nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lucimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lux, lucis (“light”) + -meter. 1. An instrument used to measure light intensity.
Word: minor premise Part of Speech: noun 1. The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term. Example: The minor premise in John Stuart Mill's famous syllogism is 'Socrates is a man'.
Word: nailist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nail Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nailist From nail + -ist. 1. Someone whose occupation is to trim and beautify the fingernail or toenails; a manicurist, in Japan and parts of Southeast Asia. Labels: rare
Word: laundries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laundry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: night soil man Part of Speech: noun 1. A person whose occupation it was to collect the contents of chamber pots (faeces) in the morning from domestic households, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries. Labels: dated Example: 1935. Mulk Raj Anand. Untouchable.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=untouchable+by+mulk+raj+anand Example: 1967. T. Wignesan. Night Soil Man. 1967 & 2007. (eBook)
Word: loaning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈləʊnɪŋ/, /ˈloʊnɪŋ/ 1. The granting of a loan. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] and the comparison will be made by years, of the maximum weekly shortages (and surplus, if such exists coincidentally) with the ownership of cars and with the loanings of cars.
Word: loaning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈləʊnɪŋ/, /ˈloʊnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of loan Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: loaning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loanin, an alternative spelling of the Northern English noun lonnen + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊnɪŋ/, /ˈloʊnɪŋ/ 1. A lane. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, Ulster Example: She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.
Word: north of the border Part of Speech: noun 1. Scotland Labels: UK, colloquial, uncountable 2. Canada Labels: US, colloquial, uncountable
Word: old fogey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In 1811, an Old Fogey was a nickname for an invalid, wounded soldier; derived from the French fougueux (“fierce or fiery”). Alternatively, compare fogey. 1. An old and overly conservative person. Labels: idiomatic Example: "No; the Athletic. Tell you: Course they're always asking me to join the Union, but I always say, 'No, sir! Nothing doing!' I don't mind the expense but I can't stand all the old fogies."
Word: -osin Part of Speech: suffix 1. An alpha-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist Labels: morpheme
Word: solar engine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any engine that converts energy from the sun into electrical or mechanical energy; especially such an engine used for the propulsion of a spacecraft.
Word: paraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English paraf, from Medieval Latin paraffus or its etymon Middle French paraphe, paraffe, shortening of paragraphe, from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos). Pronunciation: /ˈpaɹəf/, /ˈpɛrəf/, /pəˈræf/ 1. A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery. 2. A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division. Example: Commencing with a C-shaped paraph-sign in the same brown ink, the glosses are linked to their corresponding passages by alphabetic signs comprising single letters in a sequence beginning with a in each margin, moving on to b, c, and d down the page, and, ideally, linking with the same letter in the adjacent column. Such a pairing allows for matching the gloss with the specific location in the text where its comment should be considered.
Word: paraph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English paraf, from Medieval Latin paraffus or its etymon Middle French paraphe, paraffe, shortening of paragraphe, from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos). Pronunciation: /ˈpaɹəf/, /ˈpɛrəf/, /pəˈræf/ 1. To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials. Labels: transitive
Word: penup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: pen + up 1. The stage during the process of handwriting after a pen lift event, where the pen's tip hovers above the writing pad, before a pendown landing.
Word: PGDipLP Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of postgraduate diploma in legal practice. Often used after the names of those who have studied and passed the Legal Practice Course, and who have not yet attained solicitor status. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, no-plural
Word: VPL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of visible panty line. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: You’re whispering. Should I be suspicious? Is my fly down? Do I have VPL issues? 2. Initialism of visible penis line. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of visual programming language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Implementing a visual programming language (VPL) is much harder man implementing a textual programming language (Myers 1990). 4. Initialism of ventral posterolateral nucleus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The ventral posterior complex is the main relay for sensory inputs to reach the cerebral cortex and it can be divided into at least three main parts: the ventral posterolateral nucleus (VPL) receiving spinal somatosensory inputs, the ventral posteromedial nucleaus (VPM) receiving trigeminal somatosensory inputs, and the parvicellular medial parts of both the VPL and VPM, i.e., the VPPC, which forms the main thalamic relay for gustatory and visceral ascending pathways.
Word: unleashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unleash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unleashing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is unleashed. Example: His great power consists in his building plays not upon the broad basis of general and tested character values, but upon the psychology of our occasional lapses away from the average, our hidden emotional unleashings, sudden angers and momentary caprices. Example: We can see in the dozen years between 1517 and the Protestation of the second diet in Speier in 1529 the mighty outwellings of a religious movement comparable only to the unleashings of the dogs of war and the releasing of religious, humanitarian, national and international idealisms, fanaticisms, and new tyrannies in the dozen years or so since 1914.
Word: unleashing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unleash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: the other way round Part of Speech: adv 1. The same but with the mentioned things or people in reverse order or position. Labels: not-comparable Example: At dinner Marigold had the Rector on her right and the Colonel on her left, Francis had their wives the other way round to avoid any signs of preference, […] Example: One answer which has gained scientific popularity puts the egg first – 'no egg, no chicken': […] A competing answer puts it the other way round – 'no chicken, no egg': […] 2. In reversed orientation. Labels: not-comparable Example: If it isn't working, try turning the battery the other way round.
Word: quiche-eater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The idiom derives from the book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982. The computer circle version was popularised by a 1983 article Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, that specifically accuses the creator of the Pascal language, Niklaus Wirth, of being a "quiche eater" due to the nature of Pascal. 1. A man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue. Labels: idiomatic 2. In computer programming circles, a person far removed from practice and concerned only with academic matters, unwilling to "get their hands dirty". Labels: humorous, idiomatic
Word: beaver dam Part of Speech: noun 1. The lodge of a beaver, in the form of a river dam with an underwater entrance.
Word: the other way around Part of Speech: adv 1. The same but with the things or people mentioned in reverse order. Labels: not-comparable Example: “After all, he’s speaking our language, not the other way around.
Word: Radhesh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Hindi words radha (Lord Krishna's devotee) and eesh (God). Hindi grammar thus give the meaning as radha's god i.e. Krishna. 1. A male given name from India, of Indian usage.
Word: rim lock Part of Speech: noun 1. A lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door. Example: The socket of the rim-lock tore off to one good heft of the shoulder, and we were in.
Word: robbing Peter to pay Paul Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rob Peter to pay Paul Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vacates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vacate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vacating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vacate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: valiantness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vaillauntnesse, valiauntnes, valyauntenesse; equivalent to valiant + -ness. 1. The property of being valiant. Labels: uncountable Example: Albeit his lusty valiantnes, force, and Skill in Chiualrous feates and exercises: his humblenes, and frendelynes to all men, were thinges, openly, of the world perceiued.
Word: valvelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English valve Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English valvelet From valve + -let. 1. A small valve.
Word: valvelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of valvelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: secondary industry Part of Speech: noun 1. An industry that processes raw materials produced by primary industry into goods suitable for tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.
Word: veny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of French venue. Doublet of venue. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛni/ 1. A strike or blow. Example: It is not, as at Fence, where the number of venies [tr. touches] given, gets the victorie: So long as the enemie is on foot, a man is newly to begin.
Word: verbifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of verbify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: verbifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of verbify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: verbified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of verbify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shank's mare Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shanks' mare. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seize + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzə/, /ˈsizəɹ/ 1. One who seizes.
Word: resizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skeleton crew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skeleton (“(military) small number of soldiers in a regiment far short of its full strength; (especially attributive) bare essentials, minimum”) + crew, metaphorically referring to a crew being bare bones rather than adequately fleshed out. Pronunciation: /ˌskɛlɪtn ˈkɹuː/, /ˌskɛlətən ˈkɹu/ 1. A crew consisting of the minimum number of personnel needed to maintain and operate the basic functions of something, such as a business, a factory, or a ship. Labels: idiomatic Example: [T]he ships of the English navy were left with skeleton crews of the most wretched kind and description. Example: But when night came on, the wind died away, and the skeleton crew, revived by hope, actually took to the oars, and used them to some effect.
Word: tetchier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of tetchy: more tetchy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: tetchiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of tetchy: most tetchy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: snicker-snack Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, probably relating to snickersnee. 1. An onomatopoeia of unclear meaning, possibly referring to sharpness, or the sound of a blade cutting through something. Labels: nonce-word Example: One, two! One, two! And through and through / The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! / He left it dead, and with its head / He went galumphing back.
Word: grammes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gramme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emptier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English empty 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 emptier From empty (verb) + -er. 1. A person who, or device which empties.
Word: emptier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English empty Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English emptier From empty (adjective) + -er. 1. comparative form of empty: more empty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: emptiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of empty: most empty Labels: form-of, superlative Example: As the engine took water, there was time to think of the curious turn of events that brought the North British (in the thin disguise of "Border Counties Railway") over the border, down the North Tyne to Hexham, and eastward from Reedsmouth by the Wansbeck Valley line to Morpeth (and Rothbury), though some of the emptiest parts of one of the emptiest counties of England.
Word: reconductor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English conductor English reconductor From re- + conductor. 1. To replace the cable or wire on an electric circuit, typically a high-voltage transmission line, usually to afford a greater electric-current-carrying capability. Example: To allow the new generator to serve the new customer demand, the electric utility decided to reconductor the 115 kV transmission line instead of building another 115 kV transmission line.
Word: step change Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The concept has been borrowed from mathematics and technology terminology, from step function. 1. A sudden, discontinuous change. Example: The report, stark and uncompromising, marks a step change in Europe's own role in pushing for international action to combat climate change, as it will be used in a bid to commit the EU to ambitious new targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. Example: This 'pre-funding' helps smooth payments and avoids step-changes in charges to operators, according to ORR [Office of Rail and Road].
Word: mammoni Part of Speech: noun 1. The crop of caprifig collected in the summer. Example: The interesting point about the later mammoni generation of Blastophaga is that it consists of what may be termed a recuperation of the Blastophaga to a larger number of specimens after the great breakdown suffered by the scarcity of available second-crop figs during the first mammoni generation.
Word: manati Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of manatee. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: thermodesorption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English desorption English thermodesorption From thermo- + desorption. 1. Part of a technique used for the chemical analysis of volatile compounds. Compounds previously adsorbed, are later subject to a heating process known as thermodesorption.
Word: stump orator Part of Speech: noun 1. A politician who will speak from any available soapbox about any issue that comes up.
Word: SUNWAC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym used to remember the western tributary rivers of the Yorkshire Dales: Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe, Aire, Calder Labels: mnemonic
Word: jugging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jugging Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of stewing in an earthenware jar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: juggings of hares or of partridges 2. A crime where a suspect observes a customer at a bank or high-end store and then follows the customer after they leave the establishment in order to steal their money or valuables. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: grittier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of gritty: more gritty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: grittiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of gritty: most gritty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: telecottage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English cottage English telecottage From tele- + cottage. 1. A facility offering access to technology, etc. to the local community. Example: Near-synonym: telecentre 2. A teleworker's physical workplace, whether in the individual's home or on a communal site. Example: Near-synonym: home office
Word: manucaptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mainprise. 1. In English common law, a person empowered to take bail and capture a person who forfeits it. Labels: obsolete Example: Later in the same day, however, he was taken to the manor of Cippenham, Buckinghamshire, the property of Richard, earl of Cornwall, and there, under duress (as he later pleaded) and in the presence of John Chishall, the chancellor, he made over all his lands to eleven ‘manucaptors’, all notable royalists, as a security for the payment of his £50,000 debt.
Word: telejustice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English justice English telejustice From tele- + justice. 1. The use of two-way interactive video for conducting judicial proceedings. Examples: Judges monitoring behavior of those individuals on probation, allowing crime victims to testify at parole hearings via video, and allowing inmates to appear via video for parole hearings. Labels: uncountable
Word: -terol Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Probably contraction of arterenol. Pronunciation: /tə.ɹɒl/, /təˌɹɔl/ 1. Used to form names of phenethylamine derivatives used as bronchodilators. Labels: morpheme
Word: transilluminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trans- + illuminate. 1. To pass light easily through an object, body part, or liquid. Example: Kirchoff and others went on to identify a score of other terrestrial elements in the sun, and now the Fraunhofer mystery — the hundreds of black lines in the solar spectrum — could be understood as the absorption spectra of these elements to the outermost layers of the sun, as they were transilluminated from within.
Word: smashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: natters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of natter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: natters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of natter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nattered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of natter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: alchemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmīabor. Old French alkimieder. English alchemy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alchemic From alchemy + -ic. 1. alchemical. Labels: not-comparable Example: And then, with the alchemic precision with which a chi finds its host no matter where in the universe he may be, I arrived at the place where my host lay.
Word: eastings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of easting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: northings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of northing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: village cart Part of Speech: noun 1. An open, two-wheeled pleasure carriage drawn by one horse, with a low body and one seat.
Word: warm-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of warm-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: end run Part of Speech: noun 1. A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team. Labels: Canada, US 2. An attempt to circumvent a difficult problem by not confronting it directly. Labels: Canada, US, broadly, figuratively, informal
Word: workout warrior Part of Speech: noun 1. An athlete who has superior measurables and physical attributes, e.g. an American football player who outperforms expectations. Labels: slang 2. A player who is not as accomplished on the field as they believe. Labels: slang
Word: writedown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from write down. 1. An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such. Example: If Chelsea were to fall foul of profit and sustainability, they would be expected to cite unforeseen circumstances, much as some clubs have claimed Covid writedowns: their books would have been sound but for the pandemic.
Word: WUBA Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Working Uniform, Blue Alpha: Labels: Navy, US, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of Working Uniform, Blue Alpha: Labels: Navy, US, countable, derogatory, uncountable
Word: Zickefoose Part of Speech: name Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Ziegenfuss. 1. A surname from German.
Word: commensality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English commensal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English commensality From commensal + -ity. 1. The act of eating together. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: saba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative form of sapa. 1. A sweet grape syrup made from grape must Labels: uncountable Example: Gar, a long, skinny fish, was cooked and served in thick grape syrup, like saba, the Italian grape must.
Word: saba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog saba. 1. A triploid hybrid banana cultivar from the Philippines (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana). Labels: uncountable
Word: saba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鯖. 1. Mackerel. Labels: uncountable
Word: soakaway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soak + away. 1. A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes. Labels: UK Example: These trenches, you know, are much deeper than one's height; you don't see anything. It's like walking along a mud-walled passage. Every now and then some one stumbles into a soakaway for rainwater.
Word: fenced Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of fence Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fenced Part of Speech: adj 1. Surrounded by a fence; enclosed.
Word: X-factor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of X factor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: That visual wonder elevated the first Zootopia, but the X-factor is gone in the sequel; everything looks brighter, flatter, and cheaper.
Word: hypertextual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English textual English hypertextual From hyper- + textual. 1. Of or relating to hypertext.
Word: x-factor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of X factor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: x factor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of X factor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: no prob Part of Speech: intj 1. no problem. Labels: slang Example: […] picks up the phone, — Yes, yes, — and hands it to the advisor. — Yeah. OK. No prob. No prob. No prob. Can do. — He slams down the phone. He is dynamic. Example: "No prob, man, no prob, I get it taken care of."
Word: coarse-grained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coarse + grained. 1. Consisting of coarse particles. 2. Having a coarse, irregular texture. 3. Inelegant; gross. Labels: figuratively
Word: reinstatements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reinstatement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: envie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + vie. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvaɪ/, /ɛnˈvaɪ/ 1. To vie; to emulate; to strive. Labels: obsolete Example: In which all pleasures plenteously abownd, And none does others happinesse envye
Word: envie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French envie (“urge, craving”). Doublet of envy. Pronunciation: /ɑːnˈviː/ 1. A strong desire or craving, especially for (a particular kind of) food. Labels: Louisiana, US Example: "Oooo, yum." Linda licked her lips. "I had an envie for that." An envie is an urge. She walked to the oven, opened it, and looked in. Example: 2018, Mark Vaughan, The Beacon 2: Battle of Nuclear Creek, self-published, unnumbered page, "I had an envie for something sweet so picked up King cakes for dessert. Bit of a lagniappe too, she gave us a dozen not ten."
Word: gender-neutral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compound of gender + neutral. 1. Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender. Example: The women's sleeping quarters are on the left side of the dormitory, the men's are on the right; gender-neutral restrooms are located in the middle. 2. Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender. Example: Many modern laws use gender-neutral constructions like "they" in place of the old, supposedly unmarked "he". Example: Gender-neutral pronouns like "ey" and "ze" are used by many genderqueer, intersex, and neutrois individuals. 3. Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender.
Word: tubthumps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tubthump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tubthumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tubthump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: a whole 'nother Part of Speech: det 1. Alternative form of a whole nother. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Will the fog be gone by to-morrow morning?" said Patty, disconsolately. "I don't know what we shall do if we have to be a whole 'nother day in the house and in the dark." Example: The problem is when you physically try to impede my progress—then it moves up to a whole 'nother level that you probably can't handle me on. If it's just words, mean little things, I'm not [Joseph] Stalin, say what you want. Get in my way, it's a whole 'nother thing.
Word: tshatshke Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tchotchke. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eyewall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eye + wall. 1. A ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs.
Word: æras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of æra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unanimitarian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to unanimity. Example: Postconstitutional politics does not, itself, mirror, even conceptually, the unanimitarian idealization of the veil-of-ignorance construction.
Word: two-tier Part of Speech: adj 1. Having or consisting of two tiers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Long before the final design for the Borders Railway was adopted and then implemented, CBR had argued that the 35-mile route - comprising 30 miles of new line extending southwards from Newcraighall - should be designed with a two-tier service in mind. This would comprise stopping services running as far as Gorebridge (12 miles south of Edinburgh), and faster limited-stop services covering the whole line to Tweedbank. Example: We have a two-tier system of Justice in the United States that cannot be allowed to continue. 2. Relating to the two-tier system, a payroll system in which one group of workers receives lower wages and/or benefits than another. Labels: not-comparable Example: the two-tier regime Example: a two-tier accounting structure 3. Giving preferential treatment to one group over another. Labels: UK, derogatory, not-comparable Example: two-tier policing Example: two-tier Keir (nickname for prime minister Keir Starmer)
Word: miller moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of moths with pale, dusty wings. Example: One of those small white moths, known as '• millers," went past him. […]. Even the miller-moth had gone. Example: [H]e saw one of those great white miller's souls as we call 'em—that is to say, a miller-moth—come from William's open mouth while he slept, and fly straight away. 2. Any of several species of moths with pale, dusty wings. 3. Any of several species of moths with pale, dusty wings. 4. Any moth of species Acronicta leporina, in Britain. 5. A goat moth (Cossus cossus).
Word: litmus tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of litmus test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: birdstrike Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bird strike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whippings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whipping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X factors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of X factor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: like a dog with a bone Part of Speech: adj 1. Stubborn and tenacious; persistent; relentless; dogged. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Despite my determination to put the question off, my mind, or sub-conscious mind, like a dog with a bone which it refuses to drop in defiance of its master's command, went on revolving it. Example: I was like a dog with a bone, I wouldn't let go.
Word: x-factors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of x-factor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: x factors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of x factor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: katsu Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Japanese 喝 (katsu). 1. A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of Buddhism), and in East Asian martial arts schools, used to help focus the energy (気 (ki)), and thereby induce an enlightened state.
Word: katsu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese カツ (katsu, “cutlet”), shortening of カツレツ (katsuretsu), itself from English cutlet. Thus a doublet of English cut. 1. Panko breaded and deep-fried Japanese food Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Japanese curry, which may or may not contain a panko breaded and deep-fried food. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: deicides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deicide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hard-liners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hard-liner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardliners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardliner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butcheries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butchery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish 'n' chips Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fish and chips. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: gunner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/, /ˈɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/ 1. An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank. 2. A person who operates a gun. 3. A person who operates a gun. 4. An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition. Labels: figuratively 5. A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner. 6. A fan of the Arsenal Football Club. Labels: UK, slang 7. The great northern diver or loon. 8. The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream) Labels: Ireland, UK, dialectal 9. A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
Word: gunner Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative spelling of gonna. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction, rare
Word: gunner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner. 1. The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session. Labels: Cebu, regional, slang
Word: turnstile attendance Part of Speech: noun 1. A rough count of the number of attendees for multiple-day events, by counting the number of days of access each individual has been granted. Labels: uncountable Example: The Hornets had a 27% drop in per game turnstile attendance during the season, whereas the league's average drop was 2.2%.
Word: for all one is worth Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Intensely, vigorously, with as much effort as one can supply. Labels: idiomatic Example: You should see him out there in the snow, shoveling for all he's worth. Example: And although they were pushed harder than even Lennon might have expected on a night of galeforce winds, they clung on to the lead Ledley gave them for all they were worth until their rivals had blown themselves out and surrendered top spot.
Word: infalling Part of Speech: adj 1. Moving towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity Labels: not-comparable
Word: microangiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + angiology. 1. angiology using techniques such as microangiography Labels: uncountable
Word: microangiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + angiography. 1. The radiography of very small blood vessels using an injected contrast medium Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: contrast medium Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance, such as barium sulfate, used in radiography to increase the visibility of internal structures.
Word: overexpress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English express English overexpress From over- + express. 1. To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity. Labels: transitive
Word: overexpression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English expression English overexpression From over- + expression. 1. The abnormal or artificial expression of a gene in increased quantity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autoreceptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + receptor. 1. A receptor, situated in the terminal of a presynaptic nerve cell, that is sensitive to neurotransmitters released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits.
Word: nonconducting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + conducting. 1. That does not conduct (electricity or heat). Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonconforming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + conforming. 1. That does not conform, for example to cultural norms, official regulations, or the rules of an established church. Example: The lot will become more nonconforming with respect to that particular development standard.
Word: nonconsecutive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + consecutive. 1. Not consecutive. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Cleveland’s victory set the precedent for a two-term, nonconsecutive presidency, and until today, his was the only success story.
Word: nonconstructive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + constructive. 1. Not constructive. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not involving construction. Labels: not-comparable 3. That proves the existence of something without demonstrating a method of construction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncontagious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + contagious. 1. Not contagious. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncontributing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + contributing. 1. Not contributing; that does not contribute or does not involve contribution. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncontributory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + contributory. 1. Describing a pension plan in which the members do not provide their own direct contributions (that is, the employer makes all monetary contributions; the employees make no monetary contributions, whereas their service toward the company's ability to operate is their indirect contribution, for which the pension is remuneration). Labels: not-comparable 2. Not being a contributing factor (to a decision, analysis, or situation), such as not contributing to a medical diagnosis. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although medical history is always relevant to diagnosis, it is sometimes noncontributory, shedding no light on possible causes of symptoms.
Word: noncontroversial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + controversial. 1. Not controversial; not likely to cause controversy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gladwell's noncontroversial claim is that some people have more opportunities than other people.
Word: nonconvertible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + convertible. 1. Not convertible; that cannot be exchanged for an equivalent. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a currency: used domestically, not traded on the foreign exchange. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncooperation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + cooperation. 1. The active absence of cooperation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: noncorroding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + corroding. 1. That cannot be corroded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncorrosive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + corrosive. 1. That does not cause corrosion Labels: not-comparable
Word: language police Part of Speech: noun 1. Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language. Labels: derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: Students lose out when the language police ignore the distinction between using offensive words and discussing them.
Word: Fijian Hindi Part of Speech: name 1. Fiji Hindi
Word: countersteering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of countersteer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: countersteering Part of Speech: noun 1. The momentary steering of a bicycle in the opposite direction at the beginning of a turn in order to adjust the rider's centre of gravity. Labels: uncountable
Word: noninflationary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + inflationary. 1. Not inflationary; not relating to, or not likely to cause, economic inflation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noninfectious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + infectious. 1. Not infectious, particularly with respect to a disease. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonindustrial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + industrial. 1. Not industrial. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a geographic area, not designated for use by manufacturers and other industries; residential or commercial. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonindependent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + independent. 1. Not independent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonidentical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English identic English -al English identical English nonidentical From non- + identical. 1. Not identical; different in some respect. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonidentical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English identic English -al English identical English nonidentical From non- + identical. 1. A twin other than an identical twin. Example: Thus, it would be expected that identical twins would more frequently both be delinquent than nonidenticals, in cases in which one identical twin had been delinquent.
Word: nonhereditary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + hereditary. 1. Not hereditary; not passed down by inheritance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noninclusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive English noninclusive From non- + inclusive. 1. Not inclusive; excluding something. Labels: not-comparable
Word: camest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English came Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English camest From came + -est. 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of come Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Example: But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
Word: gavest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English gave Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English gavest From gave + -est. 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of give Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Example: And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Word: unsanctioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sanctioned English unsanctioned From un- + sanctioned. 1. Not sanctioned; not approved by a sanctioning body. Example: The paperback field as a whole was perferse in a more general and diffuse way, somewhat in the manner of dreams that refuse to censor desire when it strays towards socially unsanctioned ends.
Word: unsanctioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unsanction Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: limoncillo Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Pectis angustifolia. Labels: uncountable
Word: slick back Part of Speech: verb 1. To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it. Example: His hair was slicked back, plastered down with gel. Example: I can see you / Your brown skin shining in the sun / You got your hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby
Word: sillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Revived by Gerard Manley Hopkins in his 1877 (published posthumously in 1918) poem The Windhover; ultimately related to French sillon (“furrow”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪən/ 1. The thick, voluminous, and shiny soil turned over by a plow. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: No wonder of it: shéer plód makes plough down sillion / Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear, / Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermillion. Example: 1951, Hazelton Spencer, British Literature, Heath, page 827, The hard, plodding work of plowing (of the priest) makes the plowshare shine as it goes down the row turning up the sillion.
Word: rangaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning". 1. The Japanese study of Western knowledge. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: serenata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian serenata. Doublet of serenade. 1. A type of baroque cantata performed outdoors, in the evening, with mixed vocal and instrumental forces Example: More’s the pity, for this work (technically a serenata) is a little gem, and Aulos polished it to a fine luster.
Word: serenate Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of serenade. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Mixt Dance, or wanton Mask, or Midnight Bal, / Or Serenate, which the ſtarv'd Lover ſings / To his proud fair, beſt quitted with diſdain.
Word: serenate Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of serenade. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: carnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French carnet (“notebook”), from Middle French quernet (“group of four sheets”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).neɪ/ 1. A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets. Example: Rather than buy each ticket individually, you can buy a carnet of ten tickets for a lower price. 2. A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article Example: If you plan to sell your car, of course, a carnet is the last thing you need: if the vehicle isn't correctly stamped in and out of each country you'll lose your deposit. 3. An admission pass.
Word: sicario Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sicario. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɑːɹi.əʊ/, /sɪˈkɑːɹi.oʊ/, /səˈ-/ 1. hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels) Example: The traffickers created a Frankenstein's monster that gradually slipped out of their control: the sicarios.
Word: harras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English haras (“herd of stud horses, enclosure for a herd of stud horses”), from Old French haras, haraz. Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹəs/ 1. A herd of stud horses.
Word: Proto-Balto-Slavic Part of Speech: name 1. The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Baltic and Slavic languages, descending from Proto-Indo-European.
Word: sirene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bulgarian сирене (sirene), from Proto-Slavic *syřenьje (“curdling”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros, whence also English sour, German sauer. 1. A slightly crumbly brined cheese made of cow, sheep, or goatmilk, similar to feta; popular in the Balkan Peninsula. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: […] then the potato pieces were layered on top and the mess was doused with olive oil and spices and cooked for an hour. Vlado made a tomato salad, also, with sirene cheese. Example: My curiosity was now satisfied: nothing, other than potatoes, bread, garlic and sirene cheese.
Word: sirene Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of siren. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, possibly
Word: snoops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snoop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snoops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snoop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: screw thread Part of Speech: noun 1. A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points. Example: An internal screw thread is cut with a "tap", while external screw threads are cut with a "die".
Word: heteronormativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English normative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English normativity English heteronormativity From hetero- + normativity. 1. The assumption that all human beings are either male or female in both sex and gender, and that sexual and romantic attraction and activity only occurs, or is only normal, between people of different sexes. Labels: countable, uncountable