nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: catch phrase Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of catchphrase Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “I don’t know how you can put up with this shit,” I informed Julie for the fiftieth time. The words always coming out during a subway rush or after a slight shove from an^([sic]) scurrying pedestrian. […] “I mean, damn, I just don’t know how you can put up with this shit,” I repeat in disbelief. It was my catch phrase for the entire trip.
Word: catch phrases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catch phrase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catch-phrases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catch-phrase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debris field Part of Speech: noun 1. Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items. Labels: idiomatic
Word: give or take Part of Speech: adv Etymology: First attested in c. 1958. See cite below. 1. Approximately; plus or minus some unknown amount. Labels: informal Example: He was six feet tall, give or take. Example: Estimate Lakenheath twelve thirty hours. Give or take a few minutes, natch. 2. Approximately; within a certain margin of error. Labels: informal Example: six months, give or take a few days Example: Individual episodes are still thrilling and often quite striking, give or take some pitch-black battle scenes. But the gradual ramping up of the plotting that has grown steadily in the past three seasons crossed some invisible Maginot line this year, where the formerly acceptable trade-offs of focus for fun are no longer quite so taken for granted.
Word: ropeloft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rope + loft. 1. A building for storing and repairing of nets, ropes, and ships' rigging.
Word: saddening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sadden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: saddening Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing feelings of sadness.
Word: saddening Part of Speech: noun 1. The darkening of a colour during dyeing.
Word: professional class Part of Speech: noun 1. A social and economic demographic, commonly identified as part of the upper middle class. 2. The groups in society composed of highly educated professionals. Labels: in-plural
Word: CalTech Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Caltech. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crutches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crutch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woops Part of Speech: intj 1. Misspelling of whoops. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pyrolizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyrolize + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of pyrolyser. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tophaikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tophaike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dosings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dosing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: data flows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of data flow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dataflow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of data flow. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: dataflows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dataflow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prevaricates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prevaricate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prevaricated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prevaricate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: newsstands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of newsstand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: end-of-life Part of Speech: noun 1. The termination of the sale of or support for goods and services. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable Example: That operating system version is approaching end-of-life. 2. The time near death; (attributively) concerning medical care options for patients who are considered critically ill with prognosis of approaching death. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable Example: end-of-life palliative care Example: This is but one example of the hard decisions that must be made near end of life.
Word: end-of-life Part of Speech: verb 1. To terminate the sale of or support for (a product or service). Labels: transitive
Word: incomplete sentence Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of words that appear to convey only part of a complete thought, lacking some component which is grammatically necessary to complete the thought.
Word: incomplete sentences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incomplete sentence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: installed base Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of units of a system or product that are currently in use. Labels: idiomatic
Word: frolicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frolic + -er. 1. One who frolics; a reveler.
Word: frolickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frolicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shack up Part of Speech: verb 1. To live together, especially of an unmarried couple. Labels: colloquial Example: The only thing I want to do after the war is marry some girl who's got more money than I have and shack up with lots more pretty girls. Example: So I don't believe in alimony, okay, love? / Though I think we'd ought to / Shack up baby, shack up
Word: hard-pressed Part of Speech: adj 1. Barely able; having difficulty doing something. Labels: idiomatic, usually Example: Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice. Example: From the 'fifties onwards the development of the South Wales & Monmouthshire coalfield went on at terrific speed, and railway construction was hard pressed to keep pace with it. 2. Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving. Labels: idiomatic Example: The earthquake left the residents hard-pressed. Example: Speaking to Parliament on March 23, Sunak announced a temporary cut in fuel duty of 5p per litre to hard-pressed motorists who have faced spiralling prices for diesel and petrol in recent weeks.
Word: wastebasket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waste + basket. 1. A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin. 2. Any region or grouping that is worthless or meaningless. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The order Insectivora provides such a taxonomic wastebasket in classifications of the placental mammals. Example: For these reasons, the study of idioms, proverbs, stock metaphors, and other conversational gambits has been mostly discouraged, and at best relegated to research in pragmatics, or the “linguistic wastebasket” […]
Word: wastebasket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From waste + basket. 1. To discard in a wastebasket. Labels: transitive Example: I was aweary, aweary, and I put it in the waste basket. Ten days later the bill came again, and with it a shadowy threat. I waste-basketed it.
Word: wastebaskets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wastebasket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emerse Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of immerse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Nothing further is required but to emerse the bottle in hot water for a few moments, take out the stopper and put on the nipple.
Word: crustaceology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crustacea Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English crustaceology From crustacea + -ology. Pronunciation: /kɹʌsˌteɪʃiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans. Labels: uncountable
Word: deadpanned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deadpan Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bobblehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bobble + head. Sense 3 derives from a common gesture found in South Asian cultures, most notably in India. 1. A collectible doll with a bobbing head. 2. A thoughtless person. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: Muzzling Kelly also elevates a semi-professional obscurantist to the status of free speech martyr, and that invites a cacophonous pile-on from the rightwing bobble heads who screech about the left’s obsession with identity politics while shovelling identity politics at their audiences. Example: Will Trump and his G.O.P. bobbleheads ever wake up to that? Maybe — when it’s too late. 3. An Indian. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncommon
Word: espressi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of espresso Labels: form-of, plural Example: As soon as the bartender saw them he called out, ‘Three espressi?’, half way between an inquiry and a flat statement. Example: We sighed happily into our espressi (75¢), pleased to be among the first diners in this accomplished yet simple bistro.
Word: nabk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَبْق (nabq). Pronunciation: /ˈnæb(ə)k/ 1. Either of two thorny shrublike trees, of the genus Ziziphus, from North Africa and the Middle East; Ziziphus spina-christi is supposed to be the plant from which Christ's crown of thorns was made. Example: Now we passed through a grove of palms, with their long bare stems and their feathery tufts lying motionless in the air; now through a forest of acacias and nabks; now along the edge of a deep canal, and then through fields of greenest corn […] 2. The edible berry of Ziziphus lotus.
Word: gloriosa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the lilies of the genus Gloriosa.
Word: grasse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of grass. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Their power is […] to […] unfructify Trees, parch and wither Grasse and Hearbes; bring scabs and diseases upon men, and murraine and rot upon Heards and Flockes […]
Word: freehand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From free + hand. 1. Drawn using the hand without any helping device. Labels: not-comparable
Word: freehand Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From free + hand. 1. Using the hand without any helping device. Labels: not-comparable Example: The grafts were cut freehand with a large knife, which made it difficult to standardize the thickness, in spite of instruments created especially for the purpose. 2. Without using the hands; hands-free. Labels: not-comparable
Word: freehand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From free + hand. 1. To conduct a procedure involving use of the hands without any helping device or guide.
Word: freeholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English free holder, freholdere, equivalent to freehold + -er. Compare Old Northern French fraunc tenaunt. 1. A person who holds tenure by freehold
Word: free-living Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an organism: living independently of other organisms rather than as part of a symbiotic or parasitic relationship, either as a life stage (for example, in some parasites) or for the organism's entire lifespan. Labels: not-comparable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, living. Labels: not-comparable
Word: freeload Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from freeloader. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːloʊd/ 1. To exploit the generosity of others without giving anything in return. Labels: derogatory, intransitive
Word: ignote Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ignotus; prefix in- (“not”) + gnotus, notus (“known”), past participle of gnocere, nocere (“to learn, to know”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnəʊt/ 1. unknown Labels: obsolete Example: a. 1697, John Aubrey, letter I am an ignote fellow and but of little learning. Example: A traveller passing through the confines of ignote countries.
Word: ignote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ignotus; prefix in- (“not”) + gnotus, notus (“known”), past participle of gnocere, nocere (“to learn, to know”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnəʊt/ 1. One who is unknown. Labels: obsolete Example: More light is opened to this in a Letter that an Ignote Wrote to K. Jumes
Word: freewill Part of Speech: adj 1. Voluntary, done of one's own accord. Labels: not-comparable Example: Either a bullocke, or a lambe that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a free will offring
Word: freewill Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of free will. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: illimitate Part of Speech: adj 1. limitless Labels: archaic Example: As space in the total is illimitate and immense, so is time in its totality non-principiate and interminable.
Word: freezable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English freeze 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 freezable From freeze + -able. 1. Capable of being frozen; especially capable of use after subsequent thawing.
Word: freezable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English freeze 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 freezable From freeze + -able. 1. Any food item that can be frozen.
Word: freeze-dried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of freeze-dry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: freeze-dried Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been subjected to the freeze-drying process. Labels: not-comparable
Word: freeze-dry Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state. Labels: transitive
Word: frequenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frequent + -er. 1. A person who frequents; a regular visitor. Example: a frequenter of nightclubs Example: In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.
Word: frequenter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of frequent: more frequent Labels: comparative, form-of, rare Example: his visits became frequenter and frequenter
Word: immutate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1788; borrowed from Latin immūtātus, from in- (“not”) + mūtātus (“changed”), perfect passive participle of mūtō (“to change”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. unchanged Labels: obsolete, rare Example: ... still holds immutate the wine of "lang syne?" Ye gods, leave it unchanged, I pray you, till I quaff at least ... Example: ... the immutate or unepithetised class, ...
Word: freshener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From freshen + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛ.ʃə.nər/ 1. Something that freshens Labels: countable, in-compounds, often, uncountable 2. air freshener Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I sprayed freshener around the bathroom.
Word: impedite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin impeditus. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpədaɪt/ 1. Hindered; obstructed. Labels: obsolete Example: our souls apt to diminution and impedite faculties
Word: impedite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin impeditus. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpədaɪt/ 1. To impede. Labels: obsolete Example: September 10, 1663, John Wallis, letter to Robert Boyle digestion in the stomach, and other faculties there, seemed not to be much impedited
Word: friedcake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fried + cake. 1. A small deep-fried pastry Labels: US
Word: fritz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. See on the fritz, which appeared in 1902. Possibly from German name Fritz, or onomatopoeia. Pronunciation: /fɹɪts/ 1. The state of being defective. Labels: Northern-US, informal, uncountable 2. A type of processed meat sausage; devon Labels: Australia, South, uncountable Example: Generally, cooked deli products include Devon, Strasbourg sausage, Polish sausage, fritz, cabanossi or cabana, mortadella, and well-cooked roast beef (brown/grey in colour).
Word: fritz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. See on the fritz, which appeared in 1902. Possibly from German name Fritz, or onomatopoeia. Pronunciation: /fɹɪts/ 1. To go wrong or become defective. Labels: intransitive Example: One clip, of Talking Heads playing “Born Under Punches” in Rome in 1980, is shot largely at groin level, amid sound equipment that is being manipulated for feedback squeals and other effects; it’s like being close to the crooked spine and fritzed nervous system of a body that’s simultaneously pushing its sex appeal. Example: My brain was fritzing like an elderly TV set about to die. I hit the side of my head with the heel of my hand. Percussive maintenance. It didn't work.
Word: frizzly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English frizzle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English frizzly From frizzle + -y. 1. Having small, tight curls; frizzy. Example: The natives of Banda are very much mixed, and it is probable that at least three-fourths of the population are mongrels, in various degrees of Malay, Papuan, Arab, Portuguese, and Dutch. The first two form the bases of the larger portion, and the dark skins, pronounced features, and more or less frizzly hair of the Papuans preponderates.
Word: frolicsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frolic + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈfrɒlɪksəm/, /ˈfrɑlɪksəm/ 1. Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful. Example: A rollicksome frolicsome rare old cock / As ever did nothing was our dog Jock; / A gleesome fleasome affectionate beast, / As slow at a fight, as swift at a feast […] Example: To some, the very word "playsuit", with its frolicsome associations, will induce the conviction that this is not an item of clothing to be seen alive in.
Word: driven away Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of drive away Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impresse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of impress (“a heraldic device; an impresa”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: frontage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English front 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 frontage From front + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌn.tɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The front part of a property or building that faces the street. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Put your little reception-room here beside the door, and get the whole width of your house frontage for a square hall, and an easy low-tread staircase running up the sides of it. Example: Hotel Corones, which has risen phoenix-like on the site of the old Norman Hotel, has a frontage of 210 feet[.] 2. The land between a property and the street. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The length of a property along a street. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Property or territory adjacent to a body of water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And here he brought up the entire subject of geopolitics in the Baltic, a sea which Germany in wartime must control to be able to assure herself of shipments of Swedish iron ore needed for her war factories, a sea on which Soviet Russia has a frontage of only 75 miles […] Example: It is important to keep municipally owned land, especially lake frontage, in the hands of the municipality. 5. The front part generally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] to the eyes of his mother and his aunt, who occupied wicker chairs at a little distance, he was almost indistinguishable except for the stiff white shield of his evening frontage. Example: War looks but to the frontage, the appearance. 6. A woman's breasts. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: "Bes dear," said Throttler, patting her breasts. "Do you think I should get one of those boob-jobs?" Bes looked at his hands, at her frontage, at his hands. "They say that more than a handful is a waste." Example: I'd go running in, pretend-breathless, nuzzle her neck, reach around to cup her frontage. 7. a front: a public and perhaps false face or façade to some hidden, covert reality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Promises and oaths were nothing but a rather awkwardly construed frontage with which to cover up, and win time for, an even more inept intrigue contrived towards the breaking of all promises and all oaths.
Word: yfed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English ġefēd, past participle of fēdan. 1. past participle of feed Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: drive away Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, away. Example: This car's a real bargain, and you could drive it away this afternoon! 2. To force someone or something to leave Labels: idiomatic Example: I managed to drive the vultures away by shouting and waving my arms about. Example: Unsanitary conditions are driving away business.
Word: frostbit Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of frostbite Labels: form-of, past
Word: froufrou Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of frou-frou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: froufrou Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of frou-frou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fruited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit English -ed English fruited From fruit + -ed. 1. Containing fruit; bearing fruit. Example: O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber wafes of grain, for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! Example: Jim, importuned, had come with his axe and at her wish had felled it with the fruited but unripe mistletoe. 2. Containing fruit; bearing fruit. Example: […] the first gules, a chevron or, between three heads erased; the second vert, an oak tree, fruited or[…] Example: […]; Or, an olive tree eradicated proper, by the name of Montolivet; Or, on a mound a pear tree fruited proper, by the name of Pyrton; Sable, an apple tree or, fruited gules, by the name of Verse, in Flanders.
Word: fruited Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit English -ed English fruited From fruit + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of fruit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fuddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʌdəl/ 1. To confuse or befuddle. Labels: transitive Example: She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food 2. To intoxicate. Labels: transitive Example: If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […] Example: There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer. 3. To become intoxicated; to get drunk. Labels: intransitive Example: Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!
Word: fuddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʌdəl/ 1. Intoxication. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Intoxicating drink; liquor. Labels: uncountable 3. Muddle, confusion. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck. Labels: Derbyshire, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: Yesterday we were invited to a fuddle. This is a new word & was a new experience for us. Very pleasant it was too. Example: When I was I work I loved the time when we had a fuddle. Everybody decided what they were going to bring so we had an even balance of grub. We had sandwiches or cobs of ham, cheese and pate, crisps, sausage rolls, pickled onions cocktail sausages, vol au vonts, swiss roll, and mince pies. We weren’t allowed booze on the premises but we made do with alcohol free drink. We were as stuffed as pigs and had a job to work for the rest of the day.
Word: incontaminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin incontaminatus, from in- (“not”), and contaminate. Pronunciation: /ɪŋkənˈtæmɪnət/ 1. Not contaminated; pure. Labels: archaic Example: Ye that phanſy your ſelves the onely Zelots for truth and holineſs, the onely found and incontaminate part of our Nation, but the National Church ſick and crazy; if it vvere ſo indeed, vvhere is your Charity, and hovv little your Diſcretion, to run out of the houſe novv your Mother lies thus on her ſick-bed?
Word: fuhrer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Führer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: full-blooded Part of Speech: adj 1. Of purebred ancestry. Labels: not-comparable Example: Blood quantum rules — which began as a colonizer practice designed to limit tribal citizenship but were later adopted by some Native peoples as a means of preserving cultural identity — require the tribe’s members to be at least one-eighth S’Klallam and to have at least one full-blooded S’Klallam ancestor. 2. Having a florid or ruddy complexion. Labels: not-comparable 3. Hearty or lusty. Labels: not-comparable Example: And when it was quickly returned to Jarvis, with United failing to mark properly, his clean cross was met with a full-blooded header by former Colchester defender Elokobi, who had to stretch his neck back to add power.
Word: full-grown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *fulgrowen, fulgrowe, ful growe, equivalent to full + grown. Compare Middle English fulwaxen, fullwaxen (“full-grown”), from Old English fullweaxen (“full-grown”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊlˌɡɹoʊn/ 1. Fully developed; adult. Labels: not-comparable 2. Fully developed in a broader sense; complete, at one’s height. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: full-fledged, full-blown, full-bore, full-on Example: […] And, doubtless, unto thee is given ⁠A life that bears immortal fruit ⁠In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven.
Word: indigena Part of Speech: noun 1. A native, local, indigenous inhabitant, aboriginal.
Word: indigene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɪdʒiːn/ 1. Indigenous. Labels: obsolete
Word: indigene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɪdʒiːn/ 1. An indigenous person; a native. Example: While Manuel sat skinning his birds of an afternoon, generally surrounded by a little crowd of Malays and Sassaks (as the indigenes of Lombock are termed), he often held forth to them with the air of a teacher, and was listened to with profound attention. Example: The price for all this chutzpah was that Malraux then had to take up the cause of the colonial indigenes as if it really mattered to him.
Word: full-length Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + length. 1. Not shortened; complete and uncut. Labels: not-comparable Example: All tracks in both the running shed and repair shop are provided with full-length inspection pits. 2. Covering the full height of the body. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a painting, sculpture or a photograph, representing the full height of the body. Labels: not-comparable 4. At full stretch, requiring the whole body. Labels: not-comparable Example: The goalkeeper made a full-length save to deny the United attacker.
Word: full-length Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From full + length. 1. A full-length portrait. Example: Below was a full-length of James II., at whose feet was a sort of throne, on which the duchess was placed.
Word: indiscrete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin indiscrētus (“unseparated”). See also indiscreet. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.dɪsˈkɹiːt/, /ˌɪn.dɪsˈkɹit/, /ˌən.dəsˈkɹiːt/, /ˌɪn.ɖɪsˈkɾiːʈ/ 1. Not discrete mathematically. 2. Not divided into discrete parts. Example: an indiscrete mass of confused matter 3. Obsolete form of indiscreet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: and amidst these perplexities I did resolve to proceed , if that they would be so indiscrete , as not to disclaim those two books 4. having at most two open sets
Word: full-size Part of Speech: adj 1. Being the normal or standard size for its type. Labels: not-comparable 2. (of a representational artwork or model) Being the same size as the original. Labels: not-comparable Example: As well as demonstrating operating facilities, full-size car body models are used for experimenting with new types of interior finish, systems of lighting, positioning of route diagrams and advertisements, and the best form of windscreens at doorways, and the height and location of handgrips and handrails. 3. (of an automobile) Large; specifically, designed to be comfortable for long-distance driving with six occupants and their luggage. Labels: US, not-comparable 4. The size of a full bed. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable
Word: fumy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fume + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːmi/ 1. Producing or filled with fumes.
Word: yborn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From y- + born. 1. past participle of bear Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: A Little Child There is Yborn Before 1536. Gloria Tibi, Domine, / Qui natus es de virgine! / A little child there is yborn, / Out of Jesse's stock ycorn [chosen], / To save all us that were forlorn. Example: Yet did this Truſtie ſquire with proud diſdaine / For his friends ſake her offred fauours ſcorne, / And ſhe her ſelfe her ſyre, of whom ſhe was yborne.
Word: button up Part of Speech: verb 1. To fasten with a button or buttons. Labels: transitive Example: Button up your shirt cuff. It has come undone. 2. To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm. Labels: intransitive Example: Button up well. It's freezing outside today. 3. To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on). Labels: ambitransitive Example: It's time to button up the meeting. 4. Alternative form of button up one's lip. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He needs to button up. 5. To seal off (a military vehicle or facility). Labels: US, ergative, slang, transitive Example: Once buttoned up, NORAD's operation center can survive for more than 30 days without aid from the outside world. Example: We fired at the tanks and caused them to "button up" and then we started shooting the infantry.
Word: inedita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1885–1890, New Latin, from Latin inēdita, neuter plural of inēditus, from in- (“not”) + ēditus (neuter plural ēdita), perfect form of ēdō (“publish, put forth”) (as in English edition), from ē (“out”) (from ēx) + dō (“give”), all from Proto-Indo-European roots. Various Romance cognates such as French inédit and Italian inedito. 1. Unpublished literary works. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Nos. 3110-3136 are from the area of Phygela Marathesion; in this section there are 10 inedita; one of them may well come from Melos (cf. our lemma no. 743); another is of unknown provenance (cf. our lemma no. 1580).
Word: furbish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Frankish *furbēnbor. Old French forbirbor. Middle English furbisshen English furbish From Middle English furbisshen, from Old French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːbɪʃ/, /ˈfɝbɪʃ/ 1. To polish or burnish. 2. To renovate or recondition; to refurbish. Example: I do not indeed suppose that anyone can at this time of day effect that which the sense of all good men failed to effect while he lived--I mean the final killing of those rumours; nor is a plain tale likely to persuade those, with whom idle reports, constantly furbished up, of letters seen in France, weigh more than a consistent life.
Word: yclad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From y- + clad. Pronunciation: /ɪˈklæd/ 1. past participle of clothe Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: At th'upper end there ſate, yclad in red Downe to the ground, a comely perſonage […]
Word: ycladd Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of yclad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: furred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɜːd/, /fɜɹd/, /fʌɹd/, /føːd/, /feːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: furred Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɜːd/, /fɜɹd/, /fʌɹd/, /føːd/, /feːd/ 1. Having fur. 2. Made with fur. 3. Having a covering of thin, soft, short hair. Example: She had a lot of dark hair pinned untidily back from a small well-formed brow, and her tilted nose and large embarrassed eyes had survived intact from the mistrusts and agitations of a schoolgirl, which maturity had striven to defeat by lengthening her chin and tightening her lips, while giving her skin the faintly furred matt surface of pickled virginity. 4. Coated as if with fur 5. Coated as if with fur
Word: ybrought Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of bring Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: furring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fur Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: furring Part of Speech: noun 1. Parts of clothing made from fur. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A coating that resembles fur. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a furring of the tongue 3. A strip of material used to prepare a wall for plastering, or to provide an air space. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Double planking of a ship's side. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: yblent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From y- + blent (“blended”). 1. past participle of blend Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: Yet all theſe Sounds yblent inclined all to Sleep.
Word: yblent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From y- + blent (“blended”). 1. Confused Labels: archaic, poetic Example: And was thilk ſame ſong of Colins owne making? / Ah fooliſh boy, that is with loue yblent: Example: She bragly turned her ungentle face, / And all disdaining ey'd my shape askaunce: / But I did blush, with grief and shame yblent, / Like morning-rose with hoary dewe besprent.
Word: fusee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fusil, ultimately from Late Latin focus (“fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzi/, /fjuːˈziː/ 1. Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock. Labels: historical Example: He had not been many days at the chateau, when he perceived, with surprize and consternation, that his steps were continually watched by two servants armed with fusees. Example: Breakfast being over, my father took me into his study, where, after fervently recommending me to the care of a protecting providence, he gave me a beautiful fusee, which cost him forty guineas, a pair of pistols of exquisite workmanship, and a purse containing fifty guineas in cash and a twenty-five pounds banknote. 2. Synonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock. Labels: archaic
Word: fusee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fusée, ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle”). Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzi/, /fjuːˈziː/ 1. Synonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure. Labels: obsolete 2. A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers. Example: To day when we attended the winding up of the watches the fusee of Mr Arnolds would not turn round and after several unsuccessfull tryals we were obliged to let it go down […] . 3. Synonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives. Labels: archaic 4. An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone. 5. A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc. Example: A comfortable hammock on a warm afternoon would appeal to his indolent tastes, and then, when he was getting drowsy, a lighted fusee thrown into the nest would bring the wasps out in an indignant mass, and they would soon find a ‘home away from home’ on Waldo's fat body. 6. A colored flare used as a warning on a railroad. Labels: US
Word: fusee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuse + -ee. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzi/, /fjuːˈziː/ 1. One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion. Example: This is the fusion of two people who are neurally and biologically (and so, psychologically) identical. Setting aside issues about intensional content, when these differ, such a fusion would clearly produce someone who is exactly like what either of the fusees would have been like had the fusion not occurred.
Word: infima Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infimum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infortunate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1390, in Middle English, the verb in 1570; inherited from Middle English infortunat(e), borrowed from Latin infortūnātus, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of unfortunate. 1. Unfortunate, unlucky. Labels: obsolete Example: Henry, though he be infortunate Example: That infortunate imperfit Embrion of my idle houres the Ile of Dogs before mentioned, breeding vnto me ſuch bitter throwes in the teaming as it did, and the tempeſtes that aroſe at his birth, ſo aſtoniſhing outragious and violent as if my braine had bene conceiued of another Hercules, I was ſo terrifyed with my owne encreaſe (like a woman long trauailing to bee deliuered of a monſter) that it was no ſooner borne but I was glad to run from it. 2. (of a star, planet, etc.) Bringing bad luck, causing misfortune, malevolent. Labels: obsolete 3. Ominous, inauspicious. Labels: broadly, obsolete
Word: infortunate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1390, in Middle English, the verb in 1570; inherited from Middle English infortunat(e), borrowed from Latin infortūnātus, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of unfortunate. 1. An unfortunate. Labels: obsolete 2. An 'unfortunate' planet, star, etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: infortunate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1390, in Middle English, the verb in 1570; inherited from Middle English infortunat(e), borrowed from Latin infortūnātus, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of unfortunate. 1. To subject a person to a, or cause a celestial body to be of malevolent influence; to render 'infortunate'. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: fusilier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fusilier, from fusil. Pronunciation: /ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪəː/, [ˌfjʊu̯zɪˈlɪə̯ː], /ˌfju.zɪˈlɪɚ/, [ˌfjʊu̯.zɪˈlɪɚ] ~ [ˌfjʊu̯.zɪˈlɪɹ̩] 1. An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket. 2. A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons. Labels: UK 3. A fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers.
Word: futurology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From future + -ology. Attested once in 1934 as the title of play, Futureology; in later use, after German Futurologie, suggested in a 1942 letter to the American scholar John H. Herz by the German political scientist Ossip K. Flechtheim, who used futurology in a 1943 Phylon article. 1. The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: futurologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English futurology 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 futurologist From futurology + -ist. 1. A person who practices futurology. Example: Although I do not pretend to be a futurologist, I would be embarrassed if my view of the trends and causes of social life in the United States had become invalid in such a short interval. (It is easy to be a success as a futurologist as long as your predictions are about what's going to happen fifty years ahead. No one can prove you wrong until fifty years go by. […])
Word: ypight Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of pitch Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: futz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from German Fotze (“cunt”). Pronunciation: /fʌts/, /fʊts/ 1. An objectionable woman. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, dialectal, vulgar Example: Janet gets on my nerves. She's a dumb futz, ain't she?
Word: futz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German herumfurzen (literally “to fart around”) (herum- + furzen), perhaps via Yiddish אַרומפֿאַרצן (arumfartsn); alternatively, a euphemism for fuck. Pronunciation: /fʌts/, /fʊts/ 1. To be frivolous and waste time. Labels: Northern-US 2. To experiment by trial and error.
Word: insulse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin īnsulsus; prefix in- not + salsus (“salted”), from salīre (“to salt”). 1. insipid, dull, stupid or tasteless Labels: obsolete Example: […] will ever appeare among the judicious to be but an inſuls and frigid affectation.
Word: integrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English integrate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English integrative From integrate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪ.tɪv/, /ˈɪn.təˌɡɹeɪ.tɪv/, [ˈɪn.təˌɡɹeɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹæɪ.tɪv/, [ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹæɪ.ɾɪv] 1. Tending toward or promoting integration. Example: an integrative approach Example: Objective 1: Conduct integrative taxonomic research on adult and immature moths that incorporate morphological and molecular data to describe species and inform their phylogeny and classification.
Word: intempestive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intempestīvus, from in- + tempestīvus (“seasonable”). Pronunciation: /ɪntɛmˈpɛstɪv/ 1. untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment Labels: archaic Example: Luxus funerum [display at funerals], shall be taken away, that intempestive expense moderated, and many others.
Word: put the clock back Part of Speech: verb 1. To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time, e.g. for the end of daylight saving time. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks back an hour. 2. To put something back to the state it was in a previous era. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: He wants to turn the clock back to the 1950s.
Word: put the clock forward Part of Speech: verb 1. To change the time in a time zone to a later time. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks forward an hour.
Word: xanthocroic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of xanthochroic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: veras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intermedia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + media; a concept employed in the mid-1960s by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins. 1. interdisciplinary activities between media, such as those between drawing and poetry, or between painting and theatre Labels: uncountable
Word: serve someone right Part of Speech: verb 1. Of an unpleasant event, to happen to someone who is thought to deserve it. Labels: idiomatic Example: What, now he wishes he hadn't voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party? Serves him right! Example: "And they counts my money and tickets, when I gets home, to see if I's got the change; and if I han't they half kills me." "And serves you right," said Jane, the pert chambermaid, "if you will take their money to get drunk on." 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see serve, right. Example: If my memory serves me right, we had a similar discussion a few months ago.
Word: intime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intimus (“innermost”) perhaps via French intime. Compare intimate (adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɪm/ 1. inward; internal; intimate Labels: obsolete Example: As to the composition or dissolution of mixed bodies, which is the chief work of elements, and requires an intime application of the agents, water hath the principality and excess over earth. Example: What is it about gay men that they're so often linked with musical revue in a cabaret milieu? Is it the intimate ambience — more intime, more revealing — than larger stage productions? Is there more room for specialized acts that need not draw a larger (read straighter) crowd?
Word: Knecht Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from German surname, from Middle High German and Middle Low German knecht (“journeyman, knight's servant”). 1. A surname from German.
Word: iridate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iridium + -ate. 1. The oxyanion of iridium Ir₂O₇⁶⁻; any salt containing this anion.
Word: finer than frog hair Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of fine as frog hair. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, comparative-only Example: Eun-hi was a business girl. One of the finest in Itaewon. Finer than frog hair, to be exact. A GI's dream...
Word: fine as frog hair Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely fine. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable
Word: lattee Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of lathi (“stick or club”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: macchiati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian macchiati. 1. plural of macchiato Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: maturate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin māturātus, perfect passive participle of māturō (“to ripen”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French maturer. Pronunciation: /ˈmætjʊɹeɪt/, /ˈmæt͡ʃəɹeɪt/ 1. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. Labels: transitive Example: A tree may be maturated artificially. 2. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess). Labels: transitive 3. To undergo perfect suppuration. Labels: intransitive
Word: magre Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative spelling of maugre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: malate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From malic + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of malic acid.
Word: mezze Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of meze. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Beware the warm, pouffed-up pitas, served with a beautifully seasoned olive oil: they are as addictive as potato chips and perfect for nibbling while poring over the intriguing selection of Greek, Turkish and Lebanese mezze. Example: Moaaoya Hamoud, 26, another Syrian refugee and a onetime journalist who also has restaurant cooking experience, makes the mezzes.
Word: modificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin modificāt-, the past participial stem of modificō. 1. To qualify. Labels: obsolete Example: The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever, not only to the modificated eternity of his Mediatorship, so long as there shall be need of regal power to subdue the enemies of God's Elect; but also to the complete eternity of the duration of his Humanity, which for the future is co-eternal to his Divinity.
Word: modificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from modification. For its use by non-native speakers, compare Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish modificar and Italian modificare, from Latin modificō. 1. To modify. Labels: nonstandard Example: It seems that after the systemstartup of cron it reads the crontab-files in memory only once. After that moment cron wont^([sic]) reread a modificated crontab-file for normal users (it does for the crontab-file of root!). Everytime^([sic]) a normal user modificates his crontab-file (with crontab -e) , the FIFO get's^([sic]) the correct timestamp of change (this should be the trigger for cron to reread all the crontab-files, but it doesn't except for the root crontab-file). Example: The closest thing to it would be your "viral snippet" either covalently modificating the protein, i.e. chopping it up, which has not been detected, or allosterically modificating its shape which is possible an^([sic]) plausible.