nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: affecting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈfɛktɪŋ/ 1. Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions. Example: Within this sphere, then, the reader is allowed to follow Hull's growth both as an individual and as a poet. She moves from pieces that are affecting, though merely descriptive, to "conversations," and finally, to strong affirmations spoken in the first person. Example: The moment when Tyrion firmly grabs his friend’s arm just before Dany utters the cue for Drogon to burn the eunuch alive is affecting, because it conveys both how much Tyrion cares for his friend, and also how much this is costing him.
Word: affecting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈfɛktɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of affect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bounded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bounded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊndɪd/ 1. That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius. Example: A compact set must be bounded. 2. That contains a least element, a, and a greatest element, b, such that for all x ∈ X, a ≤ x ≤ b.
Word: assigned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪnd/ 1. Which has been assigned or designated for some purpose. Labels: not-comparable Example: This is your assigned seating.
Word: assigned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of assign Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wrongly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒŋ.li/, /ˈɹɔŋ.li/, /ˈɹɑŋ.li/ 1. In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice. 2. Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error. Example: I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job. Example: "The minute I put my nose in that door she was at me for a drop of gin, but having no instructions to supply it, and being strictly teetotal myself, I have not done so, whether rightly or wrongly I leave you to judge, doctor."
Word: valued Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈvæljuːd/ 1. Having a value, esteemed. Example: deeply valued Example: greatly valued
Word: valued Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvæljuːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of value Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: roaring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, roar + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ/ 1. Intensive; extreme. Labels: informal Example: “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]” 2. Very successful; lively. Example: The ice-cream sellers did a roaring trade in the midday heat. Example: But finally we came to a river with hundreds of boats upon it, and there was a magnificent bridge, and on the other bank was a roaring city, and through the fog the rain came down thick as the tears of the angels. "That 's London," said I.
Word: roaring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, roar + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of roar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: roaring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, roar + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ/ 1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] those wild eyes that watch the wave In roarings round the coral reef. 2. An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: intensively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intensive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English intensively From intensive + -ly. 1. In an intensive way. Example: The line is intensively used, with around 100 passenger services each day and 40 freight trains serving Southampton docks.
Word: bathos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”). Employed ironically following Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, lampooning various errors in contemporary writers. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪθɒs/ 1. Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I like you more than I can say; but I'll not sink into a bathos of sentiment... 2. A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to Labels: uncountable, usually Example: While a plain and direct Road is pav'd to their ὐψος, or sublime; no Track has been yet chalk'd out to arrive at our βάθος, or profund. 3. A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to: Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to: Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to: Labels: uncountable, usually 6. A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to: Labels: uncountable, usually 7. The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect. Labels: uncountable, usually 8. A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career. Labels: uncommon, uncountable, usually Example: How meanly has he closed his inflated career! What a sample of the bathos will his history present! Example: I know what he suffers now, for instance, exactly: it is merely a beginning of what he shall suffer, though. And he’ll never be able to emerge from his bathos of coarseness and ignorance.
Word: players Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪɚz/, /ˈpleɪəz/ 1. plural of player Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ringing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋɪŋ/, /ˈɹɪŋɡɪŋɡ/ 1. The sound of something that rings. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being resonant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The theft of cars and illegally changing their identities for resale. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ringing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋɪŋ/, /ˈɹɪŋɡɪŋɡ/ 1. Loud and clear. Example: They declare ringing confirmation for their theories even in the face of feeble data. 2. Made forcefully; powerful. Labels: figuratively Example: In what must be a first for any White House official, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had to step forward and answer whether the president of the United States wants to kill members of Congress. In a ringing defense of American values and constitutional order, she responded to the question by saying: “No.”
Word: ringing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋɪŋ/, /ˈɹɪŋɡɪŋɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ring Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forcefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English forceful Middle English -ly English -ly English forcefully From forceful + -ly. 1. With either physical or coercive force; in a forceful manner; vigorously; powerfully. Example: Pack together your best arguments for voting for an athletic field. Word them concisely and forcefully. Give, also, brief, logical answers to any objections that have been raised. Example: In 1974, the Chinese army forcefully ousted South Vietnamese forces from the strategically and economically important Xisha (Hoang Sa in Vietnamese Paracel in English) Islands in the South China Sea. Although South Vietnam had occupied the islands for many years, one reason China chose to act in 1974 is that it did not want North Vietnam to occupy the Xisha Islands after unification, for that would have made it militarily and politically more difficult for China to gain control of the islands.
Word: banality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French banalité, from banal, equivalent to banal + -ity. Pronunciation: /bəˈnælɪti/, /beɪˈnælɪti/ 1. The quality of being banal. Labels: uncountable Example: The concept of the banality of evil came into prominence following the publication of Hannah Arendt's 1963 book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, which was based on the trial of Adolph Eichmann in Jerusalem. 2. Something which is banal. Labels: countable 3. A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights. Labels: countable, historical, rare, uncountable Example: The law of banality, one of the most oppressive products of feudalism, was revived for the advantage of the nobility. Example: Other banalities included the lord's exclusive right to hunt over the land, his monopoly over fishing, and his right to keep the dove-cote whose feathery occupants ate a peasant's standing crops.
Word: powerfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English powerful Middle English -ly English -ly English powerfully From powerful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊəf(ə)li/, /ˈpaʊɚf(ə)li/ 1. In a powerful manner. Example: Little had been seen of £35m man Carroll until just after the restart when he twice rose powerfully to meet corners, forcing Louis Saha to clear acrobatically off the line and Howard to save low at his post.
Word: triviality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trivial Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English triviality From trivial + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɪviˈæləti/ 1. The quality of being trivial or unimportant. Labels: uncountable 2. Something which is trivial or unimportant. Labels: countable Example: I propose to devote the remainder of mine to it, and can only regret the wasted years that lie behind me, squandered in trivialities. Example: Yes, I have a case. After a month of trivialities and stagnation the wheels move once more.
Word: triteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trite Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English triteness From trite + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being trite. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being trite, or an instance of being trite. Labels: countable
Word: joining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of join Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: joining Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnɪŋ/ 1. The act or result of joining; a joint or juncture.
Word: eteostic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔτεος (éteos, “of a year”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “row, file, line”). 1. A chronogram. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: call to prayer Part of Speech: noun 1. A public proclamation made five times a day in Muslim societies, broadcast from the mosques, to mark out the ordained occasions for worship.
Word: speculative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English speculatyf, borrowed from Old French speculatif or directly from Late Latin speculativus, from Latin speculor. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛkjuləˌtɪv/, /ˈspɛkjələˌtɪv/, /ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪv/ 1. Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation. Example: Like The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake is a speculative fiction, not a science fiction proper. Example: When not inaccurate, much commentary on the contents of Hobson-Jobson is couched in hedges or relies on speculative estimates in the absence of exact information. 2. Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky. Example: Tranquillo Barnetta was the grateful beneficiary of uncertain England defending and poor goalkeeping from Joe Hart as he twice saw speculative free-kicks end in the back of the net in the first half. Example: Little seemed on when Sánchez cut in from the left and sent a speculative low shot through a crowd of players, but though Federici had it covered he could not hold on to the ball and it squirmed over the line through his legs. 3. Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade. Example: "Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came[…]and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?" Example: In other words, it is critical to know whether a currency is under high speculative pressure for every month in the sample.
Word: unfounded 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 founded English unfounded From un- + founded. 1. Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unfounded report; unfounded fears Example: […] my chiefest design ever since the seventeenth year of my age […] consisted in elaborating such demonstrations in Natural Philosophy, as might serve to unfold the natures of Beings in relation to the Art of Physick, hitherto so uncertain, blind, and unfounded on Art […] 2. Not having been founded or instituted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even the great world as yet undiscovered, the cities as yet unfounded, and the history as yet unwritten, are lost: fallen from the beginning. 3. Bottomless. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: […] from them I go This uncouth errand sole, and one for all My self expose, with lonely steps to tread Th’ unfounded deep […] Example: He makes this Glob so spacious and fair Unfix’d, unprop’d, unfounded any where, Hang, like a Water-bubble in the Air.
Word: reversal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reversall; equivalent to reverse + -al. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/ 1. The state of being reversed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An instance of reversing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A change to an opposite direction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Running via Aston would require a reversal at New Street and this will be taken into account during the planning and normal industry testing processes. Example: It's a 58-minute journey with seven intermediate stops, including a reversal at Cromer - another popular destination. The train starts to empty at North Walsham, and then there is an exodus at Cromer. The coach is almost empty for the final few miles into Sheringham. 4. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A rule in Tycoon where a three of a particular suit (most commonly spades) can beat a single joker. During revolution, most rulesets instead use a two of that suit to do this. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reversal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French réversal or Medieval Latin reversālis. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/ 1. Intended to reverse; implying reversal. Labels: not-comparable Example: For after his death there were reversal letters found among his papers from the Duke of Anjou
Word: necktie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neck + tie. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛk.taɪ/ 1. A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front. Example: Oh I have been to Ludlow fair / And left my necktie God knows where / And carried half way home, or near, / Pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.
Word: wishing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wish Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English wishing From wish + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/ 1. gerund of wish (“the act of making a wish”) Labels: form-of, gerund Example: All that happeneth by wyſſhynge, is none of thine. As who ſhuld ſay what ſo euer cõmeth vnto the [thee] by thyne owne traueile and induſtrie that only counte thyne owne. Example: Discourse there was none; only exclamations and interjections, and wishings, wishings, wishings that Bessy were but his own for ever — his dear, dear little wife, as assuredly one day she should be!
Word: wishing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English wish Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English wishing From wish + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wears Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɛəz/, /wɛɹz/, /weːz/, /weəz/, /wiəz/ 1. plural of wear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wears Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɛəz/, /wɛɹz/, /weːz/, /weəz/, /wiəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: visiting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of visit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: On the other hand, the self-cleaning smokebox belongs to the latter-day period of the L.M.S.R., when the visiting U.S.A. 2-8-0s of the war had awakened an interest in such things.
Word: visiting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ/ 1. The act of someone or something that visits. Example: Come, you spirits […] make thick my blood, / Stop up th' access and passage to remorse / That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose[…] Example: I marvel at none of the wild beliefs in the Hartz mountains: fire is the element of the spiritual, and who can tell what strange visitings there may be during the midnight hours that the charcoal-burner sits watching the fitful and subtle mystery of flame?
Word: steven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English steven (“voice, command, constitution”), from Old English stefn (“voice”), from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic *stebnō (“voice”), earlier *stemnā, derived from Proto-Indo-European *stómn̥ (“mouth, muzzle; (originally) hole?”). Cognate with Old Frisian stifne, stemme (“voice”), Old Saxon stemna (“voice”), Dutch stem, Old High German stimma, stimna (“voice”) (German Stimme), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌽𐌰 (stibna, “voice”), and more distantly Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥 (staman, “maw”), and possibly Hittite 𒅖𒋫𒈪𒈾𒀸 (iš-ta-mi-na-aš /⁠stāminas⁠/, “ear”). See also stevvon. Displaced by voice. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːvən/, /ˈsteɪvən/, /ˈstɛvən/ 1. Voice, especially when loud or strong. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: 1566, William Addlington, translator, The Golden Asse, Apuleius […] whereby the little birds weening that the spring time had bin come, did chirp and sing in their steven melodiously […] Example: When Little John heard his master speake, / Well knew he it was his steven. 2. A request, petition, prayer, or command. Labels: obsolete Example: To thee, lady, y make my moon; I praie thee heere my steuen. Example: Father of light […] Bring to effect this my desired steauen.
Word: steven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English steven (“appointment”), from Old English stefn (“a time, turn, tour of duty”), from Proto-Germanic *stabnijaz, *stabnijô (“fixed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“a stake, post; to support, stamp, insist, become angry”). Cognate with Middle Low German stevene (“a court appointment”), Old Norse stefna (“appointment, meeting”). More at staff. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːvən/, /ˈsteɪvən/, /ˈstɛvən/ 1. A time, occasion. Labels: obsolete Example: And that same nyght that the steavyn was sette betwyxte Segwarydes wyff and Sir Trystrames, so Kynge Marke armed and made hym redy …. Example: I should choose to read "at this dull season," rather than this dull steven, [...]— John Monck Mason.
Word: Portugese Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of Portuguese. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: simon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. One theory suggests derivation from a joke based on the bible verse Acts 9:43, rendered as “Peter lodged with Simon a tanner”, a pun on the meanings of lodge (“stay in a place; put away money”). Partridge suggests that this not possible given the dates, however, and suggests instead derivation from some unknown person’s name. Attested from the late 17th century, with synonymous tanner attested from the 18th. Compare also simony, from a different biblical figure, Simon Magnus. The “US dollar” sense derives from the earlier “sixpence”, perhaps influenced by the $ symbol. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪmən/ 1. Sixpence coin. Labels: UK, dated, slang 2. A US dollar. Labels: US, archaic, slang
Word: vainly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English vaynly, veynly, vaynely, veynely, equivalent to vain + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪnli/ 1. In a vain pursuit; to no avail. Example: She searched vainly for her reflection in the shattered mirror. 2. With a vain attitude; in a self-approving manner. Example: She stared vainly at her reflection in the mirror.
Word: transported Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈpɔːtɪd/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːtɪd/, /tɹænzˈpɔɹtɪd/, /tɹænzˈpo(ː)ɹtɪd/, /tɹænzˈpoətɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of transport Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: transported Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈpɔːtɪd/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːtɪd/, /tɹænzˈpɔɹtɪd/, /tɹænzˈpo(ː)ɹtɪd/, /tɹænzˈpoətɪd/ 1. subjected to transportation Labels: not-comparable
Word: unspecified 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 specified English unspecified From un- + specified. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈspɛ.sɪ.faɪd/ 1. Not specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ranicide in rats was found to be reduced by injection of noradrenaline into the hypothalamus, as was muricide behaviour (Bandler, 1970).[…]Other sites in the unspecified ‘ventral midbrain’ were also found (Bandler, 1971) at which noradrenaline administration in crystalline form served to facilitate predatory aggression (ranicide and muricide). Example: Obviously, we must reject the existence of an unqualified or unspecified right to know. If the right to know did not require disclosure of only specific (types of) data or information, a person could be said to have a right to know just anything whatsoever.
Word: noughts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nought Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noughts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nought Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: noughting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nought Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: noughted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nought Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abacinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abacinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abacinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abacinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abirritates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abirritate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abirritating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abirritate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abirritated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abirritate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accroaches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accroach Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accretes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accrete Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accreting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accrete Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accroaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accroach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accreted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accrete Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.
Word: accroached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accroach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adsorbs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adsorb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: adapts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adapt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: activates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of activate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acidulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acidulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acidifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acidify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: achieves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃiːvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of achieve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acetifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acetify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acerbates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acerbate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accurses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accurse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aggrieves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aggrieve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aggresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aggress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aggregates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aggregate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aggregates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aggregate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aggravates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aggravate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aggrandizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aggrandize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accursing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accurse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.sɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ace Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /eɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of ace Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: neuroimmunology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English immunology English neuroimmunology From neuro- + immunology. 1. The study of the relationship between the nervous system and the immune system, especially with regard to autoimmune conditions Labels: uncountable
Word: demand note Part of Speech: noun 1. A note that normally has no date for repayment, but is due on demand of the lender. Usually the lender will only give the borrower a few days notice before the payment is due.
Word: seats Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /siːts/ 1. plural of seat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seats Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /siːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of seat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spurn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spurnen, spornen, from Old English spurnan (“to strike against, kick, spurn, reject; stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną (“to tread, kick, knock out”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with Scots spurn (“to strike, push, kick”), German spornen (“to spur on”), Icelandic sporna, spyrna (“to kick”), Latin spernō (“despise, distain, scorn”). Related to spur and spread. Pronunciation: /spɜːn/, /spɝn/ 1. To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. Labels: ambitransitive Example: to spurn at your most royal image Example: What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. 2. To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. Labels: transitive Example: Me thinks I ſee kings kneeling at his feet, And he with frowning browes and fiery lookes, Spurning their crownes from off their captiue heads. Example: I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. 3. To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity) Labels: transitive Example: Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal. 4. To kick or toss up the heels. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: oft' the ſudden Gale Ruffles the Tide, and ſhifts the dang'rous Sail, […] The drunken Chairman in the Kennel ſpurns, The Glaſſes ſhatters, and his Charge o'erturns.
Word: spurn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spurnen, spornen, from Old English spurnan (“to strike against, kick, spurn, reject; stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną (“to tread, kick, knock out”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with Scots spurn (“to strike, push, kick”), German spornen (“to spur on”), Icelandic sporna, spyrna (“to kick”), Latin spernō (“despise, distain, scorn”). Related to spur and spread. Pronunciation: /spɜːn/, /spɝn/ 1. An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. 2. A kick; a blow with the foot. Labels: archaic Example: What defence can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? 3. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. Labels: obsolete Example: The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes. 4. A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
Word: spurns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spurn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spurns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spurn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stoneware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English stoneware From stone + -ware. 1. A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛts/ 1. plural of let Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lets Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɛts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of let Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person 2. Misspelling of let's. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: smirk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k; compare talk and stalk from, respectively, tell and steal). The former element from Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), and the latter from Proto-Germanic *-kōną. Compare Middle High German smielen/smieren (“to smile”) ( > obsolete, rare German schmieren). Doublet of smile. The specific meaning of a mocking or unpleasant, malicious smile or grin develops in Early Modern English, but until the 18th century, it could still be used to describe a generic smile. Pronunciation: /smɜːk/, /smɝk/ 1. An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful. 2. A forced or affected smile. Example: The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered. Example: We sat at a long table with a huge salmon on a platter in the center, prepared Szechuan style. Dad sat at one end of the table, and regaled all present with his stories. In the middle of one convoluted yarn, he rose and went around to the salmon in the center of the table. Using his fingers, he dug an eyeball out of the fish, popped it in his mouth and swallowed it whole as we looked on, aghast. “A real delicacy,” he said, with a boyish smirk.
Word: smirk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k; compare talk and stalk from, respectively, tell and steal). The former element from Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), and the latter from Proto-Germanic *-kōną. Compare Middle High German smielen/smieren (“to smile”) ( > obsolete, rare German schmieren). Doublet of smile. The specific meaning of a mocking or unpleasant, malicious smile or grin develops in Early Modern English, but until the 18th century, it could still be used to describe a generic smile. Pronunciation: /smɜːk/, /smɝk/ 1. To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.
Word: smirk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k; compare talk and stalk from, respectively, tell and steal). The former element from Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), and the latter from Proto-Germanic *-kōną. Compare Middle High German smielen/smieren (“to smile”) ( > obsolete, rare German schmieren). Doublet of smile. The specific meaning of a mocking or unpleasant, malicious smile or grin develops in Early Modern English, but until the 18th century, it could still be used to describe a generic smile. Pronunciation: /smɜːk/, /smɝk/ 1. smart; spruce; affected; simpering Labels: obsolete Example: So smirk, so smooth, his pricked Ears.
Word: stucco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce. Related to stock. 1. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The intervals having been filled with stucco, after the manner described under that head, each is sprinkled with water, and well rubbed with the float until the surface becomes perfectly smooth. This stucco must be thoroughly dry before the paint or other finishing is applied. Example: We removed loose, cracked, spalled, deteriorated and delaminated concrete from the balcony soffits of 114 units as well as pool corbels to prevent it from falling, and removed all deteriorated, debonded and falling stucco from balconies. 2. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A work made of stucco; stuccowork. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A stone staircase ‘well furnished with stucco’ led to Dr. Delany’s panelled but otherwise undecorated library, Mrs. Delany’s boudoir or bedroom opening through an arched doorway on her painting closet and a fine drawing room about 30 ft. by 25 ft. which gave a splendid view over the city – fastigia despicit urbis. Example: Many stuccos and paintings were also found on the mosaic floor of the presbyterium and choir; most of these are now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis.
Word: stucco Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce. Related to stock. 1. To coat or decorate with stucco. Labels: transitive
Word: Patty Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Pat + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpæti/ 1. A unisex given name. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Patricia. Example: "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always called me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name." "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield. 3. A male given name, a diminutive of the male given name Patrick. Labels: rare 4. A surname. Labels: rare
Word: munge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of mung; likely a misconstructed back-formation from munging, munged or munger. Pronunciation: /mʌnd͡ʒ/ 1. To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits. Labels: informal, transitive Example: As a part of the code review with the development team, notify them that you want to have these options as a part of the installation script, rather than you munging the installation scripts during deployment. 2. To add a spamblock to (an email address). Labels: informal, transitive Example: Munging is effective — it prevents unwanted email from reaching you by keeping your real email address out of the clutches of the address-harvesting programs. 3. To corrupt a record about a person by erroneously merging in information about another person. Labels: informal, transitive Example: It looks like this record is munged—it has this person’s birth date, but his father’s death date.
Word: munge Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mʌnd͡ʒ/ 1. Alternative form of mounge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spamblock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spam + block. 1. Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com", the "@" and "." symbols have been replaced with literal text to prevent automated spambots from finding the email address while still leaving it readable.
Word: spamblock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spam + block. 1. To obfuscate (an email address) with a spamblock.
Word: isomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anamorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anamorph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anamorphic From anamorph + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈmɔːfɪk/, /ˌænəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Producing various optically distorted images. Labels: not-comparable Example: an anamorphic lens 2. Of or relating to the anamorph, an asexual stage in the development of certain fungi. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cytologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyto- + -logic. Pronunciation: /saɪ.təˈlɒd͡ʒɪk/, /saɪ.təˈlɑd͡ʒɪk/, [-.ɾəˈ-] 1. Of or relating to cytology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cytogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyto- + -genic. 1. Of or relating to cytogenesis.
Word: cytogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyto- + -genesis. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪt.əʊˈdʒɛn.ə.sɪs/ 1. The formation, development, and variation of cells. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thanks a bunch Part of Speech: intj 1. A mildly sarcastic thank you. Labels: idiomatic Example: I really wanted a bucket of water dropped on my head. Thanks a bunch. 2. An unsarcastic thank you. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Thanks a bunch for that great Christmas card you got me!
Word: Fibber McGee's closet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, where the door to an overstuffed closet would be opened and the contents would spill out for many episodes from 1940 to 1959. 1. A source of clutter, especially a messy area or room. Labels: US
Word: missiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin missiō Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English missiology From Latin missiō + English -logy. 1. The area of practical theology which studies the mandate, message and work of the Christian missionary. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: get around to Part of Speech: verb 1. To eventually begin or return to some task. Labels: transitive Example: Someday I'll get around to organizing this mess. Example: The busy orator and mother of two couldn't get around to her unfinished speech.
Word: procrastinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of procrastinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: get round Part of Speech: verb 1. To convince or trick (someone). Labels: dated, slang, transitive 2. Alternative form of get around. Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. Synonym of bet round (“to bet equally on horses in a race”). Example: […] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.
Word: get round to Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of get around to. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The pandemic preparation timebomb detonated to devastating effect; a number of other timebombs are on the shortest of fuses. The government has now reached a state of perfect vicious cycle, when the only thing worse than the things it does are all the things it didn’t get round to doing.
Word: get out of Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. Example: All the occupants managed to get out of the burning building. Example: Only movie criminals get out of handcuffs. 2. To circumvent some obligation. Example: Don't try getting out of our dinner party. You're coming! Example: I only cheat so I can get out of doing work.
Word: get out of here Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, out of, here. Example: If you're smart, don't sign the employment contract. Just get out of here while you still can.
Word: get out of here Part of Speech: intj 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, out of, here. Example: Get out of here and don't come back! 2. An exclamation of disbelief. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Did she really say that? Get out of here!
Word: flutter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English floteren, from Old English floterian, flotorian (“to float about, flutter”), from Proto-Germanic *flutrōną, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), equivalent to float + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with West Frisian flodderje (“to flutter, beat”), Dutch flodderen (“to flutter, wave”), Low German fluttern, fluddern (“to flutter”), German flittern (“to sparkle, glitter”). More at float. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌtə/, /ˈflʌtɚ/, [-ɾɚ] 1. To flap or wave quickly but irregularly. Labels: intransitive Example: flags fluttering in the wind Example: Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, [...] 2. Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings. Labels: intransitive Example: Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. 3. To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces. Labels: intransitive 4. To cause something to flap. Labels: transitive Example: A bird flutters its wings. 5. To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion. Labels: transitive Example: If you haue vvrit your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flatter'd^([sic – meaning Flutter'd]) your Volcians in Corioles. Example: There was a clearness of expression in this, and a downright surrender of himself, which so flattered her and so fluttered her that she was almost reduced to the giving of herself up because she could not reply to such an appeal in language less courteous than that of agreement 6. To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty. Labels: intransitive Example: It was fluttering with nervousness like a human heart. He was all in a sweat with fear, and—do you know, I don't believe the rascal is a Robot at all any longer. 7. To be frivolous. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 8. To subject to a lie detector test. Labels: slang Example: This was the first time that Nosenko had been subjected to a lie detector — or what the CIA called fluttering. The Soviet Union did not use such devices for interrogation. Example: "Anyway, she cracked and we fluttered her and—" / "Fluttered her?" / "Sorry, gave her a polygraph, a lie detector test. And she passed, more or less, […]
Word: alarmed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈlɑɹmd/, /əˈlɑːmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of alarm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: alarmed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈlɑɹmd/, /əˈlɑːmd/ 1. Having an alarm fitted. Labels: not-comparable Example: This door is alarmed. 2. Worried; anxious; panicky. Example: I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house. Example: Thomas, the groom, in the act of drinking, put down the jug alarmed before his master. Thomas’s master felt the honour keenly.
Word: meddling Part of Speech: adj 1. That meddles.
Word: meddling Part of Speech: noun 1. unwanted interference Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It had been well, if these dishonest meddlings with existing books had stopped here. 2. An instance of meddling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I learned more about it than most people because triffids were my job, and the firm I worked for was intimately, if not very gracefully, concerned in their public appearance. Nevertheless, their true origin still remains obscure. My own belief, for what that is worth, is that they were the outcome of a series of ingenious biological meddlings - and very likely accidental, at that.
Word: meddling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of meddle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present