nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bolster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒlstə/, /ˈbəʊlstə/, [ˈbɒʊlstə], /ˈboʊlstɚ/ 1. A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape. Example: And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, / This way the coverlet, another way the sheets. Example: ["]Don't you know how [Joseph Mallord William] Turner spoils his pictures by introducing a man like a bolster in the foreground? Well, in actual life every landscape is spoilt by men of worse shapes still." / "You sound like a bolster with the stuffing out." They laughed. 2. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. Example: This Arm ſhall be a Bolſter for thy Head, / I'll fetch clean Straw to make my Soldier's Bed; / There, while thou ſleep'ſt, my Apron o'er thee hold, / Or with it patch thy Tent againſt the Cold. 3. A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn. 4. A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam. 5. A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car. 6. The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. 7. The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle. 8. The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. 9. The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. Example: Its [the Ionic's column's] ancient capital is generally formed of two parallel bolsters 10. A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. Labels: historical 11. That which supports or promotes; a catalyst. Labels: figuratively Example: My health too has been better since you took away that Montero cap. I have left off cayenned eggs and such bolsters to discomfort. 12. A wide-bladed cold chisel designed to split and shape bricks.
Word: bolster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒlstə/, /ˈbəʊlstə/, [ˈbɒʊlstə], /ˈboʊlstɚ/ 1. To brace, reinforce, secure, or support. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: Puget also teamed up with Matt Hyde (Deftones, Slayer) to co-produce the record, which was another smart move: Together, the pair ensures that AFI (The Blood Album)'s arrangements are streamlined, but bolstered by just the right amount of atmospheric texture. Example: However, once the bi-modes come on stream this [the power supply] will need to be bolstered by a feed at Braybrooke, just south of Market Harborough, for which reason the Department for Transport has supported the extension of overhead electrification from Kettering to Market Harborough.
Word: OTOO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of on the order of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: stumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stumps Part of Speech: noun 1. close of play (when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires) Labels: uncountable Example: England still have a chance of winning tomorrow if they can get India out before stumps today. Example: Australia were 488-6 at stumps against India.
Word: stumps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Pancake Day Part of Speech: name 1. Shrove Tuesday, when pancakes are traditionally made; in some traditions the day for pancake races for charity. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: pancake landing Part of Speech: noun 1. An emergency landing in which an aircraft drops flat from a low altitude with no wheels deployed.
Word: Shrove Tuesday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The second element is Tuesday; the first element may be a reflex of Old English *scrāf “confession” (related to the modern verb shrive), from the medieval practice of priests hearing confessions on this day. 1. The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Example: Observe when the Moon is new in February, the next Tuesday after is Shrove-tuesday: but if it change on Tuesday, then the next Tuesday following is Shrove-tuesday Example: The day appointed for this extraordinary hunting-party was Shrove Tuesday. The Protestants of Paisley, in whose neighbourhood this story may be said to have originated, cannot discern the difference betwixt Shrove Tuesday and any other Tuesday; but if a Roman Catholic Princess, even in our free times, should be invited to a hunting-match on Shrove Tuesday, she would be shocked at the profane invitation.
Word: IMDb Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Internet Movie Database, a website that documents movies and television shows. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Documentary filmmaker Cristina Ibarra is among the 25 fellows. Ibarra is known for creating narratives about Latino families living in borderland communities, the MacArthur website said. Her latest film, “The Infiltrators,” tells the story of young immigrants who get arrested by Border Patrol and detained in a for-profit detention center, according to the movie’s summary on IMDb.
Word: IMDB Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of IMDb. Labels: alt-of
Word: bureaucracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie English bureaucracy From bureau + -cracy, from French bureaucratie, coined by Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay from bureau (“office”) + -cratie (“rule of”). Pronunciation: /bjʊəˈɹɒk.ɹə.si/, /bjʊˈɹɑ.kɹə.si/, /bjɚˈɹɑ.kɹə.si/, /bjʊˈɹɒk.ɹə.si/, /bjɚˈɹɒk.ɹə.si/ 1. Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, when Britain left the European Union, ferries started to ply a direct sea link from Ireland, to save hauliers from custom's bureaucracy of driving via Britain. 2. A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy. Example: Each of the most provocative selections is facing criticism that they lack the expertise and experience to run the vast, specialized bureaucracies that would be under their control. 3. The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. (apocryphal quip) 4. Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: The head of the civil service promised to clamp down on bureaucracy. Example: "If we can capture anything from this awful situation, it is that ability to trust people to do certain things for themselves and to look out for each other, and to give them the tools to do their job as well as they can without having to go through endless bureaucracy to achieve it, which very often just delays and dilutes and doesn't add much value.
Word: food pipe Part of Speech: noun 1. The esophagus/oesophagus. Labels: informal
Word: effectively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English effectively From effective + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛktɪvli/ 1. In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect. Example: The nightclubs generally provide liquor (at a price), pretty girls who are clad diaphanously but extremely effectively, a tiny space in which to dance [...] and food[.] Example: A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name "Juche", was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced, disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs. 2. Essentially, in effect, for all practical purposes. Example: On paper, the answer seems to be yes, but, effectively, the answer is no. Example: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
Word: water park Part of Speech: noun 1. An amusement park featuring waterplay areas, such as water slides and splash pads. 2. A public park featuring water features. Labels: dated
Word: water pipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waterpype. By surface analysis, water + pipe. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˌpaɪp/ 1. A pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing. 2. A device for smoking, in which the smoke is drawn through a container of water before inhaling.
Word: water power Part of Speech: noun 1. Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Advantage has been taken of the abundant natural water-power resources (which compensate, to a large extent, for the absence of coal) and some 660 route miles have been electrified with overhead conductors. 2. A site capable of generating power or the right to use a site to generate power. Labels: countable, usually 3. The capacity to shoot water, as from a fire hose or squirt gun Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Fire trucks were parked everywhere: a new arrival was being carefully backed around the stacked pallets to add some new waterpower.
Word: waterpower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of water power. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: water wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A wheel, propelled by running or falling water, used to power machinery. Example: "Yes, yes, I'll tell you the road directly, it's it's straight on through the wood till you come to the big water-wheel!" Example: Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work. 2. A wheel with buckets used to raise water.
Word: waterwheel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of water wheel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: presidential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English president Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English presidential From president + -ial. Pronunciation: /pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/ 1. Pertaining to a president or presidency. Example: Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today. 2. Presiding or watching over. Labels: obsolete 3. With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified. Example: I feel my age and supposed status mean I am permanently required to be in presidential mode. And I mean this in the old sense of “presidential”, meaning magnanimous, patient and generous, rather than in the modern sense of presidential, meaning being a corrupt, pussy-grabbing racist. 4. (of prayers) addressed to God on behalf of the congregation by the presiding priest Example: These prayers are addressed to God in the name of the entire holy people and all present, by the priest who presides over the assembly in the person of Christ. It is with good reason, therefore, that they are called the "presidential prayers."
Word: undershot Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/ 1. simple past and past participle of undershoot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undershot Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/ 1. Powered by water flowing from below. (of a water wheel) Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog. Labels: not-comparable Example: His blunt undershot mouth curved in a smile that was somewhat ingratiating.
Word: undershot Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/ 1. An undershot water wheel.
Word: dc Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of direct current. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: We used a low-pressure (0.1 mbar) hydrogen-argon mixture (10% H₂) with dc plasma ignited between two aluminum electrodes. 2. Initialism of double crochet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: dc – double crochet
Word: Patrick Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Patrick, from Latin Patricius (“patrician”), the name of an early Irish saint. Doublet of Paddy. Pronunciation: /ˈpætɹɪk/, [ˈpʰæ.t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk̚], /ˈpatɹɪk/, /ˈpatɾɪk/, /ˈpɛtɹək/ 1. A male given name. Labels: countable Example: Yes, by Saint Patrick, but there is, Horatio, And much offence, too. Example: - Are unusual names nice? - Yes. - Then why am I called Patrick? She laughed but only for a little bit. She smiled at me, I think to make sure that I knew she wasn't laughing at me. - Because your daddy's called Patrick, she said. I liked that, being called after my da. - There are five Patricks in our class, I said. - Is that right? - Patrick Clarke. That's me. Patrick O'Neill. Patrick Redmond. Patrick Genocci. Patrick Flynn. - That's a lot, she said. - It's a nice name. Very dignified. - Three of them are called Paddy, I told her. - One Pat and one Patrick. 2. An English surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: btw Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of between. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: btw Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative letter-case form of BTW (“by the way”). Labels: alt-of
Word: water ski Part of Speech: noun 1. A broad ski used for water skiing.
Word: water ski Part of Speech: verb 1. To ride on water skis. Labels: intransitive
Word: water skiing Part of Speech: noun 1. The sport of riding on water skis, whilst being towed by a motorboat.
Word: water skiing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of water ski Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: water-skiing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of water skiing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: waterspout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + spout. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtə spaʊt/, /ˈwoːtə spawt/, /ˈwɔtɚ spaʊt/, [ˈwɔɾɚ spaʊt], /ˈwɑtɚ spaʊt/ 1. A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado). 2. A true tornado that passes over a body of water. 3. A plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an explosion or impact. Example: Basically, the problem was actually the British had too many ships! The Grand Fleet wasn't half bad with its gunnery, but there was so many battleships throwing fire at the battlecruisers and battleships of the High Seas Fleet that it was actually very difficult to tell "Is that splash from us? Is that splash from that ship? Is that splash from a ship in another division? We don't know!", so a lot of incorrect estimates and measures were taken, which lead to an awful lot of waterspouts going up, but not anywhere near the number of hits that you would otherwise expect[…] 4. A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof; downspout; drainpipe.
Word: water tower Part of Speech: noun 1. A large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers. 2. A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings. Labels: archaic
Word: water works Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of waterworks. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: have the blues Part of Speech: verb 1. To be depressed; to have low morale; to feel sad. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I've had the blues ever since my sweetheart left.
Word: cafard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cafard. 1. Depression; melancholy. Example: That's the worst trouble with the soldiers in the trenches — nothing to do. It gives them the cafards, the black butterflies, the blue devils, the jimjams, the hump. Example: At such times when the cafard of the city seized her, I was at my wits' end to devise a means of rousing her.
Word: purify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English purifien, purifyen, from Old French purifier, purifiier, from Latin pūrificō, pūrificāre, from pūrus (“pure; clean”). Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊəɹɪfaɪ/, /ˈpjɔːɹɪfaɪ/, /ˈpjʊɹɪfaɪ/, /ˈpjɝɪfaɪ/ 1. To cleanse, or rid of impurities. Labels: transitive Example: The modern arts deviate from the standards set forth by the divine—art should be used to purify one’s heart and improve one’s morality. 2. To free from guilt or sin. Labels: transitive 3. To become pure. Labels: intransitive
Word: cleanse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”). Pronunciation: /klɛnz/ 1. To free from dirt; to clean, to purify. Labels: transitive Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. 2. To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge. Labels: transitive Example: [T]he famous Ganges: whoſe vnknowne head, pleaſant ſtreames, and long extent, haue amongſt thoſe Heathen Inhabitants, (by the Tradition of their Forefathers) gained a beliefe of clenſing all ſuch ſinnes, as the bodies of thoſe that waſh therein brought with them: [...] 3. To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing. Labels: transitive
Word: cleanse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”). Pronunciation: /klɛnz/ 1. An act of cleansing; a purification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.
Word: watersport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + sport. 1. Any sport played on or in water; such as swimming or water skiing. 2. Synonym of watersports (“sexual practice involving urine”). Labels: attributive, rare
Word: watery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarīg. Equivalent to water + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtəɹi/, /ˈwɔːtɹi/, /ˈwɔtəɹi/, /ˈwɑtəɹi/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of water. Example: The prop also gave a good watery sound to those early radio rainstorms. 2. Wet, soggy or soaked with water. Example: European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River. 3. Diluted or having too much water. Example: watery coffee 4. Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water. 5. Weak and insipid. Example: Genuine music is the offspring of profound emotion: of exaltation, pain, or joy. Music produced outside of a situation between these poles of the human heart is of banal character, bloodless, watery. Example: When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with. 6. Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc. Example: I took my cat to the vet because I was worried about his watery eyes. 7. Tearful. 8. Containing many bodies of water. Example: The good stuff in High Tide is the visual loveliness, maybe too lovely for the supposedly depressed seaport of Eden, the film's southern Australia locale. High Tide is laden with luscious pastels, watery vistas and quirky, weather-beaten clam joints.
Word: wattage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English watt Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English wattage From watt + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒtɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈwɒtəd͡ʒ/ 1. An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The power requirement of some electric appliance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A person's energy or abilities. Labels: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable Example: [Prince] Andrew, unfortunately, exhibited classic symptoms of what is scientifically recognised as the Dunning-Kruger effect, the cognitive bias in which people come to believe that they are smarter and more capable than they really are. The combination of minimal self-awareness and dim wattage leads sufferers of this condition to overestimate their own capabilities. Example: Amid the surprise there is obvious, if unspoken, glee at the prospect of taking on one of three such politically low-wattage candidates, two of whom have no direct experience of frontline politics.
Word: waveband Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wave + band. 1. A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio. Example: Since stomiids are sensitive to the far-red bioluminescence produced by their suborbital photophores, which other animals in the deepsea cannot sea, they have what could be regarded as a private waveband.
Word: waxwing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wax + wing; so called from the wax-like tips to the secondary wing feathers. Pronunciation: /ˈwæksˌwɪŋ/ 1. Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings. Example: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff—and I Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky.
Word: crested Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛstɪd/ 1. Having a crest, or ornamental tuft (on an animal) or plume (on a helmet). Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a heraldic crest, badge, shield-like emblem, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: In great confusion, Gordon accepted the letter, broke its small crested seal, and began reading the neat back-hand scrawl.
Word: crested Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛstɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of crest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crested Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛstɪd/ 1. Any of various creatures having a crest. Example: Fourth, impure cresteds (with one of each alleles) will produce the crests on the heads of live birds, and it is these birds which are exhibited as Balis or Crested Ducks. Example: Although the cresteds were the least numerous of the trio, they were certainly not uncommon.
Word: Hindu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪnduː/ 1. Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.
Word: Hindu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪnduː/ 1. A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism). Example: Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law. 2. Any native inhabitant of Hindustan. Labels: dated 3. A bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers. Labels: obsolete 4. A person of Indian religion and race. Labels: dated
Word: plastic arts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plastic art Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sculpture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”). Pronunciation: /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/, /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə/ 1. A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting). Labels: countable, usually Example: There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen. 2. More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques. Labels: countable, usually 3. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A printed picture, such as an engraving. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: Whereas upon the humble Requeſt of Our Truſty and Wel-beloved Servant, JOHN OGILBY, Eſquire, We were Graciouſly pleaſed by Our Warrant of the 25. of May, in the ſeventeenth Year of Our Reign, to grant him the ſole Privilege and Immunity of Printing in fair Volumes, Adorned with Sculptures, Virgil Tranſlated, Homer's Iliads, Æſop Paraphraſed, and Our Entertainment in Paſſing through Our City of London, and Coronation, together with Homer's Odyſſes, and his fore-mentioned Æſop with his Additions and Annotations in Folio, with a Prohibition, that none ſhould Print or Re-print the ſame in any Volumes, without the Conſent and Approbation of him, the ſaid John Ogilby, his Heirs, Executors, or Aſſigns, within the term of Fifteen Years next enſuing the Date of Our ſaid Warrant;[…] Example: Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated with Sculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.
Word: sculpture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”). Pronunciation: /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/, /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə/ 1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure. 2. To represent something in sculpture. 3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Word: disincentive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English incentive English disincentive From dis- + incentive. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv/ 1. That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent. Example: CDC guidelines issued in July called for voluntary HIV testing of all health care workers, but also recommended that those who are found HIV positive go before a local board that could advise them not to perform a list of "exposure-prone" procedures. AIDS activists and health care workers decried the guidelines, arguing that they served as a disincentive for health workers to seek HIV testing. They also charged that the recommendations legitimized public fear about HIV transmission during surgical or dental procedures.
Word: disinformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Composed of dis- + information. Attested in the sense “intentional misinformation” in English from 1939. A different usage of disinformation occurred earlier, as early as 1887, as a simple synonym of misinformation. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌdɪsɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/, /dɪsˌɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmæɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation. Labels: uncountable 2. Fabricated or deliberately manipulated content; intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors. Labels: uncountable Example: Moreover, Trump’s use of obvious disinformation — the amateurish video he showed Ramaphosa, and his accompanying statements about the “over a thousand” killings of white farmers — to try and make his case has uprooted whatever U.S. credibility had survived over the last several months.
Word: disinformation Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Composed of dis- + information. Attested in the sense “intentional misinformation” in English from 1939. A different usage of disinformation occurred earlier, as early as 1887, as a simple synonym of misinformation. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌdɪsɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/, /dɪsˌɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmæɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. To use disinformation. Labels: transitive Example: A country cannot disinformation its way out of fallen soldiers.
Word: undelete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English delete English undelete From un- + delete. 1. To recover (a file, record, etc.) from a deleted state; restore. Labels: transitive Example: To undelete (that's un-delete, not undulate — don't get excited) something that you deleted by accident, press Ctrl+Z. You have to do this immediately, like cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or you lose the patient.
Word: backup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from back up. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌʌp/ 1. A reserve or substitute. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the goalkeeper is injured, we have a backup. 2. A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After the power failure, we had to restore the database from backup. 3. An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The accident caused a mile-long backup on the highway. Example: The blockage caused a backup in the plumbing. 4. Reinforcements. Labels: uncountable Example: He's got a gun! You'd better send for backup. 5. Any support or extra help. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: Shaman: My patience is tested, but Uvenk invokes correctly. Grunt, who is your krantt? Your allies willing to kill and die on your behalf? Shepard: How is a candidate tested if he brings backup on his Rite of Passage? Shaman: Not every krogan can be the strongest warrior, but each must inspire his peers to battle at his side. Shaman: If the ones who know you best can find nothing worthy in you, you should wander the wastes and die alone before you weaken my clan. Example: This guy, he grabs the dog by the ears, stares it down like a cowboy in a showdown. The man regains control again. He scans the area, hoping for backup. Nothing. No neighbours, no dog whisperers, no animal control. 6. Accompaniment. Labels: uncountable Example: Debbie Ahn, on piano, provided some mesmerizing back-up and many fiery, on-target solos. 7. Corroboration. Labels: uncountable Example: Pg. 206 on Yudit's comments on the feminists of Tel Aviv, "... and now they are translating Our Bodies Ourselves into Hebrew, leaving out the section on gays" was misinformed, a statement made without authoratative ^([sic]) backup in 1979 about a book first published in 1982.
Word: backup Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from back up. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌʌp/ 1. Standby, reserve or extra. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am only a backup player. 2. That is intended as a backup. Labels: not-comparable Example: Make a backup copy of that file. 3. Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment Labels: not-comparable
Word: backup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Deverbal from back up. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌʌp/ 1. Alternative form of back up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: We have two methods for backupping: the first one is writing the contents of disks onto magnetic tapes and the other is making a copy of the contents of disks on the disk of the mainframe computers of the laboratory.
Word: gluten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French gluten, borrowed from Latin glūten (“glue”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡluːtən/, /ˈɡluːtn̩/ 1. Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours"). Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The Radicall or innate, is dayly ſupplied by nouriſhment, which ſome call Cambium, and make thoſe ſecundary Humors of Ros and Gluten to maintaine it: […] 2. Any gluey, sticky substance. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: [T]he Fly suspends it self very firmly and easily, without the access or need of any such Sponges fill'd with an imaginary gluten, as many have, for want of good Glasses, perhaps, or a troublesome and diligent examination, suppos'd. Example: [H]is nose is running in bubbly gluten over his lips onto his chin […]. 3. The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Chew on a small piece of dough, and it becomes more compact but persists as a gum-like, elastic mass, the residue that the Chinese named “the muscle of flour” and that we call gluten. It consists mainly of protein, and includes what may well be the largest protein molecules to be found in the natural world. Example: Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results […] 4. A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten, the Yankees kept moving.
Word: gliadin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian gloiodina, coined by G. Taddei in 1819 along with zymome. Compare glio- and gloeo-. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlaɪədɪn/, /ˈɡlaɪəˌdiːn/, /ˈɡlaɪədən/ 1. A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Most of the gluten proteins, the gliadins and the glutenins, are around a thousand amino acids long. The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins.
Word: glutin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French glutine. 1. Synonym of gliadin. Labels: uncountable
Word: glutelin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gluten + globulin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡluː.tə.lɪn/ 1. A minor protein (along with gluten and gliadin) in wheat.
Word: waxwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wax + work. 1. A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person. Labels: countable Example: The amateur tenor, whose vocal villainies / All desire to shirk, / Shall during off-hours, / Exhibit his powers / To Madame Tussaud's waxwork. 2. The art of producing such figures. Labels: uncountable Example: Waxwork is a fine art, but it differs from all other fine arts in that its main purpose is one that is expressly rejected by all those other arts.
Word: waxworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waxwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waxworks Part of Speech: noun 1. An exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum. Example: There is nothing so fascinating for a human being as others of the species. What is gripping about a waxworks like Tussaud's is that the models are full size and the visitor can gaze at celebrities as familiar equals, a dream (or nightmare) come true.
Word: way in Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /weɪ ˈɪn/ 1. an entrance
Word: way out Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /weɪ ˈaʊt/ 1. A means of exit. Example: The way out is along this corridor. 2. An act or instance of departure. Example: Lock the door on your way out. 3. A solution to a problem; an escape. Labels: figuratively Example: This is a real mess. I need a way out. Example: The plight of the elderly plagued with mental decline, such as Alzheimer's dementia, is particularly poignant because at the point where the decline in mental capacity may make life no longer worth living to them, they are incapable of choosing suicide as a way out.
Word: way out Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /weɪ ˈaʊt/ 1. Unconventional, eccentric. Labels: colloquial Example: This modern art is too way out for me.
Word: way out Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /weɪ ˈaʊt/ 1. Far away; to or at a great distance. Labels: not-comparable Example: He lives way out in the middle of nowhere.
Word: way-out Part of Speech: adj 1. unusual, unconventional or strange Labels: not-comparable 2. out of the mainstream of society Labels: US, not-comparable, slang Example: Hector is one, way-out guy. Example: Jenny is a way-out kinda gal.
Word: lifestyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + style. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/ 1. A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group. Example: Don't leave me stranded here / I can't get used to this lifestyle Example: The Neolithic Revolution (about 8000-3000 B.C.E.) was characterized by people moving from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles. 2. The totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group.
Word: wayfarer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English weyfarere, weifarere; equivalent to way + farer. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪˌfɛəɹ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A traveller, especially one on foot. Example: His head far down the hot sweet throat of her — So one tracks love, whose breath is deadlier, And lo, one springe and you are fast in hell, Fast as the gin's grip of a wayfarer. Example: English travellers are sometimes found grumbling because the señor who keeps a wayside posada, or even a more pretentious inn in one of the towns, does not stand, hat in hand, bowing obsequiously to the wayfarer who deigns to use the accommodation provided.
Word: wayside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waye syde, equivalent to way + side. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪsaɪd/ 1. The side of a road or path. Example: Many wild flowers grew on the wayside. 2. A rest area.
Word: wayside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English waye syde, equivalent to way + side. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪsaɪd/ 1. Situated near the side of a road or path. Labels: not-comparable Example: We stopped at a wayside pub. Example: Many of the wayside stations have staggered platforms, a common arrangement on the S.E.R.
Word: wayward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening of away + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪwə(ɹ)d/ 1. Given to a wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray. Example: He is a brilliant fellow when he chooses to work—one of the brightest intellects of the University, but he is wayward, dissipated, and unprincipled. Example: Fancies are like shadows . . . you can’t cage them, they’re such wayward, dancing things. 2. Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable. 3. Not on target. Example: Bulgaria's only attacking weapon was the wayward shooting of Martin Petrov, whereas England's attacking options were awash with movement in the shape of Rooney, Young and Walcott.
Word: wayward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of away + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪwə(ɹ)d/ 1. Someone, especially a young woman or girl, who is wayward. Labels: dated Example: the wild, half-starved youth whom we style incorrigibles, delinquents, and waywards Example: The girls classed as first offenders and waywards gave a higher intelligence quotient than the others.
Word: absurda Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜː.də/, /æbˈsɜː.də/ 1. plural of absurdum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zebec Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of xebec. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Soon after this time he [John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent] was put into the Experiment as acting captain, on account of a ſhort indiſpoſition which attacked ſir Richard Strachan, and ſignalized himſelf in the moſt remarkable manner during an action with a very large zebec, carrying 26 heavy guns and 400 men.
Word: zebeck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of xebec. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: On the 18th October, about five leagues from Gibraltar, we were boarded by a zebeck of 20 guns, belonging to this place, who after coming within musket-shot, kept up a constant firing with small arms, until they manned our yards from theirs, then the firing ceased, and they came down sword in hand, spared our lives, but nothing else, having stripped us of the clothes we had on, and put us on board the zebeck, […]
Word: veg*n Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Also spelled 'veg*an', derived from vegan and vegetarian and the use in computer languages of * as a wildcard 1. Vegetarian and/or vegan.
Word: veg*n Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Also spelled 'veg*an', derived from vegan and vegetarian and the use in computer languages of * as a wildcard 1. Vegetarian and/or vegan; a person who may either eat no animal flesh or eat no animal products at all.
Word: immanent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Entered English around 1530, via French, from Late Latin immanēns, present participle of Latin immanēre, from im- (“in”) + manēre (“to dwell, remain, stay”). Cognate with remain and manor. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmənənt/ 1. Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic. Example: The theory of evolution, as thus set forth, the theory of the evolution of all from one self-existent immanent principle, is nowadays considered not only as the fullest explanation ever given of the unity and order of the universe, being a system of perfect monism, plainly reasoned out in all its details, but also the only one which, as overcoming any kind of dualism, gives satisfaction to the human mind. For, if one and the self-same principle is not the source of all, existing unity cannot prevail throughout creation. If this one principle is not supposed to be immanent in the world, nature is not explained from itself, but rather is rendered unintelligible; that which is plain and visible in it being accounted for by something unseen and unknown. And, if this one immanent principle is not regarded as absolutely independent and self-existent, it becomes necessary to conceive of the universe as conditioned without perceiving any cause or condition on which it is dependent, and to ascribe the orderly and constant succession of phenomena, not to an agent working according to law, but to arbitrary creative will. 2. Of something which has always already been. 3. Restricted entirely to the mind or a given domain; internal; subjective. Example: We are born, as the Apostle says, the children of wrath. It is not an impersonal nature which is guilty, for this would be a contradiction, but persons whose immanent, subjective state is opposed to the character and law of God. 4. Existing within and throughout the mind and the world; dwelling within and throughout all things, all time, etc. Compare transcendent. 5. Taking place entirely within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside it. Compare emanant, transeunt. Example: At the same time it has been common, and we intend to show that it is important, to distinguish one class of volitions from another. Those which terminate on some action of our own, have been called deliberate acts — and imperate acts of the will, and not unfrequently determinate acts — because they are more the result of deliberation, and determine and govern the action on which they fix; while those which contemplate no action as their immediate result, are called immanent acts of the will. They remain in the mind, and do not flow out into action. 6. Within the limits of experience or knowledge.
Word: weakening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of weaken Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weakening Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance or process of loss of strength. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects. 2. A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions. Labels: uncountable
Word: weak-kneed Part of Speech: adj 1. Lacking will power or strength of character; timid. Labels: figuratively Example: It is incontrovertible that the children grow up into rotten adults, without virility or stamina, a weak-kneed, narrow-chested, listless breed, that crumples up and goes down in the brute struggle for life. Example: What these teenagers are weighing is at the very heart of Gandhian philosophy: "His absolute insistence on nonviolence, which young men see as pussyfooted and weak-kneed and — dare I say — feminine and hence not macho enough," says Guha, the biographer. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weak, kneed.