nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: precambered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cambered English precambered From pre- + cambered. 1. Having a camber designed in such a way as to reduce deflection under load. Labels: not-comparable
Word: catalytic activity Part of Speech: noun 1. The increase in rate of a chemical reaction caused by the presence of a catalyst. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An amount of catalyst, expressed as the increase of the rate of its reaction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: speculators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speculator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tea table Part of Speech: noun 1. A small table upon which tea is set to be served. Example: Having abundance of roses and ferns and a very artistic taste of her own, she made that tea table such a thing of beauty that when the minister and his wife sat down to it, they exclaimed in chorus over its loveliness. 2. A type of rock column comprising discrete layers, with the top layers being wider than the base due to greater resistance to erosion and weathering.
Word: congruences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of congruence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dudine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dude + -ine. 1. A woman who is very concerned about her dress and appearance; a female dude. Labels: obsolete Example: A very pretty little dudine of Fifth Avenue is much admired by the dudes in her neighborhood, and it has been observed on several occasions that she appeared to be able to discriminate between them, and not only shows a preference for one dude over another; but is able to recognize the dudes she likes after an interval of separation. It is said, also, that in accepting the attentions of her dude wooers, she shows a peculiar mimicry of the coquettish manners of human girls. Example: Sam Jones' Own Book: A Series of Sermons Collected and Edited Under the Author's Own Supervision, Page 251 by Sam Porter Jones, Publisher: Cranston and Stowe Pub:1887... in the universe is the natural product of fashionable society, the dude and the dudine; and you never catch a dude and a dudine marrying one another. ...
Word: tilmatli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tilmatli. 1. A cloak, in ancient Aztec culture.
Word: industrialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English industrial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English industrialist From industrial + -ist. 1. A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise. Example: Brian Donlevy is a wealthy industrialist who survives an attempted murder when his wife's boyfriend is killed in a car crash. 2. One who performs or enjoys industrial music. Example: Like a lot of second-wave industrialists, Skinny Puppy's attraction to rhythm wasn't consciously political, but based in the pleasure of making and moving to a beat; Key was, after all, a drummer.
Word: yard-arm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of yardarm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: monolingualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English monolingual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English monolingualism From monolingual + -ism. 1. The condition of being monolingual; the ability to speak only a single language. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: multilingualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English multilingual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English multilingualism From multilingual + -ism. Pronunciation: /mʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm/ 1. The condition of being multilingual; the ability to speak multiple languages. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This is, perhaps, where writing centers and composition studies are implicated most obviously into the conversation of language ideology, translingualism, and multilingualism. Example: Spielberg showed us, a nation historically obsessed with the idea of domination, that respect is a courageous choice and that multilingualism is our true color. It is who we are.
Word: monoglottism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English monoglot Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English monoglottism From monoglot + -ism. 1. Condition of being able to speak only a single language. Labels: uncountable
Word: bilingualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bilingual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English bilingualism From bilingual + -ism. 1. The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At Kingsbridge, the bilingualism of the Irish Republic was evident in the tickets, the station notices, and the neat destination boards on the 10.40 a.m. express to Cork.
Word: extensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flat tire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flat tyre. Labels: North, US, alt-of, alternative 2. A bore; a person who is no fun. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: Sam scowled at him. “You're always such a flat tire. Live a little for once.” A twinge of pity for Judd made Carrie speak. “He's not a flat tire. He just doesn't want to.”
Word: flat tyre Part of Speech: noun 1. A tyre of a motor vehicle that is deflated, especially one deflated because of a puncture when in use. Labels: UK 2. The result of stepping on the back of another individual's shoe in an accidental act, or deliberately to bully or tease this person, so as to cause the back of the shoe to collapse under the heel. Labels: UK
Word: gratin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French gratter Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in French gratinbor. English gratin Borrowed from French gratin. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈtæn/ 1. The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.
Word: glorioso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian. Pronunciation: /ɡlɔːɹiˈəʊsəʊ/ 1. A boaster. Labels: obsolete Example: giving credit to such a Glorioso
Word: canalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English canal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English canalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English canalization From canalize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkænəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. Alternative spelling of canalisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: canalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English canal English -ise English canalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English canalisation From canalise + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkænələˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The whole of the soil of the isthmus is admirably adapted for the labours of canalisation. 2. The management of something using defined channels of communication. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: canalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English canal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English canalize From canal + -ize. 1. US and Oxford British English spelling of canalise.
Word: canalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From canal + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.ə.laɪz/, /kəˈnæl.aɪz/ 1. To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal. Labels: UK, transitive Example: . . . owing to the recent commencement of works about to be carried on on a large scale to improve and canalise the navigation of the Ebro . . . Example: Under Advance Brazil, the government plans to pave over 7000 kilometres of new Amazonian highways, canalise vast rivers and construct dozens of railways, […] 2. To build a canal through. Labels: UK, transitive 3. To channel the flow of. Labels: UK, transitive Example: On the desk lay the final version of the Birth Control speech, mastered and canalized by the skilful Maisie. Example: The workers' militias, based on the trade unions and each composed of people of approximately the same political opinions, had the effect of canalizing into one place all the most revolutionary sentiment in the country.
Word: bottega Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi)der. Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē)bor. Latin apothēca Italian *potteca Italian bottegabor. English bottega Borrowed from Italian bottega. 1. A workshop or studio in Italy.
Word: glycols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glycol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsaturated fats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unsaturated fat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arteriola Part of Speech: noun 1. An arteriole.
Word: anglesite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the place Anglesey in Wales, in 1832. 1. A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO₄, formed by the weathering of galena. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A curious form of anglesite was noticed in a specimen from Durango, Iowa
Word: ankerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771-1843) in 1825 + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈɑŋkɚˌaɪt/ 1. Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In this second excavation the red ore is more largely mixed with the micaceous specular variety, and also includes large rounded blocks of ankerite and angular fragments of rock.
Word: cipolline onion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian cipolla (“onion”). 1. A relatively flat, oval onion, originally from northern Italy.
Word: branchiopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Branchiopoda. 1. Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
Word: anorthoclase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English ortho- English -clase English anorthoclase From an- + ortho- + -clase. 1. Any of a group of feldspars being mixed sodium and potassium aluminosilicates. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stickpin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stick + pin. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪkpɪn/ 1. An ornamented pin used to secure a necktie's end flat against the shirt, a tie tack. Labels: US Example: His stickpin was gone and so was his watch-chain. Example: The green stone in his stickpin was not quite as large as an apple.
Word: stickpins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stickpin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tie tack Part of Speech: noun 1. An ornamented pin used to secure a necktie's end flat against the shirt.
Word: tie tacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tie tack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suffixation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English suffix Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English suffixation From suffix + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌfɪkˈseɪʃən/ 1. The process of adding a suffix to a word. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Assimilation as a result of suffixation
Word: subtopic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English topic English subtopic From sub- + topic. 1. A subject that forms part of a topic. Example: The meeting dragged on interminably as topics were divided into subtopics.
Word: subtopics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtopic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: public speaking Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of speaking to a group of people in a structured manner. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Oratory (art of public speaking). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: metropolia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metropolis (see of a metropolitan bishop) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canceler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cancel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English canceler From cancel + -er. 1. Agent noun of cancel: something that, or someone who cancels something; specifically an electronic device that cancels a signal. Labels: agent, form-of Example: The echo canceler is basically an adaptive tapped delay-line filter with near and far-end sections.
Word: as per Part of Speech: prep Etymology: c. 1782. From as + per Pronunciation: /ˌæz ˈpɜː/, /ˌæz ˈpɝ/ 1. According to. Example: Gentlemen—As per the rules of your Honorable Body, I advertised for bids for crockery, etc., that might be required by the various Cook County institutions from April 1st to June 30th, 1894, as per specifications on file in my office. 2. According to. Example: As per Captain Smith, no midshipman shall sit or linger in this area. Example: You must remake your bed, as per the inspector.
Word: as per Part of Speech: adv Etymology: c. 1782. From as + per Pronunciation: /ˌæz ˈpɜː/, /ˌæz ˈpɝ/ 1. Ellipsis of as per usual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, not-comparable Example: The monument is just Poseidon being lazy, as per, and not keeping his city in order. You cannot be destroyed.
Word: candidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English candid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English candidness From candid + -ness. 1. The quality of being candid. Labels: uncountable Example: This is an important factor in establishing trust and may affect the adolescent's candidness and anxiety level during the session.
Word: candler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English candelere, equivalent to candle (noun) + -er. 1. A person who makes candles; a chandler. Example: A maker of candles is very properly called a candler; however, (as observed before) ch is seldom pronounced in this parish.
Word: candler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English candle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English candler From candle (verb) + -er. 1. A device for candling. Example: An egg candler used in a light room can be easily made […]
Word: can-do Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From can + do. 1. Confident and willing to get a job done. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: It is important to approach each day with a smile on your face and a can-do attitude. Example: Network Rail's Kent Route Director Fiona Taylor said: "The only reason we were able to get this crucial work completed is because of the effort, commitment and can-do attitude from everyone in our supply chain, our TOC partners Southeastern, freight companies, and within Network Rail.
Word: canebrake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cane + brake. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnbɹeɪk/ 1. A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants. Labels: US Example: While roving carelessly from canebrake to canebrake, and admiring the rank growth of vegetation, and the variety of timber which marked the fertility of the soil...
Word: candlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canebrakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canebrake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radio beacon Part of Speech: noun 1. A beacon that emits radio wave signals to guide ships or aircraft or to indicate the position of a ship, aircraft, or other object, person, or vehicle.
Word: radio beacons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radio beacon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: by your leave Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. With your permission. Example: Sir I weare my weapon for mine owne defence, And by your leaue will weare it yet a while. Example: Miſtris Ford, by my troth you are very wel met: / by your leaue good Miſtris.
Word: by your leave Part of Speech: noun 1. Request for permission. Example: 1897, Shanghai Mercury, Shanghai by Night and Day: Illustrated by 23 Reproductions from Photographs. Vol. I. The natives have gathered on the top of every grave mound near by and though many resent the riding over their fields without a so much as a 'By your leave' […] Example: 1946, Konstantin Trenev, In a Cossack Village, and Other Stories He picked flowers without so much as a 'by your leave.'
Word: by-your-leave Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of by your leave. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: darbar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of durbar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pluri- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs Proto-Italic *plēōs Old Latin plousder. Latin plūs Latin plūris Latin pluri-bor. English pluri- From Latin pluri-, combining form of plūris, from plūs, from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“many”). Related to plenty, plural (via Latin) and fele, full (via PIE). 1. several Labels: morpheme
Word: by your leaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of by your leave Labels: form-of, plural Example: April 1 1785, Robert Burns, The First Epistle to John Lapraik But by your leaves, my learned foes / Ye're maybe wrang
Word: branchiopods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of branchiopod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: birthday attack Part of Speech: noun 1. A covert method of decryption exploiting the so-called birthday paradox.
Word: birthday problem Part of Speech: noun 1. The mathematics problem that concerns the probability there exist two people in a random group who share a birthday.
Word: rainbow table Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by cryptanalyst Philippe Oechslin in 2003. 1. A table of surjective functions used to decrypt a text that was coded using a hash table.
Word: ichnites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ichnite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charnels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charnel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: initialed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having initials.
Word: initialed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of initial Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: initialing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of initial Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: initialing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of adding one's initials to a document rather than signing
Word: hogtie Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of hog-tie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hogtie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hog-tie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shellacking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of shellac Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shellacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shellac + -ing. Shellac is used in floor polish; compare polishing, as in "the other boxer in the match polished the floor with me; I took quite a polishing". 1. The act or process of coating with shellac. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts. Labels: US, countable, informal, uncountable Example: The News baseball team defeated the Press-Guardian outfit, 8 to 4, in a recent game, which squares accounts for the shellacking the News received a year ago. Example: Mourned Candidate La Guardia: "What a shellacking they gave me!"
Word: counterstrategy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English strategy English counterstrategy From counter- + strategy. 1. Any strategy designed to counter another, or to render something ineffective. Example: Any US counterstrategy will require a domestic, interagency, and multi-lateral approach to defend Taiwan's ability to resolve the conflict peacefully.
Word: split an infinitive Part of Speech: verb 1. To produce a split infinitive.
Word: incrementalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English incremental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English incrementalism From incremental + -ism. 1. Any method of achieving a goal by means of a series of gradual increments, or small steps. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We don’t want to scare away our members or provoke a fight with the government. So the only realistic approach is incrementalism. We will campaign, issue by issue, sector by sector, for gradual improvements. […] The problem was never that system change is too big an ask or takes too long. The problem is that incrementalism is too small an ask. Example: And after a summer of extreme heat and wild weather, she evidently worries that incrementalism will not be enough to address a climate crisis that is crying out for revolution.
Word: counter strategy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of counterstrategy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1985 - Automation of America’s offices Sociotechnical systems developed as a counter strategy to the traditionally structured organization
Word: counter-strategy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of counterstrategy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For awhile^([sic]) it appeared that this counter-strategy would be effective, […]
Word: war-monger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of warmonger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: talk shit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”). 1. To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Talk shit, get hit. Example: No, but the point of the story is you guys would be a good couple, but anyways, the thing is, is yo, this girl is blurping his business to shorties like me, and what I don’t like is if the business is true that you left your moms in the hood, somebody go smoke that yute; you don’t leave your moms nowhere — you have money and you left your moms there? Yo, you’re sick to my stomach, fam — but if it’s not true, shorties just talking shit. 2. To speak nonsense or to lie. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Yo, man, Bobby was here, an' he was talkin' all kinds of shit about how many girlfriends he's had; y'all know that he ain't had a girlfriend since a girl had him.
Word: Johnny-come-latelies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Johnny-come-lately Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eat for two Part of Speech: verb 1. To be pregnant Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic
Word: thruway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thru + way. 1. Standard form of throughway. Labels: Standard, US, alt-of Example: … not less than 20 miles per hour on all portions of the thruway system.
Word: pilus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pile. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ̯.ləs/, /ˈpʌɪ̯.ləs/, /ˈpɑe̯.ləs/, /ˈpʌi̯.ləs/, /ˈpəi̯-/ 1. A hair. 2. A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria. 3. A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.
Word: rondeau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French rondeau, from Old French rondel. Doublet of rondo. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/, /ˈɹɑnˌdoʊ/, /ˌɹɑnˈdoʊ/ 1. A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas. Example: Though we have the English rondels of Occleve and a set of rondeaus in the Rolliad (written by Dr. Lawrence, the friend of Burke, according to Mr. Edmund Gosse, who has given us an admirable essay upon exotic forms of verse), […]. Example: First of all, the two rondeaux appear in the 1538 version of the previously published Adoleseenee Clementine at the end of the section of poems of the same genre. 2. A monophonic song with a two-part refrain. Example: Still should not reference perchance be made to the rondeaus [which?] C. P. E. Bach presented in his last sonata collection? Example: The rondeaus show great variety. There are two very short, apparently primitive rondeaus a 3. 3. Synonym of rondeau pan; a shallow pot or pan that can be used for braising.
Word: get out of Dodge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to Dodge City, Kansas, a busy cattle town in the late 19th century notorious for gunfighters, gambling, brothels and saloons. Possibly inspired by the radio and television series Gunsmoke (1952–1975). 1. To leave, especially to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: The pulp mills, he predicts, "are going to just high-grade all the best trees and get the hell out of Dodge." Example: When Jasper surfaced, Skiles thought to himself, Woody will come through. He'll find the way. He always gets us out of predicaments like this. Now that he's back it's just a matter or gearing up, getting in the water and getting the hell out of Dodge.
Word: Hell Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hel. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of Hela. Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. Alternative letter-case form of hell. Labels: alt-of Example: In ancient times, Turfan was called Huochou, or Fire City, which was not inappropriate. Turfan is located in the lowest depression in Asia, just a notch above Hell. 4. Any of various places so named. Example: Officially the Nordland Railway begins at Hell, but popularly the whole route north of Trondheim is so called. 5. Any of various places so named. 6. Any of various places so named. 7. Any of various places so named.
Word: put about Part of Speech: verb 1. To change direction. Labels: intransitive Example: It had been incurred by a little fellow, young, a novice, an afterguardsman absent from his assigned post when the ship was being put about. 2. To circulate, spread or disseminate. Labels: transitive Example: to put about a rumour Example: We are out to make big money this time and Bronsky will be useful. He can give us facilities for getting the stuff away and for putting it about on a scale that no one else could offer.
Word: put about Part of Speech: adj 1. disturbed; upset Labels: dated Example: I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited.
Word: houdah Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of howdah. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: Lord and Lady Lytton rode in a silver houdah […]
Word: on guard Part of Speech: adj 1. The starting position of a fencing bout. Example: We fall on guard, and after all it is a friend who comes to meet us. 2. Vigilant, alert. 3. Transmitting on the aircraft emergency frequency.
Word: okiya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 置屋. 1. The lodging-house of a geisha. Example: My advice to you is: work very hard, and never leave the okiya without permission.
Word: nagauta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 長唄 (nagauta). 1. A form of traditional Japanese vocal music, often used in kabuki theatre. Labels: uncountable Example: She was to have four classes that morning—shamisen, dance, tea ceremony, and a form of singing we call nagauta.
Word: 4x2 Part of Speech: noun 1. A four by two. 2. a four-wheeled vehicle with two-wheel drive
Word: paulownia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin paulownia, from German Pawlowna, transliterating Russian Па́вловна (Pávlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna. 1. Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia. Example: “This is a nice dry piece of paulownia wood,” she said, “for drawing my eyebrows.”
Word: 2WD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of two-wheel drive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of two-wheel drive. Labels: countable, metonymically, often, uncountable
Word: knobkerry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of knobkierie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I close my eyes and see the pickers bending on the green hillsides, their saffron robes and slender, leaf-brown hands; I see the teeming docks where half-starved fellows with legs like knobkerries sticking out of ragged shorts have stencilled wooden chests and call to each other in parrot shrieks; I even see the pottery works where this cup was spun out of cloud-white clay one late-nineteenth-century summer afternoon by an indentured apprentice with a harelip and a blind sister waiting for him in their hovel up a pestilential back lane.
Word: merce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See amerce. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce. Labels: obsolete Example: this Ralph was merced in seven thousand marks, for bribery, and ejected out of his place.
Word: scroll saw Part of Speech: noun 1. A fine-toothed fretsaw with an oscillating blade that can be used to accurately cut out curves and other complicated shapes.
Word: the devil is in the details Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: In allusion to God is in the detail. 1. The specific provisions of, or particular steps for implementing, a general plan, policy, or contract may be complicated, controversial, or unworkable. Labels: idiomatic Example: Krupp already has an agreement in principle for the deal, but precise details are still being worked out by Polish officials and a Krupp bargaining team ("The devil is in the details," Beitz says). Example: The country has developed a strong consensus for peace, but the devil is in the details over what concessions should be made.
Word: adnominal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ad- + nominal, by analogy with adverbial for verbs. Pronunciation: /ˌædˈnɑ.mɪ.nəl/ 1. Involving or relating to words that modify a noun. Labels: not-comparable Example: In most languages, pronominal and adnominal demonstratives are morphologically identical.
Word: adnominal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ad- + nominal, by analogy with adverbial for verbs. Pronunciation: /ˌædˈnɑ.mɪ.nəl/ 1. The adnominal case: A word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective or a relative clause.
Word: adnominal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective form of adnoun, by analogy with the use of nominal as the adjective form of noun. Pronunciation: /ˌædˈnɑ.mɪ.nəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to an adnoun (sensu stricto). Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: adnoun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ad + English noun. 1. An adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective). 2. Any adjective. Labels: dated Example: 3. An adjective or adnoun, expresses a particular quality ascribed to a substantive—A good man, a bad man, a studious man, a lazy man—The words good, bad, studious, and lazy, express the particular quality which belong to such or such a man.
Word: tizzy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. American, 1935. Possibly related to tizzy (“sixpence coin”, slang), from tester (“sixpence coin”, slang). Compare also dizzy. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪzi/ 1. A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither. Labels: colloquial Example: to be in a tizzy Example: That Todd Evergreen. The reclusive, twenty-two-year-old, overnight billionaire whose very existence has put us all in a tizzy. 2. A sixpence; a tester. Labels: UK, archaic, slang Example: Down with the stumpy; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half. Example: Tadpole holds out, but between threats and cajoleries at length sells half for one shilling and sixpence — about a fifth of its fair market value; however, he is glad to realize anything, and, as he wisely remarks, "Wanderer mayn't win, and the tizzy is safe anyhow."
Word: tizzies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tizzy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slot machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any machine operated by placing money or a token into a slot, especially: Labels: UK, US Example: As an illustration of a general technique for calculating odds, suppose you are playing a 25-cent slot machine. 2. Any machine operated by placing money or a token into a slot, especially: Example: The paperback selling slot-machine was only one resourceful trade invention, […] 3. Any machine operated by placing money or a token into a slot, especially: Labels: dated Example: “[…]But I should be much obliged if you would see that the gas people come to-morrow and put my stove in order. It might be done while I am out. That the shilling-in-the-slot machine should go wrong is very unpleasant.[…]” […] Mr. Sleuth spoke pettishly, with far more heat than he was wont to speak, but Mrs. Bunting sympathised with him in this matter. She had always suspected that those slot machines were as dishonest as if they were human.
Word: fruit machine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fruit + machine. * (slot machine): From originating with machines with fruit pictures * (criminology): From being a machine used to identify fruits (“homosexuals”) * (food): From being a machine containing fruits 1. A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit. Labels: UK 2. A device developed to identify homosexual people by measuring their physical responses to different kinds of pornography. Labels: Canada, slang 3. A vending machine that dispenses fruit.
Word: cankerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English canker Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English cankerous From canker + -ous. 1. Infected with canker; ulcerous. 2. Causing canker; ulcerating. Example: Hither may come the prisoner, escaping from his dark and narrow cell and cankerous chain, to breathe free air in this enchanted atmosphere.
Word: canoeist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English canoe Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English canoeist From canoe + -ist. Pronunciation: /kəˈnuːɪst/ 1. A person who travels by canoe. Example: Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists. Example: Those people who have a meaningful relation to that body of water — whether it be a fisherman, a canoeist, a zoologist, or a logger — must be able to speak for the values which the river represents . . .
Word: cinemas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cinema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sword hand Part of Speech: noun 1. The hand in which one's sword is normally held.
Word: sixte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sixte, from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkst/ 1. The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level. Labels: uncountable
Word: Quinte Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪnti/ 1. Synonym of Bay of Quinte: A long, narrow bay on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada
Word: gray areas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gray area Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Canola. Pronunciation: /kəˈnoʊlə/ 1. Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The approach taken in this study was to compare the risk management costs of wheat to that of two non-cwb-marketed Canadian grains: flax and canola. Example: The carbohydrate component of canola meal accounts for about one third of the meal . . .
Word: grey areas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grey area Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canopied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From canopy + -ed. 1. covered overhead with (or as if with) a canopy. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1854, Edward Lewes Cutts, An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration, London: John Crockford, “Wood-Work,” pp. 32-3, In the seal of Edward III. and Richard II. the king is seated in a niche, which is canopied and pinnacled in the usual style of niches in architectural work. Example: He slept there from time to time, in the fantasy of the canopied bed, with its countless pillows.
Word: canopied Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From canopy + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of canopy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cantankerousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cantankerous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cantankerousness From cantankerous + -ness. 1. The state of being cantankerous. Labels: uncountable Example: The gamekeeper was slower to smooth himself down than Solomon; who showed much good-temper, setting himself to make up for a little cantankerousness, in fact growing to be friendly.
Word: cantonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From canton + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or divided into cantons. Labels: not-comparable Example: The cantonal governments are all republics, more or less democratic.
Word: canvasback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From canvas + back. 1. A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird. Example: 1857 The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster Yesterday, I received a great present from Mr. Webster, from Washington; a large basket of canvasback ducks and a large turkey. Example: The native State of Patrick Henry Hanway was a moss-grown member of the republic and had been one of the original thirteen. It possessed with other impedimenta a moss-grown aristocracy that borrowed money, devoured canvasbacks, drank burgundy, wore spotless tow in summer, clung to the duello, and talked of days of greatness which had been before the war.
Word: capaciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English capacious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English capaciousness From capacious + -ness. 1. The quality of being capacious. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Capacity is the abstract of capax, receiving or apt to hold ; it is therefore applied to the contents of hollow bodies : capaciousness is the abstract of capacious and is therefore applied to the plane surface comprehended within a given space. hence we speak of the capacity of a vessel; and the capaciousness of a room. Example: The author of the Plays was equipped, beyond every other man of his time, with wisdom, erudition, imagination, capaciousness of mind, grace, and majesty of expression.
Word: capeskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cape + skin, after Cape Town in South Africa. 1. A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At this time the Director of the WAAC recommended (1) a regulation dress glove of leather similar to capeskin to match the shoes in color, (2) a dress glove […]
Word: capillarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French capillarité. 1. The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hence the allowance to be made for diminution of the height of a mercurial column, owing to capillarity, is determined by two considerations — the diameter of the tube and versed sine of the corresponding meniscus.
Word: capital-intensive Part of Speech: adj 1. Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour. Example: Petroleum is the most productive and capital-intensive industry while apparel is the least productive and least capital intensive.
Word: capital intensive Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of capital-intensive. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: capitalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From capitalist + -ic, probably after German kapitalistisch. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. 1. Of or pertaining to capitalism or to capitalists. Example: This gloomy view of the capitalistic production system envisioned ceaseless warfare among the major powers. Example: In other words, the workers will overthrow the capitalistic class and establish a so-called dictatorship of the proletariat, which will finally become a classless society. 2. Organised on a capitalist basis.
Word: capriciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English capricious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English capriciousness From capricious + -ness. 1. The quality of being capricious. Labels: uncountable Example: To employ always the same witnesses, he would excite speculation, and expose himself to the imputation of fickleness or capriciousness.
Word: capsular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English capsule Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English capsular From capsule + -ar. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a capsule. Labels: not-comparable Example: Four muscles are destined to move the os humeri, and to strengthen the capsular ligament. Example: Researchers are pursuing vaccines made of capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8, […]
Word: capsulize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English capsule Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English capsulize From capsule + -ize. 1. To enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule. 2. To make into a concise form; to encapsulate. Labels: figuratively Example: Nothing is capsulized in me / On either side of town / The streets were never really mine / Not mine these glamour gowns Example: Radical academic Howard Zinn's quip that the U.S. is "always ready to kill people to protect them from communism" capsulized many presentations that examined U.S. international and domestic aggression (cloaked as jingoistic anti-terrorism) against progressive movments ^([sic]) and governments.
Word: captaincy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From captain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy. 1. The rank or status of a captain. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The jurisdiction of a captain. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: He obtains a captaincy in the Catalonian army Example: The territory bathed by this river belongs to the captaincy of Benito Maciel the father.
Word: captiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English captious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English captiousness From captious + -ness. 1. The state of being captious. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "Yes— and I suppose you want to know why," she replied with dry captiousness. 2. Captious behaviour. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: polypous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English polyp Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English polypous From polyp + -ous. 1. Relating to, resembling, or characterized by the presence of a polyp.
Word: captivation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English captivate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English captivation From captivate + -ion. 1. The act of captivating or the state of being captivated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But the test of an oration is not only its immediate effect; there are tricks of elocution, a jugglery of manner, and even a personal captivation that so win the senses as to bewilder the judgment.
Word: polypoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From polyp + -oid. 1. Resembling a polyp. 2. Marked by the presence of lesions suggesting polyps.