the original “gollywogg” (thus spelt) from Florence Upton′s 19th century children′s books; there are examples of anti-semitic Edwardian gollies with huge noses, and all sorts of other curiosities. Example: The Golliwog Squad was also making itself busy in Worthing, Sussex. Police said they were treating as a matter of ‘priority’ a complaint about gollies being displayed in a local store. Owner John Scadgell faced charges under Section 2 of the Public Order Act, which makes it an offence to exhibit anything which could be considered threatening, abusive or insulting. 2. Abbreviation of golliwog:. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slur Example: “Bloody gollies!” muttered David Bromhead, provoked by the assault into bitter xenophobia. Example: […]poked fun at the American “fashion” of “political correctness” and reassured viewers that gollies and black minstrel shows are just good, old-fashioned, innocent fun.
Word: golly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nonstandard diminutive of galosh. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒli/ 1. A galosh. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: golly Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from Goliath. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒli/ 1. To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat. Labels: Australia Example: When he saw what was happening he threw down his bag, gollied up some phlegm, and spat into the sand.
Word: golly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Goliath. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒli/ 1. Chewing gum. Labels: Australian, slang 2. Saliva or phlegm. Labels: Australian, slang Example: hack up a golly Example: They had to have a spitting competition. They had to hack gollies at each other′s heads.[…](Abraham 1999, 53)
Word: shambles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæmbəlz/ 1. A scene of great disorder or ruin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Considering my life's in shambles right now, couldn't you at least take the blame? 2. A great mess or clutter. Labels: countable Example: This bedroom is a shambles. 3. A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation. Labels: countable 4. A slaughterhouse. Labels: countable 5. A butcher's shop. Labels: archaic, countable Example: Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake. Example: As to our City of Dublin, Shambles may be appointed for this purpoſe, in the moſt convenient parts of it, and Butchers vve may be aſſured vvill not be vvanting, […]
Word: shambles Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæmbəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shamble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chemical element Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus. 2. A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
Word: Hymie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name Hyman + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪmi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Hyman.
Word: Hymie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name Hyman + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪmi/ 1. A Jew. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slur Example: Is that really the fastest you can play, you worthless Hymie fuck?
Word: bell-end Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bell + end. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlɛnd/ 1. Alternative spelling of bell end (“the flared end of a tube or instrument, curved like a bell”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The glans penis. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar 3. A stupid or contemptible person. Labels: Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: I don't care who he is: he's acting like a bell-end. Example: is that onion badgies, you meant. or perhaps you are referring to that infamous collection of bellends, known as w.b.a. (win bugger all). it seems they are doing quite well, although they are playing against part-timers. quit
Word: bell-end Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bell + end. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlɛnd/ 1. Attributive form of bell end. Labels: attributive, form-of
Word: bilingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bilinguis + -al; equivalent to bi- + lingual. Pronunciation: /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/ 1. Having the ability to speak two languages fluently. Labels: not-comparable Example: He thinks it's chic to have a bilingual wife. Example: Since she is bilingual she has them written in both English and Spanish. 2. Spoken or written in two different languages. Labels: not-comparable Example: a bilingual dictionary Example: All signage in and around the station is bilingual in Welsh and English, while station announcements and passenger information screens provide real-time information. 3. Characterized by the use or presence of two languages. Labels: not-comparable Example: bilingual education Example: Ocasio-Cortez’s trolling went bilingual in November when a Fox News show, “The Story,” had a prime-time discussion about Ocasio-Cortez’s shoes, including an acknowledgment that the network spent a lot of time talking about a woman who had not even been sworn into Congress yet.
Word: bilingual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bilinguis + -al; equivalent to bi- + lingual. Pronunciation: /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/ 1. A person who is able to use two languages. Example: Imagine that you had to figure out the lexicon and grammar of a language that you did not know. How would you go about trying to figure out the structure of that language? It would be enormously helpful to have a bilingual speaker of your language and the new language: With a bilingual, you can agree on rough translations of morphemes and words (although their usages would be potentially different between the languages, and even across speakers). Example: Most striking, numerous studies have even shown that bilinguals undergo a later onset of dementia, perhaps of around four years, on average. But some of these studies have failed to replicate, leaving experts wondering whether the effect is real, and if so, what exactly it consists of. 2. An inscription that includes the same text in two languages.
Word: apothegm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French apophthegme or Medieval Latin apothegma, from Ancient Greek ἀπόφθεγμα (apóphthegma), from ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthéngomai, “speak out”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.pə.θɛm/ 1. A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim. Example: Every glaſs of wine, or bit almoſt, that I committed to my mouth, ſhe uſhered thither with ſome Apothegm or other: the whole ſeries, indeed, of her diſcourſe, was compoſed of nothing but reaſon or wit, which made me admire her; which ſhe eaſily underſtood, I perceived by her ſmiles, when ſhe obſerved me gaping, as it were, when ſhe ſpoke, as if I would have eaten up her Words. Example: The account which he [James Ferguson] himself gives of these observations is exceedingly interesting, and strikingly brings out the ingenuity of his mind, and his determination to allow no difficulties of circumstances to stand in his way. [...] Thus we are reminded of the apothegm that where there's a will there's a way—an apothegm which has found illustration in every department of effort, but nowhere more frequently than in the progress of science and art.
Word: febrile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrīlis, from Latin febris (“fever”). By surface analysis, Latin febr- + -ile. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːbɹaɪl/, /ˈfɛbɹaɪl/ 1. Feverish, or having a high temperature. Example: Aurora's orange sun (Baley scarcely noted the orange tinge now) was mildly warm on his back, lacking the febrile heat that Earth's sun had in summer (but, then, what was the climate and season on this portion of Aurora right now?). 2. Involving fever as a symptom or cause. 3. Full of nervous energy. Labels: figuratively Example: An already febrile atmosphere within the ground before the start had been stoked still further when France's players formed an arrow formation to face down the haka, and then advanced slowly over halfway as the capacity crowd roared. Example: Out in the ground, meanwhile, it was particularly disappointing to hear former England captain Andrew Strauss put the febrile atmosphere down to “people who don’t normally come to Lord’s”.
Word: ensorcell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French ensorceler (“to cast a spell, enchant; to captivate”), a variant of ensorcerer, from en- (prefix meaning ‘caused’) + sorcier (“sorcerer”) (ultimately from Latin sors (“fate, lot; oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”)). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsɔːs(ə)l/, /ɪn-/, /ɛnˈsɔɹsəl/ 1. To bewitch or enchant. Labels: UK, transitive Example: Not any one of all theſe honord parts / Your Princely happes, and habites that do moue, / And as it vvere, enſorcell all the hearts / Of Chriſten kings to quarrell for your loue, […] Example: [H]e called into presence the kazees and the witnesses, and brought in the three Qurundeels, and brought in the first damsel, and her own sister who had been ensorceled, and he married the three to the three Qurundeels, who had informed him that they were kings, […] 2. To captivate, entrance, or fascinate. Labels: UK, figuratively, transitive Example: [A] distinction is drawn between the man who speaks as a friend and the man who acts like one. Not only might someone fail to live up to his words in deed, but he may ‘ensorcell’ or ‘beguile’ (θέλγοι) a fellow drinker, leading him to believe in friendship that is not supported by his conduct. Example: Harry pursed his lips. He thought about Morgan Robertson and his magical books. He thought about Lyle Lillihammer, thoroughly ensorcelled, who was even now starting the second of what would probably be an entire series of PhDs at the SCP Foundation. He thought about Eileen Veiksaar, who had promised with another bewitching closed-mouth smile to meet him for coffee on his first day at Site-43 a month from now. He didn't like coffee, but he did like the possibilities unfolding in front of him. He thought about those possibilities.
Word: tsunamigenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tsunami Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English tsunamigenic From tsunami + -genic. 1. capable of generating a tsunami; commonly along major subduction-zone plate boundaries such as those bordering the Pacific Ocean Labels: not-comparable
Word: Thetis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θέτις (Thétis). Pronunciation: /ˈθɛtɪs/ 1. One of the nereids; the mother of Achilles Labels: Greek 2. 17 Thetis, one of the main belt asteroids.
Word: windswept Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wind + swept. 1. Exposed to the winds. Example: We struggled over the windswept moorland. Example: A noteworthy engineering feature on this line was the Owencarrow Viaduct, situated in one of the most windswept portions of the line. On January 30, 1925, a train was blown off the viaduct during a gale, and thereafter trains were prohibited from crossing when the wind exceeded a certain velocity.
Word: wind turbine Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for converting wind power into electricity. Example: Now there is another subject in which Donald Trump’s expert knowledge surpasses that of everybody else: wind turbines, though he calls them windmills. Example: “These wind turbines will help preserve the forest by generating electricity sustainably,” said Paschold. “If we keep spewing CO₂ and contaminating our atmosphere, there won’t be much of it left.”
Word: wind machine Part of Speech: noun 1. An electrically driven fan for generating currents of air during the production of films etc.
Word: poster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin postisbor. Old English post Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English poster From post + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstɚ/ 1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. Example: He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up. 2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something. Example: I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus. 3. One who posts a message. Labels: Internet Example: Some posters left the online message board after the squabble. 4. A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point. Labels: informal 5. A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal. Labels: slang Example: We got three posters in the third and lost. 6. A dunk over a defending player.
Word: poster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin postisbor. Old English post Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English poster From post + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstɚ/ 1. To decorate with posters. Labels: transitive Example: to poster the walls of a bedroom
Word: poster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”). Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstɚ/ 1. A posthorse. Labels: dated Example: we whirled along with four posters at a gallop 2. A swift traveller; a courier. Labels: archaic Example: posters of the sea and land
Word: imperfect tense Part of Speech: noun 1. A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.
Word: confirmation bias Part of Speech: noun 1. A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Days after this interview, on 12 February this year, fighting broke out between US troops and pro-Assad forces just outside Qamishli. Confirmation bias is rarely so fast, or so unnervingly accurate. Example: That overcorrection might nurture confirmation bias, an inclination to look for evidence that validates one's fears while ignoring any signs to the contrary.
Word: blah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ (bar-bar, “unintelligible sounds”), of which the word barbarian derives from. * Adjective sense “bland, dull” (1919), perhaps influenced by French blasé (“bored, indifferent”). * The blahs (“boredom, mild depression”) first attested 1969; probably a blend of the blues + blah (adjective). * Also may be connected with bleat Pronunciation: /blɑː/, /bla/ 1. Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk. Labels: informal, uncountable 2. A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc. Labels: countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable 3. A fool, an idiot. Labels: countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable
Word: blah Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ (bar-bar, “unintelligible sounds”), of which the word barbarian derives from. * Adjective sense “bland, dull” (1919), perhaps influenced by French blasé (“bored, indifferent”). * The blahs (“boredom, mild depression”) first attested 1969; probably a blend of the blues + blah (adjective). * Also may be connected with bleat Pronunciation: /blɑː/, /bla/ 1. Dull; uninteresting; insipid. Labels: informal Example: Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah. Example: He was struck by how much pleasure they seemed to take in their daytime lives, how blah their night work was by contrast, how altogether meaningless; […] 2. Low in spirit or health; down. Labels: informal Example: I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah.
Word: blah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: * Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ (bar-bar, “unintelligible sounds”), of which the word barbarian derives from. * Adjective sense “bland, dull” (1919), perhaps influenced by French blasé (“bored, indifferent”). * The blahs (“boredom, mild depression”) first attested 1969; probably a blend of the blues + blah (adjective). * Also may be connected with bleat Pronunciation: /blɑː/, /bla/ 1. An expression of mild frustration. Example: Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work! 2. Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant. Example: Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Mom, you said this all yesterday. Example: And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah." Like I care! 3. Representing the sound of vomiting.