nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: draw a line under Part of Speech: verb 1. To deem (a matter, especially a problematic one) to be now closed or concluded. Example: I know we've had our disagreements in the past, but let's draw a line under that now. Example: But I drew a line under everything that happened to me the previous year, in fact I drew a line under everything that had ever happened to me: the army, my marriage and its break-up; my discovery of drugs; chemsex and the craziness that followed; waking up to find a stranger having sex with me; neglecting so many people who cared about me.
Word: pit one's wits Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage in a test of mental skill. Labels: often Example: We must pit our wits against our enemy and find a way to defeat him.
Word: mutt's nuts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming variant of dog's bollocks; nuts in the sense of testicles. 1. Something regarded as outstandingly good. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar
Word: rest-harrow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of restharrow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Stenhousemuir Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8783).
Word: West Byfleet Part of Speech: name 1. A large village in Woking borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0460).
Word: Crag Foot Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet near Silverdale, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4873).
Word: Cronkite Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Sevareid Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Watton-at-Stone Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English wād (“woad”) + tūn; recorded as Wattun in 969, Wodtone 1086 (Domesday Book), and Watton atte Stone in 1311. Pronunciation: /wɒtən.æt.stəʊn/ 1. A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3019).
Word: Moyers Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Moyers Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Moyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yealands Part of Speech: name Etymology: Yealand was recorded in the Domesday Book as Jalant, from Old English hēah + land. 1. A cluster of three villages, Yealand Conyers, Yealand Redmayne and Yealand Storrs, north of Carnforth, Lancashire, England.
Word: fire striker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of firestriker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Yealand Conyers Part of Speech: name Etymology: Recorded as Yeland Coygners in 1301, possibly an early variant of Conyers. 1. A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5074).
Word: pouncy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pounce + -y. 1. Punchy, aggressive. Labels: slang
Word: Yealand Redmayne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Recorded as Yeland Redman in 1341, later Redmayne, after the Redmayne family. 1. A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5075).
Word: braggardly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From braggard + -ly. 1. boastful, tending to brag
Word: Redmayne Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: savarin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French savarin. 1. A type of leavened cake often drizzled with liquor.
Word: Yealand Storrs Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet in Yealand Redmayne parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4976).
Word: deedwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deed + work. Pronunciation: /ˈdidwɝk/, /ˈdiːdwɜːk/ 1. A role. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Storrs Part of Speech: name Etymology: English surname, from several places in England derived from Middle English storth, from Old Norse storð (“brushwood”). Also a variant of Storr. 1. A surname. 2. A village and census-designated place in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. 3. A village in Windermere parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD3994). 4. A hamlet in Bradfield parish, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK2989).
Word: wallhacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wallhack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Ladywood Part of Speech: name 1. An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0586). 2. A village near Droitwich, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8761) 3. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, Manitoba, Canada.
Word: authority issues Part of Speech: noun 1. Disobedience, a disinclination to obey. Labels: euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Word: fleet leader Part of Speech: noun 1. The airframe or component with the longest time in service, compared to others of the same design. Example: Obviously the best engines to use for comparison would be those of greatest total (flight plus test) operating time -- the so-called "fleet leaders." Example: This Falcon 7X is now the fleet leader having flown over 800,000 nautical miles (148,148 km).
Word: fleet leaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fleet leader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: post-nut clarity Part of Speech: noun 1. The brief sense of calm and mental acuity experienced by a person after ejaculation. Labels: Internet, uncountable, vulgar Example: The term “post-nut clarity” was introduced to the world on the podcast, “Call Her Daddy” in 2018. Host Alexandra Cooper and former host Sofia Franklyn explained that “post-nut clarity” is when, after a man reaches sexual climax, he urgently contemplates his life for worse or for better.
Word: vidchat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vid + chat. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪdˌt͡ʃæt/ 1. A videocall, especially a casual one. Example: After school, Payton started a vidchat with the cute boy from his printmaking class. Example: At a table near the window, with a view of downtown DC, Pierce had his laptop open and was ready for Wilson to come on the line for vidchat.
Word: vidchat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From vid + chat. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪdˌt͡ʃæt/ 1. To engage in a videocall. Example: We vidchatted and shared makeup looks until I got sleepy. Example: We met online, exchanged pics, exchanged fantasies (mostly mine), exchanged racy pics (mostly hers), chatted, vidchatted. Then maybe vidchatted some more.
Word: Droitwich Spa Part of Speech: name 1. A civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, which serves the town of Droitwich.
Word: vidchats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vidchat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vidchats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vidchat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vidchatting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vidchat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vidchatted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vidchat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Marrable Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: peewahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peewah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Raroia Part of Speech: name 1. An atoll in French Polynesia, the end of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition.
Word: bridal wreath Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bridal, wreath. Labels: uncountable 2. Any of several plants with white flowers. Labels: uncountable 3. Any of several plants with white flowers. Labels: uncountable 4. Any of several plants with white flowers. Labels: uncountable 5. Any of several plants with white flowers. Labels: uncountable 6. Any of several plants with white flowers. Labels: uncountable
Word: Linslade Part of Speech: name 1. A suburban town in Leighton-Linslade parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9025).
Word: Leighton-Linslade Part of Speech: name 1. A civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England.
Word: chest-high Part of Speech: adj 1. Reaching up to a person's chest. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Milky Way is overhead on November 2 2015, while chest-high ground mist rolls in to give the shot an ethereal feel.
Word: tooshie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tushie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Tooshie is a collage of humor, faith, stories and the psychology of food/body image issues. Example: “I didn't see his tooshie in my bed.” Technically true. She'd dug her nails into it, but she hadn't seen it until he'd gotten up for his shower. ⸺“Whose tooshie?” ⸺“No one's!”
Word: tough tushie Part of Speech: phrase 1. get over it; grow up Labels: US, colloquial, slang Example: I’m climbing stairs! you may say, or “I got to the gym everyday!”^([sic]) Tough tushie. Even if you work out every day, the deterioration begins the second you sit down.
Word: tough tooshie Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative spelling of tough tushie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bradford-on-Tone Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1722).
Word: buffalo thorn Part of Speech: noun 1. A tree, native to southern Africa, of species Ziziphus mucronata.
Word: bushman grass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Afrikaans boesmangras. 1. Any of the species of the grass genus Aristida sensu lato growing in southern Africa. Labels: offensive, sometimes, uncountable
Word: Eyres Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Eyres Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Eyre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ADEM Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: Loader Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Loder. 1. A surname.
Word: calander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French calandre. Compare Dutch klander and Medieval Latin calandrus. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros, “cylinder”). Doublet of calender and cylinder. 1. The weevil Phlyctinus callosus. Labels: obsolete
Word: babylon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Instantiation of Babylon, popularized by Sacha Baron Cohen in his satirical television show Da Ali G Show (2000–2004). Pronunciation: /ˈbæ.bɪ.lɒn/, /ˈbæb.ɪ.lɑn/ 1. A female breast. Labels: UK, countable, slang
Word: babylons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of babylon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gameparks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gamepark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: game parks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of game park Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kaffirboom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kafferboom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaffirbooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaffirboom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kafferbooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kafferboom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bud off Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a bud, to split from its parent and form a new plant, etc. Example: A young Martian, there can now be no dispute, was really born upon earth during the war, and it was found attached to its parent, partially budded''' off, just as young lily bulbs bud off, or the young animals in the fresh-water polyp. 2. Of a plant etc., to have a bud split off and form a new plant etc. Example: This sponge reproduces by budding off hundreds of tiny individuals.
Word: buds off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bud off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: budding off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bud off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: budded off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bud off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: housewifes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of housewife (see singular entry for notes on usage) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: housewifes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of housewife Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Winter of Discontent Part of Speech: name Etymology: An allusion to the opening line of William Shakespeare's play Richard III ("Now is the winter of our discontent"). 1. A period during 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, when the Labour Party's efforts to control inflation led to widespread strikes by public-sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises. Labels: UK, historical Example: Nor is the government facing a strike by tanker drivers, as was the case in early 1979 during the winter of discontent.
Word: Chigro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Chinese + Negro. 1. A person of mixed Chinese and black ancestry. Labels: offensive Example: The Chigroes are a tough, forgotten race. They look down on the Negroes and the Chinese look down on them. Example: If I had my life over again I should undoubtedly marry a Chigro (Chinese negress) for they are the loveliest and merriest girls I ever set eyes on.
Word: Chigros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chigro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chigroes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chigro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liberty bond Part of Speech: noun 1. A war bond sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I. Labels: US, historical
Word: liberty bonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liberty bond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: escharred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eschar + -ed. 1. Covered with eschar. Example: an escharred ulcer
Word: Mann-Whitney U test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed by Henry B. Mann and Donald R. Whitney, who described it in a 1947 paper. 1. A nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that the probability that a randomly selected value from one population is less than a randomly selected value from a second population is equal to the probability of being greater. It can be used to investigate whether two independent samples were selected from populations having the same distribution.
Word: eye-filling Part of Speech: adj 1. visually impressive or overpowering Example: Save the C-notes for eye-filling megamusicals or, maybe, a good-for-you drama of intellectual aspirations, preferably with a script from England and a star from Hollywood.
Word: lagenar macula Part of Speech: noun 1. A vestibular sensory organ located at the apical tip of the cochlea in birds, fish, and amphibians.
Word: lagenar maculae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lagenar macula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Greenspoon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German. 1. A surname.
Word: unresolutely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unresolute + -ly. 1. In an unresolute manner.
Word: devil's staircase Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Cantor function; a type of monotonic increasing function. Labels: informal
Word: SBCs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SBC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Devil's Staircase Part of Speech: name 1. A waterfall in Wassen Creek, Devil’s Staircase Wilderness, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, United States; a multi-tiered low cascading waterfall. 2. Ellipsis of Devil's Staircase Wilderness: a geographic region of Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, United States, ; a protected 30,000 acre old-growth forest region in the national forest, containing the Devil's Staircase waterfall. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: vestibular system Part of Speech: noun 1. The sensory system of vertebrates that provides the brain with information about motion, head position, spatial orientation, and sense of balance.
Word: vestibular systems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vestibular system Labels: form-of, plural
Word: B'ham Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Birmingham. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Bellingham. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: pock-fretten Part of Speech: adj 1. Marked with pustule scars; pockmarked. Labels: archaic Example: He is a thin, tallish man, a little pock-fretten; of a sallowish complexion. Example: The suspicious street boy now, despite his pock-fretten skin, coming into a youthful handsomeness.
Word: oons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oons Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alteration of wounds. 1. Expressing anger, surprise etc. Labels: archaic Example: Oons, woman, said I, the lady may be in a fit: the lady may be dying—Let me go up. Example: [H]e no sooner comprehended the nature of this shower, which in a twinkling bedewed him from head to foot, than he exclaimed, “Blood and oons! I'm afloat?”
Word: ELCS Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of extracorporeal life support. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Pans Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Pan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pans Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of Peter Pans; plural of Pan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Whitecroft Part of Speech: name 1. A village in West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6206).
Word: Austrianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Austrian + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈɒs.tɹi.ə.nɪz.əm/ 1. The heterodox school of economic thought based on methodological individualism that originated in late-19th and early-20th century Vienna. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to Austrian language usage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Austrianisms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɒs.tɹi.ə.nɪz.əms/ 1. plural of Austrianism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: park-and-ride Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of park and ride. Labels: alt-of, alternative, often Example: One of the remotest Cambridgeshire stations is enjoying an uplift in business from commuters capitalising on its cheaper park-and-ride benefits, as an alternative to Ely.
Word: speed date Part of Speech: noun 1. A date in a speed dating event
Word: speed date Part of Speech: verb 1. To take part in speed dating
Word: speltering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spelter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: speltering Part of Speech: noun 1. A process which directly combines copper and metallic zinc to form an alloy. Labels: uncountable
Word: rhoeadin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rhoeadine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rhoeadins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhoeadin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Commandant Part of Speech: noun 1. Title for the officer in charge of a commando or district. Labels: South-Africa, historical
Word: Coolie Christmas Part of Speech: name 1. Either of two festivals associated with Indians (in the sense of pre-partition, colonial India). Labels: South-Africa, dated, offensive Example: This is "Coolie Christmas," as it is popularly called here. Natal has over sixty thousand immigrants from India, and if we can believe our ears, it would seem that a good share of them have been beating tom-toms day and night for the last two weeks. 2. Either of two festivals associated with Indians (in the sense of pre-partition, colonial India). Labels: South-Africa, dated, offensive
Word: horseable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From horse + -able. 1. Suitable for a horse. Labels: rare Example: Agriculture does not require chariots to the degree of cattle nomadism, moreover fields, pastures, or springs are better defensible on horseback in an area too hilly and rugged, horseable perhaps, but without chariots. Example: Now, about bikers, hikers, and horsers: (oh hell - I can't shut up :) / The really tought^([sic]) hiking trails are unbikable. Most hiking trails are bikeable. Some are even horseable.
Word: prescriptivistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prescriptive + -istic or prescriptivist + -ic. 1. Synonym of prescriptivist. Example: Perhaps once more the somewhat prescriptivistic nature of most grammars of the time accounts for the reluctance to regulate language choice suggested by Heath and Mandabach. Example: For a few verbs, continued wavering between past participles is reflected in Fabra’s prescriptivistic Gràmatica catalana (1969).
Word: Shaq Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given name Shaquille.
Word: neighboresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neighboress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prescriptionistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prescription + -istic or prescriptionist + -ic. 1. Synonym of prescriptionist. Labels: rare Example: It was felt that many such questions could be profitably discussed—but only if considered in connection with specified segments of the tissue of psychological action, if dissociated from the prescriptionistic tone of much recent analysis, and if approached as problems in the genesis of creative knowledge-seeking action, rather than as extrinsically presolved issues in the “logic” of science. Example: So far, rational reconstruction is prescriptionistic, but not arbitrarily so. The rational reconstructor will try to show that there is no way of distinguishing between explaining and other forms of human activity (for example, reasserting), unless some of what have ordinarily been called explanations are excluded as pseudo explanations.
Word: South Heath Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Great Missenden parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9101). 2. A hamlet in Great Bentley parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1119).
Word: descriptionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of descriptionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Great Missenden Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP8901).
Word: Old Dragon Part of Speech: noun 1. A former student in The Dragon School, Oxford
Word: descriptionistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From description + -istic or descriptionist + -ic. 1. Synonym of descriptionist. Labels: rare Example: So the first argument results from the reconstructivistic attitude towards legal language and the second one from descriptionistic attitude. Example: Poincaré’s leadership in the antirealist “descriptionistic” movement is explored in Heilbron (1982).
Word: gather pace Part of Speech: verb 1. To start to happen more quickly; to accelerate. Example: "The programme is gathering pace. We're entering an important phase of the project as we begin real-world testing on our network ahead of the trains entering passenger service later this year," said SWR Commercial Projects Director Alex Foulds. Example: The Lionesses were given their biggest test of the year by a talented, albeit injury-hit, Brazilian side but delivered more silverware as their momentum continues to gather pace before this summer's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Word: gathering pace Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gather pace Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gathered pace Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gather pace Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gathers pace Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gather pace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Foulds Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: daba grass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Xhosa idobo (“long, coarse grass”). 1. Miscanthus capensis, a long African grass used as thatch. Labels: uncountable
Word: Romy Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name. Labels: diminutive, form-of 2. A female given name. Labels: feminine, form-of 3. A female given name. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Klyuchevskaya Sopka Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Ключевска́я Со́пка (Ključevskája Sópka). 1. A volcano in Kamchatka Krai, Russia and the highest point on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Word: fare-paying Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to people who pay a fare for a journey, usually on public transport. Labels: not-comparable Example: All 111 trains (89 five-car and 22 ten-car sets) were due in traffic by now, but so far none has carried a fare-paying passenger.
Word: dagbreker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans dagbreker. 1. Any of the chats of South Africa. Labels: South-Africa
Word: kaffir doctor Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of witch doctor. Labels: South-Africa, obsolete, offensive
Word: dronkgras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans dronkgras. 1. A plant poisonous to livestock, including: Labels: South-Africa, uncountable 2. A plant poisonous to livestock, including: Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: fitting-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fit out. 1. The process of installing fittings, furnishings etc. in the interior of something. Labels: uncountable Example: The first sets for this testing will move straight from the factory, while those at Worksop will return to Derby for internal fitting-out before being dispatched to Wolverton.
Word: take the front seat Part of Speech: verb 1. to take priority Labels: idiomatic Example: In survival, clean water takes the front seat.
Word: uranomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From urano- + -mancy. 1. Divination using the heavens. Labels: uncountable Example: The chart ... begins with a text description of uranomancy -- diving events by observing natural phenomenon in the sky.
Word: Eogene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eo- + -gene. From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + γενεά (geneá, “generation”). Pronunciation: /ˈiəˌd͡ʒin/ 1. Former name of Paleogene.
Word: Eogene Part of Speech: name Etymology: From eo- + -gene. From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + γενεά (geneá, “generation”). Pronunciation: /ˈiəˌd͡ʒin/ 1. Former name of Paleogene.
Word: ct Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of court. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Gatley Part of Speech: name 1. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8488).
Word: Anez Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Áñez. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: DeKalb Part of Speech: name Etymology: From de Kalb. 1. Ellipsis of DeKalb County. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 2. A surname. Alternative form of de Kalb. Labels: countable
Word: globie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From globe + -ie. 1. Someone who believes that Earth is round, as opposed to flat. Labels: derogatory
Word: Stone Mountain Part of Speech: name 1. A mountain in Appalachians, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, a quartz monzonite dome monadnock former pluton igneous intrusion, containing the world's largest bas relief, of three Confederate leaders on horseback. 2. Said carving. 3. A city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. Ellipsis of Stone Mountain Village. Named after the mountain. 4. An unincorporated region of DeKalb and Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, surrounding the mountain. 5. A mountain in Descartes Highlands, Moon.
Word: cassowary plum Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant, Cerbera floribunda, the seeds of which are spread by cassowaries. 2. The fruit of the plant, a poisonous blue plum sized-and-shaped fruit, eaten by the frugivorous cassowaries.
Word: nontextualism Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal theory that rejects textualism. Labels: uncountable
Word: nontextualist Part of Speech: noun 1. An adherent of nontextualism; a legal theorist who is not a textualist.
Word: nontextualists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nontextualist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonoriginalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + originalism. 1. A legal theory that rejects originalism and thus allows interpretations of a legal text other than those intended by its authors. Labels: uncountable
Word: jewel tone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various deep, rich hues.
Word: jewel tones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jewel tone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bethyl Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Beth + Daryl. 1. The ship of characters Beth Greene and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead. Labels: slang Example: For fans of the “Bethyl” romance, this would also allow Daryl to carry on a relationship with Beth free of the guilt of hurting Carol’s feelings. Example: While there are many die-hard Caryl and Bethyl shippers who have argued for Daryl’s heterosexuality, others have maintained that Daryl is gay.
Word: Caryl Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Carol + Daryl. 1. The ship of characters Carol Peletier and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead. Labels: slang Example: As much fun as it would be to imagine a "Darol" or "Caryl" relationship it just isn't true. Example: Richonne just seemed like something all of Tumblr was screaming for but might not ever happen (like Caryl, though I'm still gunning for that one), but now it's actually real.
Word: tradewind Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of trade wind. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Haussa Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of Hausa. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: Haussa Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Hausa. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: judiciary astrology Part of Speech: noun 1. Judicial astrology. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Judiciary astrology was one of those sciences, in which Carathis was a perfect adept.
Word: isolation transformer Part of Speech: noun 1. A transformer used to transfer electrical power from a source of alternating current (AC) power to some equipment or device while galvanically isolating the device from the power source, usually for safety reasons.
Word: Zutara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Zuko + Katara. 1. The ship of characters Zuko and Katara from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Labels: slang Example: Five times, reviewers ensured the author this was the best Zutara story they had read. Example: Ships are often given names, such as HMS Harmony (for Harry Potter and Hermione Grange from the Harry Potter universe) or Zutara (for Zuko and Katara, characters from the animated television show Avatar: The Last Airbender).
Word: Jate Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Jack + Kate. 1. The ship of characters Jack Shephard and Kate Austen from the television series Lost. Labels: slang Example: For example, a Jate shipper would say that “Jack and Kate are my OTP.” Example: Of course, 'Jate' fans may hope that she is destined to marry Jack, and become the 'Shephard' listed on the wall.
Word: Saionjis Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Saionji Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jate + -er. 1. A shipper of Jack and Kate from the television series Lost. Labels: slang Example: The Jaters and Skaters started out like any other shipper groups, but as the seasons have progressed, so has the intensity level of the group members. Example: For five years, spanning a few hookups and many breakups, there was no answer – until the show made up its mind for the 'Jaters.'
Word: file managers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of file manager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fragmentors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fragmentor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: FPUs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FPU Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glass snakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glass snake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ground hogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ground hog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ice cream scoops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice cream scoop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cut-purse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cutpurse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cut-purses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cut-purse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Skater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Skate + -er. 1. A shipper of Sawyer and Kate from the television series Lost. Labels: slang Example: The Jaters and Skaters started out like any other shipper groups, but as the seasons have progressed, so has the intensity level of the group members. Example: The episode turned out to be the last hurrah for 'Skaters' as Kate finally gave up on Sawyer due to his Juliet-mourning.
Word: tigging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tig Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Fat Thursday Part of Speech: noun 1. The Thursday before the start of Lent. Example: Rome celebrated its Giovedi Grasso, the Fat Thursday before Lent, with public mummery and carousing and did not listen to the prophets of political gloom.
Word: Suliet Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Sawyer + Juliet. 1. The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Juliet Burke from the television series Lost. Labels: slang Example: The Suliet and Skate “shippers” (those who want to see Sawyer and Juliet or Sawyer and Kate together) went to war about whether Juliet was right or not. Example: If you’re a Suliet fan, then the defining moment is probably the dock scene from “LaFleur,” when Sawyer — using all his impossible powers of charm — convinces Juliet to stay on the island for just two more weeks.
Word: flush mounting Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of mounting of a fixture, e.g. a socket so that the body of the fixture is inside the wall, leaving only a cover plate on top of the surface of the wall. Labels: uncountable
Word: Holmes Chapel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally Hulme or Holme, with the addition of chapel. 1. A large village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7667).
Word: Prestbury Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9077). 2. A village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9723).
Word: fishman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fisscheman; equivalent to fish + -man. 1. A man who sells fish. Example: Without an exception, save ourselves, the boat was occupied by fishmen and fishwomen, returning from effecting their purchases at Billinsgate, and who availed themselves of this new mode of transit to reach the West End, without having the barriers of Fleet-street, the hills of Holborn, or the other localities which have to be traversed to reach from the city to the quarters where they had their business and connection. Example: We arrived in the night, and all were asleep and still. But in the morning, what a Babel of sounds assailed and stunned us! There were fishmen and fishwomen in “schools”—boatmen and boatwomen—sailors, of every nation, “pulling and hauling”—artisans of every description plying the hammer and the axe—all mechanical powers in noisy operation—ponderous wagons of most thundering construction—men, women, and children yelling to the very top of their voices, to outcry each other in selling their wares.
Word: fishmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: VKA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Vitamin K antagonist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: all the sudden Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of all of a sudden. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: coppicer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who coppices.
Word: coppicers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coppicer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tadjoura Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Tadjourah. 1. A town in Djibouti.
Word: Tadjourah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Tadjourah. 1. A region of Djibouti.
Word: cacs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kæks/ 1. plural of cac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Strines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Strine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Strines Part of Speech: name 1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9786). Its railway station was formerly in Derbyshire.
Word: unicorn puke Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of unicorn vomit. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, slang, uncountable Example: There is a bowl of what looks to be unicorn puke on one of the snack tables and I decide I will be the one who dares to try it. I dip the serving mug and pour the contents into my glass. A small crowd gathers to see if I will die. I sip. 'How is it?' a scarecrow asks. 'Fantastic,' I say. 'But I don't think it has alcohol in it.' 'I think it's just rainbow sherbet and Mountain Dew,' someone says. It's getting hard to tell who's who. 'I can fix that,' I say. I grab a bottle of vodka and tip a lingering pour into my unicorn puke. It adds just the perfect bite to the mix. Example: The pizza is garnished with edible rainbow glitter, also known as 'unicorn puke.'
Word: sponge tax Part of Speech: noun 1. An estate tax imposed by a state that was credited against the federal estate tax, raising revenue for a state without increasing the overall tax burden. Labels: US, historical Example: Following various versions of the Massachusetts estate tax in response to the changes in the Internal Revenue Code, in 2002, the Legislature amended § 2A to use a "sponge tax" calculation based upon the Federal credit for State death taxes that would have been allowable to a decedent's estate in 2000.
Word: Styal Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /staɪl/ 1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8383).
Word: hoobae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 후배(後輩) (hubae, “junior”). Doublet of kohai. 1. An underclassman or junior, in the context of Korea. Example: I love Korean culture, especially the sunbae/hoobae relationship. And in baseball, you are always someone's sunbae or hoobae. Example: It is expected that hoobaes treat their sunbaes with respect. 2. A newer or less experienced idol.
Word: sunbae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 선배(先輩) (seonbae, “senior”). Doublet of senpai. 1. An upperclassman or senior, in the context of Korea. Example: When students start their freshmen year in college, they are taken care of by their sunbaes, who give them various advice about school. Example: On September 14-15 of this year, led by their sunbaes (upperclassmen), excited students wearing blue for Yonsei and red for Korea University converged upon Jamsil Sports Complex to support their athletic teams in the tradition-laden sports competition. 2. An older or more experienced idol, viewed as a veteran, mentor, or predecessor. Example: While it did seem like TWICE was set on the fast track to stardom – after all, the JYP darlings were expected to follow in the footsteps of their 'Tell Me' sunbaes – their road to success was far from smooth-sailing. Example: Winner and iKon learned and grew by following their sunbaes' (seniors) footsteps.
Word: beauty sleeps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beauty sleep Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sough Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet in Kelbrook and Sough parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9045).
Word: Kelbrook and Sough Part of Speech: name 1. A civil parish in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.
Word: slow-down Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from slow down. 1. Alternative form of slowdown. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: SR Operations Director David Simpson told RAIL that owing to social distancing and a slow-down in the supply chain, the '153s' had been delayed because the 'build phase' had not progressed as quickly as hoped.
Word: Friday night lights Part of Speech: noun 1. high school football. Labels: US, slang, uncountable
Word: McDermott Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada (“son of Diarmaid”). 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: Wombwell Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Wamba or *Womba + wella (“well, spring”). Pronunciation: /ˈwʊmwəl/ 1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3902). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Neapolitan wafer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Josef Manner (founder of Manner, who invented this type of wafer) in 1898. The hazelnuts they used were imported from the Naples region, hence "Neapolitan". 1. A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.
Word: bukakke Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of bukkake (sense 2). Labels: alt-of, misspelling, uncountable, usually
Word: globies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of globie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ado Ekiti Part of Speech: name 1. The largest city and state capital of Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Word: Ondo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed * either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”), * or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond + -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”). 1. A surname from Hungarian.
Word: Ondo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Yoruba Òǹdó. 1. A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Akure. 2. A city in Ondo State, Nigeria. 3. A historical kingdom in Nigeria. 4. A dialect of Yoruba spoken in Ondo State.
Word: Ondo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yoruba Òǹdó. 1. People of Ondo City, Ondo State, and/or Ondo Kingdom, collectively. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ondo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Yoruba Òǹdó. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Ondo City, Ondo State, Ondo Kingdom, their people or their cultures. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Ondo dialect of Yoruba. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heat-ray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The fictional sense was coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1896 in The War of the Worlds. 1. A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature. Example: Near-synonyms: ray-gun, ray gun, death ray, energy weapon Example: In the other cases the shells had missed, and the batteries had been at once annihilated by the Heat-Rays. Heavy losses of soldiers were mentioned[.] 2. Synonym of calorific ray. Labels: dated
Word: heat-rays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heat-ray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wire gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A former type of canon the construction of which included an internal layer of wire windings. Example: Guns were in rapid transit from Windsor, Portsmouth, Aldershot, Woolwich - even from the north; among others, long wire guns of ninety-five tons from Woolwich.
Word: wire guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wire gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncrisp Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + crisp. 1. Not crisp. Example: […] if a second crop was taken from the same ground without fertilizing it, the melons would be small and what we called soapy; that is, soft and smooth, utterly uncrisp, and without a trace of the lively freshness and sweetness of those raised on virgin soil. 2. Not crisp. Example: […] from time to time a sort of unhealthy almost-light leaked from the large uncrisp corpse of the sky, returning for a moment to our view the ruined landscape. 3. Not crisp. Labels: dated Example: His light brown hair fell, in thin, uncrisp locks, about his white, prominent temples,
Word: uncrisp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + crisp. 1. To become less or not crisp. Labels: intransitive Example: [The] metal [of the coach], jouncing on the track, massaged his behind and his pants, uncrisping, were as wet from the mangy dog as from the sweat pouring out between his legs. 2. To stop contorting or tensing (a part of one's body); to cause to be no longer contorted or tensed. Labels: dated, transitive Example: When his miserable life is over they lay him out—that is, they pull his legs, and try to uncrisp his fingers, Example: She also lay white and twisting on a couch, crisping and uncrisping her little hands. 3. To stop being contorted or tensed (of a part of the body). Labels: dated, intransitive Example: She saw his fingers uncrisp, then grip the shelf again. 4. To stop (something) from rippling or undulating. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Behold your Neptune, with his Trident there, Vncrisps the Billows, smoothing them like Glass;
Word: uncrisping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of uncrisp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncrisps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of uncrisp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: uncrisped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uncrisp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncrisped Part of Speech: adj 1. Not crisped. Example: [God] hath designed such naturall, and vnadorned, or vncrisped Haire vnto vs as is most comely, proper, and behoofull for vs: Example: 1843, Ezekiel Bacon, Recollections of Fifty Years Since, Utica, NY: R.W. Roberts, p. 19, plain unfrizzled and uncrisped locks
Word: Alake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Yoruba Alake 1. A traditional ruler of the Egba people.
Word: Saro Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Nigerian Creole people of the 19th and early 20th centuries who were emancipated and initially resettled in Freetown, Sierra Leone after the abolition of the international slave trade. Labels: historical
Word: Saro Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Silla (“ancient Korean kingdom”).
Word: Farmer Giles Part of Speech: name 1. A personification of a typical farmer
Word: Farmer Giles Part of Speech: noun 1. piles (haemorrhoids) Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: Cheddar Man Part of Speech: name 1. A Mesolithic man, the skeleton of which was found in a cave in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset
Word: Cheddar Gorge Part of Speech: name 1. A limestone gorge near the Somerset village of Cheddar
Word: sbrinz Part of Speech: noun 1. A hard Swiss cheese similar to parmesan Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Neapolitan wafers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Neapolitan wafer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lal Draman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Kashmiri لال (lāl, “red”) and Kashmiri درامن (drāmn, “meadow”). 1. A hill station in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Word: Dimocrat Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of Democrat. Labels: US, alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling Example: I've no doubt, Mr. Chairman, but what Governor Marcy is a good sound sort of Dimocrat, and has done good service in the party[…] Example: Bryan knows what he wants, and he is the greatest leader the Dimocrats ever had. 2. Synonym of dumbocrat. Labels: US, derogatory
Word: lungsickness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lung + sickness. 1. A contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Lungsickness is still bad at the farm Coleford; 22 heade of cattle have died up to date.
Word: iodophores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iodophore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medievalistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From medieval + -istics. Also by surface analysis, medieval + -ist + -ics or by surface analysis, medievalist + -ics. 1. The study of the Middle Ages; medieval studies. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: medievistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mediev(al) + -istics. Also by surface analysis, mediev(al) + -ist + -ics. 1. The study of the Middle Ages; medieval studies. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: Balkan studies Part of Speech: noun 1. A field of academic study concerned with the Balkans. Labels: uncountable
Word: Balkanistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, Balkan + -ist + -ics. Also by surface analysis, Balkan + -istics. 1. Balkan studies. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: Russistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, Russ(ian) + -ist + -ics. 1. Russian studies. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: beach bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A retail business that sells drinks and food on or by a beach. Example: Like a beach bar or a seaside campsite, most heritage railways rely on seasonal trade.
Word: beach bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beach bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CBPP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Commons-based peer production. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: CBPP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In 2018, the EITC and CTC kept 10.6 million people out of poverty, according to the CBPP, and the evidence shows they improve health, education and long-term employment outcomes, especially among children.
Word: Koreanistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean + -istics. 1. Korean studies. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: starting over Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of start over Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cutting corners Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cut corners Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cuts corners Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cut corners Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person