nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: subdivision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English division English subdivision From sub- + division. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/, /sʌbdiˈviʃon/ 1. A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Formosa: Prewar conditions in Formosa were described in an article in FOREIGN COMMERCE WEEKLY of January 1, 1944. According to an announcement of the official Chinese News Service, there are to be 8 chief administrative subdivisions of Formosa. Although it is not known that their boundary lines will exactly coincide with those of the provinces under Japanese rule, this is probable. Names of the new hsien (districts), with corresponding Japanese province names in parentheses, are as follows: Taipei (Taihoku); Hsinchu (Shinchiku); Taichung (Taichu); Tainan (Tainan); Kaohsiung (Takao); Hwalienkan (Karenko); and Taitung (Taito). The Pescadores Islands form the eighth hsien. Nine cities will continue to be recognized as municipalities: Taipei (Taihoku); Taichung (Taichu); Tainan (Tainan); Chilung (Kiirun or Keelung); Kaohsiung (Takao); Hsinchu (Shinchiku); Chiayi (Kagi); Changhua (Shoka); and Pintung (Heito). 2. Such a piece that has been divided. Labels: countable Example: Work on one subdivision at a time. 3. A parcel of land that has been divided into lots. Labels: countable 4. A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area. Labels: countable Example: They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road. 5. A gated community located within a barangay. Labels: Philippines, countable, uncountable Example: ... By the 1970s, cattle rustling had fallen by the wayside, as tractors replaced carabaos and industrial estates and residential subdivisions supplanted rice fields as the mainstays of Cavite's suburban northern towns. Example: As the farms give way to the residential subdivisions and industrial estates, the centuries-old traditional Filipino houses, slightly raised above grounds and standing on stilts, are abandoned in the quest for more living space.
Word: subdivision Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English division English subdivision From sub- + division. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/, /sʌbdiˈviʃon/ 1. To separate something into smaller pieces. Labels: uncommon
Word: jaleo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jaleo. Pronunciation: /hɑːˈleɪəʊ/ 1. A lively Andalusian dance. 2. The clapping that accompanies it. Example: The jaleo is a necessary and intricate component of flamenco. It usually serves as an accompaniment and encouragement for flamenco's other components, but I have also heard cuadros perform the jaleo very effectively as a solo number.
Word: suggestive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suggest + -ive. Pronunciation: /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv/ 1. Tending to suggest or imply. Example: The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean. Example: But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion. 2. Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué. Example: She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile. Example: Girls read fashion and celebrity magazines at younger and younger ages and look for the same kinds of sexy, suggestive clothing worn by the models. 3. Relating to hypnotic suggestion.
Word: methacrylic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless liquid, an unsaturated organic acid, used in the manufacture of resins and plastics, with the chemical formula CH₂:C(CH₃)COOH. Labels: uncountable
Word: methacrylate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English meth- English acrylic English methacrylic English -ate English methacrylate From methacrylic + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially an ester used in the manufacture of resins and plastics. 2. A resin manufactured from methacrylic acid or a methacrylate.
Word: methyl methacrylate Part of Speech: noun 1. The methyl ester of methacrylic acid, CH₂:C(CH₃)COOCH₃, used as a monomer in the manufacture of polymethyl methacrylate plastics. Labels: uncountable
Word: polymethyl methacrylate Part of Speech: noun 1. A thermoplastic transparent plastic manufactured by the polymerization of methyl methacrylate, often used in place of glass - it being lighter, softer and not shattering on impact. Labels: uncountable
Word: taramosalata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek ταραμοσαλάτα (taramosaláta), from ταραμάς (taramás, “cod roe”) (from Turkish tarama) + σαλάτα (saláta, “salad”) (from Italian insalata, cognate to English salad). Pronunciation: /ˌtɑɹəməsəˈlɑːtə/, /ˌtæɹəməsəˈlɑːtə/ 1. A Turkish and Greek dish of fish roe (carp or cod), lemon juice, breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, and olive oil; often served as a meze or with pitta bread. Labels: uncountable
Word: bidden Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɪdn̩/ 1. past participle of bid Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. past participle of bide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: technical knockout Part of Speech: noun 1. A knockout declared by a referee in cases where a participant is sufficiently injured, unbalanced, or confused and unable to continue the fight
Word: pseudorandom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der. Proto-Germanic *rinnaną Proto-West Germanic *rinnan Frankish *randijubor. Old French randirder. Old French randonbor. Middle English randoun English randon English random English pseudorandom From pseudo- + random. 1. Of a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic algorithm. Labels: not-comparable Example: Simple random samples were chosen from an ordered list with the aid of a Pseudo Random Digit Generator affiliated with the Computer Data Corporation Fortran Compiler. Example: Elite uses a pseudorandom number generator based on Tribonacci numbers. Unlike Fibonacci numbers, where the nth term in the series is based on the previous two terms, Tribonacci numbers use the previous three terms: […]
Word: astronomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English astronomer, equivalent to astronomy + -er. Displaced native Old English tungolcræftiga. Pronunciation: /əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/, /əˈstɹɑ.nə.mɚ/, /əˈstɹɔn.ə.mə/ 1. One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. Example: Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor. Example: But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.
Word: meze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish meze and Greek μεζές (mezés), both from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Iranian Persian مَزِه (maze, “taste, snack”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛzeɪ/ 1. Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: houmous Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hummus. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tzatziki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek τζατζίκι (tzatzíki), from Ottoman Turkish جاجیق (cacık). Doublet of cacik. Pronunciation: /tsæˈtsi.ki/, /zæˈtsi.ki/, /sæˈtsi.ki/, /tsɑˈtsi.ki/, /tsætˈsi.ki/ 1. An appetizer made from yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and dill or mint; usually served with pita bread and as a meze Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pitta bread Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pita bread. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Astronomer Royal Part of Speech: name 1. An honorary title given to a leading astronomer; once the director of the Greenwich observatory. Labels: UK
Word: war crime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + crime. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː kɹaɪm/, /ˈwɔɹ kɹaɪm/ 1. A punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. Example: [W]ar crimes are such hostile or other acts of soldiers or other individuals as may be punished by the enemy on capture of the offenders. […] [A]lthough among the acts called war crimes are many which, such as abuse of a flag of truce or assassination of enemy soldiers for instance, are crimes in the moral sense of the term, there are others which, such as taking part in a levy en masse on territory occupied by the enemy for instance, may be highly praiseworthy patriotic acts. Because every belligerent can and actually must in the interest of his own safety punish these acts, they are termed war crimes, whatever may be the motive, the purpose, and the moral character of the respective act. Example: [Paragraph] 441. The term "War Crime" is the technical expression for such an act of enemy soldiers and enemy civilians as may be visited by punishment or capture of the offenders. […] [Paragraph] 442. War crimes may be divided into four different classes:– (i) Violations of the recognized rules of warfare by members of the armed forces. (ii) Illegitimate hostilities in arms committed by individuals who are not members of the armed forces. (iii) Espionage and war treason. (iv) Marauding.
Word: lower Ivy Part of Speech: noun 1. any of the Ivy League universities, such as Dartmouth, Brown, and Cornell that are generally seen as less prestigious than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. Labels: US
Word: come a cropper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from the phrase neck and crop, in which crop may refer to the backside of a horse. 1. To fall headlong from a horse. 2. To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: She came a cropper on the stairs and broke her leg. Example: I should feel certain that I should come a cropper, but still I'd try it. As you say, a fellow should try. 3. To die. Labels: informal Example: “No, Cynthia is a protégée of my mother’s, the daughter of an old schoolfellow of hers, who married a rascally solicitor. He came a cropper, and the girl was left an orphan and penniless. My mother came to the rescue, and Cynthia has been with us nearly two years now.”
Word: BFE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bachelor of forest engineering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of buyer furnished equipment (e.g. galleys and galley equipment in aircraft) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of base flood elevation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of boyfriend experience. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Some johns have taken this GFE a step further and created a Boyfriend Experience, or BFE. 5. Initialism of bacterial filtration efficiency Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BFE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Film Editors. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Bumfuck, Egypt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, vulgar Example: They sent me way out in BFE looking for the parts. 3. Initialism of Biofeedback Foundation of Europe. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Hindustani Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتانی (hindūstānī) / हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī), from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَانِی (hindūstānī), from هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu, Indian”) + ـسْتَان (-stān, “land”) + adjective suffix ـِی (-ī). Equivalent to Hindustan + -i. 1. Related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna. 2. Any thing related to Mughal Empire. Labels: dated 3. of or pertaining to Hindustani music.
Word: Hindustani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتانی (hindūstānī) / हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī), from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَانِی (hindūstānī), from هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu, Indian”) + ـسْتَان (-stān, “land”) + adjective suffix ـِی (-ī). Equivalent to Hindustan + -i. 1. A person from India, varying historically from the entire subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
Word: Hindustani Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتانی (hindūstānī) / हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī), from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَانِی (hindūstānī), from هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu, Indian”) + ـسْتَان (-stān, “land”) + adjective suffix ـِی (-ī). Equivalent to Hindustan + -i. 1. The pluricentric language of Hindi-Urdu, of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards; the language from which Hindi and Urdu are derived. Example: Swerg, in the Hinduſtànì language, means Heaven. Example: Kim watched the stars as they rose one after another in the still, sticky dark, till he fell asleep at the foot of the altar. That night he dreamed in Hindustani, with never an English word… 2. The Delhi dialect of that language. 3. The language which is now known as Urdu. Labels: historical Example: Hindustani, or Urdu (i.e., camp language), is a dialect of Hindi, differing from it in its large admixture of Persian words, and in that it is usually printed in Persian or Arabic characters, while Hindi is commonly printed in Sanskrit letters. 4. The language which is now known as Hindi. Labels: historical Example: Of the several languages derived from the Sanskrit, none exercises so general and wide-spread an influence over India as the Hindi, or Sir George's Common Hindustani. Example: But Mr. Lyall, in an article that is all too short, shows that Hindustani, or Hindi (for there is no essential difference between the two) possesses a continuous body of literature which represents intellectual life in Northern India during the past six centuries.
Word: take to task Part of Speech: verb 1. To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions. Labels: idiomatic Example: [W]hen any of his descendants chose to take him to task for the crudeness of his manners he was accustomed to look them coldly over and retort that things had come to a pretty pass when comparatively new people ventured to instruct the oldest of the old settlers as to what was or was not good form. Example: A dozen similar, but smaller footwarmers were made at Doncaster, without official sanction, and placed in the coaches of a train conveying some of the directors to London. Sturrock was taken to task by the chairman for having incurred this unauthorised expenditure, but before he left the meeting, the directors had ordered 200 footwarmers for public use.
Word: jaspe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jaspé Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: listwashing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From list + washing. 1. The removal of nonproductive addresses from a mailing list. Labels: uncountable
Word: sepulture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəɫt͡ʃ ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɛpəɫˌt͡ʃ ʊə(ɹ)/ 1. The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre. Labels: uncountable Example: By thy own Soul! by thoſe who gave thee Breath! By all the ſacred Prevalence of Pray'r; Ah, leave me not for Grecian Dogs to tear! The common Rites of Sepulture beſtow, To ſooth a Father's and a Mother's Woe; Let their large Gifts procure an Urn at leaſt, And Hector⁠'s Ashes in his Country reſt. 2. Alternative form of sepulchre. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: sepulture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəɫt͡ʃ ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɛpəɫˌt͡ʃ ʊə(ɹ)/ 1. To inter in a sepulture. Labels: transitive
Word: shape up Part of Speech: verb 1. To improve; to correct one's bad habits or behavior. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: He'd better shape up soon, or he'll fail the class. Example: You better shape up 'Cause I need a man And my heart is set on you 2. To take shape; to transform into or become. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The fog has vanished and it's shaping up to be a beautiful day. Example: Pretty good. A full refrigerator! I can see this afternoon is shaping up just great. 3. To gesture or posture threateningly; to approach as if to fight; to pose to intimidate. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: sepulcher Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəlkə/, /ˈsɛpəlkɚ/ 1. Alternative form of sepulchre. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative
Word: sepulcher Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəlkə/, /ˈsɛpəlkɚ/ 1. Alternative form of sepulchre. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative
Word: in shape Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In good condition, repair; in a good state. Example: I guess I'd better get my room in shape if I have guests. 2. In a good state of physical fitness or bodily appearance. Labels: idiomatic Example: I hope to get in shape for summer swimsuit season. Example: Whoa, look over here We got a cute little ol' runner to the right Blue shorts, no shirt You're looking good darling That's right, stay in shape
Word: jefe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jefe (“leader, boss”), from Old French chief, from Latin caput. Doublet of chief, chef, caput, and head. 1. An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent. Labels: US, informal Example: Antonio Rivera Cabezas was chosen vice-jefe in March 1830. Example: before he stepped forward uttering the stereotyped greeting, the Texan had put him down as the jefe or head man.... Snatching up the rifle he lit out after the jefe, who had left two jumps ahead of the smoke. 2. A boss in a business, company, or other organization. Labels: US Example: “They ain’t going to deliver the cattle across.... They’ve taken too much of a beating as it is. They’ve lost their big jefe and lots of men.” Example: When they were slacking off in the mine, for example, and a jefe arrived unexpectedly, they shouted loro (parrot) or fuego (fire) as warning signals.
Word: over the top Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjectival form first appears c. 1935. See cite below. The adverbial form (in reference to World War I) first appears c. 1915. 1. Beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous. Labels: idiomatic Example: I had come to regard the New Capitalism as an experiment till, in 1929, the whole thing went over the top and slid down to an utter collapse. Example: You might have expected a pop star known for shows in which she has someone vomit paint on to the stage to come up with something similarly over the top for a live rendition of The Sound of Music. But Gaga chose to take the traditional route. 2. Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device. Example: The question was you don't have to hard cut the network over from proprietary to open. You can actually do it in stages and this device can lay over the top of existing proprietary networks. Example: Back to the BYOA strategy, that we'll continue to create, you know, a BYOA product that we sell over the top, is that there will be a lot of customers that will want to do business with us that way. 3. Downward onto plants in the field, as contrasted with other routes of administration. Example: over-the-top dicamba for dicamba-tolerant crops
Word: over the top Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The adjectival form first appears c. 1935. See cite below. The adverbial form (in reference to World War I) first appears c. 1915. 1. Egregiously; beyond compare. Example: On InfoWars, Alex Jones told his audience, "This is over the top sickening. Next they'll say Jeffrey Epstein never even existed. This is the swamp winning. No one is buying this."
Word: over the top Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The adjectival form first appears c. 1935. See cite below. The adverbial form (in reference to World War I) first appears c. 1915. 1. Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack. Labels: World-War-I, not-comparable Example: The men were sent over the top to their certain death. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, top.
Word: over-the-top Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of over the top (see usage notes). Labels: alt-of, alternative, attributive
Word: jerigonza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jerigonza. 1. A language game in Spanish in which the letter p is inserted after every syllable. Labels: uncountable Example: In Jerigonza, a /p/ is placed after each vowel and then is followed by a copy of that vowel.
Word: goldfinch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English goldfinch, goldfynch, goldefynch, from Old English goldfinċ, equivalent to gold + finch. Compare West Frisian goudfink (“goldfinch”), Dutch goudvink (“bullfinch”), German Goldfink (“goldfinch”), Danish guldfink (“goldfinch”), Icelandic gullfinka (“goldfinch”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊldˌfɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family 2. Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family 3. Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family 4. Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family 5. A sovereign (the coin). Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: el cheapo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”). 1. Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: I only had five bucks, so I bought the el cheapo headphones.
Word: el cheapo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”). 1. A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy. Labels: capitalized, often, slang Example: Don't expect a big tip from El Cheapo over there. 2. A person who is stingy; a miser. Labels: slang Example: He's such an el cheapo that his wallet hasn't been opened for days. 3. On the game show The Price Is Right, used in reference to the lowest two-digit number on a board of (initially) nine numbers in the pricing game Money Game. Labels: slang
Word: tins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tins Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hoi polloi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οἱ πολλοί (hoi polloí, “the many”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪ pəˌlɔɪ/ 1. The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.) Labels: collective, plural, plural-only Example: The clientele is a select species of hoi polloi, intermixed with writers, painters and politicos and the more sophisticated American tourists. Example: But what, pray tell, is a “librarian”? Consult the same infallible source and you will learn: “One who has the care or charge of a library.” And where does that leave the most of us, hoi great unwashed polloi who have neither the “care” nor the “charge” of a library? 2. The elite. Labels: nonstandard, plural, plural-only Example: Our moral standards sway Like Mrs. Tanqueray, And we are theoretically Most aesthetically Eager to display The fact that we're aggressively And excessively Anxious to destroy All the snobbery And hob-nobbery Of the hoi-polloi. Example: "Maybe eating lunch on Nob Hill with your friends the hoi polloi." She didn't mean hoi polloi; but if you roll that phrase around your tongue long enough it can acquire a deceptive taste of affluence. "I don't have any hoi polloi friends"[.]
Word: jota Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jota. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊtə/, /ˈhoʔə/, /-ɑ/ 1. A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations. 2. The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time.
Word: grab bag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Literal sense 1. A gift, purchase, etc. whose contents are concealed until after a selection is made; a bag as gift that comprises mystery prizes. Example: Winners can choose a gift from the grab bags on the table. 2. A bag from which a gift or prize may be withdrawn (grabbed) unseen. 3. Any random assortment, selection or possibility. Labels: figuratively Example: With that system, it's a grab bag which files we can find at any moment. Example: There were now a grab bag of southern country-rock units with a new wrinkle—Black Oak Arkansas, for one, combined psychedelia, fifties rock, Hindu spiritualism, and gospel into “psycho-boogie,” or “raunch 'n' roll.” 4. A moderately large bag of crisps or other snack, suitable for sharing. 5. A bag containing essential items, which can be easily picked up and taken in an emergency.
Word: mixed bag Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bag containing a mixture of something. Example: a mixed bag of nuts 2. A group of entities with few characteristics in common. Labels: broadly Example: The people I met at the support group were a mixed bag: some were grouchy pessimists, and others were cheery do-gooders. 3. Something tending to have both good and bad results or characteristics; something having a mixture of advantages and disadvantages. Labels: idiomatic Example: Owning a car is a mixed bag. It is convenient, but also costly. Example: It was Villa, however, who posted the next moment of danger with another long-range effort from Young, forcing Hart - who had been a mixed bag throughout - to dive low to his right to save as Houllier's side continued to perform in a most encouraging fashion
Word: disadvantage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English disavauntage, from Old French desavantage. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/, /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback. Example: The disadvantage to owning a food processor is that you have to store it somewhere. Example: One of the disadvantages of increasing intermediate stops is that, as we have pointed out already, certain prestige trains have to suffer, notably the "Cornish Riviera Express", slowed 15min to Plymouth by stops at Taunton and Exeter; the "Torbay Express", decelerated 18min by stops at Reading, Westbury, Taunton and Newton Abbot; and the "Bristolian", which adds 14min in order to allow for a Bath stop and an increased load. 2. A setback or handicap. Example: My height is a disadvantage for reaching high shelves. Example: I was brought hither under the disadvantage of being unknown, even by sight, to any of you. 3. Loss; detriment; hindrance. Example: They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public.
Word: disadvantage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disavauntage, from Old French desavantage. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/, /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To place at a disadvantage. Labels: transitive Example: They fear it might disadvantage honest participants to allow automated entries. Example: For London to have its own exclusive immigration policy would exacerbate the sense that immigration benefits only certain groups and disadvantages the rest. It would entrench the gap between London and the rest of the nation. And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility.
Word: giddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English gidi, gedy, gydy (“demonically controlled or possessed; crazy, insane; foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, unwise; unsure; (rare) dizzy, shaky; (rare) of an animal: crazed, out of control; a fool”) [and other forms], from Old English gidiġ, gydiġ (“possessed by a demon or spirit, insane, mad”), from Proto-West Germanic *gudīg (“ghostly, spirited”, literally “possessed by a god or spirit”), from *god (“god”) + *-ig, *-g (suffix forming adjectives with the senses of being, doing, or having). The English word is analysable as god + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’, forming adjectives). The noun and the verb are derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪd.i/, [ˈɡɪɾ.i] 1. Someone or something that is frivolous or impulsive. Labels: archaic Example: But the giddy, the idle, and the frivolous part of the vvorld vvill inceſſantly purſue a phantom, and graſp a ſhadovv. Example: She seemed born not only to captivate the giddy, but to turn the heads of the sage. 2. Synonym of gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”). Labels: UK, archaic
Word: giddy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English gidi, gedy, gydy (“demonically controlled or possessed; crazy, insane; foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, unwise; unsure; (rare) dizzy, shaky; (rare) of an animal: crazed, out of control; a fool”) [and other forms], from Old English gidiġ, gydiġ (“possessed by a demon or spirit, insane, mad”), from Proto-West Germanic *gudīg (“ghostly, spirited”, literally “possessed by a god or spirit”), from *god (“god”) + *-ig, *-g (suffix forming adjectives with the senses of being, doing, or having). The English word is analysable as god + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’, forming adjectives). The noun and the verb are derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪd.i/, [ˈɡɪɾ.i] 1. To make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady; to dizzy. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: A nevv faſhion of apparrell creepeth no ſooner into vſe, but preſently he blameth and diſpraiſeth the olde, and that vvith ſo earneſt a reſolution, and vniverſall a conſent, that you vvould ſay, it is ſome kinde of madnes, or ſelfe-fond humor, that giddieth his vnderſtanding. Example: [T]he footmen vſe it [opium] too as a preſeruer of ſtrength, and vvhich is ſtrangeſt, ſo giddies them, that in a conſtant dreame or dizzineſſe, they run ſleeping not knovving vvhom they meet, and yet miſſe not their intended places: […] 2. To become dizzy or unsteady. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Giddied, he gave up a moment's purchase of ground. 3. To move around something or spin rapidly; to reel; to whirl. Labels: archaic, intransitive, obsolete Example: [B]y chance, a sudden north-wind fetch'd, / With an extreme sea, quite about again / Our whole endeavours, and our course constrain / To giddy round, and with our bow'd sails greet / Dreadful Maleia, calling back our fleet / As far forth as Cythera.
Word: star-crossed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From star + crossed. Coined by William Shakespeare in 1597 in Romeo and Juliet, see quotations. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑːˌkɹɒst/, /ˈstɑɹˌkɹɔst/, /ˈstɑɹˌkɹɑst/ 1. Ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”. Labels: idiomatic Example: The star-crossed lovers looked into each other's eyes, before dying. Example: From forth the fatall loynes of theſe two foes, / A paire of ſtarre-crost Louers tooke their life:
Word: star crossed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of star-crossed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slip through the cracks Part of Speech: verb 1. To escape notice or lack sufficient attention. Labels: idiomatic Example: Judge Hart rejected prosecution claims there were systemic failings, saying the failure to implement options was because they "slipped through the cracks".
Word: shake on it Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Refers to the use of a handshake to confirm an agreement. 1. To agree by shaking hands; to close a deal. Labels: informal Example: I'll bring the contract tomorrow, and if everything looks good, we'll shake on it. Example: Let's shake on it!
Word: hit one's stride Part of Speech: verb 1. when walking or running, to reach a full or comfortable pace Example: I usually start running slowly for a warm-up and then hit my stride a few minutes into the run. 2. to reach a full level of efficiency, competence, comfort, etc.; to get going Labels: figuratively Example: They had a baby just as she was hitting her stride professionally. Example: The owners and staff of the Painted Lady at 186 Commercial Street are hitting their stride as they enter their first full season, following a late start in July, 1984.
Word: jubilar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French jubilaire. 1. pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee Example: […] the example of those ancient Roman Christians, as Eusebius and Sozomen report, would have taught us, that the tenth complete year of our Constantine deserves to be solemn and Jubilar.
Word: rendaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 連濁 (rendaku, “sequential voicing”). 1. In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. An example is 時々 (ときどき, tokidoki), where the second, iterative element "-toki" becomes "-doki" and 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami) where the word 紙 (かみ, kami; paper) becomes "gami". Labels: uncountable
Word: plummet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plommet (“ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line”), recorded since 1382, from Old French plommet or plomet, the diminutive of plom, plum (“lead, sounding lead”), from Latin plumbum (“lead”). The verb is first recorded in 1626, originally meaning “to fathom, take soundings", from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmɪt/, /ˈplʌmət/, /plʊmɪt/ 1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line. Labels: archaic Example: I'le ſeeke him deeper than ere plummet ſounded, / And with him there lye mudded. Example: Iudgement also will I lay to the line, and righteousnesse to the plummet: and the haile shall sweepe away the refuge of lyes, and the waters shall ouerflow the hiding place. 2. Hence, any weight. Labels: archaic Example: His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have fallen like a plummet. 3. A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines). Labels: archaic 4. A violent or dramatic fall. 5. A decline; a fall; a drop. Labels: figuratively Example: Yet another seriously under-par performance is unlikely to provide any real answers to their remarkable plummet in form - but it proves they can at least churn out a much-needed result.
Word: plummet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English plommet (“ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line”), recorded since 1382, from Old French plommet or plomet, the diminutive of plom, plum (“lead, sounding lead”), from Latin plumbum (“lead”). The verb is first recorded in 1626, originally meaning “to fathom, take soundings", from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmɪt/, /ˈplʌmət/, /plʊmɪt/ 1. To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth. Example: The switchback road to Diabaig - pronounced 'Jer-vague' - passes through some of the most exhilarating scenery in Scotland. […] With a final swoop, the road plummets down into Diabaig, where cottages are dotted across the slopes of a rocky semi-circle.
Word: humoresque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Humoreske. 1. A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
Word: julio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian giulio. Doublet of Julius. 1. A former coin of Italy, struck by Pope Julius II (1503-13). Labels: historical Example: At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church […]
Word: tenten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 点々(てんてん) (tenten, literally “dots”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛntɛn/ 1. A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced. Labels: colloquial
Word: divertimento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere. Pronunciation: /dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/, /dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/ 1. composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
Word: consequences Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛn.sɪz/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwɛn.sɪz/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwən.sɪz/, /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛns/, /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwen.sɪz/ 1. plural of consequence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consequences Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛn.sɪz/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwɛn.sɪz/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwən.sɪz/, /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛns/, /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwen.sɪz/ 1. An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and the ensuing events, each player in turn writing a part of the story, not knowing what the others have written.
Word: themes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: themes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of theme Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: maru Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːɹuː/, /ˈmaɹuː/, /ˈmɑɹu/ 1. A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship. Example: the Nippon Maru Example: Intelligence Report […] It is possible that there may be an increase in the number of transports and marus. 2. A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/. Labels: colloquial 3. A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.
Word: Ronald Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Raghnall, itself derived from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (“advice”) + valdr (“power”), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒ.nəld/, /ˈɹɑ.nəld/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: Bridey says if she had a son which please God she will some day she'll call him Ronald because she's mad about Ronald Colman that you see in the Coliseum Cinema. Or Errol, now that's another lovely name, Errol Flynn. --- Ronald, says Bridey, Ronald. He's gorgeous. No, says Mam, it has to be Irish. Isn't that what we fought for all these years? What's the use of fighting the English for centuries if we're going to call our children Ronald? Example: Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist. 2. A surname. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States:
Word: dimensions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daɪˈmɛn.ʃənz/, [daɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩z], /dɪˈmɛn.ʃənz/, [dɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩z], /dɪˈmen.ʃənz/ 1. plural of dimension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dimensions Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /daɪˈmɛn.ʃənz/, [daɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩z], /dɪˈmɛn.ʃənz/, [dɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩z], /dɪˈmen.ʃənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dimension Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mani Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of manicure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: You mean you actually found something more important than to you than a weekly mani? Example: The nails need a mani, the dress is due for a dry cleaning miracle and those "special occasion cuff links" have gone missing.
Word: spearhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spere-hed; equivalent to spear + head. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪə.hɛd/, /ˈspɪɹ.hɛd/, /ˈspiɹ.hɛd/ 1. The pointed head, or end, of a spear. Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft. 2. Something or somebody leading or initiating an activity (such as an attack or campaign). Example: Spearheads of the NER bargain fares attack this year have been the introduction of weekend fares at a 7s 6d in the £ discount on ordinary rates between principal stations throughout the Region—[...]. 3. The leading military unit in an attack. 4. A player who initiates attacking moves. Example: England played at a tempo in attack that was too much for Bulgaria, with width provided at various times by Walcott, Young and Stewart Downing and Rooney acting as the potent spearhead.
Word: spearhead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spere-hed; equivalent to spear + head. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪə.hɛd/, /ˈspɪɹ.hɛd/, /ˈspiɹ.hɛd/ 1. To drive or campaign ardently for (an effort, project, etc.); to direct. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He spearheaded the entire project from day one. Example: Newcastle have put themselves within touching distance after a fantastic run which has been spearheaded by the goals of Senegal striker Cisse.
Word: ardently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ardauntly; equivalent to ardent + -ly. 1. Fervently. Example: All scandals aside, Jewish establishment donors and leaders obsessed not only with Jewish continuity but the right kind of continuity—ardently pro-Israel children of two Jewish parents—have failed on their own terms.
Word: heckler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English heckle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English heckler From heckle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛklə/, [ˈhɛkl̥əː], /ˈheklə/, [ˈhekl̥əː], /ˈhɛklɚ/ 1. One who heckles; somebody who insults, makes fun of, or teases. Example: The juggler always seemed to have a heckler or two in the crowd on Saturdays. Example: Scott, who runs the Classic and promotes me here, said I was wrong about the heckler being the alpha male of the sport fan group. He said the alpha male would have money, cars, women and be silent. The heckler was a kind of delta male, the jester to the king alpha male. He would spend his life in the orbit of power, trailing it, circling it, but never achieving it. 2. An aircraft flying attack missions at night. Labels: US, slang Example: […] the usual gap between the time the last strike of the day departed and the first night hecklers arrived was closed with "zippers" — night fighters who, using day fighter tactics, proceeded to the target in daylight in time to relieve the last day blanket patrol. 3. Alternative form of hackler (“worker who separates flax”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kill two birds with one stone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently coined by Dr. John Bramhall, Bishop of Derry, in a 1646 letter to Thomas Hobbes, later published in 1656. Compare earlier stop two gaps with one bush. 1. To solve two problems with one single action. Labels: idiomatic Example: Biking to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money travelling and will help to lose weight. Example: In favouring the well-connected, politically and culturally sophisticated Italian merchants and diplomats who regularly arrived in England on curial business Henry killed two birds with one stone, gratifying popes by the attention and respect shown to their intimates, and employing them as his own eyes and ears at Rome […].
Word: reality check Part of Speech: noun 1. A check or review to make sure something is consistent, reasonable, etc. Example: Near-synonyms: sanity check, sanity test; sniff test Example: Be sure to do a reality check on the idea before releasing it. 2. A wake-up call; a reminder. Labels: idiomatic Example: Over the last six years, I've been doing a tremendous amount of public speaking and I hope that my coming out about being HIV positive is a reality check for other young people, that hearing a peer speak from personal experience has an impact on them. Example: United's renaissance under manager Erik ten Hag already has the tangible reward of the Carabao Cup but Liverpool unleashed a brutal reality check on their progress with a severe thrashing.
Word: reminder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From remind + -er. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/, /ɹɪˈmaɪndəɹ/, [ɹɪˈmaɪn.dɚ], /ɹɪˈmɑɪndə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone or something that reminds. Example: He left a note as a reminder to get groceries. Example: Find out all he can suggest, but […] don't take him in to your brother. No reminders of the past just yet. 2. Writing that reminds of open payments. Example: She ignored first the reminder of 80 cents. At the end, she was sentenced to pay 200 euros!
Word: neck and crop Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Uncertain, but crop may refer to the backside of a horse, so that a horse that fell neck and crop had both its neck and backside hit the ground. 1. Bodily (and with force); completely, altogether. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: She turned him neck and crop out of the house. Example: "They turned her out into the street neck and crop."
Word: over the transom Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: A transom is a lintel or crosspiece over a door; likely an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”). Refers to the idea of a writer tossing a manuscript through the open window over the door of the publisher's office. Alternatively, a "transom" is the nautical term for the back of a small boat. Something which "came in over the transom" would have suddenly (and presumably, surprisingly) entered through the "back door" of the craft, metaphorically. 1. Of a work submitted for publication, unsolicited. Labels: idiomatic Example: All the over-the-transom articles are handled by our interns. Example: Only one piece that came in over the transom appears in this issue. 2. Meeting a deadline by delivery after the day of the deadline but before opening of business the following business day. Labels: idiomatic Example: They worked into the night and sent an associate to make an over-the-transom filing.
Word: unsolicited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English solicited English unsolicited From un- + solicited. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd/ 1. Not requested; neither welcomed nor invited. Example: People have become very frustrated with unsolicited sales calls. Example: In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
Word: reinforce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English inforce English reinforce From re- + inforce. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/, /ˌɹi.ɪnˈfɔɹs/, /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfoːs/, /ˌɹiː.ənˈfoːs/ 1. To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation. Labels: transitive Example: He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape. Example: [T]hey [the English] valiantly, and vvith the ſlaughter of many, put backe the enemy: vvhich vvas ſo farre from daunting the Normans, that by it they vvere more vvhetted to re-enforce themſelues vpon them: […] 2. To emphasize or review. Labels: transitive Example: The right homework will reinforce and complement the lesson! Example: The accident was also one of several since Clapham [...] that demonstrated the role of breakable windows in the death toll. RSSB research would later confirm and reinforce the need for laminated glass to protect passengers and increase survivability. 3. To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus. Labels: transitive Example: Advertising for fast food can reinforce unhealthy dietary tendencies. Example: Mr. Schlossberg’s rant angered activists for immigrant rights, who said it reinforced stereotypes that Spanish speakers are not citizens. And they worried that it perpetuated fear within immigrant communities of ICE’s aggressive tactics to deport those who are undocumented.