nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: severally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English several 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 severally From several + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəli/ 1. separately Labels: not-comparable Example: I will diſpatch you ſeuerally. You to Lord Lucius, to Lord Lucullus you, I hunted with his Honor to-day; [...] Example: For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 2. Several times, repeatedly Labels: Africa, not-comparable Example: It tells them that those rules can be broken; and certainly they will break them, not once or twice but severally. Example: It was at the point of confronting Alaba, who had been warned severally along with other tenants, that Ogunyemi met her demise.
Word: unbox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English box English unbox From un- + box. 1. To remove from a box. Labels: transitive Example: The booksellers' tasks were to unbox, shelve, and handle cash. Example: Clips in which children’s toys are unboxed are some of the most popular videos on YouTube. 2. To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed. Labels: transitive Example: When a boxing or unboxing operation occurs in code, whether it was implicit or explicit, the IL generated includes the box or unbox command.
Word: auxesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”). 1. A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede. 2. A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly Labels: countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable 3. Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Auxesis, augmentation, increase. Example: Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication. 4. The condition of being auxetic Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paradiastole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραδιαστολή (paradiastolḗ), from παρα- (para-, “next to, alongside”) + διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, distinction”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɛrədaɪˈæstəli/, /ˌpærədaɪˈæstəli/ 1. A form of euphemism in which a positive synonym is substituted for a negative word. Labels: rhetoric
Word: cheapness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cheap 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 cheapness From cheap + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːpnəs/ 1. The state or character trait of being cheap (stingy). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: His cheapness was legendary; he refused to use candles or lamps, not to reduce the risk of fire but rather to save a penny. Example: Her mother, in 1684, retiring with'her daughter, for cheapness, to some place in Surrey, (she does not tell us where,) became acquainted with Dr. Glisson […] 2. The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It seems to me that whoever at the Department of Transport or the train operating companies, or both, is specifying the standard of seats these days has taken leave of their senses and opted for cheapness over comfort. 3. The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The cheapness of the manufacturing is insulting. [the product is poorly made] 4. The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The cheapness of the offerings is amazing. [the prices are surprisingly good]
Word: electric bass Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkbeɪs/ 1. An electric bass guitar with four strings, larger than a normal electric guitar. It has a lower pitch and is often used as a back-up beat for the lead guitar.
Word: hodman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hod + -man. 1. Synonym of hod carrier.
Word: laird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord. Pronunciation: /lɛːd/, /lɛəɹd/, /lerd/, /leːd/, /leəd/ 1. A feudal lord in Scottish contexts. Labels: historical 2. An aristocrat, particularly in Scottish contexts and in reference to the chiefs of the Scottish clans. Labels: Scotland Example: Now Wiſe, and Rich, and Worthie, and Wonderful, and Faithful and True, and Rare, & Charitable, and Great Laird of Carnwath, Be not Prowd, altho I Commend you at ſuch a Rate behind your back and yet never ſaw You... Example: Once I was call'd a great Fife laird, I dwelt not far from the Hall-yard: [...] O! but it's long and many a year, Since laſt my feet did travel here. I find great change in old lairds places, I know the ground, but not the faces, Where ſhall I turn me firſt about, For my acquaintance is worn out? 3. A landowner, particularly in Scottish contexts. Labels: Scotland Example: In Scotland, the traditional term for the owner of an upland estate is the ‘laird’. [...] Well into the post-war period, the lairds of large estates were generally treated deferentially by local people but times have changed, [...] It would be a mistake to equate the title ‘laird’ to a British ‘lord’, as it does not confer any political standing, but the fact that some of Scotland’s lairds sit in the House of Lords can confuse the outsider.
Word: laird Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord. Pronunciation: /lɛːd/, /lɛəɹd/, /lerd/, /leːd/, /leəd/ 1. Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over). Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: But cauld was his hearth ere his youdith was o'er, / An' he delved on the lands he had lairded before; / Yet though he beggared his ha' an' deserted his lea, / Contented he roamed on the banks o' the Dee. Example: You'd stand with a single malt, / in braces, admiring a Grinling, / while I did a fingertip search of your face, / [...] / discovering the recesses of baronial you, / lairding it in a rental estate / we were about to lose.
Word: start-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from start up. 1. Alternative spelling of startup. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: splendorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English splendor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English splendorous From splendor + -ous. 1. Splendid, having splendor. Example: Ensconced in his attentiveness, she was the splendorous sun around which his life revolved.
Word: splendrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English splendor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English splendrous From splendor + -ous. 1. Splendid, having splendor.
Word: fougère Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fougère (literally “fern”), from the perfume Fougère Royale (“Royal Fern”) launched in 1882 by Houbigant. 1. One of the main olfactive families of perfumes, based on the compound coumarin; (countable) a perfume of that family. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fougères are built on an accord between lavender and coumarin, with every conceivable variation and elaboration. Example: Drakkar Noir, however, was not the kind of fragrance you would want to douse yourself with. It was one of the early aromatic fougeres, and a stonking powerhouse.
Word: tyrolienne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tyrolienne. Pronunciation: /tɪˌɹoʊliˈɛn/ 1. A traditional folk dance of Tyrol. 2. The music for such a dance.
Word: zip wire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zip-wire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Winthrop Part of Speech: name Etymology: From wines (“friend's”) + þorp (“village”). 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A rural community in Huron East municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada. 12. A suburb of Perth in the City of Melville, Western Australia. 13. A community in Nottinghamshire, England (unconfirmed). 14. A habitational surname from Old English from the English places.
Word: Hicks Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Hick English -'s English -s English Hicks From Hick + -s. Pronunciation: /hɪks/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Hick, a medieval diminutive of Richard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hope Hicks, one of the President’s longest-serving aides, warned Parscale against touting ticket request numbers, reminding him that the number one rule in politics is not to overpromise and underdeliver, a source familiar with the matter said. 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hicks Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Hick English -'s English -s English Hicks From Hick + -s. Pronunciation: /hɪks/ 1. plural of Hick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polylith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -lith. 1. A prehistoric monument consisting of many stones.
Word: constative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined to translate the German konstatierend, using cōnstāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin verb cōnstō (“to agree, correspond, or fit; to am certain, decided, or consistent”), suffixed with the English -ive, suggesting a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *cōnstātīvus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnstətɪv/, /kənˈsteɪtɪv/ 1. Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false. Labels: not-comparable Example: Statements are constative utterances. Example: One thing, however, that it will be more dangerous to do, and that we are very prone to do, is to take it that we somehow know that the primary or primitive use of sentences must be, because it ought to be, statemental or constative, in the philosophers' preferred sense of simply uttering something whose sole pretension is to be true or false and which is not liable to criticism in any other dimension.
Word: constative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined to translate the German konstatierend, using cōnstāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin verb cōnstō (“to agree, correspond, or fit; to am certain, decided, or consistent”), suffixed with the English -ive, suggesting a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *cōnstātīvus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnstətɪv/, /kənˈsteɪtɪv/ 1. An utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false. Example: The distinction between constatives and performatives is one of the distinctions that he starts questioning.
Word: tapeta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tapetum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lizardman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lizard + man. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪz.əd.mæn/, /ˈlɪz.ɚd.mæn/ 1. An intelligent human-like reptile who walks on hind legs and speaks and dresses similar to humans.
Word: half-elf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English half- Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Germanic *albiz Proto-West Germanic *albi Old English ielf Middle English elf English elf English half-elf From half- + elf. 1. A person who is half elven and half human by birth.
Word: Southern hospitality Part of Speech: noun 1. The cultural stereotype of warmth, kindness, and generosity shown by people in the Southern United States toward guests, strangers, and neighbors. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: alk Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of auk. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: […] reindeer, wild boars, beavers, wood-grouse, and geir-birds (the great alk).
Word: alk Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of alkali. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: alk Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of alkaline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: totalisator Part of Speech: noun 1. the computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets. Labels: UK Example: For example, I may in some places effect marriage by cohabiting, or I may bet with a totalisator machine by putting a coin in the slot. Example: At the racing club's expense, many alterations had been made, including converting the totalisator building into a 40-bed ward.
Word: pari-mutuel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pari mutuel (“mutual bet”). Pronunciation: /ˌpaɹiˈmjuːtʃʊəl/ 1. Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets. Example: There is also a pari-mutuel option. You and a friend can wager that you will each lose 15 pounds over the next two months. If you both succeed, the money is returned. But if one fails while the other succeeds, then the loser pays the winner. If you both fail, then the one who loses the most is the winner. 2. A booth used to place such bets, or a machine used to record bets and calculate payoffs. Example: The Italian were full of manners and McAdams talked to Catherine while we went down to bet again. Mr Meyers was standing near the pari-mutuel.
Word: tote board Part of Speech: noun 1. The computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets.
Word: court bouillon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French, literally "short broth". 1. A seasoned, aromatic liquid, such as a mixture of water with wine or vinegar and spices and vegetables, used for poaching fish, meat, seafood, or vegetables.
Word: zeekoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch zeekoe. 1. hippopotamus Labels: archaic
Word: let go and let God Part of Speech: verb 1. To consciously surrender one's free will to the will of God. Labels: idiomatic
Word: trake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of trach. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: 2001, John Barnes and Buzz Aldrin, The Return, Tor/Forge, →ISBN, page 41, "[…] I'll do a trake on him, right now, because his breathing isn't good and I think there's a crushing injury to the neck. […]" Example: 2004, Christopher Young, Anno Domini Book III Amalgamation, Lulu Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 150, "[…] She'll never be able to talk again, and for now she is breathing out of a trake."
Word: trach Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪk/ 1. A tracheotomy or tracheostomy. Labels: informal 2. The tube inserted in a tracheotomy. Labels: informal 3. One who undergoes a tracheotomy. Labels: informal
Word: trach Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪk/ 1. Alternative form of trache (“fit with tracheostomy tube”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PLM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of product life-cycle management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of product launch manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of periodic limb movement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of protein language model. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PLM Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of police lives matter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: abade Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of abode. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: abade Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of abode. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: on the market Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Offered for sale. Example: The Aberdeen-Ballater line station house, complete with a non-authentic signal, is on the market for £225,000. 2. During a real estate auction: going to be sold at that auction, i.e. the bid has reached the vendor's reserve. 3. single; not in a committed romantic relationship or otherwise unavailable.
Word: kookier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of kooky: more kooky Labels: comparative, form-of Example: 10:23am: Four guys take the one wave, each guy who drops in being kookier than the next. Circus music plays.
Word: departmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French départemental. By surface analysis, department + -al. Doublet of départemental. Pronunciation: /dɪpɑːtˈmɛntəl/, /ˌdiːpɑtˈmɛntəl/, /dɪpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/, /ˌdiːpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/, /dɪpɐːtˈmentəl/ 1. Of or relating to a department. Labels: not-comparable
Word: egads Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From ye gods. 1. Alternative form of egad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: internationalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English national English international Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English internationalism From international + -ism. 1. Political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Once again the opposite poles of isolationism and Wilsonian internationalism appeared as alternatives that split the liberal and conservative camps Example: One day in the not too distant future, we may look back on Donald Trump’s return to power as the death knell of “liberal internationalism.” […] Those holdouts know that their success will depend on a broader understanding of both why liberal internationalism took root and thrived for so long, and why it now appears to be collapsing. 2. A loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A major architectural style that was developed in the 1920s and 1930s and was closely related to modernism, characterized by lightweight industrial materials, lack of ornamentation, and flat surfaces. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Secretary of State Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation. 2. The chief clerk of a U.S. state. Example: When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms.
Word: paars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Funen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Danish Fyn, likely through German Fünen. Related with Danish fyge (“to blow around”), hence "windswept place". Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːnən/ 1. The third largest island of Denmark.
Word: Ningxia Part of Speech: name Etymology: c. mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧夏 /宁夏 (Níngxià). Pronunciation: /nɪŋˈʃjɑː/ 1. A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan. Example: In 1955, the trans-Mongolian railroad was inaugurated and in 1958 the Baotou line was extended to Lanzhou in Gansu, passing through Ningxia. Example: FROM Baotou, China’s interior trunk line goes west and then south to one of China’s main concentrations of Muslims, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. My train left Baotou at 9:16 A.M., and the 317-mile trip took slightly over 10 hours; we arrived at 7:30 P.M., just 19 minutes late, at Ningxia's capital, Yinchuan.
Word: muttonhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mutton + head. 1. A stupid or foolish person. Labels: UK, slang
Word: nattering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of natter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nattering Part of Speech: noun 1. Idle chatter.
Word: stuttering Part of Speech: noun 1. A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds. 2. An instance of stuttering.
Word: stuttering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stutter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stuttering Part of Speech: adj 1. That stutters. 2. Hesitant. Labels: figuratively Example: Relieved Chelsea halted their worst run of form since 1999 as a stuttering victory over Bolton gave the champions a first league win in seven matches
Word: Tinker to Evers to Chance Part of Speech: name Etymology: A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem. 1. A famous baseball infield double-play combination.
Word: Tinker to Evers to Chance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem. 1. A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: The sonarman picks up the enemy, shoots the position to the radar controller sitting near him, and the radar controller, in a Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance play, vectors a hovering helicopter to the spot. Example: It was like Tinker to Evers to Chance. Colson-Chance then flipped the good news to Hugh Scott, who read Mrs. Beard's denial on the Senate floor that same day.
Word: Tinker to Evans to Chance Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of Tinker to Evers to Chance. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: muttonheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muttonhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Secretaries of State Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Secretary of State Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polylith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lairds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lairds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of laird Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: electric basses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electric bass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: meioses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meiosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: auxeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auxesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amplifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amplify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: amplifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of amplify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: amplified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of amplify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: amplified Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been made the subject of amplification; more potent or stronger, louder
Word: kilted sausages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kilted sausage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scattered showers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scattered shower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wintry showers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wintry shower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stegosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stegosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copyright infringements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copyright infringement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infirmaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infirmary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blackflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blackfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inkblots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inkblot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autoradiograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autoradiogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autoradiographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autoradiograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attenuations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attenuation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speakeasies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speakeasy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hear, hear Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From 1689. Originally used imperatively, as an exclamation to call attention to a speaker. Now used generally as a cry of approbation. 1. Let us hear and applaud the previous speaker; I endorse the previous statement; expression of support, agreement, or enthusiasm for what has just been said. Labels: often Example: Hearty congratulations are in order to Selma for her successful completion of the curriculum. / Hear, hear!
Word: cuz Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /kʌz/, /kɒz/, /kəz/ 1. Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”). Labels: alt-of, informal, not-comparable
Word: cuz Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /kʌz/, /kɒz/, /kəz/ 1. Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”). Labels: alt-of, informal Example: "(W)ho knows I wanted her dead? cuz i only told u and (D.B.) so unless u told someone ..."
Word: cuz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for cousin. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌz/ 1. A cousin. Labels: informal 2. Friendly term of address. Labels: informal
Word: calendar month Part of Speech: noun 1. The period of duration from the first date of one month to the last date of the same month, which can thus vary from 28 to 31 days in length. Example: In Calcutta, season tickets are issued only for the calendar month, with a different colour for each month, so that this problem does not arise. The merest whisper of an idea to change Bombay to the Calcutta system brought such a howl of protest in the Press, that it was never seriously contemplated.
Word: fat-kidneyed Part of Speech: adj 1. gross and lubberly. Labels: archaic, derogatory, not-comparable Example: Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascall.
Word: glommer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glom + -er. 1. A person who steals. Labels: informal 2. A person who catches or grabs from others. Labels: informal
Word: save vs. Part of Speech: verb 1. In certain games, to successfully guard against a particular danger. Labels: nonstandard, transitive
Word: marginal cost of capital Part of Speech: noun 1. The cost of the marginal unit of capital that a firm could raise. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: photo cube Part of Speech: noun 1. A cube-shaped frame holding different photographs on its different sides, often used to show several different members of a family, parts of a vacation, or a timeline of someone's life.
Word: save as Part of Speech: verb 1. To enter a dialog box where the user can specify a new filename to save the current document under.
Word: terraqueous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₂ékʷeh₂ Learned borrowing from Late Latin terraqueus + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree, usually an abundance). Terraqueus is derived from Latin terra (“dry land; earth, soil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”)) + Late Latin aqueus (“aqueous; watery”) (from Latin aqua (“water”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”)) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting the sources of attributes)). Pronunciation: /təˈɹeɪ.kwi.əs/, /-ˈɹæ-/ 1. Chiefly in terraqueous globe (that is, the Earth): consisting of both land and water. Labels: archaic, formal, not-comparable Example: The Terraqueous Globe comprehending Sea and Land, Rivers and Lakes, ſtands divided by modern Geographers into tvvo Semi-Orbs, viz. the Old, and Nevv VVorld. Example: [T]here may poſſibly be One Plastick Inconſcious Nature, in the vvhole Terraqueous Globe, by vvhich Vegetables may be ſeverally organized and framed, and all things performed vvhich tranſcend the Povver of Fortuitous Mechaniſm. 2. Relating to, or taking place on, both land and water. Labels: archaic, formal, not-comparable Example: Thus the vicissitudes of the land and ocean, portrayed in the tertiary formations, harmonise perfectly with other terraqueous phenomena of the same geological period. Example: Spirit of light and darkness! I no less / Twy-natured, but of more terraqueous mould, / In whom conflicting powers proportion hold / With poise exact, before thy proud excess / Of beauty perfect and pure lawlessness / Quail self-confounded; neither nobly bold / To dare for thee damnation, nor so cold / As to endure unscathed thy fiery stress. 3. Of a plant: living in both land and water; amphibious. Labels: archaic, formal, not-comparable Example: Among a large number of terraqueous plants, cellulose and lignin are dominant in nature.
Word: krokodil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Russian крокоди́л (krokodíl, “crocodile”), because of its damaging effects on the skin, possibly related to the chemical name of the precursor α-chlorocodide. Doublet of crocodile. 1. The drug desomorphine. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: But other synthetic drugs, such the ones known in the streets as bath salts, now dominate the market in Russia, while the most common sign of krokodil is the quiet devastation it has left behind.
Word: village idiot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the saying “Every village has its village idiot”, alleged to be an old Yiddish proverb. 1. A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency. Example: It is true that the Doocot was occasionally appropriated to other purposes than that of a tolbooth for the sorner, the drunken gipsy, the village idiot at the change of the moon, the swearing bluegown, and the contumacious birdnester on the sabbath; […] Example: "So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."
Word: innamorato Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of inamorato. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Her innamorato, who came hither very ſlenderly equipt, has ſent for his baggage to London, which, in all probability, will not arrive in time for the wedding; […] Example: “Sir,” said the amiable damsel, (wiping with the tail of her petticoat a tear which started to her eye, upon hearing such scurvy epithets applied to her innamorato,) “How can you?”
Word: wackyparse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wacky + parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=wackyparsing&qt_s=Search, the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet. 1. To misread a text to a humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: But "Kibological slip" just doesn't do it. I would prefer a single-word term. Something like "I wackyparsed that as..." or "I incorrgrept you."
Word: innamorata Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of inamorata. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A Watteau-like representation of a pleasing French scene; the pet of the petticoats of Montreuil taking leave of his innamoratas. Example: His anxiety respecting his innamorata at last induced him to risk the voyage.
Word: WARNO Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of warning order. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of Example: Information not available for inclusion in the initial WARNO can be included in subsequent warning Example: Only address if essential to the WARNO.
Word: milkmaid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milk + maid. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/ 1. A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm. Labels: historical
Word: mondial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French mondial, from Latin mundiālis. Compare Middle English mondiall, mundyall (“worldly, temporal”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒndi.əl/ 1. Worldwide, global. Example: Richard would even discuss her latest column, without in any way averring – even to himself – that what she wrote had all the mondial impact of a used cotton bud falling on to a damp towel.
Word: wetiko Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wihtikow. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Pennisk wasn't afraid of the wetiko. Example: Just then a Wetiko charged into view!
Word: wharfie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną Proto-West Germanic *hwerban Old English hweorfan Middle English wharf English wharf English -ie English wharfie From wharf + -ie. 1. A wharf worker: synonym of dockworker. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, informal Example: “It’s a twenty-four-hour stoppage,” he said. “The wharfies went to the Arbitration Court for another pound a week for something or other, and they didn’t get it, so they’ve stopped work for a day to show their displeasure […]” Example: One night, soon after the battle of the Coral Sea, the US transport ship Shenandoah steamed up the Brisbane River to the wharves at Hamilton. She tied up just before eleven o′clock and at midnight a fresh shift of wharfies began unloading her cavernous holds.
Word: whelk stall Part of Speech: noun 1. A small enterprise which is very simple to run. Labels: UK, colloquial, slang Example: The Group Executive Committee couldn't run a whelk stall!
Word: halava Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of halva. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: geostrategic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English strategic English geostrategic From geo- + strategic. 1. Pertaining to the strategy of dealing with geopolitical issues; geopolitically strategic. Example: Once in possession of Istanbul, the Russians would control the geostrategic straits of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles linking Russia's Black Sea ports to the Mediterranean.
Word: wikinomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of wiki + economics. Coined by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams in Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (2007) 1. The theory and practice of mass collaboration using electronic communications. Labels: uncountable
Word: geostrategy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English strategy English geostrategy From geo- + strategy. 1. The strategic use of geopolitics. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tattooist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tattoo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tattooist From tattoo + -ist. 1. Someone who draws or inks tattoos on people.
Word: wooden-top Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The expression may be a reference to the wooden construction of a bobby's custodian helmet. 1. A uniformed police officer. Labels: UK, idiomatic, informal Example: Immediately a big wooden-top came in. He was young and blond. Example: It is Detective Chief Superintendent Cohn Harpur, one of the bosses, but just a wooden-top like all the rest.
Word: breakage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English break Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English breakage From break + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The act of breaking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space. 2. Something that has been broken. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages. 3. A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wouldest Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of wouldst. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: all the time Part of Speech: adv Etymology: An ellipsis of all of the time. Pronunciation: /ɔːl ðə taɪm/, /ɒl ðə taɪm/, /ɑl-/ 1. Always; constantly; for the complete duration. Labels: not-comparable Example: The public does not wish to be outraged in this way all the time. Example: Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings. 2. Very often; frequently. Labels: not-comparable Example: Memories haunt you all the time / I will never leave your mind / Got judgment on your side / You've said bad things, and you've lied Example: I have never been this excited about having an album. I play it all the time.
Word: year dot Part of Speech: noun 1. A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: That hat dates from the year dot. Example: Disk interfaces have been around since the year dot, as people soon realised that the microdrive was unreliable, unstable and generally rubbish for the storage of anything, useless except as a rather small beermat.
Word: zero-order design Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed by NASA for excavation on the Moon. 1. An optimal network design within a computer. It involves choosing an optimal reference system and revolving it around a certain real number.
Word: zoophagia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -phagia. 1. The act of eating living creatures. Labels: uncountable
Word: stand and deliver Part of Speech: verb 1. To command a victim to hand over their valuables, traditionally used by a highwayman. Labels: idiomatic Example: Stand and deliver! Your money or your life! Example: As I was going over the far famed Kerry mountains I met with Captain Farrell and his money he was counting. I first produced my pistol, and then produced my rapier. Said stand and deliver, or the devil he may take ye life!
Word: objectification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From object + -ification, following objectify. Pronunciation: /ɒbˌd͡ʒɛkt.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃʌn/ 1. The act or process of objectifying something intangible. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act or process of objectifying someone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: objectifying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛkt.ɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of objectify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: objectifying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛkt.ɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. Objectification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In early consciousness there is, of course, frequent return of a given object which becomes the occasion of a large number of objectifyings which are identical in nature yet do not contain sense of identity.
Word: wheresoe'er Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Contraction of wheresoever. Pronunciation: /ˌʍɝ.səʊˈɛːɹ/ 1. Wheresoever. Labels: literary Example: Alas, that the longest hill Must end in a vale; but still, Who climbs with toil, wheresoe'er, Shall find wings waiting there.
Word: tetrasyllabic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English syllabic English tetrasyllabic From tetra- + syllabic. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛ.tɹə.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/ 1. Having four syllables. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tetrasyllabic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English syllabic English tetrasyllabic From tetra- + syllabic. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛ.tɹə.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/ 1. A word of four syllables.
Word: resolving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resolve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resolving Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of forming a resolution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But alas! these thoughts, and wishings, and resolvings, were now too late to help me; this thought had passed my heart, God hath let me go, and I am fallen. Example: He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings.
Word: catastrophize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English catastrophe 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 catastrophize From catastrophe + -ize. Pronunciation: /kəˈtæstɹəfaɪz/ 1. To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic. Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To expose a behavior pattern of seeking the worst interpretation and magnifying the disagreeable outcomes (of). Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Particularly likely to overreact are those who tend to catastrophize (Ellis, 1962) and those who have Type A personalities (Friedman & Rosenman, 1974). Example: Another way to catastrophize is to jump to an extreme conclusion from an unimportant or irrelevant event. 3. To end a comedy. Labels: obsolete
Word: game over Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: The message originated on pinball machines and has been very widely used in video games. Pronunciation: /ˌɡeɪm ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/, /ˌɡeɪm ˈoʊ.vɚ/ 1. A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game. Example: Before I could figure out what the hell was the object of the game, I hear the thing go boom-boom, and the screen lights up with a sign: game over. 2. The end of some ongoing situation, especially in failure. Labels: broadly Example: If your wife finds out about us, it's game over! Example: That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do? 3. Death. Labels: broadly Example: When you have cancer, you pretty much have two options: chemotherapy, or game over.
Word: game over Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The message originated on pinball machines and has been very widely used in video games. Pronunciation: /ˌɡeɪm ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/, /ˌɡeɪm ˈoʊ.vɚ/ 1. An appearance of a game over message. Example: When you die too many times in this game, you get a game over.
Word: game over Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The message originated on pinball machines and has been very widely used in video games. Pronunciation: /ˌɡeɪm ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/, /ˌɡeɪm ˈoʊ.vɚ/ 1. To receive a 'game over' message. Labels: intransitive, rare 2. To deliver to someone a 'game over' message. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: handsomest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of handsome: most handsome Labels: form-of, superlative Example: While not, perhaps, the handsomest of 4-4-2 tanks, as they had a rather large proportion of their driving wheels exposed, they proved very useful locomotives, doing yeoman work on suburban trains around London and Birmingham, and later on numerous rural routes.
Word: vestibular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar. Pronunciation: /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/, /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/ 1. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach). Labels: relational Example: […]while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister,[…]. Example: Originally, it was intended that the stock should be vestibular throughout, but when the drawings were submitted to the Prince of Wales, he cut out this feature, saying that a railway journey afforded one of the very few occasions when he was able to enjoy absolute privacy—a feature which the vestibule would tend to abolish. 2. Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity). Labels: relational 3. Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement. Labels: relational Example: vestibular impulse Example: Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve[…]. 4. Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface. Labels: relational
Word: vestibular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar. Pronunciation: /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/, /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/ 1. A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students. Labels: relational Example: Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.
Word: check-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from check in. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌɪn/ 1. The act of checking in at a hotel, airport, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The hotel never charges for a late check-out or for an early check-in . . . Example: The implication was that Ms Purkiss had been stereotyped by the check-in staff as ‘foreign'. 2. The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of contacting another person in order to keep them informed of one's situation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: future research should examine whether strength training offers distinct or enhanced benefits compared to other forms of PA for autistic individuals. Exploring strategies such as wellness check-ins, goal setting, and peer mentorship may further support sustained participation and ensure programs are responsive to individual needs.
Word: checking in Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of check in Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present