nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gore + -y. Compare Middle English gorry (“muddy”), and güre, gire, girre (“gory, clotted”), from Old English gyr, gyru (“filthy, muddy”), from gor (“dirt, dung”); Old Frisian gere, iere (“muddy water”). More at gore. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔː.ɹi/, /ˈɡɔɹ.i/ 1. Covered with blood; very bloody. Example: a gory movie 2. Scandalous, and often unpleasant. Labels: informal Example: Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces. Example: "What do you know of this Sara Stilton affair, Earl?" / "Not so much—but enough to denounce as high crime and treason her being permitted, let the paid, for eruditing on her muderous experiences and appearing upon the screen in all the gory glamour of shooting her ancient but wealthy husband. […]" 3. Excessively detailed, often boringly so. Labels: figuratively Example: I ask the obligatory questions about how he thought she was doing and if he changed the medicine. I bite my tongue and get all the gory information. She tortures me for a while, knowing what I really want to know. Then I ask the two most important questions about the medication change. In no particular order, “Are we going to get to go to the all you can eat[…] Example: All the gory information is in the footnotes to the financial statements. Under U.S. GAAP, companies are required to disclose information about their accounting choices and their expenses in the footnotes. The notes[…] 4. Bloody; pesky. Labels: dated, slang Example: "It's like being in a gory squirrel cage with you three going round and round and getting nowhere."
Word: gore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Cognate to Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt earth”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔː/, /ɡoɹ/, /ɡo(ː)ɹ/, /ɡoə/ 1. Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A gout or mass of such blood. Labels: countable, obsolete, usually Example: And I beheld the roof and the walls one gore of blood. 3. Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The zombie scenes are reminiscent of what you might see on a show like The Walking Dead, short bursts of extreme violence and gore punctuating expository dialogue scenes where the survivors try to figure out how they’re going to get from point A to point B. 4. Pictures and videos of graphic violence and human death. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Dirt, filth, often dung or mud. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As a sowe waloweth in the stynkynge gore pytte, or in the puddell.
Word: gore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Cognate to Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt earth”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔː/, /ɡoɹ/, /ɡo(ː)ɹ/, /ɡoə/ 1. To cover or smear with blood. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: gore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English goren, from gore (“gore”), ultimately from Old English gār (“spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós. Related to gar and gore (“a projecting point”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔː/, /ɡoɹ/, /ɡo(ː)ɹ/, /ɡoə/ 1. To pierce with a horn or tusk. Labels: transitive Example: The bull gored the matador. 2. To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To needle or wound the feelings of. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, obsolete, transitive
Word: gore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old English gāra, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô. Pronunciation: /ɡɔː/, /ɡoɹ/, /ɡo(ː)ɹ/, /ɡoə/ 1. A triangular piece of land where roads meet. Example: I have a number of these, but this gentleman up in the gore just below the arrow was traveling in the fast lane of 495. Example: With the addition of pavement marking arrows, erratic maneuvers such as lane changes through the gore and attempted lane changes decreased. 2. A triangular strip of land left over at the end of a not-fully-rectangular field. Labels: archaic, dialectal 3. A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error. Labels: US 4. The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general. 5. A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt. Example: Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas. 6. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe. 7. A projecting point. 8. A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point. 9. A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
Word: gore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old English gāra, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô. Pronunciation: /ɡɔː/, /ɡoɹ/, /ɡo(ː)ɹ/, /ɡoə/ 1. To cut into a triangular form. 2. To provide with a gore. Example: to gore an apron Example: If Miss McFlimsey has neat ankles, she can wear short dresses: if she has clumsy ones she can wear a trail; if she is inclined to be (pardon the word) “scrawny,” she can indulge in expensive skirts and protuberant “panniers;” if inclined to embonpoint, she can discard these and “gore” her robes; if her neck and arms are exquisitely moulded, she can undrape their dazzling charms; if bone predominates over plumpitude, she can cover them from the gaze of flying eyes; if she has a disease of the spine, she need not sport “the Grecian bend;” if she is unfortunately healthy, she can call in the aid of that modern deformity—and so on, ad infinitum and ad nauseum.^([sic])
Word: gracioso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish gracioso. Doublet of gracious and grazioso. 1. A court favourite. Labels: obsolete 2. A clown or jester in early-modern Spanish comedy. Example: I ſhall never ceaſe to wonder that the Engliſh, who are certainly a ſenſible and diſcerning people ſhould be ſo much infatuated, as to applaud and careſs with the moſt extravagant approbation, not to ſay adoration and regard, one or two gracioſo's, who, I will be bold to ſay, would ſcarce be able to earn their bread by their talents, on any other theatre under the ſun.
Word: assign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *seknāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”). Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪn/ 1. To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose. Labels: transitive Example: to assign a day for trial 2. To appoint or select (someone) for some office. Labels: transitive Example: to assign counsel for a prisoner 3. To allot or give (something) as a task. Labels: transitive Example: “I cannot do it, Sir !” was his reply. “I fire into their ranks, and that does as well ; but to single out one among them, and mark him for death, would lie upon my mind afterwards.” The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. Example: He assigned his men to their several posts, talked boldly of maintaining himself against all the troops of Spain, and by his cheerful tone endeavoured to inspire a confidence in others which he was far from feeling himself. 4. To attribute or sort (something) into categories. Labels: transitive 5. To attribute or sort (something) into categories. Labels: transitive 6. To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another. Labels: transitive 7. To give (a value) to a variable. Labels: transitive Example: We assign 100 to x.
Word: assign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *seknāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”). Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪn/ 1. An assignee. Example: Scrooge knew he was dead ? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise ? Scrooge and he were partners for I don’t know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and his sole mourner. 2. A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. Labels: obsolete Example: The King ſir hath wagerd with him ſix Barbary horſes, againgſt the which hee has impaund as I take it ſix French Rapiers and Poynards, with their aſſignes, as girdle, hanger and ſo. 3. An assignment or appointment. Labels: obsolete 4. A design or purpose. Labels: obsolete Example: He aim’d at high designs, and so attain’d / The high assigns to which his spirit aim’d.
Word: tough Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from *tinganą (“to press upon, throng”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian toai (“tough”), Bavarian zaach, zach (“tough”), Dutch taai (“tough”), German zäh, zähe (“tough”), Limburgish tiee (“tough”), Luxembourgish zéi (“tough”); also Ancient Greek δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”), Albanian danë, darë (“tongs; pincers; pliers”), Sanskrit दशति (daśati, “to bite”). Pronunciation: /tʌf/, /tɐf/, /tʊf/ 1. Of a material, strong and resilient; sturdy. Example: The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses. 2. Of food, difficult to cut or chew. Example: To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours. 3. Of a person or animal, rugged or physically hardy. Labels: figuratively Example: Only a tough species will survive in the desert. Example: But before you quit turkey hunting and take up model-train collecting, let me give you the good news: you can score on tough turkeys. In fact, you can kill the toughest turkey in the woods. 4. Of a person, stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence. Labels: figuratively Example: He had a reputation as a tough negotiator. 5. Of weather, harsh or severe. Labels: informal 6. Rowdy or rough. Labels: figuratively Example: A bunch of the tough boys from the wrong side of the tracks threatened him. 7. Cool, awesome, great. Labels: dated, slang Example: They played a Beatle interview album on WBZ Boston radio. Real tough! 8. Of a question, difficult or demanding. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: This is a tough crowd. Example: 1998, Lois Liederman Davitz, Joel Robert Davitz, 20 Tough Questions Teenagers Ask and 20 Tough Answers, Paulist Press, pages 6-7, But let's get back to the tough question about sex before marriage. And this is a tough question. In fact we would rank the question you've both raised as pretty high on our list of tough questions. 9. Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking. Labels: material 10. Strict, not lenient. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: tough on crime Example: President Joe Biden is embracing tougher border measures, including shutting down the US-Mexico border, marking a stark shift from his early days in office as he tries to fend off former President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigration policy ahead of the election.
Word: tough Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from *tinganą (“to press upon, throng”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian toai (“tough”), Bavarian zaach, zach (“tough”), Dutch taai (“tough”), German zäh, zähe (“tough”), Limburgish tiee (“tough”), Luxembourgish zéi (“tough”); also Ancient Greek δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”), Albanian danë, darë (“tongs; pincers; pliers”), Sanskrit दशति (daśati, “to bite”). Pronunciation: /tʌf/, /tɐf/, /tʊf/ 1. Used to indicate lack of sympathy Labels: slang Example: If you don't like it, tough! Example: No one ever came to me and told me they didn't like the song, but people had mentioned stuff to other members of the band, who, surprisingly enough, stuck up for me. They were straight but they said, you know, tough. He's our singer, and we like his music.
Word: tough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from *tinganą (“to press upon, throng”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian toai (“tough”), Bavarian zaach, zach (“tough”), Dutch taai (“tough”), German zäh, zähe (“tough”), Limburgish tiee (“tough”), Luxembourgish zéi (“tough”); also Ancient Greek δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”), Albanian danë, darë (“tongs; pincers; pliers”), Sanskrit दशति (daśati, “to bite”). Pronunciation: /tʌf/, /tɐf/, /tʊf/ 1. A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully. Example: They were doing fine until they encountered a bunch of toughs from the opposition. Example: One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!
Word: tough Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from *tinganą (“to press upon, throng”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian toai (“tough”), Bavarian zaach, zach (“tough”), Dutch taai (“tough”), German zäh, zähe (“tough”), Limburgish tiee (“tough”), Luxembourgish zéi (“tough”); also Ancient Greek δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”), Albanian danë, darë (“tongs; pincers; pliers”), Sanskrit दशति (daśati, “to bite”). Pronunciation: /tʌf/, /tɐf/, /tʊf/ 1. To endure. Example: We shall reminisce on how we toughed it through the winters as they reached the firm, long arm around to give the cold embrace, with ardor seldom loosed till warm winds Marched or Apriled in to soften winter's knuckles -- send rivulets of courage down to dandelions and tulips. Example: “No,” said Minott, “I've toughed it through the winter, and i want to stay and hear the bluebirds once more. 2. To toughen.
Word: suspend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere. Pronunciation: /səsˈpɛnd/ 1. To halt something temporarily. Example: The meeting was suspended for lunch. Example: Suspend your indignation against my brother. 2. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state. Example: suspending out judgement 3. To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event. Example: to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program 4. To hang freely; underhang. Example: to suspend a ball by a thread Example: The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell. 5. To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid. 6. To make to depend. Labels: obsolete Example: God hath all along in the Scripture suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life. 7. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc. Example: to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club Example: Whether good men should be suspended from the exercise of their ministry , and deprived of their livelyhood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. 8. To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. 9. To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
Word: teleradiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English radiology English teleradiology From tele- (“over a distance”) + radiology. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/, /ˌtel.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/, /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diːˈɔːl.ə.d͡ʒiː/, /ˌtel.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diːˈɔːl.ə.d͡ʒiː/, /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/ 1. Radiology services provided remotely via telecommunications: a means of electronically transmitting radiologic images and consultative text from location to another, even over long distances. Labels: uncountable Example: Holonyms: telemedicine < telehealth
Word: contents Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.tɛnts/, /ˈkɑn.tɛns/, /ˈkɒn.tɛnts/ 1. plural of content Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contents Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.tɛnts/, /ˈkɑn.tɛns/, /ˈkɒn.tɛnts/ 1. That which is contained. Labels: plural-normally Example: It is not covered in your homeowner's policy. You need contents insurance. Example: The contents of the cup had a familiar aroma. 2. A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I always start a book by reading the dustjacket and the contents before I really dig in to the content itself.
Word: contents Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.tɛnts/, /ˈkɑn.tɛns/, /ˈkɒn.tɛnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of content Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gauche Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French gauche (“left, awkward”), from gauchir (“to veer, turn”), from Old French gaucher (“to trample, walk clumsily”), from Frankish *walkan (“to full, trample”), from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to full, roll up”). Akin to Old High German walchan (“to knead”), Old English wealcian (“to roll up, curl”) and English walk, Old Norse valka (“to drag about”). More at walk. Pronunciation: /ɡəʊʃ/, /ɡoʊʃ/, /ɡaʊʃ/ 1. Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes. Example: Seeking by vulgar pomp and gauche display In 'good society', to make her way Example: She looked a trifle gauche, it struck me; more like a country girl with the hoyden taming in her than the well-bred creature she is. 2. Skewed, not plane. Labels: archaic 3. Having a torsion angle of 60°. Labels: not-comparable
Word: USS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of United States Ship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “We are aware that there has been an unauthorized release of video footage from flight deck cameras onboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) of the F-35C Lightning II crash that occurred Jan. 24, in the South China Sea. There is an ongoing investigation into both the crash and the unauthorized release of the shipboard video footage,” Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesperson for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said in an email. 2. Initialism of Upshaw-Schulman syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: USS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United States Steel (a steel company) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of United States of Saurashtra. Labels: India, US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: lots Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɑts/, /lɒts/ 1. plural of lot Labels: form-of, plural Example: The men cast lots. Example: They purchased all of the adjacent lots.
Word: lots Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɑts/, /lɒts/ 1. A lot; a great deal; tons; loads. Labels: colloquial Example: Lots of the ways you can help are really easy. Example: Don't worry, my family has lots of money.
Word: lots Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /lɑts/, /lɒts/ 1. A great deal; very much. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: I feel lots better about it now that we've talked. Example: I care lots about the humane treatment of animals.
Word: lots Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɑts/, /lɒts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: composer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English compose 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 composer From compose + -er. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/, /kəmˈpəʊzə/ 1. One who composes; an author. 2. One who composes; an author. 3. One who, or that which, quiets or calms. Example: The exertion necessary to soothe and subdue Lucy's passionate sorrow was the best composer to Francesca's own agitation. Example: Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end. Thou Great Composer of distracted states.
Word: retort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɔɹt/, /ɹɪˈtɔːt/ 1. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback. Example: He countered her insult with a clever retort.
Word: retort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɔɹt/, /ɹɪˈtɔːt/ 1. To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation. Example: “It is a pity,” he retorted with aggravating meekness, “that they do not use a little common sense. The case resembles that of Columbus' egg, and is every bit as simple.[…]” 2. To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility. Example: to retort the charge of vanity Example: And with retorted scorn his back he turned. 3. To bend or curve back. Example: a retorted line Example: With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. 4. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect. Example: As when his virtues, shining upon others, / Heat them and they retort that heat again / To the first giver. Example: Glasses were filled, arresting the trooper on a theme of passion; the pariahdom of the country cop, whose self-respect is to retort the law's blackmail for blackmail levied on his self-respect.
Word: retort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French retorte. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɔɹt/, /ɹɪˈtɔːt/ 1. A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation. Example: A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure. 2. An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal. 3. A pressure cooker. Example: The retort is above boiling water. Beneath is a furnace. To the right a man is removing the chips from which the camphor has been extracted. 4. A crematory furnace.
Word: retort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French retorte. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɔɹt/, /ɹɪˈtɔːt/ 1. To heat in a retort. Labels: transitive
Word: careless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English carlēas Middle English careles English careless From Middle English careles, from Old English carlēas (“careless, reckless, void of care, free from care, free”), equivalent to care + -less. Cognate with Icelandic kærulaus (“careless, negligent”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛəlɪs/, /ˈkɛələs/, /kɛɹ.ləs/, /kɛɚ.ləs/, /keː.ləs/ 1. Not concerned or worried (about). Example: "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" "This morning, before father went downtown." Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case. 2. Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. Example: Jessica was so careless that she put her shorts on backwards. Example: These ballads, none of which are later than the fifteenth century, are written in a strain of the most artless simplicity, not the slightest attempt at ornament is to be discerned in them; the same ideas and expressions continually recur, and the rimes are the most careless imaginable, often a mere assonnance in vowels or consonants, sometimes not possessing even that slight similarity of sound. 3. Free from care; unworried, without anxiety. Labels: archaic Example: Jessica was careless about putting her shorts on properly. Example: Good-humored, easy, and careless, he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew all invited guests.
Word: anytime Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English any time, ony tyme, from Old English ǣniġum tīman, equivalent to any + time. 1. At any time. Labels: not-comparable Example: I don’t like beer much. Give me a fine wine anytime. Example: But despite the President’s offer, it’s unlikely that an influx of Norwegians will begin to settle in the US anytime soon.
Word: anytime Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English any time, ony tyme, from Old English ǣniġum tīman, equivalent to any + time. 1. A form of you're welcome in response to thank you or thanks. Labels: informal Example: Thanks so much for looking after grandpa. ~ That’s all right. Any time, dawg.
Word: anytime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English any time, ony tyme, from Old English ǣniġum tīman, equivalent to any + time. 1. suitable for any time; not associated with any particular time. Labels: not-comparable Example: they appeal to consumers looking for a cookie to eat with breakfast coffee or tea as well as an any-time snack. Example: Freeze them and reheat them for a perfect any time snack.
Word: behave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven English behave From Middle English behaven, bihabben (“to restrain, behave”), from Old English behabban (“to surround, embrace, hold, contain, hold back, withhold, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan, equivalent to be- + have. Cognate with Middle Low German behebben, behāven (“to receive, acquire, reach, keep”), Low German behebben (“to act, behave”), German behaben (“to behave”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈheɪv/, /biːˈheɪv/, /bi-/, /bə-/ 1. To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform. Labels: reflexive Example: You need to behave yourself, young lady. Example: And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism[…] 2. To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner. Labels: intransitive Example: He behaves like a child whenever she's around. Example: How did the students behave while I was gone? 3. To conduct, manage, regulate (something). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He did behave his anger ere 'twas spent. Example: But who his limbs with labours, and his mind / Behaues with cares, cannot so easie mis. 4. To act in a polite or proper way. Labels: intransitive Example: His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't behave. Example: One time when Willie was more set on clowning than on learning about Jesus, Miss Helen ordered, "Willie Mack, you stand up against the wall until you learn to behave."
Word: cloudy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊ̯diː/, [ˈkʰlaʊ̯dɪi̯], [ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː], [ˈkʰlaʊ̯ɾɪi̯], /ˈklæʊ̯diː/ 1. Covered with or characterised by clouds. 2. Not transparent or clear. Example: […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless. 3. Not transparent or clear. 4. Uncertain; unclear. 5. Using or relating to cloud computing. Labels: informal Example: a cloudy infrastructure 6. shady; sketchy; suspicious Labels: archaic, slang 7. Having cloudlike markings. Example: cloudy marble
Word: lately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English lately, latly, equivalent to late + -ly. Compare Old English lætlīċe (“slowly, tardily”), Middle Low German lātlîk (“careless, slack, sloppy”). Pronunciation: /ˈleɪt.li/ 1. Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since. Example: I'd lately returned from Japan. Example: It's only lately that I've been well enough to get out of bed. 2. In a late manner; after-the-fact. Labels: slang Example: Don't try to come lately and change your answer now after you've heard everyone else's response. 3. Formerly. Example: David George Philip Cholmondeley, The Marquess of CHOLMONDELEY, K.C.V.O., lately Lord Great Chamberlain, Royal Household. Example: The ¼th of the manor of Dunterdon is held of the king by knight's service as of his honour of Okehampton, now in the king's hands by reason of the atteinture of Henry lately Marquis of Exeter for high treason, and is worth 55s 6d yearly.
Word: lesson Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛs.ən/, [ˈlɛs.n̩] 1. To instruct to teach. Labels: archaic Example: And you, my sister—you, who lesson me on endurance, your cheek is pale, and your step languid; even with you, how much has life lost its interest!
Word: lesson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛs.ən/, [ˈlɛs.n̩] 1. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. Example: In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work. 2. A learning task assigned to a student; homework. 3. Something learned or to be learned. Example: Nature has many lessons to teach to us. 4. Something that serves as a warning or encouragement. Example: I hope this accident taught you a lesson! Example: The accident was a good lesson to me. 5. A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service. Example: Here endeth the first lesson. 6. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning. Example: She would give her a lesson for walking so late. Example: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold. 7. An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
Word: lesson Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛs.ən/, [ˈlɛs.n̩] 1. To give a lesson to; to teach. Example: her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee Made her companion, and her lessoned In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead. Example: To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.
Word: flapping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈflæpɪŋ/ 1. that flaps or flap Labels: not-comparable Example: flapping sails
Word: flapping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflæpɪŋ/ 1. An instance where one, or something, flaps. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping. 2. A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap [ɾ] before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds. Labels: uncountable Example: Greyhound racing had its origins in whippet racing, which was derived in turn from hare coursing. By the early twentieth century, however, a form of dog racing held in 'flapping tracks' was a common pastime in the wastelands near working-class areas of industrial cities. Example: Flapping is racing which is not licensed by the Jockey Club. […] Anyone found participating in, or even attending, flapping races is liable to be warned off.
Word: flapping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflæpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of flap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carnivorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”). Pronunciation: /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/, /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/, /kaːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/ 1. Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora. Example: carnivorous animal 2. Flesh-eating; (usually also specifically) predatorily so: that is, predatory. Example: carnivorous diet 3. Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Word: al-Qaeda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic الْقَاعِدَة (al-qāʕida), definite form of قَاعِدَة (qāʕida, “a foundation, a base”). Pronunciation: /ɑl ˈkaɪdə/, /æl ˈkaɪdə/, /æl ˈkeɪdə/, /ˌæl kaɪˈiːdə/, /ˌæl kɑːˈiːdə/ 1. A worldwide network of militant Sunni Islamic organizations and individuals. Example: Terror groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS have been active in Niger for years.
Word: fut Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Truncation of God's foot 1. Alternative form of 'sfoot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: Nay, pre-thee, fut, feere not, he's no edge-toole; you may jest with him. Example: My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major; so that it follows, I am rough and lecherous. Fut, I should have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in th firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.
Word: fut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From standard foot. Pronunciation: /fʉt/ 1. foot Example: There's half a fut of clabber on the street outby;
Word: outright Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈɹaɪt/ 1. Wholly; completely; entirely. Labels: not-comparable Example: I refute those allegations outright. Example: Special facilities frequently are provided to enable visiting photographers to get the best results, whereas in the past cameras were sometimes banned outright. 2. Openly and without reservation; unreservedly. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have just responded outright to that question. 3. At once. Labels: not-comparable Example: Two people died outright and one more later. 4. With no outstanding conditions. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have bought the house outright. 5. Blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: That was an outright stupid thing to say.
Word: outright Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtɹaɪt/ 1. Unqualified and unreserved. Labels: not-comparable Example: I demand an outright apology. 2. Total or complete. Labels: not-comparable Example: We achieved outright domination. Example: Truths, half truths and outright lies. 3. Having no outstanding conditions. Labels: not-comparable Example: I made an outright purchase of the house. Example: They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
Word: outright Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtɹaɪt/ 1. To release a player outright, without conditions. Example: Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday.
Word: outset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out- + set, replacing earlier outsetting. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtsɛt/ 1. An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something. Example: He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again. Example: At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and a matted, marish vegetation greatly delayed our progress; […]
Word: outset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + set. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtsɛt/ 1. To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset. Labels: Internet, transitive
Word: outsize Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English size English outsize From out- + size. 1. An unusually large garment size.
Word: outsize Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English size English outsize From out- + size. 1. Of an unusually large size . Labels: not-comparable Example: 1958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11. ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized that this impressive sum must inevitably go to the lucky stiff who drew the name of Lord Blicester, for while all the starters were portly, having long let their waist-lines go, not one of them could be considered in the class of Freddie's outsize uncle. 2. Unintuitively or unexpectedly large. Labels: not-comparable Example: Small changes in initial conditions can have an outsize effect on the course of events. Example: [Leslie] Wexner is among a small number of Jewish community megadonors, billionaires who provide an outsize and growing proportion of funding for communal organizations and to a large extent determine what those organizations look like.
Word: outsize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English size English outsize From out- + size. 1. To exceed in size. Labels: intransitive Example: Mega-ship to outsize seas' reigning Queen.
Word: outskirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English outskirt From out- + skirt. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtskɝt/, /ˈaʊtskɜːt/ 1. A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb. Example: Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town. Example: I told her of my plan to take John into an urban outskirt area for the purpose of retrieving some vital technical manuals.
Word: outskirt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English outskirt From out- + skirt. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtskɝt/, /ˈaʊtskɜːt/ 1. To surround as an outskirt. Labels: transitive
Word: outstretched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /aʊtˈstɹɛt͡ʃt/ 1. Extended or stretched out. Example: They ran towards each other with arms outstretched, and the credits rolled. Example: After Gervinho had been brilliantly denied an early shot on goal by Mats Hummels' outstretched boot, the German champions made a mockery of their fourth-seeding in this season's group-stage draw.
Word: outstretched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /aʊtˈstɹɛt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of outstretch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outstrip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”). Pronunciation: /ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/, [ˌʌʊtˈstɹɪp], /ˌæɔtˈstɹɪp/, /ˌæʊtˈstɹəp/ 1. To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind. Labels: transitive Example: We quickly outstripped the amateur runners. Example: And leaſt that I in telling of my tale may longer bee, / Than they in ronning of their race, outſtripped quight was shée. / And he that wan her, marying her enioyd her for his fée. 2. To exceed or surpass (someone or something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s. Example: Death and deſtruction dogge thee at the heeles, / Thy Mothers name is ominous to children, / If thou wilt outſtrip death, go croſſe the ſeas, / And liue with Richmond, from the reach of hell, […] 3. To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress. Labels: archaic, rare, transitive Example: Therefore Gentlemen, / And kinde Spectators, if I haue out-ſtript / An old mans gratuitie, or ſtrict canon, thinke / What a yong Wife, and a good Brayne may doe: / Stretch Ages truth ſometimes, and crack it too. Example: Still, he thought that if Roy happened to expand his kingdom, outstripping that self-imposed nickname of his, it'd be nice to have the man on his list.
Word: outward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English outward, from Old English ūtweard, equivalent to out + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊt.wɚd/, /ˈaʊt.wəd/ 1. Outer; located towards the outside. 2. Visible, noticeable. Example: By all outward indications, he's a normal happy child, but if you talk to him, you will soon realize he has some psychological problems. Example: Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be, If outward habit Iudge the inward man. 3. Tending to the exterior or outside. Example: The fire will force its outward way. 4. Foreign; not civil or intestine. Labels: obsolete Example: an outward war
Word: outward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English outward, from Old English ūtweard, equivalent to out + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊt.wɚd/, /ˈaʊt.wəd/ 1. Towards the outside; away from the centre. Example: We are outward bound. Example: The wrong side may be turned outward. 2. Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly. Labels: obsolete Example: ANd thenne the quene lete make a preuy dyner in london vnto the knyȝtes of the round table / and al was for to shewe outward that she had as grete Ioye in al other knyghtes of the table round as she had in sir launcelot / al only at that dyner she had sir Gawayne and his bretheren 3. Away from home.
Word: outward Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English ward English outward From out- + ward. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈwɔɹd/, /aʊtˈwɔːd/ 1. To ward off; to keep out. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Ne any armour could his dint out-ward; / But wheresoever it did light, it throughly shard.
Word: outward Part of Speech: noun 1. A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
Word: outwardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English outwardly, outwardli, utwardliche, equivalent to outward + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtwədli/, /ˈaʊtwɚdli/ 1. Externally or on the outside, or on the surface. Example: The terrorist was outwardly a bank clerk. Example: If only she would wake and close her mouth, mentally prayed the outwardly unflinching girl. Later the doctor came, and sheltered by his presence the sick woman's husband stood in the doorway. 2. Toward the outside
Word: ovary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəɹi/, /ˈoʊvəɹi/ 1. A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Example: The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries. 2. The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
Word: ovum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ̯.vəm/, /ˈoʊ̯.vəm/, /ˈɐʉ̯.vəm/, /ˈəʉ̯.vəm/, /ˈo.vəm/ 1. The female gamete in animals; the egg cell. Example: Coordinate term: spermatozoon