nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: incommunicado Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish incomunicado, with spelling influenced by such English words as communicate. Pronunciation: [ɪnkəmjunɨˈkɑːdoʊ] 1. In a state or condition of inability or unwillingness to communicate. Labels: not-comparable Example: The father of a woman living in the incommunicado world of the Big Brother house in Australia has died but his daughter has not been told. Example: As the storm, described by the National Hurricane Center as “potentially catastrophic,” moved toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday, little could be learned about the conditions on Dominica. By early Tuesday morning, phone and internet signals on Dominica appeared to be down, leaving the island virtually incommunicado.
Word: incommunicado Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish incomunicado, with spelling influenced by such English words as communicate. Pronunciation: [ɪnkəmjunɨˈkɑːdoʊ] 1. In a manner in which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Starz seem most comfortable when they're in the studio, where they can work incommunicado.
Word: palmprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palm + print. 1. The integumentary pattern of the palm of the hand, sometimes also including that of the fingers. It may be used for identification purposes.
Word: coverall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cover + all. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌv.ə.ɹɔːl/, /ˈkʌv.ɚ.ɔl/, /ˈkʌv.ɚ.ɑl/ 1. A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing. Labels: Australia, Canada, US
Word: userpass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From user + pass. 1. A combination of username and password. Labels: rare
Word: carbonade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French carbonnade. Doublet of carbonado. Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹbɒneɪd/ 1. a stew of meat cooked in beer 2. broiled meat or fish; carbonado
Word: carbonnade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carbonade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turn away Part of Speech: verb 1. To rotate so as not to face someone or something. Labels: literally, transitive Example: Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee. 2. To rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something. Labels: intransitive, literally 3. To bend or turn from a fixed course. Labels: literally, transitive 4. To bend or turn from a fixed course. Labels: intransitive, literally Example: He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive. 5. To refuse to admit someone or accept something. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: He was turned away at the border because he didn't have a valid visa. Example: The referee turned away the players' protests. 6. To avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: to turn away disaster 7. To dismiss from service. Labels: dated, transitive Example: to turn away a servant 8. To forsake or refuse an association or commitment. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: He turned away from his old comrades. Example: She increasingly turned away from politics.
Word: clastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”), from κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈklæstɪk/ 1. Made up of parts that are easily removable. Labels: not-comparable 2. Made from fragments of pre-existing rocks. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”), from κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈklæstɪk/ 1. A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
Word: turtleback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turtle + back. 1. Anything having the shape of a turtle's back (that is, its shell). Example: Up he went on concrete stairs that were eroded to turtlebacks and slippery with evening's frost […] 2. A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly. 3. An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of the ship and connects to the lower edge of the main belt armor, designed to deflect shells striking the ship on trajectories close to horizontal. 4. A primitive stone celt of a form suggesting the back of a turtle. 5. A library binding of a mass market paperback with a generic hardcover. Example: When you order Turtleback Books from Baker & Taylor, you can be assured you get Turtlebacks! 6. Any plant of the genus Psathyrotes of annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America.
Word: come of age Part of Speech: verb 1. To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult. Labels: idiomatic Example: I should like to know whether anyone belonging to the houses that bound the line there came of age or got married on the twenty-sixth of November. 2. To mature, or become fully developed. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: Eager to find a better life, you joined the Alliance military when you came of age. You volunteered for an expedition to Akuze: a lush world on the outskirts of Alliance space that had suddenly dropped out of contact.
Word: tropophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tropo- + -phobia. 1. The fear of moving or of making changes. Labels: uncountable
Word: decadic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deca- + -adic. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkædɪk/ 1. of or relating to a decimal system Labels: not-comparable 2. to the base ten Labels: not-comparable
Word: decadic dialling Part of Speech: noun 1. Pulse dialing. Labels: uncountable
Word: DLO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dead letter office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dead letter office Part of Speech: noun 1. The postal facility that deals with mail that cannot be delivered. 2. A channel of communications for which the recipient neither acknowledges nor acts upon any messages sent. Labels: figuratively Example: The whole world is a Dead Letter Office. No one's listening to us. Our words vanish in the wind. Example: The agriculture department was merely a dead letter office until the present Minister gave it life and usefulness
Word: dodecadic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the number twelve. Labels: not-comparable 2. Consisting of twelve things. Labels: not-comparable
Word: docimastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek δοκιμαστικός (dokimastikós), from δοκιμάζω (dokimázō) + -ικός (-ikós). 1. of, or relating to an experiment, test or assay Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: domal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dome Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English domal From dome + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊməl/ 1. Of or relating to a dome. Labels: not-comparable 2. In the shape of a dome. Labels: not-comparable 3. Retroflex or sometimes palatal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: domal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin domus (“house”). Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊməl/ 1. Of or relating to an astrological house. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: tricolon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τρικωλον (trikōlon), neuter of τρικωλος (trikōlos, “having three parts”). By surface analysis, tri- + colon. 1. A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses. Labels: rhetoric Example: By my count, that’s three tricolons in just over 100 words. It’s almost impossible to make A.I. stop saying “It’s not X, it’s Y” — unless you tell it to write a story, in which case it’ll drop the format for a more literary “No X. No Y. Just Z.”
Word: tricolon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English colon English tricolon From tri- + colon. 1. The symbol ⟨⁝⟩, a colon with three dots instead of two.
Word: diaeretic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /daɪəˈɹɛtɪk/ 1. Featuring diaeresis. Example: The word create is dieretic, whereas creature is synaeretic. 2. Written with a diaeresis. Example: Some words have many spellings: Take, for example, coordinate, which also has a hyphenated spelling variant — co-ordinate — and a dieretic one, coördinate. 3. Separative. Labels: rhetoric
Word: intolerance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/, /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/, /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/ 1. The state of being intolerant. Labels: uncountable Example: Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil. Example: By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect. 2. Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it. Labels: countable Example: lactose intolerance
Word: throw a wobbly Part of Speech: verb 1. To throw a tantrum. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, idiomatic
Word: repulsion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌlʃən/ 1. The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion[…] such talk had been distressingly out of place. 3. The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stateless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English stateless From state + -less. 1. Of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions. Labels: not-comparable Example: A stateless server treats each request independently. 2. Without state or pomp. Labels: dated, not-comparable 3. Without a state or nationality; not subject to any state. Labels: not-comparable Example: UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons Example: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled. 4. Neither believing in nor supporting the idea of nations. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tomophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tomo- + -phobia. 1. An unusual fear of surgeries or medical procedures involving cutting. Labels: neologism, rare, uncountable Example: Tomophobia is the fear of surgical procedures or medical intervention. Example: If you have tomophobia, it might be hard to get to the doctor at all; it’s the fear of surgical procedures and medical interventions.
Word: emperor penguin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with the king penguin, which was believed to be the largest. 1. The largest of penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), that inhabits Antarctica.
Word: Ruy Lopez Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for Ruy López de Segura, a Spanish priest who wrote a book about chess openings in 1561. 1. A common chess opening, an Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, in which White moves king's bishop to the fifth rank.
Word: Maxwell Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an earlier form Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's well or spring", from Old English welle (“well”). Pronunciation: /ˈmækswɛl/ 1. A Scottish habitational surname from Mackeswell near Melrose. Example: A woman who testified Tuesday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell said she met the close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein and the billionaire businessman when she was 14 and eating ice cream with friends at a camp where he was a benefactor. 2. Any of various widely known persons so named, such as James Clerk Maxwell. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.” 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 hamlet in Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. 13. A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Aberg Part of Speech: name 1. An American surname from Swedish derived from the Scandinavian Åberg or Aaberg.
Word: folkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fulką Proto-West Germanic *folk Old English folc Middle English folk English folk English -ie English folkie From folk + -ie. 1. A folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music. Example: When I say "political" I don't just mean lesbian or gay. I'm a folkie deep at heart and regularly attend concerts of Si Kahn, Fred Small, Bright Morning Star, Marcia Taylor, Debra Silverstein, Solid Ground, and many other groups and individuals from the political folk tradition. Example: He had come to Carnegie Hall not to imitate him but to channel him with the self he happened to be at that moment, not at all the green folkie who had set the world ablaze just a few years earlier.
Word: folkie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fulką Proto-West Germanic *folk Old English folc Middle English folk English folk English -ie English folkie From folk + -ie. 1. of, or relating to folk music
Word: sesterce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French sesterce, from Latin sēstertius (“two-and-a-half (asses)”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛstɜːs/ 1. A sestertius. Labels: Ancient-Rome Example: Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time. Example: Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces […]
Word: DVD burner Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that permanently records (burns) information onto a DVD.
Word: doek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans doek (“cloth”), from Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Doublet of duck. 1. A cloth. Labels: South-Africa 2. A kopdoek: a kerchief or bandanna worn as a head covering. Labels: South-Africa Example: He said: “What have you got that filthy doek on your head for?” Example: 1982, Can Themba, The Will to Die, "Mama, how about a doek for Janet?" The doek! God save our gracious doek! A doek is a colourful piece of cloth that the African woman wears as headgear. It is tied stylistically into various shapes from Accra to Cape Town. I do not know the history of this innocuous piece of cloth. In Afrikans, the language of those of our white masters who are of Dutch and Huguenot descent, doek meant, variously, a tablecloth, a dirty rag, or a symbol of the slave. Perhaps it was later used by African women in contact with European ideas of beauty who realised that 'they had no hair' and subconsciously hid their heads under the doek. Whatever else, the doek had come to designate the African woman. So that evening when I said, 'Mama, how about a doek for Janet', I was proposing to transform her, despite her colour and her deep blue eyes, into an African woman for the while.
Word: coffeeshop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coffee shop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: genever Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jenever. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Its current lineup includes a full-bodied Eastern European-style rye vodka; a rounded, aromatic gin loosely inspired by Dutch genever; and an aquavit.
Word: give some skin Part of Speech: verb 1. To greet or congratulate someone by slapping their palm. Labels: slang Example: Long time, bro. Give me some skin.
Word: jenever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch jenever (“jenever”), from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). 1. A Dutch and Flemish alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: infusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English infusioun, from Old French infusion, from Latin infusio, infusionem (“a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow”), from infundo. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfjuːʒən/ 1. A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion. 2. The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of installing a quality into a person. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A giving of money or other resources, typically a large amount, to an organization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He made a number of other changes at the Transit Police, including revamping audio equipment, moving the force to nine-millimeter semiautomatic weapons, and designing new uniforms. These changes were all part of a $40 million infusion into the Transit Police in 1990 from Governor Mario Cuomo. Example: [...] but in the verity of extolment / I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion / of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of / him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would / trace him, his umbrage, nothing more. 5. The act of dipping into a fluid. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: recognised Part of Speech: adj 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recognized. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: recognised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recognise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: atomiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atomise + -er. 1. Alternative form of atomizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: space cadet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the title of the 1948 science fiction novel Space Cadet, by Robert A. Heinlein. 1. A person in training to be a (generally military) astronaut. 2. One who deals with reality in a way consistent with being under the influence of (or "spaced out on") drugs. Labels: derogatory, slang 3. One who forgets, daydreams, or otherwise is distracted from reality more often than most. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: codified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of codify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: codified Part of Speech: adj 1. organized; Put in a systematic arrangement. Example: highly codified 2. Officially enacted by a governing body. Example: A codified law is also necessary in this regard.
Word: unpasteurized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the French scientist Louis Pasteur; un- + pasteurized. 1. Not pasteurized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpasteurised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the French scientist Louis Pasteur; un- + pasteurised. 1. Alternative spelling of unpasteurized. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: above the law Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else. Example: The emperor is above the law. Example: You may think you're above the law, but you're not.
Word: scarper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is probably borrowed from Italian scappare (“to run away, escape, flee”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape”), from Latin ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + cappa (“(Late Latin) cape, cloak (usually with a hood); (Medieval Latin) cap; headwear”) (further etymology uncertain, probably ultimately from caput (“head”), from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”)) + -āre (the present active infinitive of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Around World War I (1914–1918), the English word was influenced by the Cockney rhyming slang term Scapa Flow (“to go”). Doublet of escape and scape. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈskɑːpə/, /ˈskɑɹpəɹ/ 1. Chiefly in scarper the letty: to depart quickly or run away from (a place); to flee. Labels: UK, dated, slang, transitive Example: We were in debt with the landlady, and Joe and I had decided that none of us should be allowed to "scarper the letty," which means to sneak out of the lodgings without paying. The good lady might have to wait for her money—that was obvious—but we were stuck in Manchester until we could pay and get enough together to take us to a fresh district. Example: jean: We can't all spend our time nailing our suitcases to the floor, and shin out of the window. / archie: Scarper the letty. 2. To depart quickly; to escape, to flee, to run away. Labels: UK, intransitive, slang Example: A horse takes fright and "scarpers," or runs away. Example: "Dowse the glims!" said he. Out went the lights, as he continued, "That sneak Whiskers have just blown the gaff to old Slow-Coach, and he'll be here in two two's to give you beans—so scarper, laddies—scarper!" Suiting the action to the word, he "scarpered" through the window into the garden, […]
Word: scarper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is probably borrowed from Italian scappare (“to run away, escape, flee”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape”), from Latin ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + cappa (“(Late Latin) cape, cloak (usually with a hood); (Medieval Latin) cap; headwear”) (further etymology uncertain, probably ultimately from caput (“head”), from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”)) + -āre (the present active infinitive of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Around World War I (1914–1918), the English word was influenced by the Cockney rhyming slang term Scapa Flow (“to go”). Doublet of escape and scape. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈskɑːpə/, /ˈskɑɹpəɹ/ 1. Chiefly in do a scarper: an act of departing quickly or running away; an escape, a flight. Labels: UK, slang Example: As a matter of fact we were all pritty flabergasted, for although we had all planned to do a scarper none of us realy thought we would have the guts to do it.
Word: splendour Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsplɛndɚ/, /ˈsplɛndə/ 1. British, Canadian, Ireland, South Africa, Australian, and New Zealand standard spelling of splendor. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: If the kind of network we envisage is to be established, it would be unwise to begin any of its services hurriedly with older stock, which, however admirable in its day, now has an air of faded Edwardian splendour that is out of joint with the times.
Word: coffee shop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coffee + shop. 1. A small café or restaurant typically selling light refreshments along with coffee-based drinks. Example: He went to the nearby coffee shop with his friends. Example: "From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press [...]. 2. A café-like establishment selling marijuana in the Netherlands. 3. Synonym of kopitiam (“traditional eatery”). Labels: Malaysia, Singapore 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coffee, shop.
Word: budgie smuggler Part of Speech: noun 1. A small bag attached to the belt or with an integral strap; a bum bag. Labels: informal
Word: budgie smugglers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A jocular reference to a man's tight-fitting swimming costume or swimsuit appearing as if he has a budgerigar concealed inside it, i.e. his bulging genitals. 1. A style of tightfitting men's swimming costume cut like underwear briefs that covers the buttocks and groin but not the legs and reveals the bulge of the genitals; especially worn in surf lifesaving and in swimming races. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Roughly, the rule goes: if you have just swum, are planning to swim soon or are reasonably proximate to a place where others are swimming, then your budgie smugglers are perfectly acceptable. Example: "Mr Baillieu has popped out of the water in his budgie-smugglers, but he doesn't reckon that climate change is a problem," Garrett scoffed. "I mean, give me a break."
Word: budgie smugglers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A jocular reference to a man's tight-fitting swimming costume or swimsuit appearing as if he has a budgerigar concealed inside it, i.e. his bulging genitals. 1. plural of budgie smuggler (“small bag attached to the belt”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magnetic polarity Part of Speech: noun 1. the state of being a north pole or south pole; the magnetic equivalent of electric charge Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: magnetic monopole Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical particle having an isolated north or south pole; the magnetic equivalent of an isolated electric charge. Labels: particle
Word: monopole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle French monopole or its etymon the Late Latin monopōlium (“a monopoly”). 1. An appellation owned by a single winery.
Word: monopole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English pole English monopole From mono- + pole. 1. A magnetic monopole. 2. A monopole antenna. 3. An electrical power transmission line having one direct-current conductor and a ground (earth) connection.
Word: object lesson Part of Speech: noun 1. A lesson taught (especially to young children) using a familiar or unusual object as a focus. 2. An example from real life that explains a principle or teaches a lesson. Example: Vertebrates are limited to two eyes each, but the variations they have played on this plain vanilla starting point are an object lesson in how much can be made from a little. 3. Anything used as an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that result from a particular action or behavior, as exemplified by the fates of those who followed that course. Example: Let that be an object lesson to him. Example: Of the announcement, Osborne said: "They have spent a hundred billion pounds of public money and they've got a massive raspberry from everyone as far as I can see. As a PR exercise, it's been an object lesson in how not to make a government announcement."
Word: realtor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From real (in real estate) and -or. Coined by Charles N. Chadbourn in 1916, on the model of Latin agent nouns ending in -tor (such as actor, creator), to refer to real-estate professionals who are members of the National Association of Realtors, a trade association in the United States. Equivalent to realt(y) + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/, /ˈɹi(ə)l.tɔɹ/ 1. A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner. Labels: Canada, US Example: It was composed of an engineer, if I remember correctly, a town planner, a realtor, and occasionally an architect […] Example: First place, we ought to insist that folks call us ‘realtors’ and not ‘real-estate men.’ Sounds more like a reg’lar profession.
Word: dogballs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + balls, since a figure eight on its side resembles a male dog's genitalia. 1. A score of eight on any one hole, generally regarded as a very poor score, because the maximum number (par) for any golf hole is five. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: cream cheese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the cream the cheese was made from. 1. A soft, mild-tasting, white cheese that comes from cow’s milk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Would you like some cream cheese in your sandwich? Example: This is one of the best cream cheeses I have ever tasted!
Word: adipose tissue Part of Speech: noun 1. Connective tissue which stores fat, and which cushions and insulates the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: haps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: limerence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From limer- (“a coined, arbitrary first element”) + -ence. Coined by American psychologist Dorothy Tennov in 1977 as an arbitrary euphonious replacement or alteration of the word amorance. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪməɹəns/ 1. An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I first used the term ‘amorance’ then changed it back to ‘limerence’ […]. It has no roots whatsoever. It looks nice. It works well in French. Take it from me it has no etymology whatsoever. Example: When someone is under the spell of limerence, not even being rejected dampens down the madness.
Word: catacombs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catacomb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: according to Part of Speech: prep 1. Based on what is said or stated by; on the authority of; by the order of. Example: According to the directions, the glue takes 24 hours to dry. Example: According to Captain Smith, we are not to spend more than 20 minutes on this task. 2. In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion to; in accordance with. Example: Near-synonym: on the basis of Example: You might expect him to balk, according to his temperament. 3. Depending on. Example: They might come or not, according to their whim. Example: The young’s chances of getting a job vary according to whether they live in the Northern or the Southern Europe..
Word: vata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas Sanskrit वात (vāta)bor. English vata Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta). 1. The dosha representing air or wind. Labels: uncountable
Word: prag Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of pragmatist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, derogatory, often
Word: in toto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin in tōtō (“in all”). 1. In total. Labels: not-comparable Example: Reverting to Mr. Thompson's letter, I am afraid I differ from him in toto. Example: Republican Governor Robert Ray has personally been urging the legislature to pass the bill with all aspects in toto, and has promised to sign it.
Word: Indic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin indicus from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός (indikós), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of indigo. 1. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages comprising Sanskrit and its modern descendants such as Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi. Example: Second, it is the only group that directly attests to a period of common development between two branches of the Indo-European family, namely, Indic and Iranian.
Word: Indic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin indicus from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός (indikós), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of indigo. 1. Relating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages which are its descendants. 2. Relating to the Brahmic scripts. 3. Pertaining to India or its people, culture and languages; Indian. Example: Clearly, men like ʿAin al-Mulk and Aravit Rama Raja could not have migrated successfully between the predominantly Islamicate world of Bijapur and Golconda and the more Indic world of Vijayanagara had they not been proficient in Telugu or Kannada as well as in Dakhni or Persian. Example: Quite different in style from the red stone torso, it also shows links to later Indic art (Fig. 2.5). Found at Mohenjo-Daro in one of the later strata, this small image is probably of a date late in the history of the site.
Word: tenets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenet Labels: form-of, plural Example: Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism; at least it's an ethos.
Word: wheel of life Part of Speech: noun 1. A mandala, representing the continuous cycle of birth, life and death. Labels: Hinduism, Jainism
Word: shadoof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شادوف (šadūf); see further at that entry. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈduːf/, /ʃæ-/, /ʃəˈduf/, /ʃɑ-/ 1. A device used since ancient times in the Middle East to raise water from a well or other low point, consisting of a pivoted rod with a bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other. Example: The waters intended for irrigating lands situated on the sides of the hills and at the bottom of a valley, are first raised to the top by a balance called deloo, or shadoof. Example: [T]he fields in the vicinity of the river and of the large canals, and some other lands, in which pits are dug for water, are irrigated by means of machines of different kinds. The most common of these machines is the sha′doo′f, which consists of two posts or pillars of wood, or of mud and canes or rushes, about five feet in height, and less than three feet apart, with a horizontal piece of wood extending from top to top, to which is suspended a slender lever, formed of a branch of a tree, having at one end a weight chiefly composed of mud, and at the other, suspended to two long palm-sticks, a vessel in the form of a bowl, made of basket-work, or of a hoop and a piece of woollen stuff or leather: with this vessel, the water is thrown up to the height of about eight feet, into a trough hollowed out for its reception. In the southern parts of Upper Egypt, four or five sha′doo′fs are required, when the river is at the lowest, to raise the water to the level of the fields.
Word: shaduf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shadoof. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Were there a thousand&—or was it five thousand slaves?—cranking the long poles of these shadufs to raise our water? I know as we looked from our boat across that hot shimmering river, I could hear shadufs creaking near and far, and the sun blazed like a sword each time water splashed into a higher sluice.
Word: seaside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side. Compare waterside. Pronunciation: /ˌsiːˈsaɪd/ 1. The area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs. Labels: UK Example: Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous) Example: This summer, I'm going to the seaside at Weymouth. I'm very excited about it!
Word: seaside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side. Compare waterside. Pronunciation: /ˌsiːˈsaɪd/ 1. At or related to a seaside. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous) Example: We stayed in a seaside hotel and ate fresh seafood every night, all week long.
Word: seaside Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side. Compare waterside. Pronunciation: /ˌsiːˈsaɪd/ 1. At the seaside. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous) Example: We dined seaside and watched the gulls' antics.
Word: Pavo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Doublet of pea. 1. A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.
Word: Indies Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin India. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndiz/ 1. The East Indies, including India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and adjacent lands. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: There followed a remarkable period of maritime expansion by the Portuguese, who by the end of the century would establish a sea route to the Indies, rounding Africa and crossing the Indian Ocean to reach the subcontinent itself and the Spice Islands that lay beyond. 2. The West Indies, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other islands of the Caribbean. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. The Western Hemisphere, during the early period of European colonization and exploration. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only Example: the Spanish Indies
Word: zils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Markab Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic مَرْكَب الفَرَس (markab al-faras, “the saddle of the horse”), from مَرْكَب (markab). 1. A subgiant, visible as a second-magnitude bluish star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus, one of the lunar stars observed in navigation. Example: [Markab (the south-westernmost star in the square) is one of the stars from which the moon's distance is calculated in the Nautical Almanac, for the purpose of finding the longitude by lunar observations.] Example: [Markab—Flamsteed's Marchab—is the Arabs' word for a Saddle, Ship, or Vehicle,—anything ridden upon,—that was early applied to this star; but they also designated it as Matn al Faras, the Horse's Withers or Shoulder, and Bayer cited Yed Alpheras, the Horse's Hand, or, more properly, Forearm,—the Arabian Yad.] 2. A star in the constellation Puppis; Kappa (κ) Puppis. 3. A star in the constellation Vela; Kappa (κ) Velorum.
Word: aerial railway Part of Speech: noun 1. A system involving an enclosed carriage suspended on a series of wires, usually attached to a steep mountain slope, used for personal transportation over normally untraversable territory.
Word: aerial ropeway Part of Speech: noun 1. An arrangement of overhead cables suspended from towers and supporting travelling buckets used for transporting ore, rock, materials and or people, usually over rough terrain.
Word: agelastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English gelastic English agelastic From a- + gelastic. 1. Not jovial; never laughing.
Word: alexithymia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + lexi + -thymia. Created by psychiatrists John Case Nemiah and Peter Sifneos from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speaking”) + θυμός (thumós, “heart”), meaning “without words for emotions”. Pronunciation: /əˌlɛk.sɪˈθaɪ.mi.ə/, /eɪˌlɛk.səˈθaɪ.mi.ə/ 1. A deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions. Labels: uncountable Example: Finally, schizophrenic disorders involve impairments of perceptions, including hallucinations and delusions, symptoms that often impair patients’ social and occupational functioning and can create alexithymia (Maggini and Raballo 2004; van ‛t Wout et al. 2007), an inability to recognize one’s own feelings.
Word: alloplastic Part of Speech: noun 1. Any artificial material substituted for tissue grafts.
Word: alloplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Related to an alloplast or to alloplasty. Labels: not-comparable 2. Involving a subject changing the environment or situation rather than oneself. Labels: not-comparable
Word: all-overish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English all over Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English all-overish From all over + -ish. 1. Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: [H]e was uncommonly old and uncommonly ugly, and he had a pair of the most extraordinary eyes I ever saw, — they gave me a sort of all-overish feeling when I saw them glaring at me through the pigeon hole. Example: The drink was beginning to tell on them; she felt quite unsteady and all-overish.
Word: telecommuter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English commute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English commuter English telecommuter From tele- + commuter. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləkəˌmjutəɹ/ 1. Someone who telecommutes, using a computer connected to an employer's network or via the Internet.
Word: telecommute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English commute English telecommute From tele- + commute. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləkəˌmjut/ 1. To work from home, sometimes for part of a working day or week, using a computer connected to one's employer's network or via the Internet.
Word: telecommute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English commute English telecommute From tele- + commute. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləkəˌmjut/ 1. Telecommuting. Labels: attributive Example: a telecommute position; a telecommute program
Word: vending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: organizations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃənz/, /ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃənz/ 1. plural of organization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armoury Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English armerie, armurie, armorye, from Anglo-Norman armurrie, from armure (“arms, armor”) + -ie (“-y”). By surface analysis, armour + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹməɹi/, /ˈɑːməɹi/ 1. A place where arms are kept, an arsenal. Labels: UK, also, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Finally, there's also operational damage through impact energy from wheels hitting the rail. For that, Network Rail has another weapon in its armoury in the form of the Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) trains. These use geometry measurement and imaging to detect abnormalities such as missing or defective fastenings. 2. A collection of weapons and materiel. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 3. A place where arms are made. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 4. The manufacture of armour and arms; arming, armouring. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: (1.) *Armorist. n. s. [from armour.] A person skilled in heraldry. Dict. (2.) Armorist, signifies also a person skilled in armory. Example: He replied that he intended to pass through there to his own land, since he could not go by sea {because of the Turks}, and the ambassador was going in order, if he could find a way, to bring back some craftsmen skilled in armoury and[…] 5. Heraldry. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: armory Part of Speech: noun 1. American standard spelling of armoury. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pictor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin pīctor (“easel”). 1. A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.
Word: yawned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yawn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Piscis Austrinus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin piscis austrīnus (“southern fish”). 1. An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a fish. It contains the star Fomalhaut.
Word: Piscis Australis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin piscis australis (“southern fish”). 1. The constellation Piscis Austrinus.
Word: FIGJAM Part of Speech: phrase 1. Acronym of fuck I'm good, just ask me. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: ABH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of actual bodily harm. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Anthony Williams (32), of Langford Road, Peterborough, was arrested and charged with ten counts of attempted murder, one count of ABH (Actual Bodily Harm), and one count of possession of a bladed article.
Word: Puppis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin puppis (“stern of a ship”). Doublet of poop. 1. A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Word: Argo Navis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latin Argō nāvis, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ) + ναῦς (naûs, “ship”). 1. A former constellation of the southern sky, said to represent the mythical ship Argo. In 1763, it was divided into the three new constellations: Carina (keel), Puppis (stern), and Vela (sail).
Word: sufficiency Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or condition of being sufficient. Labels: uncountable 2. An adequate amount. Labels: countable Example: But the Eastern front of the Allies was far more vulnerable. Russia could not begin to supply herself with a sufficiency of large guns and of heavy munitionment for them.
Word: elephantiasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin elephantiasis or directly from Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephăntĭ́āsĭs). Pronunciation: /ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs/ 1. A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Synonym of leprosy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: caerphilly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the town of Caerphilly, Wales. Pronunciation: /kɛːˈfɪli/, [kɑːɨɹˈfɪlɪ] 1. A light-colored, crumbly cheese made from cow's milk. Labels: uncountable
Word: Carina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”) 1. A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Word: Carina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe. 1. A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.
Word: Carina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unknown. 1. A locality in the Rural City of Mildura, north western Victoria, Australia
Word: filariasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From filaria + -iasis. 1. Any disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea, transmitted by mosquitoes, characterised by inflammation. Labels: countable, uncountable