nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: landowner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English own Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English owner English landowner From land + owner. Pronunciation: /ˈlændˌəʊ.nə/, /ˈlændˌoʊ.nɚ/ 1. A person who owns land. Example: If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired. Example: The largest owner of tea lands on the island in the late 1800s (and Taiwan’s single wealthiest family) were the Lins of Pan-ch’iao. Along with other great familial and corporate landowners, the Pan-ch’iao Lins drew income from renting their properties under a flexible, sophisticated contractual system of land tenure.
Word: córdoba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish córdoba. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dəbə/ 1. The currency of Nicaragua, divided into 100 centavos.
Word: gourde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, originally meaning “heavy, clumsy”. Cognate with Haitian Creole goud. Pronunciation: /ɡʊəd/, /ɡʊɹd/ 1. The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes. Example: Small boys eager to help in return for a gourd or two.
Word: lineaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lineament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sucre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Sucre, from the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre. Pronunciation: /ˈsuːkɹeɪ/ 1. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.
Word: lineally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lineal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English lineally From lineal + -ly. 1. In terms of lines; linewise. Labels: not-comparable Example: For copying drawings to a scale differing from the original; e.g., to reduce a drawing, lineally, one fifth: […] 2. By direct descent. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] I confess it was not without some pleasure that I found my self able to trace the particular Features, by which certain Families are distinguished, up to their Originals. I could plainly discover from whence one Family derives a long Chin […]. Who first brought the Pox into a noble House, which hath lineally descended in scrophulous Tumours to their Posterity. Example: Of the Rev. Mr. Slope’s parentage I am not able to say much. I have heard it asserted that he is lineally descended from that eminent physician who assisted at the birth of Mr. T. Shandy, and that in early years he added an "e" to his name, for the sake of euphony, as other great men have done before him.
Word: linguistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From linguistical + -ly or from linguistic + -ally. Pronunciation: /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk(ə)li/ 1. In the manner of linguistics. 2. From a linguistic perspective. Example: English is scandalously lacking in politically and linguistically correct antonyms of this sort. The Queen can create the Duchess of Cambridge, so surely I can create the much-needed expressions "cisgress" (be a good boy), "cisvestite" (bloke wearing trousers), "cisaction" (no deal), and "cisom" (something that isn't a lintel). Anyone who doesn't disagree is a transsy.
Word: livable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līfder. Old English līfe Old English on līfe Middle English alyve English aliveclip. English live Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English livable From live + -able. 1. Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable. Example: Some also attach a m'zuzah to the right doorpost leading into every livable room, excluding bathrooms and closets.
Word: liveable Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvəbəl/ 1. Alternative spelling of livable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "The new stations on the Camp Hill line will make places like Kings Heath far more liveable for those communities," says West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker.
Word: bolívar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish bolívar, ultimately named after Simón Bolívar. Pronunciation: /bəˈliːvɑː(ɹ)/ 1. The currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos. Example: He can compute his earnings for a week at so many bolívares a day, and he knows the costs of various construction materials and with some effort can make a simple summation of costs of materials for a job. Example: In 1921, for example, a large chicken could be obtained for four bolívares, whereas now one cost ten bolívares. Likewise, oranges that had previously sold for two bolívares per hundred were now one bolívar for four.
Word: liven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partly from life + -en; partly from live (adjective) + -en; and partly a shortening of enliven. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk livna (“to quicken, come alive”), Faroese livna (“to come to life, come alive”), Icelandic lifna (“to come to life”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪvən/ 1. To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Let's liven up this party! Example: Bacon's Rebellion (p. 54) has no political meaning for Mr. Bruce. Champlain's fight with the Iroquois is told to liven the narrative with a fight (p. 36), but the far-reaching result is merely hinted in a manner that means nothing to one who doesn't know. The ideals and purposes of the Jesuits are not mentioned.
Word: liven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English liven, equivalent to live + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvən/ 1. plural simple present of live Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, present Example: We liven in fear, but we wot not whither to flee for to be better than we arn here. Example: What shoulden shepheards other things tend, Then, sith their God his good does them send, Reapen the fruite thereof, that is pleasure, The while they here liven, at ease and leasure?
Word: CFA franc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: CFA stands for Communauté Financière d'Afrique ("Financial Community of Africa") or Communauté Financière Africaine ("African Financial Community"). 1. A currency used in 12 African countries, guaranteed by the French treasury.
Word: ouguiya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ouguiya, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), via Classical Syriac and Ancient Greek from Latin uncia (“ounce”). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, oka, and awqiyyah. Pronunciation: /uːˈɡiːjə/ 1. The currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums.
Word: kwanza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Kwanza (Cuanza) River in Angola. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑːnzə/ 1. The currency of Angola, symbol Kz, divided into a hundred cêntimos.
Word: dalasi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (stem form of) Mandinka dalasoo. Pronunciation: /dəˈlɑːsi/ 1. The currency of the Gambia, divided into 100 bututs. Example: I stood at the desk, about to pay my twenty-five dalasi for fifteen minutes.
Word: lodestar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lode (“journey, course”) + star, where lode is an archaic noun from the verb lithe (“to go, journey”), related to lead. Other Middle English spellings include: 14th century loode sterre, lood-sterre, lade-sterne; and 15th century lode sterre. Cognate with Old Norse leiðarstjarna, Dutch leidster, German Leitstern, Danish ledestjerne, Swedish ledstjärna. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊd.stɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈloʊd.stɑɹ/, /ˈləʉd.staː(ɹ)/ 1. A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris. Example: Tho when her ways he could no more descry, But to and fro at disaventure strayd; Like as a ship, whose lodestarre, suddenly Covered with cloudes, her pilot hath dismayd Example: He was no wavering mariner; he had taken his course from a single lodestar, by which he had steered from the first day he had seen it in his heavens — the lodestar that had shone for him and would always shine. 2. A guiding tenet or principle. Labels: figuratively Example: Selfe loue, to him ſelf tender, to the reſt tough, / Is, of iuſt iuſtice, neither roote, braunce, nor bough. / Loue (namely ſelfe loue) corruptibly growyng, / Is cheefe lodeſter of lets, in iuſtice ſhowing. Example: May we not define its true aim to be that of awakening in the heart those feelings towards moral and religious objects, which like attractions drawing towards the great lodestars of existence, shall ever keep the life right and stedfast? 3. A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate. Example: Many, though not all, of the objections to lodestars seem to us to be overstated.
Word: Dobra Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊbɹə/ 1. A Romanian surname.
Word: loadstar Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of lodestar. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: Being freed of all human limitations, they acted as unchanging loadstars inspiring a search for more refined instruments.
Word: nakfa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tigrinya ናቕፋ (nax̣fa, “Nakfa, Eritrea”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɑkfə/ 1. The currency of Eritrea, divided into 100 cents.
Word: loti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin lōtī, the nominative plural form of lōtus (“Egyptian lotus flower”, “date-plum”). Pronunciation: /ˈləʊtaɪ/ 1. plural of lotus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Sotho loti, singular derivation of maloti, mulati (“mountains”); compare Maloti. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊti/, /ˈluːti/ 1. The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender. 2. A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.
Word: ariary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malagasy ariary, from Arabic الرِيَال (ar-riyāl, “riyal”). Doublet of real, regal, riyal, and royal. Pronunciation: /ɑːɹiˈɑːɹi/ 1. The currency of Madagascar.
Word: metical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtɪˈkɑːl/ 1. The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos. 2. Alternative form of mithqal (“unit of weight”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lilangeni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swazi lilangeni. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪlæŋˈɡeɪni/ 1. The currency of Eswatini.
Word: ekwele Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪˈkweɪleɪ/ 1. The former currency of Equatorial Guinea. Labels: historical
Word: internship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intern Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English internship From intern + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, /ˈɪntɝnʃɪp/ 1. A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade. Example: From the job seeker's point of view, however, it may be best to stay in school for an internship—if you can afford the time and expense. That way, some career advisers say, you can maximize your marketability to get the hottest job at the highest possible salary. Example: H-2B visas are for unskilled seasonal workers, including landscapers, forestry workers and summer resort workers, while J-1s are for exchange visitors who come for short stays, typically for summer work, brief internships or to be au pairs. 2. A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade. Labels: US
Word: angolar Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌæŋɡəˈlɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A former currency of Angola between 1926 and 1958, divided into 100 centavos.
Word: laari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dhivehi ލާރި (lāri). Doublet of lari. 1. A subdenomination of the rufiyaa, 1/100 of its value. 2. A former currency of Maldives until 1913.
Word: perper Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɛə(ɹ)pə(ɹ)/ 1. A former currency of Montenegro between 1906 and 1918, divided into 100 para. Example: The coinage consists of copper pieces of 1 (jedna) para or heller and 2 (dwe) paras; nickel pieces of 10 (desset) and 20 (dwadesset) paras; silver pieces of 1 (jedan) perper or krone and 5 (pet) perpera; and gold pieces of 10, 20, and 100 perpera. Example: New coins as follows—[…]Montenegro, King Nicholas, one and two perpera.
Word: fillér Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian fillér. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɛə(ɹ)/, /fɪˈlɛə(ɹ)/ 1. A subdenomination of the forint, 100 fillér = 1 forint; only used in calculations since 2000 due to inflation.
Word: inactivate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English inactivate From inactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or in- + activate. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnæktɪveɪt/ 1. To make inactive. Labels: transitive Example: 'Computer inactivated,' Crawford reported. 'I get nothing at all.'
Word: tale of the tape Part of Speech: noun 1. The pre-fight measurements taken of the combatants. 2. Statistics given to compare two people or entities. Labels: broadly
Word: test the waters Part of Speech: verb 1. To explore or probe, as before making a commitment. Labels: idiomatic Example: Taking classes in a subject is a good way to test the waters and explore a potential career.
Word: slip up Part of Speech: verb 1. To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error. Labels: idiomatic Example: I hope I don't slip up during my presentation. Example: Somebody slipped up and forgot to put your name on the guest list. 2. To lose ones footing; to slip. Example: […]when we witness someone caught up in their own self-importance slip up on a banana peel, we come to a more humble idea of who we are; comedy, in such a formulation, is on the side of human finitude.
Word: koodoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kudu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: For instance, the very vase from which we were then drinking had on one side a most spirited drawing of men, apparently white in colour, attacking a bull-elephant with spears, while on the reverse was a picture, not quite so well done, of a hunter shooting an arrow at a running antelope, I should say from the look of it either an eland or a koodoo. Example: 1976 Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld p. 190. Longman: →ISBN (The book was first published in 1907). "The koodoo lying partly on its side, with both hind-legs hampered by the mass of dead wood, could not rise, but it swept the clear space in front with the terrible horns, and for some time kept Jock at bay."
Word: slip-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from slip up. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪpʌp/ 1. A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep. Labels: idiomatic Example: I think she will forgive an accidental slip-up, so don’t worry too much about misspeaking. Example: The door step was a broad unhewn rock, brought from the neighboring pasture. It had not a flat and even surface, but was considerably sloping from the door to the road, so that in icy times the scholars in passing out used to snatch from the scant declivity the transitory pleasures of a slide. But look out for a slip-up, ye careless, for many a time have I seen an urchin's head where his feet were but a second before.
Word: ostentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1425–75 from late Middle English ostentacioun, borrowed from Middle French ostentation and its etymon Latin ostentātiō, ostentātiōnem, equivalent to ostentātus (past participle of ostentāre, to display or exhibit), frequentative of ostendere (“to present, display”) + -iōn. By surface analysis, ostent + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən/ 1. Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Sir Henry had consumed his substance in ostentation and riotous hospitality—had fed many at his board, made many merry in his halls, but not a friend was in his house of mourning; the very retainers who had grown rich upon his ruin, seemed to deem the burial of their master but a signal for carousing and license. 2. A show or spectacle. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Let her awhile be secretly kept in, And publish it that she is dead indeed: Maintain a mourning ostentation;
Word: gulden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle Dutch gulden (florijn) (“golden (florin)”). 1. An old currency of the Netherlands (and its former overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch East Indies). Labels: historical Example: The wheel spun and stopped at 13. I had lost! With a feeling like a sick qualm, as though I would like to make my way out of the crowd and go home, I staked another fifty gulden—this time on the red.
Word: dialytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Ancient Greek δῐᾰλῠτῐκός (dĭălŭtĭkós). Pronunciation: /daɪəˈlɪtɪk/ 1. Relating to, or producing dissolution Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to dialysis Labels: not-comparable
Word: tyger Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of tiger. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Near to Cinyuen, in the Province of Junnan, is the Mountain Nilo, where is great abundance of Tygers and Leopards. Example: Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead. 2. Alternative form of tiger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Discordian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English cord English discord Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Discordian From discord + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Discordianism, an absurdist religion founded in the 1950s. 2. Inspired by or resembling the traditions of Discordianism.
Word: Discordian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English cord English discord Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Discordian From discord + -ian. 1. A person who subscribes to the ideas of Discordianism.
Word: Discordian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Discord Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Discordian From Discord + -ian. 1. A user of the Discord chat program. Labels: Internet, informal, uncommon Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Discordian.
Word: abilities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbɪl.ə.tiz/, /əˈbɪl.ɪ.tiz/ 1. plural of ability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accusers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accuser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scabbling Part of Speech: noun 1. Pieces of stone remaining from the process of reducing a stone to a rough square by the axe or hammer.
Word: scabbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scabble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: schizophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From schizo- (“split, cleft”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɪtsəʊˌfaɪt/ 1. Any of a class of primitive organisms that reproduce solely by fission. Labels: dated Example: Of 100 flagellates observed, stained so as to demonstrate Fusiformis unmistakably, 22 had an abundance of the schizophyte, 78 had none or very few. Many flagellates had a few forms identical in appearance with Fusiformis hilli adherent by one end to the posterior end of the body.
Word: bunches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bunch Labels: form-of, plural Example: The vintner gathered bunches of grapes.
Word: bunches Part of Speech: noun 1. Hair gathered together in two or more parts; pigtails. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She wore her hair in bunches.
Word: bunches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bunch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: My underwear bunches up when the weather is humid.
Word: selective distortion Part of Speech: noun 1. The tendency to interpret information in a way that supports what one already believes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: selion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French seillon (“a measure of land”), French sillon (“a ridge, furrow”), Latin selio (“a measure of land”). 1. A mediaeval open strip of land or small field used for growing crops. Labels: dated
Word: sensory gating Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which the brain adjusts its response to stimuli. Labels: uncountable
Word: saturated solution Part of Speech: noun 1. a solution in which the solvent can dissolve no more of a specific solute at a particular temperature
Word: serotinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (see further at serotine) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting pertinence or relation to something). Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹɒtɪnəs/, /səˈɹɑtɪnəs/ 1. Synonym of serotine (“developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season”). Labels: not-comparable 2. Of conifer cones: requiring the heat of a wildfire to open, in order to disperse its seed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sexpert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sex + expert. 1. An expert in sexology. Example: To sum up: taking money with your clothes on, sexpert. With your clothes off, not. So basically sexperts are reporters about sex, rather than sex professionals. Or something.
Word: skeevy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”) plus English suffix -y. Compare Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”). Pronunciation: /ˈskiːvi/ 1. Disgusting or distasteful. Labels: slang Example: Carefully holding onto every dirty, skeevy piece of information he collected, he used it in his own best interests to ferret his way into a Vice Presidency Example: GODZELLA. (After Cinderella has gone.) Mama, can we get a new stepsister? Cinderella is so icky and skeevy.
Word: santim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latvian santīms, from French centime. Doublet of centim, centime, and centimo. 1. A subunit of Latvian currency. 100 santims equal a lat.
Word: santim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic سَنْتِيم (santīm), from French centime. Doublet of centim, centime, and centimo. 1. A subunit of Moroccan currency. 100 santims equal a dirham.
Word: santim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amharic ሳንቲም (santim), from French centime. Doublet of centim, centime, and centimo. 1. A subunit of Ethiopian currency. 100 santims equal a birr.
Word: skinner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”). 1. Someone who skins animals. 2. A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses. 3. A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses. 4. One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides. 5. A child sexual abuser. Labels: Canada, derogatory, slang 6. An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner. Labels: slang
Word: give a sneck posset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sneck (“latch”) + posset (“curdle, turn”). 1. To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: She gave him a sneck posset.
Word: snicket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪkɪt/ 1. A narrow passage or alley. Labels: Northern-England Example: He cut down a snicket between two houses, out into the fields. Example: Our bikes are where we left them at the entrance to an overgrown snicket of yew, ivy and Hart's-tongue fern, through which a stream dribbles its way into the Ouse.
Word: spindle-shaped Part of Speech: adj 1. Tapering at each end. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: a spindle-shaped fibroblast
Word: spiritual desertion Part of Speech: noun 1. The departure from the Christian faith or some branch of it.
Word: subdermal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English derm English -al English dermal English subdermal From sub- + dermal. 1. just below the skin Labels: not-comparable
Word: subdermal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English derm English -al English dermal English subdermal From sub- + dermal. 1. an object implanted just below the skin
Word: superfecta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of super + perfecta. 1. A method of betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence.
Word: oyrur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Faroese 1. The official coin of the Faroe Islands, worth one hundredth of a króna.
Word: halier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak halier. Doublet of heller. 1. The former coin of Slovakia, 100 haliers equal a koruna. Labels: historical
Word: buckles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buckle Labels: form-of, plural Example: The belt-maker added buckles to several belts.
Word: buckles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of buckle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: We can watch as the container buckles under stress.
Word: Edam cheese Part of Speech: noun 1. A Dutch cheese with a red coating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Edam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Literally "the dam on the river Ye", and the river name literally means "river"; see ea. Pronunciation: /ˈiːdæm/ 1. A town in Edam-Volendam municipality, North Holland, Netherlands. 2. Edam cheese, made in the town. 3. A village in the Rural Municipality of Turtle River, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the Dutch town.
Word: localized Part of Speech: adj 1. Limited to a particular area; in a local vicinity only. Example: It's a localized phenomenon: it only happens around non-sceptics. 2. Having undergone localization. Example: a localized computer program
Word: localized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of localize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: loftily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lofty Middle English -ly English -ly English loftily From lofty + -ly. 1. To a great height. Example: […] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun. 2. With affectation of grandness. Example: "I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily. Example: "Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.
Word: manualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English manual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English manualism From manual + -ism. 1. A philosophy of education for the deaf, emphasizing visual sign language using the hands. Labels: uncountable Example: Some argued that oralism was the best way to teach language to the deaf, while others argued that manualism worked best. 2. The art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands. Labels: uncountable 3. The practice of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy. Labels: uncountable
Word: manualist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English manual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English manualist From manual + -ist. 1. A person who favours manualism over oralism in teaching language to the deaf. 2. A musical performer who makes music by squeezing air through the hands. Example: The audience could not contain their laughter while the manualist played on. 3. One who supports the idea of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.
Word: lovably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lovable Middle English -ly English -ly English lovably From lovable + -ly. 1. In a lovable manner.
Word: peppers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpɚz/ 1. plural of pepper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peppers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pepper Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: öre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish öre. Doublet of aureus, eyrir, øre, and oyra. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːɹə/ 1. A Swedish unit of currency that makes up the krona. 100 öre equals one krona. 2. Misspelling of øre. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: scoriation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word is derived from the Latin scoria, which means slag or dross, and thus is related to the English words scoria and scorify, which both refer to the waste left over from smelting ore. 1. A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut. Example: "The tracks of his father's foot were gone. Where they had been were now long, watercloudy scoriations resembling the sporadic course of a Lilliputian mowing machine." ~William Faulkner 2. An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."
Word: scoriation Part of Speech: noun 1. aphetic form of excoriation
Word: latches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlætʃɪz/ 1. plural of latch Labels: form-of, plural Example: The guard made sure all the latches were secure.
Word: latches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlætʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of latch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paradiddle-diddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl dɪdəl/ 1. A percussive exercise (one of many rudiments) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left’ or ‘left right left left right right’.
Word: Kourotrophos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos, “rearing boys” or “bringing up boys”). 1. divine epithet meaning "concerned with child-rearing" Labels: Greek Example: Several Greek deities have a title *Kourotrophos, meaning ‘concerned with child-rearing’, but no Greek or Roman goddess is specifically concerned with lactation and there are few examples in art of the ‘nursing goddess’. 2. Ancient Greek goddess whose functions pertained to child-rearing Labels: Greek
Word: laches Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman laches, from Old French lachesse (“laxness”), from laschier, from Vulgar Latin laxico, frequentative of Latin laxo (“relax, moderate, weaken”). Pronunciation: /ˈlætʃɪz/ 1. Negligence in one's duty. Example: But there was a quality in Mary that did not lightly invite to gallantry—a gravity and a balance that, had he looked closely into the matter, might have explained his laches. 2. An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party. Example: It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.
Word: under one's belt Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Opinions vary between: * Comparing the experience and what was learned and gained from it to a meal now eaten and safely stowed away in the stomach. * The effect of a punch below the belt in boxing or other fist fighting. 1. Already done; within one's experience; practiced. Example: He got off to a shaky start, but with a few months of experience under his belt, he kept up handily with the veteran employees. Example: You were fresh off the boat from Virginia / I had a year in New York City under my belt / We met in a dream, we were both nineteen
Word: fined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /faɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: windsurfing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English surfing English windsurfing From wind + surfing. 1. A marine sport in which one stands on a floating board (typically 2 - 3 meters in length) to which a sail is attached. The board is steered by tilting the sail or banking the board. Some windsurfers use large waves to perform jumps and other stunts. Labels: uncountable
Word: windsurfing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English surfing English windsurfing From wind + surfing. 1. present participle and gerund of windsurf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tackles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tackle Labels: form-of, plural Example: The fisherman made sure all of his tackles were in his tacklebox. Example: It will take a long time for a football player to set a new record for tackles.
Word: tackles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tackle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: That executive tackles problems right when they start.
Word: postsynaptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English synaptic English postsynaptic From post- + synaptic. 1. In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that bears receptors for neurotransmitter released into the synaptic cleft by the presynaptic neuron. Labels: not-comparable
Word: debited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: merged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of merge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: merged Part of Speech: adj 1. joined by merging Labels: not-comparable
Word: fun bags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fun bag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: div Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of division. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪv/ 1. A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers. 2. A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code. 3. A division; a lesson. Labels: UK 4. division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope. Labels: UK 5. A division.
Word: div Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of division. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪv/ 1. Abbreviation of divide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: div Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of divergence. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪv/ 1. Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
Word: div Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of divinity. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪv/ 1. Divinity, as a school subject. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable
Word: div Part of Speech: noun Etymology: UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪv/ 1. A foolish person; an idiot. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead. Example: To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.
Word: div Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *deywós Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás Proto-Iranian *daywáh Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/) Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/) Iranian Persian دیوْ (div)bor. English div Borrowed from Iranian Persian دیوْ (div). Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪv/ 1. Alternative form of daeva. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: small change Part of Speech: noun 1. Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag, ready for small purchases. Labels: uncountable Example: Holonyms: pocket money, spending money, walk-around money, walking-around money; pin money 2. A minor or insignificant amount of money. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: The cost of toothpaste is small change compared to the cost of dental work. Example: 'Cousin Tom,' said mother, and trying to get so that Annie and I could not hear her; 'it would be a sad and unkinlike thing for you to despise our dwelling-house. We cannot entertain you, as the lordly inns on the road do; and we have small change of victuals. 3. A person or thing of little importance or value. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, uncountable Example: He's a self-satisfied klutz who aspires to be a con artist. . . . Compared with Lawrence, Freddy is small change.
Word: fadeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fade + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fade Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: canceling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cancel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: detumescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English tumescence English detumescence From de- + tumescence. 1. The act of subsiding from a swollen state, especially the relaxation of an erect penis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: to do with Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Inherited from Middle English to done wið. 1. Related to or relevant to; concerned with. Labels: idiomatic Example: As I recall, his book had to do with alien abductions. 2. Related to or relevant to; concerned with. Labels: idiomatic Example: Does this have anything to do with the party you were planning? Example: The two concepts are often confused, but they actually have very little to do with each other. 3. Related to or relevant to; concerned with. Labels: idiomatic Example: She says she doesn't want anything to do with him anymore. Example: "We found there had been 60 SPADs in the Paddington throat in the previous eight years, and that was all to do with the layout becoming more complex because of the Heathrow Express.
Word: incompetence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French incompétence, equivalent to in- + competence. 1. An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: ... at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals--morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck Example: Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate.
Word: diacaustic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) English dia- English caustic English diacaustic From dia- + caustic. 1. Relating to the caustic curves formed by the refraction of light. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diacaustic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) English dia- English caustic English diacaustic From dia- + caustic. 1. A refracting lens, which can be used to cauterise. 2. The curve or surface formed by the intersection of refracted light rays.
Word: dead as a doorknob Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from a misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the expression dead as a doornail. See usage notes below. 1. Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead. Example: I tried the flashlight, but the battery was as dead as a doorknob. Example: I found the mouse who lived in our wall, lying on his back with his feet in the air—as dead as a doorknob.
Word: approved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈpɹuːvd/ 1. Having received approval. Labels: not-comparable Example: Employees' approved expense claims will be reimbursed by the 4th of the following month. 2. Proven or demonstrated by experience. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Now woorthy Tamburlaine, haue I repoſ’d, In thy approoued Fortunes all my hope, What thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?
Word: approved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɹuːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of approve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: presenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of present Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of warm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: warmed Part of Speech: adj 1. At a higher temperature. 2. At a higher degree of compassion or friendship.
Word: pretending Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of imagining; make-believe. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pretending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pretend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Stevens Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Steven English -'s English -s English Stevens From Steven + -s (patronymic suffix). 1. A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Steven. Example: Devon Dunham of Hardeeville was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of 77-year-old Ernest Stevens after a two-day trial May 25-27, the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office said. Example: In their new 30-second ad, the J Street group hammers Stevens for accepting AIPAC support – in the form of bundled donations – in a video featuring images of violence at the US Capitol and from a recent hearing of the House select committee investigating it. 2. A township in Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. 3. A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 5. An extinct town in Union County, South Dakota, United States.
Word: Jenkins Part of Speech: name Etymology: A patronymic surname that is derived from the male given name John + -kin (which forms diminutive )+ -s (denoting "son of") hence meaning "son of little John". It was originally an offshoot of the male medieval name Jenkin/Jankin. The name was brought from the crusaders; it originated in Cornwall but became popular in England and Wales. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋkɪnz/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic of Cornish and in English ("mainly of Devon") origin. 2. A city in Kentucky. 3. A city in Minnesota.
Word: Jenkins Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A patronymic surname that is derived from the male given name John + -kin (which forms diminutive )+ -s (denoting "son of") hence meaning "son of little John". It was originally an offshoot of the male medieval name Jenkin/Jankin. The name was brought from the crusaders; it originated in Cornwall but became popular in England and Wales. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋkɪnz/ 1. A flatterer or sycophant. Labels: colloquial, dated, derogatory Example: the Jenkins employed by a newspaper Example: October 1869, George William Curtis, Civil-Service Reform rouse the country for Jones and Justice or Jenkins and the Rights of Man
Word: Jenkin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Either transferred from the surname Jenkins or derived from the medieval given name Jankin, the pet form of Jan. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋ.kɪn/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew. 2. An English surname transferred from the given name, variant of Jenkins, especially in the south-west of England
Word: Dixon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dick Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone Middle English -son English -son English Dixon From Dick + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪksən/ 1. A northern English surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The city of Dixon in Solano County allows safe and sane fireworks. 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Fisher Part of Speech: name Etymology: From fisher (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisker. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɚ/ 1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman. Labels: countable 2. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A location: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A sea area centered on the Fisher Bank off the west coast of Denmark. Labels: countable, uncountable