nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: kinesthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kine- + -esthesia. Compare kinesthesis and Greek κιναισθησία (kinaisthisía). Notes If this word were borrowed on fully traditional principles it would be cinesthesia (or cinaesthesia); compare cinema from the same root. But more often this Greek root is spelled and pronounced with a k, and in the case of kinesthesia this avoids inconvenient homophony with synaesthesia, the sensation of one type of perception as another (e.g. the perception of smells as colors). Nevertheless the words are still occasionally confused; e.g. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0849303710&id=_u4sZjHHwCYC&pg=PA581&lpg=PA581&dq=cinesthesia&sig=gFEo5BGoW75XcUVTk44aHGKgGuc. Pronunciation: /ˌkɪnɪsˈθiʒə/, /ˌkaɪnɪsˈθiʒə/ 1. Sensation or perception of motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:kinesthesia. 2. Sensation or perception of motion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Sensation or perception of motion. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kinesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis)bor. English kinesis Borrowed from Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “motion, movement”). Pronunciation: /kɪˈniːsɪs/ 1. The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Any energy that creates/controls movement. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The force driving life forward. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cataclysmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cataclysm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cataclysmic From cataclysm + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic. Example: It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Example: That’s why to be rejected in love was so cataclysmic: one had been judged and found wanting.
Word: climactic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English climax Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English climactic From climax + -ic on analogy of syntactic. Pronunciation: /ˌklaɪˈmæk.tɪk/, /ˌklɑjˈmaktɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement. Example: The race ended in a climactic, neck-and-neck scramble for the finish line. Example: ... and the ending (within the last 50-ish pages) is simply incredible; very climactic.
Word: ploop Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative; compare the more common plop. Pronunciation: /pluːp/ 1. The sound of a small object falling into liquid. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: The pebbles went ploop and sunk to the bottom of the pond.
Word: ploop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative; compare the more common plop. Pronunciation: /pluːp/ 1. An instance of this sound. Example: I heard a ploop, but I couldn't tell where it came from.
Word: alfresco Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian al fresco. Compare Spanish al fresco. Pronunciation: /ælˈfɹɛs.koʊ/ 1. Outdoor, open to the atmosphere. Labels: not-comparable Example: The walking district features many alfresco cafés.
Word: alfresco Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Italian al fresco. Compare Spanish al fresco. Pronunciation: /ælˈfɹɛs.koʊ/ 1. Outdoors; in fresh air. Labels: not-comparable Example: As it was a sunny afternoon, we decided to dine alfresco on the patio. Example: We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […] 2. Onto fresh plaster that is still moist. Labels: not-comparable
Word: corrival Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French corrival, from Latin corrīvālis. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹaɪvəl/ 1. A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival. Example: So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities: But out upon this half-facd fellowship! Example: Petronius calleth this paſſion [i.e., jealousy] amantium furioſam æmulationem, a furious emulation, and their ſymptomes are well expreſſed by Sʳ Ieffrey Chaucer in his firſt Canterbury tale. It will make the neareſt & deareſt friends fall out; they will endure al other things to be common, goods, lands, moneyes, participate of all other pleaſures, and take in good part any diſgraces, iniuries in another kind, but as Propertius well deſcribes it in an Elegie of his, in this they will ſuffer nothing, have no corriuals. 2. A companion. Labels: archaic Example: The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster, The noble Westmoreland, and warlike Blunt; And many more corrivals and dear men Of estimation and command in arms.
Word: corrival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French corrival, from Latin corrīvālis. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹaɪvəl/ 1. Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry. Labels: not-comparable Example: Not thinking, perhaps, that this would be, to erect a Power equal, and corrival with that of God Almighty […]
Word: corrival Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French corrival, from Latin corrīvālis. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹaɪvəl/ 1. To compete with; to rival
Word: aliped Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ala (“wing”) and pes (“foot”) (ali- + -ped). 1. A wing-footed animal; a chiropter or a bat.
Word: aliped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ala (“wing”) and pes (“foot”) (ali- + -ped). 1. Wing-footed; having a membrane connecting the digits. Labels: not-comparable
Word: security blanket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. 1. A blanket that provides one with a sense of security or alleviates one’s anxiety, typically during early childhood. 2. Any object that gives one a sense of security or alleviates one’s anxiety. Labels: figuratively Example: That rabbit’s foot is his security blanket.
Word: arty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English arty From art + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/ 1. Inclined towards the arts. Example: But the film is depressingly thin on the women; often it seems more interested in arranging them in arty tableaux than investigating the way that isolation has shaped their personalities and how they see the world. 2. Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: “Half of these Cate Blanchett movies – they’re all just like these arty things. I’m not saying they’re bad movies, but I don’t think most of them have a shelf life,” he said.
Word: arty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of artillery, perhaps incorporating the suffix -y forming diminutive nouns. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/ 1. Artillery. Labels: slang 2. An artillery crew member. Labels: slang
Word: shillings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪlɪŋz/ 1. plural of shilling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pouring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/, /ˈpo(ə)ɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pouring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/, /ˈpo(ə)ɹɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is poured. Example: Liberal pourings of rum and Cokes helped lubricate the festivities.
Word: pouring Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/, /ˈpo(ə)ɹɪŋ/ 1. Flowing or falling intensely. Example: pouring rain Example: Steps away from where the Koningsdam docked, we hopped onto another much smaller vessel in the pouring rain, in search of whales and other wildlife.
Word: pours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terrified Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪd/ 1. Extremely frightened. Example: Remi is terrified of spiders.
Word: terrified Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of terrify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: floated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfləʊtɪd/, /ˈfloʊtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of float Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crops Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹɒps/, /kɹɑps/ 1. plural of crop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crops Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹɒps/, /kɹɑps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cropping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cropping Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is cut short or truncated. Example: The vet was regularly called upon to perform ear croppings. 2. The growing of crops. 3. An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains. Example: Their croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone. Example: The cropping of the Quincy ore-bearing bed, the equivalent of the Daly West bed, is stated to have been found at the east end of the present mine and just below the present wagon road.
Word: cropped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crop. Pronunciation: /kɹɒpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of crop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cropped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crop. Pronunciation: /kɹɒpt/ 1. Cut short; cut very short. Example: Her new look includes cropped hair and less makeup. 2. Trimmed so as to exclude the periphery. Example: He supplied only a few cropped photos. I couldn't even tell where the photos were taken because they were so cropped. 3. Having had crop plants grown on it. Example: Patches of cropped land and uncropped land were interspersed seemingly at random, but the explanation turned out to be related to crop rotation and irrigation choices.
Word: terrifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of terrify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doctors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɒktəz/, /ˈdɑktɚz/ 1. plural of doctor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doctors Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɒktəz/, /ˈdɑktɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of doctor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hurrying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈhɝ.i.ɪŋ/, /ˈhʊɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈhʊɹi.ɪŋɡ/, /ˈhʌɾe.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hurry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
Word: hurrying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈhɝ.i.ɪŋ/, /ˈhʊɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈhʊɹi.ɪŋɡ/, /ˈhʌɾe.ɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who hurries; hasty motion. Example: Consider the hurryings of Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate; now he stands before Pilate where he was accused of sedition, seduction and usurpation.
Word: hurries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hurry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hurries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hurry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trans-Neptunian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + Neptunian. 1. Lying beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune (especially with regard to planetary bodies). Labels: not-comparable Example: Planet X is a legendary trans-Neptunian world.
Word: doctoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of doctor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: doctoring Part of Speech: noun 1. Treatment by a doctor; the practice of treating the sick; practising medicine. Example: "I knew enough of doctoring to see that in another hour he would be beyond the reach of earthly help - perhaps in another five minutes." Example: Olga de Coude was a very beautiful woman, and Tarzan of the Apes a very lonely young man, with a heart in him that was in need of the doctoring that only a woman may provide.
Word: long-windedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English long-winded Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 long-windedness From long-winded + -ness. 1. The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity. Labels: uncountable
Word: neighbours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neighbour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neighbours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of neighbour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: neighboured Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English neȝeburrede, equivalent to neighbour + -red. Cognate with Scots nechbourret. 1. The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: … thinking even that by that or patience to have enduced him to beare us true amytie and to use good neighbored towards us and or subjects, for the which respect we were not only contented to heare such iniuries as to or sell had been by hym doon, …
Word: neighboured Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of neighbour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: happy Thanksgiving Part of Speech: intj 1. The greeting said near the holiday Thanksgiving. Labels: Canada, US Example: God bless America, and happy Thanksgiving.
Word: monks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mʌŋks/ 1. plural of monk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mʌŋks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of monk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: downloading Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnloʊdɪŋ/, /daʊnˈləʊdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of download Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: downloading Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnloʊdɪŋ/, /daʊnˈləʊdɪŋ/ 1. The process by which something is downloaded. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In late 1994, about two million copies had been downloaded, and the rate of new downloadings from the Internet was about 50,000 copies per month.
Word: lamps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /læmps/ 1. plural of lamp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lamps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /læmps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lamp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: anklet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ankle + -et, based on bracelet. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋklət/, /ˈeɪ̯ŋklət/, /ˈɛ̃ŋklət/ 1. A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle. Example: The men wear their frizzly hair gathered into a flat circular knot over the left temple, which has a very knowing look, and in their ears cylinders of wood as thick as one's finger, and coloured red at the ends. Armlets and anklets of woven grass or of silver, with necklaces of beads or of small fruits, complete their attire. 2. An ankle sock. Example: Stretch socks are made in infant sizes, girls' and ladies' anklets […]
Word: lads Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lædz/ 1. plural of lad Labels: form-of, plural 2. A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads. Labels: Geordie, Ireland, Northern-England Example: Me and the lads have had a meeting in the bar and decided it's first-class family entertainment. Example: I loved saying lads . . . like I was a comrade . . . like I was one of them ... me and the lads . . . alright lads, eh ... Italy, no problem .
Word: Poindexter Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jersey Norman Poingdestre (literally “right fist”). The sense “bookish or socially unskilled person” is from the character of the same name in the 1959 animated television series Felix the Cat, which is a revival of the original Felix the Cat animated films from 1919 to 1936. Its first use appears c. 1981 in the publication University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Slang. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/, /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstə/ 1. A surname from Jersey Norman.
Word: Poindexter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jersey Norman Poingdestre (literally “right fist”). The sense “bookish or socially unskilled person” is from the character of the same name in the 1959 animated television series Felix the Cat, which is a revival of the original Felix the Cat animated films from 1919 to 1936. Its first use appears c. 1981 in the publication University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Slang. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/, /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstə/ 1. A bookish or socially unskilled person. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Brain: A quantum-interface bomb? Are you insane in the membrane? / Philip Fry: You got it, Poindexter! Example: On first listen, Americans of a certain vintage would call one a Poindexter, while older Brits would regard the other as a swot.
Word: prostrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English prostrat(e) (“prostrate”, also used as the past participle of prostraten), borrowed from Latin prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (“to prostrate”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/, /ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt/ 1. Lying flat, face-down. Labels: not-comparable Example: Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults. Example: Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us. 2. Emotionally devastated. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable 3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was prostrate from the extreme heat. 4. Trailing on the ground; procumbent. Labels: not-comparable 5. Prostrated. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: prostrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prostraten (“(reflexive) to prostrate; (with doun) to fall down in a state of humility or submission”), from prostrat(e) (“prostrate, prostrated”, also used as the past participle of prostraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin prōstrātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/, /ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt/ 1. To lie flat or face-down. Labels: often, reflexive 2. To throw oneself down in submission. Labels: also, figuratively Example: Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility[…] Example: But I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way. 3. To cause to lie down, to flatten. Example: How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest! 4. To overcome or overpower. Labels: figuratively Example: Why this very minute she's prostrated with grief.
Word: close-knit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From close (“in an intimate or immediate manner”, adverb) + knit (“joined closely and firmly together”, adjective). Pronunciation: /kləʊs ˈnɪt/, /kloʊs ˈnɪt/ 1. Of a group: closely connected or linked, as by a common bond, culture, or identity. Example: a close-knit community Example: I come from a close-knit family; we never keep secrets from one another.
Word: piezoelectricity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peys- Proto-Indo-European *peysd-der.? Ancient Greek πῐέζω (pĭézō) English piezo- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English electricity English piezoelectricity From piezo- + electricity. Pronunciation: /pʌɪˌiːzəʊ.ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪti/, /piˌeɪzəʊ.ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪti/, /ˌpiːzəʊ.ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪti/ 1. A voltage generated by certain crystals in response to an applied mechanical stress. Labels: uncountable
Word: panty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1845 in the plural, meaning “drawers for men”, a derogatory diminutive of pants (the shortening of pantaloons); meaning “underpants for women or children” first recorded 1908. 1. Short trousers for men, or more usually boys. Labels: in-plural, obsolete 2. An article of clothing worn as underpants by women. Labels: in-compounds, plural-normally Example: 1952 October 13, Advertisement, Life, page 13, For, unlike old-fashioned diapers, PLAYTEX Dryper confines all wetness to the panty area; brings your baby a whole new world of comfort plus cleaner, finer protection. Example: 2003, Glamour, Volume 101, Issues 4-6, page number unknown, “One time I was going to run and change before a concert because I realized I had panty lines showing,” says Britta Phillips, […] . 3. A helmet cover. Labels: informal Example: There is a special play called “Passing the Star” that allows the jammer to remove her helmet panty and hand it over to the pivot. Example: We′re practicing this strategy right now. Francesca is the Jammer, and she′s supposed to pass me the helmet panty. Bruisey-Q is assisting her, helping her get through the pack by knocking the formidable ass of ThunderSmack out of the way.
Word: barometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Hellenic *gʷarus Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús) Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρος (bắros) English baro- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μετρῐκός (metrĭkós)bor. ▲ Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der. Latin metrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin metricusder. French -métriquebor. English -metric English barometric From baro- + -metric. Pronunciation: /ˌbæɹəˈmɛtɹɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure. Labels: not-comparable Example: A low barometric pressure is characteristic of hurricanes. Example: Barb Stuckey, the company's chief innovation and marketing officer, who describes herself as a hypertaster and whose tongue can detect changes in barometric pressure, greeted me in the hall carrying an armful of milk cartons. 2. Made or done with a barometer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anti-personnel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English personnel English anti-personnel From anti- + personnel. 1. Referring to devices (typically weapons) intended to harm people in particular. Example: An anti-personnel mine will kill a soldier but is ineffective against a tank.
Word: scintillate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scintillātus, past participle of scintillāre (“to sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash”), from scintilla (“a spark”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.tɪˌleɪt/, /ˈsɪn.təˌleɪt/ 1. To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow. Labels: intransitive Example: Much interest appears to have been lately excited in England by Dr. Clarke's Experiments on the Blow-pipe, and the dangers of explosion attempted to be guarded against, by various contrivances. The following letter inserted in the Philosophical Magazine for December 1816, will show the importance attached to this interesting application of the gases in promoting fusion. […] 1. Platinum as thick as a stocking wire was instantly fused, scintillated, and fell into a large globule. 2. Palladium fused instantly and slightly scintillated. Example: In fact, the whole place scintillated. Madame scintillated with combs and finery and jewellery behind the counter, mirrors innumerable scintillated behind Madame, whilst the ragtime scintillated from (as I discovered) a pianola […] 2. Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle. Example: Do the stars scintillate at all altitudes? Is there any altitude at which it ceases to manifest itself? At Morges the stars in general scintillate at all altitudes, although feebly near the zenith; but on the nights when the scintillation is very faint, it ceases completely at a zenith distance of 45°. Example: It is generally believed that the planets do not scintillate at all, or scarcely at all. Nevertheless I have often observed a sensible scintillation of Venus and Mars, and in a few rare cases I have also observed a slight scintillation of Jupiter and Saturn. […] I would therefore call the attention of observers who may find themselves under atmospherical conditions of a nature to render the general scintillation very strong, to this point, as they might perhaps be able to ascertain whether Jupiter and Saturn ever sensibly scintillate. 3. Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation. 4. To dazzle or to impress. Labels: intransitive 5. To throw off like sparks. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: As a boy young Arabin took up the cudgels on the side of the Tractarians, and at Oxford he sat for a while at the feet of the great [John Henry] Newman. To this cause he lent all his faculties. For it he concocted verses, for it he made speeches, for it he scintillated the brightest sparks of his quiet wit. Example: [T]he adrenaline in my veins scintillated the surface of my skin sending chills all over my body.
Word: forged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɔːd͡ʒd/, /fɔːɹdʒd/ 1. Fake (as documents); falsified. Labels: not-comparable Example: Forged identification documents were used to enter the building. Example: Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid. 2. Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal Labels: not-comparable Example: The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot metal with his hammer.
Word: forged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɔːd͡ʒd/, /fɔːɹdʒd/ 1. past participle of forge. To force forward against opposition. Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river.
Word: languid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of languet. Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡwɪd/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡwɪd/, /ˈlɛ̃ŋɡwɪd/, /ˈlæŋɡwəd/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡwəd/ 1. Synonym of languet (“a flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ”). Example: A new method of voicing flue pipes has recently been introduced by which a greater volume of tone is obtained without increasing the wind pressure. This is accomplished by making use of TWO languids in metal pipes with a space between the upper and lower languids. As may be required, a small hole is bored in either of the languids, or in the back of the pipe in the space between the two languids.
Word: sodium chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: table salt, salt
Word: NaCl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the chemical formula; see Na, Cl. 1. Sodium chloride; table salt. Labels: uncountable
Word: sea salt Part of Speech: noun 1. Salt prepared by evaporating seawater. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I always keep a tin of sea salt in the pantry. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sea, salt: salt in the sea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is a saltwater fish. It needs ambient sea salt to survive.
Word: bytes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /baɪts/ 1. plural of byte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rarebit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By ellipsis of Welsh rarebit, corruption of Welsh rabbit. 1. Welsh rarebit
Word: Welsh rabbit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in English, but for reason unknown; see Wikipedia for theories. 1. Alternative form of Welsh rarebit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: delict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēlīctum (“fault”), neuter of dēlīctus, past participle of delinquo (“to fail; to be lacking”), from dē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪkt/, /ˈdiːlɪkt/ 1. A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. 2. Synonym of misdeed, any wrongful act. Labels: figuratively Example: Since Mr Ernest Bevin made his plea a generation ago for more coal to give weight to his foreign policy our economic decline has been such as to sap the foundations of our diplomacy. Conversely, I believe that, during the same period, much of our foreign policy has been such as to contribute to that decline. It is to the interaction of these delicts, spanning my time in the foreign service, that this valedictory despatch is devoted. 3. The branch of law dealing in delicts.
Word: downloaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of download Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: downloads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of download Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downloads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of download Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bewildered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bəˈwɪldɚd/, /bəˈwɪldəd/ 1. Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain. Example: He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face. Example: The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; […]
Word: bewildered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bəˈwɪldɚd/, /bəˈwɪldəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bewilder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hears Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɪə(ɹ)z/, /hɪɹz/, /hjɜzː/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bewilders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bewilder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bewildering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bewilder (“to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like words from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; and forming the present participles of verbs). Pronunciation: /bɪˈwɪldəɹɪŋ/, /bɪˈwɪldɹɪŋ/ 1. Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available. Example: There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room. Example: —At once bewildering mists around him close, / And cold and hunger are the least of woes; / The Demon of the Snow, with angry roar / Descending, shuts for aye his prison door.
Word: bewildering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bewilder (“to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like words from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; and forming the present participles of verbs). Pronunciation: /bɪˈwɪldəɹɪŋ/, /bɪˈwɪldɹɪŋ/ 1. gerund of bewilder: bewilderment. Labels: form-of, gerund Example: Can this be the Bird, to man so good, / Our consecrated Robin! / That, after their bewildering, / Did cover with leaves the little children, / So painfully in the wood? Example: Then the bewilderings of the comings and the goings of the coffins at the large and populous house; these bewilderings came over me. What was it to be dead? What is it to be living?
Word: bewildering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bewilder (“to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like words from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; and forming the present participles of verbs). Pronunciation: /bɪˈwɪldəɹɪŋ/, /bɪˈwɪldɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bewilder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skaɪz/ 1. plural of sky though essentially synonymous with singular form; the heavens; the firmament; the atmosphere. Labels: form-of, plural Example: "And as their valour, so you trow, defied on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore, so many changing skies their manhood tried, such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar[.]" Example: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]. 2. plural of skie. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skaɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sky Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ski Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tongues Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tʌŋz/ 1. plural of tongue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tongues Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tʌŋz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tongue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sheets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃiːts/, /ʃits/ 1. plural of sheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃiːts/, /ʃits/ 1. Of rain or other precipitation, a great amount. Labels: figuratively, informal, plural, plural-only Example: When I looked out, all I could see were sheets of rain.
Word: sheets Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃiːts/, /ʃits/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sheet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spoiler effect Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation where a losing alternative affects the results of some competition, such as a sporting event or election.
Word: manifested Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: manifested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of manifest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preached Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /priːt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of preach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hearings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hearing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nader effect Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Ralph Nader, whose candidacy for President of the United States in the year 2000 was contended to have "spoiled" the election for Al Gore, by taking away enough votes from Gore in Florida and many other states to allow George W. Bush to win. 1. The effect that a candidate for the corresponding political office (especially the office of President of the United States) can have on a close political election, when their candidacy results in the election being won by a candidate dissimilar to them, rather than one similar to them. Labels: US
Word: manifesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of manifest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bidding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɪdɪŋ/, [ˈbɪɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of bid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bidding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪdɪŋ/, [ˈbɪɾɪŋ] 1. That which one is bidden to do; a command. Example: I still have lots of paperwork to do at the boss's bidding. Example: Do their biddings, and they will lead you to "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report." 2. The act of placing a bid. Example: Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.
Word: stretching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is stretched. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy. 2. A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stretching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
Word: stretching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of stretch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snatched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /snæt͡ʃt/ 1. Good-looking. Example: So she lifted her head and continued the trek. “See, that's more like it,” Norman said. “Walk like you own this motherfuckin' town. You are looking snatched in that dress.” Norman pretended as though he had yanked something up out of thin air. Example: “Everyone says that you should wait, because your body doesn’t fully come in until you’re like 30, and I’m 20 years old, and why am I going to wait until I’m 30 to be snatched?” Catera Northup, an exotic dancer from Rhode Island, said. 2. Having a narrow waist. Labels: slang Example: Lucinda impressed her class when she revealed how snatched she was under her baggy sweatshirt. 3. Narrow. Labels: slang Example: However, one could make a strong correlation to her success ruling Europe in the 1600s to her having a snatched waist while strutting around the castle in heels. Come on, you know the world bends to a woman with 36-24-36 body measurements. Example: “You know I'm endorsing a new line?” “I can tell with your extra snatched waist.” I gave her the stink eye. “Don't hate, bitch.” We both started cracking up. 4. Having an attractive, sculpted appearance of face and/or body. Labels: slang
Word: snatched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /snæt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of snatch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bids Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɪdz/ 1. plural of bid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bids Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stretches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of stretch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stretches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sweeping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, sweep + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈswiːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sweep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sweeping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, sweep + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈswiːpɪŋ/ 1. An instance of sweeping. Labels: countable Example: The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning. 2. The activity of sweeping. Labels: uncountable Example: Sweeping took all morning. Example: The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.
Word: sweeping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, sweep + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈswiːpɪŋ/ 1. Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things. Example: The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system. Example: He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence. 2. Completely overwhelming. Example: He claimed a sweeping victory. 3. Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)
Word: sweeps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sweep Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English sweeps From sweep + -s (pluralia tantum suffix). 1. The Nielsen ratings used to measure television show viewership several times a year. Labels: US, plural, plural-only
Word: sweeps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sweep Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English sweeps From sweep + -s (pluralia tantum suffix). 1. plural of sweep Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweeps Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sweep Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English sweeps From sweep + -s (pluralia tantum suffix). 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sweep Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preaches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preach Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preaching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English prechynge. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of preach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preaching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English prechynge. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And, as I know from what you have now found upon your own souls, since he came amongst you, while under the preachings and persuadings of such a singularly serious Gospel minister, you will be restlessly solicitous till he be settled[…]
Word: manifests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manifest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manifests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of manifest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of perish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: proceeds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊsiːdz/, /ˈpɹoʊsidz/ 1. Revenue; gross revenue. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: They will donate all proceeds—the entire amount collected in ticket sales—from the show to charity. 2. Profit; net revenue. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: They will donate net proceeds—whatever money is left after they pay their expenses—from the show to charity.
Word: proceeds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹoʊsidz/, /pɹəˈsiːdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of proceed Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perishing Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely cold. 2. Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions. Example: If many more white men knew of this method of obtaining and extracting water, there would be, perhaps, many saved from the horrors of perishing thirst. Example: A boulder ground into Joe's thigh and he yelled for what seemed an eternity in the perishing heat but, apart from a few bird calls, the horse's laboured breath was the only sound he heard.
Word: perishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of perish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: perishing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction. Example: Since the world of becoming, of origins and perishings, is deficient in true Being, it cannot be known in the best sense.
Word: perishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of perish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sunfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From sun + fish. * (type of fish): Perhaps from the rounded body shape. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body. 2. Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
Word: sunfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * From sun + fish. * (type of fish): Perhaps from the rounded body shape. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ/ 1. Of an animal such as a bull or a horse: to twist the body into a crescent shape and roll back and forth. Labels: intransitive
Word: mouths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /maʊðz/ 1. plural of mouth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mouths Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /maʊðz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mouth Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: suspicions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /səˈspɪʃənz/ 1. plural of suspicion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nurse shark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See nurse, nusse, huss 1. Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw. 2. Any small shark; a dogfish. Labels: broadly
Word: regiments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənts/ 1. plural of regiment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regiments Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regiment Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: draws Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /dɹɔːz/, /dɹɑz/ 1. plural of draw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draws Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /dɹɔːz/, /dɹɑz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of draw Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: draws Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹɔːz/, /dɹɑz/ 1. Clipping of drawers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, plural, plural-only, slang Example: He’d said, “Boss, that lady packed that man right up. She put his suits and shirts in wardrobe boxes, and then”—the man started laughing—“and then she went and stuffed all of old boy’s funky draws down in that box with all of his good clothes.” “Mookie, how did you know his draws were in the wardrobe boxes?” Mookie just looked at Charles like he was crazy, and then said, “Dawg, dawg. You know what your draws smell like when you take ’em off and drop ’em in the hamper, right?” Example: When them girls crowded around him, he looked like he was about to shit his draws!
Word: koi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鯉 (koi). Pronunciation: /kɔɪ/ 1. Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring. Example: We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.