nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Norfolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally “northern people”), from norþ (“north, northern”) + folc (“folk, people, race, nation”). As an Ecuadorian island, clipping of Duke of Norfolk's Island, bestowed by William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684 honor of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk; his son Henry, the 7th duke; or both. As an Australian island and territory, bestowed by James Cook in 1774 in honor of Mary Howard, wife of the 9th duke. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/, /ˈnɔː(ɹ).foʊk/ 1. A Norfolk jacket. 2. A Norfolk spaniel.
Word: Northamptonshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Norðhamtunscir, equivalent to Northampton + shire. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː(ɹ)θˌhæmp.tən.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A midland county of England. County town Northampton, bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. Example: Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
Word: Northumberland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Northumberlond, Northhumberlond, from Old English Norþhymbra land (“land of the Northumbrians”). Pronunciation: /nɔːˈθʊm.bə.lənd/, /nɔːˈθʌm.bə.lənd/, /nɔɹˈθʌm.bəɹ.lənd/, /nɔɹˈθʌm.bɚ.lənd/ 1. A ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea. 2. A unitary authority in Northumberland, England, which includes all of the traditional county except the area around Newcastle upon Tyne. 3. An English dukedom. 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States:
Word: Nottinghamshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Nottingham + -shire. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A north-midland county of England bordered by South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Example: "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn." "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
Word: Oxfordshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Oxenfordschire, from late Old English Oxenafordsċīr; equivalent to Oxford + -shire. Pronunciation: /ˈɒks.fəd.ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈɑks.fɚd.ʃɚ/ 1. A midland county of England bordered by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. Example: Oxfordshire County Council said it would not implement any more LTNs without consulting residents. […] Cabinet members of the Oxfordshire Fair Deal Coalition, which took over the council in May, issued a statement saying they would hold a "non-statutory consultation so that we can listen and devise something that works for everyone".
Word: Rutland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unclear. Attested in Old English as Roteland and Ritelanede. Perhaps hrīþer (“cattle”) + land (“land”), or from the personal name Rota + land. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌt.lənd/ 1. A small landlocked county in the East Midlands of England. 2. An English habitational surname from the county in England. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. 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 number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A neighborhood of Kelowna, Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia; named for early settler John "Hope" Matthew Rutland. 18. A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Senlac, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Shropshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Sċrobbesbyriġscīr, from Sċrobbesburh (“Shrewsbury”) + sċīr (“shire”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. An inland county of England bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the Welsh county of Powys and county borough of Wrexham. 2. Shropshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2009 in all of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin.
Word: Shropshire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English Sċrobbesbyriġscīr, from Sċrobbesburh (“Shrewsbury”) + sċīr (“shire”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.
Word: Somerset Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn (Somerton)". An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from *Seo-mere-sætan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes". Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm.ə.sɛt/, /ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/ 1. A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel. Example: In Somerset, for example, the local farmers would often boil down the beet juice to create a honey tender, a viscous syrup that sweetened the harvest porridge. 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 number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia; in full, Somerset Region. 26. A town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia. 27. A surname.
Word: Staffordshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Staffordschire, from late Old English Stæffordsċīr; equivalent to Stafford + -shire. Pronunciation: /ˈstæf.əd.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A ceremonial county of West Midlands, England, bordered by Shropshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
Word: Suffolk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌf.ək/, /ˈsʌf.ɪk/ 1. A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea. Example: Holonyms: East Anglia < East of England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World Example: Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing. 2. A breed of draught horse, originally developed in Suffolk. Example: The Suffolk was a favorite of East Anglian farmers, and a small population remains beloved today. 3. A neighbourhood of Andersonstown, West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2870). 4. An independent city in Virginia, United States, formerly in Nansemond County, Virginia. 5. Ellipsis of Suffolk County, any of several counties in Massachusetts, New York, or other U.S. states. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Suffolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌf.ək/, /ˈsʌf.ɪk/ 1. A horse of this breed. Example: Their great grandfather kept several Suffolks for the heavier work.
Word: Surrey Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹi/, /ˈsʊɹi/, /ˈsʌɾe/, /ˈsɝɹi/ 1. An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. 2. The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county. 3. A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver. Example: Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News. 4. A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States. 5. A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
Word: Sussex Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Old English Sūþseaxan (literally “South Saxons”), which stood for both Sussex and its people. The town in New Brunswick may have been named after Sussex, New Jersey. The civil parish is named after the town. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌs.ɪks/ 1. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices. 3. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 6. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: Sussex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Old English Sūþseaxan (literally “South Saxons”), which stood for both Sussex and its people. The town in New Brunswick may have been named after Sussex, New Jersey. The civil parish is named after the town. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌs.ɪks/ 1. A British breed of dual-purpose chicken, reared both for its meat and for its eggs. Example: In the blood of the four groups of birds examined, (viz. purebred Sussexes and Bantams and their reciprocal hybrids) distinct differences were found of the content of DNA and RNA between the Sussexes and the three remaining groups. Example: In the USSR, Sussexes are distributed in the western and southern parts of the Ukrainian SSR.
Word: Westmorland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English folk name Westmōringas (“the people west of the moors”) + land. The civil parish in New Brunswick is named analogously to Westmorland County. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛstmələnd/ 1. A historical county in northwestern England (contained within Cumbria since 1974 and, since 2023, Westmorland and Furness) 2. A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3. A city in Imperial County, California, United States. 4. A surname.
Word: Wiltshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Wilteschire, from Old English Wiltūnsċīr (Wiltescire 1086 Domesday Book), named after the town of Wilton in the county (Old English Wiltūn). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlt.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. An inland county of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Berkshire. Example: Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance. 2. A unitary authority of the county of Wiltshire, England which includes all of the traditional county except Swindon, a separate unitary authority. 3. A locality in Circular Head Council, north western Tasmania, Australia. 4. A habitational surname from Old English.
Word: Wiltshire Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Wilteschire, from Old English Wiltūnsċīr (Wiltescire 1086 Domesday Book), named after the town of Wilton in the county (Old English Wiltūn). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlt.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. Prepared using the Wiltshire cure technique. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wiltshire bacon; Wiltshire ham; a Wiltshire side
Word: Worcestershire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Wyrcestreschire, from Old English Weogornaċeastresċīr; equivalent to Worcester + -shire. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊstəʃə/, /ˈwʊstəʃɪə/, /ˈwɵstəʃə/, /ˈwɵstəʃɪː/, /ˈwʉstəɾʃəɾ/ 1. A midland county of England bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and West Midlands.
Word: Worcestershire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Wyrcestreschire, from Old English Weogornaċeastresċīr; equivalent to Worcester + -shire. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊstəʃə/, /ˈwʊstəʃɪə/, /ˈwɵstəʃə/, /ˈwɵstəʃɪː/, /ˈwʉstəɾʃəɾ/ 1. Ellipsis of Worcestershire sauce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Cumbria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin Cumbria, from Cumbri + -ia (compare Old English Cumberland). The ethnonym Cumbri derives from Cumbric *cumbrı, cognate of Welsh Cymry. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊm.bɹi.ə/, /ˈkʌm.bɹi.ə/ 1. A Brittonic kingdom in the Old North, also known as Strathclyde. Labels: historical Example: On the western side of the island, England and Scotland (and we probably can use these terms now) were still separated by the kingdom of Cumbria or Strathclyde which extended from Penrith to Govan. 2. A county of northern England, formed in 1974 from Cumberland, Westmorland, and part of Lancashire.
Word: piffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪf.əl/ 1. Nonsense, foolish talk. Labels: uncountable Example: The wafflier the piffle, the more sharply Mr Nicholson wields his skewer. Example: The move is obviously pure piffle: a dumbshow designed to placate (or at least entertain) the conservative base while distracting and antagonising rivals.
Word: piffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪf.əl/ 1. To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner. 2. To waste, to fritter away. 3. To be squeamish or delicate. Labels: dated
Word: skiffle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskɪf.əl/ 1. A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments. Labels: uncountable Example: The cats and the bats—and I hope you dig that one about the bats—played like mad in the backbeat 12, skiffling and skuffling , trying to get under the wire . Example: In Liverpool, the Quarrymen were one group of teenage Donegan admirers, but there were plenty of others: the Martinis, the Raving Texans, the Bluegenes and the Blackjacks—all skiffling their hearts out .
Word: skiffle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskɪf.əl/ 1. To play skiffle.
Word: skiffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From or related to Scots skiffle, from skiff (whence English skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”), which see for more). Related to skift (“light dusting of snow”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɪf.əl/ 1. Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”). Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:skiffle. Example: This is when hardy divers such as American mergansers, goldeneyes, buffleheads, and scaup pay my lake a late staging visit, bobbing on the last patches of open water against the season's first skiffles of snow. Gradually the nights get [colder].
Word: skiffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From or related to Scots skiffle, from skiff (whence English skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”), which see for more). Related to skift (“light dusting of snow”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɪf.əl/ 1. To move in a way that stirs up and moves anything loose lying on the surface. Example: As I am sitting at the stoplight under the maple and oak and cedar trees I see three tiny kids skiffling and shuffling and skittering and scuffling In the leaves Example: He shakes his head in puzzlement and bends for the suitcases, his Salvation Army shoes encased in plastic bread bags for protection skiffling in the gravel as he resumes his pilgrimage, this rabbit-faced disciple of the Lord, his little grey teeth overhanging his thin lower lip.
Word: este Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of est. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: chronocidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chrono- + -cidal. 1. Serving to kill or waste time. Labels: humorous, rare Example: Visit the rest of the website for even more chronocidal amusement.
Word: lobsterback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Bahuvrihi compound of lobster + back, from the resemblance to lobsters of the red coats worn by the British soldiers. 1. A British soldier during the War of 1812 and American revolution. Labels: derogatory, historical
Word: PEBCAK Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of problem exists between chair and keyboard. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛbkæk/ 1. Chiefly used by technical support helpdesk staff: a problem experienced with a user's computer that is due to user error. Labels: also, attributive, humorous Example: Miraculously, all of a sudden, the client's network began behaving beautifully! Before, PEBCAKs were causing a technician to need to visit their company every day, and now—after a simple deployment of basic policies—the client was ecstatic. […] Ask your IT professionals, "What percentage of your time, on a daily basis, do you spend solving PEBCAK issues?" Don't be surprised if you hear answers of 30% or more. Now, calculate how much money PEBCAKs are costing you in IT expense as well as lost productivity for the employees. Then deploy policies in a staged rollout to reduce this costly expense. Example: In the tech support world, there's an old joke about "PEBCAK," or Problem Exists Between the Chair and Keyboard. Cybersecurity really is all about people and incentives. There are plenty of important technical fixes and new tools to adopt, but if organizations and individuals aren't willing to invest in securing themselves, then they will remain insecure.
Word: barracoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish barracón, barraca. 1. A temporary cage for holding (originally) black slaves, and later convicts and other types of prisoners. Example: Beyond Cape Palmas, the coast line is a beach of bright white sand, from which the slave barracoons have now disappeared […]. Example: He was now a prisoner, and—thrust into a suffocating barracoon, herded with the foulest of mankind, with all imaginable depths of blasphemy and indecency sounded hourly in his sight and hearing—he lost his self-respect, and became what the jailers took him to be […].
Word: inebriated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate. Pronunciation: /ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/ 1. Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner. Example: Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
Word: inebriated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate. Pronunciation: /ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of inebriate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rough trot Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of difficult circumstances. Labels: idiomatic Example: Fred is having a rough trot.
Word: dreadfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dredfully, dradefullich, dredefullich; equivalent to dreadful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛd.fʊl.i/ 1. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Example: You behaved dreadfully yesterday night Example: The smellful old heathen was snoring dreadfully. 2. Exceptionally, eminently, very much. Labels: dated Example: That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive. Example: At that moment a curious crack sounded inside the statue, as if something had broken. The fact is that the leaden heart had snapped right in two. It certainly was a dreadfully hard frost.
Word: perjury Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman perjurie, from Latin perjūrāre (“swear falsely”), from per- + jūrāre. Displaced native Old English mānāþ (literally “false oath”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹi/ 1. The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Word: richest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃɪst/, [ˈɹʷɪt͡ʃɪst], /ˈɹɪt͡ʃəst/, [ˈɹʷɪt͡ʃəst] 1. superlative form of rich: most rich Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: climbing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clymbyng, clymbynge; equivalent to climb + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/ 1. The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier. 2. Climb; ascent. Labels: countable, usually
Word: climbing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clymbyng, clymbynge; equivalent to climb + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of climb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: climbing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English clymbyng, clymbynge; equivalent to climb + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/ 1. That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sloper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slope + -er. 1. Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is vertical or horizontal. Labels: informal Example: If one saw only the Rheims benches, one would scarcely prefer the slopers to horizontal retorts with good stoking machinery ; as for instance the Ross stoker at the Cincinnati gas works. Example: Yeah, that new pair of half-slopers really works — a lot better than the old inverted-V they're made from, ha ha! 2. A climbing hold that has a smooth surface and sloping shape, making it difficult to hold. 3. A custom-fitted basic pattern from which patterns for many different styles can be created. 4. An assistant or apprentice cutter. Labels: obsolete Example: The wages of slopers, so far as they have been found designated as such on the pay rolls, are given in Table 63. 5. A member of the peerage who has fallen from wealth but maintains social contacts. Labels: obsolete Example: In this work he displayed an energy and courage that not only disgusted the slopers, but likewise astonished the police authorities.
Word: flocculation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English floccule Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English flocculation From floccule + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌflɒkjʊˈlɛɪ̯ʃən/ 1. A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: Repeated use of this type of [water] on plants results in deflocculation[] of the soil. Good quality soil consists of loose aggregates which provide natural aeration and ease of root run. Sodium accumulation in soil destroys this natural flocculation and causes the soil to pack. Example: It might seem that Mr. Holl, whose initial sketches are glorious watercolors, was an unlikely candidate for a job that is all about hydrodynamics. But he credits much of his inspiration to repeated meetings with engineers -- as many as 30 at a time -- to discuss topics like "flocculation" (the process by which particles form coagulated masses, or flocs).
Word: nowhen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From no + when, by analogy with nowhere. See quotation from 1996. 1. A point from which one has an unrestricted perspective in time. Labels: uncountable Example: I want to show that if we want to understand the asymmetry of time then we need to be able to understand, and quarantine, the various ways in which our patterns of thought reflect the peculiarities of our own temporal perspective. We need to acquaint ourselves with what might aptly be called the view from nowhen.
Word: nowhen Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From no + when, by analogy with nowhere. See quotation from 1996. 1. In or at no (point in) time. Labels: not-comparable Example: Again, whatever is not here nor there, now nor then, is capable of being nowhen or nowhere; and so all things which consist of parts, though they may exist always (like Time) or everywhere (like the Universe),[…] Example: Do they have continuous existence, nowhere and nowhen, or are they created as needed by categorial reason? On what ground can we postulate them in order to define truth? If they merely copy the world why do we need them and how do we[…]
Word: narcissus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos), ultimately either from Pre-Greek or related to νάρκη (nárkē). Pronunciation: /nɑɹˈsɪsəs/ 1. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil Example: The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […] Example: At Hortus Bulborum you will find heirloom narcissi that date back at least to the 15th century and famous old tulips like 'Duc van Tol' (1595) and its sports. 2. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus
Word: nasturtium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium. Pronunciation: /nasˈtɜːʃəm/, /nəsˈtɜːʃəm/, /næsˈtɝʃəm/, /nəsˈtɝʃəm/ 1. The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America. Example: To me a nasturtium by the river brink is more than a simple flower. It is a broader, grander, more magnificent, more stupendous symbol. It may mean anything, everything—such as sunsets and conflagrations and Götterdämmerungs! Example: Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. 2. A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus). 3. Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.
Word: Avon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon. Doublet of Almond (“a river in Scotland”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.vən/, /ˈeɪ.vɑn/, /ˈɑːn/ 1. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 2. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 3. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 4. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 5. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 6. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 7. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 8. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 9. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: 10. A river in Canada; running from Lake Victoria in Stratford, Ontario into the Thames near St. Marys. 11. A river in Canada; running from South Mountain in Nova Scotia to the Minas Basin at Avonport. 12. A river in Canterbury, New Zealand; running from Avonhead through the center of Christchurch into Pegasus Bay. 13. A river in Marlborough, New Zealand; running from a source in the Marlborough Region into the Waihopai. 14. A river in Australia; running from Barrington Tops in New South Wales into the Gloucester River at Gloucester. 15. A river in Australia; running from the Illawarra escarpment in New South Wales into the Cordeaux near Wilton. 16. A river in Australia; running from Mount Wellington in Victoria into Lake Wellington. 17. A river in Australia; running from the confluence of Avon and Reedy Creeks in Victoria into the Richardson River at Banyena. 18. A river in Australia; running from near Pingelly in Western Australia to Walyunga National Park, where it merges with Wooroloo Brook to form the Swan. 19. A place in England: 20. A place in England: 21. A place in England: 22. A locality in the Wingecarribee council area and the Wollongong council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. 23. A locality in South Australia. 24. A commune in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France. 25. A commune in Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. 26. A number of places in the United States: 27. A number of places in the United States: 28. A number of places in the United States: 29. A number of places in the United States: 30. A number of places in the United States: 31. A number of places in the United States: 32. A number of places in the United States: 33. A number of places in the United States: 34. A number of places in the United States: 35. A number of places in the United States: 36. A number of places in the United States: 37. A number of places in the United States: 38. A number of places in the United States: 39. A number of places in the United States: 40. A number of places in the United States: 41. A number of places in the United States: 42. A number of places in the United States: 43. A number of places in the United States: 44. A number of places in the United States: 45. A number of places in the United States: 46. A number of places in the United States: 47. A number of places in the United States: 48. A number of places in the United States: 49. A number of places in the United States: 50. A British surname.
Word: chrono- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos). 1. time Labels: morpheme
Word: -cidal Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English -al English -cidal From -cide + -al. 1. Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide. Labels: morpheme
Word: -cide Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīdium (“killing”). Pronunciation: /-saɪd/ 1. killing Labels: morpheme
Word: -cide Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”), from caedō (“cut, kill”). Pronunciation: /-saɪd/ 1. killer Labels: morpheme
Word: chronocide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chrono- + -cide. 1. The act of killing time. Labels: humorous, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:chronocide.
Word: kill time Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage in an activity whose only purpose is to make the time seem to pass more quickly; to fill the time between activities. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: She had nothing better to do, so she went to the bowling alley to kill time. Example: Mrs. Autumn […] lay in bed always till it was very late this being one of those happy expedients for killing time (as the fashionable phrase is) which, to discover, employs the inventions of persons of rank and fortune.
Word: kill time Part of Speech: noun 1. The time it takes for something to kill something else.
Word: subarctic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French artiquebor. English Arctic English subarctic From sub- + Arctic. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈɑːktɪk/, /sʌbˈɑːtɪk/ 1. The region immediately outside of the Arctic Circle or regions similar to these in climate or conditions of life.
Word: subarctic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French artiquebor. English Arctic English subarctic From sub- + Arctic. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈɑːktɪk/, /sʌbˈɑːtɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subarctic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French artiquebor. English Arctic English subarctic From sub- + Arctic. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈɑːktɪk/, /sʌbˈɑːtɪk/ 1. A subarctic region.
Word: Mebyon Kernow Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cornish, meaning "Sons of Cornwall". 1. A left-of-centre political party that campaigns for greater self-government for Cornwall.
Word: pansy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée. Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.zi/ 1. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor. Example: The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […] Example: Oh, what a perfect thought. Lilies-of-the-valley, and white pansies, double white violets and white velvet ribbon… From an unknown friend. … From one who understands. … For a Little Girl. 2. A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. 3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia. 4. A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss. Labels: colloquial, derogatory 5. A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. Labels: colloquial, dated, derogatory
Word: pansy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée. Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.zi/ 1. Wimpy; spineless; feeble. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pansy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée. Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.zi/ 1. To mess about; to fail to get things done. Labels: intransitive, slang, usually
Word: pasque flower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pasque is from a French word for Easter (Old French Pasque (“Easter”) or Middle French Pasques (“Easter”), related to Pesach (“Passover”)), because they bloom around Easter. 1. Any of various deciduous perennial flowering plants, of the genus Pulsatilla, found in clumps in certain grassland areas. 2. Synonym of American pasqueflower.
Word: Passion flower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of passion flower. Labels: alt-of
Word: pelargonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Pelargonium, from Ancient Greek πελαργός (pelargós, “stork”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɛlɑːrˈɡoʊni.əm/ 1. Any of various flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium, similar to (and often confused with) true geraniums, but less hardy and often cultivated as annuals for ornamental purposes. Example: The growing of pelargoniums in this country is increasing and they are destined to come to the front and stay there. The pelargoniums that have been distributed during the past several years are giving great satisfaction, combining as they do new shades of color […].
Word: peony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin paeōnia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, pyoine (French pivoine), from Latin paeōnia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, the physician of the gods”)/παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːəni/ 1. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. Example: The root of the Male Peony fresh gathered has been found by experience to cure the falling-sickness. Example: There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak. 2. A dark red colour. Example: She was a fine and handsome girl—not handsomer than some others, possibly—but her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes added eloquence to colour and shape.
Word: petunia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *pe Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm Old Tupi petymabor. French pétun Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. Translingual -ia taxonomic name Petunialbor. English petunia Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”). Pronunciation: /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/, /pəˈtʲuːnjə/, /pəˈtʃuːnjə/, /pəˈtuːniə/, /pəˈtuːnjə/ 1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids. Example: Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems. Example: The small purple petunias are produced in profusion and without ceasing during the entire season. 2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. 3. A homosexual. Labels: slang
Word: petunia Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *pe Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm Old Tupi petymabor. French pétun Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. Translingual -ia taxonomic name Petunialbor. English petunia Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”). Pronunciation: /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/, /pəˈtʲuːnjə/, /pəˈtʃuːnjə/, /pəˈtuːniə/, /pəˈtuːnjə/ 1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phlox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Phlox, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”). Pronunciation: /flɒks/, /flɑks/ 1. Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: poinsettia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the obsolete genus name Poinsettia, named after Joel Roberts Poinsett (19th-century US minister to Mexico); equivalent to Poinsett + -ia. Pronunciation: /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.tɪə/, /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.t(i)ə/ 1. A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers surrounded by large bright red leaves; native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated as a garden plant; widely used in Christmas floral displays. Example: Masses of scarlet Poinsettias glowed bravely against the dark green background formed by broad-leafed plantains, whose great tattered leaves rustled with every gust of wind that reached them. Example: “So red,” she said of the poinsettias behind Florencia, which Jacquie didn’t even like because of how even the real ones look fake.
Word: diarrhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- + -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots. Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”). Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/ 1. A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable 2. The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Example: My Pampers bill is higher than your paycheck, my hands are raw from washing them every six minutes, and I do eight loads of laundry a day because everything we own is covered in diarrhea, and you want me to "plug him up" and wait another three weeks? Example: I looked and saw that she and her hammock were covered in diarrhea.
Word: stroppy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From obstropulous, obsolete slang form of obstreperous, + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɒpi/ 1. Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: In this case, the application of the famous method was a little shaky. To be fair, the director was dealing with a pretty stroppy cast. Example: Her shape and posture shadowed her daughter′s, though Kerry carried herself with more attitude, a stroppier jutting of the hips than her mother.
Word: scordatura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scordatura (“discord”). 1. cross-tuning Labels: uncountable
Word: guild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld. Pronunciation: /ɡɪld/ 1. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid. Example: The swinging of its censers, the silence of its members / Oh, the Guild of Mute Assassins 2. A corporation. 3. A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits. 4. An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.
Word: deranged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French dérangé. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒd/ 1. Disturbed or upset, especially mentally. Example: Though Bane's sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn't have any of the Joker's deranged wit, and Nolan isn't interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment. Example: Stewing over recent legal defeats, he [Donald Trump] spent Sunday night posting a series of rambling rants assailing the “completely inept and embarrassing” Supreme Court, the “Deranged” former special counsel, […] and “a Wacky, Nasty, Crooked, and totally Out of Control Judge” who ruled against him. 2. Insane. Example: When he was finally arrested, Sutcliffe hoped that by claiming to be deranged he would be convicted of manslaughter rather than murder, and therefore sent to hospital and perhaps released after 10 years. 3. Malfunctioning or inoperative. Example: 4-14. Reference (b) reports that "there was hardly any part of the boat that had not in some way been damaged." Only one of the four main Diesel engines was not damaged beyond immediate repair. However, the two auxiliary engines (Winton 6-241) were still operable. The port reduction gear casing was cracked and lost lubricating oil constantly. As mentioned above, the submerged propulsion plant was put out of commission due to deranged control equipment and motor damage. Numerous holding down bolts on the main motors, main generators and main engines were reported to have broken.
Word: deranged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French dérangé. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of derange Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shop time Part of Speech: noun 1. The time for which a vehicle or machine is out of service for repair. Labels: uncountable 2. The time spent by a foundry or machine shop to make a custom item. Labels: uncountable
Word: foundry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊn.dɹi/ 1. A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry. […] So after a short spell in the brass foundry the wisest course was to follow with a similar period in the steel foundry, where much important work was done, including the manufacture of centres for wheels. 2. The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Chang gained trust by allaying fears that TSMC would steal designs, as pure-play foundries have no use of them; TSMC stealing from chip designers would be like a printing press stealing plots from novelists.
Word: cake-eater Part of Speech: noun 1. A well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl. Labels: US, dated, endearing, slang, usually Example: And you fellows, if you find some cake-eaters trying to take advantage of your sister, what are you going to do? Example: "Nowadays, these cake-eaters all died young. They had no teeth. They all went to doctors who fixed teeth. But still they died young and without their teeth." 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, eater. Example: If ever there was a birthday in the home she would bake a special cake for the occasion, with the result that very few of our inmates lasted for more than a year. I myself am no great cake-eater, and I made a special point of keeping my birthday secret.
Word: machine shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears. Example: There is a very large and comprehensive machine shop, beautifully clean and with a wealth of modern machinery - wheel drops, hoists and all the usual running shed maintenance equipment, as well as supersonic^([sic]) axle testers.
Word: primula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The genus Primula was named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus (“first”) because it flowers early. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪmjʊlə/, /ˈpɹɪmjələ/ 1. Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.
Word: ragwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rag (referring to the ragged leaves) + wort. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡwəːt/ 1. Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ragwort is under the command of dame Venus, and cleanses, digests and discusses. Example: Sea-poppies and ragwort were plants of ill-fame, too.
Word: scarlet pimpernel Part of Speech: noun 1. A flowering plant, of species Lysimachia arvensis (syn. Anagallis arvensis), of the Primulaceae family, having small orange flowers. Example: [T]ogether they went north and were at Silloth in August, where James picked a scarlet pimpernel to press for her album[.]