nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: star topology Part of Speech: noun 1. A physical network topology in which all nodes are connected to a central connectivity device (e.g. a hub).
Word: methylated spirits Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of methylated spirit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-normally
Word: outskirts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English skirts English outskirts From out- + skirts. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtskɝts/, /ˈaʊtskɜːts/ 1. The area surrounding a city or town; suburb. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time. Example: The village borders on the Hakka district of Wanluan on the southeastern outskirts of Chaozhou, and its temple is modest in size, with a front and rear chamber and two larger temporary extensions front and side. Yet its members (unaware of similarly named temples in Pingdong as well as Donggang) insist that it is the City God of the county of Pingdong.
Word: outskirts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtskɝts/, /ˈaʊtskɜːts/ 1. plural of outskirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outskirts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtskɝts/, /ˈaʊtskɜːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outskirt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: umbellic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. dihydroxycinnamic acid, obtained from certain umbelliferous plants Labels: uncountable
Word: back kitchen Part of Speech: noun 1. A scullery.
Word: back end Part of Speech: noun 1. The rear, back, or unseen portion (of something). Example: The back end of the operation is kept out of sight of the customers. 2. That part of a hardware or software system that is farthest from the user; the internals rather than the user interface. Example: Together, the MathDocument and PaperController classes comprise the MathPaper application's front end, while the Evaluator makes up the application's back end. This technique of having separate front and back ends is a common […] 3. The latter end of any given time, especially the latter part of the year; autumn; late autumn. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: I'll see you on the back end of tomorrow. 4. Money paid on a contingent deferred basis, for example, as a proportion of the profits or revenue of a work. Labels: usually Example: so-called “back end” deals is speculative at best. Ideally, the author or book publisher will secure a percentage of gross revenues rather than net profits, but such deals are rare indeed. Example: How does the taking of “back end” compensation affect the creative control asserted by an actor? 5. The processing of spent fuel from a nuclear reactor into reusable materials.
Word: backdraught Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English draught English backdraught From back + draught. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.dɹɑːft/ 1. Alternative spelling of backdraft. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: beserk Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bəˈzɜː(ɹ)k/ 1. Alternative form of berserk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: beserk Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bəˈzɜː(ɹ)k/ 1. Alternative form of berserk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:beserk.
Word: pasha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paşa); this either from Persian پادشاه (pâdšâh, “padishah, king”), or from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”), or from Ottoman Turkish بچه (beççe, “male offspring”), this in turn from Persian بچّه (bačče). Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”) + آغا (ağa, “master”) has also been proposed as etymon. Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃə/, /ˈpɑʃə/ 1. A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. Labels: historical 2. The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.
Word: good looking Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of good-looking. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɑːðz/, /pæðz/, /pæθs/ 1. plural of path Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paths Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɑːðz/, /pæðz/, /pæθs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of path Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Novi Sad Part of Speech: name 1. The capital and largest city of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.
Word: cancer sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cancer stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: HST Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of High Speed Train, a common name for the InterCity 125. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of harmonized sales tax, a combined federal and provincial sales tax collected in some provinces. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of half-square triangle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of high speed transport. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: HST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Hawaiian Standard Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Hubble Space Telescope. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Harry S. Truman. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 4. Initialism of Hunter S. Thompson. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: rec'd Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of recommended. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of received. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: appr Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of approval. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: appr. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of appr. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inv Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of invoice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of inventory (“items carried by a player”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ser. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of serial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of series. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: flying jib boom Part of Speech: noun 1. A jib boom with an additional outboard jib boom attached.
Word: lakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /leɪks/ 1. plural of lake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lakes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /leɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lookouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lookout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: one fell swoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Shakespeare, in Macbeth, act iv, scene 3, where Macduff learns his wife and entire family are murdered: : Ro. Wife, Children, Servants, all that could be found. […] : Macd. […] All my pretty ones? Did you say All? Oh Hell-Kite! All? What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme At one fell swoope? The imagery is of a bird of prey ("hell-kite") ransacking a whole nest at one blow, fell meaning "terrible, cruel, savage." In later uses of the expression, the force of the metaphor is reduced or lost. 1. One stroke; one action or event that achieves or accomplishes many results. Labels: idiomatic Example: Changing the oil lubricates the engine and removes debris in one fell swoop. Example: ...they might be hanging about there or simply marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment's notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garrotted.
Word: cavitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cavity Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English cavitation From cavity + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkævɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. The formation of pits on a surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brouhaha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brouhaha, but disputed as to where from before that. Possibly from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː/, /ˈbruˌhɑˌhɑ/ 1. A stir; a fuss or uproar. Example: It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code. Example: For as they were maneuvering the cylinder onto a dolly, it split and dumped one ton of chlorine trifluoride onto the floor. It chewed its way through twelve inches of concrete and dug a three-foot hole in the gravel underneath, filled the place with fumes which corroded everything in sight, and, in general, made one hell of a mess. Civil Defense turned out, and started to evacuate the neighborhood, and to put it mildly, there was quite a brouhaha before things quieted down. Miraculously, nobody was killed, but there was one casualty — the man who had been steadying the cylinder when it split. He was found some five hundred feet away, where he had reached Mach 2 and was still picking up speed when he was stopped by a heart attack.
Word: camisado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish encamisado (“shirted”). Pronunciation: /ˌkæmɪˈseɪdəʊ/ 1. A nocturnal ambush or surprising act of aggression. Labels: archaic Example: the English doubting least the Scots minded to give them a camisado that night 2. A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack. Labels: obsolete
Word: listening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪs.nɪŋ/, /ˈlɪs.ə.nɪŋ/ 1. Of something or someone that listens. Labels: not-comparable Example: Any listening person can tell she's lying. 2. Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear. Labels: not-comparable Example: He could hear better when he used his listening device. 3. Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds. Labels: not-comparable Example: The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.
Word: listening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪs.nɪŋ/, /ˈlɪs.ə.nɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of listen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
Word: listening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English listnynge, lustnynge, lystenynge, equivalent to listen + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪs.nɪŋ/, /ˈlɪs.ə.nɪŋ/ 1. An act by which something or somebody is listened to. Example: This symphony grows on me more and more with each listening. Example: It is an album that rewards multiple listenings. 2. An educational exercise involving listening. Example: OK, students, today we're going to do a couple of listenings about the environment, then a reading about crime. 3. Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language. Example: You can improve your listening well by watching English-language films.
Word: oxgang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oxegang, from Old English oxangang (“¹⁄₈ hide or ploughland”), equivalent to ox + gang. 1. The area of land that could be plowed by an ox in a year, ¹⁄₈ hide or carucate and notionally 15 acres. Labels: historical Example: 1417. Henry Rishworth formerly held two oxgangs in Hipperholme, Osbarn rode, lands in Coley, etc. His nephew Henry, son of Nicholas de Rishworth, next heir, paid 10s heriot. 1418. John, son and heir of Henry de Rishworth, herioted a cottage and a royd in the Hey in Hipperholme. 2. The similar Scottish concept, ¹⁄₈ of a ploughgate and notionally 12+¹⁄₂ or 13 Scottish acres. Labels: Scotland, historical
Word: jumentous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to, or smelling like horse urine.
Word: sexually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual 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 sexually From sexual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛksjʊəli/, /ˈsɛkʃʊəli/, /ˈsɛkʃəli/ 1. In a sexual manner; erotically. Example: She kissed him sexually. 2. With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms). Example: The firm discriminated sexually in its hiring and retention practices. 3. With respect to sexual intercourse. Example: He was sexually active by the age of fifteen. 4. By means of sexual intercourse. Example: AIDS and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases. Example: A parrot is a sexually reproducing organism.
Word: genetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin”). Coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1905 in a letter to zoologist Adam Sedgwick, and first used publicly by Bateson at a lecture to the International Conference on Plant Hybridization in 1906. Pronunciation: /dʒəˈnɛt.ɪks/, /dʒɪ-/, /ˈdʒɛ.nə.ʈɪks/, /ˈdʒɛn.ʈɪks/ 1. The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA. Labels: uncountable Example: If we want to raise mangels that will not run to seed, or to breed a cow that will give more milk in less time, or milk with more butter and less water, we can turn to Genetics with every hope that something can be done in these laudable directions. Example: Genetics has shown that people are different, and these differences cluster according to geography and culture, but never in a way that aligns with the traditional concepts of human races. 2. The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species. Labels: uncountable Example: As a result of your father’s, mother’s, and their parents genetics, you are born with a genetic structure that is dealt to you at conception. […] Our ancestry determines our genetics. Example: This amazing occurrence made my head go bong to say the least; it was obvious that Elizabeth had not been “schizophrenic” because of her genetics, nor because of stress, nor malnutrition, nor hypoglycemia, nor because of any of the causes of mental illness that I had learned and rectify, but because of food allergies
Word: EPO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of exclusive provider organization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of erythropoietin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of emergency protective order. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: EPO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Patent Office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: carucate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin carūcāta (“ploughland”), from Latin carūca (“chariot; coach; carruca”). Compare French charrue (“plough”). 1. The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. Labels: historical
Word: bovate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin bovāta, from Latin bov-, bōs + -āta. 1. Synonym of oxgang. Labels: historical
Word: Thomist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Latin Thōmista. 1. A follower or advocate of Thomism. Example: […] it should be remembered that their poets and rabbis of the middle ages were contemporary with the Scotists and Thomists, with the pseudo-platonism and peripateticism of Christendom.
Word: Thomist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Latin Thōmista. 1. Of or relating to Thomism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: all over Part of Speech: adj 1. Completely finished. Labels: not-comparable Example: I just spent two hours in the dentist's chair. Thank God it's all over. 2. Completely finished. Labels: not-comparable Example: Just as soon as Christmas arrives, it seems it's all over. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: all over. Labels: not-comparable Example: It's the final fence ... and ... the horses are all over!
Word: all over Part of Speech: adv 1. Over an entire extent. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He was covered all over with mud. 2. Everywhere. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I've looked all over for it. Example: I'm itching all over. 3. In every way; thoroughly. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Dancing with everyone, singing show tunes all night: that was Luke all over. Example: That's José all over: late again! 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: all over. Labels: not-comparable
Word: all over Part of Speech: prep 1. Everywhere; covering completely. Labels: idiomatic Example: He dropped the bucket and got paint all over the floor and his clothes.
Word: duplicative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English duplicate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English duplicative From duplicate + -ive. Pronunciation: /djuːˈplɪkətɪv/, /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.tɪv/, /ˈdjuː.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪv/, /d(j)uˈplɪkətɪv/, /d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.tɪv/ 1. Of, related to, or being a duplicate. Example: The purpose of such a position would be to oversee all aspects of government AIDS programs, weeding out duplicative or wasteful programs in favor of those that would meet the needs of all people with HIV. Example: MBDA provides minority business enterprises with a variety of business assistance services that are duplicative of other Federal, State, local, and private sector efforts.
Word: DVMT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dynamic video memory technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: malm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmstān (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal. Pronunciation: /mɑːm/, /mɑːlm/ 1. A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tallit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew טַלִּית (talít). Pronunciation: /tɑˈliːt/, /ˈtɑlɪs/ 1. A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back. Labels: Judaism
Word: mannen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Mannen (“men”). 1. plural of mann Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mans Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From man + -s (third-person singular suffix). Pronunciation: /mænz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of man Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?
Word: mans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English mans From man + -s (plural suffix). Pronunciation: /mænz/ 1. plural of man Labels: Multicultural-London-English, form-of, nonstandard, plural, proscribed Example: Down the Ice Arena we met up with bare mans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard.
Word: mans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English -'s English -s English mans From man + -s (genitive suffix). Pronunciation: /mænz/ 1. genitive of man Labels: form-of, genitive, obsolete Example: And symony they called this, to take and inioy any spirituall liuing at a secular mans hand. Example: But vnto man, and to diuers other land Creatures, the eating of much ſalt is very contagious, becauſe it maketh the bloud ſalt, and it breedes barenneſſe to mans bodie by the extreame ſiccitie thereof, and it maketh our ſeed ornature too ſharpe, but the ſame being moderatly taken, is very ſtirring in our bodies, and prouoketh them to venerious actes, whereby it helpeth to the generation of mankind.
Word: mans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English -syclip. English -s English mans From man + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Pronunciation: /mænz/ 1. Synonym of man. Labels: singular, singular-only, slang Example: Whose mans is this? Example: “Don’t forget that I’m here for you.” I stated. He smiled. / “Yeah I know, thanks mans.” he answered.
Word: Bolshevik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/, /ˈboʊlʃəvɪk/, /ˈbɑl-/, /ˈbol-/, /ˈbɔl-/ 1. A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917. Labels: historical Example: Мы, большевики, утверждаем, что на нашей стороне большинство настоящих, русских, партийных деятелей. Example: But such points were on the whole lost in the picture as it appeared in gross: everyone had confessed, the Old Bolsheviks had publicly avowed disgraceful plans and actions. The whole business almost passed belief. Were the confessions true? How had they been obtained? What did it all signify? We are told that the confessions were as little believed in Russia as abroad, ‘or even less’, but that the average Soviet citizen who had not been in jail found them as puzzling as foreigners did. 2. A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Labels: historical
Word: VTOL Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of vertical takeoff and landing. 1. A fixed-wing aircraft that is capable of ascending into the air straight up as opposed to needing to accelerate horizontally first. Example: Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here.
Word: ruling pen Part of Speech: noun 1. a pen used in graphic design and calligraphy for drawing precise lines of various thicknesses
Word: John Hancock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American merchant and statesman John Hancock (1737–1793), the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence. According to legend, he signed his name prominently to be sure George III could read it, causing his name to become an eponym for a signature. However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way. Pronunciation: /dʒɒn ˈhænkɒk/, /dʒɑn ˈhænkɑk/, /dʒɑn ˈhænkɔːk/ 1. A person's signature. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Please put your John Hancock on the dotted line to close the deal. Example: The man is pressed for his "John Hancock" with all the persuasiveness and eloquence of a practiced operator on masculine vanity.
Word: John Hancock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named after American merchant and statesman John Hancock (1737–1793), the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence. According to legend, he signed his name prominently to be sure George III could read it, causing his name to become an eponym for a signature. However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way. Pronunciation: /dʒɒn ˈhænkɒk/, /dʒɑn ˈhænkɑk/, /dʒɑn ˈhænkɔːk/ 1. To sign; to write one's signature on (something). Labels: US, transitive Example: Billy Rose inked his contract with AGVA this week and the document only needs the signature of Matt Shelvey, head of the union, to put it into effect. Altho the deal was made in mid-summer, John Hancocking by both sides is coming about only now.
Word: dressed to the nines Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dressed + to the nines; first recorded in the 1800s. 1. Very fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He arrived at the gala, dressed to the nines in his top hat and tails. Example: During the early part of the day he took a stroll in the vicinity of "Fell's Point," dressed to the nines, with his cravat, and pin, and shirt collar neatly folded over.
Word: nines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nines Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of nines. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: He drew nines from the deck. 2. Degree of purity. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Three nines or 3N is 99.9%.
Word: have butterflies in one's stomach Part of Speech: verb 1. To experience a certain “fluttery” physical sensation in one's stomach, associated with nervousness, uncertainty, anxiety, apprehension, or excitement. Labels: intransitive Example: Kevin had butterflies in his stomach every time he saw Chrissy.
Word: let in Part of Speech: verb 1. To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in. Labels: transitive Example: He opened the window to let in the air. 2. To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in. Labels: transitive Example: So tell me when you're gonna let me in / I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin 3. To associate with. Labels: transitive Example: He has also been good enough to recommend to me many tradesmen who are ready to supply these articles in any quantities; each of whom has been here already a dozen times, cap in hand, and vowing that it is quite immaterial when I pay—which is very kind of them; but, with the highest respect for friend Perkins (my scout) and his obliging friends, I shall make some enquiries before "letting in" with any of them. 4. To cheat or victimize. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: He let me in heavily.
Word: leaping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈliːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of leap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: solipsistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English solips(ism) 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English solipsistic From solips(ism) + -istic. 1. Of, relating to, or being disposed to solipsism. Example: For Philip there was only this solipsistic stroking, by definition nameless. 2. Self-centred, selfish, unaware or out of touch with the views or needs of others.
Word: Ewok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas in 1983 from the syllabic reverse of Wookiee. The name first appeared in the end titles of the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. 1. A member of a fictional, primitive race of teddy-bear-like creatures. Example: Those vampire-wanna-bes, who are actually cute in a Ewok/troll doll sort of way, pick their teeth nightly after a six-course wing fling. Example: Tripping a walker the size of a house is difficult but not impossible. You will need high-tensile wire and suitably grounded posts. Ask your Ewok friends for help.
Word: Thomism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thom(as) + ism. Named after Thomas Aquinas. 1. The philosophy and theology of Thomas Aquinas and his followers. Labels: uncountable
Word: kop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans kop, from Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop. 1. A hill or mountain. Labels: South-Africa Example: […] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock. Example: Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere. The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners […]
Word: kop Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of cop (“dome, in armor”). Labels: alt-of, rare Example: The solerets are wide-toed, […]; the wings of the elbow and knee-kops small. The inner bends of the elbow joints are furnished with a pliable protection of numerous very narrow plates. Example: 1. Elbow Kop with rope-cable border. 2. Part of left Pauldron (shoulder piece) with similar border.
Word: British Indian Ocean Territory Part of Speech: name 1. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom that is used as a US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Indonesia.
Word: aida Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Aida cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Use a size 24 needle for most aidas, and a size 26 for evenweaves and linens. Example: The benefit however of stitching on a higher count aida is that the overall project will be smaller, and you can fit in a greater level of detail.
Word: penni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Finnish penni. Doublet of penny. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛni/ 1. A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka. Labels: historical Example: The Finnish monetary unit is the Finnish mark or markka (Fmk), which is divided into 100 pennis (p).
Word: aite Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of aight. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Aite then! After the game we will rap about getting you down to the gym so we can work. Example: I was like Aite, fasho, putting my hands up.
Word: limnologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English limnology 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 limnologist From limnology + -ist. 1. A specialist in limnology. Example: Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.
Word: geographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English -grapher English geographer From geo- + -grapher. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiːˈɒɡ.ɹə.fə(ɹ)/, /d͡ʒiˈɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/, /d͡ʒiːˈɔɡ.ɹə.fə(ɹ)/ 1. A specialist in geography. Example: Alternatively, geographers Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin have suggested that 1610 might be a better candidate for a crucial human-induced step change. Example: Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.
Word: ruderal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rūderālis, from Latin rūdus (“rubble”). 1. Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil 2. A plant tending to volunteer in disturbed soil.
Word: ruderal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rūderālis, from Latin rūdus (“rubble”). 1. That grows in rubbish or poor soil Example: Rafinesque perfected his variant of this honorable philosophy while botanizing in the literal backyards of my childhood, examining ruderal plants I've known all my life, and so I have appropriated it from him, with minor tweaks.
Word: leptogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lepto- + -genic. 1. Causing weight loss Example: With leptogenic drugs, he lost the weight he gained because of his treatment. 2. Pertaining to leptogenesis, the creation of leptons Example: Some of these leptogenic models of supersymmetry could even be probed by the LHC.
Word: food desert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A report by Cummins and Macintyre states that a resident of public housing in western Scotland supposedly coined the more specific phrase food desert in the early 1990s. The phrase was first officially used in a document in 1995 from a policy working group on the Low Income Project Team of the UK's Nutrition Task Force. Pronunciation: /fuːd ˈdɛzə(ɹ)t/, /fud ˈdɛzɚt/ 1. A populated region where food, especially healthy food, is difficult to obtain. Labels: figuratively Example: For years, major supermarket chains have been criticized for abandoning densely populated, largely black and Latino communities in cities like Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis and Newark, N.J. — contributing to what many experts call food deserts. Example: More precisely, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a food desert as any census district where at least 20 percent of the inhabitants are below the poverty line and 33 percent live over a mile from the nearest supermarket (or in rural areas, more than 10 miles).
Word: alpha geek Part of Speech: noun 1. The person in a group who displays the most experience or knowledge, especially with respect to technology.
Word: azoted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote English -ed English azoted From azote + -ed. 1. nitrogenized Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 187-?: Aitkin, Medical Dictionary As animals are fed on animal diet or on azoted substances […]
Word: Zyrian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian зыряне (zyrjane). 1. A Finnic language spoken by the Komi people.
Word: Zyrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian зыряне (zyrjane). 1. A member of the Komi people.
Word: zymotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζυμωτικός (zumōtikós, “causing fermentation”), from ζυμοῦν (zumoûn). Pronunciation: /zaɪˈmɒtɪk/ 1. Of or causing fermentation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Infectious, contagious, of diseases originally regarded as being caused by a process similar to fermentation. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: […] these […] accounts by no means bear out the zymotic doctrine of the Board of Health as to the cause of cholera; for where the zymotic influences from the sewers were the worst, […] the cholera was the least destructive. Example: The incidence of zymotic diseases upon any particular organ or set of organs, is, of course, well recognised; one recalls the nephritis of scarlatina, the endocarditis of rheumatism, gastritis of rabies, and—perhaps the most striking instance of the selective affinity of disease for specific local manifestation—the lesions of foot-and-mouth disease.
Word: zymosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zym- + -osis. 1. A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. 2. A zymotic disease.
Word: zymome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1819 by G. Taddei, along with gliadine. Compare zymo-. 1. A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: zymogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zymo- + -gen. 1. A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.
Word: zymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, zyme + -ic; or, by surface analysis, zym- + -ic 1. Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs Proto-Indo-European *yúHs-meh₂ Ancient Greek ζύμη (zúmē)bor. English zyme Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). Pronunciation: /zaɪm/ 1. A ferment. 2. Synonym of microzyme. Labels: obsolete
Word: zygospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zygo- + spore. 1. A zygosperm. 2. A spore formed by the union of several zoospores.
Word: zygosphene Part of Speech: noun 1. A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa called the zygantrum on the back part of the arch in front
Word: zygosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zygo- + -osis. 1. The union of gametes to form a zygote; conjugation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: zygogenesis
Word: zygobranchiate Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia
Word: limicoline Part of Speech: adj 1. Shore-dwelling, usually said of certain wading birds, such as snipes and plovers.
Word: zygantrum Part of Speech: noun 1. A depression on the back of a vertebrae into which the zygosphene fits.
Word: expiry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From expire + -y. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspaɪ.əɹ.i/, /ɛkˈspaɪ.əɹ.i/ 1. End; termination; expiration. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable Example: upon expiry Example: approaching expiry 2. Death. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of expiration date. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
Word: zwanziger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Zwanziger; see zwanzig (“twenty”). 1. An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers. Labels: historical
Word: zuz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew זוּז (zūz), from Aramaic זוּזָא (zūzā). Pronunciation: /zuːz/, /zʊz/ 1. An ancient Hebrew silver coin, one quarter of a shekel.
Word: disseminule Part of Speech: noun 1. A seed fruit that has been modified for migration. Example: For ectozoic dispersal the disseminule is commonly adhesive by means of a sticky surface or, more often, by its possession of hooks or other devices by which it catches on to the fur etc. Anyone who has tried to extract the fruits of Burdocks (Arctium spp.) or Beggar-ticks (Bides spp.) from woolly garments will be aware of the effectiveness of such adhesion. Some examples of disseminules modified for dispersal by animals are shown in Fig. 27.
Word: zythepsary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos, “barley beer”) + ἕψω (hépsō, “to boil”). 1. A brewery. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: 1861, uncredited contributor, “Wandering Words” in All the Year Round, Volume 5, No. 106, 4 May, 1961, p. 144, But the oddest things of all are to be found in the dictionaries. Why they are all kept there no one knows; but what man in his senses would use such words as zythepsary for a brew-house, and zumologist for a brewer […] Example: ...and we Employ the same old diastase In orgulous zythepsaries.
Word: zythem Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of zythum. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: zymose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zymo- + -ose. 1. invertin Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: chlamys Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλᾰμῠ́ς (khlămŭ́s). Pronunciation: /ˈklæmɪs/, /ˈklamɪs/ 1. A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece. Labels: historical Example: He unfolded the chlamys, stretched it out with both hands before me, and then cast it over my shoulders. Example: The horse was not in the least like a Greek horse (nor even a Trojan), and F.M. the Duke of Wellington was not represented with the ensis or short sword in his grasp, the chlamys flying from his shoulder, or the paludamentum, as more suitable for the cool of the English climate (totidem divisos orbe &c.), the kothornos on his leg, the galea slung at the crupper? no reins, and his naked nether-man, not (as in these precious models) seated on the bare back of the bull-necked, square-jawed, dray-limbed steed.
Word: zymophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zymo- (“yeast”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪmə(ʊ)faɪt/ 1. A fermentation produced by bacteria, yeasts or similar micro-organisms.
Word: zymometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζυμόω (zumóō, “to leaven”). By surface analysis, zymo- + -meter. 1. An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.
Word: technosexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From techno- + -sexual. First attested (as techno-sexual) in the 18 May 1970 edition of New York Magazine. Not attested again until the late 1990s, as technosexual. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /ˌtɛk.noʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ 1. Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] Women of the time were constructed to be the technosexual Other, robot-like & programmable, as in Fritz Lang's film Metropolis (1927). Other images of women as sex machine in film & literature of the time are described. […] Example: By contrast, women artists who considered the theme of the mannequin-woman precisely undermined this form of elision between women on the street and the idealised technosexual forms of woman displayed in magazines, shop windows and on advertising poles. 2. Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media. Labels: not-comparable Example: Immediate fallout from the scandal included a call for the mayor's resignation from the city's 900-member municipal union and public embarrassment for Kilpatrick's wife and family as the tragic technosexual tale spread nationwide thanks to coverage in […] prominent media outlets. Example: They discuss the implications of online dating; online pornography; virtual sex in the fantasy worlds of Second Life and The Sims; and technosexual intercourse, an activity traditionally associated with phone sex but now embracing all manner of cyber-based connections such as "sexting" (sexually explicit text messaging) and erotic instant messaging.
Word: technosexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + -sexual. First attested (as techno-sexual) in the 18 May 1970 edition of New York Magazine. Not attested again until the late 1990s, as technosexual. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /ˌtɛk.noʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ 1. Someone with a sexual fetish for or sexual attraction to machines, robots, computers or androids. Example: At this rate, I may give up on women entirely and become a technosexual. Example: LESLIE: Don't forget, I was fucking a machine, not a man. GARY: What does that make you then, technosexual? 2. A person, especially a male metrosexual, who expresses himself or herself (including in terms of sexuality) through technological devices. Labels: neologism Example: Metrosexuals have opened the door to close kin such as technosexuals (basically, metrosexuals who like gadgets). Example: But fast forward to today and it seems Mr. Joe has become a full-blown technosexual icon […]
Word: zymology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zymo- (prefix meaning ‘fermentation’) + -logy (suffix denoting the study of a particular subject). Pronunciation: /zaɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/, /zaɪˈmɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beermaking and winemaking; zymurgy. Labels: uncountable 2. A treatise on the use of fermentation to produce liquors. Labels: uncountable
Word: zymologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zymology 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 zymologist From zymology + -ist. 1. One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.
Word: zymogene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs Proto-Indo-European *yúHs-meh₂ Ancient Greek ζῡ́μη (zū́mē) English zymo- English -gene English zymogene From zymo- + -gene. 1. One of a physiological group of globular bacteria that produce fermentations of diverse nature; — distinguished from pathogene. Example: It thus prevents these from converting the zymogene into the ferment. 2. Alternative form of zymogen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: From these researches, it is concluded that a portion of the amylase is present in the potato in the form of zymogene which is transformed into an active enzyme towards the end of the resting stage;
Word: nouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of nose + mouse. 1. A form of computer mouse operated with the nose. Labels: neologism, no-plural Example: Our noses are no longer just for smelling things, but can be used for moving things too in operating a nouse, a device which has the same pointing function as a computer mouse but is controlled by movements of the nose.
Word: nouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nous (“sense, intelligence”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: soredium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latinate form from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”). 1. A common scalelike reproductive structure in lichens consisting of algal cells enveloped in a network of hyphae.
Word: zylonite Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of xylonite. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: zygosperm Part of Speech: noun 1. A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. They are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.
Word: colliery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From collier + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/, /ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/ 1. An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings. Labels: UK Example: From the hillock a score of red paths diverged as black ones do from a colliery, one of them leading to the homestead itself […] 2. A facility that supplies coal. Labels: US
Word: zygophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zygo- (“union; pair”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/, /ˈzɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/ 1. Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Labels: obsolete
Word: make for Part of Speech: verb 1. To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards. Labels: idiomatic Example: He makes for England, there to claim the crown. Example: [H]e disappeared into his house much as a startled weasel makes for its hole. 2. To tend to produce or result in. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was such a day as one dreams about, with that pleasant warmth in the air that makes for indolent content. Example: A tiny cub is learning the art of stalking a little too well it seems. A video posted on social media shows the cub surprising its mamma and giving her a huge fright. The short clip makes for a delightful watch. 3. To identify; to connect. Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't agree, but they make him for a criminal. 4. To confirm, favour, strengthen (an opinion, theory, etc.). Labels: idiomatic, rare Example: Secondly, we will examine the Cœlestiall Phœnomena that make for the Copernican Hypothesis, as if it were to prove absolutely victorious; […] Example: Several very curious varieties of Blues have been taken, which appear to make for Darwin’s theory. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, for. Example: I made this picture for my Dad.
Word: zygodactylæ Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of zygodactylae. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, plural, plural-only