nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: quasi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”). Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪzaɪ/, /ˈkweɪsaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːzi/, /ˈkwɑːˌzaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːsi/ 1. Resembling or having a likeness to the named thing. Labels: not-comparable Example: So in summation gentlemen. What you have before you is a troop transport that can't carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, and a quasi tank that has less armor than a snowblower, god has enough ammo to take out half of D.C. Example: The presiding officer of the assembly does not appoint a chairman of the quasi committee, but remains in the chair himself throughout its proceedings.
Word: quasi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- Borrowed from Latin quasi (“almost; as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle). Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪzaɪ/, /ˈkweɪsaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːzi/, /ˈkwɑˌzaɪ/, /ˈkwɑzi/ 1. Almost; virtually. Labels: morpheme Example: The quasi-death of insanity with its small periodic remissions, its deviations into good sense, even into brilliant insight, was almost more cruel really than outright death. 2. Apparently, seemingly, or resembling. Labels: morpheme 3. To a limited extent or degree; being somewhat or partially. Labels: morpheme Example: The British constitution famously rests on convention. This requires a compact between politicians working as a cabinet and a quasi-independent civil service.
Word: CBT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cognitive behavioral therapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: A summary of these findings will first be presented, followed by a discussion of issues directly related to the evaluation of self-statement training in CBT. Example: To simplify, CBT is about providing the tools to reappraise circumstances that evoke the anxiety—remember that in this social situation those awful feelings you're having are about what happened back then, not what is happening now. 2. Initialism of computer-based training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of compulsory basic training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Pereira got a petrol moped, which meant he had to do CBT (compulsory basic training), have a licence, get insurance, all of which cost him money. 4. Initialism of cock and ball torture. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Here Welles engages in the same kind of stereotypical thinking his characters condemn in their antagonists. For example, in a gay male psychology, testicles are not mandatory for “manhood,” if manhood is defined as being able to produce offspring. Testicular manipulation, or “cock and ball torture” (CBT) as it is known in sadomasochistic parlance, is an act around which extensive sexual scenes can be constructed. Example: For the female dominant, men’s cocks can provide hours of delightful fun. In the scene, this is often known as cock-and-ball torture or CBT, and bondage is an important part of this specialty. 5. Initialism of coulomb blockade thermometer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 6. Initialism of closed beta test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 7. Initialism of criminal breach of trust. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of computer-based test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The FE exam is a computer-based test (CBT). It is closed book with an electronic reference.
Word: quango Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the initial letters (the first two letters for the first word) of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization. Coined by American president of the Carnegie Foundation Alan Pifer in 1967. Pronunciation: /ˈkwæŋ.ɡəʊ/ 1. An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it. Labels: UK, derogatory, often Example: The strongest link to the State, however, occurs with quangos, (quasi-NGOs), and the many umbrella groups that also thrive on State support. Many of the new parties realized after their Sturm und Drang years that they still needed regular contacts with the 'civil' world and that their civilian support base had been seriously eroded. Example: Various state committees and quangos had had stands; government and opposition ministers had attended.
Word: ED Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of erectile dysfunction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: “He’d brag about how he would crush ED medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night,” Mullin said. 2. Initialism of emergency department. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of elimination diet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of eating disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of enhanced definition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ED Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of existence doubtful. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ED Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Education Department. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ED Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ED(エンディング) (endingu), from English ending. 1. Abbreviation of ending theme (end title sequence). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Word: erectile dysfunction Part of Speech: noun 1. The inability of a male to achieve or sustain an erection. Labels: uncountable Example: The observation that topical application of nitroglycerin to the penis may lead to erection adequate for sexual intercourse (Talley and Crawley 1985) has stimulated several investigations on the efficacy of this potential mode of treatment of erectile dysfunction.
Word: impotence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpətəns/ 1. Powerlessness; incapacity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: weakness, helplessness Example: O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong! 2. Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: multiple Part of Speech: det Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪpəl/ 1. More than one (followed by plural). Example: My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades. Example: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
Word: multiple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪpəl/ 1. Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular). Labels: not-comparable Example: Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship. Example: It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets. 2. Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular). Labels: not-comparable Example: While being multiple can cause complexity to people’s lives, as will be highlighted below, all respondents noted that they would not want to change their experiences of being multiple.
Word: multiple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪpəl/ 1. A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number. Example: 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7 2. Price-earnings ratio. 3. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate. Example: One might view this attempt to ensure the scarcity of a multiple as both a marketing ploy and form of elitism. 4. A single individual who displays or experiences multiple personalities or selves. Example: I had seen its first show when it was a freebie, but I thought it made multiples in general look silly – no one changes clothes THAT much! Example: Non-abused multiples have no need of doctors, and they have carved out a foothold of their own from where they speak confidently about their utopian vision of a multiple world. 5. One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth. 6. A chain store. Example: The big advantage such multiples can offer over a purely catalogue operation is that winners can be given shopping vouchers enabling them to choose from goods on display in the multiples' many outlets (Woolworths, for example, has 1,000). 7. A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection. Example: Merton's argument that all scientific discoveries are multiples would seem to contradict the theory of genius […] 8. More than one piercing in a single ear. Example: First of all, the 'greenhorn' stigma of piercing has worn off. The older woman sees her daughter wearing multiples. So she's confident enough to have her ears pierced at least once.
Word: promote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈmoʊt/, /pɹəˈməʊt/ 1. To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank. Labels: transitive Example: He promoted his clerk to office manager. 2. To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity. Labels: transitive Example: They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time. Example: They promoted the new film with giant billboards. 3. To encourage, urge or incite. Labels: transitive Example: so that finding myself on the point of going, and loath to leave the tender partner of my joys behind me, I employed all the forwarding motions and arts my experience suggested to me, to promote his keeping me company to our journey's end. Example: It appears that Le Guin is promoting a sort of self-critique on her own ideology. Interestingly, although the story does give such an impression, the problematic characteristics of the Anarresti society are far more severe than economic scarcities or isolation. 4. To elevate to a higher league. Labels: passive, regional Example: At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League. 5. To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure. Labels: transitive 6. To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank. Labels: transitive Example: Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen. 7. To move on to a subsequent stage of education. Labels: Singapore, intransitive Example: At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS. 8. To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority. Labels: transitive Example: to promote an int to a long Example: Some C# language features will promote values from the stack to the heap.
Word: ends Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛndz/ 1. plural of end Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ends Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛndz/ 1. The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, plural, plural-only Example: Don't come 'round my ends again, yeah? Example: On August 6, following the circulation of conflicting accounts of the shooting, the grime MC Scorcher tweeted, '25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted, 25 years on and they're still keepin up fuckry.' 2. Money. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: ends Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of end Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bc Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /biːˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of Before Christ. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bc Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /biːˈsiː/ 1. Abbreviation of because. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: bc Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /biːˈsiː/ 1. Abbreviation of basso continuo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of bodycam. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of blind carbon copy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: forma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin fōrma. Doublet of form. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.mə/, /ˈfoɹ.mə/, /ˈfoː.mə/, /ˈfɔɾ.mə/, /ˈfɔɾ.mʌ/ 1. Synonym of form (“the component of a thing that determines its kind”).
Word: top dead center Part of Speech: noun 1. A position in the cycle of a piston engine wherein the piston is at the topmost point in its stroke. In a four-stroke cycle, TDC occurs twice: at the end of the compression stroke and at the end of the exhaust stroke. Labels: uncountable 2. The reference mark on a flywheel (and engine block) indicating the engine is in this position, when aligned. Labels: uncountable
Word: congress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin congress(um), the past participle of congredior (“to go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“to go, step”). The verb is from the noun. Compare typologically coven, convent, convention, omitting several steps, from con- + veniō, Russian сход (sxod), схо́дка (sxódka), akin to сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja), ходи́ть (xodítʹ). Also compare Czech sjezd, Russian съезд (sʺjezd), akin to съезжа́ться (sʺjezžátʹsja), е́здить (jézditʹ). Also compare conference. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑŋɡɹəs/, /-ɹɛs/, /ˈkɒŋˌɡɹɛs/ 1. A formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America. Labels: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Example: Republicans have their own high stakes in November. Losing control of Congress, they say, could mean a highly politicized impeachment of their president. 3. An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: federation, confederation Example: the National Congress of American Indians 4. Coitus: sexual intercourse. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Welsh ponies, I learn from a man who has had much experience with these animals, habitually produce erections and emissions in their stalls; they do not bring their hind quarters up during this process, and they close their eyes, which does not take place when they have congress with mares. Example: Not three weeks before this he was run out of Fort Smith Arkansas for having congress with a goat. Yes lady, that is what I said. Goat. 5. A coming together of two or more people; a meeting. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress. 6. A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons. Labels: collective, countable Example: […] the council hall stank like a congress of baboons. Example: 2013, Dick Hrebik, Walter Goes to War—WWII, Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter 7, p. 133, Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there.
Word: congress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin congress(um), the past participle of congredior (“to go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“to go, step”). The verb is from the noun. Compare typologically coven, convent, convention, omitting several steps, from con- + veniō, Russian сход (sxod), схо́дка (sxódka), akin to сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja), ходи́ть (xodítʹ). Also compare Czech sjezd, Russian съезд (sʺjezd), akin to съезжа́ться (sʺjezžátʹsja), е́здить (jézditʹ). Also compare conference. Pronunciation: /kənˈɡɹɛs/, /kəŋˈɡɹɛs/ 1. To assemble together. Labels: intransitive 2. To meet in a congress.
Word: rem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism. 1. Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, capitalized, initialism, often
Word: rem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man. 1. A non-SI unit of measure for radiation dose, measured as equivalent dose, effective dose, or committed dose, from one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.
Word: rem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of remark. 1. A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
Word: rem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening of remaining. 1. Remaining. Labels: not-comparable Example: Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.
Word: rem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of root + em. 1. A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document. Example: Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference—and it’s a doozy—is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element.
Word: BASIC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, but designed to spell out basic (i.e. simplistic). First use appears c. 1964 in the BASIC Instruction Manual. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪk/ 1. Any of a family of third-generation programming languages. Example: Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
Word: BASIC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪk/ 1. Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, initialism
Word: BASIC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪk/ 1. Initialism of British American Security Information Council. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: merry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English myrie, merie, mery, from Old English myrġe, myriġe (“pleasing, agreeable; pleasant, sweet, delightful; melodious”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgī (“short, slow, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *murguz (“short, slow”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short”). Cognate with Scots mery, mirry (“merry”), Middle Dutch mergelijc (“pleasant, agreeable, joyful”), Norwegian dialectal myrjel (“small object, figurine”), Latin brevis (“short, small, narrow, shallow”), Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”). Doublet of brief. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.ɹi/, /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.i/, /ˈmeɹ.i/, /ˈmɛɹ.ɪ/, /ˈmɛɹ.e/ 1. Jolly and full of high spirits; happy. Example: We had a very merry Christmas. Example: I am neuer merry when I heare ſweet muſique. 2. Festive and full of fun and laughter. Example: Everyone was merry at the party. Example: If I have the chance, I will make our worshipful Sheriff pay right well for that which he hath done to me. Maybe I may bring him some time into Sherwood Forest and have him to a right merry feast with us. 3. Brisk. Example: The play moved along at a merry pace. Example: The car moved at a merry clip. 4. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight. Example: a merry jest Example: There eke my feeble barke a while may ſtay, / Till mery wynd and weather call her thence away. 5. Drunk; tipsy. Labels: euphemistic Example: Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.
Word: merry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French merise. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.ɹi/, /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.i/, /ˈmeɹ.i/, /ˈmɛɹ.ɪ/, /ˈmɛɹ.e/ 1. An English wild cherry.
Word: soften Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English softenen, softnen, equivalent to soft + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒfən/, /ˈsɔfən/, /ˈsɑfən/, [ˈsɔ̟fən] 1. To make something soft or softer. Labels: transitive Example: Soften the butter before beating in the sugar. 2. To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up). Labels: transitive Example: Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery. 3. To make less harsh. Labels: transitive Example: Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism. Example: I have recently reclad the south-west facing side of my single-storey cottage […]. I now want to plant some climbers of more manageable proportions to soften the building. 4. To become soft or softer. Labels: intransitive Example: The butter softened as it warmed up. 5. To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite. Labels: ambitransitive 6. To palatalize.
Word: Latin alphabet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin + alphabet. 1. The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs) Example: A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z 2. Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet.
Word: misdeal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English deal English misdeal From mis- + deal. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈdiːl/ 1. To deal or distribute wrongly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Bill, you have misdealt two hands of poker already.
Word: misdeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English deal English misdeal From mis- + deal. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsdiːl/ 1. Incorrect dealing or distribution. Example: Now, Bill, that was your third misdeal.
Word: reasonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English resonable, from Old French resnable, from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis, from ratiō. By surface analysis, reason + -able. Doublet of rationable. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl/, [ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bɫ̩], /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl/, [ˈɹiːz.nə.bɫ̩], /ˈɹi.zə.nə.bəl/ 1. Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning. Labels: archaic Example: The wiſdome and underſtanding of this Beaſt [the beaver], vvill almoſt conclude him a reaſonable creature: […] 2. Just; fair; agreeable to reason. Example: The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows […] 3. Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper. Example: a reasonable demand, amount, or price 4. Not expensive; fairly priced. Example: $20 a bottle is very reasonable for a good wine at a restaurant. Example: Say, would you happen to know a good place for lunch in the downtown area? ... The Radisson ... Oh yah? ... Is it reasonable? 5. Satisfactory. Example: The builders did a reasonable job, given the short notice.
Word: gunfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Old Norse gunnr Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís Proto-Germanic *hildiz Old Norse hildr Old Norse Gunnhildrder. Middle English gunne English gun Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English gunfire From gun + fire. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnfʌɪə/ 1. Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Let's hide in the trees to avoid the gunfire. Example: Sergeant, direct your gunfire toward that copse of trees. 2. The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Killing people became much easier and faster once armies started using gunfire. 3. The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Art. 33. All Plying boats, with the exception of two which are to be weekly appoin[t]ed by the Chief Commissary of Police and Harbour Master, and at gunfire in the evening to be placed in a tier alongside of the Quay or at a place to be pointed out by these Officers and fastened by a claim and a padlock, the key of which is to be kept by the Porter on duty or by the Police Guard who is to release them at gunfire in the morning. Example: The grand event on the 14th was the shooting for the second stage for the Queen's prize. This commenced punctually at gunfire in the morning : the men being divided into four squads at the long ranges on the north side of the common. 4. Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: They had only in them the rolled mattresses, the neatly piled bed-boards and the empty tea-buckets of the orderly-men, empied of their last gun-fire.
Word: Antonov Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Антонов (Antonov). 1. A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Антонов (Antonov).
Word: Antonov Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Анто́нов (Antónov). 1. Any of the Russian or Ukrainian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau, typically large cargo planes. 2. A transliteration of the Russian surname Анто́нов (Antónov). 3. A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Antonova.
Word: fagot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis. Pronunciation: /ˈfæɡ.ət/ 1. Alternative spelling of faggot (“bundle of sticks”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: What fool hath added water to the sea, / Or brought a fagot to bright-burning Troy? Example: "Give the red man Goss!" she told him; / "Drive him westward from the forest, […] / Chase him west, with fire and fagot, / Give him Goss! for he's no business, / Business none, to be an Injun." 2. Alternative spelling of faggot (“bundle of iron or steel”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. A fagotto, or bassoon. Labels: obsolete 4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company . Labels: Ireland, UK, obsolete
Word: fagot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis. Pronunciation: /ˈfæɡ.ət/ 1. To make a fagot of (objects); to bind (objects) together in a fagot or bundle. Labels: transitive Example: He vvas too vvarm on Picking-vvork to dvvell, / But Faggotted his Notions as they fell, / And if they Rhim'd and Rattl'd all vvas vvell.
Word: Foxbat Part of Speech: name 1. NATO code name for the Soviet MiG-25 aircraft.
Word: foxhound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fox + hound. 1. Any of several medium-sized breeds of dog developed for hunting.
Word: grá Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish grá. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑː/ 1. Love, affection. Labels: Ireland, uncountable Example: He admits that, as a project, “it's a bit niche, but I think anybody who's been here develops a massive grá for Achill. […]”
Word: ideomotor effect Part of Speech: noun 1. The influence of suggestion on unconscious or subconscious behavior, frequently used to explain dowsing and other seemingly supernatural claims.
Word: balla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of baller (all senses except "person who divides molten metal") Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, slang Example: "Holla, balla," she calls when she sees me approaching. "What's crappenin'?" "You old polecat sonuvabitch,” I crow, tackling her. "You planned a 4H meeting without me."
Word: pillar box Part of Speech: noun 1. A free-standing item of street furniture in the form of a short, red pillar (green in the Irish Republic) with a slot for posting letters. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: We were over the border here, into Northern Ireland, and the post office had a very English atmosphere. It was pleasant, too, much as we enjoyed the hospitality of the Republic, to be buying stamps with the Queen's head on them, and to be posting our cards in a red pillar-box, instead of a green one.
Word: periodical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos)lbor. Medieval Latin periodusbor. Middle French periodebor. Middle English periode English period Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English periodical From period + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪkl̩/, /ˌpɪəɹiˈɒdɪkl̩/ 1. A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily. 2. A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often the primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in its field.
Word: periodical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos)lbor. Medieval Latin periodusbor. Middle French periodebor. Middle English periode English period Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English periodical From period + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪkl̩/, /ˌpɪəɹiˈɒdɪkl̩/ 1. Periodic. Example: The periodical times of all the satellites. Example: Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals. 2. Published at regular intervals of more than one day, especially weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Example: influence opinion through the periodical press. 3. Of, or relating to such a publication.
Word: shrewd Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English sċrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew + -ed. More at shrew. The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16ᵗʰ c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17ᵗʰ c. Pronunciation: /ʃɹuːd/ 1. Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters. 2. Artful, tricky or cunning. 3. streetwise, street-smart. Labels: informal Example: Willie is very aware of this fact and lets Johnny Attell know that there is a fly in the ointment, and Johnny, who is a very shrewd article, has his chauffeur drive him to Bradford Street so he can change the kid's mind. 4. Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen. Example: The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. 5. Nigh accurate. Example: a shrewd guess 6. Severe, intense, hard. Example: a shrewd blow, or assault 7. Sharp, snithy, piercing. Example: a shrewd wind 8. Bad, evil, threatening. Labels: archaic Example: Portia: There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper, That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek: Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world Could turn so much the constitution Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […] 9. Portending, boding. Labels: obsolete 10. Noxious, scatheful, mischievous. Labels: archaic Example: They were wont to please the Fairies, that they might doe them no shrewd turnes, by sweeping clean the Hearth and setting by it […] 11. Abusive, shrewish. Labels: obsolete 12. Scolding, satirical, sharp. Labels: archaic Example: Leonato: By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
Word: brewed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From brew + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɹuːd/, /bɹʉːd/, /bɹɪʊ̯d/ 1. simple past and past participle of brew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flying gurnard Part of Speech: noun 1. Any tropical marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water.
Word: crewed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɹuːd/, /kɹʉːd/ 1. Having a crew; manned; piloted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crewed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹuːd/, /kɹʉːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of crew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: GFE Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (Google): Introduced by sex columnist Dan Savage. 1. Initialism of girlfriend experience. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek. Example: For many johns, the most popular feature of being with a prostitute is the so-called Girlfriend Experience, or GFE, where a client pays a prostitute to pretend to be his girlfriend during the session, making it seem more real than simply a business arrangement. 2. Initialism of good-faith estimate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: As usual, that broker's GFE was off by more than 30% from the final cost. 3. Initialism of government-furnished equipment: equipment in the possession of or acquired directly by the government, and subsequently delivered to or otherwise made available to the contractor. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of global financial elite. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: GFE Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: (Google): Introduced by sex columnist Dan Savage. 1. Initialism of Google fucking exists. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar Example: GFE, idiot: look it up yourself and stop bothering me.
Word: pistoleer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French pistolier. 1. A person, especially a soldier, armed with a pistol
Word: piscine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin piscinus or from Latin piscis (“fish”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsaɪn/, /ˈpɪskaɪn/, /ˈpaɪsaɪn/, /ˈpaɪsin/, /ˈpɪsin/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the ancient Middle East certain cults had piscine deities, or deities with fish attributes of various kinds. Example: 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 40, At age four he caught his first fish and was evermore fascinated by things piscine; […]
Word: piscine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French piscine. Pronunciation: /piːˈsiːn/, /pɪˈsiːn/ 1. A public bath or swimming pool in France. Labels: archaic
Word: piping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pipe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: piping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ 1. The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The sound of musical pipes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings. 3. An act of making music or noise with pipes. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the piping of a house 5. An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Icing extruded from a piping bag. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. propagation by cuttings Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ 1. High-pitched. Labels: not-comparable Example: His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub. Example: The princess had made occasional wartime radio broadcasts, her piping, stilted voice, speaking in cut-glass tones to the children of the empire, but it was at the time of her 21st birthday in 1947 that she made perhaps the most significant radio address of her career, at the end of a royal tour of South Africa, laying out the guidelines that would govern her throughout her reign:
Word: cisco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪskəʊ/ 1. Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
Word: severe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈvɪə/, /sɪˈvɪɹ/, /sɪˈviːɹ/, /-vɪɹ/ 1. Very bad or intense. Example: In the severer cases of hookworm the patient sometimes has an appetite for soil, paper, hair, clay, chalk, starch, and other unpalatables. Example: Parkinsonism, at its severest, presents itself as an akinetic amimia (as opposed to certain cortical disorders which are amimic akinesias). 2. Strict or harsh. Example: a severe taskmaster 3. Sober, plain in appearance, austere. Example: a severe old maiden aunt Example: severe clothing
Word: brutal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin brutalis (“savage, stupid”), from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːtəl/, /ˈbɹʉwtəl/, /ˈbɹu.təl/, [ˈbɹu.ɾəl], /ˈbɹʉːtəl/ 1. Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner. Example: The game was brutal, but after a bloodbath he finally won. Example: What began as a zeitgeisty outlaw romp in the Uncool Britannia of the 1990s is now reborn as a scabrous and brutal black comedy about middle-aged male disappointment and fear of death. 2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech. 3. Harsh; unrelenting. 4. Disagreeably precise or penetrating. 5. In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs. Labels: figuratively 6. Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness. Example: brutal honesty
Word: carried Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹ.ɪd/, /ˈkæɹ.id/, /ˈkɛɹ.id/ 1. simple past and past participle of carry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: carries Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹ.ɪz/, /ˈkæɹ.iz/, /ˈkɛɹ.iz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of carry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: carries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹ.ɪz/, /ˈkæɹ.iz/, /ˈkɛɹ.iz/ 1. plural of carry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slightly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English slight Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English slightly From slight + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪtli/ 1. Slenderly; delicately. Example: He was slightly built, but tall. 2. To a small extent or degree. Example: He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter. Example: And while that number is expected to shift back slightly into positive territory over this decade, fewer children today establishes an unmistakable implication for tomorrow: fewer adults available as consumers, workers and taxpayers.
Word: trains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹeɪnz/ 1. plural of train Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trains Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹeɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of train Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mordent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian mordente. Doublet of mordant. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːdn̩t/, /ˈmoɹd(ə)nt/ 1. An ornament consisting of a single rapid alternation between a given pitch and another pitch either a whole step or half step immediately above or below it.
Word: protegee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of protégée. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oriel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oriel, from Old French oriol (“gallery, corridor”), Late Latin oriolum (“portico, hall”), probably from Latin aureolus (“gilded”), applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See oriole. Or a diminutive of Latin os (“mouth”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɹiəl/ 1. A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall. Example: The middle window of the oriel before her, just caught and reflected back the crimson light and colour. The ground below looked bright and warm compared with the shade around. Example: The beams that thro' the Oriel shine / Make prisms in every carven glass, / And beaker brimm'd with noble wine. 2. A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining. Labels: obsolete
Word: lactate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō (“to suckle, give suck, contain milk”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”). Pronunciation: /lækˈteɪt/, /ˈlæk.teɪt/ 1. To secrete or produce milk. Labels: intransitive
Word: lactate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lactic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæk.teɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of lactic acid. 2. Ellipsis of lactate ion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: lactic acid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlæktɪk ˈæsɪd/ 1. 2-Hydroxypropanoic acid (CH₃CHOHCO₂H), a syrupy liquid, soluble in water; found in milk, wine and many fruits; used as a food additive and in many industrial applications. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was [Roger] Federer's ability to pull him around the court that put the lactic acid and debilitating weight in those legs and he should not have been allowed the luxury of his trainer's help.
Word: lactic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lactis (“of milk”), genitive form of lac (“milk”), with the suffix -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈlæktɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or derived from milk. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to, or producing, lactic acid. Labels: not-comparable Example: lactic fermentation Example: In the morning the blood was crowded with commuters, the glucose peons, lactic and ureic sanitation workers, hemoglobinous deliverymen carrying loads of freshly brewed oxygen in their dented vans, […]
Word: soluble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis. Piecewise doublet of solvable. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒljʊbəl/, /ˈsɑljəbəl/ 1. Able to be dissolved. Example: Sugar is soluble in water. Example: The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined. 2. Able to be solved or explained. Example: That mystery should be easily soluble.
Word: syrupy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English syrup Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English syrupy From syrup + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪr.ə.pi/ 1. Having the taste or consistency of syrup. 2. With syrup. Example: Who doesn’t like crisp, hot, buttery-and-syrupy waffles? Example: Cherry dropped into a chair and stared with lip-curling distate at the platter of sausages and their syrupy pancakes on the plates about her. 3. Overly sweet. 4. Overly sentimental. Labels: figuratively
Word: overly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Proto-West Germanic *obar Old English ofer Middle English over English over Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English overly From over + -ly (adverbial suffix). 1. To an excessive degree. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes Example: Parents can be overly protective of their children. Example: […] considering the circumstances of my situation, I saw it would not do for me to look out for an overly young woman, nor yet would it do for one of my ways to take an elderly maiden, ladies of that sort being liable to possess strong-set particularities. 2. To a high degree; very. Labels: negative, not-comparable, usually Example: I'm not overly enthusiastic about meeting him. 3. Superficially. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 1566, Thomas Blundeville, The Fower Chiefyst Offices Belongyng to Horsemanshippe, London, “The true Arte of Paring, and shooyng all maner of Houes together […] ,” Chapter 5, […] let him not touche the quarters nor the heeles at al, vnlesse it be to make the seat of the shoe playne, & let that be done so superficially or ouerly as maye be, so shall the houes remayne alwayes strong. Example: These kinds of reproofes, not vnfitly may be compared to hotte or hastie healing salues, which drawe a faire skinne ouer a fowle wound; which because it is not soundly cured from the bottome, but ouerly healed vp, doth afterward apostemate or fistulate, and becommeth more dangerous and desperate then euer before. 4. Carelessly, without due attention. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: […] you shall finde this, that all remissenesse, when a man doth a thing remissely, and ouerly, and perfunctorily, it argues alway a diuided intention, it is an argument that the whole minde is not set on it, but that the intention is distracted, and bestowed on other things: Example: If you expect the Poor should work cheaper, and not perform their Work slighter and more overly, as we call it, and superficially, you expect what is not in the Nature of the Thing. 5. With a sense of superiority, haughtily. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The third [vice] is Arrogancie, and the fourth Pride, two vices neer a kinne, Cosen germans […] when men shall arrogate much unto themselves; looking overly and superciliously upon others.