nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: throngs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of throng Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throngs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of throng Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: racketeers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of racketeer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: racketeers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of racketeer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ding Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dings Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dinger (“unregistered car”). Labels: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative, slang Example: Federales got my friends in the bin Pull up in the opp block in a brucked-down dings
Word: goat boats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goat boat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goat boats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of goat boat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: harrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harrows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of harrow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: requisitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of requisition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: requisitions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of requisition Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sleuths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sluːθs/ 1. plural of sleuth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleuths Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sluːθs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sleuth Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clobbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clobber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clobbers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clobber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: romps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of romp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: romps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of romp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: debits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of debit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: implants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of implant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: implants Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of implant Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: smirks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smirk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smirks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smirk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hallows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊz/, /ˈhæloʊz/ 1. plural of hallow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hallows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊz/, /ˈhæloʊz/ 1. The relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only
Word: hallows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊz/, /ˈhæloʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hallow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clatters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clatter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clatters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clatter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: timestamps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of timestamp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: timestamps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of timestamp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clomps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clomp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clomps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clomp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: frowsts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frowst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frowsts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of frowst Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cashiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cashier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cashiers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cashier Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: diffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diffs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of diff Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: calenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calenders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of calender Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: smothers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smothers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smother Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: suitors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suitor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suitors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of suitor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bookmarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bookmark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bookmarks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bookmark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decrescendos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decrescendo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decrescendos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decrescendo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whickers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whicker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: backfills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backfill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backfills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backfill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hucksters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of huckster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hucksters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of huckster Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mackinaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mackinaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clangours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clangour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clangours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clangour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clangors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clangor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clangors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clangor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: countersigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countersign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: countersigns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of countersign Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: barneys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barney Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barneys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of barney Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: roquets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roquet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roquets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roquet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: detours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of detour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of detour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dovetails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dovetail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dovetails Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dovetail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shimmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shimmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shimmers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shimmer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pincushions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pincushion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pincushions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pincushion Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blackballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blackball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blackballs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blackball Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: buccans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buccan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buccans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of buccan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pandars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pandar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pandars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pandar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deconverts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deconvert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deconverts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deconvert Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: storyboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of storyboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storyboards Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of storyboard Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: strikeovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strikeover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mimeographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mimeograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mimeographs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mimeograph Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: puckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pucker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puckers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pucker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: splints Part of Speech: noun 1. an equine ailment Example: “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. …” 2. plural of splint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of splint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: caparisons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caparison Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caparisons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of caparison Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: waggons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waggon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waggons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of waggon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bolt from the blue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Suggesting a thunderbolt from a clear sky. 1. A complete surprise; something totally unexpected. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: His death came as a bolt from the blue.
Word: jinks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ 1. plural of jink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jinks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jinks Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ 1. Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies. Example: We scrubbed 'em with horse-brushes on the stones. Jinks, but I rubbed some holes in 'em!
Word: fishtails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishtail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fishtails Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fishtail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: espaliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of espalier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: espaliers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of espalier Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: explores Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of explore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: philias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of philia Labels: form-of, plural Example: He noted that "these philias have a sexual association attached to them". Example: Phobias, philias, manias, perversities, and mental disorders are abnormal instincts. ... Phobias, philias, manias, perversities, and mental disorders teach us how normal instincts work (=how the mind works).
Word: expulse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin expulsō. 1. To expel, usually by means of violence. Labels: obsolete Example: Robert le Bruce re-enters Scotland, whence he had been by Edward the First expuls'd, inverting all the English Institutions, that had so lately setled the Peace and subjection of the Kingdom
Word: expulses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of expulse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extermine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French exterminer, from Latin extermino. 1. To exterminate (someone or something); to destroy. Labels: nonstandard, obsolete, transitive Example: VVherever ſorrovv is, relief vvould be. / If you do ſorrovv at my grief in love, / By giving love your ſorrovv and my grief / VVere both extermined. Example: Without the instinct of self-preservation, which causes the sea-anemone to contract its tentacles, or the fish to dash into its hover, species would be extermined wholesale by involuntary suicide.
Word: extermines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extermine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: externe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French externe. 1. Archaic spelling of extern (especially in healthcare) Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: externes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of externe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extradites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extradite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extrema Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹiːmə/ 1. plural of extremum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extrudes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extrude Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exudes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exude Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: A-1 Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of A1. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: For the true, ultimate zipless A-1 fuck, it was necessary that you never get to know the man very well.
Word: A-1 Part of Speech: noun 1. Cox-Klemin A-1 Air Ambulance, never mass produced. Labels: US, historical 2. Skyraider single engine general-purpose attack aircraft. Labels: US 3. Personnel section of an air force staff. Labels: US 4. Air personnel officer. 5. Angstrom.
Word: jubile Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːbɪliː/, /ˌd͡ʒuːbɪˈliː/, /ˈd͡ʒuːbɪl/, /ˈd͡ʒubəˌli/, /ˌd͡ʒubəˈli/ 1. Obsolete form of jubilee. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And thou ſhalt number ſeuen Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee, ſeuen times ſeuen yeeres, and the ſpace of the ſeuen Sabbaths of yeeres, ſhall be vnto thee fourtie and nine yeeres. Then ſhalt thou cauſe the trumpet of the Jubile to ſound, on the tenth day of the ſeuenth moneth, in the day of atonement ſhall ye make the trumpet ſound throughout all your land. And ye ſhall hallow the fiftieth yeere, and proclaime libertie throughout all the land, vnto al the inhabitants thereof: It ſhalbe a Jubile vnto you, and ye ſhall returne euery man vnto his poſſeſſion, and ye ſhall returne euery man vnto his family. Example: But is't poſſible he ſhould believe he is not of age? vvhy / He is 50, man, in's Jubile I vvarrant: s'light, he / Looks older then a groat, the very ſtamp on's face is / VVorne out vvith handling.
Word: jubiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jubile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jurara Part of Speech: noun 1. loggerhead turtle
Word: know the ropes Part of Speech: verb 1. To have experience of the appropriate procedures; know how a particular task or job should be done (with reference to ropes used in sailing). Example: A traveller from Pontypridd to Llantrisant, not knowing the ropes, would naturally travel to the station of that name, only to find himself at Pont-y-Clun, two miles distant, and probably would not be at all soothed to discover that, had he alighted at the previous station (known as Cross Inn), he would have been within half a mile of his objective. [the station at Pontyclun was named Llantrisant before it closed, it later reopened as Pontyclun]
Word: rak'a Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic رَكْعَة (rakʕa). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑkɑ/ 1. A sequence of movements (including recitation, bowing, and prostration) that constitutes one of two to four cycles of Islamic prayer (salat).
Word: prancing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæn.sɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of prance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prancing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæn.sɪŋ/ 1. That prances. Labels: dated, uncommon Example: when great Aunt Ryder was exhausted with carrying her little nephews pick-a-back, Aunt Ellen was always willing to become a 'gee-gee' or riding-horse in her place, although certainly one of no very prancing and fiery temperament. Example: But what was the good of saying that to him when he was on his high horse — a very prancing steed?
Word: prancing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæn.sɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who prances. Example: Then were the horse hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
Word: skelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós). 1. A skeleton. Labels: obsolete
Word: orthodontia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orth- + -odontia. 1. Synonym of orthodontics. Labels: uncountable Example: The ice cream parlors served generous scoops, hand-dipped by college-bound teenagers who spoke through colorful orthodontia. Example: My kids love Minecraft. They live for Minecraft. If they were given a choice between one million dollars and five more minutes playing Minecraft, they would choose the one that does not assist me with their orthodontia bills.
Word: oscillatory Part of Speech: adj 1. That oscillates; oscillating. Example: The other usual cure – which presumably has recently been applied to the B.R. standard bogie at Swindon – is to change the vehicle's oscillatory characteristics by modifying its suspension. 2. Capable of sustaining oscillations.
Word: osculation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”), from ōsculor (“to kiss”). By surface analysis, osculate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌɒs.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɒs.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɑs.kjuˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɑs.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The action of kissing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A kiss. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Major she held to be a sort of Bayard among Majors: and as for her son Arthur she worshipped that youth with an ardour which the young scapegrace accepted almost as coolly as the statue of the Saint in Saint Peter’s receives the rapturous osculations which the faithful deliver on his toe. 3. A close contact. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The determination of whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits. Labels: Vedic, countable, uncountable
Word: ossification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ification. Recorded earlier than ossify. Pronunciation: /ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, /ˌɑsəfəˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The normal process by which bone is formed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ]. 2. The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: osteopathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From osteo- + -pathic. 1. of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine Labels: not-comparable
Word: vacua Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvæ.kju.ə/ 1. plural of vacuum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vacuity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vacuitās (“empty space, vacancy, vacuity”); equivalent to vacu(ous) + -ity. Pronunciation: /væˈkjuːɪtɪ/, /vəˈkjuːɪtɪ/, /vaˈkjuːɪti/, /vəˈkjuːɪti/ 1. Emptiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The meanes I use to suppresse this frenzy, and which seemeth the fittest for my purpose, is to crush, and trample this humane pride and fiercenesse under foot, to make them feele the emptinesse, vacuitie, and no worth of man[…]. Example: to find so sensible a breach or vacuity in the course of the passions, by means of this breach in the connexion of ideas[…]. 2. Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Idleness; listlessness. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An empty or inane remark or thing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vacuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vacuous Middle English -ly English -ly English vacuously From vacuous + -ly. 1. In a vacuous manner, lacking thought. Example: Here, in distress that was consternation, and in fear that was panic, excitedly bobbed up and down a cowboy in bearskin chaps, vacuously repeating the exclamation, "Oh God! Oh God!" […] Example: He scowled vacuously, keeping at bay a horrible enlightenment on the mechanism of effort, which must drive into being a resistance equal to itself. 2. Because of being a vacuous truth. Example: The statement is vacuously true because P is false and P implies Q.
Word: vacuousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vacuous 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 vacuousness From vacuous + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈvækju.əsnəs/ 1. the quality of being vacuous Labels: uncountable
Word: vacuum-packed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vacuum-pack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vacuum-packed Part of Speech: adj 1. Packed in an airtight container in a partial vacuum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: partial vacuum Part of Speech: noun 1. A region of low atmospheric pressure, especially one in which most of the air has been pumped out.
Word: vagabondage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vagabondage. 1. The state or characteristic of being a vagabond. Labels: uncountable Example: Though he knew it not, the subtle spirit of vagabondage had taken possession of his soul, and even of his hat, which seemed suddenly to have lost its original respectability, and acquired an air of dissoluteness. Example: It has enabled us to establish that the act is not one of casual lust or vagabondage. 2. Vagabonds, considered as a collective. Labels: uncountable
Word: vagarious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vagary Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English vagarious From vagary + -ous. Pronunciation: /vəˈɡɛəɹi.əs/, /veɪˈɡɛɹi.əs/, /vəˈ-/ 1. Subject to vagaries; erratic. 2. Tending to wander or roam. 3. Capricious.
Word: vaginally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vaginal Middle English -ly English -ly English vaginally From vaginal + -ly. 1. Via the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration. Labels: not-comparable Example: It would have been advisable to examine Conchita vaginally to see how far she was in labour.
Word: vaingloriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vainglorious Middle English -ly English -ly English vaingloriously From vainglorious + -ly. 1. In a vainglorious manner. Example: From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
Word: valiance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English valiaunce, from Anglo-Norman vaillaunce and Old French vaillance. 1. The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: valiantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English valiant Middle English -ly English -ly English valiantly From valiant + -ly. 1. In a valiant manner; showing bravery. Example: I valiantly resolve not to go to bed at all, but to walk up and down the pier till morning. Example: We may think of the young people who valiantly stood for the cause of human rights and resisted their infringement, in spite of the violent crackdown by the Chinese regime at T’ien-an-men Square in June 1989.
Word: validly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin validusder. Middle French validebor. English valid Middle English -ly English -ly English validly From valid + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈvælɪdli/ 1. In a valid manner. Example: Only a complete pacifist could validly condemn militariness. Example: Presently there were bishopesses as well as priestesses, splendidly arrayed in chasubles and diadems. These were, from a strictly canonical point of view, the first validly ordained women priests.
Word: validness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin validusder. Middle French validebor. English valid 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 validness From valid + -ness. 1. The state of being valid. Labels: uncountable
Word: valorously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English valorous Middle English -ly English -ly English valorously From valorous + -ly. 1. In a valorous manner.
Word: valuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English value Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English valuate From value + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈvæl.ju.eɪt/ 1. To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation.
Word: valuer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English value 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 valuer From value + -er. 1. A person who valuates; an assessor or appraiser. 2. A person who appreciates something and sets a value on it. Example: Valuers of warm relationships and other value groups may fulfill interpersonal needs through the family but are more willing to admit that parenting is not the only means for finding companionship and love. Example: I'm a funny combination of loner and valuer of community.
Word: valveless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English valve Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English valveless From valve + -less. 1. Having no valves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bid fair Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a reasonable claim; to seem likely. Labels: usually Example: A number of the phrases current in St. Giles's Greek bid fair to become legitimatised in the dictionary of this colony: plant, swag, pulling up, and other epithets of the Tom and Jerry school, are established — […] Example: Diggle Station lies high up in the Pennine Chain, subject to extreme low temperatures. With this and heavy snowfall in the winter months, Diggle bids fair to compete with the Scottish lines under similar weather conditions, and the provision of unfrozen water in the higher ambient temperature of the tunnel must be a boon to harassed engine drivers whose thirsty steeds run short of water up the gruelling 1 in 125 seven-mile climb from Stalybridge.
Word: valvular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin valvulāris, from valvula + -āris. By surface analysis, valvula + -ar. Pronunciation: /ˈvælvjʊlə(ɹ)/ 1. Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was Charles Sherrington (1857–1952) who named that valvular connection (later found to be a gap) the synapse. 2. Like a valve. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vapidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin vapidusbor. English vapid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English vapidity From vapid + -ity. 1. The state or quality of being vapid; vapidness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vapidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin vapidusbor. English vapid 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 vapidness From vapid + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being vapid; vapidity. Labels: uncountable
Word: vaporizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vapor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vaporiz(e) 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 vaporizer From vaporiz(e) + -er. 1. A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid. Example: Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke. 2. A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid. 3. A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid. Example: Their Fordson was equipped with a vaporizer.
Word: vapory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vapor + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪpəɹi/ 1. Resembling vapor; vaporous. Example: But here again, Christians consider the word literally, as though the Lord would appear upon the vapory clouds over our heads. Example: The greatest damps however, that may ever roll upon your spirits, will arise from the stupidity of sinners, and the vapory dullness of declining Christians. 2. Characterized by the presence of vapor; full of, or obscured by, vapor. Example: The most fetid and poisonous smells everywhere prevailed; and by the aid of that ghastly light which, even at midnight, never fails to emanate from a vapory and pestilential atmosphere, might be discerned lying in the by-paths and alleys, or rotting in the windowless habitations, the carcass of many a nocturnal plunderer arrested by the hand of the plague in the very perpetration of his robbery.
Word: forlorn hope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sense 1 (“troop of soldiers picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack”) is a mistranslation of Dutch verloren hoop (literally “lost troop”): verloren (“lost”, adjective) + hoop (“(obsolete) unit of soldiers, contingent; heap, pile, stack”), mistaking the latter word for the homograph hoop (“hope”). Verloren is the past participle of verliezen (“to lose (possession); to be defeated, to lose (a game)”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to cease to have, lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front; first”) + *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”)), while hoop is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haupaz (“a crowd, throng; a heap, pile”), from Proto-Indo-European *kouHp-nó- or *keHup-. Sense 2 (“dangerous or hopeless venture”) is either an extension of the meaning of sense 1, or from the literal meaning of the words forlorn and hope. Pronunciation: /fəˌlɔːn ˈhəʊp/, /fɔː-/, /fɔɹˌlɔɹn ˈhoʊp/ 1. A small troop of soldiers picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party. Labels: archaic Example: Ped[ro]. Stand to your guard ſir, all the devils extant / Are broke upon us, like a cloud of thunder; / There are more women, marching hitherward, / In reſcue of my Miſtris, then ere turn’d taile / At Sturbridge Faire; and I believe, as fiery. / Jaq[ues]. The forlorn-hope’s led by a tanners wife, / I know her by her hide; a deſperate woman: [...] Example: For Books and fine Pictures are the Forlorn-hope, as it were, of the Catholick Cloyſters and Convents; and as there are few of the Monks that underſtand either, upon any great Emergency they ſooner chuſe to convert theſe Moveables into Money, than to melt down their ſuperfluous Hoards of Plate; Treaſures which are oftentimes by far the leſs valuable. 2. In the plural form forlorn hopes: the soldiers collectively making up such a troop; (by extension) a group of reckless adventurers. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: [T]o make this realme a praye to al venturers, al ſpoylers, all ſnaphanſes, all forlornehopes, all cormerauntes, all reuenours of the worlde, that wyll inuade this realme, is to ſaye, thou poſſeſſyoner of any landes of this realme, of what degree ſo euer thou be, fro the higheſt to the loweſt, ſhalte be ſlayne and deſtroyed, and thy landes taken frome the by thoſe that wyl haue al for them ſelfes. 3. Any dangerous or hopeless venture. Labels: broadly Example: From the tete-a-tete with Mr. Thomas Tough, ſhe goes to her deſk again, and begins to write "With what appetite ſhe may," in the forlorn hope of procuring from her bookſeller part of the money ſhe has been compelled to promiſe to the ſaid Thomas's peremptory demands, on behalf of Mr. Humphrey Hotgooſe. Example: These cases form the forlorn hope in surgery; all saved are snatched from nearly certain death. [From the Medico-Chirurgical Transactions.]
Word: varicolored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vari- + color + -ed. 1. Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley. Example: […] the habit of the greater part of them is only a wreath of Callico tyed about their heads; their mid-parts are circled with a Zone of vari-colored plad, and have Sandalls upon their feet, elsewhere being naked […] Example: The Fisherman looked into the water and was much astonished to see therein vari-coloured fishes, white and red, blue and yellow; however he cast his net and, hauling it in, saw that he had netted four fishes, one of each colour.
Word: varicoloured Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of varicolored. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: The fire escapes were festooned with varicoloured washing and all the windows were wide open and the window-sills were hung with bedding.
Word: variegate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin varius Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Late Latin variegōbor. English variegate From Late Latin variegāre (“to make of various sorts or colors”), from Latin varius (“various”) + agere (“to make, do”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹiəɡeɪt/, /ˈvɛɹiəˌɡeɪt/ 1. To add variety to something. Labels: transitive 2. To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour. Labels: transitive 3. To dapple.
Word: variegate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin varius Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Late Latin variegōbor. English variegate From Late Latin variegāre (“to make of various sorts or colors”), from Latin varius (“various”) + agere (“to make, do”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹiəɡeɪt/, /ˈvɛɹiəˌɡeɪt/ 1. variegated
Word: variegation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin variegōbor. English variegate 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 -ion English variegation From variegate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌver.i.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ 1. A variation in the colour of different zones of the same plant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The variegation of leaves occurs so commonly that we do not often inquire into the cause of it. To the physiologist, however, the question of the origin of variegation is of considerable importance, and it certainly is not less so to the horticulturist, whether pleasure or profit be the main end of his endeavors. Example: The second and related type of white variegation is formed by the formation of a single loose layer of short palisade cells instead of a compact layer or two of long palisade cells in the green sectors of variegated leaves (La Rocca et al. 2011). 2. The state of being variegated; streaked, spotted. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: variously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English various Middle English -ly English -ly English variously From various + -ly. 1. In various ways; diversely. Labels: not-comparable Example: My caravan served variously as a changing room, office and bedroom. Example: Over three and a half decades, "Deep Throat" has been damned by religious groups, decried by feminists, defended by First Amendment advocates, derided by critics and debated by social scientists. It dragged for years through local and federal courts around the country in a welter of obscenity trials in which it was variously banned, unbanned and rebanned.
Word: Islamophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English Islamophile From Islamo- + -phile. 1. One (especially one who is not an adherent of Islam) who loves Islam, Muslims or Islamic culture.
Word: vasomotor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English vaso- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor English vasomotor From vaso- + motor. 1. Of or pertaining to the regulation of the diameter of blood vessels. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vassalage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French vassalage (French vasselage), from vassal. Pronunciation: /ˈvæsəlɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The state of being a vassal; fealty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit Example: For all England was his fief, held in vassalage to God and to no man alive, his heart now sang; allwhither his empire spread, opulent in grain and metal and every revenue of the earth, and in stalwart men (his chattels), and in strong orderly cities, where the windows would be adorned with scarlet hangings, and women (with golden hair and red lax lips) would presently admire as King Edward rode slowly by at the head of a resplendent retinue.
Word: vaudevillian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vaudeville Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English vaudevillian From vaudeville + -ian. 1. Someone who performs in vaudeville. Labels: US Example: Harris was born in Richmond, Virginia, on February 9, 1947. His grandparents were vaudevillians, his father was a professional guitarist, and his mother was a leader of the church choir.
Word: vaudevillian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vaudeville Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English vaudevillian From vaudeville + -ian. 1. Pertaining to vaudeville
Word: vaulter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vault 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 vaulter From vault + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈvɒl.tə/, /ˈvɔːl.tə/, /ˈvɔl.tɚ/, /ˈvɑl.tɚ/ 1. A person who vaults or leaps. Example: Indeed, with a world record‐holder or Olympic champion in almost every race, with six milers who have broken 4 minutes, eight high jumpers who can top 7 feet and seven pole vaulters who have cleared 17 feet, there is no way guessing how many Olympic champions‐elect will be on display in the hatbox over Penn Station. Example: He comes from a family of athletes: Greg, his father, was an elite vaulter for the U.S. Helena, his Swedish mother, was an international heptathlete and volleyball player.
Word: vibraharp Part of Speech: noun 1. the vibraphone
Word: vibrancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare, equivalent to vibrant + -cy. 1. The quality of being vibrant. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In a separate 2024 report, Stanford found that no EU country made the top five for “vibrancy” in AI, a metric that considered private investment, patents and research.
Word: vibrantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vibrant Middle English -ly English -ly English vibrantly From vibrant + -ly. 1. In a vibrant manner.
Word: victoriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English victoriously, vittoryously; equivalent to victorious + -ly. 1. In a victorious manner; as part of a victory. Example: All solemnly and thankfully I feel its blissening power As ringing out victoriously. Example: That year when he came to Korea, he was already thirty-one years old. Once while carrying out an emergency repair of a bridge, he volunteered to climb barehanded up a seventeen meter high isolated steel beam. He did so and brought down some materials. In addition, he paid no heed to danger during the flooding and set up floating bridges three times, victoriously completing his mission. To everyone's sorrow, on May 15th, 1952, our hero, while repairing the Qingchuan River Bridge, was gloriously martyred. His company was named the "Yang Liandi Company".
Word: vigilantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vigilant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English vigilantly From vigilant + -ly. 1. In a vigilant manner. Example: He shuffled athwart, keeping one eye ahead vigilantly.
Word: vindictively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vindictive Middle English -ly English -ly English vindictively From vindictive + -ly. 1. In a vindictive manner. Example: For answer the boy's bravely challenging eyes met his blinking vindictively.
Word: virtuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English vertuously; equivalent to virtuous + -ly. 1. In a virtuous manner. Example: Beauty is a fatal gift for those who want to live virtuously.
Word: virulently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English virulent Middle English -ly English -ly English virulently From virulent + -ly. 1. in a virulent manner
Word: vivaciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vivacious Middle English -ly English -ly English vivaciously From vivacious + -ly. 1. In a vivacious manner. Example: 'You monster!' she exclaimed vivaciously, while a dozen yards away. 'To inveigle me into travelling all night with that delightfully wicked-looking young secretary of yours! I declare I don't know what people will say when I get back.'
Word: vixenishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vixenish Middle English -ly English -ly English vixenishly From vixenish + -ly. 1. In a vixenish manner.
Word: sex on the beach Part of Speech: noun 1. A cocktail containing vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice and orange juice. Example: While he mixed them up, I observed the other bar patrons – girls in tight white tops and guys swooping in on them – who had clearly drunk their fair share of sex on the beaches, perhaps in pursuit of same. Example: […] my hands and wrists ached from pouring thousands of long island ice teas, sex on the beaches, and white russians. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sex, on, the, beach.
Word: triple sec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French triple sec (“triple dry”). 1. Any of several triple-distilled liqueurs flavoured with fruit e.g. Curaçao, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A branded liqueur from Curaçao flavoured with orange peel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: con moto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian con moto. 1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played "with motion" 2. A passage having this mark
Word: con moto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian con moto. 1. played "with motion" Labels: not-comparable Example: The tune starts in largo and voices the first stage, the outpouring of the soul. With the fifth bar, con moto, the tune progresses to the second stage, the spiritual awakening.
Word: con moto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian con moto. 1. describing a passage having this mark Labels: not-comparable
Word: metronome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in English from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + νόμος (nómos, “regulation, law”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt.ɹəˌnoʊm/, /ˈmɛt.ɹəˌnəʊm/ 1. A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes. Example: The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato. Example: It’s one of the earliest pieces in the comprehensive collection of metronomes by the British instrument dealer Tony Bingham, which forms the bulk of the Basel exhibition.
Word: baking tray Part of Speech: noun 1. An oven-proof metal tray used to hold foods in the oven.