nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Mona Lisa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Monna Lisa (literally “my lady Lisa”), from monna (abbreviation of madonna) + Lisa, the given name of Lisa del Giocondo, née Gherardini (1479–1542). Pronunciation: /ˌməʊnə ˈliːzə/, /ˌmoʊnə ˈlisə/ 1. A masterpiece, an outstanding work. Labels: figuratively Example: This small and deceptively simple, but extremely interesting molecular system was rightly characterized by Cram and coworkers as ‘The Mona Lisa of Organic Chemistry’, because of its ability to elicit wonder, to stimulate imagination and, last but not least, by its enigmatic elusiveness and numerous outstanding features. Example: I told him I didn't care if the painting was a Mona Lisa or pure nonsense, I just wanted him to have the experience of painting on canvas. 2. A woman who resembles the subject of this painting, renowned for her beauty and enigmatic smile. Labels: figuratively Example: She let him take it and sat on, smiling very faintly. It was a Mona Lisa effort. Example: […]found Florence Thompson, the Mona Lisa of the 1930s, a migrant mother whose picture haunted the nation.
Word: jutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weaponizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of weaponize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: weaponizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of weaponize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weaponise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From weapon + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Post-Love Island, we have the weaponised horniness of Too Hot to Handle, the hoodwinkery of Ready to Mingle, we have a landscape where Love Is Blind is allowed to happen, and I would even argue that the ancient format of Married at First Sight had a Love Island-adjacent uplift. Example: Like Twin Peaks: The Return, another rare reboot that worked, Party Down weaponises the fact that so much time has passed since the original series, that the cast is older and slightly more crinkled around the forehead.
Word: weaponised Part of Speech: adj 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponized. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: weaponised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of weaponise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: weaponises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of weaponise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: weaponising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of weaponise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: DRF Part of Speech: noun 1. Development Request Form. Labels: initialism 2. Datum Reference Frame
Word: Turín Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Turín, likely from Italian Turin. 1. A town in Ahuachapán department, El Salvador.
Word: suppute Part of Speech: verb 1. To calculate; to compute; to reckon; to supputate. Labels: obsolete Example: Others supputing the times by the Succession of the Kings of the Lacedæmonians, affirm that he was not a few years older than the first Olympiad.
Word: supputes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of suppute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repassant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French repassant (present participle of repasser). 1. Counterpassant. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: [...] Hee beareth, Sable, two lyoncels, the one paffant, the other repassant, Argent, both collared, Gules, but in mine opinion no man by this last blazon is able to tricke, or expresse the true portraiture and manner of the bearing of these lioncels, […] Example: REPASSANT, a. [...] in her., term applied when two lions or other animals are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking toward the dexter side of the shield in the usual way, and the other repassant by going toward the sinister.
Word: repasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: African Union Part of Speech: name 1. A multinational organisation consisting of 54 African nations.
Word: sucres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sucre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: façonnés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of façonné Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sugarer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sugarer From sugar + -er. 1. Someone who sugars foods, who adds sugar to food products. 2. A manufacturer of maple syrup. Example: March 2004, Naples News - Teen has even higher goals for acclaimed maple syrup Fisk, a fifth-generation sugarer and high school sophomore, is one of more than 900 syrup producers in the state, many of whom tap only a handful of trees and produce just enough for their families. Example: If you are such a frustrated maple sugarer, I have a solution to offer whereby you can sugar this spring with no physical effort...
Word: cloué Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French cloué. Pronunciation: /kluˈeɪ/ 1. Studded with nails (of a specified tincture). Labels: not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cloué.
Word: clouée Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of cloué. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: rampions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rampion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pieróg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish pieróg. Doublet of pirog. 1. Rare form of pierogi. Labels: form-of, rare Example: That thing certainly does not look anything like a pieróg. To me, it looks like sliced boiled potato. Example: So what is a pieróg, exactly? (Plural is pierogi or can be pierogies.) Well, it’s essentially a dough dumpling stuffed with savory goodness like potato and cheese or onion, hot sausage, or sauerkraut, to name a few fillings.
Word: stercoricolous Part of Speech: adj 1. Inhabiting deposits of excrement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: écorché Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French écorché (“flayed”). Pronunciation: /eɪkɔːˈʃeɪ/, /eɪkoɹˈʃeɪ/ 1. A figure drawn, painted or sculpted so as to show the muscles of the body without skin. Example: Apollo with a potato peeler, she flays the Marsyas of humanity, exposing raw nerve. Man is a red-ribboned écorché in her laboratory.
Word: écorchés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of écorché Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remontant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French remontant (“rising again”). Compare remount. 1. That flowers more than once in each season. Labels: especially, not-comparable
Word: remontant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French remontant (“rising again”). Compare remount. 1. A plant that flowers more than once in each season.
Word: snuffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snuff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsnʌfi/ 1. Soiled with snuff. 2. Resembling or characteristic of snuff. 3. Sulky; angry; vexed. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow Example: The postchaise contained a snuffy old dowager of seventy, with a maid, her contemporary. 4. Drunk. Labels: slang Example: She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard. 5. That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust. Example: Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.
Word: firelock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪəlɒk/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹˌlɑk/ 1. A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark. Labels: historical 2. A firearm using such a gunlock. Labels: broadly, historical Example: He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean well-oiled fowing-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel encrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten. Example: Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other […]
Word: nonrecourse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + recourse. 1. Of or pertaining to a form of financing, typically debt financing, in which the lender's recourse to recovery in the event of default is limited to the collateral asset only. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonrecourse loan
Word: democratical Part of Speech: adj 1. rare spelling of democratic Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: securities lending Part of Speech: noun 1. The lending of securities by one brokerage to another, typically for a secondary purpose such as to cover a stock short position. Not to be confused with collateral-type stock loans. Labels: uncountable
Word: extinguishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English extinguish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English extinguishment From extinguish + -ment. 1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […] 2. The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: extinguishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extinguishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sacrificer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós Proto-Italic *sakros Old Latin sacros Latin sacerder. Latin sacrum Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin sacrificiumlbor. Old French sacrifisebor. Middle English sacrifice English sacrifice Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sacrificer From sacrifice + -er. 1. Someone who sacrifices, one who makes a sacrifice. Example: Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius, To cut the head off and then hack the limbs, Like wrath in death and envy afterwards; For Antony is but a limb of Caesar: Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius. Example: In this you’have made the Court the Antipodes, And will’d your Delegate, the vulgar Sunne, To doe profane autumnall offices, Whilst here to you, wee sacrificers runne;
Word: cotemporary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English temporary English cotemporary From co- + temporary. 1. Alternative form of contemporary. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, nonstandard Example: The delusion of the young woman herself, and the envy of the cotemporary belles, sometimes lasted till the removal of the corps to another station […].
Word: cotemporary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English temporary English cotemporary From co- + temporary. 1. Alternative form of contemporary. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, nonstandard Example: 'I have heard from some of his cotemporaries that he was generally seen lounging at the College gate, with a circle of young students round him, whom he was entertaining with wit, and keeping from their studies, if not spiriting them up to rebellion against the College discipline, which in his maturer years he so much extolled.' Example: Uneasy at your present Condition for Reasons which threaten your unhappy Posterity with still greater Uneasyness, you will perhaps wish it were in your Power to go back; and this Sentiment ought to be considered, as the Panegyrick of your first Parents, the Condemnation of your Cotemporaries, and a Source of Terror to all those, who may have the Misfortune of succeeding you.
Word: cotemporaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cotemporary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blazonry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blazon + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪ.zən.ɹi/ 1. A blazon. Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable Example: But as ashore, knightly valor, tho' shorn of its blazonry, did not cease with the knights, neither on the seas, […] did the nobler qualities of such naval magnates as Don John of Austria, Doria, Van Tromp, Jean Bart, the long line of British Admirals and the American Decaturs of 1812 become obsolete with their wooden walls. 2. A blazon. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. An artistic representation or display. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blazonries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blazonry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ejectment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eject Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English ejectment From eject + -ment. 1. The legal process of ejecting someone from their property or holdings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had only, therefore, to save herself an actual ejectment, by quitting a house in which she was exposed to such a disgrace. 2. A casting out, an ejection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ejectments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ejectment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: belave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bilaven (“to wash all over”), from bi-, be- + laven (“to wash, pour water on”), equivalent to be- + lave. 1. To lave or wash about; wash all over; wash. Labels: transitive
Word: belave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Anomalous alteration of beleve (“to remain, be alive”) and belive (“to remain, stay”), both from Middle English beliven (“to remain”), from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”). More at belive, leave. 1. to remain, continue; to belay Labels: archaic, intransitive 2. to be alive Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: lay on the line Part of Speech: verb 1. To state strongly, clearly, and accurately. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Martin presented the list to the 30-member House Republican Policy Committee, laid the facts on the line in cold political terms. Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure The way I felt about my approach to him—I just wanted to lay it on the line, get an answer & split, I was so nervous. I didn't have any confidence to flirt my way into getting him to my place. Joyce said I can't just take the male role like that. 2. To risk. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: California's Edmund Gerald Brown, 54, laid his political prestige on the line with a sheaf of legislative proposals. Example: It was King and his network of Christian and Jewish clergy who laid their jobs and, in some cases, their lives on the line until my fellow Southerners were too ashamed and embarrassed to continue their wickedness.
Word: dandyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dandy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English dandyism From dandy + -ism. 1. The manners and dress of a dandy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dandyisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dandyism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brachial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkɪəl/, /ˈbɹækɪəl/ 1. Pertaining or belonging to the arm. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of the nature of an arm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brachial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkɪəl/, /ˈbɹækɪəl/ 1. Denoting the upper valve of a brachiopod's shell Example: The first brachials are somewhat broader than long and are not entirely in contact interiorly. The second brachials are squarish. The first and most of the second brachials bear spines […] Example: Cup conical, weakly developed basal flange, six arms per ray, one exotomous branching, all brachials biserial within two to five brachials of branching, cup ornamentation probably striae radiating from base of arms onto basals.
Word: Claymore Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly named for the sword claymore. 1. An American-made anti-personnel mine designed to lay down a wide arc of steel ball bearings in order to inflict casualties. 2. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: deathful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dethful, equivalent to death + -ful. 1. Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly. Example: Five hapless swains with soft allusive smiles / The harlot meshes in her deathful toils […]. 2. Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly. 3. Subject to death; mortal. Labels: literary
Word: stock loan Part of Speech: noun 1. A loan structure using free-trading stock or in some cases restricted stock as collateral. 2. The loan of securities by one broker to another, such as to cover a customer short sale. More commonly known as securities lending.
Word: embassage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of ambassade, from French ambassade. 1. An embassy. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. Message; errand. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: embassages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embassage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arsenical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicum English -al English arsenical From Latin arsenicum + -al. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈsɛnɪkl̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic. Example: Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy.
Word: arsenical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicum English -al English arsenical From Latin arsenicum + -al. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈsɛnɪkl̩/ 1. Any drug or other substance containing arsenic. Example: Thus Mercury cures the holes which it has provoked and other Arsenicals do likewise.
Word: spokescat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy to spokesman, spokeswoman, spokesperson, etc., with cat. 1. A feline mascot. Labels: neologism Example: Superstar Arthur was the spokescat for a large cat food manufacturer until the cat food company decided to have Arthur's teeth removed.
Word: Corvette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corvette (“a small, manoeuvrable warship”). Pronunciation: /kɔːɹˈvɛt/ 1. A type of sports car, manufactured by Chevrolet from 1953 to present.
Word: contexture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French contexture, from contexte + -ure after texture. 1. A weaving together of parts. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The structural character of a thing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Example: Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment. 5. Context. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contexture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French contexture, from contexte + -ure after texture. 1. To weave together. Labels: transitive
Word: contextures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contexture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assimilative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the French assimilatif, assimilative, from the Late Latin assimilātīvus; equivalent to assimilate + -ive. 1. Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
Word: shallop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chaloupe, possibly from Dutch sloep. Doublet of chalupa and sloop. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæ.ləp/ 1. A kind of light boat. Labels: archaic 2. A kind of light boat. Labels: archaic Example: Into the same she leapt, and with the ore / Did thrust the shallop from the floting strand: / So safetie found at sea, which she found not at land. Example: Thou eſpiedſt the ſhallop’s ſcarlet ſtreamer from far, and joyfully ſhoutedſt: Behold Lars cometh! 3. A kind of large boat; a sloop. Labels: archaic
Word: shallops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shallop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unamiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + amiable. Piecewise doublet of inamiable, inamicable, inimicable, and unamicable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bəl/ 1. Not amiable; not likable. Example: A daguerreotype likeness, do you mean? […] I don’t much like pictures of that sort—they are so hard and stern; besides dodging away from the eye, and trying to escape altogether. They are conscious of looking very unamiable, I suppose, and therefore hate to be seen. Example: Burning torches and heated irons are sometimes resorted to as aids in subduing unamiable and obstinate animals.
Word: ranchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ranch Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English ranchman From ranch + -man. 1. An owner or occupant of a ranch 2. A laborer on a ranch.
Word: ranchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ranchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ineffaceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English effaceable English ineffaceable From in- + effaceable. 1. Incapable of being effaced. Example: Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion. Example: […] I am sure of one thing,—scars are plenty enough in Germany, among the young men; and very grim ones they are, too. They criss-cross the face in angry red welts, and are permanent and ineffaceable.
Word: irreligion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French irréligion, from Latin irreligiō. By surface analysis, ir- + religion. Pronunciation: /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.ən/ 1. The state of being irreligious; irreligious sentiment or thought. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: atheism, agnosticism Example: Lucretius' irreligion is too strong, / For early stomachs, to prove wholesome food […]
Word: strategical Part of Speech: adj 1. Strategic. Labels: rare Example: From a strategical point of view, north Korea is highly important to Russia. Together with Russian occupation of Outer Mongolia, Manchuria is enclosed between two Russian forces 500 miles apart, and one on each flank. The form of Manchuria resembles a mushroom, with the above mentioned Russian forces along the stem. In case of war, it would be most difficult to hold Manchuria against these Russian forces. The road and railroad net of north Korea are good for assembling troops on the Manchurian border. It should be presumed that Russia will not lightly surrender this favorable position.
Word: yit Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of yet. Labels: Ireland, US, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, not-comparable
Word: mastership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English masterchippe, maisterschipe, equivalent to master + -ship. Compare Dutch meesterschap, German Meisterschaft. 1. The state or office of a master. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [...] wee haue one in heauen who is maister of vs all, as sainct Paule sayeth: there will be no accepting of persons, there shall bee no more bondage or mastershippe for men too alleage before God. Example: A Repentant Sinner is the Child of Grace, who being borne for the seruice of God, makes no reckoning of the mastershippe of the world [...] 2. Mastery: dominion, superiority, control. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [...] you may begin to dig your ground in the beginning, so all along Winter till the very day of setting, and then you must keep it with weeding and hoing till it have got the mastership of the weeds and then it being a weed of it self wil destroy all other. Example: Passage to you, your shores, ye aged fierce enigmas! Passage to you, to mastership of you, ye strangling problems! 3. Mastery: superior skill. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Where is your ancient courage? you were used To say extremity was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike Show’d mastership in floating [...] Example: Some swallow every thing whole and unmix’d; so that it may rather be call’d a Heap, than a Pudding. Others are so Squeamish, the greatest Mastership in Cookery is requir’d to make the Pudding Palatable [...] 4. Chief work; masterpiece. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. A title of respect, sometimes ironic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: c. 1531, John Frith, A Disputacion of Purgatorye, Antwerp: S. Cock, Book 2, Thus hath Master More a full a[n]swere both to his scriptures which were to farre wrested out of their places and also to his awne apparent reasons. How be it if his mastershippe be not fullye pacyfyed let him more groundlye open his minde and bringe for his purposse all that he thinketh to make for it and I shall by goddes grace shortlye make him an answere and guyet his minde. Example: How now, Signior Launce! what news with your mastership?
Word: masterships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastership Labels: form-of, plural
Word: innocency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English innocencie, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocence. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnəsənsi/ 1. Synonym of innocence: Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: That Glass is poison, according unto common conceit, I know not how to grant. Not onely from the innocency of its ingredients […] 2. Synonym of innocence: Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of innocence: Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The verie names of Goodnesse and innocentie, are for this respect in some sort names of contempt. Example: And let the wilful or ignorant mistakers know, that they wound innocency. 4. An innocent idea or thing; an innocence. Labels: archaic, countable Example: It is to be hoped that we all have some friend, […] whose affinities are rather with flowers and birds and all enchanting innocencies, than with dark human passions, […]
Word: eyen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eyen, iȝen (plural of eie, besides rarer eyes), from Old English ēagan (nominative plural of ēage), from Proto-West Germanic *augōn (nominative plural of *augā), from Proto-Germanic *augōnō (nominative plural of *augô); equivalent to eye + -en (plural ending) Pronunciation: /aɪn/ 1. plural of eye Labels: archaic, dialectal, form-of, plural Example: While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Example: But well are thine eyen set in thy head, wide apart, well opened, […]
Word: plissé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French plissé. 1. A narrow pleat made by gathering fabric with stitches, wetting the fabric, and setting by allowing it to dry under weight or tension.
Word: plisse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French plissé. 1. A fabric treated so as to be permanently puckered or crinkled.
Word: plisse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French plissé. 1. Of a fabric, treated to give a permanent puckered or crinkled effect. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plisses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plisse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plissés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plissé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discomposure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English composure English discomposure From dis- + composure. 1. The state of being discomposed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things[.] Example: "The real reason is that some small element of danger is involved in our experiment, though it is not sufficient to justify the discomposure which I see upon many of your faces." 2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats
Word: arc-boutant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French arc-boutant. 1. Synonym of flying buttress.
Word: profit-taking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of profit taking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: doublés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doublé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coiffe Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of coif. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coiffes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coiffe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coiffes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coiffe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: race track Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of racetrack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: race tracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of race track Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbitfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rabbit + fish, from its mouth shape. 1. Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. 2. Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.
Word: rabbitfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rabbitfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cabmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cabman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proportionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English proportion Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English proportionable From proportion + -able. 1. Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional. 2. In the correct proportion; proportional; commensurable.
Word: D&O Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of directors and officers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: E&O Part of Speech: noun 1. Errors and omissions insurance. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ninepence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nine + pence. 1. A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: His wits were sent him for a token, \ But in the carriage crack'd and broken. \ Like commendation nine-pence, crookt \ With—to and from my love—it lookt. 2. Nine old pennies. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I had sold it to her that morning for ninepence; the real price was a shilling, but it was somewhat shopworn. 3. A Spanish real, valued at twelve and a half cents. Labels: New-England, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ninepences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ninepence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fotwei, equivalent to foot + way. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutwai, German Fußweg. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtˌweɪ/ 1. A passage reserved only for pedestrians. Example: On the right, as you enter from Whitechapel Road, is the public footway to Durward Street that will provide a new route across the railway during the day.
Word: footways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superincumbent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin superincumbentem, present participle of superincumbere. By surface analysis, super- + incumbent. Pronunciation: /suːpəɹɪnˈkʌmbənt/ 1. Lying or resting on something else; overlying. Example: As the vapour cooled the water would be precipitated, and an ocean would surround the spherical nucleus with a superincumbent atmosphere. Example: […] alas, on the contrary, what troops and populations of Phantasms, not God-Veracities but Devil-Falsities, down to the very lowest stratum, — which now, by such superincumbent weight of Unveracities, lies enchanted in St. Ives’ Workhouses, broad enough, helpless enough!
Word: TIN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of taxpayer identification number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The AOTC and/or LLC cannot be claimed if the TIN is issued after the due date of the return (including extensions).
Word: juryman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jury + -man. 1. One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror. Example: When we speak of our eyes deceiving us, or of the testimony of our noses being suspect, we are talking as if we and our eyes are two parties in dispute, or as if our noses are in the witness-box while we ourselves are sitting down in the midst of our fellow jurymen.
Word: twopenny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * From two + penny. * (head): George Orwell explains this in Down and Out in Paris and London as rhyming slang: head > loaf of bread > twopenny loaf > twopenny. 1. Having a value or cost of twopence. Labels: not-comparable 2. Cheap; worthless; petty. Labels: not-comparable Example: A pretty degree of knighthood, sir, is that which can be bought with sugar-hogs-heads! and then your twopenny marquisates Example: As the door slammed Pete turned to Hally, fuming. "Can you tie that? A little twopenny cold frightening him off."
Word: twopenny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From two + penny. * (head): George Orwell explains this in Down and Out in Paris and London as rhyming slang: head > loaf of bread > twopenny loaf > twopenny. 1. A coin or stamp worth two pence. Labels: UK, countable, dated Example: When the Gauls attacked Rome, he hit upon the plan of pelting the soldiers with twopennies to make them believe they had plenty to eat. 2. Ale sold for two pence per quart. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable 3. A person's head. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, slang Example: "It flew all to pieces; and didn't we get it! But look here, Merry, are you on?" "Yes; tuck in your twopenny." "No springing, mind."
Word: rivalship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rival Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English rivalship From rival + -ship. 1. Rivalry. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Where the competition is free, the rivalship of competitors, who are all endeavouring to justle one another out of employment, obliges every man to endeavour to execute his work with a certain degree of exactness. Example: Such was the amiable Frenchman for whom I felt that perfect friendship, that soldier-like fraternity, which we are only capable of in our youth, before we are alive to feelings of rivalship, before irrevocable courses, furrow and divide the field of futurity.
Word: rivalship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rival + ship (“a fictional romantic relationship between two characters”). 1. A ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship. Labels: slang Example: it took me longer to ship drarry bc when i first read HP i was young and pure and didnt care about ships but now im rivalship trash so Example: where are my femslash rivalships/hateships i want girls who wanna DUEL before they smooch
Word: rivalships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rivalship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appetitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English appetite Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English appetitive From appetite + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈap.ɪˌtaɪ̯.tɪv/, /əˈpɛt.ɪ.tɪv/, /ˈap.ɪˌtʌi̯.tɪv/, /ˈap.ɪˌtəi̯.tɪv/, /ˈæp.ɪˌtaɪ̯.tɪv/ 1. Having the quality of desiring gratification. Example: appetitive behavior Example: appetitive signals
Word: post game Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of postgame. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: post game Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of postgame. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rescript Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rescriptum (“written reply”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːskɹɪpt/ 1. A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate. Labels: historical Example: "'In order that the people may know of my decision, I request you to prepare at once an imperial rescript that I may broadcast to the nation.'" 2. An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law. Example: Decretals... ought, properly speaking, to be distinguished, on the one hand from constitutions... enacted by the Pope sua sponte without reference to any particular case, and on the other hand from rescripts... which apply only to special circumstances or individuals, and constitute no general precedent. But this nomenclature is not strictly observed. 3. A duplicate copy of a legal document. 4. A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
Word: rescript Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin rescriptum (“written reply”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːskɹɪpt/, /ɹiːˈskɹɪpt/ 1. To script again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: We're rescripting some popular British TV shows for an American audience.
Word: rescripts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rescript Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rescripts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rescript Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dismission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dismiss 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 dismission From dismiss + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of dismissing or sending away (someone). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Though Mrs Honour was principally attached to her own interest, she was not without some little attachment to Sophia. […] She no sooner therefore heard a piece of news, which she imagined to be of great importance to her mistress, than, quite forgetting the anger which she had conceived two days before, at her unpleasant dismission from Sophia’s presence, she ran hastily to inform her of the news. 2. Removal from office; termination of employment or services, or position in ones affections. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I told her […] that her dismission was intended for an indignity to me; that I was very sorry to be obliged to part with her, and hoped she would meet with as good a service. Example: Fairservice looked very blank at this demand, justly considering it as a presage to approaching dismission. 3. The setting aside (of something) from consideration. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dismissions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dismission Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drop-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drop-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysmorphisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dysmorphism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: encephalographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encephalography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethnophaulisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethnophaulism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cave dweller Part of Speech: noun 1. A prehistoric human who lived in caves; a caveman or cavewoman. 2. One who behaves like a caveman, lacking culture and refinement. Labels: derogatory, figuratively
Word: copaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of copay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: homelife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + life. 1. The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting. Example: They marry, have children and a very "liberated" homelife — she teaches at a college and he stays home with the kids and writes. Everything goes well until Helen dallies with one of her graduate students.
Word: copaid Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of copay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sea rover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Danish sørøver, German Seeräuber, Norwegian sjørøver, Swedish sjörövare. 1. A herring. Labels: UK, archaic, colloquial 2. One who travels the ocean; one who spends a great deal of time at sea. Labels: literally Example: Then down the brave man lay with his bolster under his head and his whole company of sea-rovers at rest beside him. 3. A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder. Example: 1549, “A Proclamacion, for tale tellers” in All such proclamacions, as haue been sette furthe by the Kynges Maiestie, London, 1551, pp. lvi-lvij, […] there be dispersed and seuered abrode, sundery light, leude, idle, sedicious, busie, and disordered persones, whereof the moste part haue neither place to inhabite in neither seketh any staye to liue by, but hauyng been either condempned of Felonies, & prison breakers, runne from the warres and sea rouers, departed from the kynges guarrisons, and loyterers, whereby thei become desperate persons […] Example: 1843 April 18, New York Insurance Co. et al., "To Commander A.S. Mackenzie", Niles National Register vol. 64 http://books.google.com/books?id=ZSqY7wD2xYgC, page 179, originally published in the New York American, The turning of your ship into a sea-rover would have made the entire ocean a scene of outrage, rapine, and murder.
Word: bait car Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle used as a decoy by police to help apprehend car thieves, often equipped to be tracked by GPS and to be disabled remotely. Example: 2008, "Be careful what you steal," The Norman Transcript (Oklahoma), 7 Feb. (retrieved 29 Feb. 2008), The whole premise behind the police department's "bait car" program is to entice an auto thief to take the rigged automobile and get caught.
Word: yapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English yap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English yapper From yap + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈjæp.ə/, /ˈjæp.ɚ/ 1. A person's mouth, especially one that gossips or talks too much. Labels: slang Example: Shut your yapper or I'll shut it for you! 2. One who yaps. Example: If you want your pack to be a deterrent against burglars or muggers, forget about small dogs, yappers though they be. Focus on the larger breeds, particularly working stock with strong instinctual drives. Example: I have to admit I would have a lot more tolerance for cell phone yappers on my one-hour train ride to and from work if they were actually learning — instead of yelling […] 3. Ellipsis of yapper dog Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Example: If you’ve got a yapper dog, take him somewhere else.
Word: killer whales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of killer whale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ribbon seal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because the coloration of the adult of this species makes it look as if it were wearing a ribbon wrapped around its coat. 1. A species (Histriophoca fasciata) of true seal found in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the North Pacific Ocean.
Word: ribbon seals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribbon seal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: five and dime Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of five-and-dime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dime store Part of Speech: noun 1. A store selling inexpensive items. Labels: US Example: Near-synonyms: ten-cent store, five-and-dime, dollar store Example: In the dime stores and bus stations / People talk of situations / Read books, repeat quotations / Draw conclusions on the wall 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dime, store: a store selling things at one dime per item. Labels: historical
Word: ten-cent store Part of Speech: noun 1. A store selling inexpensive items. Labels: US
Word: reprovisionment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English provisionment English reprovisionment From re- + provisionment. 1. The act of acquiring new provisions to replace used up supplies. Labels: uncountable
Word: ordered pairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ordered pair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dollar store Part of Speech: noun 1. A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has the literal meaning, were formerly common and are now rare.) Labels: Canada, US Example: Near-synonyms: five-and-dime, five-and-ten, dime store; pound shop (UK), $2 shop (AU, NZ), ten-dollar store (Hong Kong English) 2. A government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency. Labels: historical
Word: mushroom party Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to the rapid growth of mushrooms. 1. A new political party that sprouts up quickly before an election, but proves to be short-lived. Labels: derogatory
Word: billon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French billon, from Old French bille (“stick of wood”). 1. Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that are used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ecocultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural English ecocultural From eco- + cultural. 1. That combines ecological and cultural elements.