nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sub-Saharan Africa Part of Speech: name 1. Africa south of the Sahara, particularly used to distinguish the areas chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples. Example: While the average cost of sending money to sub-Saharan Africa is the highest in the world, the cost of digital remittances to the region is less than the global average. If more Africans sent money home via digital services rather than cash, average remittance fees should fall, but receiving money online requires the internet, which is used in sub-Saharan Africa by only 37% of people, according to the World Bank.
Word: adjutant stork Part of Speech: noun 1. The marabou
Word: fattest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of fat: most fat Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: funniest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfʌni.ɪst/, /ˈfʌnɪ.ɪst/, /ˈfʊnɪ.ɪst/, /ˈfʌni.əst/ 1. superlative form of funny: most funny Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's more sophisticated audiences.
Word: funniest Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈfʌni.ɪst/, /ˈfʌnɪ.ɪst/, /ˈfʊnɪ.ɪst/, /ˈfʌni.əst/ 1. superlative form of funny: most funny Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: bleakest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of bleak: most bleak Labels: form-of, superlative Example: On March 9, 1903, an extension, 50 miles in length, was opened from Letterkenny to the remote outpost of Burtonport, a small township on the shores of the Atlantic in the far north-west corner of Co. Donegal, running through some of the wildest and bleakest parts of the country.
Word: nominations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: modifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of modification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: experiencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of experience Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: experiencing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of undergoing an experience, or the experience itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a still further alternative, there's the conjecture that […] our split-brain patient was engaged in not one, but two experiencings. Quite dramatically, during the differentially stimulating setup of the experimental situation, her experiencings were qualitatively very different, and not just numerically distinct.
Word: one-eyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English oneyed, on-eied, on-eiȝed, from Old English ānēġed (“one-eyed”), from Proto-Germanic *ainaugidaz, equivalent to one + eyed. Compare Old English ānīeġe (“one-eyed”), Scots ane-eit, aan eet (“one-eyed”), Saterland Frisian eenooged (“one-eyed”), West Frisian ieneagich (“one-eyed”), Dutch eenogig (“one-eyed”), German einäugig (“one-eyed”), Danish enøjet (“one-eyed”), Swedish enögd (“one-eyed”), Icelandic ein-eygður, ein-eygur (“one-eyed”). Pronunciation: /ˈwʌnˌaɪd/ 1. Having only a single eye, particularly when a greater number is normal. Labels: not-comparable 2. Being able to see out of only one eye. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lallapalootza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Probably a fanciful formation. 1. Something very good of its kind. Labels: US, slang Example: Saturday night we had our final parade with the fireworks finish, and it was a lallapalootza!
Word: revolute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin revolūtus, perfect passive participle of revolvō (“roll back”). 1. Rolled or recurved on itself. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the edges rolled with the abaxial side outward. Labels: not-comparable
Word: revolute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin revolūtus, perfect passive participle of revolvō (“roll back”). 1. to roll back, curve upwards
Word: revolute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from revolution. 1. to participate in or incite a revolution or revolt Labels: rare Example: The Hawaiians have ‘revoluted’ and dethroned the fat squaw they have hitherto chosen to call a queen. Example: Christmas always thought himself a “patriotic American,” but, as he saw the matter, a little “revoluting” on behalf of his benefactors—Manuel Bonilla and Estrada Cabrera—in no sense harmed the interestes of the United States.
Word: retifism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adapted borrowing of German Retifismus, coined by German dermatologist and sexologist Iwan Bloch in reference to the French novelist Nicolas-Edme Rétif’s Le Pied de Fanchette (Fanchette’s Foot, 1769), about a girl who is hounded by shoe-fetishists. By surface analysis, Rétif + -ism. 1. The sexual fetish of attraction to shoes. Labels: uncountable Example: 2004, Cameron Kippen, Curtin University of Technology (Perth, Western Australia) Department of Podiatry https://web.archive.org/web/20071018035445/http://podiatry.curtin.edu.au/fetish.html In the interests of intellectual exchange the author attempts to describe foot fetish and shoe retifism.
Word: Dharuk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug dharug (“language”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌrʊk/ 1. The extinct Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language, within the Yuin-Kuric group, formerly spoken by people who lived in the Sydney region, from the southern shore of Port Jackson south to Botany Bay and as far inland as Camden and Penrith. Closely related to Dhurga and Thurawal.
Word: warrigal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug wuragal (“wild and undomesticated dingo”). 1. A wild dingo. 2. A wild horse.
Word: black velvet Part of Speech: noun 1. Australian aboriginal women with whom white men have sex. Labels: Australia, slang, uncountable Example: ‘Just can’t imagine anybody else havin’ a go at your missus while you’re away chasing black velvet in Mt Isa, can ya?’ Example: But the Krater who introduces Mark to black velvet is totally human and, in his gestures, culpable. 2. Sexual intercourse with an Australian aboriginal woman. Labels: Australia, slang, uncountable Example: Black velvet — that is, the sexual abuse of Aboriginal women — had become highly topical with the publication of Coonardoo and Capricornia, and Miles’ choices in this area still seem reasonable. 3. A cocktail of stout and champagne (or sometimes a cheaper type of sparkling white wine). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Suggested sources are * Malay bung (“brother”), * Indonesian dialectal bung (“brother”) * A New Guinea native language * An Aboriginal Australian language. Previously the word Binghi was used widely in similar fashion to the present-day use of the term Negro for peoples of African ancestry; see titles from this booklist and also writings of Xavier Herbert (e.g. in Capricornia), for example. Pronunciation: /bʊŋ/ 1. An Australian Aboriginal person. Labels: Australia, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: I heard Bruce tell one of the drinkers he'd bought a place in Queensland where you could ‘still call a Boong a Boong’. Example: ‘[…]I quit the feds because I didn't want to be a showpiece boong cop.’ 2. A native of New Guinea or Malaysia. Labels: Australia, dated, slang Example: A couple of boongs came down and carried me up to the hut where our R.A.P. corporal was. Example: During the War the soldiers generally referred to Papua New Guineans as “Boongs,” a name also given to black Americans. It is not a nice word, but is fair to say that the Aussies held the boongs in quite some affection during the War.
Word: native cat Part of Speech: noun 1. The quoll; any member of the genus Dasyurus of carnivorous marsupials. Labels: Australia Example: 1907, New South Wales Department of Agriculture, The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Volume 17, page 154, We have found the greatest enemies to be rats, native cats, hawks and crows. Example: The Native Cat, or Tjilpa, is not a real cat but a small marsupial (Dasyurus geoffreyi) with outsize whiskers and a banded tail held vertically above its back.
Word: soothes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of soothe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blames Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bleɪmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blame Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: baby-faced Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪbiˌfeɪst/ 1. Having a face that appears childlike, innocent, or youthful. Example: Michelle was of the opinion that all the best con artists were baby-faced, since that inspires trust in others. Example: [David] Caruso’s at his best in control of things as an island of calm fury. Here, looking like a babier-faced Alan Ladd, he’s hardly in charge even of his own destiny as an ex-petty thief who, forced by a cousin to do one more run, is caught, jailed, loses his wife in a car crash, and suffers the final indignity of having to turn police informer to secure permanent freedom.
Word: babyfaced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of baby-faced. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baby faced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of baby-faced. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: backslapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From backslap + -er. 1. One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc. Example: Charming and funny as he was in small groups, he was no glad-hander, backslapper, or baby-kisser.
Word: backslappers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backslapper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backslides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backslide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: backslides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backslide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backslid Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backslide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: backslider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From backslide + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbakslaɪdə/, /ˈbækslaɪdɚ/ 1. A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate. Example: She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house. Example: At night the Red Elephant Tusk boomed and groaned among the hills, and the faithful waked and said: ‘The God of Things as They Are matures revenge against the backsliders.’ 2. One who will not do his work or shoulder his responsibilities. Labels: Ireland
Word: backsliders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backslider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bagful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bage-ful, bage full, baggeful, bagg-ful; equivalent to bag + -ful. Pronunciation: [ˈbæɡfʊɫ] 1. The amount that fills a bag. Example: She carried a bagful of groceries into the house. 2. A large assortment. Example: The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech. Example: They each had, it seemed, a bagful of sermons often preached with great authority, and brought souls low before the altar—like so many ears of corn lopped off by the hired laborer in his daily work […]
Word: bagfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bagful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English -ie English baggie From bag + -ie (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbæɡi/ 1. A small bag, especially a small, clear, plastic bag. Labels: US 2. Alternative form of baggy (bag filled with marijuana) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baggies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæɡiz/ 1. plural of baggie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of baggy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baggies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæɡiz/ 1. Baggy shorts worn by surfers. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: If everybody had an ocean across the U.S.A. / Then everybody'd be surfin' like Californi-a / You'd seem 'em wearin' their baggies, Huarachi sandals too 2. Baggy cycling shorts. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: But if you are going to say hello or wave to other riders, don't make distinctions based on whether they are riding fat tyres or thin, wear their socks above or below their knee warmers, or wear Lycra or baggies.
Word: sores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dorados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dorado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upscale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From up + scale, 1966 (adjective), 1963 (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈʌpskeɪl/ 1. Expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers. Labels: US Example: For example, a good location for resale, such as an upscale suburb of new homes, will cost more money than a piece of land in an established neighborhood of small, postwar houses. Example: In Rio de Janeiro, thousands protested in a gritty area far from the city’s upscale seaside districts. In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetings or interrupted sessions of local lawmakers, clapping loudly and sometimes taking over the microphone.
Word: upscale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up + scale, 1966 (adjective), 1963 (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈʌpskeɪl/ 1. To increase in size, to scale up.
Word: cassettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cassette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a blend of blob + gob, or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, lob, blob, lump, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.) In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour. Pronunciation: /ɡlɑb/, /ɡlɒb/ 1. A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance. Example: He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting. 2. A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
Word: glob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly a blend of blob + gob, or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, lob, blob, lump, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.) In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour. Pronunciation: /ɡlɑb/, /ɡlɒb/ 1. To stick in globs or lumps. Example: […] paint globbed on the canvas, marring the careful shadowing he'd created on the snowbank. It was an amateurish mistake, completely unworthy of an artist of Teddy's skill.
Word: glob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; clipping of global. Pronunciation: /ɡlɑb/, /ɡlɒb/ 1. A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression; such a pattern.
Word: glob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; clipping of global. Pronunciation: /ɡlɑb/, /ɡlɒb/ 1. To carry out pattern matching using a glob. Example: In filename globbing, * means any character, group of characters, or no characters at all.
Word: semisolid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Latin solidusder. Old French solidebor. Middle English solide English solid English semisolid From semi- + solid. 1. Having properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semisolid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Latin solidusder. Old French solidebor. Middle English solide English solid English semisolid From semi- + solid. 1. Any substance with such properties. 2. A platform that one can pass through from below, but not from above.
Word: abstention doctrines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abstention doctrine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: positive law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1651: From Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan 1. Law explicitly made, as compared to natural law; law prescribed by express enactment or institution. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We know that generally in all commonwealths, the execution of corporal punishments, was either put upon the guards, or other soldiers of the sovereign power; or given to those, in whom want of means, contempt of honour, and hardness of heart, concurred, to make them sue for such an office. But amongst the Israelites it was a positive law of God their sovereign, that he that was convicted of a capital crime, should be stoned to death by the people. Example: But the same term, positive law, is also very often used to designate statute law or positive legislation, as distinguished from customary or unwritten law derived by the judicial application of natural reason.
Word: daisy-chain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from daisy chain (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪzit͡ʃeɪn/, /ˈdeɪziˌt͡ʃeɪn/ 1. To artificially increase (the price of a commodity; originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) by a group of dealers buying and selling it among themselves before it is sold to a party outside the group. Labels: transitive 2. To connect (several computer devices or peripherals, or other components) in sequence with each other, usually such that the output of one component forms the input of another; also (followed by to), to connect (a computer device, peripheral, or other component) to another component in such a sequence. Labels: transitive Example: We daisy-chained several USB hubs to see if we could reach the far side of the room. Example: The jacks can be ‘daisy-chained’ and controlled as a synchronised set. 3. Of people, animals, etc.: to position in a line and move like a chain. Labels: intransitive 4. To artificially increase the price of a commodity (originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) by a group of dealers buying and selling it among themselves before it is sold to a party outside the group. Labels: intransitive 5. Especially of a computer device, peripheral, or other component: to be capable of being connected with other components in sequence. Labels: intransitive Example: These peripherals are designed to daisy-chain easily with each other.
Word: daisy-chain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from daisy chain (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪzit͡ʃeɪn/, /ˈdeɪziˌt͡ʃeɪn/ 1. Alternative form of daisy chain. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unlink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + link. 1. To decouple; to remove a link from, or separate the links of. Labels: transitive 2. To delete (a file). Labels: Unix, transitive Example: That's because the permission to unlink a file doesn't depend upon the permission bits on the file itself; it's the permission bits on the directory that contains the file that matter.
Word: unlink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + link. 1. A link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane.
Word: prickly pear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prickly + pear, from the nature of the plant's fruit, which, like the cactus it grows on, has spines on its surface. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/ 1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia. 2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.
Word: exclaiming Part of Speech: adj 1. Uttering an exclamation.
Word: exclaiming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exclaim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exclaiming Part of Speech: noun 1. exclamation Example: The singular half hour under the trees by the pool, spent, after the first hysteric moments were over, in vague exclaimings and questions […]
Word: Indian fig Part of Speech: noun 1. Certain species of Asian fig 2. Certain species of Asian fig 3. Certain prickly pears (genus Opuntia), in family Cactaceae Labels: archaic Example: The Indian fig is very different from other figs; when ripe, it is of an oval form, and of a colour inclining to yellow; it has a thick succulent rind, so covered with fine sharp prickles, as to render gloves, or some other substitute necessary, when peeling it. 4. Certain prickly pears (genus Opuntia), in family Cactaceae: Labels: archaic 5. Certain prickly pears (genus Opuntia), in family Cactaceae: Labels: archaic
Word: foley session Part of Speech: noun 1. A session in which sound effects are added to a film or TV scene
Word: yields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yield Labels: form-of, plural Example: The agricultural yields were lower this year.
Word: yields Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yield Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rattled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rattle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the surname Foley, itself from Irish Ó Foghlú and Old Irish Ó Foghladha (“plunderer”). The meanings related to sound effects are named after sound effects pioneer Jack Foley. Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊli/ 1. The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images. Labels: US, uncountable 2. A foley artist. Labels: US, countable 3. A Foley catheter. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Word: successors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of successor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gripped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of grip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gripped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪpt/ 1. excited; mesmerized 2. Having a grip, or grips 3. Afraid; too anxious to continue a climb. Labels: slang
Word: foley artist Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who creates sound effects and adds them to film and TV images. Labels: US
Word: mastered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of master Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resorted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resort Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Once cornered, the bank robbers resorted to using their guns.
Word: sound effect Part of Speech: noun 1. An artificially created or enhanced sound, used to accompany the action of a dramatic production, such as a film, play or video game. 2. A caption in a comic strip representing a sound. Example: It's also becoming more commonplace for artists to add some of their own sound effects while they're drawing the art. If they haven't drawn all of the sound effects, you may decide to mimic the style of their existing sound effects with digital brushes for a more homogenous look.
Word: jerked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jerk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dynamometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dynamo- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪnəˈmɒmɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. Any of various devices used to measure mechanical power, force, or torque.
Word: dynamometer car Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of railway rolling stock used to measure various aspects of a locomotive's performance. Example: Wide open, a 4000 consumed up to 22 tons of coal and 100,000 pounds of water an hour and produced in one authenticated dynamometer-car test 6290 drawbar horsepower at 41.4 miles per hour. Example: More trials of diesel locomotives with fitted mineral trains have been observed. On October 31 a Brush Type 2, No. D5834, was seen on the Doncaster-Scunthorpe line with dynamometer car and 32 loaded wagons.
Word: container ship Part of Speech: noun 1. A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.
Word: cargo vessel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any vessel designed to carry cargo. Example: Near-synonyms: cargo ship, freighter, cargoman
Word: bulk carrier Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bʌlk ˈker.i.ɚ/ 1. Any ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds. Example: Otherwise, overseas coking coal will be moved to the UK by bulk ocean carrier, which are among the filthiest polluting objects on the face of the Earth we seek to protect.
Word: bulk cargo Part of Speech: noun 1. Any cargo, either liquid or dry, that is shipped in volume without being packed into containers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Almost all modern cranes are electrically operated and a quick-acting type of 30 cwt. capacity is suitable for general cargo, but not powerful enough to operate grabs for discharge of bulk cargoes.
Word: Continental Navy Part of Speech: name 1. The United States Navy between 1775 and 1794. Labels: historical
Word: continental shelf Part of Speech: noun 1. The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
Word: contline Part of Speech: noun 1. The spiral groove between the strands of a rope. 2. The space between casks stowed side by side.
Word: cuntline Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of contline. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A waxed line is middled, and a loose loop laid around one strand, then both ends are brought out at the opposite cuntline.
Word: cheque book Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛk.bʊk/ 1. Alternative spelling of chequebook. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He must have lost his head, or he never would have left the stick or above all, burned the cheque book.
Word: chequebook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheque + book. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛk.bʊk/ 1. A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account.
Word: mug up Part of Speech: verb 1. To study intensely. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: I mugged up on the meaning of road signs before taking my driving test. Example: You need to mug up Tennyson for this class. 2. To paint one's face or put on a costume for the purpose of impersonation. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, slang
Word: coppered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of copper Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coppered Part of Speech: adj 1. (of the hull of a wooden ship) sheathed below the waterline with thin sheets of copper to prevent the attack of teredo shipworms and limit the buildup of weed
Word: coracle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of Celtic origin; related to Welsh corwg, Irish curach (“boat”) and Cornish gorhel (“ship”), from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹəkəl/ 1. A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a person's back. Example: The White Hart, overlooking the bridge, has a bar named after the coracles that may still be seen on this part of the Teifi.
Word: merchant ship Part of Speech: noun 1. A ship that is principally or (usually) entirely civilian, engaged in trade, which carries cargo, passengers, or both. Example: Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit.
Word: corinthian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Corinthian (“a sailboat owner who helms his or her own boat in competitive racing”) Labels: alt-of
Word: Corinthians Part of Speech: name 1. Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.
Word: Corinthians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Corinthian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iora Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of passerine birds, of the genus Aegithina, found in India and other parts of Asia
Word: polycount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English polycount From poly- + count. 1. The total number of polygons found in a three-dimensional model.
Word: for the sake of Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of. Example: Release this man, for the sake of justice! Example: The full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.
Word: Garífuna Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Garifuna. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: electrodynamometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English dynamometer English electrodynamometer From electro- + dynamometer. 1. An instrument, having a fixed and a moveable coil, that measures the power flowing in an electric circuit; a type of wattmeter.
Word: wattmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English watt Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English wattmeter From watt + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring electric power in watts.
Word: revisions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revision Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revisions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revision Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pickup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pick + up. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkʌp/ 1. Misspelling of pick up. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pickups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pickup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equivalents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equivalent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rails Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹeɪlz/ 1. plural of rail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rails Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹeɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: diminutives Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪvz/, /dəˈmən.jə.təvz/, /ɖɪˈmɪn.ju.tɪvz/ 1. plural of diminutive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nimbed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nimb + -ed. Pronunciation: /nɪmd/ 1. Having a nimb or halo. Labels: not-comparable Example: She sprang out from their midst like the Virgin in a busy Annunciation, calm as Mary and nimbed with that unmistakable aura of the chosen.
Word: trademarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trademark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trademarks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trademark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intrigo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian intrigo. 1. Synonym of intrigue (all senses). Labels: obsolete
Word: undergoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of undergo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nimb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nimbus. Doublet of nimbus. Pronunciation: /nɪm/, /nɪmb/ 1. A nimbus or halo.
Word: behaving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of behave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: behaving Part of Speech: noun 1. Behaviour. Example: After that, he watched the semichivalrous behavings of the three English with quiet amusement; he thought Fielding had been incredibly silly and weak, and he was amazed by the younger people's want of proper pride. Example: For any such thing can play the role in an individual life which philosophers have thought could, or at least should, be played only by things which were universal, common to us all. It can symbolise the blind impress all our behavings bear.
Word: trademarking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trademark Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: handles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of handle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extraordinarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English extraordinary Middle English -ly English -ly English extraordinarily From extraordinary + -ly. 1. In an extraordinary manner. Example: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place. Example: With such a skewed probability, the quantum reasoning goes, we have long overlooked the tiny chance that the baseball can (and, on extraordinarily rare occasions, will) land somewhere completely different.
Word: replaces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of replace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: slices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slices Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slice Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nop Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɒp/, /nɔp/ 1. A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing. Example: The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops, since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing. Example: 2004, Patterson et al, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface Notice that in computing CPI or IPC, we do not count any nops executed as useful instructions.
Word: nop Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /nɒp/, /nɔp/ 1. To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software. Example: For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out. Example: Worse, some patching can result in codes which cannot be executed: for example nopping the load which provides the value for the denominator of a division can result in a division by zero.
Word: nop Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /nɒp/, /nɔp/ 1. Alternative form of nope. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, rare
Word: constructions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of construction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: standardizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of standardize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: headwords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headword Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Italianate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Italian Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English Italianate From Italian + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Italian in style or character. Example: "This was a residence designed for living on a grand scale, with gilt chandeliers dangling overhead, rich oil paintings adorning walls, and Italianate marble fireplaces in every room." Example: Charlbury, between Oxford and Worcester, is one of the few surviving Italianate stations designed by Brunel. Built in 1853, it is characterised by the broad overhanging hipped roof, providing shelter at front and rear. 2. Pertaining to a style of Latin pronunciation imitating the modern Roman dialect of Italian, originally popularized outside of Italy by ultramontane Roman Catholics in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Labels: specifically Example: Work on how Latin would have sounded in music settings using the vernacular version of pronunciation is now under way and singers are beginning to adopt the appropriate sounds as far as these are known. The differences from Italianate Latin are often striking. Example: The Liber usualis of 1896 was eventually expanded to include pronunciation, and it resulted in the uniform adoption of an Italianate pronunciation of Latin throughout the Roman Catholic church.
Word: Italianate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English Italian Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English Italianate From Italian + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To Italianize.
Word: tallish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tall Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English tallish From tall + -ish. 1. somewhat tall Labels: not-comparable
Word: decorating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decorate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decorating Part of Speech: noun 1. decoration Example: Sometimes, at business meetings, bazaars, banquets, decoratings, celebratings, and what not, our animosities like wild tigers escape and create havoc in the flock.
Word: retyping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retype Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: updating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of update Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: updating Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is updated. Example: Later manuals in the United States as best illustrated by Sabetti went through many revisions and updatings.
Word: lazing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈleɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of laze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redecorate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English decorate English redecorate From re- + decorate. 1. To change the appearance of a place by altering the decor. Labels: transitive Example: Yeah, she said you had been helping her redecorate, that you had been to Parke Bernet, picking out a bureau. 2. To refurbish. Labels: transitive
Word: varnished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of varnish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: varnished Part of Speech: adj 1. coated or decorated with varnish
Word: toured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: analysed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of analyse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tinned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of tin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tinned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɪnd/ 1. Coated, or plated with tin. Labels: not-comparable 2. Packed in a tin can; canned. Labels: not-comparable Example: He lit a fire in the dining-room, and the chimney was damp and smoked abominably, so that when he had fed full on tinned meats he was fain to let the fire go out and to sit in his fur-lined overcoat by the becindered grate, now fast growing cold, and smoke pipe after pipe of gloomy reflection. 3. Previously prepared; not fresh or new Labels: not-comparable
Word: interviewed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tə.vjuːd/, /ˈɪn.tɚ.vjuːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of interview Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹeɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sunbathed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Since the 1890s or earlier; figurative, conceiving sunlight as if it were a fluid that can bathe (immerse) something. 1. Well lit up by sunlight; brightly sunlit. Labels: not-comparable Example: sunbathed landscape
Word: sunbathed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Since circa 1940; see sunbathe § Etymology. 1. simple past and past participle of sunbathe (“lie out in the sunshine”) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sunbathe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sun + bathe. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnbeɪð/ 1. To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun. Labels: intransitive
Word: sunbathe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + bathe. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnbeɪð/ 1. A sunbathing session: a sunbath. Example: Do you think it's warm enough outside for a sunbathe?
Word: afters Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after English -s English afters From after + -s (hypocoristic suffix). 1. Dessert. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable Example: What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream. 2. The festivities held after a wedding meal. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters. 3. Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable Example: 42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves. Example: Clarke was dismissed in the sixty-seventh minute ... for overly enthusiastic afters with one of the Wexford players. 4. An after-hours drinking session in a public house. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable Example: The lights flashed when the landlord shouted, “Last round of drinks before bar closes. Here^([sic]) me folks, no 'Afters' tonight mates!” Example: It was an afters pub, which meant it closed at 11 p.m., doors bolted, but with us all inside. 5. After-school care service. Labels: uncountable
Word: afters Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of after Labels: form-of, plural
Word: golfball Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of golf ball. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The IBM Selectric typewriter
Word: Web 2.0 Part of Speech: name Etymology: Web and a version number (as used in software). Coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛbˈtuː.pɔɪntˈoʊ/ 1. The second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content, social networking, and online collaboration. Labels: Internet Example: The first glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo might develop. Example: Web 2.0 was the logical consequence of the Internet going mainstream, weaving itself into everyday life and presenting new opportunities as millions of people rushed online.
Word: shareable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English share 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 shareable From share + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛəɹ.ə.bəl/ 1. Suitable for sharing. Example: Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.
Word: shareable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English share 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 shareable From share + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛəɹ.ə.bəl/ 1. Anything, such as food or a social media post, suitable for sharing.
Word: electrometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + -meter. 1. A device used to detect and measure static electricity; an electroscope. 2. A precision voltmeter that draws almost no current from the circuit.
Word: ergometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ergo- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English ergometer From ergo- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ɝːˈɡɑː.mə.t̬ɚ/ 1. A dynamometer used to measure the work done by muscles 2. A rowing machine or ergocycle
Word: Egyptianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Egyptian + -ization. 1. The making of a place or practice more Egyptian or more like Egypt; the introduction of Egyptian elements, practices, attitudes, language, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: 2003. "All the negotiations conducted in the 1930s on the principle of the Egyptianization of the canal’s staff and the training of skilled agents demonstrate that the concession system was perceived as a temporary system inherited from a bygone era, whose breakdown had to be accelerated." — Caroline Piquet, "The Suez Company’s Concession, 1854-1956" http://www.h-net.org/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHonline/2003/Piquet.pdf#search=%22egyptianization%22.
Word: hawking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hawk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hawking Part of Speech: noun 1. Action of the verb to hawk. Example: Boats shuttled to and fro, and the hawkings and peddlings of all sorts of wares helped to create an amazing scene of activity and prosperity.
Word: hawked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hawk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hawked Part of Speech: adj 1. Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Word: goshawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goshawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Interlingue Part of Speech: name 1. An artificial language, most often called Occidental
Word: richness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English richenesse; by surface analysis, rich + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃnəs/ 1. The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The state of having many examples or cases; abundance; profusion. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: By using the same classification system for all the dictionaries surveyed, it was possible to compare the lexical richness of each against the other. Example: Describing us as multilingual emphasizes our achievements and that learning English adds to the richness of our identity. 3. The number of types in a community. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The result or product of being rich. Labels: countable, usually
Word: gliss Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of glissando. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: gliss Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of glissando. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Then he played the opening notes of “On Green Dolphin Street,” glissed down from B flat to sixth-position F, secured the slide lock, and set the trombone on its stand.
Word: truthfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English truthful Middle English -ly English -ly English truthfully From truthful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːθ.fəl.i/, [ˈtɹuːθ.fɫ̩.i] 1. In a truthful manner Example: He spoke truthfully. Example: The common gay does well being less concerned with joining the Great Gay Bandwagon […] and more concerned with living unostentatiously, honestly, truthfully, and quietly. 2. Frankly. Example: Truthfully, I didn't suspect a thing. Example: Truthfully, I was kind of average until my life went from snooze to snazztastic in about sixty seconds.
Word: oxcart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ox + cart. 1. A cart designed to be drawn by an ox or oxen.
Word: oxcarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxcart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ewes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /juːz/ 1. plural of ewe Labels: form-of, plural