nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: come off Part of Speech: verb 1. To become detached. Example: One of the wagon wheels came off. 2. To have some success; to succeed. Example: He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off. Example: […] the kind of second-drawer poems which do not quite come off in terms of total response but which poets are often reluctant to abandon because they are technically competent and a good deal of work has gone into them. 3. To have an orgasm. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: She turned and looked at him. ‘We came off together that time,’ he said. […] ‘Don't people often come off together?’ she asked with naive curiosity. 4. To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality. Example: I'm sorry if I came off as condescending; that wasn't my intention. Example: You should be careful about how you come off during interviews. 5. To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm. Example: It strikes me that you have come off uncommonly easy, seeing as how things were. No mess, no breakages, no odds and ends from every room that you can't remember until it's too late to claim. Just one big lot taken clean. Example: Well that is precisely what I did, and as I had never heard of using gloves and veil in connection with bees I suppose I came off lightly with one sting on the tip of the nose. 6. To occur; to take place; to turn out; to end up. Example: It came off as we expected. Example: The concluding ceremony came off at twelve o’clock on the day of departure […] 7. To come away (from a place); to leave. Example: The 290 bus route comes off the A316 at Hanworth. Example: […] Arnton Fell comes into sight across the Riccarton Burn and—more important—so does the Carlisle train, with an impatient-looking Pacific, Sir Visto, and several heads out of windows inquiring what the delay is and marvelling at the spectacle of an eight-coach train, garlanded at the front and quite full of passengers, coming off the single line. 8. To finish being printed. Labels: obsolete Example: This one came off easily. 9. To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something). Labels: transitive 10. To stop playing (music). Labels: intransitive Example: I had to say, ‘Come off after the second beat, don’t hang on!’ (as per Mahler’s instructions).
Word: crabbedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English crabbidly; equivalent to crabbed + -ly. 1. In a crabbed manner.
Word: allotropous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allo- + -tropous. 1. Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar. 2. Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.
Word: arithmetics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arithmetic Labels: form-of, plural Example: There is decimal arithmetic and binary arithmetic. In fact, there are an infinite number of arithmetics of different bases.
Word: alluvials Part of Speech: noun 1. Deposits of sediment formed over a long period of time by rivers; layers of alluvium. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: disjunct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Latin junctus English disjunct From dis- + Latin junctus (“joined”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/, /dɪsˈdʒʊŋkt/ 1. Separate; discontinuous; not connected. 2. Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.
Word: disjunct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Latin junctus English disjunct From dis- + Latin junctus (“joined”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/, /dɪsˈdʒʊŋkt/ 1. The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect. Example: Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing. 2. A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group. Example: […] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […] 3. One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction). Example: Holonym: disjunction 4. Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence. 5. Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence. 6. A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction. Labels: rare Example: In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector).
Word: Omniscient Part of Speech: name 1. God. 2. Sambuddha.
Word: Omnipotent Part of Speech: name 1. God.
Word: couldest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English could Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English couldest From could + -est. 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of can Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular
Word: dramatis personæ Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of dramatis personae. Labels: alt-of, archaic, plural, plural-normally Example: For about the fifth time he then proposed the Heir at Law, doubting only whether to prefer Lord Duberley or Dr. Pangloss for himself, and very earnestly, but very unsuccessfully, trying to persuade the others that there were some fine tragic parts in the rest of the Dramatis Personæ. Example: They are constantly abusing Proserpine, who is introduced with all the trappings of Tartarean pomp into this performance, where there are no less than ninety-two dramatis personæ, among whom are the Virgin and God the Father.
Word: Sub-Saharan Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of sub-Saharan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: marshmellow Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of marshmallow. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: fingerpicking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fingerpick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fingerpicking Part of Speech: noun 1. The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Her largely unadorned sound hinges on scratchy, intimate fingerpickings and her warm Northern Ireland accent — and is a worthy, pensive addition to record shelves already lined with Sharon Van Etten and Damien Rice.
Word: fingerpick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finger + pick. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpɪk/ 1. A type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb.
Word: fingerpick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From finger + pick. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpɪk/ 1. To play a stringed instrument by plucking individual strings with the fingers. Labels: intransitive
Word: certificate of deposit Part of Speech: noun 1. A time deposit offered by a bank or credit union, wherein the depositor commits a fixed sum of principal for a predetermined maturity period, in exchange for a guaranteed interest rate higher than that of a standard savings account. 2. The certificate issued to the holder of such an account, verifying its ownership.
Word: hifi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of hi-fi. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: fouettés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fouetté Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matais Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matai Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Samoan matai. 1. A Samoan chief.
Word: matai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori mataī. 1. A coniferous tree, Prumnopitys taxifolia, endemic to New Zealand. Example: Constructed from the native timbers rimu, kauri, or matai, the interior has been refurbished in sympathy with the era of the home. The five bedrooms are individually designed, all with private balconies or verandahs.
Word: matés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maté Labels: form-of, plural
Word: primary market Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of the financial markets that deals with the issuance of new securities. 2. Works of art directly bought from the artist. Example: The primary market is art directly from the artist, offered for sale for the first time.
Word: secondary market Part of Speech: noun 1. The financial market for trading of securities that have already been issued in an initial private or public offering. Example: Although 4.1 million tickets were sold for the 2023 shows—including over 2 million on the first day, a new record—scalpers jacked up prices on the secondary market to more than $22,000. 2. The market for works of art that have been sold before. Example: The primary market is art directly from the artist, offered for sale for the first time. The secondary market is resale: buying, selling and trading among collectors, dealers and museums. Example: He dealt in the “secondary” market—reselling pieces that have been sold before—to individual collectors and investors who grouped together for high-value works.
Word: open-end fund Part of Speech: noun 1. A collective investment scheme which can issue and redeem shares at any time.
Word: closed-end fund Part of Speech: noun 1. A collective investment scheme with a limited number of shares.
Word: collective investment scheme Part of Speech: noun 1. A way of investing money with other people to participate in a wider range of investments than may be feasible for an individual investor, and to share the costs of doing so. Labels: UK Example: The definition of primary importance is of course the definition of "collective investment scheme" itself. That is to be found in s.235 of FSMA 2000. Example: If a fund is structured as a collective investment scheme, it cannot be marketed to the general public unless it is authorized.
Word: idiophonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English idiophone Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English idiophonic From idiophone + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by an idiophone
Word: idiophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From idio- + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈɪdi.əfoʊn/, /ˈɪdi.əfəʊn/ 1. Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).
Word: faine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See fane. 1. Obsolete spelling of fane. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: faine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See fain. 1. Obsolete spelling of fain. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Penker in his ſermõ [sermon] ſo loſt his voice that he was faine to leaue of [off] & come downe in the middes. Example: [T]hey vvere faine to patche uppe the Matter vvith a little piece of Paper clappid over the foreſaid VVordes, […]
Word: faine Part of Speech: adv Etymology: See fain. 1. Obsolete spelling of fain. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: I vvould faine knovv vvhat you haue to ſay. Example: Yet dearely I love you, and vvould be lov'd faine, / But am betroth'd unto your enemie, […]
Word: faine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See fain. 1. Obsolete spelling of fain. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The ſprevvſeſt Citie-Lads for her vvould faine the Countrie-aire.
Word: working definition Part of Speech: noun 1. A definition that is chosen for an occasion and may not fully conform with established or authoritative definitions. Example: Not knowing of established definitions would be grounds for selecting or devising a working definition. 2. A definition being developed; a tentative definition that can be tailored to create an authoritative definition.
Word: omphaloskeptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”). Pronunciation: /ˌɒm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/, /ˌɑːm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/ 1. One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy. Example: The trouble with this book, however, is that he gazes so fixedly at himself that his own eyes dazzle a little. He is not an omphalosceptic. His gaze never turns downwards; it is kept obstinately at face-level. Example: […]though you must admit that no omphaloskeptic, nay, not Plotinus, could have so utterly realized the Infinite as at moments one did to night.
Word: omphaloskeptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”). Pronunciation: /ˌɒm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/, /ˌɑːm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/ 1. Likely to, prone to, or engaged in contemplating or meditating upon one's navel. Labels: not-comparable Example: This approach has been referred to as an omphaloskeptic method of design, so called after the term omphaloskepsis used to describe the technique of meditation through contemplation of the navel (from the Greek "omphalos" for navel and "skepsis" for examination).
Word: Irishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Irish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Irishness From Irish + -ness. 1. the quality or state of being Irish. Labels: uncountable
Word: yield curve Part of Speech: noun 1. The relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency. 2. A style of yoga based on a flow between sequential poses and coordinated breathing. Example: His business was clairvoyance. You looked at the yield curve arching and slumping like an inchworm making its inefficient progress, and it told you everything you needed to know.
Word: SOHO Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/ 1. Acronym of Small Office, Home Office. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: I bet if you look at the average home or SOHO PC, that it will have an old version of Java installed, […]
Word: SOHO Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/ 1. Initialism of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (A spacecraft of the ESA and NASA). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SoHo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of Small office/Home office. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/, /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ 1. Acronym of small office, home office. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SoHo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Acronym of South of Houston, a neighborhood south of Houston Street in Manhattan. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/, /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ 1. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.
Word: SoHo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of south + Hollywood. Acronym of south of Hollywood Road. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/, /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ 1. A neighbourhood of Central and Western district, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Example: There's an apartment building sitting on top of the hill of Soho in Hong Kong that is very atmospherically noir, so it's really too bad we couldn't film there. Example: When he heard about Omnipork at the Food’s Future Summit in Hong Kong last year, he contacted Right Treat to give it a try, and eventually added it to the vegetarian mapo tofu at his restaurant in the city’s SoHo district.
Word: arsey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English arse Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English arsey From arse + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)si/ 1. Unpleasant, especially in a sarcastic, grumpy or haughty manner. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: First few months in, I was arsey as hell. Thought they were a right bunch of wankers. Example: "Oh, we had that singer in the other day and they were really arsey with us, and we only kept them waiting half an hour' - and I go, 'Hang on a minute, that's a long time and they've probably been doing lots of work that day and I think that it's actually justified for them to get annoyed.'" 2. Lucky. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
Word: camembert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Camembert, the Normandy village where it originated. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmɒmˌbeə(ɹ)/, /ˈkæməmˌbeː/ 1. A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Camembert Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin Campus Maimberti ("field of Maimbert"), a West Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“strength, power, might”) and Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”). 1. A village in Normandy, France, famous for being the place where camembert cheese was invented.
Word: hockling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hockle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: let out Part of Speech: verb 1. To release. Labels: transitive Example: The students were let out of school early. Example: If you go into the aviary, don't let out any of the birds! 2. Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home. Labels: Canada, US, intransitive Example: We're gonna have practice tomorrow morning for an assembly we're giving on Thursday before school lets out for Easter. 3. To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls. Example: He let out the reins when they were a mile from the barn. Example: The engineer let out the throttle after the train crossed the bridge. 4. To rent out. Example: We let out the house and went on a two-year world trip. 5. To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams. Example: After the holidays he had to have his suits let out. 6. Of sound, to emit. Labels: informal Example: The dog let out a yelp. Example: For a moment Mr. Stink fell silent. Then he opened his mouth and let out the deepest darkest dirtiest burp. 7. To disclose. Example: He accidentally let out the location for the meeting. 8. To begin to tell a story. Labels: transitive 9. To lay off or fire someone (from a job). Labels: dated, slang, transitive
Word: light out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Phrasal verb from light (“to get down, drop, come”, verb) + out (“away from”, adverb). 1. To go away or depart, especially in haste or without notice. Labels: dated, intransitive, slang Example: the outlaws lit out for the border Example: He didn’t see a road for him at TI, so he lit out to build one in Taiwan.
Word: apophthegms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apophthegm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apothegms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apothegm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aromatical Part of Speech: adj 1. aromatic. Labels: rare
Word: defensemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defenseman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defencemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defenceman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fixed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fix up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: egres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of egre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Golden Arches Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the large yellow plastic logo of the letter M, from the design of the first restaurants, which incorporated large yellow arches. 1. A McDonald's restaurant. Example: Suzan-Lori Parks is drawn to archways. Early on in her New York life, long before she became one of the nation’s most acclaimed playwrights, she lived above a McDonald’s on Sixth Avenue — the Golden Arches. 2. The McDonald's company, or the fast food industry in general. Labels: broadly
Word: attackman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French attaquebor. English attack English -man English attackman From attack + -man. 1. A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense.
Word: attackmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attackman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avoirdupois ounce Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of units, equal to one sixteenth of a avoirdupois pound.
Word: avoirdupois ounces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avoirdupois ounce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avoirdupois pound Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of weights, defined as 0.45359237 kg in most of the English-speaking world since 1959.
Word: avoirdupois pounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avoirdupois pound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beetroot red Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep intense purplish red, often of a person's face when flushed with embarrassment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They fill your mouth with hot, spicy flavours or spiky textures, their leaves sometimes green, sometimes flushed with beetroot red. 2. A glycoside obtained from beets and used as a food dye, also known as betanin and E162. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: beetroot red Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a deep intense purplish red. Example: Bill Nighy is not your usual film star. Gaunt and diffident, he turns beetroot red at the mention of his Man of the Year title (editor's special prize), awarded by GQ magazine and the idea of posing on the red carpets of the Cannes film festival fill him with dread. Example: The paper says that Bild “gloats” about our tendency to turn beetroot red in the sun, and “adds insult to injury” by cruelly stating that too much beer on the beach makes us weigh down the plane on the way home.
Word: beetled Part of Speech: adj 1. Projecting over. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beetled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beetle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hamstringing Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of someone or something being hamstringed.
Word: hamstringing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hamstring Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: binary name Part of Speech: noun 1. The scientific name for an organism consisting of its genus and species. Example: The binary name for human is Homo sapiens.
Word: binary names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of binary name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: binational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English national English binational From bi- + national. 1. Relating to, or involving, two nations. Labels: not-comparable Example: Binational peace talks broke down, so a third nation stepped in to mediate. Example: Experience elsewhere since World War II is hardly encouraging to binational or multi-national concepts.
Word: binational Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English national English binational From bi- + national. 1. A person of two nationalities.
Word: binomials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of binomial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: binucleate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English nucleate English binucleate From bi- + nucleate. 1. having two nuclei Labels: not-comparable
Word: binucleate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English nucleate English binucleate From bi- + nucleate. 1. A cell that has two nuclei
Word: balas-ruby Part of Speech: noun 1. A rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a type of ruby. Example: In shape it is a tiny square box of silver, studded outside with eight small balas-rubies. Example: Richard II had a coat, valued at thirty thousand marks, which was covered with balas rubies.
Word: bird-lime Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of birdlime. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: merry cocker Part of Speech: noun 1. A cocker spaniel Labels: colloquial Example: In fact the modern human beater — the fustian-clad yokel, with a long and stout stick and a stentorian cry of "Cock ! cock ! cock !" — has very long ago pretty well ousted the merry cockers or the more staid Clumber for driving the coverts; certainly an innovation not at all a desirable one. Example: The merry Cocker now is one of the most popular of breeds.
Word: merry cockers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of merry cocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boarhound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boar + hound. 1. A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars.
Word: boarhounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boarhound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bodyboarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bodyboard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: military exercise Part of Speech: noun 1. A large-scale activity involving military forces from multiple countries or commands, designed to demonstrate the level of alliance between those forces and their ability to coordinate, as a signal to potential military adversaries. Example: Another major military exercise, codenamed Operation Intrinsic Action held in August 1992, involved the participation of 2400 US troops from the First Cavalry Division at Ford Hood, Texas and members of the Fifth Special Forces Group from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Example: In the first months of 1993 the situation worsened as the United States and South Korea resumed their annual Team Spirit military exercise (canceled in 1992) and North Korea announced its intention to withdraw from the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Word: trouser snakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trouser snake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bone hard Part of Speech: adj 1. As hard as a bone, rock hard. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: binded Part of Speech: verb 1. bound; simple past and past participle of bind Labels: nonstandard
Word: temporary gentleman Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who may be considered (through rank etc.) a gentleman for the duration of a war. Abbreviated as TG. Labels: colloquial, derogatory
Word: remainder trust Part of Speech: noun 1. A trust which is funded by the remainder of the trustors estate left over after all specific bequests have been funded.
Word: remainder trusts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remainder trust Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remaindermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remainderman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capitalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capitalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collaterals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of collateral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expansions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expansion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mappings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mapping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omnisexuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English omnisexual Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English omnisexuality From omnisexual + -ity. 1. Pansexuality. Labels: uncountable 2. A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people of multiple genders, but with different patterns of attraction for different genders, as opposed to pansexuality, which in this usage means gender is not a factor. Labels: uncountable
Word: burial mound Part of Speech: noun 1. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
Word: burial mounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burial mound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conductress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conductor Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English conductress From conductor + -ess. 1. a female conductor Labels: dated
Word: conductresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conductress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bushbuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bush + buck. 1. Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2. Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat. Labels: informal
Word: bushbucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bushbuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bush antelope Part of Speech: noun 1. A bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus.
Word: bush antelopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bush antelope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bushland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bush + land. 1. An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable
Word: bushlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bushland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: callable bond Part of Speech: noun 1. A bond that can be called (redeemed) by the issuer prior to its maturity, on certain call dates, at call prices. On the call dates, the issuer has the right, but not the obligation, to buy back the bonds from the bond holders at the call price. Technically speaking, the bonds are not really bought and held by the issuer, but cancelled immediately or no longer accrue interest at the original coupon rate.
Word: callable bonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of callable bond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: injecter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inject + -er. 1. Alternative form of injector. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] young people who are starting to inject or are at risk of becoming injecters; […]
Word: can-openers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of can-opener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symphyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symphysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cartilaginous fish Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the taxonomic class Chondrichthyes, having a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fishes.
Word: large bowel Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of large intestine.
Word: laqueus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laqueus. 1. The lasso used by a laquearius. Labels: historical
Word: cartooning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cartoon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cartooning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of drawing a cartoon or caricature. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: language lab Part of Speech: noun 1. A dedicated space for the learning of a foreign language where students have access to audiovisual materials.
Word: cartooned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cartoon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: open bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A bar at which drinks are served without charge, usually at a social event. Example: The party included a reception, a dance, and an open bar.
Word: barbarious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”), or combining barbaric and barbarous. Pronunciation: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeəɹɪəs/ 1. barbarous, barbaric. Labels: dated, literary, obsolete Example: During that calamitous period, every instant of time was marked, every province of the Roman world was afflicted, by barbarious invaders and military tyrants, and the ruined empire seemed to approach the last and fatal moment of its dissolution. Example: "Well, it seems a barbarious practice enough to us, but I daresay the natives think nothing o' it," said Matthew.
Word: omasum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin omāsum. Pronunciation: /oʊˈmeɪsəm/ 1. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff. Example: The deer of the northern group are larger in body size and have well-developed rumino-reticulums, smaller omasums, and longer small intestines (Takatsuki 1988). Example: The omasum is a spherical organ filled with muscular laminae (an estimated 90 to 130 in the bovine omasum) that lie in sheets, much like the pages of a book (giving the omasum its colloquial name, book stomach).
Word: Everard Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Eofurheard, Eoferard, from Proto-West Germanic *Eburahardu, from *ebur (“wild boar”) + *hardu (“hard, brave”). Reinforced by cognate names from Anglo-Norman and Middle Dutch. 1. An English surname transferred from the given name. 2. A male given name.
Word: Captain Obvious Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkæptɪn ˈɒbviəs/, /-ən -/, /ˌkæptən ˈɑbviəs/ 1. Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one. Labels: derogatory, humorous, sarcastic, usually Example: Thank you, Captain Obvious! Example: 1994, L. E. Blair, Drummer Girl (Girl Talk series, vol. 12), Golden Books Publishing, →ISBN, page 33, "But you're a girl," the guy said in surprise. This guy was getting on my nerves. "You are Captain Obvious, aren't you?" I shot back.
Word: grote Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of groat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wys Part of Speech: intj 1. Initialism of what you saying. Labels: Internet, Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: You’re a fuckboy whose most used phrase is, "wag one b, wys?"[.] Pulling girls at Gravity Monday is the highlight of your week. You constantly send selfies flexing your muscles and showing off your ‘six pack.’ Example: While it might not be the best 11 inches you get in Freshers' Week, we can guarantee it'll be the tastiest (and it won't send you 'wys' texts at 3am).
Word: Akron Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “extremity, peak”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kɹɒn/, /ˈæ.kɹən/ 1. A city, the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. Example: Betty graduated from college and married a Morehouse man from Ohio whom I never met. For a couple of years I received the occasional, uninformative postcard from Akron, usually depicting something called the Soap Box Derby. 2. A town in Hale County, Alabama. 3. A town, the county seat of Washington County, Colorado; named for the city in Ohio. 4. A township in Peoria County, Illinois. 5. A town in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana; named for the city in Ohio. 6. A city in Plymouth County, Iowa. 7. An unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Cowley County, Kansas. 8. A township in Tuscola County, Michigan. 9. A village in Akron Township and Fairgrove Township, Tuscola County, Michigan. 10. A township in Big Stone County, Minnesota. 11. A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota. 12. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri; named for the city in Ohio. 13. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Nebraska; named for the city in Ohio. 14. A village in Erie County, New York. 15. A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 16. An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia.
Word: Alabamian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Alabama Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Alabamian From Alabama + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌæləˈbæmi.ən/ 1. Pertaining to the American state Alabama, or its natives and residents.
Word: Alabamian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Alabama Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Alabamian From Alabama + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌæləˈbæmi.ən/ 1. A native or resident of the state of Alabama in the United States of America. Example: Sunday was the day of the week most Alabamians wanted off for the two holy acts—going to church and watching football.
Word: Alabamians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Alabamian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aleutians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Aleutian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aleutians Part of Speech: name 1. The Aleutian Islands.
Word: resectabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resectability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cognatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cognatus (“kinsman”). Doublet of cognate and connate. 1. A blood relative Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: restraining order Part of Speech: noun 1. An order issued by a court of law or other legal authority for a specified timeframe forbidding the restrained party from contacting and being in close proximity to the protected party and other restrictions, usually banning the possession of arms. Example: 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring. Prescription drugs, they help me through the day / And that restraining order keeps me well at bay / And what's normal now, anyway? 2. An order by a judge or other legal authority that prevents an action by a government or institution. Example: On February 13, 1974, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order against the council to prevent it from enforcing a January 28, 1974, temporary rollback order for Nassau County police salaries. On February 16, 1974, the court issued another temporary restraining order preventing the Council from conducting further proceedings, including a hearing. Example: Kunsman reports that he was placed in a segregation cell when he subsequently filed an Administrative Remedy Form with warden R. A. Gunnell and that he has been scheduled for a disciplinary transfer. Requests have been made to the U.S. District Court for a restraining order to have Kunsman released from segregation and to prevent the transfer.
Word: mantras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mantra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chaffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chaff + -y. 1. Like or containing chaff. Example: A mighty fountain […] / Amid whose swift half-intermitted Burst / Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, / Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail: Example: The burning, pungent scent of newly threshed wheat and a chaffy dust enveloped the village. 2. (of bracts, flower head receptacles, scales on cones or catkins) Resembling chaff: papery, husk-like; not fleshy, leafy or herbaceous. 3. (of an ear of corn/maize) Having imperfectly developed kernels that are not tightly compressed against each other. 4. Of as little value or substance as chaff; worthless. Labels: obsolete Example: […] thou ly’st, and art / A very theefe in love, a Chaffy Lord / Nor worth the name of villaine: Example: […] the most slight and chaffy opinion, if at a great remove from the present age, contracts such an esteem and veneration, that it out-weighs what is infinitly more ponderous and rational, of a modern date.
Word: chaffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chaff + -y. 1. Full of banter, ridicule or badinage. Labels: colloquial, obsolete Example: He would talk for an hour; then he would half-draw, and talk again, and often blow his horn when there was no manner of occasion—always so chaffy.
Word: chafflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chaff Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chafflike From chaff + -like. 1. Resembling chaff.
Word: chapping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of chap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chiselling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chisel Labels: UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chiselling Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of work produced using a chisel. Example: We are justified in considering Parkes as our own; for, here he served his time; here he received instructions in modelling from Sherwin, the pupil of Smyth, whose chisellings and figures adorn so many of our public buildings […]
Word: chiselled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chisel Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: chiselled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of chiseled. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: But I thought he looked beautiful, and also like a man. He was tall and blond, chiselled and muscular.
Word: chocolate truffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chocolate + truffle, so called because it resembles a black truffle, but is composed of chocolate. 1. A confection having a center of ganache and an outer coating of powdered cocoa or chocolate.
Word: chocolate truffles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chocolate truffle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetracations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetracation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in twain Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Middle English in tweyn, in twen, in tweyne (also as on tweyne). Compare Old English on twēġen (“in two”). 1. In two, in halves, into two parts, asunder Labels: archaic Example: When the masked stranger hew with his axe, the baker's head did split in twain and his body fell like a lump to the ground in turn. Example: And when cold Winter ſplit the Rocks in twain, And Ice the running Rivers did reſtrain, He ſtripp’d the Bears-foot of its leafy Growth,
Word: sportpony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sport + pony. 1. A type of pony in the general range of 13.2-14.2 hands that looks and moves like a small horse, capable of competing in the Olympic disciplines of jumping, dressage, and eventing, as well as in driving.
Word: Mumping Day Part of Speech: name 1. December 21st, St. Thomas's Day, a day for begging before Christmas. Labels: UK, historical
Word: twain cloud Part of Speech: noun 1. Stratocumulus.
Word: kamaʻaina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian kamaʻāina. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑməˈaɪnə/ 1. Someone who is of Hawaiian origin, but not necessarily of Hawaiian ancestry; a local. Labels: Hawaii, slang
Word: kamaaina Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kamaʻaina. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: orale Part of Speech: noun 1. A white silk veil with coloured stripes, sometimes worn by the pope.
Word: ahchoo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of achoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kerchoo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. 1. Synonym of achoo, the sound of sneezing.
Word: alfalfas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alfalfa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ah-choo Part of Speech: intj 1. Uncommon form of achoo. Labels: form-of, uncommon
Word: the plot thickens Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the satirical play The Rehearsal. First attested in 1671. 1. Used to describe an increasingly complex or mysterious situation. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, often Example: BAYES. Lo' you now, there he's off again. JOHNS. Admirably done i'faith. BAYES. Ay, now the Plot thickens very much upon us. Example: Y. Book. Well said, Lad—and as Mr. Bays says, now the Plot thickens upon us, we'll spend our time as gaily as the best of 'em—and all of it in Love …
Word: marocain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French marocain (“Moroccan”), from Maroc (“Morocco”) (from Medieval Latin Marrochium (“the city of Marrakech, the former capital of Morocco”)) + -ain (suffix forming demonyms). Pronunciation: /ˌmæɹəˈkeɪn/, /ˌmɑɹəˈkeɪn/ 1. A heavy crepe fabric of silk, wool, or both, having a cross-ribbed texture, used for apparel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For summer tailored costumes it will be unequalled. "Toile Marocain," is a quite new fabric neither silk nor wool, but a special mixture of silk and goat's wool, that resembles the coarse stuff the native Arabs use in making their great burnouse—a hooded cape—and it comes in plain colors, particularly elephant gray, adapted to tailored costumes; and it is produced in chinè weaves with a Toile de Jouy effect, for little jackets and waistcoats. Example: Rodier's favored wool fabric this spring is Crêpella, a wool crêpe marocain. It is evident that crêpe gained such favor during the past season that Rodier now applies the same process to woolens.
Word: Duggal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਦੁੱਗਲ (duggal). 1. A prominent Khatri clan from the Punjab region. 2. A surname from Punjabi.
Word: paises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: that one Part of Speech: pron 1. A specified object, thing or person (especially one further away/over there or known or mentioned later). (This entry is a translation hub.) Example: "Which one do you want?" / "That one over there!" 2. Refers to the listener; you.
Word: disquiets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disquiet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disquiets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disquiet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disquieted Part of Speech: adj 1. Uneasy; uncomfortable. Example: If I did not view things in this light, my mind would be infinitely more disquieted than it is: for, if a crisis should arrive when a sense of duty, or a call from my country, should become so imperious as to leave me no choice, I should prepare for relinquishment, and go with as much reluctance from my present peaceful abode, as I should go to the tombs of my ancestors. Example: Adèle, more and more disquieted, finally spoke to Margaret of her uneasiness.
Word: disquieted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disquiet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Kantians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kantian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vandalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vandal + -ous. Possibly formed by analogy with scandalous. 1. vandalistic; resembling vandalism Example: Even usually thoughtful newspapers such as the Washington Post have cited skateboarding as an irresponsible and vandalous activity to be banned from city streets. 2. destructive; resembling a vandal Example: The word mob [Pöbel] invoked the image of a vandalous rabble and, with it, the specter of the Reign of Terror.
Word: Esaias Part of Speech: name Etymology: New Testament Ancient Greek Ἠσᾰΐᾱς (Ēsăḯās), from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū, “Isaiah”). 1. Isaiah (biblical character). Example: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, […]
Word: hepatization Part of Speech: noun 1. The conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vandalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vandal 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English vandalistic From vandal + -istic. 1. Having the character of vandalism.
Word: intervalla Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intervallum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Elis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis). 1. An ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece. Labels: historical 2. A regional unit of modern Greece in West Greece, corresponding to the area once ruled by the city-state.
Word: Eljas Part of Speech: name 1. A city and municipality of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
Word: on a par Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; equal. Example: Their pretensions are on a par. Example: His ability is on a par with his ambition.
Word: up to par Part of Speech: adv 1. At the usual or expected level. Example: The engine is working up to par now. Example: His work isn't up to par. Is he not well?
Word: Raisa Part of Speech: name 1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa). 2. A transliteration of the Belarusian female given name Раі́са (Raísa). 3. A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Раїса (Rajisa)