nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: purchasing Part of Speech: noun 1. An act or process of making a purchase. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As our exports and imports are now nearly in balance, it is assumed that such bargaining, if agreed to, would induce the debtor nations to greatly increase their purchasings from us […] 2. A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A part of an organization that manages such processes Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sowing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊɪŋ/, /ˈsoʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sowing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊɪŋ/, /ˈsoʊɪŋ/ 1. The act or process by which something is sown. Example: annual sowings of wheat
Word: tipping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tip + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpɪŋ/ 1. The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act by which something is tipped or inclined. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hat-tippings and cap-doffings are of course of a different nature to more elaborate verbal greetings. In etiquette manuals they may be described as incentives to a conversation, but in practice they seem to have been quite ceremonial. 3. The dumping of rubbish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: landfilling 4. A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A competition where entrants aim to tip (predict) the outcomes of sporting events. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: Cats fan Mr Burke received a handsome trophy from Balmoral Grove for his feat but is no stranger to cleaning up, having won the tipping at The Break three years in a row and also done well at The National Hotel.
Word: tipping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tip + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thrusting Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: thrusting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thrust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thrusting Part of Speech: noun 1. The motion by which someone or something thrusts. Example: The coaxing tone in which he said these latter words might have failed in its object, if he had not accompanied them with sundry sharp jerks of his thumb over one shoulder, and with divers winks and thrustings of his tongue into his cheek, from which signals the damsel gathered that he sought to speak to her apart, concerning Miss Haredale and Dolly. Example: there were heavings and thrustings of the crowded tribes as they elbowed themselves by natural courses towards the light. 2. The act of squeezing curd by hand, to expel the whey. 3. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
Word: crowding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaʊdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crowd Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crowding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaʊdɪŋ/ 1. The act by which somebody is crowded. Example: To Johnson Life was as a Prison, to be endured with heroic faith: to Hume it was little more than a foolish Bartholomew-Fair Show-booth, with the foolish crowdings and elbowings of which it was not worth while to quarrel[…]
Word: gasping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gasp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gasping Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which one gasps. Example: sundry violent gaspings and strainings
Word: gasping Part of Speech: adj 1. Very thirsty, especially for tea Labels: UK, not-comparable, slang Example: Any chance of a cup of tea? I'm gasping.
Word: appointing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of appoint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: concealing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conceal Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English concealing From conceal + -ing. Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːlɪŋ/, /kənˈsilɪŋ/ 1. gerund of conceal: an act of concealment. Labels: form-of, gerund 2. Material, etc., that conceals something. Example: Standing half-befogged upon the mountain of his Fate, all that part of the wide panorama was wrapped in clouds to him; but anon those concealings slid aside, or rather, a quick rent was made in them; […]
Word: concealing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English conceal Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English concealing From conceal + -ing. Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːlɪŋ/, /kənˈsilɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of conceal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: framing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of frame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: framing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/ 1. The placing of a picture, etc. in a frame. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: wooden framing Example: steel framing 2. The placing of something in context. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Framework or the building thereof. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bodies are of all-metal construction. Framing was supplied in unassembled condition, and assembly and finishing work was carried out at Dundalk.
Word: itching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of itch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: itching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ʒicchunge (also unassibilated as ʒykynge), equivalent to itch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. A sensation that itches. Example: Itchings, hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead.
Word: protruding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of protrude Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bubbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bubble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bubbling Part of Speech: noun 1. The action or motion of something that bubbles. Example: The sound of it was scarce louder than the hiss of the rain, a multitude of soft bubblings and squelchings.
Word: pausing Part of Speech: noun 1. A pause. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]
Word: pausing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pause Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: puzzling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of puzzle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: puzzling Part of Speech: adj 1. Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing. Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
Word: puzzling Part of Speech: noun 1. Time spent pondering something confusing.
Word: slanting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈslæntɪŋ/ 1. Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
Word: slanting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslæntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of slant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slanting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈslæntɪŋ/ 1. The state or quality of being slanted. Example: The slanting of the hill was too steep for safe skiing.
Word: dipping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɪpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dipping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪpɪŋ/ 1. An act or process of immersing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] it was ordeined, that children shuld be brought to the church, there to receiue baptisme in faire water, with thrée dippings into the same, in the name of the father, the sonne, and the Holie-ghost […] Example: By an infinite number of materials, I mean colours and shades of all kinds and degrees; some notion of which variety may be formed by supposing a piece of white silk by several dippings gradually dyed to a black; and carrying it in like manner through the prime tints of yellow, red, and blue; and then again, by making the like progress through all the mixtures that are to be made of these three original colours. 2. The act of inclining downward. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 6. The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That same trip would have to go down as the greatest dipping fest in Australian birding history. I had five target species and never saw one, despite spending a week looking for them.
Word: committing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of commit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: committing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is committed. Example: This and more I would haue done, but what is past cannot bee recalled, and it is too late to put old omittings to new committings. Example: Any pedagogue knows that a criticism too often repeated destroys its own purpose. These ever more numerous sallies of our social critics into the old world, these punctual committings to print of all the painful things they learn there […]
Word: presuming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of presume Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: presuming Part of Speech: adj 1. confidently or arrogantly overstepping reasonable bounds.
Word: scrubbing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scrub + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of scrub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scrubbing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrub + -ing. 1. The action of the verb to scrub Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The removal of impurities from gas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slowing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslaː.ɪn/ 1. present participle and gerund of slow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slowing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈslaː.ɪn/ 1. A deceleration; a slowing down. Example: The Wycombe slowing begins at West Wycombe; to the High Wycombe curve itself most exaggerated respect was shown, with a minimum of 30 m.p.h. Example: We have seen Parkinsonism as sudden starts and stops, as odd speedings and slowings.
Word: transforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transforming Part of Speech: noun 1. transformation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thereby you give nature time to work her magic transformings; turning all solids to meat, and wine into blood. Example: Hence come the monsterings and transformings of souls after death, and it is in this Scheol and place of transformation, where souls are after death, that this Spirit is present and at work throughout the whole of nature.
Word: roaming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊmɪŋ/, /ˈɹəʊmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of roam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: roaming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊmɪŋ/, /ˈɹəʊmɪŋ/ 1. An instance of wandering. Labels: countable Example: That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets. 2. The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone. Labels: uncountable 3. The use of a network or service from different locations or devices. Labels: uncountable 4. Using the OS service of manipulating folders and documents from different PC devices by a registered user. Labels: uncountable
Word: roasting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rostynge; equivalent to roast + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊstɪŋ/, /ˈɹoʊstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of roast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.
Word: roasting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rostynge; equivalent to roast + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊstɪŋ/, /ˈɹoʊstɪŋ/ 1. Very hot. Labels: colloquial Example: The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.
Word: roasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rostynge; equivalent to roast + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊstɪŋ/, /ˈɹoʊstɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is roasted. Example: These elements are expelled more completely by a large number of comparatively incomplete roastings (alternated, of course, with smeltings) than by a smaller number of extremely thorough roastings[…] Example: There were signs of recent roastings and fryings, and Frank explained he’d been eating pretty well, making his way through frozen stocks from the shop. 2. A strong rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view). Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures. 3. The act of attempting to humiliating someone or being humiliated in such a way that it appears comedic, especially publicly.
Word: releasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of release Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: releasing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is released. Example: It would be quite unnecessary to traverse year by year the records of importations of eggs and releasings of fry.
Word: throbbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of throb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: throbbing Part of Speech: adj 1. Beating or pounding strongly. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have a throbbing headache.
Word: throbbing Part of Speech: noun 1. That which throbs. Example: Krause’s “niche hypothesis” may seem more plausible after you’ve listened to his recordings of dense tropical jungles, polyphonous soundscapes packed with whistles and whinnies, whoops, hoots and howls, deep bass throbbings and shrieking buzzes.
Word: executing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of execute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glazing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English glasynge; equivalent to glaze + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of glaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glazing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English glasynge; equivalent to glaze + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪzɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of glazing or an instance thereof. Labels: countable, gerund, uncountable 2. The material used in such act or process; glaze. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Before new glazier's putty can be applied, the various bits of old glazing must be scraped off. 3. The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. All the windows of a building. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The art of covering with a vitreous substance. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Semi-transparent colours painted thinly over others to modify the effect. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mingling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mingle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mingling Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture; a blending.
Word: provoking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of provoke Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: provoking Part of Speech: adj 1. annoying; irritating Example: Would you stop interrupting me, dear? It's a most provoking habit.
Word: provoking Part of Speech: noun 1. provocation Example: The habit of mind so engendered is wholly demoralizing, particularly since the national political consciousness is so dependent on their provokings.
Word: multitudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multitude Labels: form-of, plural 2. The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses. Example: Last October she turned up at the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights pushing the wheelchair of a friend in the people with AIDS contingent and speaking to the queer multitudes at the post-March rally.
Word: betrothal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From betroth + -al. Pronunciation: /bɪˈtɹəʊ.ðəl/, /bɪˈtɹoʊ.ðəl/, /bɪˈtɹəʉ.ðəl/, /bɪˈtɹɐʉ.ðəl/ 1. The act of betrothing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: marriage betrothal Example: formal betrothal 2. The fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between two people. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alarms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alarm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alarms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of alarm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fathoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fathom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fathoms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fathom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: initials Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɪʃəlz/ 1. plural of initial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: initials Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɪʃəlz/ 1. An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Write your initials at the top of the page.
Word: initials Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɪʃəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of initial Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: predecessors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of predecessor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of bench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bench Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: illustrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of illustration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: folded optics Part of Speech: noun 1. An optical system in which prisms and/or mirrors are used to reduce the overall physical length of the system.
Word: featureless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English feature Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English featureless From feature + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/ 1. Without distinguishing features. Example: a featureless brick wall Example: This one was almost featureless, as if still in the making, with an aspect of monotonous grimness.
Word: defenceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English defence Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English defenceless From defence + -less. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛnsləs/ 1. Without defence; undefended. Labels: UK Example: Paralysed, the old man was defenceless; and the robbers easily stole all of his money. Example: The hawk, foul murderer of defenceless birds, has sighted the chicken on the bare patch.
Word: groundless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English groundles (“bottomless”), from Old English grundlēas, from Proto-Germanic *grundulausaz, equivalent to ground + -less. Cognate with Dutch grondeloos, German Low German grundlos, German grundlos, Danish grundløs, Swedish grundlös. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊndləs/ 1. Without any grounds to support it; baseless. Example: [B]e the consequences what they may, they shall not move an inch, nor a hair's-breadth from the ground of their groundless spiritual independence, […] Example: At that stage any fears among home fans of a possession monopoly by Laudrup's side were proving groundless, with Cardiff having their fair share of the ball and territory. 2. Bottomless; having no bottom or floor. Labels: obsolete
Word: ceaseless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cessōder. Middle French cesserbor. Middle English cesen English cease Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English ceaseless From cease + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːsləs/ 1. Without an end. Labels: not-comparable 2. Without stop or pause, incessant. Labels: not-comparable Example: Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
Word: shapeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaskap Old English ġesċeap Proto-Germanic *skapą Proto-West Germanic *skap Old English sċeap Middle English schap Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les Middle English schaples English shapeless Inherited from Middle English schaples. By surface analysis, shape + -less. 1. Without a clearly defined or identifiable shape. Example: If you skip the prelude, which is at once rhythmically square and shapeless, this Lohengrin starts out decently enough, for Hans Helm is one of the okayest Heralds on disc (a modest compliment, to be sure).
Word: sightless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sight Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English sightless From sight + -less. 1. Without sight; blind; unseeing. Labels: not-comparable Example: And yet it was possible he might love her—love her truly and deeply: if so, of what avail would it be to lower him in her esteem? It were best for Lucy still to gaze with sightless eyes on her idol. 2. Synonym of invisible. Labels: not-comparable Example: In his return, arriving at a rising ground, a knoll, he heard a rustling of the leaves in his front: an enemy was suspected ; he gathered his men around him, each taking his tree. The enemy was sightless to Boyd, and his party, yet the approach around him was sensible to every one. Example: The toiling world is sightless to those who cannot see.
Word: soundless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sound Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English soundless From sound + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊn(d)ləs/ 1. Without sound. Example: a soundless tableau Example: Cassius. […] for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, And leave them honeyless. Antony. Not stingless too. Brutus. O yes, and soundless too; For you have stol’n their buzzing, Antony, And very wisely threat before you sting. 2. Not capable of being sounded or fathomed. Example: the soundless deep Example: Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat, Whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ride;
Word: noiseless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English noise Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English noiseless From noise + -less. 1. Producing no noise; without noise. Example: The movements of the cat were noiseless as it approached the mousehole. Example: For by the hearth the children sit ⁠Cold in that atmosphere of Death, ⁠And scarce endure to draw the breath, Or like to noiseless phantoms flit: But open converse is there none, […] 2. Containing no noise. Example: The core idea of the Nostega paradign is basically camouflaging messages by embedding them in a form of noiseless data by employing either altered authenticated data or legitimate untraceable data, as shown in Section 1.3.
Word: joyless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English joy Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English joyless From joy + -less. 1. Without joy; unhappy, sad. Example: Without Joy, my life is joyless! Example: The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud.
Word: expressionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English expression Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English expressionless From expression + -less. 1. Without expression.
Word: omitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of omit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: omitting Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of omission. Example: Other parts of the ceremony have their unpleasantnesses; for there is great difficulty in admittings and omittings of guests to the festivities.
Word: humbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of humble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: humbling Part of Speech: noun 1. An event which causes humiliation; a setdown.
Word: humbling Part of Speech: adj 1. Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.
Word: tracking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹækɪŋ/ 1. The act or process by which something is tracked. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention […] 2. A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The synchronization of two or more signals. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The formation of conductive paths on the surface of an insulating material due to electrical discharges. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tracking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹækɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of track Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suffocating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of suffocate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suffocating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of suffocation. Example: Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings.
Word: suffocating Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/ 1. That tends to suffocate the target(s); so overwhelming and lethal or life-threatening as to suffocate; suffocative. Example: It is difficult to conceive a state of society in which a sufficient number of disinterested and civilized and imaginative people would, even if given the chance, voluntarily undertake what would be to them the suffocating boredom of government. Example: On the sudden outburst of a great fire, the passages are commonly filled with suffocating smoke, and often with flame, which render the hydrants in the internal passages inaccessible, and generally cut off communication with superior reservoirs, and of this there have been frequent large instances.
Word: restraining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of restrain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: restraining Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which someone or something is restrained. Example: She had the privilege of a soul beyond our minor rules and restrainings to speak her wishes to the true wife of a mock husband—no husband; less a husband than this shadow of a woman a wife, she said; […]
Word: oxidizing Part of Speech: adj 1. That oxidizes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oxidizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of oxidize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pricking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of prick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pricking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/ 1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The prickings of thorns 2. A sensation that pricks, or causes sharp emotional pain. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the prickings of conscience 3. The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: THE pricking a horse has proved to be as useless an operation as it is simple, seldom or never having the desired effect; consequently the practice should be abolished 4. A nicking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No better material can be used than seggar or underclay prickings 5. The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Dressing oneself for show; prinking. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: substituting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of substitute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rescuing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rescue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rescuing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of effecting a rescue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Betty — so stout, and with that rheumatism in her leg — did she ever think of herself? Or Aunt Rosamund, with her perpetual rescuings of lost dogs, lame horses, and penniless musicians?
Word: replacing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of replace Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chicks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪks/ 1. plural of chick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chicks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: staining Part of Speech: noun Labels: no-gloss
Word: staining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: groping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grope Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: groping Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of groping; a grope. Example: Sexual harassment may include rape or attempted rape; it may include gropings, touching up and suggestive remarks. Example: But we now look at the Met's westerly gropings. These began from the new, south-westerly pointing annexe at Paddington - Paddington (Praed Street). From there the Met marched on Bayswater (now Queensway), Notting Hill Gate, High Street Kensington and Gloucester Road before effecting its rendezvous with the District at South Kensington in December 1868.
Word: seduced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of seduce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hitchhiking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hitchhike Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hitchhiking Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who hitchhikes. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A form of evolution caused by genetic drift. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: housed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /haʊzd/ 1. Enclosed, provided or covered with a house.
Word: housed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /haʊzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of house Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clicking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklɪkɪŋ/ 1. The sound or action of a click. Example: Thus one pair of dolphins talking can sound like two pairs of dolphins talking, one pair exchanging clickings, the other pair exchanging whistles.
Word: clicking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈklɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of click Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: injuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of injure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inspires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inspire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: programmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of program Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of programme Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: programmed Part of Speech: adj 1. having a minister or pastor who conducts religious services. Labels: Quakerism, not-comparable 2. scheduled Labels: not-comparable
Word: isolating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of isolate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: isolating Part of Speech: adj 1. Having low morpheme per word ratio and no inflectional morphemes. Example: As an isolating language Belter Creole is rich in particles. Particles are used to indicate both negation and interrogation: na is the negative particle and it is placed before the verb
Word: registers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of register Labels: form-of, plural
Word: registers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of register Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preserves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preserve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preserves Part of Speech: noun 1. Spectacles to protect the eyes from strong light, etc. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: Best Eye Preserves, steel frames, large coloured eyes, various tints.
Word: preserves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preserve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: levelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of level Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scheming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English scheme Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English scheming From scheme + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of scheme Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scheming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English scheme Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English scheming From scheme + -ing. 1. Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots. Labels: derogatory
Word: scheming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scheme Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English scheming From scheme + -ing. 1. The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: joins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔɪnz/ 1. plural of join Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joins Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of join Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: matured Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: matured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mature Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reverted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of revert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reverted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪd/ 1. That has gone back (to an earlier place, state etc.). 2. Bent back, reversed. 3. Directed backwards. Example: With many a pause and oft reverted eye / I climb the Coomb's ascent [...].
Word: intimated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intimate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: furnishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of furnish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: furnishing Part of Speech: noun 1. Furniture, fittings, and other detachable accessories. Labels: in-plural Example: With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner. 2. A portion of longer hair within the coat of a dog, rabbit, etc. Labels: in-plural Example: As plush and huggable as a child's stuffed toy with curly whiskers, ears full of curly ear furnishings
Word: prejudiced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prejudice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prejudiced Part of Speech: adj 1. Having prejudices.
Word: fans Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fænz/ 1. plural of fan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fans Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fænz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flanks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lasts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɑːsts/, /læsts/, /lasts/, /ɫasts/ 1. plural of last Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lasts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɑːsts/, /læsts/, /lasts/, /ɫasts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of last Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: raises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of raise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: raises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of invade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: awarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of award Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spacing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of space Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spacing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb space. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work. 3. The space between two objects or people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable. Example: If you are following a book like Starting Electronics, however, a breadboard is even more useful. […] Differences lie between breadboards in the spacings and the positionings of the holes, and the number of holes in each group. 4. The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was a laconic old soul who loved spacing only a jot better than he loved Martian alky. Example: Shepard: You don't seem too broken up about your partner's death. Pitne For: Dakni Kur knew the risks when he took to spacing. Right now, my worry is me. Pitne For: It's unhealthy to be a volus in the Nos Astra spaceport right now. Especially a volus named Pitne For!
Word: spacing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/ 1. That inserts space between two objects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: grants Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹænts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grant Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: grants Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹænts/ 1. plural of grant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patterned Part of Speech: adj 1. Conformed to a pattern, a model to be followed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Royal Navy kept patterned birches and patterned canes at the principal dockyards as specimens, intending to standardize the main implements used for formal corporal punishment on its ships 2. Supplied with a pattern Labels: not-comparable
Word: patterned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pattern Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: angered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of anger Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: angered Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been made angry.
Word: reinforced Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English inforce English reinforce English -ed English reinforced From reinforce + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of reinforce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reinforced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English inforce English reinforce English -ed English reinforced From reinforce + -ed. 1. Having been or containing reinforcement.
Word: contracts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɹækts/, /ˈkɑːn.tɹækts/ 1. plural of contract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contracts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹækts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of contract Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hiring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /haɪə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɪŋ/, /haɪɹ.ɪŋ/, /ˈhaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hiring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haɪə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɪŋ/, /haɪɹ.ɪŋ/, /ˈhaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/ 1. The act by which an employee is hired. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: hirings and firings Example: Even the most seasoned analysts of British politics were struck by the brutality of Ms. May’s hirings and firings. 2. A fair or market where servants were engaged. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: admonishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of admonish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:admonishing.
Word: admonishing Part of Speech: noun 1. admonishment
Word: admonishing Part of Speech: adj 1. Giving admonishment.
Word: illuminating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From illuminate + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪŋ/, /ɪˈluməneɪtɪŋ/, /ə-/, /-ɾɪŋ/ 1. Providing illumination or light. 2. Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing. Labels: figuratively Example: An illuminating article in a recent issue of the Eastern Region's Civil Engineering News points out that where coal is worked over a reasonably large area, it is not only the whole of the strata above the workings, but also an area beyond which is liable to subside at varying rates after the coal has been removed.
Word: illuminating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From illuminate + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪŋ/, /ɪˈluməneɪtɪŋ/, /ə-/, /-ɾɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of illuminate. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unloading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unload Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unloading Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is unloaded. Example: Traders have been successfully indoctrinated with the necessity of quick unloading - or else seeing their coal hauled away again - [...]
Word: imparted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impart Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: assemblies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assembly Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of assemblie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bearings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bearing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assimilated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of assimilate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scooping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scoop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scooping Part of Speech: noun 1. The process or result of something being scooped. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I observed that a moulding descended obliquely from this entrance down to the bottom, while striae followed the same line, the whole sides indeed being marked by curious scoopings, and intermediate ridgings […] 2. A singing technique in which the singer begins by singing a note slightly below the desired pitch, and then slides up to it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: assuring Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of reassuring. Example: And then we have this further most assuring statement: "The blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin." Example: Hoeness nodded shortly, but Gabriel was less assuring.
Word: assuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of assure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rearing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rerynge (“raising”). 1. present participle and gerund of rear Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rearing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rerynge (“raising”). 1. Act of raising young. Example: We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions. Example: In queening his apiary, he aims to keep about half of the queens of the current season's rearing, and the other of the summer preceding.
Word: babbling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bablyng, babelynge, equivalent to babble + -ing. 1. a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words Labels: uncountable 2. sounds produced by infant during the babbling period Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Idle senseless talk; prattle. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A confused murmur, as of a stream. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: babbling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bablyng, babelynge, babelinde, equivalent to babble + -ing. 1. That babbles.