nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: certiorari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the present passive infinitive of Latin certiōrō (“to make certain”), from the words used at the beginning of these writs when they were written in Latin: certiorārī volumus (“[we] wish to be made certain”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛəɹaɪ/, /ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛəɹi/, /ˌsɝʃəˈɹɑɹi/, /ˌsɜːʃəˈɹɛəɹaɪ/, /ˌsɜːʃəˈɹɛəɹi/ 1. A grant of the right of an appeal to be heard by an appellate court where that court has discretion to choose which appeals it will hear. Labels: US 2. A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review. Labels: UK
Word: ambushed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bʊʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of ambush Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ambushed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bʊʃt/ 1. Having been the target of an ambush. 2. Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared. Labels: figuratively
Word: ambushing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bʊʃ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ambush Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ambushing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bʊʃ.ɪŋ/ 1. An ambush.
Word: pudency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pudentia, from Latin pudet (“it shames”). 1. Modesty. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Me of my lawful pleasure she restrain’d And pray’d me oft forbearance; did it with A pudency so rosy the sweet view on’t Might well have warm’d old Saturn […] Example: 1780, Thomas Holcroft, Alwyn, London: Fielding & Walker, Volume I, Letter 4, p. 58, He has no respect to the timidity or pudency of youth or sex, but will say the most discouraging, as well as the rudest things, and receives pleasure in proportion to the pain he communicates.
Word: wimble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wymble, wymbel. Compare Middle Dutch wimmel, Middle Low German wimel, wemel. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪm.bəl/, [ˈwɪmbl̩] 1. Any of various hand tools for boring holes.
Word: wimble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wimblen, from the noun (above). Compare Middle Low German wemelen. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪm.bəl/, [ˈwɪmbl̩] 1. To truss (hay) with a wimble. Labels: transitive Example: “What have you been doing?” “Tending thrashing-machine and wimbling haybonds, and saying ‘Hoosh!’ to the cocks and hens when they go upon your seeds, and planting Early Flourballs and Thompson’s Wonderfuls with a dibble.” 2. To bore or pierce, as with a wimble. Labels: transitive Example: 1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, London: Lackington et al., 1820, Volume 4, p. 39, […] a foot soldier had hid himself […] and being greedy of prey, crept into the vault, and cut so much of the velvet pall that covered the great body, as he judged would hardly be missed, and wimbled also a hole thro’ the said coffin that was largest […] Example: My body heavier & heavier, my head a stone, & within an insistent voice wimbling away […]
Word: wimble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Related to whim. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪm.bəl/, [ˈwɪmbl̩] 1. active; nimble Labels: obsolete Example: He was so wimble, and so wight, From bough to bough he lepped light, Example: 1579, Edward Hake, Newes out of Powles Churchyarde, London: John Charlewood and Richard Jhones, “The first Satyr,” And casting backe mine eye, I spyde a pretie wymble lad, Who saluing of his mate, dyd aske what newes were to be had.
Word: stupra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stuprum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stuprate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin stupratus, past participle of stuprare (“to ravish”). Pronunciation: /stjuːˈpɹeɪt/, /ˈstjuːpɹeɪt/, /ˈstuːpɹeɪt/ 1. To ravish; to debauch. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: he bethought himselfe what course Iupiter tooke to stuprate Calisto
Word: believing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing. Pronunciation: /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/, /bɪˈli.vɪŋ/, /bi-/, /bə-/ 1. present participle and gerund of believe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: believing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing. Pronunciation: /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/, /bɪˈli.vɪŋ/, /bi-/, /bə-/ 1. The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Belief. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some believings are believings with simple certainty; others are more or less uncertain; still others are believings with a reassured certainty, perhaps after a time during which they were uncertain.
Word: brobbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brob Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: believed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈliːvd/, /bɪˈlivd/, /bi-/, /bə-/ 1. simple past and past participle of believe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: brobbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brob Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from a Middle Dutch noun related to stuiven and cognate to German Staub (“dust”). Pronunciation: /staɪv/ 1. The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding. Example: 1867, The British Farmer's Magazine, Volum LII, New Series, page 231, The removal of the heated air, steam, stive, and flour from the millstones, is a proposition which does not appear to be more than sufficiently well understood.
Word: stive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stīven, alternative form of stūphen (“to steep (meat in a liquid)”), from Vulgar Latin *extuphāre, *extufāre, *extupāre, from ex- + Ancient Greek τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”). Compare Scots stove (“to stew”) (whence Irish stobh), Old French estuver (“to put into hot water”), and Dutch stoven (“to stew, simmer”). Pronunciation: /staɪv/ 1. To stew; to be stifled or suffocated. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive Example: 1796, Amelia Simmons, American Cookery, 1996 Bicentennial Facsimile Edition, page 64, Let your cucumbers be ſmall, freſh gathered, and free from ſpots; then make a pickle of ſalt and water, ſtrong enough to bear an egg; boil the pickle and ſkim it well, and then pour it upon your cucumbers, and ſtive them down for twenty four hours; […] .
Word: stive Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of stew. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: stive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to Italian stivàre, Portuguese estivar. Pronunciation: /staɪv/ 1. Sometimes with up: to compress (something); to cram. Labels: transitive Example: His chamber being commonly ſtived vvith Friends or Suiters of one kind or other, vvhen he gave his legs, armes, and breſt to his ordinary ſervants to button and dreſſe him vvith little heed, […] then the Gentleman of his Robes throvving a cloak over his ſhoulders, he vvould make a ſtep into his Cloſet, and after a ſhort prayer, he vvas gone: […] Example: And here I mist stay, / In this stived up kitchen to work all day.
Word: witch doctors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of witch doctor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shrinking violet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from the inconspicuous nature of the violet (genus Viola) flower and plant. The term appears to have been first used in the literal sense in the early 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ ˈvaɪələt/, /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ ˈvaɪlət/, /-lɪt/ 1. A very shy or timid person, who avoids contact with others if possible. Labels: idiomatic Example: June, no shrinking violet she, crossed the room and introduced herself to the newcomers. Example: '"Shy", you said, sir! And I think you saw Moya less than six months ago? Well, the shrinking violet has been "had" twice since then for brawling, and if her mother hadn't contrived influenza in the very nick of time I understand that the timid fawn had arranged to chain herself to the minute hand of Big Ben.'
Word: God speed Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of Godspeed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 3 [Citizen]. Neighbours, God ſpeed. / 1 [Citizen]. Giue you good morrovv ſir. Example: Duke. God ſpeed father. / 1. Mad[man]. God ſpeed the Plough, thou ſhalt not ſpeed me.
Word: God speed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Godspeed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Then Chriſtian took his leave of his Friend, and he again bid him God ſpeed. Example: Ber[inthia]. Speed her vvell. / VVor[thy]. Ay, but there muſt be more than a God ſpeed, or your Charity vvon't be vvorth a farthing.
Word: cake walk Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century. Example: It is called the cake-walk. A large cake is prepared for the occasion, and, when the invited guests arrive on the gala evening, each young man selects a partner for the walk. After a great deal of merriment and confusion, the couples take their places on the floor and begin to march around the room singing a hymn (for the church-members are not allowed to indulge in secular music) to a good marching tune, while the matrons and married men look on and criticise the promenaders, join in the chorus, and beat time with hands and feet. When tired at last of the walking-match, the cake is duly awarded to the most graceful couple, by whom it is carried home after the supper which closes the entertainment. 2. From the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number wins a cake. Example: ... each of the marchers took his place beside the number nearest to him. 3. Something extremely easy. Labels: idiomatic Example: The three mile run was a cake walk for "Blondy" Romig, of Penn State.
Word: cake walks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cake walk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + boy. 1. A boy who sells sand. Example: Up and down the street not a child was to be seen. A sandboy with a donkey cart was the sole human arrangement in it. 2. A proverbially happy or jolly person. Example: Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach his rooms as jolly as a sandboy. Example: Craw was happy as a sandboy, he reported: quite his former vile self, but a bit dazed to be bearded by Luke without warning.
Word: bag of rations Part of Speech: noun 1. A fussy or overly zealous military superior. Labels: World-War-I, dated, slang
Word: ploughmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ploughman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plowmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plowman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graminoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -oid. 1. resembling the grasses
Word: graminoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -oid. 1. A plant with elongate leaves and minute flowers, such as a grass, sedge or rush. Example: Graminoids adapted to mesic sites dominate the understory.
Word: thin end of the wedge Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment. Labels: idiomatic Example: The MP told parliament that legalising cannabis would be the thin end of the wedge. Example: This is known as the 'thin end of the wedge' argument raised by people who don't want to lose the protection of restrictive covenants. The 'thin end of the wedge' means that when you drive a wedge into something, you use the thin end first because it's easier than using the thick end.
Word: Wahlen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Wahlen. 1. A surname from German.
Word: radgin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of radge Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: radged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of radge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: voice vote Part of Speech: noun 1. A vote that is held by members calling out aye or nay, used in cases where result is not contested or at least not close and a count is not needed to determine if the motion passes. Example: The anti-gay amendment was initially defeated in the House on a voice vote. But it was later approved by a large margin on a roll call vote, suggesting that many congressmen feared negative reactions from constituents in an election year.
Word: diœcious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of dioecious. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: …several of the Medusæ, probably all, are diœcious… Example: Low, creeping, heath-like shrubs, with small, crowded, entire, evergreen, leaves, and minute, axillary, diœcious flowers.
Word: verbal authority Part of Speech: noun 1. Right or permission authorized verbally rather than in writing. Labels: uncountable Example: I acted by verbal authority, even though I couldn't be sure my superior would confirm I'd been authorized.
Word: ploughman's lunches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ploughman's lunch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: futurists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of futurist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rafie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɑːɹˈfi/ 1. Alternative spelling of ralphie. Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative, derogatory
Word: fretless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fret Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English fretless From fret + -less. 1. Of a stringed instrument, not having frets on the fingerboard. Labels: not-comparable 2. Without worries. Labels: not-comparable Example: You would live longer and happier if you would only be quiet and fretless. Example: Will the fretless world be happy or will restless nature shout / For some old-time fret or worry just to rave and kick about?
Word: fretless Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fret Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English fretless From fret + -less. 1. A stringed instrument without frets on the fingerboard. Example: Read's creations have covered just about all of bass-dom, from vintage-style 4-strings to 32-position fretlesses to 25-fret 8-strings tuned F♯BEADGCF. Example: No other machine can produce sounds which are so often described as 'singing', 'purring', 'humming', and 'ringing'. But this array of mellifluous notes doesn't come cheaply: even those who have mastered the fretless to moderate levels of proficiency have been obliged to spend many hundreds of hours on techniques which fretted-bass players either take for granted or simply do not require.
Word: rafies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rafie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oscillations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oscillation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rarf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of ralphie, rafie. 1. An idiot Labels: North, Yorkshire
Word: negative Nancy Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is considered excessively and disagreeably pessimistic. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, informal Example: 2001, Sara Jane Sluke, Vanessa Torres, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing with Stress for Teens "Be wary of being a Negative Nancy." Example: "You're being negative Nancy today,"
Word: rarfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rarf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skuds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skud Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: barking spiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barking spider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barking spider Part of Speech: noun 1. An Australian spider, Selenocosmia crassipes, which makes a "hissing" sound (stridulation) when disturbed. 2. An instance of audible flatulence; a fart. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: fine-grained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fine + grained. 1. Consisting of fine particles. 2. Having a fine, smooth texture. 3. Highly detailed. Labels: figuratively Example: “It’s been long needed — and they’ve done a very good job,” said Ewan Birney […]. “This will improve our fine-grained understanding of variation, and then that research will open new opportunities toward clinical applications.”
Word: chafes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chafe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chafes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chafe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stotting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stott Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of stot. Labels: Geordie, Scotland, alt-of, alternative
Word: stotts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stott Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cry blue murder Part of Speech: verb 1. To make an unwarranted fuss. Example: If told that they could not stay up late the children would cry blue murder.
Word: crying blue murder Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cry blue murder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cries blue murder Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cry blue murder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cried blue murder Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cry blue murder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cries wolf Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cry wolf Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crying wolf Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cry wolf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cried wolf Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cry wolf Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thin edge of the wedge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of thin end of the wedge. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But the great difficulty was the getting in the thin edge of the wedge; when once they had anything to do with price they must apply it to everything. Example: But at last the thin edge of the wedge of reform had been pushed in.
Word: durance vile Part of Speech: noun 1. A long prison sentence. Labels: archaic, idiomatic, uncountable Example: In durance vile here must I wake and weep Example: Two of the tribe were captured and put in irons, Binmook and Tommy, whose photographs, taken when in durance vile, I have by me still.
Word: depictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depiction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: death-bed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of deathbed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Fourth of July was coming; but he soon gave that up—gave it up before he had worn his shackles over forty-eight hours—and fixed his hopes upon old Judge Frazer, justice of the peace, who was apparently on his death-bed and would have a big public funeral, since he was so high an official. Example: It is said that whenever a member of the house of the Arundels of Wardour lies on his death-bed, a pair of large screech-owls fly round the battlements each night till his decease.
Word: death bed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of deathbed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flowingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flowing Middle English -ly English -ly English flowingly From flowing + -ly. 1. In a flowing manner. Example: She danced flowingly across the stage, as though gravity and friction didn't apply to her.
Word: flower box Part of Speech: noun 1. A container in which flowers or plants are grown, usually affixed outside just below a window. 2. A comment in source code that spans several lines, serving to introduce the source code that follows, and bordered by asterisks. Example: 1988, Computer Partners, Inc, Handbook of COBOL techniques and programming standards To make this easier to do, set up an empty flower box and copy it into your program... Example: […] you might have several lines of comments enclosed in a "flower box".
Word: flower boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flower box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planter boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planter box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transubstantiates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transubstantiate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transubstantiating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transubstantiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transubstantiated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transubstantiate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: first mate Part of Speech: noun 1. An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.
Word: first mates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of first mate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: floorperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floor + person. 1. The person who works the floor (deals with customers), a floor manager. 2. A floorman or floorwoman in a casino.
Word: floor manager Part of Speech: noun 1. A manager who works on the shop floor and may directly interact with customers. Example: The floor manager will then make a thorough inspection together with the foreman to see that all containers, whether of parts or chain, are properly labeled. Example: The 16th matter occurred when an Assistant Floor Manager was walking past Area 3 on the casino floor. 2. One who manages the floor of a dance, club, or other gathering of people. Example: Don Pablo do la Guerra, with his handsome aristocratic features, was the floor manager, and gallantly discharged his office. Example: At the Municipal Pier, for example, an investigator learned that when Negro couples went on the dancing pavilion floor the floor manager informed them that they were not dancing properly and took them to one side to acquaint them with the approved style of dancing; no matter how well they danced, they were to be prevented from going on the floor by the manager's judgment of their dancing. 3. A manager of a television show, responsible for communication between the director and the crew. Example: The floor manager came on the set and announced that the unseen director of the show had called cut. Example: The floor manager counted me in and The James Whale Radio Show took to the air on Yorkshire Television in its usual slot.
Word: floor managers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floor manager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: floorpeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floorperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flower bed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of flowerbed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And strange, too, it is to stand on Primrose Hill, as I did but a day before writing this last chapter, to see the great province of houses, dim and blue through the haze of the smoke and mist, vanishing at last into the vague lower sky, to see the people walking to and fro among the flower beds on the hill, to see the sightseers about the Martian machine that stands there still, to hear the tumult of playing children, and to recall the time when I saw it all bright and clear cut, hard and silent, under the dawn of that last great day. . .
Word: flower beds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flower bed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: de-thatcher Part of Speech: noun 1. A device which removes dead grass clippings from a lawn, often a lawnmower attachment. Frequently inaccurately called a thatcher.
Word: combined studies Part of Speech: noun 1. A course, given at many universities and colleges, in which broad areas of study, rather than limited subjects are taught. Labels: uncountable
Word: telecamera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English camera English telecamera From tele- + camera. 1. A television camera, or a video camera more generally. Labels: dated Example: Phil Regan, who has done radio, film and personal appearance work, makes his first appearance before a telecamera. Example: One final matter: Doug Edwards insists that he had proof positive that the CBS telecamera was actually rendered hors de combat during the fateful performance of Gypsy Rose Lee at the Air Force Show held in Madison Square Garden several months ago.
Word: deciliters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deciliter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decigramme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French décigramme. By surface analysis, deci- + gramme. 1. UK spelling of decigram.
Word: decibels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decibel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hrm Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈhəɹəm/ 1. Expresses a moment of particular curiosity or thoughtfulness.
Word: deboned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːˈbəʊnd/, /diˈboʊnd/ 1. Having had its bones removed. Labels: not-comparable Example: This deboned fish will be safe for the cat to eat.
Word: deboned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːˈbəʊnd/, /diˈboʊnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of debone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bring it Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From bring it on, from bring on. 1. Used to respond affirmatively and aggressively to a challenge by issuing one in return. Labels: US, emphatic
Word: bring it Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bring it on, from bring on. 1. To give one's all in a particular effort; to perform admirably or forcefully. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: When we get to the competition next month, you really have to bring it.
Word: giant kettle Part of Speech: noun 1. A pothole of very large dimensions, as found in glaciers in Norway (pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream).
Word: deadbeat dad Part of Speech: noun 1. A man, especially one who is divorced or estranged from his partner, who fails to provide monetary child support when he is legally required to do so. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, idiomatic Example: If the '90s offer one villain by consensus, it is the deadbeat dad, that selfish fugitive condemned by liberals and conservatives alike for his irresponsible behavior and generous contributions to the cycle of welfare dependency. 2. A man who is voluntarily absent and uncaring towards his children, especially one who leaves them entirely in their mother's care. Labels: broadly, derogatory, idiomatic, informal
Word: Pandora's boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pandora's box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jacksy Part of Speech: noun 1. Backside Labels: UK, slang 2. Buttocks Labels: UK, slang
Word: Mylanta Part of Speech: name 1. An antacid medication of aluminum and magnesium hydroxide. Example: 2003 April 6, David X. Cohen, "The Why of Fry", Futurama, season 5, episode 8, Fox Broadcasting Company Philip Fry: I remember the square-dancing stomachs, although that might have been a Mylanta commercial.
Word: keep one's head Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause distress. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you . . . Example: The ruffian kept his head, and though the dog's teeth were in his shoulder, he managed to get his right hand free.
Word: killingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English killing Middle English -ly English -ly English killingly From killing + -ly. 1. So as to kill; fatally. 2. So as to incapacitate with laughter. Labels: figuratively Example: I should not be able to say how killingly droll I found this.
Word: French donut Part of Speech: noun 1. A beignet. Labels: US
Word: erhu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 二胡 (èrhú), from 二 (èr, “two”) + 胡 (hú, “fiddle; short for 胡琴, a family of Chinese vertical fiddles”). Pronunciation: /ˈɜːhuː/, /ɚˈhuː/ 1. A type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments. Example: A rugged, handsome woman who can plant five fields in the time it takes others to plant one, Lu reveals her inner self by playing sweet music on the ehru ^([sic]) in a deserted factory site. Example: Searches on Craigslist turned up no ads for erhus, wanted or offered, though there was a posting for an instrument found on the Lower East Side (the owner must identify the instrument).
Word: ETS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of emissions trading scheme. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Free pollution permits worth €98.5bn were given to energy-intensive sectors […]. This is more than the €88.5bn that the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) charged polluters, mostly coal and gas power stations, for their CO₂ emissions. […] Carbon emissions covered by the ETS have fallen by 37% since it began in 2005, largely thanks to the growth of renewable energy. 2. Initialism of environmental tobacco smoke. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The evidence clearly showed that ETS increased the risk of SIDS, but the panel couldn’t decide whether that risk was caused by prenatal smoking, postnatal ETS, or both. 3. Initialism of end of term of service or expiration of term of service. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of estimated time of separation. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ETS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Educational Testing Service: the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization, founded in 1947. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: so that Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English so that, so þat, sa þat, swo þat, swa þat, from Old English swā þæt, equivalent to so + that. Cognate with Saterland Frisian sodät, West Frisian sadat, Dutch zodat, German sodaß, sodass. 1. Indicates result; in order that, with the result that. Example: He must die so that (as a result) others may/might live. Example: You so create your own activities that you ﬁnd them fulﬁlling. 2. Indicates purpose; in such a way that, with the intent that. Example: He tied a complex knot so that others would find it hard to undo. Example: I’ll open a window, so that we’ll get some fresh air in here.
Word: atomist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English atom 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 atomist From atom + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈætəmɪst/ 1. An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles. Example: What distinguished the atomists from their opponents was not the belief in tiny particles that make up matter, but the question of what separated them. 2. An adherent of the atomic theory.
Word: chymist Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of chemist. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And indeed, when in the writings of Paracelſus I meet with ſuch Phantaſtick and Un-intelligible Diſcourſes as that Writer often puzzels and tyres his Reader with, father'd upon ſuch excellent Experiments, as though he ſeldom clearly teaches, I often find he knew ; me thinks the Chymiſts, in their ſearches after truth, are not unlike the Navigators of Solomons Tarſhiſh Fleet, who brought home from their long and tedious Voyages, not only Gold, and Silver, and Ivory, but Apes and Peacocks too ; For ſo the Writings of ſeveral (for I ſay not, all) of your Hermetick Philoſophers preſent us, together with divers Subſtantial and noble Experiments, Theories, which either like Peacocks feathers make a great ſhew, but are neither ſolid nor uſeful ; or elſe like Apes, if they have ſome appearance of being rational, are blemiſh'd with ſome abſurdity or other, that when they are Attentively conſider'd, makes them appear Ridiculous. Example: "Count, I have no physician, nor do I mean to have one. I paid more to those medical men at Brighton than is satisfactory to my conscience on reflection; but, as I took care of the prescription, I get my drugs from the chymists, and make them up at home."
Word: Angromainyus Part of Speech: name 1. Ahriman
Word: executability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English execute Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English executability From execute + -ability. Pronunciation: /ˌɛksɪkjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The extent to which something may be executed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The executability of the file would depend on compatibility with the updated hardware. Example: The executability of his command would depend upon the remaining strength and stamina of the men.
Word: cat stretch Part of Speech: noun 1. A stretch position, naturally and comfortably assumed by a limber feline or imitated by a human (notably as a gymnastic exercise), on all fours with the back maximally arched and pointing upwards.
Word: tiger economy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally in reference to the "Four Asian Tigers" (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore), from the importance of the tiger in Asian symbolism. 1. A place enjoying very fast economic growth. Example: As the levels of education improved, many South East Asian countries became tiger economies.
Word: economic growth Part of Speech: noun 1. The growth of the economic output of a country. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As a result of inward investment, Eire enjoyed substantial economic growth. Example: The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level.
Word: Venetian ceruse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its supposed origin in Venice. 1. A form of ceruse variously claimed to be pure white lead, equal parts white lead and barium sulfate, or white lead mixed with water and vinegar, used to whiten skin and dry sores before it was recognized to cause lead poisoning. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: economic output Part of Speech: noun 1. The value of goods and services produced in a country, region or other entity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The economic output of all countries in the EU has increased considerably during the last three decades.
Word: invisible export Part of Speech: noun 1. Any export that does not have a tangible physical presence (e.g. expertise, insurance underwriting). Example: Although physical imports exceeded exports, when invisible exports were accounted for the balance of payments was healthy.
Word: economic refugee Part of Speech: noun 1. A person fleeing poverty rather than political persecution or the results of a natural disaster. Example: Many people objected to the government allowing entry to so many economic refugees.
Word: better light Part of Speech: noun 1. A way of presenting or perceiving something such that it appears more favourably than by an alternative presentation or perception. Labels: figuratively Example: Knowing the real reasons for his actions enabled her to view them in a better light.
Word: taxi rank Part of Speech: noun 1. An area reserved for taxi cabs to await customers. Example: Getting off the train he made his way to the taxi rank. 2. The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up. Labels: UK Example: Although she detested her client, the taxi rank system meant she had no choice but to take the case.
Word: creakier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of creaky: more creaky Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: DSLR Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism of digital single-lens reflex. 1. Acronym of digital single-lens reflex used to refer to the digital camera. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Still images are captured at 14-megapixel resolution, which matches some high-end D.S.L.R. cameras, and the unit seems to do a good job of coping with a variety of lighting conditions.
Word: homo sapien Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Homo sapien. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antithalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + thalian. Pronunciation: /æn.tɪˈθeɪ.li.ən/ 1. Opposed to fun or festivity. Labels: formal Example: Mr Toobad described her as being […] altogether as gloomy and antithalian a young lady as Mr Glowry himself could desire for the future mistress of Nightmare Abbey. Example: an ascetic component that has caused many postrevolutionary societies, whatever their ideology, to become so unspeakably antithalian after the initial period of creative euphoria is over.
Word: green gold Part of Speech: noun 1. An alloy of gold and silver, used in some jewellery, and having a greenish-yellow color. Labels: uncountable 2. A valuable agricultural crop. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: bubble sort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A metaphor, suggesting the way that elements gradually bubble to the top of the array after consecutive comparisons. 1. A sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop.
Word: fall about Part of Speech: verb 1. To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably. Example: Every time he performed the trick people would fall about laughing.
Word: falls about Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fall about Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: falling about Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fall about Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fell about Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of fall about Labels: form-of, past
Word: cosy up Part of Speech: verb 1. To snuggle. Labels: intransitive Example: If you two are cold, you can cosy up by the fireplace.
Word: cosies up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cosy up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cosying up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cosy up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cosied up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cosy up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Gouda Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊ̯də/, /ˈɡuːdə/ 1. A city and municipality in South Holland province, Netherlands.
Word: Gouda Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊ̯də/, /ˈɡuːdə/ 1. A yellow Dutch cheese made from cows' milk. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sign out Part of Speech: verb 1. To sign one's name as an indication that one is leaving some location; to take some action to indicate one is leaving a secured program or web page on a computer. Labels: intransitive Example: He was the last person to sign out of the building that night. Example: After making the necessary edits, always sign out of the system. 2. To remove (something) and take (it) into one's possession, having registered or signed for it in some way as a record of possession and a promise to return it (e.g., by your signature or log-in credentials). Labels: especially, transitive Example: If you want to take a book home from the library, you must sign it out. Example: To sign out a book, you must present your library card to the clerk. 3. To signal. 4. To say something through sign language.
Word: signs out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sign out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: signing out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sign out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: signed out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sign out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: signs in Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sign in Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: signing in Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sign in Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: signed in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sign in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: signs on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sign on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: signing on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sign on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Bedlington's old platform is being dismantled for replacement, while at the northern end, activity at Ashington continues to be focused on completion of the new car park and building the new train crew signing-on point.
Word: signed on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sign on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: signs off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sign off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: signing off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sign off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: traffic sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A sign for the control of traffic or the information of drivers. Example: The traffic signs on motorways are particularly clear and well lit at night. Example: 2021, "New rules on major EU roads should improve infrastructure safety", ETSC One omission is any language on getting roads ready for automated systems in transport. ETSC had called for provisions on ensuring that road markings, signs and infrastructure take into account the specific needs of e.g. traffic sign recognition and automated lane keeping systems.
Word: road sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A sign for the control of traffic or the information of drivers. Example: The road signs on motorways are particularly clear and well lit at night. Example: The organization pointed out that for speed assistance systems to work accurately, there must be clear and visible road signs placed at regular intervals.
Word: pest control Part of Speech: noun 1. The regulation or management of a species defined as a pest. Labels: uncountable Example: "We have done some targeted pest control, and it has made a huge difference. It's a serious topic. We looked at why there were so many power trips at Ladbroke Grove. And it was an infestation of birds." 2. A service that removes pests. Labels: uncountable
Word: signs up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sign up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: signing up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sign up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: signed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sign up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jacked up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jack (“raise with a jack”). * “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense 1. Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack. Example: Do you want to rotate the tires while we have the car jacked up? 2. Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock. Labels: slang Example: He took us for a ride in his awesome new jacked up truck. 3. Significantly increased or expanded. Labels: informal Example: It's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas. Example: The new jacked up triple-barrel cannons helped turn the tide of the war. 4. Under the influence of stimulants; high. Labels: slang Example: They were all jacked up on coke. 5. Stimulated, excited. Labels: slang Example: 2002 July 15, Kevin Boyce, Loud Rock, CMJ New Music Report, page 13, Late summer is going to be a fantastic time to be a metal fan and we′re more jacked-up about it than a truckload of nymphomaniacs let loose in a dildo factory. Example: The longer I ride my horse, the more jacked-up he gets. Why? 6. Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured. Labels: slang Example: That jacked up refrigerator hasn't moved from that curb in months. Example: My elbow is all jacked up from playing tennis. 7. Reprehensible; objectionable. Labels: slang Example: Dude, your girlfriend left you for your brother? That's jacked up. 8. Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for. Labels: Australia, West-Country, dialectal, obsolete 9. Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post. Labels: Australia, West-Country, dialectal, obsolete
Word: jacked up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jack (“raise with a jack”). * “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense 1. simple past and past participle of jack up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vendicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin vendicāre, an alternative form of vindicare ("to claim, assert, avenge"). See also vindicate. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.dɪ.keɪt/ 1. To claim, assert, or maintain a right for oneself. Labels: obsolete
Word: cupellation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cupellate 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 cupellation From cupellate + -ion. Pronunciation: /kjuːpəˈleɪʃən/ 1. The act or an act of cupellating, the assaying of a precious metal in a cupel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: assaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of assay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: assaying Part of Speech: noun 1. A trial by assay. Example: To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.
Word: ombudsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ombudsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: potable gold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From potable + gold. From being something drinkable that is like gold. * (alchemy): from being an elixir that confers the untarnishability and eternity of gold to a person 1. A theoretical substance which would confer eternal life on the drinker. Labels: uncountable Example: This tradition found its way to the West in the notion of ‘potable gold’ (aurum potabile), a medicine that, if drunk, would cure all manner of ills. 2. A preparation consisting of gold particles in oil and alcohol. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The tincture of the gold known as Mademoiselle Grimaldi's potable gold had a wide reputation in the eighteenth century as an aphrodisiac stimulant.
Word: purple of Cassius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Andreas Cassius, a glassmaker from Potsdam who first described its creation. 1. A pigment formed from gold and tin salts, used in glassmaking. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Purple of Cassius was used not just by glassmakers but by porcelain manufacturers to make a fine red glaze.
Word: debrines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of debrine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: debrining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of debrine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debrined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debrine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: belies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of belie Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scrutability Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of being scrutable; openness to inspection. Labels: uncountable