nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Bering Sea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Vitus Bering, the first European to systematically explore it. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹɪŋ ˈsiː/ 1. The sea between Siberia and Alaska, north of the Pacific Ocean, that is connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait.
Word: NCSA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: rug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɡ/, [ˈɹʷʌɡ], /ˈɹɜɡ/, [ˈɹʷɜɡ], /ˈɹäɡ/ 1. A partial covering for a floor. 2. A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket. Labels: Australia, UK Example: They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time. Example: Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug, and, in winter time, not less than one additional rug. 3. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. Labels: archaic, historical Example: They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. 4. A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze. Labels: archaic, historical 5. A person wearing a rug. Labels: obsolete, rare 6. A cloth covering for a horse. 7. A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops. Labels: obsolete, rare 8. The female pubic hair. Labels: slang 9. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog. 10. A wig; a hairpiece. Labels: slang Example: The intervening years have been kind to Edward Fox and John Wells, who now assume the principal roles, in allowing them to keep their full complement of hair. Mr Fox shows his gratitude by using his rug as a prop, flopping it forward, Welsh-combing it back, letting it stand up on end as if from shock, while Mr Wells is content mostly to let his limply swathe his forehead. 11. A dense growth of chest hair. Labels: colloquial 12. Ellipsis of rughead. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, ethnic, slang, slur Example: We're the motherfuckers be fightin' when the rugs [black prisoners] start wasting people around here.
Word: rug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɡ/, [ˈɹʷʌɡ], /ˈɹɜɡ/, [ˈɹʷɜɡ], /ˈɹäɡ/ 1. To cover with a rug. Labels: transitive Example: It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […] 2. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. Labels: Scotland, archaic Example: “this was a job in the auld times o'rugging and riving through the hale country[…]” 3. Clipping of rug pull Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: Faraday cage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Michael Faraday. 1. Any conductive surrounding, idealized or practical, used to interrupt the transmission of electromagnetic energy or electrostatic discharge across it. Example: Hypothetically, Srinivasan suggests network states for people who eat specific diets (kosher, keto), for people who don’t like FDA regulation, for people who don’t like cancel culture, for people who want to live like Benedictine monks, for people who might want to limit internet use by putting public buildings in Faraday cages.
Word: centerpunch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From center + punch. 1. A hand tool used to prepare a workpiece prior to drilling a hole. It typically compresses and then suddenly releases a spring, creating a small indentation that, in turn, guides and centers the drill. 2. The indentation left by such a tool.
Word: centerpunch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From center + punch. 1. To prepare a workpiece for drilling by using a centerpunch to create an indentation. 2. To place something directly in the middle.
Word: drilling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drill + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of drilling. 2. The act or process of drilling.
Word: drilling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From drill + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of drill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drilling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Drilling (“gun with three barrels; triplet”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/ 1. A long firearm with three barrels (typically a mix of shotgun and rifle barrels).
Word: drilling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/ 1. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
Word: make up one's mind Part of Speech: verb 1. To decide; to reach a conclusion. Labels: idiomatic Example: I can't make up my mind whether to have ice cream or cake. Example: "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
Word: moment of truth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of Spanish momento de la verdad, which refers to the time of the final sword thrust in a bullfight. 1. A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed. Labels: idiomatic Example: The moment of truth comes when you try to start the engine you have just rebuilt.
Word: next to Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkst ˌtuː/, /ˈnekst ˌtuː/, /-tə/, /ˈnɛkst ˌtu/, /ˈnekst ˌtʉː/ 1. Beside, alongside, by, adjacent to, or near. Example: Would you mind if I sit next to you? Example: Cleanliness is next to godliness. 2. Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from. Example: The living room was the main gathering spot in Fine Manor, and next to that the most used room was the dining room, where, on Sunday nights, Larry and Mabel hosted card games, penny-ante poker nights, and even bingo nights... Example: “Next to you, I'm all Lani has,” she confided. “But you knew that already, too, right?” He should have. That message came loud and clear. “She loves flowers, did you know that?” Jennie asked. 3. Compared to, in comparison with. Example: This last he explained to me once, though the explanation didn't matter much, not next to the feeling of those low hairy clouds and the sea bashing itself against the shore. The explanation, in fact, made the poem less wonderful, ... Example: As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs.
Word: next to Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkst ˌtuː/, /ˈnekst ˌtuː/, /-tə/, /ˈnɛkst ˌtu/, /ˈnekst ˌtʉː/ 1. Almost; nearly, well-nigh. Example: It is next to impossible to get him to admit it, but he writes very well. Example: The job paid next to nothing.
Word: shrug off Part of Speech: verb 1. To ignore or disregard; to be indifferent to. Labels: transitive Example: He shrugged off the insults and proceeded despite them. Example: Manchester United shrugged off injuries to Phil Jones and Ashley Young to thrash a lifeless Fulham side. 2. To dispose of, rid oneself of, in a careless or effortless manner. Example: Other social groups that had attained a comparable level of economic prosperity had comfortably shrugged off a wide definition of self-interest that encompassed other people and other groups. Jews, on the other hand, retained this broader perspective. Example: He's shrugged off his gang days and gotten into a decent school.
Word: mentch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mensch. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: What do you do when you talk a mentch (civilized, decent human being), ask politely for something you deserve and don't get it. Eventually you do something.
Word: trellis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trelis, from Anglo-Norman treslis, from Old French treille (“arbor”), from Latin trichila (“arbor", "summer house”). However, see OED which claims another Old French form referring to sackcloth, from Vulgar Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛlɪs/ 1. An outdoor garden frame that can be used for partitioning a common area. 2. An outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants. Example: It was a very warm evening; and the moonlight turned the Thames to an unbroken mirror of silver, and gave to the soft shadows of the shrubs, and the creepers that wound among the trellises, an appearance almost Italian. 3. A kind of graph, used in communication theory and encryption, whose nodes are ordered into vertical slices by time, with each node at each time connected to at least one node at an earlier and at least one node at a later time.
Word: trellis Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trelis, from Anglo-Norman treslis, from Old French treille (“arbor”), from Latin trichila (“arbor", "summer house”). However, see OED which claims another Old French form referring to sackcloth, from Vulgar Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛlɪs/ 1. To train or arrange (plants) so that they grow against a trellis. Labels: transitive Example: to trellis vines
Word: B.C. Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of BC; initialism of Before Christ. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: A group of eleven inscribed tablets of jade and stone, dating from about the sixth century B.C., is said to have been discovered around 1940 at Ch’in-yang, Honan. Example: Several fragments of reddish-brown clay statuettes of the Hongshan culture, found at Dongshanzui in Kazuo county, Liaoning province and dating to 3500 B.C., all seem to be kneeling or seated figures of about half life-size or smaller.
Word: B.C. Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada, as used in case citations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
Word: cockatrice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cocatrice, from Old French cocatriz (“basilisk, cockatrice”), from Late Latin calcātrīx (“female trampler, treader”), from Latin calcāre (“to trample, to walk upon, to oppress”) + -trīx (“-ess: forming feminine agentives”), from calx (“heel”). Its eventual association with poultry influenced by cock (“rooster, male chicken”), q.v. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒkətɹaɪs/, /ˈkɒkətɹɪs/ 1. Synonym of basilisk, a serpentine dragon so poisonous that even its gaze is deadly. Labels: obsolete Example: Vp on the eddere and the kokatrice thou shalt go 2. A monster with a lethal gaze or breath, originally believed to originate from a cock egg brooded over by a snake or toad, later specifically combining serpentine and landfowl features and particularly (heraldry) a rooster-headed wyvern. Example: A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is igendrid... a cocatrice. Example: “Peace reigns in happy Luxor. The lion lies down with the lamb, and the child, if it will, may harmlessly put its hand into the cockatrice’s den.” 3. Synonym of crocodile. Labels: obsolete 4. An evil, deceitful, or destructive person. Labels: archaic, derogatory Example: ... this little cockatrice of a king ... Example: I have intruded because this situation is intolerable. You are either a poisonous cockatrice or a witling, and you have brought Mr. Goodwin to a desperate pass. 5. Synonym of whore, a female prostitute, a sexually promiscuous woman. Labels: archaic, derogatory
Word: scherzo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scherzo (“joke, play”), from scherzare (“to joke, jest”), from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (modern German scherzen (“to joke”), Scherz), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɛətsəʊ/, /ˈskɜːt-/, /ˈskɛəɹ(ˌ)tsoʊ/, /ˈskɛəɹtˌsoʊ/ 1. A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner. Example: At seven Val knocked – three shorts and one long, out of the scherzo of Beethoven’s Fifth – and I rushed to open.
Word: kraut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of sauerkraut, from German Sauerkraut. Compare German Kraut (“cabbage”). 1. Clipping of sauerkraut. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: The bacon fat and the browned ribs and the boiling kraut smelled good.
Word: kraut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of sauerkraut, from German Sauerkraut. Compare German Kraut (“cabbage”). 1. To make (into) sauerkraut. Example: I find more money in krauting Cabbage myself and marketing the kraut, as […] Example: The same applies to the brining of cucumbers […] and krauting cabbage.
Word: kraut Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Kraut (“German person”). Labels: alt-of
Word: Trojan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/, /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/, /ˈtɹəʉd͡ʒən/, /ˈtɹɐʉd͡ʒən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy. 2. A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California. 3. A Trojan asteroid. 4. An object residing at a Trojan point. 5. Ellipsis of Trojan horse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc. Example: to study like a Trojan Example: Farewell he, he was a kinde good fellow, a true Troyan: and it euer be my lucks to meete him at more leaſure, Ile make him full amendes with a Cup full of Canarie.
Word: Trojan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/, /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/, /ˈtɹəʉd͡ʒən/, /ˈtɹɐʉd͡ʒən/ 1. Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants. Labels: not-comparable 2. Involving great strength or endurance. Labels: not-comparable Example: You know you should get up but the thought of making your way to the bathroom to wash is like a trojan task. Why bother? 3. Of, or relating to, a Trojan point. Labels: not-comparable 4. Malicious but disguised as legitimate Labels: not-comparable
Word: rappen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Rappen. Pronunciation: /ˈɹapən/ 1. A unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc. Example: ‘Meticulous to a fault,’ he declared respectfully – even if the fault included checking Toby's imprest down to the last Swiss Rappen, a discipline he accepted with a rueful grace. Example: There was a hole the size of a ten-rappen coin on her right shin and a run laddering after it.
Word: brose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Doric dialect of North East Scotland, from earlier browes, from Old French broez, nominative of broet (“stew, soup made from meat broth”) (French brouet) diminutive of breu, from Medieval Latin brodium, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”). See broth. 1. Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk. Labels: Scotland, uncountable, usually Example: I had not far to seek for him: he stood waiting in the passage, for the cooling of his brose.
Word: schelm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch schelm. 1. A villain or scoundrel. Labels: Scotland Example: Of her parents he knew nothing, except that "her father must have been a damned hundsfoot, and a schelm, for selling his own flesh and blood to Adrian Brackel;" […]
Word: turm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English turmes pl, from Old French turme, from Latin turma (“troop, squadron, team”). 1. A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen. Labels: obsolete Example: Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / What conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir power; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and wings: […]
Word: brezel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellusbor. Old High German brēzitella Middle High German brēzel German Brezelbor. English brezel Borrowed from German Brezel. 1. Rare form of pretzel. Labels: form-of, rare Example: To the same end, old women tottered through the crowd, bowed down under the weight of heavy baskets of salted brezels and hazelnuts, which met ready sale. Example: The Welcome Party on Tuesday, August 14, with free wine, beer, and brezels, and the Come-Together Party on Sunday evening with free beer, have been accepted very well.
Word: sommer Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Afrikaans sommer. 1. just because; answer to questions (especially "why" questions) that you do not want to answer or don't have a specific answer for. Labels: South-Africa Example: Why do I have to go to school? Sommer.
Word: sommer Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of summer. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: twos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tuːz/, [tʰu̟ːz], /tuz/, [tʰu̟z] 1. plural of two. Labels: form-of, plural Example: It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers. Example: The people arrived in twos and threes. 2. The age of two; two years old. Example: The boy in his twos is just learning to walk. Example: Twos are the hardest year on parents.
Word: twos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tuːz/, [tʰu̟ːz], /tuz/, [tʰu̟z] 1. The cells located on the first floor. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: twos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tuːz/, [tʰu̟ːz], /tuz/, [tʰu̟z] 1. A pair of twos. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 2. A reserves team. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: twos Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tuːz/, [tʰu̟ːz], /tuz/, [tʰu̟z] 1. To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, transitive Example: With a lump in your throat, she won’t understand Twos on a cigarette and talk blah-blah Example: Tell bro “make sure you twos that, yute!”
Word: in twos Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Grouped by pairs; arranged in groups of two. Example: Animals entered Noah's ark in twos. Example: Pair is used for many things that go in twos.
Word: sexte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sext. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: septime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French septime. By surface analysis, sept- + -ime. 1. The seventh defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee level. Labels: uncountable
Word: amma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to Tamil அம்மா (ammā, “mother”), Hindi अम्मा (ammā), Malayalam അമ്മ (amma), Kannada ಅಮ್ಮ (amma, “mother”) Telugu అమ్మ (amma, “mother”), Sinhalese අම්මා (ammā, “mother”), or Classical Syriac ܐܡܐ (emma, “mother”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌmə/ 1. mother Labels: India
Word: amma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin amma, from Classical Syriac ܐܸܡܵܐ (ʾemmā, “mother, abbess”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌmə/ 1. An abbess or spiritual mother, especially one of the Desert Mothers. Labels: historical Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:amma.
Word: mentsch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mensch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mentsh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mensch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: imposter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Replacement of impostor -or with -er. 1. Alternative spelling of impostor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: To get over her imposter syndrome, Caldwell eventually turned to guided meditation to help her "quiet the voices." Example: The game requires four to 10 players, who are randomly assigned roles of either a crewmate or imposter. There are always more crew than imposters at the start.
Word: Troy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía). Pronunciation: /tɹɔɪ/ 1. An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey. Labels: historical Example: Why should I war without the walls of Troy, That find such cruel battle here within? 2. A male given name. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Troy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French Troyes. Pronunciation: /tɹɔɪ/ 1. A surname from Old French derived from the city Troyes in France. Example: DCI Tom Barnaby: Are you sure you don't speak Spanish, Troy? DS Gavin Troy : Positive. Barnaby: Name like 'Troy', it must mean something in Spanish. 'Accident', maybe, as in 'Didn't I always tell you Bill Carter's death was one?' 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
Word: pfund Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Pfund. Doublet of funt, pood, pound, and punt. 1. A pound (unit of weight), in German contexts. Labels: obsolete
Word: sprachgefühl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sprachgefühl. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: kate Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /keɪt/ 1. The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla. Labels: Kent, UK, dialectal
Word: bara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː.ɹə/, /ˈbæ.ɹə/ 1. A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan. Labels: Japanese, uncountable 2. A genre of homoerotic or pornographic media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity. Labels: Japanese, broadly, uncountable 3. Any homoerotic or pornographic media that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn. Labels: Japanese, broadly, uncountable
Word: bara Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː.ɹə/, /ˈbæ.ɹə/ 1. Of or related to media in the bara genre. Labels: Japanese, uncountable Example: bara men
Word: bara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of capybara. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː.ɹə/, /ˈbæ.ɹə/ 1. A capybara. Labels: Japanese, informal
Word: troy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English troye, from Anglo-Norman. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably first used at a fair in Troyes, France. Pronunciation: /tɹɔɪ/ 1. Of, or relating to, troy weight. Labels: not-comparable
Word: troy weight Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of units of weight or mass, mostly used for precious metals and gemstones, in which the pound contains twelve ounces which each contain 480 grains.
Word: scathing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of scathe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scathing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/ 1. Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic. Example: For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris. 2. Harmful or painful; acerbic.
Word: brennivín Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic brennivín. Doublet of brandywine. 1. An Icelandic distilled beverage. Labels: uncountable
Word: ey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ei, ey, from Old English ǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), probably from *h₂éwis (“bird”), from *h₂ew- (“to consume”). Doublet of egg, huevo, oeuf, and ovum. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian ai (“egg”), Saterland Frisian Oai (“egg”), West Frisian aai, aei (“egg”), Bavarian Oa (“egg”), Dutch ei (“egg”), German Ei (“egg”), German Low German Ai, Ägg (“egg”), Limburgish ei, Éï (“egg”), Luxembourgish Ee (“egg”), Mòcheno oi (“egg”), Vilamovian e (“egg”), Yiddish איי (ey, “egg”), Danish æg (“egg”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk egg (“egg”), Swedish ägg (“egg”), Crimean Gothic ada (“egg”); also Breton vi (“egg”), Cornish oy (“egg”), Welsh wy (“egg”), Latin ōvum (“egg”), Greek αβγό (avgó), αυγό (avgó, “egg”), Albanian vo (“egg”), Belarusian and Russian яйцо́ (jajcó, “egg”), Bulgarian яйце́ (jajcé, “egg”), Czech vejce (“egg”), Macedonian јајце (jajce, “egg”), Polish jajo (“egg”), Serbo-Croatian ја́јце, jájce (“egg”), Slovak vajce (“egg”), Slovene jájce (“egg”), Ukrainian яйце́ (jajcé, “egg”), Ossetian айк (ajk), айкӕ (ajkæ, “egg”), Armenian ձու (ju, “egg”), Northern Kurdish hêk (“egg”), Southern Kurdish خا (xa, “egg”), Zazaki hak (“egg”), Pashto هګۍ (hagë́y), ويه (wë́ya, “egg”), Persian خاگ (xâg), خایه (xâye, “egg”). This native English form was displaced by the Old Norse–derived egg in the 16th century. 1. An egg. Example: Take brothe of capons withoute herbes, and breke eyren, and cast into the pot, and make a crudde therof, and colour hit with saffron, and then presse oute the brothe and kerve it on leches; and then take swete creme of almondes, or of cowe mylk, and boyle hit; […]
Word: ey Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Coined by Christine M. Elverson in 1975 by removing the "th" from they. Pronunciation: /eɪ/ 1. A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, one of the so-called Spivak pronouns, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Labels: epicene, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person Example: Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame. Example: I'm not familiar with this book, but I encourage Marksmill to look for it-- and while ey is at it, to also look at a number of other books.
Word: ey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ei, i, ie, from Old English ēġ, īġ, īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“watery land, floodplain, island”), earlier *agwjō ~ *ahwjō (literally “(that which is) of the water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“flowing water”) + *-yeh₂. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äi, German Aue, Icelandic ey, Faroese oyggj, Swedish ö, Norwegian Bokmål øy, Norwegian Bokmål øy, Danish ø. 1. A small island formed by the buildup of silt or gravel at the confluence of two rivers or streams. Labels: UK Example: Now it will be seen that each of the three small streamlets named forms, at its junction with the larger river into which it flows, an ey, or island, of this latter kind — Crip's-ey, Dom's-ey, and Pin's-ey, respectively; and I suggest that, from these three eys, each of the three streams indicated derived the final element of its name. Example: Runnymede Bridge is situated on an 'ey' – a small gravel islet close to the river bank. 2. A place that has a name ending in "-ey" because it is or was located at such an island. Example: Among the many eys, eyots, or islands, clustering about Oxford, at or near the confluence of the Isis and Cherwell, viz., Binsey, Botley, Hinksey, Iffley, Osney, Oxey, Pixey, &c., there are two, vis., Osney and Oxey, which manifestly enshrine this rivername. Example: In Saxon the word ey meant peninsula as well as island, and there are plenty of other eys about —Langney and Hydeney and Horsey to wit, Chilly and Rickney and Northeye and Mountney.
Word: ey Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of hey. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: JULIO. (Moves away.) No walking. I told you I’m not walking. / INES. You walked yesterday after the exercises. / JULIO. I can’t today. / INES. Then I’m going outside to smoke! / JULIO. Ey, don’t get angry! Example: The night vault rests for a while and Tony springs to life, shifting his weight to the balls of his feet, and hurling a fusillade of punches which fall inches from my tummy. ‘Ey, ey stop that will you,’ Liam says, pulling him away from me, ‘Remember what we said about all that? A time and a place ey son?’
Word: ey Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of eye. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: conglomerate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the second part of the 16ᵗʰ century; from Latin conglomerātus, perfect passive participle of conglomerō (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”) (see -ate (Etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomerāre (from glomerō (“to pile into a heap, to make into a ball, glomerate”), from glomus (“ball of thread; ball-shaped mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; ball”)). Pronunciation: /kənˈɡlɒm.(ə.)ɹɪt/, /kənˈɡlɑ.mɚ.ət/, /kənˈɡlɑm.ɹət/, /kənˈɡlɒm.(ə.)ɹət/, /kənˈɡlɔm.(ə.)ɹət/ 1. A cluster of heterogeneous things. Example: They [miracles in the canonical gospels] are held, too, together by his [Jesus Christ's] strong and central personality, which does not leave them a conglomerate of marvellous anecdotes accidentally heaped together, but parts of a great organic whole, of which every part is in vital coherence with every other. 2. A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity. Example: The 2017 list includes 80 financial conglomerates with the head of group located in the European Union or European Economic Area, one financial conglomerate with the head of group in Switzerland, one in Bermuda, and two in the United States. 3. A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix. Example: When sandstone is coarse-grained, it is usually called grit. If the grains are rounded, and large enough to be called pebbles, it becomes a conglomerate, or pudding-stone, which may consist of pieces of one or of many different kinds of rock. A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Example: Calcareous lias, slate, and trap are still to be found there, rising from layers of conglomerate like teeth out of a gum. But the pickaxe has broken up and levelled those bristling, rugged peaks which were once the homes of the eagles.
Word: conglomerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the second part of the 16ᵗʰ century; from Latin conglomerātus, perfect passive participle of conglomerō (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”) (see -ate (Etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomerāre (from glomerō (“to pile into a heap, to make into a ball, glomerate”), from glomus (“ball of thread; ball-shaped mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; ball”)). Pronunciation: /kənˈɡlɒm.(ə.)ɹɪt/, /kənˈɡlɑ.mɚ.ət/, /kənˈɡlɑm.ɹət/, /kənˈɡlɒm.(ə.)ɹət/, /kənˈɡlɔm.(ə.)ɹət/ 1. Clustered together into a mass. Example: conglomerate flowers Example: The Beames of Light, when they are multiplied and conglomerate, generate Heat; which is a different Action, from the Action of Sight: […] 2. Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together. Example: The Santa Margarita Formation in the southern Temblor Range, composed of conglomerate and subordinate sandstone, evolved as a large complex of fan deltas and submarine fans in late Miocene time. Example: He also documented some intercalated mottled reddish clays and marls, and the upper horizons containing bluish clays with conglomerate beds. 3. Made up of heterogeneous elements; composite. Example: I sat down on a step for a while to get over it, with my head in my hands and that awful conglomerate sound in my ears all the time.
Word: conglomerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the second part of the 16ᵗʰ century; from Latin conglomerātus, perfect passive participle of conglomerō (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”) (see -ate (Etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomerāre (from glomerō (“to pile into a heap, to make into a ball, glomerate”), from glomus (“ball of thread; ball-shaped mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; ball”)). Pronunciation: /kənˈɡlɒm.əˌɹeɪt/, /kənˈɡlɑ.məˌɹeɪt/, /kənˈɡlɔm.əˌɹæɪt/ 1. To combine together into a larger mass. Labels: transitive Example: [V]apors are never attracted or drawn up above the middle Region of the Air; for that the cold Air there, by thickning and conglomerating them, preſently turn them into clouds: and thence proceeds Miſts, Rains, Snows, Hayls, &c. Example: "In less than an hour," he said, looking up to the sun's disc, which was then feebly struggling through a dim mass of conglomerating clouds; "in less than an hour you shall be fully satisfied and amply revenged." 2. To combine together into a larger corporation. Labels: transitive Example: Some firms conglomerated with suppliers of intermediate inputs and the railroad to carry their products. Example: The hallmark of the late twentieth century in the media industries (and adjacent/overlapping territories, such as the Internet) was the weakening of boundaries that previously distinguished arenas, enterprises, institutions, and professions. […] Entertainment media—the rapidly conglomerating TV/film/cable/publishing/music/sports/Internet megasauruses that can be seen grazing in Los Angeles and New York—represent the pattern even more dramatically than in the case of journalism.
Word: Lapland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Lapp Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -land English Lapland From Lapp + -land. 1. The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people. 2. A region in northern Finland.
Word: Lappland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Lapp + land. 1. Alternative form of Lapland. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: washcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wash + cloth. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃ.klɒθ/, /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/, /ˈwɑʃ.-/, /ˈwɑʃ.klɑθ/ 1. A small cloth used to wash the face and body.
Word: leggo Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of let go. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, imperative, slang Example: He stepped in, gripping the orderly by the front of his white jacket. "Hey, leggo me. You’ll start hemorrhaging and they’ll blame me." Example: Hey, leggo, mister! I want to stay up there in the sun! Jim picked up the kid and carried him. 2. Contraction of let's go. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, imperative, slang
Word: leggo Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of calypso music; lavway.
Word: translating dictionary Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of translation dictionary. Labels: uncommon
Word: legge Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of leg. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Delmonico steak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated by Delmonico's restaurant in New York City during the mid-19th century. 1. A small tender steak from the front of the short loin of beef. Labels: New-York-City, countable, uncountable
Word: crenulated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of crenulate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wall railing Part of Speech: noun 1. a hand railing attached to a wall
Word: bridge railing Part of Speech: noun 1. A guard railing.
Word: handrailing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + railing. 1. handrail
Word: morbid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.bɪd/, /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/ 1. Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease. Example: “Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes!” 2. Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. Labels: broadly Example: morbid boy Example: morbid child 3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish. Example: morbid poem Example: morbid song 4. Grisly or gruesome. Example: morbid video
Word: mutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion. Pronunciation: /mjuˈteɪʃən/ 1. Any alteration or change. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe. Example: He added, in an email to CNN, that “the collection of increasingly large and well curated medical datasets has enabled AI tools to predict genetic mutations from imaging phenotypes reducing the burden of healthcare systems and improving the way we care for patients.” Phenotypes are observable characteristics. 3. A mutant. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The transfer of title of an asset in a register. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A group of thrushes. Labels: collective, countable, noun, rare, uncountable Example: Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes. Example: Names for a group: A flute or mutation of thrushes.
Word: sector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sector. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.təɹ/, /ˈsɛk.tɚ/, /ˈsɛk.tɐ/, /ˈsɛktə(r)/, /sɛk.tɔ(r)/ 1. A section. 2. In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending with deplaning at the next. 3. A zone; a designated area. 4. A zone; a designated area. 5. A zone; a designated area. 6. A zone; a designated area. Example: Shireroth shall not recognize the use of Sectors^([sic]) as a micronational geographic or cultural subdivision. Nor shall it reside in any sector. Nor shall any duchy or territory be considered a part of ANY sector unless the Duchy or Territory expressly grants permision^([sic]) to be considered in such sector. Example: I'll also provide a list of all active citizens, I understand that in the past this has been hard due to lack of updates of the necessary links but as someone said not so long ago the CIS sector is in more of a flux than other sectors - bar Lovely 😉 7. Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector. 8. A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere. 9. A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium. 10. An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge. 11. A field of economic activity. Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures. Example: public sector; private sector 12. A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle. 13. A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track. 14. An area of a crag, consisting of various routes
Word: rounded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of round Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rounded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊndɪd/ 1. Made into a circle or sphere. 2. Complete or balanced. Example: Her character is much less rounded in the writing, since she has but one goal to fulfill in all of her scenes. 3. Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value. 4. Ending in a broad arch. 5. Pronounced with the lips drawn together. Example: The sound /u/ is a rounded vowel.
Word: scoundrel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier scondrel, scondrell, skoundrell, skowndrell, of unknown origin. Possibly related to northern English or Scottish scunner, skuner, scouner, scunder (“to shrink back in fear, disgust, or loathing”) (Encyclopædia Britannica 1911). Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl/ 1. A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue. Example: Go! if your ancient but ignoble blood / Has crept thro' Scoundrels ever ſince the Flood.
Word: clump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”). Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Doublet of klomp. Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump. Pronunciation: /klʌmp/ 1. A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass. 2. A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair. Example: There are suitable clumps of gorse a little way back, sir. I anticipate that you would be quite safe there, or I would not suggest it, sir. Example: clump of trees 3. A dull thud. Example: She [Miss Climpson] asks questions which a young man could not put without a blush. She is the angel that rushes in where fools get a clump on the head. Example: Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters. 4. The compressed clay of coal strata. Example: clump-burned bricks 5. A small group of trees or plants. 6. A thick addition to the sole of a shoe. Labels: historical
Word: clump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”). Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Doublet of klomp. Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump. Pronunciation: /klʌmp/ 1. To form clusters or lumps. Labels: ambitransitive 2. To gather in dense groups. Labels: ambitransitive 3. To walk with heavy footfalls. Labels: intransitive 4. To strike; to beat. Labels: UK, regional, transitive Example: There is his poor little cap hanging up on the door; and there on the table is the knife he chipped a piece out of through not minding the mark on the knife machine, and I clumped his head for him, poor lamb!
Word: defiance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English defiaunce, from Old French desfiance, from desfier. By surface analysis, defy + -ance. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfaɪ(j)əns/ 1. The feeling, or spirit of being defiant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion. 2. Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power; refusing to give up. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you. Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers! Example: Ainsley: Amid the death and all the destruction: a story of heroism. Steve: Thirteen Ukrainian border guards defending a small island in the Black Sea defy an invading Russian warship. Will: Todd Piro is here now with the details on the defiance that cost them, ultimately, their lives- Todd. Todd: That's right Steve, Ainsley and Will- the ultimate act of defiance- the ultimate price paid. Ukrainian border guards defending a Black Sea island defiantly telling an invading Russian warship to 'go F yourself' when asked to surrender, and then killed when that warship opened fire. 3. A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: broker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English broke Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English broker From broke + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊkə/, /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/ 1. comparative form of broke: more broke Labels: comparative, form-of