nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: laundrywoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavo Latin lavareder. Latin lavandarium Latin lavandaria Old French lavanderiebor. Middle English lavendrie English laundry Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English laundrywoman From laundry + -woman. 1. A woman employed to wash clothes.
Word: underrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English rated English underrated From under- + rated. Pronunciation: /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/, /ʌn.dəˈɹeɪ.tɪd/ 1. Not given enough recognition for its quality. Example: Koeman identified Southampton’s third as their finest goal of the game. Jack Cork, the most underrated player at a much-lauded club, swept the ball out wide to Tadic, who waited for Cork to run to the back post before chipping the ball across to him to slam in a deserved goal from close range, despite an attempted block by Vito Mannone. Example: The hourly EMU service means that Largs, arguably an underrated seaside destination, is easy enough to reach from Glasgow for a day out.
Word: underrated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English rate English underrate English -ed English underrated From underrate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/, /ʌn.dəˈɹeɪ.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of underrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: leatherneck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leather + neck. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛð.ə.nɛk/, /ˈlɛð.ɚ.nɛk/ 1. A soldier. Labels: slang 2. Specifically, a marine. Labels: US Example: The Marine Corps has instituted a martial-arts program in which leathernecks are indoctrinated in a new code of honor, the Ethical Marine Warrior.
Word: trannie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tranny (“mechanical transmission”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Sitting mute, I watched the faint line of smoke fade into oblivion, and with it went the hopes of this CQ Contest... The Receiver power trannie had packed up. 2. Alternative spelling of tranny (“transsexual, transgender or transvestite”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: My experience here has made me realise that gaining acceptance as a trannie is an ongoing process.
Word: usurped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of usurp Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The kingdom was usurped by the king's cousin.
Word: leave-taking Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of saying goodbye. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The diplomat's formal leave-taking took up most of the day. Example: “After the leave-taking of the king, war broke out between us and the Swedes.” 2. The act or process of taking leave (time away from work) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a mother and a middle manager, Sasha had given a lot of thought to the issue of leave-taking.
Word: terrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French chien terrier (“terrier dog”), from chien (“dog”) + Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹiə/, /ˈteɹiə/, /ˈtɛɾe.əɾ/, /ˈtɛɾi.ə/ 1. A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier). 2. Someone displaying terrier-like qualities such as determined pursuit. Example: One of the LNER dispatch staff is a terrier when it comes to masks, challenging anyone without them.
Word: terrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman terrier, from Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹiə/, /ˈteɹiə/, /ˈtɛɾe.əɾ/, /ˈtɛɾi.ə/ 1. A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc. Labels: historical 2. An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.
Word: terrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Latin terō (“to rub, to rub away”), terebra (“a borer”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹiə/, /ˈteɹiə/, /ˈtɛɾe.əɾ/, /ˈtɛɾi.ə/ 1. An auger or borer.
Word: leavings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Participial form of "leave". 1. A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful. Example: [T]he outdoor dogs […] were permitted to raven unchecked upon chicken bones, fat slices of ham, and luscious leavings of cream when the packing-up time came.
Word: scraps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skɹæps/ 1. plural of scrap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scraps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skɹæps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scrap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taketh Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The Prime Minister giveth, and the Prime Minister taketh away (laughter track). Blessed be the name of the Prime Minister (laughter track).
Word: letterhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From letter + head. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/ 1. A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We need to change our letterhead to use the new logo. Example: The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead. 2. Paper marked with a letterhead. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Internal memos do not need to be printed on letterhead.
Word: swinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English swing 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 swinger From swing + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪŋə/, /ˈswɪŋəɹ/ 1. One who swings. Example: And now that swing appears on a certain playground in the dusk, still swinging without the swinger, who has disappeared[…] 2. A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners). 3. A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order. 4. A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing. 5. A swing voter. Labels: informal Example: Shorten went to Blacktown to try and summon the spirit of Gough Whitlam to persuade the swingers it was time for a change of government. Shorten said vote one Labor, for the future. 6. A swing ride. 7. A passenger on a motorcycle's sidecar who athletically moves from one side to the other to alter the weight distribution.
Word: swinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English swinge 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 swinger From swinge + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪnd͡ʒə/, /ˈswɪnd͡ʒəɹ/ 1. One who swinges. 2. Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: Add ſugar, nutmeg and ginger, / VVith ſtore of ale too; / And thus ye muſt doe / To make the vvaſſaile a ſvvinger.
Word: lewdly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English lewedly (“ignorantly, stupidly”); equivalent to lewd + -ly. 1. In a lewd manner.
Word: leveler Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From level + -er. 1. comparative form of level: more level Labels: US, comparative, form-of
Word: leveler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From level + -er. 1. Alternative form of leveller. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: levelheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English levelheaded 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 levelheadedness From levelheaded + -ness. 1. The property of being levelheaded, stable, not overly swayed by passion. Labels: uncountable
Word: limpidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French limpideder. English limpid 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 limpidness From limpid + -ness. 1. The property of being limpid, clarity. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bluetooth Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth ▲ Old Norse Blátǫnncalq. English Bluetooth From blue + tooth. Calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (compare modern Danish Blåtand). The networking standard is named after the king, since the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes. Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.tuːθ/, /ˈblu.tuθ/ 1. The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway. 2. An short-range wireless technology standard for personal area networks.
Word: Bluetooth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth ▲ Old Norse Blátǫnncalq. English Bluetooth From blue + tooth. Calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (compare modern Danish Blåtand). The networking standard is named after the king, since the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes. Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.tuːθ/, /ˈblu.tuθ/ 1. To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets. Example: Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever.
Word: luridly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lurid Middle English -ly English -ly English luridly From lurid + -ly. 1. In a lurid manner, in a way that contains gauche details or is intended to shock or horrify. Example: The details of the crime were luridly and sensationally described.
Word: lusterless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lust 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 luster 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 lusterless From luster + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstələs/, /ˈlʌstɚləs/ 1. Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished. Example: The lips were of the usual marble pallor. The eyes were lustreless. Example: His thick, heavy, languid, lustreless black hair fell down behind his ears on to his shoulders, in that musicianlike way that is so offensive to the normal Englishman. 2. Without brilliance, unremarkable. Example: The school was a triumph for her husband after a lustreless career in Hong Kong, but it had brought her low.
Word: loose-leaf Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of looseleaf (“consisting of loose pages”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable 2. that has loosely connected or separate leaves Labels: not-comparable Example: Lab tests would later reveal that the plant material was actually loose-leaf tea.
Word: cestus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin caestus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛstəs/ 1. A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal. Example: It is against Massachusetts law to carry on your person or in a vehicle any stiletto, dagger, ballistic knife, dirk knife, doubl-edged knife, switchblade knife, slungshot, blowgun, blackjack, metallic knuckles, nunchaku (also referred to as “klackers” or “kung fu sticks” in Massachusetts law), shuriken or similar pointed star-like objects intended to injure a person when thrown, armband with metallic spikes, points or studs, cestus weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand, manriki gusari or similar length of chain with weighted ends, or billy club. Example: 'Cestus': This includes all sorts of fist wrappings and brass knuckle weapon types.
Word: cestus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cestus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛstəs/ 1. A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love. Labels: obsolete Example: With pasture slopes, and flocks just visible; Then, further still, soft wavy wastes of forest, In all the varied tints of sylvan verdure, Descending to the plain; then, wide and boundless, The plain itself, with towns and cultured tracts, And its fair river gleaming in the light, With all its sweepy windings, seen and lost, And seen again, till through the pale grey tint Of distant space, it seem'd a loosen'd cestus From virgin's tunic blown; and still beyond, The earth's extended vastness from the sight Wore like the boundless ocean.
Word: silencer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English silence 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 silencer From silence + -er. 1. Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences. Example: The Justice Department has defended the law for decades, arguing that it doesn’t ban silencers but simply governs how a buyer can acquire one. Still, late last week, prosecutors requested a 30-day pause in the criminal case against a firearms dealer found with an unregistered silencer because “the Department of Justice is re-evaluating its litigation positions regarding silencers.” 2. Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences. Example: Before the fitting of silencers to these locomotives was completed by the end of 1961, they were very noisy in operation, but the effect of the silencer has been remarkable. 3. Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences. 4. Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences.
Word: launchpad Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of launch pad. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The TfW [Transport for Wales] train could provide the launchpad for a number of projects as the issue of emissions becomes a critical issue for 'UK plc'.
Word: launch pad Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːntʃ.pæd/, /ˈlɑntʃ.pæd/, /ˈlɔntʃ.pæd/ 1. The surface or structure from which a launch is made. 2. A starting point. Labels: figuratively Example: Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.
Word: leukemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English leukemia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English leukemic From leukemia + -ic. Pronunciation: /luːˈkiːmɪk/, /luːˈkɛmɪk/ 1. Relating to leukemia
Word: leukemic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English leukemia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English leukemic From leukemia + -ic. Pronunciation: /luːˈkiːmɪk/, /luːˈkɛmɪk/ 1. A person who has leukemia.
Word: Anthea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”). Pronunciation: /ˈænθiːə/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. 2. The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera Labels: Greek 3. Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey. Labels: historical
Word: leveller Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin libella Old French livelbor. Middle English level English level English -er English leveller From level + -er. 1. comparative form of level: more level Labels: UK, comparative, form-of
Word: leveller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin libella Old French livelbor. Middle English level English level English -er English leveller From level + -er. 1. A person or thing that levels. Labels: UK Example: A soil leveller is used to prepare the field before sowing. 2. A person or thing that levels. Labels: UK Example: I adjusted the leveller built into each leg of the table, but it still wobbled. 3. Something that transcends people’s differences (such as social class, wealth, etc.); something that tends to eliminate advantages and disadvantages. Labels: UK Example: Conversation is not to be met with in large and mixed companies; and a card-table, considered as an universal leveller, may have its use, by placing the weak and timid on a par with the most lively and overbearing. Example: All the captives, the innocent as well as the guilty, gladly subscribed to the terms; for they found themselves in a temporary duresse which did not admit of any fair argument of the merits of the case, and there is no leveller so effectual as a common misfortune. 4. A person holding a political opinion in favor of eliminating disparities between the haves and the have-nots. Labels: UK Example: Among the independents, who, in general, were for having no eccleſiaſtical ſubordination, a ſet of men grew up called Levellers, who diſallowed all ſubordination whatſoever, and declared that they would have no other chaplain, king, or general, but Chriſt. They declared that all men were equal; that all degrees and ranks should be levelled, and an exact partition of property eſtabliſhed in the nation. Example: […] there was no sympathy and connection between the upper and the lower people of the Irish. To one who had been bred so much abroad as myself, this difference between Catholic and Protestant was doubly striking; and though as firm as a rock in my own faith, yet I could not help remembering my grandfather held a different one, and wondering that there should be such a political difference between the two. I passed among my neighbours for a dangerous leveller, for entertaining and expressing such opinions […] 5. An equaliser. Labels: UK Example: Cardiff pressed for a leveller to force the tie into penalties, but Stoke comfortably held out and Walters added his second finishing from a tight angle after his first shot was beaten back to him by Heaton.
Word: levelly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English level Middle English -ly English -ly English levelly From level + -ly. 1. In a level or even manner. Example: He spoke levelly, with no vocal variety to show his passion.
Word: letter-quality Part of Speech: adj 1. Printed to a sufficient visual standard to be sent as a letter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: draft-quality Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing printed material that is sufficient for preliminary use but not sufficient enough for official, published documents. Labels: not-comparable
Word: letterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From letter + -er. 1. A person who is professionally employed to add writing to something (as a sign, shop window, etc.) 2. A particular profession in the production of comics, an artist specializing in neatly writing written material such as dialogue. 3. A device for printing letters of text.
Word: liabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. An amount of money that is owed and has to be paid in the future, such as tax, debt, interest, and mortgage payments. 2. The right side of a balance sheet.
Word: have nots Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of have-nots. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-normally
Word: haves Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From have + -s, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *kap-. See have for details. Pronunciation: /hævz/ 1. The wealthy or privileged, and those with power and possessions. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
Word: haves Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From have + -s, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *kap-. See have for details. Pronunciation: /hævz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of have Labels: form-of, indicative, nonstandard, present, singular, third-person
Word: licentiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English licentious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English licentiousness From licentious + -ness. 1. The property of being licentious. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: ... and well considered, me thinks this is one of the most censurable parts of this licentiousnesse, in regard it laboureth to taint the whole body of conversation, as it corrupteth the nature of words, which are the Publique Faith, whereupon all innocent discourse must needs trust it selfe, so that this perversion seemeth a publick impediment to the commerce of all vertuous communication ... Example: Early mentality, in initiating phallic worship, was never in any way guilty of licentiousness or obscenity.
Word: lewdness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈluːdnəs/ 1. The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdnesse of thy youth, in bruising thy teates by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth. Example: Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.
Word: libber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lib + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪbɚ/, /ˈlɪbə/ 1. One who supports liberation for some group. Labels: colloquial Example: a women's libber
Word: lifelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lifeless 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 lifelessness From lifeless + -ness. 1. The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation. Labels: uncountable Example: In the last years of the 20th century, Glenfeshie, a 17,000-hectare estate in the Scottish Highlands, was in steep decline. Decades of overgrazing by deer had reduced its hillsides to clipped lifelessness.
Word: liberally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English liberal Middle English -ly English -ly English liberally From liberal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪb(ə)ɹəli/ 1. In a liberal manner; generously; freely. Example: Urban Dictionary records at least 66 of the terms found by the present research, but as this dictionary liberally accepts words, definitions, and sample sentences based solely on the say-so of contributors, in the absence of corroboration from other sources the authenticity of some entries must remain dubious. 2. In accordance with political views associated with the liberals.
Word: likableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English like Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English likable Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English likableness From likable + -ness. 1. The property of being likable, that which makes likable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He leered at her after seeing her pass for a week or so, because she blushed and looked ‘green.’ She had never cared about a man, and this Irishman assumed all the virtues and likablenesses of her mind’s Sir Galahad after he had spoken to her a few times. Example: Mr. O’Hara appears as a dashing hero, Barry O’Brian, and it is doubtful if he ever had a role that fitted him so perfectly. He is noted for the ease of his playing, for his charm and naturalness. To Barry he is said to bring all these qualities. It is a likable character and in the part Mr. O’Hara adds to his own many-sided likablenesses.
Word: red brick university Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the memoir Redbrick University by Edgar Allison Peers, whose titular university is based on the University of Liverpool. Liverpool, like most urban universities of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, extensively uses red clay bricks in its architecture. 1. Any traditional British university other than Oxford or Cambridge, especially one founded in the Victorian age in a large city. Labels: UK Example: It took a while before he told me his background: a happy childhood; two degrees—a bachelor's from a red brick university and an Oxbridge PhD; a relatively high-flying job in academia that he liked rather than loved.
Word: liberals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liberal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: never in a million years Part of Speech: adv 1. Absolutely not. Labels: idiomatic Example: “What am I going to do with him, Raj? My stepmother won’t let me keep him at home, especially as the little fella got me suspended from school. That woman hated my hamster, she is never in a million years going to let me keep a rat.” Example: “I would never have dreamed in a million years,” he said, “that this would happen.”
Word: lose the plot Part of Speech: verb 1. To cease to behave in a consistent or rational manner. Labels: UK, colloquial, idiomatic Example: I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits and the exit sign. Example: Right then I lost the plot. I did, man, I went over the edge. 2. To lose sight of an important objective or principle; to act contrarily to one's own interests through concentrating on relatively unimportant matters. Labels: UK, colloquial, idiomatic Example: But while there remains a considerable degree of consensus that the consequence of apparently losing the plot sometime between 1914 and 1918 was the cultural and economic malaise of the 1920s and 1930s, there are still some who look back on the interwar years less with criticism than with nostalgia. Example: Because of this it seems to me that we have somehow lost the plot and we're in desperate need of balance. The idea of Protestant ministers touching the body of Christ (the bread) with great love and tenderness like the priest described is almost incomprehensible. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, plot. Example: Readers enter the storyworlds of novels and then follow the logic of the events that occur in them primarily by attempting to reconstruct the fictional minds of the characters in that storyworld. Otherwise, readers lose the plot.
Word: pick up the phone Part of Speech: verb 1. To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call. Example: These deals won't last, so don't wait! Pick up the phone and dial Big Harry today! He'll find the perfect car for you! Example: If you ever need help, all you've gotta do is pick up the phone and give me a call. 2. To answer an incoming telephone call. Example: She dialed nervously, praying that Grandma would pick up the phone and everything would turn out OK.
Word: DVD player Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic device for playing DVDs.
Word: trailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trailers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trailer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: video games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of video game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: video games Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of video game Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gears Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɪə(ɹ)z/, /ɡɪɚz/ 1. plural of gear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gears Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɪə(ɹ)z/, /ɡɪɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: canes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /keɪnz/ 1. plural of cane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /keɪnz/ 1. Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: canes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /keɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cane Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: carts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɑɹts/, /kɑːts/ 1. plural of cart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɑɹts/, /kɑːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cart Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: M&M's Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of M&M Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melissophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”) + -phobia. By surface analysis, melisso- + -phobia. 1. A morbid fear of bees. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: I then explain that the intruder was preplanned and that he has a phobia: Melissophobia, the intense fear of bees. Example: My anxieties about bees border on melissophobia.
Word: empty space Part of Speech: noun 1. An unoccupied space where something may be stored Example: You can park your car in that empty space. Example: You can put the key in that empty space. 2. An unoccupied area or volume. Example: The empty space at the sides of the page is called the "margin". Example: He spends all his time staring into empty space. 3. Vacuum; a space containing nothing at all Example: Atoms are mostly empty space. 4. A feeling of longing for someone or something that is gone; a sense of a thing's absence. Labels: figuratively Example: It didn't seem possible that he wasn't going to be standing by the Dumpster, waiting for me at lunch, or meeting me in the science lab after school. I felt an empty space where my heart had been. Example: The body of the working-class man of the 1930s — and to an extent its text — is hungry, an empty space once filled by its labor. 5. barren, desolate Land, empty of life and people. Labels: figuratively Example: After 1849 ‘the West’ ceased to be a sort of frontier of infinity and became instead a large empty space of prairie, desert and mountain, suspended between two rapidly developing areas to the east and along the Pacific.
Word: irrealis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal. Pronunciation: /ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/, /ɪɹiˈælɪs/, /ɪˈɹiəlɪs/ 1. Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact. Labels: not-comparable
Word: irrealis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal. Pronunciation: /ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/, /ɪɹiˈælɪs/, /ɪˈɹiəlɪs/ 1. An irrealis construct. Example: […] then it would make sense to view Australian past irrealises as TAM forms combining a modal stative predicate (conveying e.g. a capacity, expectation, or desire state) with a past imperfective content.
Word: Beotian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Boeotian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
Word: Beotian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Boeotian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, uncommon
Word: stick one's nose in Part of Speech: verb 1. To be nosy; to meddle or interfere in the affairs of another. Labels: informal Example: I was doing just fine before he came and stuck his nose in.
Word: beneficiary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin beneficiarius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”), perhaps via or influenced by French bénéficiaire (“beneficiary”). Indirectly, by way of the etymology of the Latin word beneficium, the English word beneficiary ultimately has the same origin as the English word benefactor, its near antonym. Pronunciation: /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/, /ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/, /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɚ.i/, /bɛn.əˈfɪʃ.iˌɚ.i/ 1. One who benefits or receives an advantage. Example: You are the lucky beneficiary of this special offer. Example: The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years. 2. One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate. Example: If any beneficiary does not survive the settlor for a period of 30 days then the trustee shall distribute that beneficiary’s share to the surviving beneficiaries by right of representation. Example: In a second step, the rights to the asset are divided between the trustee, who holds formal title, and the beneficiary, who receives the (future) economic interest. 3. One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
Word: beneficiary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin beneficiarius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”), perhaps via or influenced by French bénéficiaire (“beneficiary”). Indirectly, by way of the etymology of the Latin word beneficium, the English word beneficiary ultimately has the same origin as the English word benefactor, its near antonym. Pronunciation: /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/, /ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/, /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɚ.i/, /bɛn.əˈfɪʃ.iˌɚ.i/ 1. Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. Labels: not-comparable Example: a feudatory or beneficiary king of England 2. Bestowed as a gratuity. Labels: not-comparable Example: beneficiary gifts
Word: DPRK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In addition, on the basis of making full use of Dalian and Qinhuangdao ports for exports, we should fully use Qingjin and Luojin ports in the DPRK to expand our province's export commodity capacity. Example: There are plenty of soldiers in the surrounding Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the official Chinese name for the region, mounting guard along the nearby border with the DPRK. […] Yanbian, Yanji apart, is one of the least densely populated regions of China outside the high plateau of Tibet and the deserts of Xinjiang.
Word: face up to Part of Speech: verb 1. To confront a condition or situation, typically one that is unpleasant or uncomfortable. Example: We must all face up to the fact that we're not getting any younger. Example: I can't seem to face up to the facts / I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
Word: favourably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English favourable 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 favourably From favourable + -ly. 1. In a favourable manner. Labels: Canada, UK Example: She looked favourably on people who gave freely their assistance.
Word: favorably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English favorable 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 favorably From favorable + -ly. 1. In a favorable manner. Example: She looked favorably on people who gave freely their assistance.
Word: fire away Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin shooting at an enemy. Labels: intransitive 2. To begin to talk or present information quickly. Labels: figuratively, intransitive
Word: Francomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Franco- (“of the French”) + -mania (“obsession”). 1. An obsession with the French culture, language, or people. Labels: uncountable
Word: fit in Part of Speech: verb 1. To be physically capable of going into a space. Labels: ambitransitive 2. To find or make a place for: Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Just show up ready for work, and they'll fit you in no matter what your skills are. 3. To find or make a place for: Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The dentist said he can't fit me in until Thursday. Example: I don't have time to work on your house today, but I'll fit it in tomorrow. 4. To be or become of a like type with others; (especially) to be or become socially accepted. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The recluse did not fit in at the party. Example: KORRIS: They shunned you. Cursed you. Called you vile names, and you knew not why. Even now do you know why you are driven? Why you cannot relent — or repent — or confess — or abstain? How could you know? There have been no other Klingons to lead you to that knowledge. WORF: Yes — yes — those feelings are still a part of me, but I control them. They do not rule me. KORRIS: Yes, to fit in, the humans demand you change the one thing that you cannot change. But because you cannot — you do. That too is the mark of the warrior. 5. (followed by with) To conform, to be suitable. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: I'm afraid that does not fit in with our plans. 6. (used alone or followed by with) To be consistent or reconcilable (with other facts or ideas). Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: ; see also Thesaurus:agree Example: We felt confident about our previous theory, but the results of the latest experiments don't fit in.
Word: fade to black Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the movie industry, where it was customary to end a scene or session of filming by closing off light to the camera, sometimes for dramatic effect, but often as a practical measure. 1. To end a film or a scene of a film by causing the image to be gradually dimmed into black. Labels: intransitive Example: They danced the famous Merengue / Now we dolly back / Now we fade to black Example: We don't have to fade to black / Let the sun come in
Word: fade to black Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the movie industry, where it was customary to end a scene or session of filming by closing off light to the camera, sometimes for dramatic effect, but often as a practical measure. 1. An ending of this kind.
Word: fence off Part of Speech: verb 1. To enclose an area within a fence. Example: The cutting is fenced off from the main line at the Clifton end, and is, therefore, not observed from main line trains. Example: Fenced off from the rest of the island, the Foreign Colony is little more than an American suburb with exotic foliage.
Word: slewing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slew Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing. Example: Near the site of the old Kennet Bridge signalbox, a down goods loop has been provided and this necessitated the widening of an embankment and the slewing of the up and down relief lines.
Word: slews Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slew Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: floorshow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floor (“primary area”) + show (“entertainment, performance”). 1. A set of performances held in a nightclub, restaurant or similar during the course of an evening.
Word: Body of Christ Part of Speech: name Etymology: From body + of + Christ. 1. The corpse or resurrected body of Jesus Christ. Labels: literally 2. The consecrated bread of the Eucharist, considered to be the flesh of Jesus Christ. Labels: broadly Example: Priest, presenting the host: The Body of Christ. [= This bread is the body of our saviour.] Congregant, receiving the host: Amen. [= Yes, I agree that it is.] 3. All believers in Jesus Christ as a group; the Church. Labels: figuratively
Word: focussing Part of Speech: adj 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of focusing. Example: The bacteriologist adjusted the focussing knob on the microscope.
Word: focussing Part of Speech: noun 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of focusing. Labels: uncountable Example: At the time of the accident, the searchlight signals here were fitted with standard narrow-beam focussing, aimed at a train within 70yd of the signal.
Word: focussing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of focus Labels: Commonwealth, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: file away Part of Speech: verb 1. To store in a file; to get rid of a document by placing it in a file or other storage. Labels: transitive Example: Would you help me file away these reports? 2. To cause oneself to remember (something); to avoid expressing a feeling, fact or idea until an appropriate time. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: His words hurt, but I'll file away my emotions until I can get my revenge. 3. To move away in a file. Labels: intransitive Example: The soldiers filed way at a quick pace. Example: Then, in a moment of sheer grief, he touched Yebby’s tousled hair for the last time and stood back, watching silently as the men filed away, out of the clearing towards the settlement.
Word: Tz'utujil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish, from Tz'utujil, from tz'utuj (“cornfield flower”) + -il (a suffix that indicates abstraction). Literally it means “beautiful cornfield flower”. 1. A member of a Native American people, one of the 21 Maya ethnic groups that dwell in Guatemala, primarily around Lake Atitlan.
Word: Tz'utujil Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish, from Tz'utujil, from tz'utuj (“cornfield flower”) + -il (a suffix that indicates abstraction). Literally it means “beautiful cornfield flower”. 1. The language of the Tz'utujil people.
Word: happy hour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US origin, 1950s. 1. A time of day, usually in the afternoon or early evening, when a bar or pub offers its drinks at a discounted price. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yes, happy hour. A great American invention for spending quality time with spouse, soused. 2. Any small gathering, usually in the afternoon or early evening, set aside to relax and have a drink. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Flowers. Labels: Cockney, countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable
Word: realization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālisder. Old French reel French real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French réaliser Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French réalisation English realization From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɹiə-/, /ˌɹiə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /-laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of realizing, as: Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: He came to the startling realization that he had never really known the truth. Example: A bath is a lovely relaxing event, until the realization that you're soaking in your own crud. 2. The act of realizing, as: Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea. Example: The realization of the plan took several years. 3. The act of realizing, as: Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking. 4. The act of realizing, as: Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: The realization of -nd as -nn- is not uncommon in the Nuorese dialects.
Word: realizing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪə.laɪzɪŋ/, /ˈɹi(.ə)ˌlaɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of realize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present