nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: underperform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English perform English underperform From under- + perform. 1. To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Even outside the Anglo-Saxon world, underperforming public companies have become vulnerable to hostile takeover. Example: She inhabits the prose’s terrible serenity and glacial horror — the translator’s hand never overwhelms or underperforms.
Word: pattern maker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of patternmaker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pluvious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pluviōsus (“rainy”). Pronunciation: /ˈpluː.vi.əs/ 1. Involving or relating to rain; rainy. Example: In places ouer colde And pluuyous, olyues is to done To kitte, and mosse awey be rased wolde.
Word: claustrofobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of claustrophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: websquatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Web + squatter. 1. Synonym of cybersquatter.
Word: neurocognitive Part of Speech: adj 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- English cognitive English neurocognitive From neuro- + cognitive. 1. pertaining to cognitive functions that are linked to a particular area, pathway or network of the brain Labels: not-comparable
Word: Islamofascism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- Latin fascis Italian fascio Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismus Italian -ismo Italian fascismolbor. English fascism English Islamofascism From Islamo- + fascism. Pronunciation: /ɪˈslɑ.moʊˌfæʃ.ɪz.əm/ 1. Socially repressive or nationalistic Islamic fundamentalism. Labels: US, derogatory, offensive, uncountable Example: It braces the talk not only of pundits, but of all the major Republican candidates - from the tough guy at one end, Rudy Giuliani, who lambastes Democrats for not using the word or its equivalent, to the "nice" candidate at the other end, Mike Huckabee, who defines Islamofascism as "the greatest threat this country [has] ever faced."
Word: websquatting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Web + squatting. 1. cybersquatting Labels: uncountable
Word: antegrade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ante (“anterior”) + -grade (“direction”). 1. moving or directed forward
Word: excrescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excrescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsupportable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unsupportable, equivalent to un- + supportable. 1. Not able to be supported or endured. Example: Robert told Tunstall-Pedoe that this must be a "completely unsupportable conclusion."
Word: credentials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of credential Labels: form-of, plural
Word: credentials Part of Speech: noun 1. Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. login data Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: credentials Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of credential Labels: figuratively, form-of, indicative, plural, plural-only, present, singular, third-person Example: But it was a match of high quality with England's star players James and Bronze showing their credentials and Spain's threat continuing until the final whistle.
Word: credential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”). Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/ 1. Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone). Example: their credential letters on both sides
Word: credential Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”). Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/ 1. documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges Labels: in-plural Example: May I see your credentials, please? Example: The computer verifies the user's credentials before allowing them to log on. 2. Evidence of skill or excellence. Labels: informal Example: They deserved their half-time lead and looked fully in control until Brazil made changes at the break and began to show their credentials in attack.
Word: credential Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”). Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/ 1. to furnish with credentials Example: School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state. Example: The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.
Word: meteor shower Part of Speech: noun 1. A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.
Word: falling star Part of Speech: noun 1. A meteor. Example: Upon seeing the majesty of heaven (e.g., lightning, falling stars, or the renewal of the solar cycle), high mountains, or other glorious phenomena of nature [one should say]: "Blessed . . . Who doest the work of creation."
Word: North Star Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English north sterre, norþ sterre, equivalent to north + star. 1. The current northern pole star, the star nearest the northern celestial pole, which has been Polaris for the last 1500 years. 2. A locality in the Gwydir council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. 3. A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada. 4. An unincorporated community in Yuba County, California, formerly North Star House. 5. A census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware. 6. An unincorporated community in Nicollet County, Minnesota. 7. A village in Darke County, Ohio. 8. An unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin. 9. A number of townships in the United States, listed under North Star Township. 10. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
Word: North Star Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English north sterre, norþ sterre, equivalent to north + star. 1. An aim or a goal, a dependable guiding light in a quickly changing world. Labels: figuratively Example: For Wilson, his religion served as guiding principle, not a series of explicit religious dictates governing politics: “Wilson's principles, derived from his religious faith, were his North Star, which pointed him in a general direction. Example: His North Star was Rome, his compass was the Holy Office, “My polar star is Rome; my compass is the Holy Office.”
Word: supermassive black hole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any black hole with a mass from 10⁵ to 10¹⁰ times that of the Sun.
Word: Big Crunch Part of Speech: name 1. The hypothetical eventual collapse of the universe that would ultimately occur if it contracted continuously in the future.
Word: envisager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From envisage + -er. 1. One who envisages.
Word: arranger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangierbor. Middle English arengen English arrange 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 arranger From arrange + -er. 1. One who arranges. 2. Digital keyboard to play music with accompaniment styles.
Word: orchestre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. Obsolete form of orchestra. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: First Lady Part of Speech: noun 1. The wife of the chief executive of a nation; especially the wife of the President of a country; or a woman (e.g. a relative) who takes on similar public duties, as when the chief executive is unmarried. 2. The wife of a pastor. 3. Alternative letter-case form of first lady. Labels: alt-of
Word: first lady Part of Speech: noun 1. The leading woman in a specified field of endeavor. 2. Alternative letter-case form of First Lady. Labels: alt-of Example: “I go home, I tell the first lady: I spoke with Vladimir today. We had a wonderful conversation. She said: Really? Another city was just hit.” Example: President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife Brigitte Macron this week filed a defamation lawsuit in Delaware against Candace Owens, a far-right YouTube commentator known for antisemitic rhetoric, for repeatedly claiming that the French first lady is actually a man.
Word: woodblock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + block. 1. A woodcut. 2. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick. 3. A wooden block used as a printing form. Example: In 1569 Choe Bu’s grandson, Yu Hi-chun, published the book in a wood block edition at Jeongju, Pyeongan Province. 4. The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.
Word: woodblock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wood + block. 1. To print with a woodcut. 2. To floor or pave with blocks of wood.
Word: wood block Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of woodblock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: woodcarver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + carver. 1. a person who is skilled at woodcarving
Word: wood carving Part of Speech: noun 1. The art of carving wood to make decorative objects. Labels: uncountable 2. A carved wooden object. Labels: countable 3. A decoration made on wood by carving. Labels: countable Example: The chest was decorated with delicate wood carvings.
Word: woodcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wood Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English woodcraft From wood + -craft. 1. Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Yes, Waziri,” replied Busuli. “They passed us late yesterday, as we were about to turn back after you. They had no woodcraft. We heard them coming for a mile before we saw them, and as we had other business in hand we withdrew into the forest and let them pass.” Example: I don't think some of your—um—pure-blooded Dwarfs have as much woodcraft as might be expected. You've left tracks all over the place. 2. The art or skill of wood carving. Labels: uncountable
Word: woodcraft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English wood Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English woodcraft From wood + -craft. 1. To carve or craft from wood.
Word: woodcutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + cutter. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdˌkʌtɚ/ 1. A person who cuts down trees, especially as an occupation; a lumberjack. 2. A person who cuts wood. 3. A person who makes woodcuts.
Word: woodcutting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + cutting. 1. The felling of trees, or the cutting of wood. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of making woodcuts. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: woodenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English wooden Middle English -ly English -ly English woodenly From wooden + -ly. 1. Dully and without emotion. Example: "If they do, all they'll find are hunks of metal," Patrick said woodenly. 2. Clumsily or without animation.
Word: woozily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English woozy Middle English -ly English -ly English woozily From woozy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwuːzɪli/ 1. in a woozy manner
Word: wordily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English wordy Middle English -ly English -ly English wordily From wordy + -ly. 1. In a wordy manner; using too many words. Example: Engineer Allan not only helped plan and build the South Carolina road, but he also designed and constructed its first locomotive, christening it wordily the Best Friend of Charleston.
Word: wordlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English wordless Middle English -ly English -ly English wordlessly From wordless + -ly. 1. Without words. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.
Word: worthily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English worthely, worthili, worthiliche, worthily, worthyly, worþili, worþiliche, worþily, wurðelice, wurðeliche, wurðelike, wurthelie, wurthilyche, wurthyly, equivalent to worthy + -ly. 1. In a worthy manner. Example: Then, as my gueſt, and thine ovvne acquiſition / VVorthily purchas'd, take my daughter […] Example: We should conceive of poetry worthily, and more highly than it has been the custom to conceive of it.
Word: worthlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English worthless Middle English -ly English -ly English worthlessly From worthless + -ly. 1. In a worthless manner. Example: I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish.
Word: woodenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wooden 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 woodenness From wooden + -ness. 1. The state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is hardly a house but is divided against itself, for our foe is the all but universal woodenness of both head and heart, the want of vitality in man, which is the effect of our vice; and hence are begotten fear, superstition, bigotry, persecution, and slavery of all kinds. Example: […] Marigold’s smile faded into woodenness […]
Word: woodiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English woody 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 woodiness From woody + -ness. 1. The state of being woody. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: woodsiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English woodsy 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 woodsiness From woodsy + -ness. 1. The state of being woodsy Labels: uncountable
Word: woolliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English woolly 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 woolliness From woolly + -ness. 1. The state of being woolly. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Now, in spite of all sorts of defects, all sorts of woollinesses and rawnesses, the American novel is superior to either the English or the French; it is indeed superior, I think, to any European novel […]
Word: wooziness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English woozy 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 wooziness From woozy + -ness. 1. The state of being woozy Labels: uncountable
Word: woodlot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wood lot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wood lot Part of Speech: noun 1. An area of land used for the growing of firewood and timber, often as the wooded portion of a farmstead in contrast with arable and pasture portions. Labels: US Example: Near-synonyms: wood; see also Thesaurus:forest
Word: woodpile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + pile. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdpaɪl/ 1. A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel. 2. An arrangement of dominoes.
Word: nigger in the woodpile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 1840s. 1. A hidden motive, influence or factor; a concealed (potential) snag; something suspicious. Labels: dated, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: Democra s^([sic]) placed no nigger in the woodpile—the imputation came with a bad grace from the gentleman from Kosciusko. Example: (Bus traffic in the London area fell 33 per cent, although the total for public transport increased by 8 per cent; but private car journeys, the nigger in the public transport woodpile, went up 78 per cent in the decade).
Word: woodshed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + shed. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdˌʃɛd/ 1. An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood. 2. A place where punishments or reprimands are administered. Labels: informal Example: The State Department is incensed, and if this conference fails it will be the woodshed for three Central American presidents. Example: Were you ever taken to the woodshed? Did anyone say, “Stop disagreeing with the president”?
Word: woodshed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wood + shed. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdˌʃɛd/ 1. To practice or rehearse using a musical instrument. Labels: slang Example: Recently, I have taken up the double bass again, but because time and neglect erode ability, calluses turn soft, and muscle memory fades, I need to woodshed (practice) to get back into shape and build up my chops. 2. To practice or rehearse a script. Labels: slang Example: In previous chapters, I've covered many ways to woodshed a script and dozens of techniques for bringing the words to life. Now, I'm going to suggest something completely different: Try performing your script completely cold the first time through. 3. To self-isolate in order to work on one's artistic development or to produce work without interruptions. Example: His latest novel sheds light on an émigré writer’s woodshedding period.
Word: woodwinds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woodwind Labels: form-of, plural 2. The woodwind instruments of an orchestra collectively
Word: woodworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + worker. 1. A person skilled at woodworking.
Word: woolens Part of Speech: noun 1. woolen clothes collectively Labels: US, plural, plural-only
Word: woolgathering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wool + gathering. 1. The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [while fishing] Alone with my tin of bait and my wool-gatherings, I was in a world of my own, localized and satisfying as such world always are.
Word: wordage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English word Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English wordage From word + -age. 1. Words collectively, considered in a mass sense. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: language 2. The excessive use of words. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But the plates are good, and, in reality, sufficient without all the wordage. Example: Here, I think, we must class the portmanteau-wordage of James Joyce, in which the use of verbal and syllabic association is carried so far that its power of unconscious persuasion is lost and the reader’s response is diverted by a conscious ecstasy of enigma-hunting, like a pig rooting for truffles. 3. The number of words used in a text: synonym of word count. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The official transcript totaled 2,045,000 words—more than twice the wordage of the Bible. Example: A work of elucidation couched in a lazily dense style; a biography seemingly concerned with externals but in fact spun from inside the biographer like a spider’s thread; a critical study which exceeds in wordage all the major works of its subject put together… 4. The choice of words used: word choice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: phrasing; terminology; phraseology Example: "With the wordage in the contract, we think we have a good case."
Word: wordless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wordles, equivalent to word + -less. Compare Dutch woordeloos (“speechless, inexpressible in words”), German wortlos (“silent, speechless”), Danish ordløs (“wordless”), Swedish ordlös (“wordless”), Icelandic orðlaus (“wordless, speechless”). 1. Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid. Example: On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism. 2. Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.
Word: workbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + book. Pronunciation: /ˈwɝk.bʊk/, /ˈwɜːk.bʊk/ 1. A book, used by a student, in which answers and workings may be entered besides questions and exercises. 2. A book, used by a business, containing a record of work to be done, or work completed. 3. A collection of spreadsheets stored in the same file.
Word: workfare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of work + welfare. 1. A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid Labels: US, uncountable
Word: workforce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English force English workforce From work + force. Pronunciation: /ˈwɝk.foɹs/, [ˈwɚk.fo̞ɹs], /ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/, /ˈwɝk.fo(ː)ɹs/, /ˈwɜːk.foəs/ 1. All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project. Example: The rail sector's ageing workforce (28% of workers are over 50 years old) means that about 15,000 people could retire from the industry by 2025. Example: But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices. 2. The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable. Example: “There is no question the US economy will get smaller as you deport a lot of the workforce,” Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said in an interview.
Word: working-class Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the working class; suggestive of the working class in manner of speaking, outlook, appearance, or other qualities. Example: There is one obvious sense in which working-class politics has declined in the last twenty years or so: the proportion of working-class people involved at various levels of party politics has dropped. Example: Jean-Baptiste ordered herb soup, potatoes, and cheese along with two glasses of beer — a typical working-class lunch, he said to Aimee with a smile.
Word: workingman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From working + -man. 1. A man who works in exchange for payment, especially a labourer who does manual labour. Example: The workingman, through the invention of many time and labor saving devices, has been freed from much drudgery and now finds his day portionable into eight hours for rest, eight hours for work and eight hours for recreation. Example: To her it seemed indecent that a pregnant woman of her standing (Government Service) should have to board the steamer without a husband to go with her and dispute about her accommodation and whisper anxiously to the doctor and stewardess—almost as indecent as a Government Service woman's having her baby in the hospital in Port Zodiac with the wives of workingmen and Greeks.
Word: workingwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From working + woman. 1. A woman who works in exchange for payment, especially one who does manual labour
Word: slackness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slacnesse, slakenes, slaknesse; equivalent to slack + -ness. Compare Old English slæcnes. Pronunciation: /ˈslæknəs/ 1. The state of being slack; the quality of having slack. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Vulgarity in West Indian culture. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A subgenre of dancehall music with sexual lyrics. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: genocidaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English genocidebor. French génocide Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French génocidairebor. English genocidaire Borrowed from French génocidaire. Piecewise doublet of genocider. Pronunciation: /ʒɛn.ə.siˈdɛ(ə)ɹ/, /d͡ʒɛn.ə.saɪˈdɛ(ə)ɹ/ 1. One who was involved in committing (perpetrating) the Rwandan Genocide. Example: 'There are thousands of genocidaires living in EU countries, with large numbers in almost every European country including the UK,' said Rakiya Omaar, whose organisation, African Rights, has worked since the genocide to track them down. Example: When the RPF sent him and a friend back to school in Rwanda […] his friend attacked the Hutu teacher one night, strangling him with a rope, saying that he was a génocidaire. 2. One who is involved in committing (perpetrating) any genocide. Example: […] Israeli genocidaires who have the full support and backing of the racist American genocidaires against Palestine and the Palestinians. The ICC will not touch White racist American, British, Canadian, European, and Israeli perpetrators […] Example: What we must see, Rechtman argues, is that for genocidaires (those who carry out acts that are or approach genocide), there is nothing extraordinary, unusual, or world-historical about [their acts].
Word: play Old Harry Part of Speech: verb 1. To play the devil; to make mischief. Labels: idiomatic Example: By his accent and innocent style I detected he was not a colonial, so I got him to relate his history. He was an Englishman by birth, but had been to America, Spain, New Zealand, Tasmania, &c.; by his own make out had ever been a man of note, and had played Old Harry everywhere. Example: Blenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris.
Word: Old Harry Part of Speech: name 1. The Devil. Labels: informal Example: 'For if Old Harry's a mind to do a bit o' kindness for a holiday, like, who's got anything against it?'
Word: ambassade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ambassade. Doublet of embassy. 1. The mission of an ambassador. Labels: obsolete Example: Sir Henry Killigrew, after Ambaſſades and meſſages, and many other employments of peace and warre, in his Princes ſeruice, to the good of his Countrey, hath made choyce of a retyred eſtate 2. An embassy. Labels: obsolete Example: 1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England […] thereupon the queen's majesty, trusting that the king of Spain was of the same mind, she did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]
Word: silly string Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the original brand name. 1. aerosol string Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: spray can Part of Speech: noun 1. A pressurized canister that ejects its contents from a nozzle when a button is pressed; used for paint, cosmetics, lubricants, insecticide etc.
Word: otherworldliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English otherworldly Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 otherworldliness From otherworldly + -ness. 1. The quality of being otherworldly. Labels: uncountable Example: Nora kept her letter secret from all except Jessie. She did not even tell Mrs. Hurley, though she had taken a fancy for spending a great part of her days with Jim's mother. Mrs. Hurley turned warmly to the girl's new affection for her. Her own daughters, in their otherworldliness, seemed at times too remote from her. Example: We forget, sometimes, because our natures are shallow and all experiences that do not touch our skin are lost upon us. Sometimes because the cares of the world and the struggle for wealth and the lusts of other things enter in and choke every influence and memory that would help to redeem us. Sometimes we forget because we are at no pains to remember. And this indifference costs us dear. We lose thereby our sense of perspective in life, thinking too highly of the things that are seen and too little of the greater things unseen. We lose that otherworldliness which imparts to character a tender and gracious beauty. We lose our familiarity with the facts which we ourselves shall have to face, and for which we need to prepare in meditation and silence. So we cannot live our highest life without our dead. The thought of them will possess us with the conviction of eternity and home.
Word: pressurized Part of Speech: adj 1. Under pressure.
Word: pressurized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pressurize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: worktable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + table. 1. A table designed for work of a specific type. 2. A table designed for work of a specific type. Labels: historical
Word: workup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from work up. 1. A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness. Labels: countable 2. All the additional procedures and reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Synonym of scrub baseball. Labels: uncountable Example: The first time I saw Amity we were in front of her house playing work-up, a baseball variation where you move from position to position by outs until you get to bat. 5. An unfinished or unfinalized version; a draft, prototype. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He toured Japan with Judy Collins, and on his return in 1967, he presented the initial work-up on "Alice's Restaurant" at the WNYC Folk Song Festival. 6. A dossier. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They found another gun, a Glock, more ammunition. But the most troubling thing they found was a manila folder with a workup on Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Word: workweek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + week. 1. The range of days of the week that are normally worked. Labels: US Example: Mrs. Lienemann, the French Housing Minister, sees socialist and ecological forces proposing what she calls “a new culture”—perhaps named “Ecosocialism”—that might, she believes, work for innovations like a 32-hour workweek, more democracy at the workplace, and “a greater stress on quality than quantity in everyday life.” Example: That trial, which began the same week as the elections that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, remains a symbol, to a certain sort of Englishman, of the societywide breakdown of the 1970s, which was a decade of currency devaluations, crippling strikes, uncollected garbage and shortened workweeks.
Word: world-class Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /wɜː(ɹ)ldˈklæs/, /wɜː(ɹ)ldˈklɑːs/ 1. Of a standard that ranks among the best in the world. Example: Chris Green remarks that this "world-class gateway to London and the UK still looks as good as new", [...]. 2. Extraordinary in degree. Labels: informal Example: A world-class idiot Example: Both of you, prepare for a world-class punishment session when we get home!
Word: world-famous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compound of world + famous. Pronunciation: /ˌwɜːldˈfeɪməs/, /ˌwɝldˈfeɪməs/ 1. Renowned universally; known worldwide. Example: Albert Einstein is a world-famous scientist. Example: Mr. Peng said that the world-famous scientist, Sven Hedin, was kidnapped by troops under General Ma in south Sinkiang, but was released later, and is believed to be safe and well at Akosu.
Word: worldly-wise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare the synonym worldwise, which has cognates in various West-Germanic languages. 1. Experienced in the ways of the world; sophisticated and cosmopolitan. Example: I had a natural African American impulse to let this worldlywise middle-aged black woman's maternalism wash over me. And as a post-civil rights African American, I assumed that it was a white audience's job to follow suit.
Word: soople Part of Speech: adj 1. supple Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: "Anither New Sang" http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/16459/criteria/fishing Ye think our questions to evade, An weel ye ken that soople trade, But Saunder's isna just the blade, That ye can flam wi' butter. 2. suitable Labels: dialectal Example: Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander" He's a right scholar, can write so small you can scarcely see it; younger nor I am, and more soople, sir, oh, far more soople.
Word: worldview Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of German Weltanschauung, equivalent to world + view. 1. An individual's, ingroup's or society's view of the world and how it is to be interpreted. Example: Near-synonym: cosmovision Example: According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German. 2. The totality of one's beliefs about reality. Example: Near-synonym: cosmology 3. A general philosophy or view of life. Example: The Elizabethan worldview differs from a modern worldview. Example: Human beings feel safe and secure when they can stand confidently in the center of things, either in the center of an age or in the center of a class of people with a common world-view, but when they come to an edge, they feel nervous and unsettled.
Word: worm-eaten Part of Speech: adj 1. Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside. Example: Once upon a time there was a lad, who went along a road cracking nuts. He happened to find one which was worm-eaten, and shortly afterwards he met the devil. 2. Rotten or decrepit. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The wooden jetty on the East Pier had become worm-eaten and was demolished, but the Admiralty lent an old hulk to serve as a rough-and-ready packet facility.
Word: worriment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English worry Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English worriment From worry + -ment. 1. The act of worrying; anxiety. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Maybe he feared that himself, John Guthrie, his rage was his worriment with the night […]. 2. A worrying situation or thing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: worrywart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From worry + wart, apparently chosen for alliteration. Presumably related to earlier worryguts. Attested 1956, but earlier examples are found in newspapers of the 1930s and 1940s. Pronunciation: /ˈwʌɹ.ɪˌwɔːt/, /ˈwʌɹ.iˌwɔːt/, /ˈwʌɹ.iˌwoɹt/, /ˈwɚ.iˌwoɹt/ 1. A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters. Example: It doesn't mean you're a worrywart, a nervous wreck or in need of heavy medication. Example: On vacation, I'm a worrywart for fretting about third-degree burns and puncture wounds.
Word: worshiper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of worshipper. Cf. kidnaper and kidnapper. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: wraparound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wrap + around. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæp.ə.ɹaʊnd/ 1. Designed to be wrapped around the body and tied. Labels: not-comparable 2. Extending around a corner or bend. Labels: not-comparable, usually 3. Serving to surround or bookend something else. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ushers announced movie showtimes from the moment the A picture started because the wraparound material was simply not the main attraction.
Word: wraparound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wrap + around. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæp.ə.ɹaʊnd/ 1. A garment that is wrapped around the body and tied. Labels: countable 2. A label or advertising display that wraps around a container. Labels: countable 3. A segment where material featuring one person (such as a reporter) is introduced and concluded by another person. Labels: countable 4. An extension to a property that combines side and rear additions. Labels: attributive, countable, often 5. Synonym of wraparound mortgage. Labels: countable 6. Word wrap, the word processing feature that moves text to the beginning of the next line if it will not fit at the end of the current line. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: See also: autowrap, backwrap, line break, word wrap, and wrapping 7. The wrapping of numerical values in case of underflow or overflow. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The addition of integers is unchecked, so wraparound occurs if the resulting value is beyond the representable range. 8. An attempt to score by reaching around the side of the net from behind. Labels: countable
Word: wrappings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrapping Labels: form-of, plural 2. wrapping material collectively
Word: wrap-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from wrap up. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæpʌp/ 1. A brief condensation or recapitulation as a final summary, especially to a news programme. 2. A concluding action; a conclusion.
Word: wretchedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wrecchedly; equivalent to wretched + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt͡ʃədli/, /ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪdli/ 1. In a wretched manner. Example: Tell my page to ask him to walk with you, for you look wretchedly, and to be sure you have been on your knees a long time rubbing that foot, I must say. Example: I felt wretchedly old, and worn out, and unfit for my place—and began to wonder, for the first time in my life, when it would please God to take me.
Word: wrongheadedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English wrongheaded Middle English -ly English -ly English wrongheadedly From wrongheaded + -ly. 1. In a wrongheaded manner. Example: In a movie like The Extra Girl, though Sue is the starring role, Dave is the active role in romantic comedy terms. The happy ending makes them both happy, but he's the one who has pursued Sue unstintingly while Sue has wrongheadedly pursued a career.
Word: wriggler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wriggle + -er. 1. Anything that wriggles (literally or figuratively). 2. Anything that wriggles (literally or figuratively). 3. Anything that wriggles (literally or figuratively).
Word: wriggly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wriggle + -y. 1. That wriggles. Labels: informal
Word: wrinkly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wrinkle + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋk(ə)li/ 1. Having wrinkles.
Word: wrinkly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wrinkle + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋk(ə)li/ 1. An old person. Labels: informal
Word: wristband Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wrist + band. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪs(t)ˌbænd/, /ˈɹɪzbənd/ 1. The cuff of a sleeve that wraps around the wrist. 2. A strip of material worn around the wrist, e.g. to absorb perspiration, especially in sports. 3. A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist. 4. A band that supports a wristwatch. 5. A cord worn around the wrist, used to hold a small object such as a knife: a lanyard
Word: write-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from write up. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtˌʌp/ 1. A written account of something, as a record. 2. An official document or documentation listing or outlining the faults, offenses or wrongdoing of someone. 3. An increase made to the book value of an asset that was previously undervalued. 4. A review published in the print or online media for a book, film, etc. Example: The film had poor write-ups, but I ended up enjoying it anyway.
Word: wrongfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wrongful 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 wrongfulness From wrongful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being wrongful. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: wrongheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wrongheaded 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 wrongheadedness From wrongheaded + -ness. 1. The state of being wrongheaded. Labels: uncountable
Word: wrongness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrongnesse, equivalent to wrong + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒŋ.nəs/ 1. The quality of being wrong; error or fault. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Often, on the plantation, he had seen the white men take drinks. But there was something somehow different in the manner of Borckman’s taking a drink. Jerry was aware, vaguely, that there was something surreptitious about it. What was wrong he did not know, yet he sensed the wrongness and watched suspiciously. Example: It’s not true that I’m always thinking of H. Work and conversation make that impossible. But the times when I’m not are perhaps my worst. For then, though I have forgotten the reason, there is spread over everything a vague sense of wrongness, of something amiss. 2. Wrong or reprehensible things or actions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But your father didnt exactly do wrong things: he said them and thought them: that was what was so dreadful. He really had a sort of religion of wrongness. Just as one doesnt mind men practising immorality so long as they own that they are in the wrong by preaching morality; so I couldnt forgive Andrew for preaching immorality while he practised morality. Example: 1937, Elizabeth Sparks, Interview transcribed in Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Washington: Library of Congress, 1941, Volume 17, Virginia Narratives, Old Massa done so much wrongness I couldn’t tell yer all of it.
Word: pleasurably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pleasurable Middle English -ly English -ly English pleasurably From pleasurable + -ly. 1. In a pleasurable manner.
Word: wrought-iron Part of Speech: adj 1. made from wrought iron Labels: not-comparable Example: The cars, of which there were five, were four-wheelers seating 32, and had wrought-iron railings round the end platforms. Example: On February 24, 319379 crosses the wrought-iron Carr Mill Viaduct with Northern's 1515 Liverpool Lime Street-Wigan North Western service, viewed from a spillway for the reservoir.
Word: unpleasurable 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 pleasure Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pleasurable English unpleasurable From un- + pleasurable. 1. That gives displeasure. Example: Before the advent of resensation there exists neither the known nor the unknown, only pleasurable, comfortable, or unpleasurable sensations which come and go. With resensation there arises the division into the familiar and the new, the unknown.
Word: wrought-up Part of Speech: adj 1. excited, stimulated or agitated;
Word: wryness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wry 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 wryness From wry + -ness. 1. The state of being wry Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: spider web Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of spiderweb. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rod iron Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of wrought iron. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: solomongundy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hobson-Jobson modification of salmagundi. 1. Alternative form of salmagundi (“dish of meat, fish, onions, oil and vinegar, etc”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Solomon Gundy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hobson-Jobson modification of salmagundi. 1. Salmagundi (a main dish of chopped meat, fish, onions, oil and vinegar, etc). Labels: uncountable Example: [This dish,] Solomon Gundy, is described by Johnson, in his Dictionary, as a compound of chopped meat, pickled herrings, onions, oil, vinegar, and pepper. Example: “Solomon Gundy” is a heavy cold salad of any various meats, boiled eggs, salt fish or anchovies, olives, onions or other vegetables, dressed with oil, ... 2. A pâté of pickled, salted, smoked red herring or other fish, minced and spiced with peppers and seasonings, popular as an appetizer in Jamaican cuisine. Labels: uncountable Example: Walker's Wood produces Solomon Gundy, a fish pâté that's a popular dip and appetizer. Example: Solomon Gundy is a traditional Jamaican dish, a pâté made with smoked herring that we eat with crackers.
Word: rafting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːftɪŋ/, /ˈɹæftɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of raft Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rafting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːftɪŋ/, /ˈɹæftɪŋ/ 1. The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting. Labels: uncountable
Word: raggedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ragged Middle English -ly English -ly English raggedly From ragged + -ly. 1. In a ragged manner, unevenly, especially not in unison Example: At Ickwell Green, in Bedfordshire, there is a permanent maypole. There, the May Queen is accompanied by moggies (raggedly dressed women) carrying besoms - birch-twig brooms.
Word: rapaciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English rapacious Middle English -ly English -ly English rapaciously From rapacious + -ly. 1. In a rapacious manner, greedily, with great appetite.