nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Umayyad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Umayya Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English -id English Umayyad From Umayya + -id. 1. Of or relating to the Umayyad dynasty, which ruled the Umayyad Caliphate from Damascus between 661 and 744 then from Harran until 750, and al-Andalus between 756 and 1031. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Umayyad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Umayya Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English -id English Umayyad From Umayya + -id. 1. A member of the Umayyad dynasty.
Word: heliskiing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of heli-skiing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: heliskiing Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of heli-skiing. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heli-skiing Part of Speech: noun 1. skiing in remote areas after being transported by helicopter Labels: uncountable
Word: heli-skiing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of heli-ski Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ummah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”). Cognate to Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā, “nation”). Pronunciation: /ˈʊmə/ 1. The worldwide Muslim community. Example: That concept of a united ummah has survived all subsequent divisions in Islam, including the great and so far permanent rupture between Sunni and Shī‘a [...].
Word: 'umra Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of umrah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 'Uthman Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Uthman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Wahhabi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَهَّابِيّ (wahhābiyy, “Wahhabi”), ultimately named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Equivalent to Wahhab + -i. 1. An adherent of Wahhabism (Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement).
Word: Wahhabi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَهَّابِيّ (wahhābiyy, “Wahhabi”), ultimately named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Equivalent to Wahhab + -i. 1. Of or pertaining to Wahhabism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Wahabi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Wahhabi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blunder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌn.dəː/, [ˈblʌ̹n.dəː], /ˈblʌn.dɚ/, [ˈblʌ̈n.dɚ] ~ [ˈblʌ̈n.dɹ̩] 1. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake. 2. A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight. 3. Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour. Labels: obsolete
Word: blunder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌn.dəː/, [ˈblʌ̹n.dəː], /ˈblʌn.dɚ/, [ˈblʌ̈n.dɚ] ~ [ˈblʌ̈n.dɹ̩] 1. To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. Labels: intransitive Example: to blunder in preparing a medical prescription 2. To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. Labels: intransitive 3. To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: blunder a rook 4. To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: blunder a draw Example: blunder a mate in one 5. To move in an unsteady way. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, sometimes Example: I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. Example: blunders on, and staggers every pace 6. To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake. Labels: intransitive Example: He and I had blundered into the middle of a gang fight once and I saw him shank a guy-stuck homeboy in the chest and strolled off cool as you please. 7. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He blunders and confounds all these together. Example: Were a Diſpute to be manag'd purely for a Trial of Skill; then to ſhuffle and digreſs from the Matter in hand, ſo as by any means whatſoever to blunder an Adverſary, and ſtop the Progreſs of his Argument, were a more pardonable Piece of Folly.
Word: wahy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Arabic وَحْي (waḥy) 1. The inspirational revelation of the Qur'an to Muhammad. Labels: uncountable Example: Explicit philosophical discussion of wahy is not extensive. An important issue is the relative status and possible harmonisation of knowledge gained through philosophy and wahy.
Word: dervish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş), from Persian درویش (darvêš, “poor; Sufi mystic”), from Middle Persian dlgwš (driyōš, “poor, needy”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drigu-, cognate with Sanskrit ध्रिगु (dhrigu, “needy”) and Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬌𐬔𐬎 (driguš). Pronunciation: /ˈdɜːvɪʃ/ 1. An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals. Labels: historical 2. An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals. Labels: historical 3. An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals. Labels: broadly Example: The Hejaz war, meanwhile, would be one of dervishes against regular troops.
Word: Whirling Dervish Part of Speech: noun 1. A Sufi of an ascetic order, centered in Turkey but widespread internationally, whose ritual religious observances involve mystical poetry of Mevlana (Rumi), music, and a whirling dance.
Word: Yawm al-Din Part of Speech: name Etymology: Arabic يَوْم اَلدِّين (yawm ad-dīn, “day of judgment”) 1. Judgment Day
Word: eschatological Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɛskətəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/, /ˌɛskətəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/ 1. Pertaining to eschatology. Labels: not-comparable Example: The ultimacy of God's eschatological revelation impinges proleptically on . . . and, then, it all gets over my head. Example: Does not the Manifesto repeatedly describe its aim as rupture? Rothbard is right. This is an eschatological moment.
Word: zadakat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa, “charity”). 1. Voluntary alms, or righteous acts. Labels: uncountable
Word: zakat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from: * Persian زکات (zakât); * Turkish zekât, from Ottoman Turkish زكات (zekat); or * Urdu زَکَات (zakāt); all from Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh, “almsgiving, zakat; purification”), from زَكَوٰة (zakāh) (archaic), from Aramaic זכותא/ܙܟܘܬܐ (zākūṯā, “goodness, probity, uprightness; merit; victory”), from זכי (zəḵē, “to gain; to overcome, triumph over”). Pronunciation: /zəˈkɑːt/, /zəˈkɑt/, /zɑ-/ 1. Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Zakât is an ordinance of God, incumbent upon every perſon vvho is free, ſane, adult, and a Muſſulman, provided he be poſſeſſed, in full propriety, of ſuch eſtate or effects as are termed in the language of the lavv a Niſâb, and that he has been in poſſeſſion of the ſame for the ſpace of one complete year, vvhich is denominated Havvlân-Hâvvl. The reaſon of this obligation is found in the vvord of God, vvho has ordained it in the Koran, ſaying, "Bestovv Zakât." Example: The Mahometan law insists on the legal obligation of society to support their indigent fellow-citizens, the Hedaya or Mahometan Guide begins, "take zakat," said Mahomet, "from the rich Mussulmans, and bestow it upon the poor Mussulmans: zakat or charity," says the code, "signifies alms imposed by law, in opposition to [sadka], voluntary charity." […] The zakat was a property-tax paid on all productions and profits, on merchandise, mines, &c.
Word: zulm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic ظُلْم (ẓulm, “injustice”). 1. sin, wrong-doing, injustice Labels: uncountable
Word: help desk Part of Speech: noun 1. A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially with computer equipment or systems.
Word: helpdesk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of help desk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: help-desk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of help desk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heptathlon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder. Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon)bor. English -athlon English heptathlon From hepta- + -athlon. Pronunciation: /hɛpˈtæθlɒn/ 1. An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport. Example: [Carolina Kluft] has won her last 19 heptathlons. Only the legendary Jackie Joyner-Kersee has scored higher. Example: For now, Gray and her peers are able to compete for Olympic berths only in the seven-event heptathlon, while the decathlon is restricted to men.
Word: high five Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand. Pronunciation: /haɪ faɪv/ 1. A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Through the window I could see Nikki and Kim doing high fives in the car. 2. A game which uses a technique providing a user with an emotional reward after they complete a minor task or achievement. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The game of cinch. Labels: uncountable
Word: high five Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand. Pronunciation: /haɪ faɪv/ 1. To slap high fives. Labels: transitive Example: Like a lot of my fellow passengers — indie-rock fans who had signed up for a three-day voyage full of bands and beverages — I’d never been on a cruise before. So I don’t know whether most of them begin with a staff member high-fiving each and every person who comes off the gangway.
Word: high-five Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of high five. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: high-five Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of high five. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hole-in-the-wall Part of Speech: noun 1. A restaurant, shop or other establishment catering to customers that is particularly inconspicuous and easily overlooked. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: They walked by a tea museum, two local pharmacies, a bakery, and one hole-in-the-wall shop still selling knickknacks from Chinese New Year, before coming to a stop outside the unassuming front door of 189. 2. Synonym of automated teller machine. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: home cinema Part of Speech: noun 1. A system for showing cinema-quality films at home; usually comprising high-definition television and surround sound. Labels: UK 2. A dedicated room for such a system. Labels: broadly, rare
Word: home theater Part of Speech: noun 1. A system for showing theater-quality films at home, usually comprising high-definition television and surround sound. Labels: US 2. A dedicated room for such a system. Labels: broadly
Word: cable TV Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cable television. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: home shopping Part of Speech: noun 1. The purchase of goods from home, either via cable TV or the Internet Labels: uncountable
Word: homesitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + sitter. 1. A person employed to live in and take care of a home when the usual occupants are away.
Word: Horlicks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name of the drink, first sold as "Horlick's Infant and Invalids Food", is derived from the surname of its developers, James (1844–1921) and William Horlick (1846–1936); equivalent to Horlick + -'s (possessive marker). The term later became a euphemism for bollocks (“mess; to make a mess of”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlɪks/ 1. A hot bedtime drink made with malted milk. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: When the theatres turned out, people flocked back for their Horlickses and cocoas. Because of the summer visitors, we were open till one o'clock in the morning. Example: Kathy, drinking Horlicks and laughing about the impossibility of custard (she could not cook – she could not even stir), and obsessive about everything, found out for me that Dylan Thomas had invented a fantasy[…] 2. Bollocks, a mess or balls-up. Labels: UK, countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable Example: McDonald & Dodds is back, with episode one so deliberately hammy and meta that, technically, it should have been a complete horlicks. In one scene, when they were all hanging on to the balloon ropes, Mr Bean-like, to stop Jason Watkins flying away, it sort of was. 3. Bollocks, nonsense, false statements. Labels: UK, countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable Example: As sleep patterns come unstuck and more and more people complain of not getting enough shuteye, so businesses have spotted an opportunity. […] And beware any consumer product which claims it will transform your slumber: it’s probably a load of Horlicks. Example: “I don’t condone any abuses of human rights anywhere. But if we’re not condoning human rights abuses anywhere, I wouldn’t even be able to perform in my kitchen.” Which is total Horlicks, clearly, but did at least bless us with this cheering reply: “Robbie, what are you doing in your kitchen?”
Word: Horlicks Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The name of the drink, first sold as "Horlick's Infant and Invalids Food", is derived from the surname of its developers, James (1844–1921) and William Horlick (1846–1936); equivalent to Horlick + -'s (possessive marker). The term later became a euphemism for bollocks (“mess; to make a mess of”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlɪks/ 1. To make a mess of (something); to bollocks. Labels: UK, euphemistic, slang Example: I have seen a priest massacred in charge of a Mass, experienced schoolmasters carbonated in charge of a class and felt hairdressers Horlicksed in charge of hair clippers. / On a more lasting level, it is possible for surprisingly long periods of time to be drunk in charge of a relationship. Example: Mr O'Brien has admitted that he was tempted to pay £100,000 to Mr Lowry, out of his own personal generosity, because he had heard pub talk that Mr Lowry's Streamline Enterprises was "Horlicksed"[—]that's a word the Irish Independent has to use as an "intermediary" because the real word is too rude.
Word: Horlicks Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Horlick. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlɪks/ 1. A surname. Example: “But how can this be, for Mr. Horlicks suffered from such a painful back condition that he could hardly walk?” she informed Hodgekiss. “Not anymore!” said Hodgekiss with a twinkle in his eye. Example: ... causing Mr Horlicks to think, in several worried thought bubbles, that She's not the girl I married. She then goes on to take tea in a café with a wise woman friend. Both Mrs Horlicks and her wise friend are always depicted[…]
Word: Horlicks Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlɪks/ 1. plural of Horlick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doober Part of Speech: noun 1. A thingamajig; a whatchamacallit. Labels: US, slang Example: Turn that doober on please. 2. A marijuana cigarette. Labels: US, slang Example: Can you light my doober, please?
Word: horsiculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos Proto-Italic *hortos Latin hortus Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English horticulture blend English horsiculture Blend of horse + horticulture. 1. the commercial development of the countryside for pasturing or exercising horses Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: horseyculture Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of horsiculture. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: groyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English groyn (“snout”), from Old French groign, from Late Latin grunium, grunia, from Latin grunnire (“grunt like a pig”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹɔɪn/ 1. An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater. Example: Old rail and timber groynes will be erected along the beach to trap shingle moved by coastwise drift, and to rebuild the protection to the toe of the embankment. Example: Our assimilation into one another had been beautifully timed, with each little revelation of unpleasantness acting as a modest baffler, a groyne to our mutual inundation. Now all of this was going to be flooded, drenched in poisonous ichor.
Word: shape note Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing, and the style of psalmody associated with it. The heads of the notes are of various shapes, not always round. Labels: uncountable
Word: NHS Trust Part of Speech: noun 1. a self-governing administrative body within the NHS; usually a group of hospitals Labels: UK
Word: Swansea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Sweynesse (c. 1165), Sueinesea (1190), Swanesey (1322), from Old Norse Sveins ey (literally “Sveinn’s island”). Pronunciation: /ˈswɒnzi/ 1. A city and county in South Wales. 2. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia: 3. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia: 4. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia: 5. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia: 6. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia: 7. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia: 8. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia: 9. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia: 10. Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:
Word: hot button Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Registered as a trademark by American sales trainer Jack Lacy in 1956, first used in the 1940s. 1. A central issue, concern or characteristic, especially one that motivates people to make a choice; sometimes also one that people seek to delay taking sides on. Example: That issue was mostly solved in the modern forces, but it was still a hot button for every student of modern military history. 2. The principal desire that a salesman needs to "hit" in order to make a sale. Example: Jack Lacey^([sic]), a top rating salesman, says that sales are made by touching off a “hot button” within the prospect’s mind.’ Example: So one way of producing conviction is to “find the hot button”— something the other person is currently interested in—and show him how your idea can help him get that. 3. An emotional trigger; something that arouses strong emotion or opinions. Example: Because when you recognize your main hot button, you can take the necessary steps to diffuse anger and reestablish connectedness in a healthy relationship. Example: “The sooner he gets rid of those children, the better it will be. He is too busy to be encumbered with orphans,” Delleah said. That struck Melissa's hot button. “
Word: hot button Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Registered as a trademark by American sales trainer Jack Lacy in 1956, first used in the 1940s. 1. Alternative form of hot-button. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: a hot button issue Example: In the course of the vast, sprawling, politically charged, sexually graphic, violent epic that is the Millennium trilogy, Larsson (who, as emails to his publisher revealed, painstakingly anatomised and utilised what he perceived as the 'hot button' elements of crime/thriller novels from writers he admired such as Val McDermid, thomas Harris and Sarah Paretsky) allows the reader — whether male or female — a surrogate, the disgraced middle-aged journalist Mikael Blomkvist.
Word: hot desking Part of Speech: noun 1. The working practice of sharing desks or workstations between workers, as a means of saving space and resources. Labels: idiomatic Example: Hot desking just requires the ability to obtain a desk and log onto^([sic]) a computer in a shared office environment.
Word: flinty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English flint Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English flinty From flint + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈflɪnti/ 1. Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint. Example: It was late at night and frosty; high above them on the hills the cloppety clop, cloppety clop of a horse's hooves picking their way on the flinty stone track died away in the distance. 2. Siliceous (including basanite). Example: flinty rock Example: flinty slate 3. Showing a lack of emotion. Labels: figuratively Example: Public opinion has turned flintier in recent years on welfare spending. Example: While the texture of his playing was often flinty, his licks and leads were flush with feeling. 4. Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel. Example: Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick.
Word: storehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *steh₂u-ro- Proto-Italic *stauros Latin *staurō Latin īnstaurō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin īnstaurāreder. Anglo-Norman storbor. Middle English store English store Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English storehouse From store + house. Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː(ɹ)haʊs/ 1. A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions. Example: (obsolete) Example: Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices. 2. A single location or resource where a large quantity of something can be found. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: This old book is a genuine storehouse of useful cooking tips. Example: Three days passed. Carrados was not unendurably bored, for his mind was an inexhaustible storehouse […] 3. A mass or quantity laid up. Labels: obsolete Example: enrich the storehouse of his powerfull wit
Word: storehouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *steh₂u-ro- Proto-Italic *stauros Latin *staurō Latin īnstaurō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin īnstaurāreder. Anglo-Norman storbor. Middle English store English store Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English storehouse From store + house. Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː(ɹ)haʊs/ 1. To lay up in store. Labels: transitive Example: the mental storehousing of information
Word: lolita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita. Pronunciation: /ləʊˈli.tə/, /loʊˈli.tə/, /ləˈli.tə/ 1. A young girl who is sexually alluring. 2. A follower of Lolita fashion.
Word: adoptee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from French adoptée, feminine past participle of adopter meaning "to adopt", equivalent to adopt + -ee. Pronunciation: /əˌdɑpˈti/ 1. An adopted son or daughter. 2. A person who was adopted as a child. Example: An adult Chinese female adoptee has found her biological parents. 3. Synonym of adopter.
Word: ghi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ghee. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: caesura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin caesūra English caesura Latin caesūra (“cutting, hewing”), from caesus, perfect passive participle of caedō (“to cut down, hew”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈzjʊəɹə/, /səˈʒʊɹə/ 1. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art. Labels: rhetoric Example: The caesura is meant to fall not with the comma after difficult, but after thou; and there is a most effective and grand suspension intended. It is Satan who speaks— Satan in the wilderness; and he marks, as he wishes to mark, the tremendous opposition of attitude between the two parties to the temptation. Example: Now, then, for my prologue. I am not going to change my cæsuras and cadences for anybody; so if you do not like the heroic, or iambic trimeter brachy-catalectic, you had better not wait to hear it […] 2. Using two words to divide a metrical foot. Labels: Classical 3. The caesura mark ‖ or ||. 4. A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins; turning point. Labels: rare Example: Like the knocking at the door in Macbeth, or the cry of the watchman in the Tour de Nesle, they show that the horrible cæsura is over and the nightmares have fled away, because the day is breaking and the ordinary life of men is beginning to bestir itself among the streets. Example: A quiet time. A caesura. Then everything happened almost at once, and none of it was good.
Word: medio- Part of Speech: prefix 1. middle Labels: morpheme 2. middle Labels: morpheme
Word: medio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish medio (“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”), from Latin medius (“half”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Doublet of medium, media, and mediate. 1. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L. Labels: historical 2. Any of various former Spanish and Latin American half-pieces, particularly the half-real both as a coin and a notional unit of account. Labels: historical
Word: frottola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian frottola. 1. The predominant type of Italian popular secular song of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century, and the most important and widespread predecessor to the madrigal.
Word: tall tale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tall (“exaggerated”) + tale. Pronunciation: /tɔːl ˈteɪl/, /tɔl ˈteɪl/ 1. A tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth. Labels: idiomatic Example: He returned on Monday with a tall tale about a 100-pound fish he had caught. Example: The head-in-sand idea is a threadbare, 2,000-year-old hand-me-down from the Roman naturalist Pliny, who sometimes passed on tall tales.
Word: shopping basket Part of Speech: noun 1. A basket to put groceries and other merchandise in while shopping. 2. A page on a shopping website where one's prospective purchases are listed before payment. Labels: Internet
Word: clothing optional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by nudists. 1. Allowing and encouraging nudity but tolerating the wearing of clothes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clothing compulsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by nudists, who oppose this compulsion. 1. Disallowing or discouraging nudity, thus requiring the wearing of clothes, especially swimsuits, e.g. on beaches. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hangul Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of hangul. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: scopa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Vulgar Latin scōpa (“broom”) (Classical Latin scōpae (“twigs, broom”)). Compare Spanish escoba (“broom”). 1. Any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.
Word: scopa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scopa and Neapolitan scopa. 1. A Neapolitan card game. Labels: uncountable
Word: hangul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: [Alt: 한글 ㅎ=h ㅏ=a ㄴ=n ㄱ=g ㅡ=eu ㄹ=l] From Korean 한글 (han'geul, “Korean script”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːnˌɡuːl/, /ˈhɑnˌɡul/ 1. The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language. Labels: uncountable
Word: hangul Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːnˌɡuːl/, /ˈhɑnˌɡul/ 1. The Kashmir stag.
Word: antiknock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English knock English antiknock From anti- + knock. 1. Of an additive added to petroleum/gasoline to reduce the occurrence of engine knock. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiknock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English knock English antiknock From anti- + knock. 1. Such a substance, usually tetraethyl lead (also MMT, MTBE and ethanol).
Word: tetraethyl lead Part of Speech: noun 1. A toxic organometallic compound, (C₂H₅)₄Pb, added to petroleum/gasoline as an antiknock agent. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thiocyanic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A poisonous unstable liquid, HSCN; its salts and esters, the thiocyanates, have a variety of uses.
Word: thiocyanate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thiocyanic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. any salt or ester of thiocyanic acid; or the -SCN radical or the SCN⁻¹ anion
Word: isothiocyanate Part of Speech: noun 1. any salt or ester of the hypothetical isothiocyanic acid; or the -NCS radical or the NCS⁻¹ anion; isomeric with thiocyanate
Word: allyl isothiocyanate Part of Speech: noun 1. A mildly toxic pungent compound, C₃H₅NCS, obtained from the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra or prepared synthetically, used as an animal repellent, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: mustard oil Part of Speech: noun 1. The hot pungent oil expressed from mustard seeds; used sparingly as a food dressing. Labels: uncountable 2. The essential oil allyl isothiocyanate, also obtained from mustard seeds. Labels: uncountable
Word: ischaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ischemia. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: ischemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ĭ́skhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”). The plural form ischemiae is also from New Latin ischaemiae. Pronunciation: /ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/, /ɪˈski.mi.ə/, /ɪˈskiː.mi.aɪ/, /ɪˈski.mi.aɪ/ 1. Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction). Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: hypoperfusion
Word: hot desk Part of Speech: noun 1. A desk, or workstation, used by different employees at different times.
Word: hot desk Part of Speech: verb 1. To use different shared desks or workstations at different times. Example: Small changes on the part of workers and managers can make a difference to the experience of workers who are hot desking. Example: Whenever I wasn’t glad-handing NTOC [National Threat Operations Center] leadership at headquarters, I spent my time learning everything I could—“hot-desking” with analysts who worked different programs and different types of targets, so as to be able to teach my fellow team members back in Hawaii the newest ways the agency’s tools might be used.
Word: hot-desk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hot desk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot-desk Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hot desk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot desker Part of Speech: noun 1. an employee who uses a shared desk or workstation
Word: hot-desker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hot desker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: human resources Part of Speech: noun 1. The personnel department of an organization, dealing with the recruitment, administration, management and training of employees. Labels: uncountable
Word: human resources Part of Speech: noun 1. The personnel employed in an organization. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: HR Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)/, /heɪtʃ ɔɹ/, /eɪt͡ʃ ɑɹ/ 1. Initialism of human resources. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of human resources. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here are some of the biggest challenges HR executives said they faced this year: […] 3. Initialism of home runs (in statistics). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of homologous recombination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of hinge remnant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of house resolution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of house resolution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of hazard ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of heart rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: pulse
Word: HR Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)/, /heɪtʃ ɔɹ/, /eɪt͡ʃ ɑɹ/ 1. Abbreviation of Haryana: a state of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. House of Representatives.
Word: improv Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of improvisation and improvise. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɹɑv/, /ˈɪmpɹɒv/ 1. Improvisation. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 2. A form of live entertainment characterized by improvisation and interaction with the audience. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She got her start doing improv at The Second City. Example: During one improv workshop, Keith Johnstone told me to clear my mind and start again.
Word: improv Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of improvisation and improvise. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɹɑv/, /ˈɪmpɹɒv/ 1. To perform improv.
Word: impro Part of Speech: noun 1. Improv (improvisation).
Word: improvisational theatre Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of theatre in which the actors perform spontaneously, without a script Labels: uncountable
Word: improvisational comedy Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of improvisational theatre performed with little predetermination of subject matter and structure, but with interaction with the audience. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An instance of such theatre. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inclusivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive 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 inclusivism From inclusive + -ism. 1. The practice of incorporating disparate or unreconciled elements in a single, inclusive system or theory. Labels: uncountable 2. The view that all religions have a partial truth. Labels: uncountable
Word: inclusivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive 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 inclusivist From inclusive + -ist. 1. A proponent of inclusivism.
Word: inclusivist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive 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 inclusivist From inclusive + -ist. 1. Supporting inclusivism. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are not so inclusivist as to tolerate intolerance such as yours.
Word: inner child Part of Speech: noun 1. The childlike aspect of a person's psyche, typically, the personality and the memories of one's childhood, especially in the context of coexisting with, and being suppressed by, an adult aspect of the person. Example: As I encouraged him to stay with that pain, he fell deeply into the reality of the inner child. The need in this inner child for love was very real indeed. He loved this inner child with all his heart. Example: 2009, Jo Woodiwiss, Contesting Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan), 2009, Softcover reprint, page 186, A level of intensity can be seen in Anne's account, although Anne's investment was not so much in the world of her adult self but in the therapeutic world of inner children. […] Anne worked hard on her healing but the majority of this work was done on, or with, her inner children.
Word: intrapreneur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intra- + -preneur. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/, /ˌɪn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, /ˌɪn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/ 1. A person employed to work independently within a company in order to introduce innovation and to revitalize and diversify its business.
Word: in-your-face Part of Speech: adj 1. Aggressively or blatantly confrontational. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: But the firm’s in-your-face attitude—and the relentless pressure to perform—takes its toll. Example: It's sexual but not quite so in-your-face.
Word: in your face Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of in-your-face. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: in your face Part of Speech: intj 1. A derisive and contemptuous exclamation of triumph over one's interlocutor. Labels: idiomatic, often, sarcastic Example: I got picked for the cheerleading squad, and YOU didn't. In your face!
Word: Japanimation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Japan + animation Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˌpanɪˈmeɪʃn/ 1. Synonym of anime (“Japanese animated cartoons”). Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Cool! Japanimation. 2. 20th-century anime. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: juice box Part of Speech: noun 1. A small carton of fruit juice with an attached plastic straw. Labels: Canada, US 2. The vagina. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Ashleigh opened her legs without hesitation giving him a nice view of her juice box Example: She raised one leg up on the edge of the tub, giving him full access to her juice box.
Word: just in time Part of Speech: adv 1. At the last possible moment; just before or within the assigned time. Labels: not-comparable Example: I very nearly drove into the car in front, but thankfully I managed to stop just in time.
Word: kaizen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 改善 (kaizen かいぜん), from Middle Chinese 改善 (kój-dʒjén) (compare Mandarin gǎishàn 改善), from Old Chinese 改善 (*qˁəʔ-ɡenʔ "to correct errors"), from 改 ("to change") + 善 ("good"). Introduced to English in 1959 by Boyé Lafayette De Mente in his book Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪˌzən/, /ˈkaɪˌzɛn/ 1. A Japanese business practice of continuous improvement in performance and productivity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Continuous improvement generally. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: This is a big mistake, because Japanese railways were largely built using British equipment and technology. But what they have done since is ruthlessly improve and refine it, using Kaizen principles.
Word: kaizen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Japanese 改善 (kaizen かいぜん), from Middle Chinese 改善 (kój-dʒjén) (compare Mandarin gǎishàn 改善), from Old Chinese 改善 (*qˁəʔ-ɡenʔ "to correct errors"), from 改 ("to change") + 善 ("good"). Introduced to English in 1959 by Boyé Lafayette De Mente in his book Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪˌzən/, /ˈkaɪˌzɛn/ 1. To apply continuous improvement to (a task, or the worker who performs it). Labels: transitive
Word: quality circle Part of Speech: noun 1. a group of employees which meets regularly to resolve problems and improve working methods; part of the kaizen system
Word: kanban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 看板 (かんばん, kanban), from 看 (kan, “visible”) + 板 (“board or card”), developed and first used in the Toyota Production System. Pronunciation: /ˈkanban/ 1. A card containing a set of manufacturing specifications and requirements, used to regulate the supply of components. Labels: countable Example: The sub-assembly line assembles A. It goes to processing line 1 to withdraw part a, and for this purpose it must take the sub-assembly kanban (called withdrawal kanban). It goes to store a, withdraws boxes in the required quantity and removes those kanban (called in-process kanban or production-ordering kanban) that are attached to the boxes. 2. A coordinated manufacturing system using such cards. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, since so many Japanese industries have adopted Kanban, this problem is diminishing. 3. A system to manage, visualise, and improve work across teams, often as part of an agile methodology. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: kanban board Example: The first thing that often differentiates a daily standup in a kanban team from other standup meetings is that a kanban team tends to focus on the work on the board rather than on the individual people in the team.
Word: red tag Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the plastic cards used in the kanban manufacturing system.
Word: kick-start Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kick start. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ten million dollars of seed money could provide the necessary kick-start for the initiative.
Word: kick-start Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of kick start. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Old Oak Common station will not only act as a catalyst for the regeneration of this neglected part of west London, it is already helping to kick-start the UK's economy.
Word: killer application Part of Speech: noun 1. A technological product that is so good, or so innovative, that it is irresistible to potential customers; especially a software product that persuades people to buy the hardware needed to use it.
Word: killing field Part of Speech: noun 1. The field of fire of a machine gun or artillery. Example: The story of how the son of a top-ranking US spy died fighting for Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is an unlikely tale of how homegrown anger at the United States and online radicalisation led from a middle-class Virginia childhood to the killing fields of eastern Ukraine. 2. A place of mass slaughter, especially the Killing Fields of Cambodia.
Word: Killing Fields Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by Cambodian photojournalist Dith Pran in 1984. 1. A number of sites in Cambodia where mass slaughter of some 2,000,000 people was carried out by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.
Word: pastiche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pasticcio. Pronunciation: /pæˈstiːʃ/ 1. A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He argued that the failure of the future was constitutive of a postmodern cultural scene which, as he correctly prophesied, would become dominated by pastiche and revivalism. 2. A musical medley, typically quoting other works. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This supposed research paper is a pastiche of passages from unrelated sources. Example: The house failed to attract a buyer because the decor was a pastiche of Bohemian and Scandinavian styles. 4. A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form. Labels: uncountable
Word: pastiche Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pasticcio. Pronunciation: /pæˈstiːʃ/ 1. To create or compose in a mixture of styles. Example: That the genetic code of the platypus proved to be as bizarrely pastiched as its anatomy enhanced the popular appeal of the report, published in the journal Nature.
Word: Dalmation Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of Dalmatian. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: multiplicand Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmʌltəplɪˈkænd/ 1. A number that is to be multiplied by another (the multiplier). Example: In the expression 5 × 3, the "3" is the multiplicand.