nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: translucently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin trānslūceō Latin trānslūcēnsbor. English translucent Middle English -ly English -ly English translucently From translucent + -ly. 1. In a translucent way.
Word: transitionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English transitional Middle English -ly English -ly English transitionally From transitional + -ly. 1. In a transitional manner.
Word: transfixed Part of Speech: adj 1. Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
Word: transfixed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transfix Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aguacate Part of Speech: noun 1. avocado Labels: archaic
Word: aguacates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aguacate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acceleration clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acceleration clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trainload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From train + load. 1. The amount that can be transported by a train. Example: On February 14, Mr. S. F. Sanders observed two trainloads of football supporters from Bolton which were conveyed to Luton by Nos. 45710, Irresistible, and 45712, Victory, respectively. Example: Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to necessitate restriction of trainloads. 2. A large amount. Labels: broadly Example: You just bought yourself a trainload of trouble. I think you're now in over your head. Example: A shudder ran through Mr. Binnacle. Better a whole trainload of invigilators than this grotesque and solitary persecutor!
Word: trainloads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trainload Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traducer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From traduce + -er, from Latin trādūcō. 1. One who traduces; one who maligns another by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. Example: I greatly mistrust that the Bohemian on our shores is a much-abused man. To his traducer, who casts up anarchism against him, he replies that the last census (1880) shows his people to have the fewest criminals of all in proportion to numbers. Example: In short, Mr. Price defended the country against its traducers, saying that, "so far from the Territory deserving the title of White Elephant, it was a credit to South Australia, and a valuable portion of her possessions."
Word: traducers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traducer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English train 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 trainable From train + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/ 1. Capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.
Word: trainable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English train 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 trainable From train + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/ 1. A mentally retarded person who can be trained or taught. Labels: dated, euphemistic Example: Toilet accidents for new children in the school are generally at least two or three times as frequent for trainables as they are for educables.
Word: educatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English educate 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 educatable From educate + -able. 1. Capable of being educated; trainable; teachable.
Word: tryingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English trying Middle English -ly English -ly English tryingly From trying + -ly. 1. In a trying manner.
Word: trustingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English trustingly, equivalent to trusting + -ly. 1. In a trusting manner.
Word: trustfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trustful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English trustfulness From trustful + -ness. 1. The property of being trustful. Labels: uncountable
Word: tropically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tropic English -al English tropical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English tropically From tropical + -ly. 1. In a tropical manner; of the tropics. 2. In a metaphorical or figurative manner; as a trope.
Word: trundler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trundle + -er. 1. A person who trundles (something or someone). Example: I shall begin with the Married Ladies, as this order will be found to be far the most numerous, and includes all the married women in town or country above the degree of a chair-woman or the trundler of a wheel-barrow. Example: According to the venerable woodcuts which form the frontispieces to Primers of the dark ages, the paths of learning run through […] pleasant pastures agreeably diversified, and peopled by joyous hoop-trundlers and kite-flyers, 2. A bowler (player throwing the ball). Example: The high delivery of modern bowlers would horrify the famous trundlers of the good old days, when to deliver the ball from above the level of the shoulder was as heinous an offence as throwing is to-day […] Example: Sometimes he would bowl to one of his children, and although on the field (a small strip of garden) there were only two cricketers, he would turn it into an England v. Australia match. The one batsman would stand for eleven men, and the one trundler would play the part of the regular and change bowlers […] 3. A bowler (player throwing the ball). Example: The next bowler was a trundler, and Luton, evidently inspired by Bognor’s cover drive, hit him to all corners of the ground. Example: But he wouldn’t be a great cricketer; he was just a trundler, really, accurate enough, but no flair. 4. A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels). Labels: New-Zealand Example: The supermarket, its turnstiles and trundlers, gave substance to hopes as desirable and distant as heaven. Example: A North Shore town centre is being ringed by an electronic fence in an attempt to stop thefts of supermarket trundlers. 5. A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels). Labels: New-Zealand Example: […] I couldn’t see where I was going and banged into a baggy old lady pulling a trundler full of shopping, Example: Taking the blue canvas shopping trundler from the alcove in the hallway […] Mattina walked to where she hoped the dairy might be, 6. A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: […] many golf trolleys, or trundlers as the Australians call them, are equipped with a small seat upon which to rest between shots. 7. A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels). Labels: obsolete 8. A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels). Labels: obsolete 9. Pea (vegetable). Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: trundlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trundler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trivially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English trivial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English trivially From trivial + -ly. 1. In a trivial manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the derivation of novel no-signaling monogamies, we uncover a new feature, namely that two-party Bell expressions that are trivially classically saturated can become non-trivial upon the addition of an expression involving a third party with a single measurement input.
Word: tremulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tremulous Middle English -ly English -ly English tremulously From tremulous + -ly. 1. In a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner. 2. In a timid, hesitant, or unconfident manner; betraying fear in the voice. Example: "Are you—all—all right?" she asked, tremulously. Example: `This time place really is falling down,' she cried tremulously.
Word: tremulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tremulous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tremulousness From tremulous + -ness. 1. The property or state of being tremulous. Labels: uncountable Example: "… now let us see what the boy has to say;” and he took the other letter, which was written in a great floundering boy’s hand, and sealed with the large signet of the Pendennises, even larger than the Major’s own, and with supplementary wax sputtered all round the seal, in token of the writer’s tremulousness and agitation. Example: He hates the wavering uncertainty in his voice, the tremulousness of it.
Word: tunefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tuneful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tunefulness From tuneful + -ness. 1. The property of being tuneful. Labels: uncountable
Word: tunefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tuneful Middle English -ly English -ly English tunefully From tuneful + -ly. 1. In a tuneful manner. Example: They sang very tunefully, too, for the girls had fresh voices and true ears.
Word: trustfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English trustful Middle English -ly English -ly English trustfully From trustful + -ly. 1. In a trustful manner.
Word: trimly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English trim Middle English -ly English -ly English trimly From trim + -ly. 1. In a trim manner; neatly, smartly. Example: [W]hen the fight vvas done, / VVhen I vvas dry with rage and extreme toil, / Breathleſs and faint, leaning upon my ſvvord, / Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dreſs’d, / Freſh as a bridegroom […] Example: [T]ell me vvhy / VVith vveeping Eyes ſo oft I ſpy / His VVhiſkers curl'd, and Shoo-ſtrings ty'd, / A nevv Toledo by his Side, / In Shoulder-belt so trimly plac'd, / VVith Band so nicely ſmooth'd and lac'd. 2. Effectively, handily, nicely, thoroughly, soundly, well. Labels: obsolete Example: And it is sayde both moste trimly and truly in the Epistle to the Hebreues, as we heard afore: If ye be not vnder correction, (wherof all are partakers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes. Example: 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 104-106, […] a merry winters tale would drive away the time trimly, come I am sure you are not without a score.
Word: treasure-trove Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of treasure trove. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: treasure-troves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treasure-trove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trapshooting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trap + shooting. 1. The sport, similar to skeet, of shooting at thrown targets with a shotgun. Labels: uncountable
Word: militarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English military Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English militarize From military + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪ.lɪ.tə.ɹaɪz/ 1. To give a military character to something, such as government or organization. 2. To train or equip for war. 3. To adopt for use by the military.
Word: traumatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English traumatic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English traumatically From traumatic + -ally. 1. In a traumatic manner.
Word: tranquilly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tranquil Middle English -ly English -ly English tranquilly From tranquil + -ly. 1. In a tranquil manner. Example: When we see a party looking tranquilly up to heaven, unconscious that his body is shot through and through with arrows, we know that that is St. Sebastian.
Word: militarise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From milit(ary) + -arise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of militarize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: toughener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toughen + -er. 1. Something used to toughen.
Word: tougheners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toughener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tortuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tortuous Middle English -ly English -ly English tortuously From tortuous + -ly. 1. In a tortuous manner.
Word: tortuousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tortuous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tortuousness From tortuous + -ness. 1. The property of being tortuous. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: touchingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English touching Middle English -ly English -ly English touchingly From touching + -ly. 1. In a touching manner. Example: a touchingly pathetic plight Example: She felt a melancholy satisfaction in gazing for the last time on a scene so indelibly impressed with Madame de Mercœur's image. How many instances of her sweet and gentle temper rose so touchingly to memory!
Word: torridly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin torridus English torrid Middle English -ly English -ly English torridly From torrid + -ly. 1. In a torrid manner.
Word: torridness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin torridus English torrid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English torridness From torrid + -ness. 1. The property of being torrid. Labels: uncountable
Word: tongue-lashing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tongue lashing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: One common thread is that many victims of Vance's tongue-lashing are America's allies.
Word: tongue-lashings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tongue-lashing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Handlanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Handlanger (“handyman; henchman”), from Hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over, to give; to reach for something”) + -er (in the sense of someone who puts things into another person's hands, that is, someone whose task it is to help another person succeed). The word was loaned into Dutch and might have entered English through the Dutch form. 1. A low-ranking artillery soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Labels: historical Example: Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by His Majeſty's Command, preſented to the Houſe, Copy of a Convention between the King of Great Britain and the States General, on the one Part; and the Empreſs Queen of Hungary and Bohemia on the other— […] Artillery. […] 12 Gunners, or Handlangers. […] 2 Drummers, at the Pay of Handlangers. […] 4 Aſſiſtants, at the Pay of Handlangers. Example: The Handlanger soldier was not a gunner or a bombardier, since he merely acted as labour on gun-sites […]
Word: tongue-lash Part of Speech: verb 1. To scold, to chew out.
Word: topflight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From top + flight. 1. best, A-one, superior. Labels: not-comparable
Word: torpidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin torpidus English torpid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English torpidity From torpid + -ity. 1. The property of being torpid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: torridity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin torridus English torrid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English torridity From torrid + -ity. 1. The property of being torrid. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: teach-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teach + -in, modeled after sit-in. 1. An extended session of lectures, debates or discussions on a matter of public interest, usually social or political, as a form of protest. Example: Bomb threats and pickets disrupted an all-night "teach-in" tonight at Michigan State University. Example: A more direct example of linkages between elite dissent and mass protest is the "Teach-In" movement which began in March 1965 at the University of Michigan (Menashe and Radosh, 1967).
Word: tramper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tramp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæmpɚ/ 1. One who tramps. 2. A recreational hiker. Labels: New-Zealand Example: It's a popular spot for hikers, or trampers as they call them here. 3. A mechanism which pounds material into a more compact form for further processing; found for example in cotton gins and trash processors. Example: The purpose of the tramper is to pack the lint into the press box under the restraining dogs near the top end of the press box. 4. A ship, typically a bulk freighter, which does not travel on a fixed route; compare liner. Example: A Greek ship wants 30 pounds of feta cheese, a British tramper requests five cases of steak and kidney pies, a Japanese auto carrier orders 75 pints of boiled octopus, […]
Word: trampers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tramper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tragically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tragic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English tragically From tragic + -ally. 1. In a tragic manner. Example: "Oh, Inspector Beedel!" There was obvious disappointment in her voice. "He is very kind and promises—but nothing comes of it, and the days go on, the days go on," she repeated tragically. Example: Yes. Though based on my thorough sampling of the trend, cold pork pies are tragically absent from girl dinner plates. Perhaps because, as noted by many TikTok users – and over the weekend both Today and the New York Times – many of these girl dinners are “suspiciously low cal”.
Word: purifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of purify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: purifying Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of purification. Example: These ritual purifyings have taken place for thousands of years.
Word: tufter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tuft + -er. 1. A machine that tufts carpets, etc. 2. A person who uses such a machine.
Word: tumidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tumid + -ity, after Latin tumiditās. 1. The condition of being tumid; swollenness, distension. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is, however, one [passage] in No. 11, which is blown up into such tumidity, as to be truly ludicrous.
Word: turfy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From turf + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːfi/, /ˈtɝfi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf. Example: Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep, Example: The wind still sounds between the hills: and whistles through the grass of the rock. The firs fall from their place. The turfy hut is torn. 2. Relating to or involved with horses or horse-racing. Labels: obsolete Example: Good and fearless horse-women themselves, their whole delight seemed to be in the discussion of matters pertaining to the stable; and when meeting any young lady friend from a distance, the first questions were not enquiries after parents, sisters, brothers, or friends: no, nor even the lady-beloved talk of weddings and dress; but the discourse almost invariably took a “turfy” turn, that was, to say the least, unfeminine in the extreme. Example: Made up with curls, wreaths, wings, white bismuth, and carmine, this hopeful young person soared into so pleasing a Cupid as to constitute the chief delight of the maternal part of the spectators; but, in private, where his characteristics were a precocious cutaway coat and an extremely gruff voice, he became of the Turf, turfy.
Word: daysman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day English -s- English -man English daysman From day + -s- + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪzmən/ 1. An arbiter, referee, mediator. Labels: archaic Example: Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. Example: in Switzerland (we are informed by Simlerus), ‘they had some common arbitrators or daysmen in every town, that made a friendly composition betwixt man and man […]’. 2. A labourer who works during the day.
Word: litten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pseudo-archaic formation from lit + -en. 1. past participle of light Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: They’ve been inside the earth, too—there are openings which human beings know nothing of—some of them in these very Vermont hills—and great worlds of unknown life down there; blue-litten K’n-yan, red-litten Yoth, and black, lightless N’kai.
Word: tut-tut Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of annoyance or impatience.
Word: tut-tut Part of Speech: verb 1. To express such a sound, especially as a mild reproof
Word: slap bet Part of Speech: noun 1. A wager between two people (especially children) that involves no money, but in which the winner is allowed to slap the loser as hard as possible. Labels: US
Word: hitted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hit Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: “B-b-but I d-d-on't want to go b-b-back! Miss Kimble hitted me and—” Moira pulled the child closer, looking over her head at the nurse. “You hit her?”
Word: wolln't Part of Speech: contraction 1. will not. Labels: archaic, contraction
Word: leastest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English least Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English leastest From least + -est. 1. least. Labels: nonstandard
Word: yourn Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English youren. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, yours. See also ourn, hern. Cognate with West Flemish joen (“yourn”). 1. Yours. Labels: Appalachia, especially Example: When I was a hired-out shepherd in a solitary hut, not seeing no faces but faces of sheep till I half forgot wot men's and women's faces wos like, I see yourn. Example: Your room's in there, back of the office, an' you'll find some clothes there that the last man forgot to take with him. You ken have 'em, an' from the looks o' yourn you need 'em.
Word: hisn Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English hisen, ultimately corresponding to an alteration of his after mine, thine. 1. His. Labels: Appalachia, UK, US, dialectal, especially Example: I will not show him this letter of yours, though you seem to desire it, lest it should provoke him to be too severe a schoolmaster, when you are his'n. Example: An' every feller felt ez though all Mexico wuz hisn.
Word: ourn Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English ourn, ouren, from Old English ūrne and similar forms. Compare mine, thine; also compare and see hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, ours, which see for more. 1. Ours. Labels: Appalachia, especially Example: “Supposin',” continued Ward, “that we let two o' your men an' two o' ourn under Mr. Divine, shin up them cliffs back o' the cove an' search fer water an' a site fer camp—the rest o' us'll have our hands full with the salvage.”
Word: Zufall Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Zufall. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Fron Part of Speech: name Etymology: Lenited from Welsh bron (“hill, breast”) 1. A small village in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0965).
Word: rivalries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rivalry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hierophants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hierophant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hierophantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hierophant Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hierophantic From hierophant + -ic. Pronunciation: /hʌɪəɹəʊˈfantɪk/ 1. Of or relating to a hierophant. Example: Cease to strive. Peace of the druid priests of Cymbeline: hierophantic: from wide earth an altar.
Word: hierophantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hierophantic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hierophantically From hierophantic + -ally. 1. In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
Word: photographed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of photograph Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Janner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Cousin Jan (the Devonian form of John). See Janner on WikipediaWikipedia for further explanation. 1. Someone from Plymouth. Labels: UK, slang 2. Member of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Labels: UK, dated, slang
Word: Janner Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Cousin Jan (the Devonian form of John). See Janner on WikipediaWikipedia for further explanation. 1. The accent and colloquialisms of such people used by the people of Plymouth. Labels: UK, slang
Word: Janner Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Cousin Jan (the Devonian form of John). See Janner on WikipediaWikipedia for further explanation. 1. Describing Plymouth's lower classes. Labels: UK, derogatory, not-comparable, slang, sometimes
Word: crenellated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crenellate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crenellated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having crenellations (battlements). Example: Near-synonym: castellated Example: She could see the town below her, nestled on top of a low hill, surrounded by a crenellated wall from the Middle Ages. 2. Having a series of indentations (usually square or squarish). Example: Near-synonym: castellated
Word: hypothesizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypothesize + -er. 1. A person who hypothesizes. 2. Any of several systems that attempt to make educated guesses from incomplete information.
Word: subinterval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English interval English subinterval From sub- + interval. 1. Any of several smaller intervals into which a larger one is divided
Word: utriculate Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bladder, especially by being swollen or inflated
Word: propellent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From propel + -ent; originally from Latin prōpellēnt-, from prōpellēns, from prōpellō. Less common than propellant despite being more correct from an etymological viewpoint. 1. Alternative spelling of propellant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: propellent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From propel + -ent; originally from Latin prōpellēnt-, from prōpellēns, from prōpellō. Less common than propellant despite being more correct from an etymological viewpoint. 1. Capable of propelling. Example: 1845, The Lancet snippet only and directed the abstraction of blood for its removal, after which the pains became more propellent, […] Example: whereas if more propellent force is required, an explosive lower in the table should be selected.
Word: technicolored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the trademark Technicolor for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation; + -ed. 1. In brilliant, often surreal colors. Labels: not-comparable Example: The world instantly dissolved into a series of technicolored bubbles and, try as she might, Holly couldn't seem to hold on to more than one thought.
Word: tinfoil hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of headgear made from one or more sheets of tin foil, aluminium foil, or other similar material; especially when worn in the belief that it shields the brain from electromagnetic fields or against mind control or mind reading. Example: Jeanne Due's ingenuity has sent the most remarkable of hats, this being the now notorious tinfoil hat, pictured elsewhere. The strangest part about this weird creation, however, is the fact that it is not unbecoming, but quite wearable. Example: To prevent them from reading his mind, he wore a tinfoil hat at all times. 2. A conspiracy theorist. Labels: derogatory, metonymically
Word: propagator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From propagate + -or. 1. A person who disseminates news or rumour 2. A person who propagates plants 3. A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings 4. A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle
Word: propagandize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- Latin prōpāgō Latin prōpāgandus New Latin prōpāgandader. English propaganda Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English propagandize From propaganda + -ize. 1. To use or spread propaganda. Labels: intransitive 2. To tell propaganda to someone in an attempt to influence one's views. Labels: transitive Example: After we'd managed to make ourselves comfortable in this garret, my new friends began to propagandize me. All they knew about me was that I was a student […] 3. To use something or someone in propaganda purposes. Labels: transitive Example: He propagandized this panacea with single-minded determination throughout the revolutionary period and even managed to establish a People's Bank for a short time before his arrest in 1849.
Word: proofreader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proof + reader. 1. A person who proofreads. 2. A person whose occupation is to proofread.
Word: pronuclear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + nuclear. 1. Of or pertaining to the pronucleus. Labels: not-comparable 2. Alternative form of pro-nuclear. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pronucleus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English pronucleus From pro- + nucleus. 1. Either of the two haploid nuclei (of a sperm and ovum) that fuse during fertilization
Word: pro-nuclear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + nuclear. 1. In favor of the use of nuclear energy and the building of nuclear power plants. 2. In favor of nuclear weapons.
Word: pronged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English prong Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English pronged From prong + -ed. 1. Having (a specified number or type of) prongs Labels: in-compounds Example: a three-pronged fork
Word: trip the light fantastic Part of Speech: verb 1. To dance or to move rhythmically to musical accompaniment, especially in a graceful or nimble manner. Example: "Swing Time:" Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers trip the light fantastic in this yarn about a dancer with a yen for gambling. Example: In the fairy tale by the Grimm brothers, they each wear out a pair of dancing shoes nightly, tripping the light fantastic in a magic forest.
Word: promulgator Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who promulgates; a publisher.
Word: Kelt Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of Celt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: workability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English workability From work + -ability. 1. The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I dispute the workability of the new plan.
Word: nucleosynthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English synthetic English nucleosynthetic From nucleo- + synthetic. 1. Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: bay platform Part of Speech: noun 1. A platform that can be accessed by trains from only one end; a dead-end platform. Example: The corridor includes the busy Oxford Road station, with its four through and one bay platform, and has a mix of local and long-distance trains as well as freight from nearby Trafford Park.
Word: bay platforms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bay platform Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oligomineral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)der. English oligo- English mineral English oligomineral From oligo- + mineral. 1. Having few dissolved minerals.
Word: scaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A dialectal form of scar. Pronunciation: /skɔː/ 1. A steep cliff or bank. Labels: Scotland Example: The crag is high, the scaur is deep, / Yet shrink not from the desperate leap […]. Example: There are "stags of ten" roaming abroad unstalked; and perchance that is a hart royal swelling his broad front on yonder scaur.
Word: lipidic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusbor. French -ide French lipidebor. English lipid Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English lipidic From lipid + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the lipids. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vacillates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vacillate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vacillated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vacillate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tormentingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tormenting Middle English -ly English -ly English tormentingly From tormenting + -ly. 1. In a tormenting manner.
Word: topographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From topography + -er. 1. a person who studies or records topography
Word: topographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of topographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tractor-trailer Part of Speech: noun 1. A large truck consisting of an engine and cab section (the tractor) and a cargo-carrying semi-trailer or trailer. Labels: Northeastern, US
Word: tractor-trailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tractor-trailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trimonthly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + monthly. 1. Occurring at intervals three months apart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trimonthly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + monthly. 1. A periodical publication that appears four times per year (every three months).
Word: shames Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃeɪmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shame Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shames Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃeɪmz/ 1. plural of shame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shames Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shammes. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: triennially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English triennial Middle English -ly English -ly English triennially From triennial + -ly. 1. Occurring at intervals three years apart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shaming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shaming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/ 1. The activity by which somebody is shamed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: track-and-field Part of Speech: adj 1. referring to track and field athletics. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is a track-and-field athlete, he's a sprinter.
Word: water balloon Part of Speech: noun 1. A small rubber or latex balloon, filled with water and used as an informal weapon.
Word: true-life Part of Speech: adj 1. Based on fact; real, true. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zig-zag Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of zigzag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zig-zag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zigzag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zig-zag Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of zigzag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eradicates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eradicate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ticktock Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of tick-tock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ticktock Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of tick-tock. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The son bent bushy eyebrows in an icy glance; Old Cornelius looked away — at the floor, into the fire, up at the clock ticktocking on the mantel, the clock which was Phebe Hand’s reserve magazine in the family’s ceaseless battle with want; most of the money stowed behind the swaying pendulum now came from Corneel. Example: As the clock ticktocks away the last few hours and minutes of the year, we look toward a new year filled with hopes of better things to come.
Word: ticktock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tick-tock. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A few days ago, the Washington Post published a long, depressing ticktock of the Trump administration’s execrable attempts to control the coronavirus and “reopen” the country for business, beginning with a shocking but not exactly surprising anecdote about how the president’s economic advisers had abetted the president’s most destructive impulses.
Word: eradicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of eradicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arithmetic operation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of the four basic operations in arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication or division; any one of said operations as implemented on a computer. Example: Although Equation 2.45 looks simple, it involves more arithmetic operations as compared to Equations 2.36 and 2.38. Example: A key feature of the IEEE standard is that it requires correctly rounded operations, specifically: • correctly rounded arithmetic operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide); • correctly rounded remainder and square root operations; • correctly rounded format conversions.
Word: tie-dyeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tie-dye Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tie-dyeing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of making tie-dyed material Labels: uncountable
Word: tie-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from tie in. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪˌɪn/ 1. Something that is related or connected to another thing. 2. An authorized product based on a media property, such as a film or video game, by way of cross-promotion. Example: So while it might be pretty neat to see yourself as one of The Young Ones, as Dirty Den, Cobra, Rambo, Scooby or any of a hundred others, it's not really enough to cover up for the real problem with tie-in games. Example: Brand new for this season! I got the unrecognizable summer movie tie-in sammich! 3. An association or connection between things. Example: There was really important and unavoidable tie-ins between the two movements. Sexism is the thing that prevents women from achieving equal status in the world and indeed it's sexism that creates most of the homophobia — the fear of people not playing their proper sex roles.
Word: slave labour Part of Speech: noun 1. Using slaves to do work Labels: UK, uncountable 2. The employment of workers for meagre pay to do tedious tasks. Labels: UK, figuratively, uncountable
Word: tie-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from tie up. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪˌʌp/ 1. A temporary interruption or cessation of a normal activity. Example: The tie-up hit at the height of the wheat harvest and trade spokesmen said any delays in moving the grain to storage could be disastrous. 2. The act of tying up (or immobilizing) a capital. Example: Goods values increase as businesses limit their stocks in order to reduce capital tie-up. 3. The connection of a loom's treadles to its shafts, used in combination with the threading and treadling to create a pattern. Example: Fancy tie-ups and treadlings can be designed that weave the ordinary symmetrical point twill like an 8-pointed star or some other motif.
Word: wipe the slate clean Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌwaɪp ðə sleɪt ˈkliːn/ 1. To make a fresh start, for example by forgetting about previous differences and disagreements. Labels: idiomatic
Word: toed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toe (“digit of a foot”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /təʊd/, /toʊd/ 1. Having (a specified number or type of) toes. Labels: in-compounds Example: narrow-toed Example: a three-toed sloth
Word: toed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See toe (verb). Pronunciation: /təʊd/, /toʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of toe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: toed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See toe (verb). Pronunciation: /təʊd/, /toʊd/ 1. Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely; said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: better off Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of well off: more well off Labels: comparative, form-of Example: I think that cheese would be better off in the fridge.
Word: Armagnac Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Armagnac. 1. A region and former county of the duchy of Gascony in modern-day France. 2. A party prominent in French politics and warfare during the Hundred Years' War.
Word: Armagnac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Armagnac. 1. A brandy made in the region of Armagnac. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: best off Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of well off: most well off Labels: form-of, superlative Example: You're best off saving a backup copy in case the morons lose the one that you sent and then try to act like you never sent one.
Word: toe-to-toe Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of toe to toe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: forecastability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forecast + -ability. 1. A measure of the degree to which something may be forecast with accuracy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: My aim with this paper is to equip forecasters with some cross-disciplinary theory on forecastability and to provide practical techniques for assessing how forecastable a historical time series is.
Word: tokenism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English token 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 tokenism From token + -ism. 1. A policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures; especially to hire a minimal number of ethnically diverse or disadvantaged people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We know the prime minister regards environmental matters as mere tokenism. But we at least expected his ritual once-a-year speech on the issue. Example: Contemporary museums, they need to stop tokenism. Collect an Iranian artist here, a South African artist there or whatever. They need to really begin to try to properly take on … what is contemporary culture today?
Word: tole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table. Pronunciation: /tol/ 1. A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded. Labels: uncountable
Word: tole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”). Pronunciation: /tol/ 1. To entice; to allure or attract. Labels: archaic Example: It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ... Example: And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repreſented as dangerous than really are ſo ; and then, that whatever you obſerve him to be more frighted at than he ſhould, you be ſure to tole him on to by inſenſible Degrees, till he at laſt, quitting his Fears, maſters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applauſe.
Word: tole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See toll. Pronunciation: /tol/ 1. Obsolete form of toll, especially in the sense a portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: tole Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tol/ 1. A tola (unit of mass). Labels: uncommon
Word: tole Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tol/ 1. simple past and past participle of tell Labels: England, Southern-US, dialectal, form-of, participle, past Example: I done tole you for the last time.
Word: tongueless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tongeles, tunglees, equivalent to tongue + -less. Cognate with Old Norse tungulauss (“tongueless”). 1. Having no tongue. Labels: not-comparable Example: tongueless amphibians 2. Having no tongue. Labels: not-comparable Example: tongueless plow 3. Lacking speech; mute. Labels: not-comparable 4. Making no sound; silent, speechless. Labels: not-comparable 5. Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken. Labels: not-comparable
Word: toothy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tooth Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English toothy From tooth + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtuː.θi/ 1. Having prominent teeth. Example: Their ties were tidier, their houndsteeth toothier … they ended up looking more Windsorian than Windsor. Example: Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark. 2. With the fellator's teeth scraping the fellatee's penis. Example: Hot take, maybe I'm a bit of a masochist but I enjoy some toothy head from time to time.