nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: chiding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪdɪŋ/ 1. A scolding. Example: The cause I never knew; one would have thought the knowledge of the guilt and misery which followed his former career, and above all the chidings of a wife whom he loved would have deterred him; […]
Word: chiding Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪdɪŋ/ 1. Reproachful; critical. Example: it is better to dwell in a desert Desolate country, than in a house with a chiding and an angry wife. Example: And the said Mr. Hale did not say this in a chiding, quarrelsome, or brawling manner.
Word: childishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English childish Middle English -ly English -ly English childishly From childish + -ly. 1. In a childish manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: I knew, of course, it was but an innocent game on her part, a bit of backfisch foolery in imitation of some simulacrum of fake romance, and since (as the psychotherapist, as well as the rapist, will tell you) the limits and rules of such girlish games are fluid, or at least too childishly subtle for the senior partner to grasp—I was dreadfully afraid I might go too far and cause her to start back in revulsion and terror.
Word: chivalrously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English chivalrous Middle English -ly English -ly English chivalrously From chivalrous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪvəlɹəs.li/ 1. In a chivalrous manner.
Word: choppily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English choppy Middle English -ly English -ly English choppily From choppy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɒ.pɪli/, /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɪli/ 1. In a choppy manner.
Word: chorally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English choral Middle English -ly English -ly English chorally From choral + -ly. 1. In a choral manner; as a choir.
Word: chromatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English chromatic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English chromatically From chromatic + -ally. Pronunciation: /kroʊˈmæt̬.ɪk.li/ 1. In a chromatic manner. Example: "Let's focus on the ones you can see, if your delicate sensibilities will allow it." Lillihammer leaned on the wall, next to a pair of figures frozen mid-gyration who bore, even in their chromatically-reduced state, a striking resemblance to Chelsea Smits and the late, unlamented Sergey Vanchev.
Word: churlishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English churlish Middle English -ly English -ly English churlishly From churlish + -ly. 1. In a churlish manner. Example: How churlishlyI chid Lucreatia hence, / When willingly I would have had her here.
Word: clammily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English clammy Middle English -ly English -ly English clammily From clammy + -ly. 1. In a clammy manner. Example: These are swept aside and rise clammily through the air.
Word: clangorously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English clangorous Middle English -ly English -ly English clangorously From clangorous + -ly. 1. In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
Word: clangorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English clangor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English clangorous From clangor + -ous. 1. Making a clangor. Example: Who would have thought that the clangorous Noise of a Smith’s Hammers should have given the first rise to Musick? Example: No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, and clangorous, yet apparently muffled, reverberation.
Word: classically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English classical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English classically From classical + -ly. 1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors. Example: In the derivation of novel no-signaling monogamies, we uncover a new feature, namely that two-party Bell expressions that are trivially classically saturated can become non-trivial upon the addition of an expression involving a third party with a single measurement input. 2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.
Word: clemently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English clement Middle English -ly English -ly English clemently From clement + -ly. 1. In a clement manner.
Word: clerically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English clerical Middle English -ly English -ly English clerically From clerical + -ly. 1. In a clerical manner; as a cleric. Example: This reverend man, with countenance so demurely benign, with robes so glossy and so clerically flowing, with wig so minutely powdered, so rigid and so vast,—-could this be he who, of late, with sour visage, and in snuffy habiliments, administered, ferule in hand, the Draconian laws of the academy? Example: Among the black and breaking groups in that distance was one especially black which did not break—a group of two figures clerically clad.
Word: ringingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ringing Middle English -ly English -ly English ringingly From ringing + -ly. 1. In a ringing manner.
Word: climatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English climate Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English climatic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English climatically From climatic + -ally. Pronunciation: /klaɪˈmæ.tɪ.kli/, /klaɪˈmæ.dɪ.k(ə).li/ 1. In a climatic manner; regarding the climate. Labels: not-comparable Example: The summer has been a good one climatically, even if it has been a disastrous one in some other ways. The Falklands had more than their usual share of sun, and the last six weeks or so has been remarkably warm and dry.
Word: climatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Variant of climactically. Pronunciation: /klaɪˈmæ.tɪ.kli/, /klaɪˈmæ.dɪ.k(ə).li/ 1. in a climactic manner; leading to or in the way of a climax Labels: not-comparable
Word: for the record Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. For the purpose of being recorded, especially when already known. Example: I will ask you, for the record, to state your name and address. Example: Now, just for the record, you have served time for drug dealing, haven't you? 2. For the purpose of following correct procedure, especially when otherwise redundant and repetitive. Labels: broadly Example: The court almost certainly knows your answer to this already, but, for the record, do you plea guilty or not guilty? Example: I can definitely send you those documents, but you'll need to send the request in writing just for the record. 3. Used to emphasize a point in an attempt to make it known or noticed. Example: For the record, I think these policies are weird and unnecessary.
Word: preëmptioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Preëmption + -er (suffix denoting an agent) Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃənˌə/, /pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃənˌəɹ/ 1. One who possesses the right of preëmption over certain land; compare: preëmptor. Example: …the modern preëmptioner looks with jealousy at the stranger, and imagines that the corners of sections, quarter sections, and forty acre tracts, exite his curiosity, or awaken the avarice of the speculating land hunter… Example: “If a qualified preëmptioner enter upon a portion of the public domain, with the intention to preëmpt the same, and performs all the acts necessary to perfect his preëmptive right, except the payment of the purchase price, the government may, nevertheless, at any time before the price is actually paid, or tendered, devote the land to another purpose, and thereby wholly defeat the right of preëmption.” — California Reports, July, 1871, Vol. 41, pp. 658-9.
Word: cliquishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cliquish Middle English -ly English -ly English cliquishly From cliquish + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkliːk.ɪʃ.li/ 1. In a cliquish manner.
Word: coaxingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English coaxing Middle English -ly English -ly English coaxingly From coaxing + -ly. 1. In a coaxing manner. Example: She drew her arm coaxingly through the old man’s, and whispered something in his ear; and do what he would, old Lobbs couldn’t help breaking out into a smile, while a tear stole down his cheek at the same time. Example: Now Barbie took her arm, and said coaxingly, 'You could at least tell me how much of what they say is true.'
Word: preëmptioners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preëmptioner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: churro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish churro. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʊɹoʊ/, /ˈt͡ʃɜɹoʊ/, /ˈtʃʊɹəʊ/, /ˈtʃɵɹəw/, /ˈtʃʉɾo/ 1. A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.
Word: churros Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɜː.ɹəʊz/, /ˈtʃʊ.ɹəʊz/, /ˈtʃɝ.oʊz/ 1. plural of churro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coaxing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊksɪŋ/, /ˈkoʊksɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of coax Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coaxing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊksɪŋ/, /ˈkoʊksɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who coaxes. Example: After innumerable coaxings and threats, he agreed to do it. Example: Her mother was ever at her side, seeking with coaxings and evil advice to drive her to the irrevocable step.
Word: coaxing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊksɪŋ/, /ˈkoʊksɪŋ/ 1. That coaxes. Example: “Poor little thing!” said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it;
Word: cockily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cocky Middle English -ly English -ly English cockily From cocky + -ly. 1. In a cocky manner.
Word: coequally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English coequal Middle English -ly English -ly English coequally From coequal + -ly. 1. In a coequal manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: coequal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English coequalle, from Latin coaequālis; equivalent to co- + equal. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈiːkwəl/ 1. Equal to each other in size, rank or position. Example: ſince they meaſure our deſerts so meane, That in conceit beare Empires on our ſpeares, Affecting thoughts coequall with the cloudes, They ſhalbe kept our forced followers, Til with their eies they view vs Emperours. Example: Mr. Blinken stressed that point on Monday. “The speaker will make her own decisions about whether or not to visit Taiwan,” he said. “Congress is an independent, coequal branch of government. The decision is entirely the speaker’s.
Word: coequal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coequalle, from Latin coaequālis; equivalent to co- + equal. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈiːkwəl/ 1. An equal person or thing. Example: The British desire to see ourselves as co-equals with the Americans (forgetting not just the French but the Canadians, Australians, Indians, Dutch and other forces who took part in the invasion) persists in defiance of the realities of 1944. Example: If AI and robots really are going to augment human work rather than simply replace it, then it needs to be on terms that maximise human skills like empathy, creativity, playfulness and ethics, not just in the sense of leaving humans coequals with the technology or, worse still, its subordinates.
Word: coevally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English coeval Middle English -ly English -ly English coevally From coeval + -ly. 1. In a coeval manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cogently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cogent Middle English -ly English -ly English cogently From cogent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.dʒn̩t.li/ 1. In a cogent manner.
Word: coherently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēnsder. Middle French coherentder. English coherent Middle English -ly English -ly English coherently From coherent + -ly. 1. In a coherent manner. Example: The pragmatic and the subjectivist interpretation of what may count as communicationally or epistemically relevant semantic information coherently converge on the same conclusion, even if they come from different perspectives: had a known that i was actually a piece of misinformation she would not have asked q in order to obtain i in the first place.
Word: coincidentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English incident English -al English incidental English coincidental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English coincidentally From coincidental + -ly. 1. In a coincidental manner. Example: Near-synonyms: incidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially Example: Perfect for The Railway Children, which coincidentally was first serialised in 1905 in The London Magazine, being subsequently published in book form (1906).
Word: cold-bloodedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cold-blooded Middle English -ly English -ly English cold-bloodedly From cold-blooded + -ly. 1. In a cold-blooded manner.
Word: cold-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cold-hearted Middle English -ly English -ly English cold-heartedly From cold-hearted + -ly. 1. In a cold-hearted manner.
Word: cold-hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cold heart + -ed, equivalent to cold + hearted. Compare Old English caldheort (“cold-hearted”). 1. Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless. Labels: figuratively Example: The songs were sung by every one who possessed so much as an echo of a voice: they were quoted—copied—got by heart—in fact, we cannot imagine how the world of singers went on in the days when ‘Tara’s Hall,’ and ‘The young May Moon,’ and ‘The Meeting of the Waters,’ were strains unborn. And now, after so many changes and casualties have passed over it, when the work is at last brought to a conclusion, when the last tones of the harp have died away, those must be colder-hearted than ourselves who can avoid remembering how many who welcomed the first with eager gladness, are now deaf to the sweet cunning of music for ever! Example: Philip was not a spoiled child, I admit. But his parents did their duty by him, as they have done by us all! Our interests have been, through life, their first object; and they have sought no other than domestic pleasures. But even were it otherwise, is a child to calculate its filial duty as though the mere repayment of a debt?—Dearest Mrs. Saville,—Philip is colder-hearted than a stone!
Word: collaterally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English collateral Middle English -ly English -ly English collaterally From collateral + -ly. 1. In collateral relation; not lineally. 2. Side by side; by the side. Example: These pulleys […] placed collaterally. 3. In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly. Example: The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly.
Word: collectedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English collected Middle English -ly English -ly English collectedly From collected + -ly. Pronunciation: /kəˈlɛk.təd.li/ 1. In a collected manner; calmly.
Word: colonially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English colonial Middle English -ly English -ly English colonially From colonial + -ly. 1. In a colonial manner.
Word: colorfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English colorful Middle English -ly English -ly English colorfully From colorful + -ly. 1. In a colorful manner. Example: Put slightly more colorfully, if a player left a strategy with his or her lawyer before the game began, the lawyer could play the game for the player without ever needing further instructions as to how to play.
Word: colorlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English colorless Middle English -ly English -ly English colorlessly From colorless + -ly. 1. In a colorless manner.
Word: plagues Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pleɪɡz/ 1. plural of plague Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plagues Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pleɪɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plague Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plaguing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of plague Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plaguing Part of Speech: noun 1. annoyance; harassment Example: Every man, Mexican and child on the ranch was the devoted courtier of Miss Jean, for she was a lovable woman; and in spite of her isolated life and the constant plaguings of her brother on being a spinster, she fitted neatly into our pastoral life.
Word: trypanosomiases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trypanosomiasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plagued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of plague Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plagued Part of Speech: adj 1. Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).
Word: alcoves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alcove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recessed Part of Speech: adj 1. Set back; located in a hole, space, or opening. Example: General lighting of both cars is obtained from large electric light fittings arranged along the centre of the ceiling, while auxiliary lighting over the seats is provided by small semi-recessed electric light fittings situated along the underside of the side luggage racks. Example: Sun blinds (recessed in a pelmet) were provided for all windows, except in the corridors. 2. withdrawn; secluded Example: 1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life comfortably recessed from curious impertinents 3. having a recess or nook
Word: recessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: suntanned Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a suntan.
Word: suntanned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suntan Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: suntan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + tan. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌtæn/ 1. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
Word: suntan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sun + tan. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌtæn/ 1. To obtain a suntan by exposure to ultraviolet light. 2. To attempt to obtain a suntan.
Word: sunbonnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + bonnet. 1. A hat (bonnet) worn for protection from bright sunlight. Example: “Put on your sunbonnet,” she ordered. “Oh, please, Aunt Elizabeth, don’t make me wear that horrid thing.” Aunt Elizabeth, wasting no further words, picked up the bonnet and tied it on Emily’s head. Emily had to yield. But from the depths of the sunbonnet issued a voice, defiant though tremulous. Example: She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket. 2. A plant of the genera Leibnitzia or Chaptalia, native to Asia and the Americas.
Word: sunbonnets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sunbonnet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subsidization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English subsidize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English subsidization From subsidize + -ation. 1. The act or process of subsidizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: subsidizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of subsidize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: subsidizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subsidize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subserviently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English subservient Middle English -ly English -ly English subserviently From subservient + -ly. 1. In a subservient manner.
Word: subhuman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human English subhuman From sub- + human. Pronunciation: [sʌbˈhjuːmən] 1. Less than human. Labels: offensive, often Example: A secret to Nazi power was that anyone from the ingroup could be turned upon and labeled as subhuman scum when some alleged Jewish ancestry was suddenly "discovered". 2. Less than human. Example: We say dolphin intelligence is subhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin. Example: In the belief system of his day, chimpanzees were described as subhuman and asserted to be incapable of feeling pain.
Word: subhuman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human English subhuman From sub- + human. Pronunciation: [sʌbˈhjuːmən] 1. Any sentient creature that is subhuman. Labels: offensive, sometimes Example: Near-synonym: nonperson 2. A man who ranks at the bottom percentile or decile of SMV; a truecel
Word: buddies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdiz/ 1. plural of buddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buddies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of buddy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wealthier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of wealthy: more wealthy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: skeiling Part of Speech: noun 1. A straight sloped part of a ceiling, such as on the underside of a pitched roof. Example: Skeilings are found across southern England, in regions like Sussex, Cornwall, and the Isle of Wight and Channel Islands.
Word: hobbies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hobby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greediest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of greedy: most greedy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: greedier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of greedy: more greedy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: CATI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of computer-assisted telephone interviewing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: ammine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of coordination compounds in which ammonia acts as a ligand.
Word: suntans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suntan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suntans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of suntan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: suntanning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of suntan Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foofaraw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 1930s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to French fanfaron (“boasting”). Pronunciation: /ˈfu.fəˌɹɔ/ 1. Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration. Labels: informal Example: The thumping bands, the badges, the pretty girls and all the time-honored foofaraw failed to charge up the Republican batteries to the sparking point. The great engine just would not turn over — at the start. Example: Yes, there’s a romance at the center of the episode, though it’s just as much of a red herring as the layers of futuristic foofaraw. 2. Fuss over something of little importance. Labels: informal Example: In the whole foofaraw around Napster, what mostly got lost was the artists. They are the Belgians of this controversy, trampled by armies heading someplace else. Example: Lillian was therefore determined to keep dancing for as long as humanly possible. When Ngo fell into step beside her, she turned a corner hard enough to cut the lockstep short. When Ngo re-emerged to the fore, Lillian swung back aft. Once, she opened a door in the psychiatrist's face. Twice she walked directly into a crowd — into them, not among them, momentarily losing her pursuer in the resultant foofarah.
Word: foofaraws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foofaraw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ammines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ammine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: camouflages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camouflage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: camouflages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of camouflage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doctorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctorbor. Old French doctur Anglo-Norman doctourder. Middle English doctour English doctor 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 doctorer From doctor + -er. 1. One who doctors.
Word: moveables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moveable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bloviates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bloviate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: marbled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From marble + -ed. 1. Composed of marble; having a marble exterior. Example: Goe great with Tygers, Dragons, Wolues, and Beares, Teeme with new Monſters, whom thy vpward face Hath to the Marbled Manſion all aboue Neuer preſented. 2. Having marbling. 3. Resembling marble. Example: The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people. 4. Interlaced with fat.
Word: marbled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From marble + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of marble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bloviating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bloviate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bloviated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bloviate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: furls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of furl Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: furling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of furl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: furling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is furled.
Word: furled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of furl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: murther Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)/ 1. Obsolete form of murder. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Murther most foul, as in the best it is; / But this most foul, strange, and unnatural. Example: We have some Inſtances of publick Puniſhment inflicted on ſuch Midwives, in the Neighbouring Kingdom of France, for being acceſſory to the murther both of the Mother and Child.
Word: murther Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)/ 1. Obsolete form of murder. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and cruelly murthered. Example: What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murther me?
Word: embryo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. embryo. Labels: morpheme 2. The earliest stage of something. Labels: morpheme
Word: board games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of board game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blind drunk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the mid 18th century. 1. So intoxicated as to appear to have difficulty seeing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Extremely drunk. Labels: not-comparable Example: Man, I was so pissed off at you. I got blind drunk that night, and it was a few days later before I got it together enough to check the news vids and saw that almost all those mercs had gotten killed by Archangel. Example: We’re said to have so many hang-ups that we don’t even talk about sex until we’re in the pub, and to need to be blind drunk before anything approaching physical contact occurs.
Word: armamentariums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armamentarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armamentaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armamentarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: middlegame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From middle + game. 1. The period in a game between the opening and endgame. Example: Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.
Word: relays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of relay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: relaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of relay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The paid permanent way staff prepare and refettle the track during the week and at weekends volunteer gangs of some 30/40 people are engaged on relaying — [...].
Word: relaying Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of something being relayed. Example: Most of the relayings produced by an interpreter consist of renditions.
Word: relayed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːleɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of relay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: brochures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brochure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of inch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Very gradual movement. Example: From behind the trucks of the box-car a slender pole, headed with what appeared to be an empty oyster tin, and trailing a black line of fuse, was projecting itself along the ground by slow inchings, creeping across the lighted space […]
Word: inched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of inch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnt͡ʃt/ 1. Being a certain number of inches in length. Labels: in-compounds, nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: toddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wusses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wuss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wussies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wussy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dunnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dunny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schnitzels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schnitzel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streusels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of streusel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sopaipilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sopaipilla. 1. A small, crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Between bites of sopaipilla, I ask why so many restaurants in Valparaíso are serving American-style food.
Word: sopaipillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sopaipilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guide dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guide dog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calculable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From calcul(ate) + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.kjə.lə.bl/, [ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌlə.bl̩] 1. Able to be calculated; calculatable.
Word: calculative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English calculate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English calculative From calculate + -ive. 1. Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.
Word: calfskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calf + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈkæfˌskɪn/ 1. A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
Word: calibrator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calibrate + -or. 1. A person or device that calibrates.
Word: calk Part of Speech: noun 1. A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping. 2. A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging. Example: Near-synonym: cleat 3. Alternative form of caulk (“a short sleep, nap”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: calk Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of caulk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, possibly Example: When a joint was calked, the bell piece was then separated, 2. To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice. 3. Alternative form of caulk (“to take a short sleep, nap”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: calk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French calque, ultimately derived from Latin calcō (“to trample”). Doublet of calque. Pronunciation: /kælk/ 1. To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
Word: callback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from call back. 1. The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state. Example: Aiden Gillen whimpers on his knees, stretching for the first time in years. And finally Sansa sentences him, and Arya swings the sword, or dagger as the case may be. For all the historical callbacks in the episode, and in its old age Game Of Thrones keeps portentously reciting old lines verbatim, this callback is the most resonant. Ned always said the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. His daughters are finding a different way forward. 2. A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network. Example: For example, multiple callbacks might be made to a nonanswered number to increase the response rate. 3. A product recall because of a defect or safety concern. 4. A function pointer passed as an argument to another function. Example: Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates. 5. A follow-up audition in casting. 6. A follow-up interview in employment recruiting. 7. A joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine. Example: When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with. 8. A form of audience participation in which the audience shout lines in response to the dialog of a film. Example: Apparent on this disc is the problem that plagues every recording of the score: Without an audience full of rowdy geeks screaming out callbacks, Rocky Horror feels incomplete.
Word: calligraphist Part of Speech: noun 1. calligrapher
Word: call-in Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from call in. 1. In which members of the public telephone the studio and talk live to the presenter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: call-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from call in. 1. A TV or radio programme allowing members of the public to telephone the studio and talk live to the presenter. 2. A telephone call of this kind. 3. A caller who makes such a call.
Word: soldier's heart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dating to the American Civil War. 1. Da Costa's syndrome, a disorder of the heart related to combat. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Whereas shell shock was relatively infrequent in other campaigns, soldier's heart was relatively frequent ... Example: Parkinson and Koefod have investigated the immediate effect of smoking five cigarettes in forty minutes on the circulation of forty smokers, of whom thirty were suffering from soldier's heart and ten were healthy soldiers.
Word: callosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English callosite, collositee, calosite, from Anglo-Norman calosité (compare Old French chalosité), from Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callous + -ity. 1. A callus. Labels: countable 2. A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness. Labels: uncountable Example: The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.
Word: callowness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English calowʒnes (“baldness”), equivalent to callow + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian kealens (“baldness”). 1. The condition of being callow; immaturity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is likely that historians will look back on American life and see it — with its truths and errors, its callownesses and obsessions and insights, its childishness and its power — as one of the memorable civilizations of history.
Word: call-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from call up. 1. An order to report for military service. Example: Fly-half Aaron Cruden hyper-extended his knee horribly in contact and was carried off the pitch, forcing Graham Henry to bring on Donald - a man who was fishing for whitebait a fortnight ago before injuries to Dan Carter and Colin Slade triggered his emergency call-up. Example: In addition, the call-up placed an enormous strain on the nation's railroads, suddenly faced with having to provide hundreds of trains to rush guardsmen to the border.
Word: webumentary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Web + documentary. 1. A Web-based documentary using elements specific to the Web (links, images, audio, video, interaction, etc.) in conjunction with standard documentary composition elements. Example: 1996, “Inside the Tobacco Deal”, Links & Further Readings, FRONTLINE online, Public Broadcasting Service This web site also offers a 'webumentary' analysis of the thousands of pages of internal Brown & Williamson Corporation documents which were posted on the internet in 1995 and reveal three decades of tobacco industry secrets. Example: 1996 November 18, “Canon goes on-air and on-line to raise consumer awareness for its award-winning PowerShot 600 digital camera”, Business Wire, Business Wire Newswire The World's Widest Web, 50-feet wide, takes Web surfers on a "Webumentary" visit to one of Los Angeles' most famous tourist attractions, Venice Beach, all showcasing the digital imaging power of the PowerShot 600.
Word: hupaithric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros) with the addition of -ic, the former from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”). 1. Roofless; open to the sky. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: that spacious cell Like an upaithric temple wide and high, Whose aëry dome is inaccessible, Was pierced with one round cleft through which the sunbeams fell. Example: Their temples were mostly hupaithric; and the flying clouds, the stars, or the deep sky, were seen above.
Word: Timmy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tim + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Timothy.
Word: daad Part of Speech: noun 1. The letter ض in the Arabic script.
Word: chicken-wing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chicken wing. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chicken-wing Part of Speech: verb 1. To pass a hard-hit ball with the upper arm extended out from the body. The player usually has the lower arm pulled in toward the body, reminiscent of a chicken's wings when trussed. Labels: humorous Example: Don't chicken-wing it! 2. To shoot in a chicken wing stance, i.e. with both elbows positioned inline with the neck.
Word: voorwerp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch voorwerp (“object”), after Hanny's Voorwerp, discovered in 2007 by Dutch schoolteacher Hanny van Arkel. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔːɹˌwɛɹp/ 1. An ionization or light echo, especially the quasar ionization echo known as Hanny's Voorwerp. Example: The voorwerp turns out to be a cloud of gas tens of thousands of light-years across, which has somehow been heated to high enough temperatures to emit visible light. The exact mechanism of the heating is still under debate, but probably[…] Example: Other voorwerps have since been spotted, but Hanny holds the distinction of finding the first, with nothing more exotic than a public website and the power of the human brain.
Word: roguelike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/ 1. Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by various characteristics such as randomised environment generation, permadeath, turn-based movement, text-based or primitive tile-based graphics, and hack-and-slash gameplay. Example: If you haven’t played a ‘roguelike’ before, it’s basically what happens when you take a twitchy hack-and-slash game like Diablo and make it boring, confusing, and frustrating.
Word: roguelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the roguelike genre. Example: And I'm tempted to say that as long as it's got to do with fighting, single or in very small groups, with characters from different classes, different races, different stats, who learn along the way, it's roguelike enough for me. This may also include a lot of adventures, I know. Example: I just played the remake of Sword of Fargoal to victory. I had to cheat like crazy (backing up saves) but it was fun. Granted, it's roguelike, at best, but it's a ton of fun: […]
Word: modder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mod (“to modify (an object) from its original condition”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdə/, /ˈmɑdəɹ/ 1. Often preceded by a descriptive word: one who modifies a mass-manufactured object, especially computer hardware or software, or a motor vehicle. Labels: informal Example: Content creators (or ‘modders’) are individuals who create additional content for computer games. […] The creation of 3D models requires a lot of skill, with modders needing to have knowledge of 3D design software and coding so that the models can function within the game itself.
Word: modder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mod + -er (suffix forming the comparative forms of adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdə/, /ˈmɑdəɹ/ 1. comparative form of mod: more mod Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Puducherry Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil புதுச்சேரி (putuccēri, literally “new town”), reinforcing with the former name Pondicherry. Pronunciation: /ˌpʊdʊˈt͡ʃɛɹi/ 1. A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe. 2. The capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.
Word: birth control glasses Part of Speech: noun 1. The brown-framed prescription eyeglasses issued to new recruits in the U.S. military, or similar glasses issued to inmates at certain state or federal prisons, and perceived as notoriously unattractive. Labels: US, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: BCGs Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of birth control glasses. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: non-flammable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nonflammable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: regexp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡˌɛksp/, /ˈɹɛd͡ʒˌɛksp/ 1. Alternative form of regex. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I guess it also can come in handy when trying to learn regexps because it is possible to experiment with them.
Word: subdural hematoma Part of Speech: noun 1. A mass of blood formed between the dura and the arachnoid membranes, usually as a result of trauma to the head.
Word: razzmatazz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps an extended form of razz(le-dazzle). Compare pizzazz. Earliest citation from 1888, as razz-ma-taz. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæz.mə.tæz/ 1. Ambiguous or meaningless language. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He says he's late for the meeting because his daughter had an emergency at school, but I don't buy this razzmatazz. 2. Empty and tiresome speculation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A few politicians are creating some razzmatazz about reinstating the draft. 3. Something presenting itself in a fanciful and showy, often unrealistic manner, especially when intended to impress and confuse. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: Is he really the next big thing, or is all the media attention just a bunch of razzmatazz? Example: But plans to build a stage over water at the Bellagio hotel fountains had to be abandoned, along with the traditional 'war rooms', where team officials discuss their strategy throughout. While the unique circumstances meant the draft lacked its usual razzmatazz, it more than made up for it by offering fans a rare glimpse into the homes and lives of some of the game's biggest names. 4. A long and imposing series of mindless but necessary tasks. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: When I finally got done dealing with all the razzmatazz of college registration, I decided to go out and have a drink. 5. Energy, excitement, vigor. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: chief of staff Part of Speech: noun 1. The senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations. Example: Holonym: general staff 2. The head of any of several political departments in several nations.
Word: winos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infinito Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian. Doublet of infinite. 1. infinite; perpetual (usually said of a canon whose end leads back to the beginning) Labels: not-comparable, obsolete