nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: structural research Part of Speech: noun 1. A field of research and analysis in architecture that uses studies and details from nature or other sources to produce or create a new structure. It is used in design and architecture to imitate structures and improve them giving them a certain amount of art feeling. Structural research can be also called structural art or structural design. Labels: uncountable
Word: water butt Part of Speech: noun 1. An open-ended barrel used to contain rainwater; a rain barrel Example: It would have been better, as it turned out, to have led gently up to this announcement, for Mrs. Micawber, being in a delicate state of health, was overcome by it, and was taken so unwell, that Mr. Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw a basinful to lave her brow with. Example: The house was silent save for the wind outside, and the noisy trickling and splattering of water in the water-butts.
Word: westering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English wester Middle English -ynge English -ing English westering From wester + -ing. 1. Moving westward, near the west. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: The hills rose scarlet and gold to the north of the little town, and the westering sun shone ruddily and mystically on the crude new stone and plaster buildings of the dusty forum and the wooden walls of the circus some distance to the east.
Word: westering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English wester Middle English -ynge English -ing English westering From wester + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of wester Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: westering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wester Middle English -ynge English -ing English westering From wester + -ing. 1. A movement to the west. Example: […] the Passover sacrifice had to be offered between the two evenings, or westerings of the sun. Example: The "westerings" of their families are part of the frontier saga, different in detail but not in purpose. They all wanted land, better land from which to make a better living. For over a century the pioneer movement had flowed west, […]
Word: wide-awake hat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wideawake hat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wideawake hat Part of Speech: noun 1. wideawake (type of hat)
Word: take a shine to Part of Speech: verb 1. To become fond of something or someone. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He took a shine to jazz. Example: Meanwhile handsome ex-cavalryman Captain Henry Ossory (Theo James) seems to have taken a shine to Selina as well; he is so tight-trousered his fly button will surely have someone’s eye out.
Word: tongue-and-groove Part of Speech: adj 1. Employing tongue and groove joints. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nugation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nugatio (“chatter”). 1. The act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.) Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: As for the received opinion, that putrefaction is caused, either by cold, or peregrine and preternatural heat, it is but nugation: for cold in things inanimate, is the greatest enemy that is to putrefaction […]
Word: quays Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kiːz/, /keɪz/, /kweɪz/ 1. plural of quay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whippit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whippet (“nitrous oxide cartridge”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 2004, M. A. Miller et al, "Nitrous oxide 'whippit' abuse presenting as clinical B12 deficiency and ataxia", in American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Elsevier, Volume 2, Issue 2, Page 124. Example: 2006, Nitin K. Sethi et al, "Nitrous Oxide 'Whippit' Abuse Presenting with Cobalamin Responsive Psychosis", in Journal of Medical Toxicology, University of Pennsylvania Press, Volume 2, Number 2, Page 71.
Word: factitiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English factitious Middle English -ly English -ly English factitiously From factitious + -ly. 1. In a factitious manner. Example: 'Well, darling, how are you? I am glad you have come in to see me,' said Miss Aldclyffe. 'You can unlock the bag this morning, child, if you like,' she continued, yawning factitiously. Example: A true Tartarean dignity sat upon her brow, and not factitiously or with marks of constraint, for it had grown in her with years.
Word: age standardized rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The incidence rate of a particular disease in a population if that population had a standard age structure.
Word: teff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff). Pronunciation: /tɛf/ 1. A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fine grain of this plant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She begs the cook to help lift the bags of teff and check their weight.
Word: babycare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baby + care. 1. The act of supervising and taking care of babies. Labels: uncountable
Word: hole-and-corner Part of Speech: adj 1. Conducted in secret; clandestine. Example: The Baron rather frowned on such things, thinking them injudicious at the present stage of affairs, so His Highness had to go about them in a hole and corner manner. Example: Whatever made you think in the first place that I would give up the security of my happy marriage for a hole-and-corner affair with you?
Word: ruddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rud + -le. Compare German Rötel (“track”), Post-Classical Latin rudellum. Compare to reddle and raddle. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌdəl/ 1. A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ruddiness; red coloration. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ruddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rud + -le. Compare German Rötel (“track”), Post-Classical Latin rudellum. Compare to reddle and raddle. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌdəl/ 1. To mark something with red ochre. 2. To raddle or twist.
Word: ruddle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌdəl/ 1. A riddle or sieve. Example: They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow.
Word: ruddle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌdəl/ 1. To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve. Labels: transitive
Word: alkoxyalcohol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English alk- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen English -oxy English alkoxy ▲ English alcohol English alkoxyalcohol From alkoxy + alcohol. 1. Any organic compound of general formula R'-O-ROH, where R and R' represent alkyl or aryl groups.
Word: beremeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bere + meal. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɚmil/, /ˈbɪəmiːl/ 1. A wholegrain flour made from bere, a variety of barley grown in northern Scotland, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands. It is commonly used in making bannocks and ale. Labels: Scotland, uncountable
Word: Goldilocks economy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the girl in the fairy tale who found one bowl of porridge too hot, one too cold, and one just right. The first use of this phrase is credited to David Shulman of Salomon Brothers, who wrote The Goldilocks Economy: Keeping the Bears at Bay in March 1992. 1. A not "too hot" or "too cold" economy, sustaining moderate economic growth and a low inflation allowing for a market-friendly monetary policy.
Word: JNTSC Part of Speech: name 1. The Japanese version of NTSC, which differs from NTSC only in using the black level and blanking level of PAL rather than the differing ones of North American NTSC.
Word: raddleman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From raddle + -man. 1. Alternative spelling of ruddleman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reddleman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reddle + -man. 1. A ruddleman. Example: You little children think there's only one cuckoo, one fox, one giant, one devil, and one reddleman, when there's lots of us all. 2. A bogeyman Labels: archaic Example: A child’s first sight of a reddleman was an epoch in his life. That blood-coloured figure was a sublimation of all the horrible dreams which had afflicted the juvenile spirit since imagination began. ‘The reddleman is coming for you!’ had been the formulated threat of Wessex mothers for many generations.
Word: reddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently a variation of ruddle, though not certainly. 1. Red ochre, historically used to mark sheep Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All that reddlemen do is sell reddle. You see those bags at the back of my cart? They are […] only full of red stuff.
Word: reddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently a variation of ruddle, though not certainly. 1. To redden. Example: Reddled and waxed, the room's stone floor was set perhaps two feet below the outside ground.
Word: brag sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. (Navy) A list of achievements maintained by a serving sailor, used as a means of performance evaluation Labels: US 2. A resumé or curriculum vitae consisting of a standard form with a list of questions to be answered Labels: US
Word: unplayable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Proto-West Germanic *plehan Old English pleġan Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Middle English pleyen Proto-West Germanic *plegō Old English plega Middle English pleye English play Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English playable English unplayable From un- + playable. 1. That cannot be played; that is impossible or unreasonable (too difficult, etc.) to play. 2. That cannot be played; that is impossible or unreasonable (too difficult, etc.) to play. Example: Unoriginal, unplayable, overpriced and generally unappealing. 3. That cannot be played; that is impossible or unreasonable (too difficult, etc.) to play. Example: Apparently the Edison company failed to consider, or chose to ignore, the fact that their records were made using the “hill and dale” vertical-cut recording groove and therefore unplayable on standard (and much cheaper) gramophones […] 4. That cannot be played; that is impossible or unreasonable (too difficult, etc.) to play.
Word: solubilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English solubilize 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 solubilization From solubilize + -ation. 1. The act of solubilizing something, of rendering it soluble. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: in-situ Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of in situ. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently related to step, but with uncertain phonological development. Perhaps from a German Low German word like Stoop (“step”), from Middle Low German stōpe (“step”). More at stoop. Pronunciation: [stoʊp] 1. A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps. Example: The other smell […] that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes, from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.
Word: stope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently related to step, but with uncertain phonological development. Perhaps from a German Low German word like Stoop (“step”), from Middle Low German stōpe (“step”). More at stoop. Pronunciation: [stoʊp] 1. To excavate in the form of stopes. 2. To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
Word: stope Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: [stoʊp] 1. simple past of step Labels: form-of, obsolete, past
Word: stormy petrel Part of Speech: noun 1. A storm petrel. 2. One who brings trouble or whose appearance is a sign of coming trouble.
Word: Mother Carey's chicken Part of Speech: noun 1. The storm petrel. Example: A few blue petrels, black sheer-waters and Mather Caries chickens are all the birds we see. Example: Ten or fifteen dark little birds […] these are "Mother Carey's chickens," the "water-witches," Stormy Petrels, which are so familiar to the eye of the sailor, and the sight of which he dreads so much; […]
Word: Carey Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring. * As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew. * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”). * As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”). * Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛəɹi/, /ˈkɛɚ.i/, /ˈkɛɹ.i/, /ˈkeː.ɹi/, /ˈkeəɹi/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stage direction Part of Speech: noun 1. An instruction given to an actor that tells the actor what should be done and in what manner to do it. Example: The stage direction given in the script said to walk forward and speak the line loudly. Example: In a few spots, where we've felt it was particularly important, we added stage directions indicating things like quick glances between Helene and Erik.
Word: d. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of died. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The first is the account by Adomnán of Iona (d. 704) of the Holy Places, in which he included representations of the Holy Sepulchre and other churches.
Word: d. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of denarius, used for English penny and English pence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, historical Example: Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for going backward, in all things, to the good times. Punch humbly suggests that every man who votes for the Crab Alderman should be punished as follows:— The said voter never to be permitted to travel by rail, but to journey to York or elsewhere by the very slowest coach. Never to go to Margate by steamboat, but to take three days to the voyage, per hoy. Never to send a letter by penny-post, but to pay 10d. or 13d., as the case may be—the good old price of the good old times. 2. Abbreviation of defence/defense. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: Mediterranean diet Part of Speech: noun 1. Any variant of a diet (food intake) traditionally typical of that eaten by people in the Mediterranean region (with olive oil, legumes, unrefined cereals, fruits and vegetables, etc. and limited meat other than fish); thought to increase life expectancy and protect against heart disease and cancer. 2. Any variant of a diet (controlled regimen) based on that principle. Example: In one study, published in 2018, researchers assessed nearly 26,000 women and found that those who followed the Mediterranean diet most closely for up to 12 years had about a 25 percent reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Word: love grass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of translingual Eragrostis. 1. Any of several grasses, of the genus Eragrostis, grown as a forage crop or to protect against erosion.
Word: lovegrass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of love grass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coliphage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coli + -phage. 1. Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
Word: collenchyma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κολλα (kolla, “glue”) + -enchyma (“tissue”) Pronunciation: /kəˈlɛŋkəmə/ 1. A living, elongated, mechanical and flexible ground tissue with angular pectin depositions; present just under leaves, tendrils and stems of climbers; formed before vascular differentiation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: columbite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English columbium Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English columbite From columbium (“niobium”) + -ite. 1. A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
Word: combinatorial Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌkɑm.bɪn.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or involving combinations. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets. Labels: not-comparable
Word: conne Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of con. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hysterology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hystero- (“higher, outer, latter, next”) + -logy. 1. A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. hysteron proteron Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hysteron proteron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek, from ὕστερον (hústeron, “latter, arriving late”) + πρότερον (próteron, “former, before”). 1. A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology. Labels: rhetoric Example: "He is well and lives" is a hysteron proteron. 2. An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.
Word: cloning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkloʊnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of clone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cloning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkloʊnɪŋ/ 1. The production of an exact copy of an object. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stand + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstændɚ/, /ˈstændə/ 1. One who stands. 2. A standel. Labels: obsolete Example: the fairest standers of all, were rooted vp
Word: stateroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From state + room. 1. An apartment in a palace or great house for use on ceremonial occasions. 2. A superior cabin for a ship's officer or captain. Example: It was not a nice cabin compared with the stateroom I had left. 3. A private cabin in a ship or train. Labels: US Example: The King's coach includes His Majesty's suite comprising a study and stateroom with adjoining bathroom having inter-leading door. […] In the Queen's coach are the Queen's stateroom and bathroom, the Royal Family lounge, lady-in-waiting's compartment and bathroom, and dresser's room. […] Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are accommodated in one coach, and each of the two suites comprises a stateroom with its adjoining bathroom.
Word: wubber Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of rubber, used in representing baby talk or impedimented speech. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Bring Fritzy sled, new wubber boots, caraway kuchen — evrysing fwat Fritzy like.
Word: bitchslap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bitch slap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bitchslap Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of bitch slap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: waste tray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waste + tray. 1. A tray placed in such a way as to collect waste (garbage) as it is produced.
Word: busy body Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of busybody. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yobbish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English yob Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English yobbish From yob + -ish. 1. Characteristic of a yob, lout or hooligan. Example: Yobbish behaviour can get you an ASBO.
Word: step-down Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from step down. 1. That decreases in stages. Labels: not-comparable 2. That reduces a voltage. Labels: not-comparable Example: The internal lighting of the new locomotives can be supplied either from the battery or the dynostarter, and may also be connected to an external supply of 200-250 volts a.c. through a changeover switch and a step-down transformer.
Word: stepped-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From step up. 1. Increased; heightened. Example: Austria is a prime destination for smuggled people heading for the heart of the EU via Hungary from the Balkans. For many migrants, the Hungarian route remains an option despite stepped-up border patrols and a steel fence built by Hungary after the EU’s 2015 migration crisis.
Word: step-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from step up. 1. That increases a voltage. Labels: not-comparable Example: a step-up transformer
Word: step-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from step up. 1. A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously. 2. An increase. Example: Elsewhere in this issue, for example, an article on the new pattern of freight train operation in the N.E.R. consequent upon the opening this summer of its three mechanised marshalling yards shows that one effect will be a further step-up in the speed of the East Coast main line freight traffic. 3. A phenomenon whereby the growth in market value of an asset or investment is not taxed under certain circumstances, generally involving buying and holding until the buyer's death, followed by inheritance. Labels: US, especially Example: a step-up in basis Example: on a step-up basis
Word: stiff-arm Part of Speech: noun 1. Straight-arm. Labels: uncountable
Word: stiff-arm Part of Speech: verb 1. To straight-arm. Example: You can either have a wild, exciting life stiff-arming God or a dull, boring one doing the go-to-church-God-thing.
Word: straight-arm Part of Speech: verb 1. To ward off by holding the arms out straight.
Word: straight-arm Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of warding off by holding the arms out straight. Labels: uncountable
Word: stolon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin stolō, stolōnis. Doublet of stole. Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊlɒn/, /ˈstəʊlən/ 1. A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner. 2. A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates. 3. A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.
Word: pleisiomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Ancient Greek πλησίος (plēsíos) Ancient Greek πλησίον (plēsíon)der. English plesio- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morph English pleisiomorph From plesio- + -morph. 1. A characteristic of an organism that has been acquired from its ancestors.
Word: haricot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French haricot (“bean”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.kəʊ/, /ˈɑːɹ.ɪ.kəʊ/, /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.koʊ/, /ˈɑːɹ.ɪ.koʊ/, /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.koʊ/ 1. Synonym of common bean.
Word: haricot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French haricot, from Middle French haricot, a deverbal derivation of Old French harigoter (“to tear up, shred, slice up, slice into pieces”), from Frankish *hariōn (“to ruin, lay waste, ravage, plunder, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to plunder, lay waste, harry”). Cognate with Middle High German verheeren (“to harry”), Old English herġian (“to lay waste, ravage, plunder”). More at harry. Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.kəʊ/, /ˈɑːɹ.ɪ.kəʊ/, /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.koʊ/, /ˈɑːɹ.ɪ.koʊ/, /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.koʊ/ 1. A stew of lamb and vegetables.
Word: Vitré Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Vitré. 1. A commune of Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France.
Word: patte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French patte. 1. A narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place.
Word: threes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of three Labels: form-of, plural
Word: threes Part of Speech: noun 1. The age of three; three years old. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The boy in his threes is just learning to talk. 2. A pair of threes. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 3. Three point shots. Labels: plural, plural-only 4. The cells located on the second floor. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: sevens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seven Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sevens Part of Speech: noun 1. Rugby sevens. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A pair of sevens. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: eights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eights Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of eights. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: elevens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eleven Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twelves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twelve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twelves Part of Speech: noun 1. duodecimo format Labels: uncountable
Word: thirteens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thirteen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fourteens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fourteen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fifteens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fifteen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fifteens Part of Speech: noun 1. A medieval tax on movable property. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: sixteens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sixteen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seventeens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seventeen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eighteens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eighteen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nineteens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nineteen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: billions Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ˈbɪljənz/ 1. plural of billion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trillions Part of Speech: num 1. plural of trillion Labels: form-of, plural Example: (hyperbolic) There were trillions of people at the concert.
Word: trillions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trillion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mutual masturbation Part of Speech: noun 1. A sexual activity in which two or more persons simultaneously masturbate themselves, usually while observing or otherwise communicating with one another. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And because you have to let your guard down to let your lover see you pleasuring yourself, mutual masturbation requires trust and caring. 2. A sexual activity in which two or more persons simultaneously masturbate one another. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This reasoning was used only months later in a decision that further extended common law concepts by holding mutual masturbation between two males criminal. The judge reasoned that "there can be no distinction between the case where sexual gratification is obtained by friction between the legs of another person, and the case where it is obtained by friction against another's hand."
Word: kajillions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kajillion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: age before beauty Part of Speech: phrase 1. A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones. Labels: idiomatic Example: It is recorded that Mrs. Parker and a snooty debutante were both going in to supper at a party: the debutante made elaborate way, saying sweetly "Age before beauty, Mrs. Parker." "And pearls before swine," said Mrs. Parker, sweeping in.
Word: beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sexual partner Part of Speech: noun 1. A person with whom someone has sex. Example: They had dozens of sexual partners before they married each other. Dance-floor romances, Ibiza flings. The Nineties, ecstatic decade!
Word: sloppy seconds Part of Speech: noun 1. Having sex with someone soon after the person has had sex with someone else. Labels: plural, plural-only, uncountable, vulgar Example: the way I look at it you're taking my seconds and pretty sloppy seconds at-- Example: Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) "Still making threats, eh, Namor?? Stay back Ben! I'm going to ram those mocking words down his throat!! I'm going to make him swish he'd never heard of the human race!! He's my pigeon... mine alone! Ben Grimm (The Thing) "Okay, tall man! But how's about giving me sloppy seconds?!"
Word: badasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of badass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Remak fibers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Remak fiber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harness racing Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of horse racing in which the horses race in a specified gait, usually pulling two-wheeled carts called sulkies. Labels: uncountable
Word: Atterton Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Atherton. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hamlet in Witherley parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP3598). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Atherton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name Æþelhere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to Old English Æþelhere + -ton. Pronunciation: /ˈæθətən/, /ˈæθɚtən/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For years, celebrities and tech titans have flocked to Atherton, Calif., a suburb in the heart of Silicon Valley. Given the town’s ultrawealthy residents, it may come as no surprise that Atherton is where one finds the most expensive ZIP code in the United States based on home prices, according to a study by RealtyHop. 4. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: eye dialect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eye + dialect, by analogy with eye rhyme. First used by George Philip Krapp in The English Language in America (1925) in reference to written dialogue that uses nonstandard spelling but does not indicate an unusual pronunciation. 1. Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal. Labels: uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:eye dialect. 2. A set of such nonstandard spellings, collectively used to reflect a certain form of speech. Labels: countable
Word: net worth Part of Speech: noun 1. The total assets minus total liabilities of an individual or a company. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His car company, Tesla, controls two-thirds of the multibillion-dollar electric-vehicle market it pioneered and is valued at a cool $1 trillion. That has made Musk, with a net worth of more than $250 billion, the richest private citizen in history, at least on paper.
Word: noble eightfold path Part of Speech: name 1. The path to the end of suffering, involving eight steps: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.
Word: romanticized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of romanticize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: romanticized Part of Speech: adj 1. Interpreted in an unrealistic, idealized fashion. Example: “I know youʼve got this romanticized version of her in your head, but sheʼs got her flaws.”
Word: paraglottic space Part of Speech: noun 1. A site within the larynx whose lateral border is the thyroid cartilage and posterior (dorsal) border is the pyriform sinus.
Word: beyond belief Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. To an extreme or unbelievable degree. Example: Their trunks were gnarled beyond belief, like those in fairybooks. They were covered with the cuneiform of woodpeckers and yellowhammers. Example: He was worn out, dirty beyond belief, and home.
Word: dowdified Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of dowdify Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I saw the picture of little Toby, & the sketch of you was like you then, though not much now — your figure having dowdified somewhat.
Word: dowdified Part of Speech: adj 1. Made dowdy. Example: To dream that you look, denotes that not only Emma Vernon, but even that dowdified Rosanna Brown will have new dresses and mantles at the picnic on Tuesday, and you will go in that odious old bonnet. Example: She chose to take it as implying that her general appearance was, in her uncle's eyes, dowdified.
Word: diversely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English diverseliche, diversliche, dyverseli, dyversely, dyversliche, dyversly, equivalent to diverse + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɝs.li/, /daɪˈvɝs.li/ 1. In a diverse manner. Example: Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]
Word: hubba hubba Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈhʌbə ˈhʌbə/ 1. An expression of appreciation or approval with a strong (positive) sexual connotation. Labels: dated, emphatic, ironic Example: 1947, My Favorite Brunette (film), around 23 min 20 sec - Map? Yeah, she even gave me one to hold for her. Mysterious map, missing uncle... pretty corny. You know, there was something about the way she looked that made me suspicious, but the way she looked, I didn't care. - But you kept the map? - Oh, sure. Why not? She may not have it up here, but... hubba hubba. Example: [Judy] Grahn and [Marilyn] Monroe are allies, as they literally destroy and prevent smirking men from reducing women to hubba hubba hubba, some like it hot, "brainless cinderellas."
Word: gorn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See gone. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːn/, /ɡɔɹn/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of gone. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: you know the govner and mater have gorn to Beerits and want us ther too Example: “Don’t mind ’im, sir,” she advised. “’E’s more’n arf-gorn a’ready, a-’itting the jug every blessed stop.”
Word: gorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gore + porn. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːn/, /ɡɔɹn/ 1. A work that dwells upon graphic and realistic scenes of sadistic torture, mutilation, vivisection, cannibalism, etc. to the point of being pornographic. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Well, someone should really make a Wikipedia entry coining the term "gore porn" (or better yet, "gorn"), which perfectly describes the movie version of Silent Hill. Example: Recent works of gorn include the several Saw and Hostel films and The Devil's Rejects (2005). The glorification of blood and gore is not new, but it has only recently entered the mainstream.
Word: cachectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰχεκτῐκός (kăkhektĭkós)bor. Latin cachecticusbor. English cachectic Borrowed from Latin cachecticus. Pronunciation: /kəˈkɛktɪk/ 1. Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness. Example: His horse has been restored to him (cachectic as ever, looking like one of the gutted nags the Druids used to impale for decoration) […]
Word: straiten Part of Speech: verb 1. To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space. Example: The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream. 2. To restrict or diminish, especially financially. Example: And the reason why Birds are Oviparous and lay Eggs, but do not bring forth their yong alive, is, because there might be more plenty of them also, and that neither the Birds of prey, the Serpent nor the Fowler, should streighten their generations too much. Example: Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances. 3. Misspelling of straighten. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: straitened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of straiten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: straitened Part of Speech: adj 1. Squeezed or confined.
Word: straitlaced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of straight-laced. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He played the straitlaced partner of the rowdy hero, always nagging him about paperwork and protocol.
Word: stressed-out Part of Speech: adj 1. Suffering from a high level of fear or stress
Word: strong-arm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From strong + arm. 1. To bully, to intimidate; to coerce, to muscle. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: One of the boss’ hangers-on Comes to call at times you least expect Try to bully ya—strong-arm you—inspire you with fear Example: In a five-part series on the “Extremely Passive Aggressive Roommate,” Ms. Brier […] complains about her roomie coming home at 3:27 a.m.; strong-arms that roommate into renewing their lease and then welcomes a guest to “the common space.”
Word: strong-arm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strong + arm. 1. A person who threatens or intimidates others, especially on behalf of somebody else; a goon or enforcer. Example: There used to be a goon I knew in the Bronx—a tough mockie we used to call Yussel the Bricklayer—and you never saw a guy who was more screwed up. This guy Yussel would've been a strongarm for nothing, he enjoyed it so much.
Word: strong-arm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From strong + arm. 1. Bullying; extortionate. Labels: not-comparable 2. Coercive, employing force. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, usually Example: "Some applications will fail. ORR does not need strong-arm tactics from DfT muddying the waters."
Word: strong-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a vigorous, independent will and views. Example: Recognising that we are strong-minded is not the same as accepting ourselves to be stubborn or obstinate. 2. Mannish, lacking softness and femininity Labels: archaic Example: Then there was the widow of a deceased brother of Mr Martin Chuzzlewit, who being almost supernaturally disagreeable, and having a dreary face and a bony figure and a masculine voice, was, in right of these qualities, what is commonly called a strong-minded woman; and who, if she could, would have established her claim to the title, and have shown herself, mentally speaking, a perfect Samson, by shutting up her brother-in-law in a private madhouse, until he proved his complete sanity by loving her very much.
Word: viceroyship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English viceroy Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English viceroyship From viceroy + -ship. 1. The office or term of a viceroy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whileſt the Turks thus lorded it in Syria and the leſſer Aſia, the Saracen Caliph commanded in Egypt; under whom, two great Lords, Dargan and Sanar, fell out about the Sultanie or Vice-royſhip of that land.
Word: strong-willed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a vigorous, independent will. Example: The railway faces a line-up of strong-willed metro mayors with four-year terms and a new big-majority government covering the same period.
Word: studding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stud Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: studding Part of Speech: noun 1. The timber framework for a lath and plaster wall. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A batten of wood for this framework. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Anything with which a surface is studded. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: studding sail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of studdingsail. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: styling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪlɪŋ/ 1. Any form of decoration or stylistic approach. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] some space was given to developing comprehension of the transition from renaissance to baroque styling. Example: Now known as V-Ice, the rapper has crafted a 24-track collection that features both hardcore and hip-hop stylings.
Word: styling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of style Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stylistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stylistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English stylistically From stylistic + -ally. 1. In a stylistic manner. 2. With regard to style. Example: The central painting, depicting Circe's palace, is compositionally and stylistically different than the rest of the frieze. Example: Though rooted in jazz, Byron's music is stylistically eclectic.
Word: stylize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From style + -ize. Probably from German stilisieren. Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪlaɪz/ 1. To represent (someone or something) in a particular style. Labels: transitive 2. To represent (someone or something) abstractly in a conventional manner, commonly fancifully symbolic, to identify a particular item, by omitting most of the detail that is not unique to the item in question. Labels: transitive
Word: subconsciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English subconscious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English subconsciousness From subconscious + -ness. 1. The state of being subconscious. Labels: uncountable
Word: subcontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English continental English subcontinental From sub- + continental. 1. Of or pertaining to a subcontinent. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the menagerie of subcontinental art, the horse and elephant are most common. 2. Located or occurring beneath continental crust. Labels: not-comparable Example: When a subcontinental plume hits such a thin spot, the result would be voluminous shallow magmatism.
Word: subcontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From subcontinent + -al. 1. Pertaining to the Indian Subcontinent; South Asian.
Word: subcontinental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From subcontinent + -al. 1. A person from the Indian Subcontinent; a South Asian. Example: This does not mean that we value Englishmen at a premium and Africans at a moral discount. Nor does it mean that Canadians are intrinsically more precious to us than subcontinentals. Example: If the subcontinentals do go home, it would behove them—and the Emiratis—to ask this question: On balance, did the presence of subcontinentals in Dubai and the UAE do more good than bad? / There can be only one answer to that question: The goodwill and hard work of the subcontinentals forever changed the landscape of the UAE and that of the other six Arab countries of the Gulf.
Word: subjoin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English join English subjoin From sub- + join. 1. To add something to the end; to append or annex. Example: That he did not glory, however, in his mateless solitude[…] is pleasantly testified in the letter that is now subjoined. Example: We subjoin an engraving […] which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind.
Word: subjoin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English join English subjoin From sub- + join. 1. A subordinate or secondary join.
Word: subjoinder Part of Speech: noun 1. Something subjoined to another
Word: submerse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin submersus, past participle of submergo. 1. To submerge.
Word: submerse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin submersus, past participle of submergo. 1. Growing entirely under water. Labels: not-comparable
Word: substantiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin substantiātiō. By surface analysis, substantiate + -ion. 1. The act of substantiating. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something which substantiates; evidence, proof. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: substantively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English substantive Middle English -ly English -ly English substantively From substantive + -ly. 1. In a substantive manner, or to a substantive extent. 2. Employed as a noun.
Word: summitry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From summit + -ry. 1. The holding of a summit (conference) or summits generally Labels: uncountable, usually Example: During the same two weeks that we beheld the most comprehensive summitry the 20th century International Gay and Lesbian Movement has so far achieved — the all-inclusive Stonewall 25 celebrations — we also witnessed a fracturing of our movement's middle class underpinnings. 2. Participation in a summit Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: superintendence Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of superintending; supervision. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While the Supreme Being exercises a general superintendence over affairs, the real administration is in the hands of the ancestral spirits. Example: The Ashby Canal was built under the superintendence of Robert Whitworth, and the whole length was opened in May, 1805.
Word: superintendency Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being a superintendent. Labels: uncountable 2. The act of superintending. Labels: countable
Word: supermom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English mom English supermom From super- + mom. 1. A mother who looks after her home and children whilst being in full-time employment. Labels: US, informal
Word: superpose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English pose English superpose From super- + pose. Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.pəɹˌpəʊ̯z/, /ˈsuː.pɚˌpoʊ̯z/, /ˈsuː.pəˌpəʊ̯z/ 1. To place (an object) on top of another. Labels: transitive 2. To place (one geometric figure) on top of another in such a way that all common parts coincide. Labels: transitive
Word: supervention Part of Speech: noun 1. An act, process, or instance of supervening Labels: countable, uncountable Example: in the solid substance of the stone; […]this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth 2. An act, process, or instance of supervening: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The poor visibility of a dark celestial body follows from its nonradiative character by supervention. 3. An act, process, or instance of supervening: Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: supervisory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English supervise Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English supervisory From supervise + -ory. Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpə(ɹ)ˈvaɪzəɹɪ/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a supervisor
Word: stockholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockholder Labels: form-of, plural