nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wheeling and dealing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wheel and deal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wheel and deal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wheel (“big shot”) + deal (verb). Alternatively, from (roulette) wheel + deal (as, in a card game). 1. To work as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties. Labels: derogatory, intransitive
Word: disulfiram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of disulfide + thiuram. Pronunciation: /dʌɪˈsʌl.fɪ.ɹæm/, /daɪˈsʌl.fəˌɹæm/ 1. A synthetic compound (trademark Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholics to make drinking alcohol produce unpleasant after-effects. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wheels and deals Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wheel and deal Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wheeled and dealed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wheel and deal Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Lyndon Johnson dominated the Senate. He cajoled and flattered. browbeat and insinuated, wheeled and dealed. Example: For 12 months the Washington establishment, represented at its most august by these 100 men and women, has yapped and barked at the President's heels. It has wheeled and dealed in private, postured and primped in public.
Word: improvized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of improvize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lensing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lens Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lensing Part of Speech: noun 1. The focussing of light as if by a lens. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of shooting a film. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: 1985, Variety's Film Reviews: 1983-1984: review of "Rhinestone" Directed in low-down, good-spirited vulgar fashion by Bob (“Porky's") Clark, who took over from Don Zimmerman after two weeks of lensing, film is a genuine oddball.
Word: microlensing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + lensing. 1. gravitational lensing Labels: uncountable
Word: gravitational lensing Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of a highly-massive object (such as a star, galaxy, or black hole) that acts as a gravitational lens and focuses light from a light source (such as another star or galaxy) that passes behind it as observed from the Earth. Labels: uncountable
Word: wheel around Part of Speech: verb 1. To transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair or wheelbarrow. Labels: transitive Example: […] meals consisted of sandwiches and Victory Coffee wheeled round on trolleys by attendants from the canteen. 2. To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl around. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The pony made a moment’s pause; but, as if it occurred to him that to stop when he was required might be to establish an inconvenient and dangerous precedent, he immediately started off again, rattled at a fast trot to the street corner, wheeled round, came back, and then stopped of his own accord. Example: At the next corner a shrill whistle sounded in Sam’s ear. He wheeled around and saw a black-browed villain scowling at him over peanuts heaped on a steaming machine. 3. To cause to change direction quickly, turn. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: 1834, “Burnes’s Travels into Bokhara” in The Quarterly Review, London: John Murray, Volume 52, August and November, 1834, p. 387, The river of Cabool was crossed on a raft supported on inflated skins […] Its rapidity, formed into eddies, wheeled them round, and they had the agreeable satisfaction of being told that, if carried some way down, there was a whirlpool round which, if once enclosed in its circle, they might revolve, in hunger and giddiness, for a whole day. Example: As soon as the crossing was effected, the general’s face suddenly took on an expression of deliberation and seriousness; he wheeled his horse around, and at full gallop rode across the wide forest-surrounded field which spread before us. 4. In dancing, when a couple, holding hands, turns around 180 degrees, with the left hand dancer moving backward and the right hand dancer moving forward. Labels: intransitive Example: 1950, Lee Owens and Viola Ruth, Advanced Square Dance Figures of the West and Southwest, Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, “The Do-Si-Do Shuffle,” p. 108, When in Opposites’ positions, the two Head Couples dance a Right and Left Through to their home place where they wheel around to face the center.
Word: yield up Part of Speech: verb 1. To give something against one's will. Example: The soldiers obliged us to yield up all our money. 2. To disclose something hidden. Example: Finally, after many years of investigation, the pyramid has yielded up its most recondite secrets.
Word: yielded up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yield up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yielding up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yield up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yields up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yield up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: BRD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bovine respiratory disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BRD Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German BRD. 1. Synonym of FRG (“Federal Republic of Germany”). Labels: uncommon
Word: capslock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Caps Lock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: antitheistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + theistic. 1. Of, pertaining to or espousing antitheism.
Word: prusik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Austrian mountaineer Karl Prusik. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʌsɪk/ 1. A type of friction hitch. Labels: attributive
Word: prusik Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named for Austrian mountaineer Karl Prusik. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʌsɪk/ 1. To climb a rope using a prusik.
Word: friction hitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A category of knot tied around another rope, which allows the hitch to be moved up and down the other rope, but which remains stationary when a load is placed on it.
Word: great auk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from an early Scandinavian word (compare Old (West) Norse álka, Norwegian alke (“razorbill”)). 1. A large extinct auk (†Pinguinus impennis). Example: The last great auk ever seen in the UK was captured off Stac an Armin, St Kilda, in 1840.
Word: pericentromeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English centromeric English pericentromeric From peri- + centromeric. 1. Situated near, or on each side of, the centromere of a chromosome 2. Related to a pericentromere
Word: snowline Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of snow line. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tethering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɛðəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tether Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tethering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛðəɹɪŋ/ 1. The act or means by which something is tethered. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Early childhood takes the fact for what it is best worth, and sets about finding not alone its qualities and attributes, but its affiliations, its tetherings, its implications, its adaptability to other purposes than those it serves to common sense. 2. The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable
Word: cataplasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma). 1. A plaster or poultice, spread over one's skin as medical treatment. Example: Aretæus prescribes cataplasms of camomile flowers, fennel, aniseeds, cummin, rosemary, wormwood leaves, etc. Example: The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſms.
Word: signal-to-noise Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of signal-to-noise ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: SNR Part of Speech: noun 1. signal-to-noise ratio 2. supernova remnant 3. Initialism of Single Number Rating, a measure of the efficacy of hearing protection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: S/N Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of signal-to-noise ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of serial number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: tetraethoxysilane Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound (C₂H₅O)₄Si; it is used in silicon dioxide vapour deposition, and in the waterproofing of stone Labels: uncountable
Word: Kotte Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sinhalese කෝට්ටේ (kōṭṭē) or Tamil கோட்டே (kōṭṭē). 1. Ellipsis of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte: the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: unphotographed 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 photographed English unphotographed From un- + photographed. 1. Not photographed (either on a specific occasion or ever)
Word: unreduced 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 reduced English unreduced From un- + reduced. 1. Not reduced or subjected to reduction
Word: amnionic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of amniotic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amniote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scientific Latin Amniota. Thus, by surface analysis, amnio- + -ote. Pronunciation: /ˈam.nɪ.əʊt/ 1. Any of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles. Example: Natural selection responded accordingly and the ultimate result was not just the evolution of more amphibians but ultimately of creatures no longer dependent on an aquatic habitat for reproduction, the so-called amniotes – the animals we know today as reptiles, birds and mammals.
Word: amoeboid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -oid. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: amoeboid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -oid. 1. A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
Word: amoebous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -ous. 1. Alternative spelling of amebous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amebous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: ameb- + -ous. 1. amebic
Word: amole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mexican Spanish amole, from Classical Nahuatl ahmōlli. Pronunciation: /əˈmoʊleɪ/, /əˈmoʊli/, /əˈməʊli/ 1. Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap. 2. Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap. 3. Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap.
Word: amoretti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amoretto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Anglo-Norman esmover? Anglo-Norman amoverbor. ▲ Old French esmovoir? Old French amovoirbor. Middle English ameven English amove From Middle English amoven, ameven (“to excite”), from Old French amover (“to excite”). 1. To set in motion; to stir up, excite. Labels: obsolete Example: Vp-rose Duessa from her resting place, / And to the Paynims lodging comes with silent pace […] And him amoues with speaches seeming fit […]
Word: amove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin amoveō (“to remove”). 1. To remove. Labels: obsolete Example: Hence claws, horns, hoofs they use the pinching ill t' amove 2. To dismiss from an office or station. Labels: archaic, historical Example: The Tower. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to Thomas Tracy in that bailiwick, restoring the issues thereof, and to inform the king if there is any reason why he should not do this, as it was lately found by inquisition taken by Walter de Hungerford, then escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Middlesex that Thomas held no lands at his death of the king in chief, and the king ordered Walter not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to Thomas in that bailiwick, restoring the issues thereof, and Walter was amoved from his office before he had executed the order.
Word: amphoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English amphora Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English amphoral From amphora + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or in the shape of an amphora
Word: amreeta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of amrita. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: amrita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal, immortality”). Compare also Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “ambrosia”). 1. The water of life; the drink of the Hindu gods. Labels: Hinduism, uncountable
Word: amusedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English amused Middle English -ly English -ly English amusedly From amused + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈmjuːz.əd.li/ 1. In an amused manner
Word: in the same vein Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of a similar kind. Example: His comments to the press were in the same carping vein as in previous speeches.
Word: agressive Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of aggressive. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: This agressive male containment (where, figuratively, "if only you were a man for just ten minutes!" becomes instead "I'll make you into Peter Pan forever!") recalls the simultaneous containment and diminutionin the movement to ludify work, particularly in the Arco Wand ads. Example: The only way for you to do that is to support your position. Agressive douchebaggery and asserting that your position is unquestionable won't work on me.
Word: consensual crime Part of Speech: noun 1. An activity to which all participants consent which is deemed to be illegal.
Word: consensual crimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consensual crime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DICT Part of Speech: name 1. A dictionary network protocol. 2. Initialism of Department of Information and Communications Technology. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: treasuries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treasury Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MIME Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (“an Internet standard that extends the formatting and content capabilities of email”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SSH Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Secure Shell, a networking protocol by which two computers are connected via a secure channel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of South Superhighway (former name of SLEX). Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, historical 3. Social sciences and Humanities.
Word: TFTP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of trivial file transfer protocol: a simple file transfer protocol, like FTP. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Pancake Tuesday Part of Speech: name 1. Shrove Tuesday. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland
Word: idiorhythmic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of idiorrhythmic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Klabautermann Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Klabautermann. 1. A water sprite (or nix) who assists sailors and fishermen on the Baltic Sea in their duties.
Word: timezone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + zone. 1. Alternative form of time zone (chiefly US) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: street smart Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of street-smart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: street smarts Part of Speech: noun 1. Practical knowledge, especially concerning human behavior. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: fiat money Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of currency that a government declares as legal tender, deriving its value from public trust and regulatory decree rather than any intrinsic worth from commodities, such as gold. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seed money Part of Speech: noun 1. Money used to set up a new business venture. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Supreme Court Part of Speech: name 1. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction. Example: The first Indian woman who ever appeared before the Supreme Court as a lawyer was admitted to practice there today. 2. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction. Labels: Canada 3. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction. Labels: US Example: Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective. 4. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction. Labels: US 5. The highest court in a legal jurisdiction. Labels: Philippines
Word: hard money Part of Speech: noun 1. Money backed by specie and easily convertible into foreign currencies. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Money contributed directly to a candidate rather than to a party or committee. Labels: US, uncountable, usually 3. Academic funds received from a government or other entity at regular intervals, as opposed to those requiring the submission of research grant proposals etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: money broker Part of Speech: noun 1. A broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; money changer.
Word: money scrivener Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who produces the loan of money to others. Labels: UK
Word: money of account Part of Speech: noun 1. A denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ready money Part of Speech: noun 1. Money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [A] yong Freſh-water ſoldier that neuer before followed theſe ſtrange warres, and yet hath a Charge newly giuen him (by the old fellow Soldado Vecchio his father, when Death had ſhotte him into the Graue) of ſome ten or twelve thouſand in ready money, beſides ſo many hundreds a yeare: […] Example: It might have been supposed that, given a girl rapidly becoming good-looking, comfortably circumstanced, and for the first time in her life commanding ready money, she would go and make a fool of herself by dress.
Word: rent money Part of Speech: noun 1. Money set aside to pay rent. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: money chest Part of Speech: noun 1. A burglar-resistant container for storing money and other precious items.
Word: Pashtunist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Pashtun 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 Pashtunist From Pashtun + -ist. 1. Of, pertaining to, evincing, or advocating Pashtun nationalism.
Word: Pashtunist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Pashtun 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 Pashtunist From Pashtun + -ist. 1. A Pashtun nationalist.
Word: money clip Part of Speech: noun 1. A clip used for securing folded banknotes.
Word: stamp out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stamp aʊt/ 1. To extinguish by stamping. Labels: transitive 2. To get rid of totally; to eradicate. Labels: transitive Example: Since 1956, Nasution had been trying to stamp out corruption in the Army.
Word: good people Part of Speech: noun 1. A good person. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: "Oh no, I don't mean him," said Bert, "he's good people. He's on our side, not the system's." Example: 2021 Anne Boonchuy in Amphibia "If You Give a Frog a Cookie" Thanks, Terri. You're good people.
Word: good people Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of good folk (“magical humanoid creatures”). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: When, for example, the peasant sees a cloud of dust sweeping along the road, he raises his hat and says, "God speed you, gentlemen!" for it is the popular belief that it is in these cloudy vehicles that the Good People journey from one place to another. Example: But when she desired an old riven oak to be cut down an oak in which the good people (fairies) loved to assemble — because it impeded some favourite view, the poor old woman almost went mad, […]
Word: leisurist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English leisure 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 leisurist From leisure + -ist. 1. Someone who devotes all or a significant part of their life to leisure. Labels: rare Example: Examples of serious leisurists are the hobbyists who fully dedicate available time and effort to their hobby.
Word: prefabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prefab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prefabs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prefab Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: culatello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian culatello. 1. A kind of ham aged for at least 11 months, traditionally produced in the territory along the River Po. Labels: uncountable
Word: tabret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of taboret. 1. A small tabor; a timbrel. Example: The singing-girls beat their tabrets and lulliloo'd with joy[.] 2. A person who plays the tabor. Labels: obsolete
Word: let up Part of Speech: verb 1. To cease or stop. Labels: intransitive Example: The rain shows no sign of letting up. Example: I think he did it but I just can't prove it / No, no body, no crime / But I ain't letting up until the day I die
Word: JDLR Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation of (it) just doesn't look right. 1. Largely or seemingly free of signs and symptoms, yet nonetheless with some aspect or appearance of illness, especially if ineffably. Labels: informal
Word: JDLR Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of (it) just doesn't look right. 1. strangeness, oddity, weirdness Labels: uncountable Example: An investigative reporter we know always talks about the JDLR factor— if it Just Doesn't Look Right, it's probably not.
Word: consultive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English consult Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English consultive From consult + -ive. 1. Determined by, or relating to, consultation Example: consultive conference Example: consultive group
Word: Bailly Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Bailly. 1. A surname from French.
Word: Barker Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English barker (“shepherd; tanner”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːrkər/, /ˈbɑɹkɚ/ 1. An English surname originating as an occupation. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A village in Colonia department, Uruguay.
Word: fridge magnet Part of Speech: noun 1. A decoration attached to a magnet, displayed on the outside of refrigerator doors, sometimes used to attach a written reminder. 2. A stupid person. Labels: UK, slang
Word: excuser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa 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 Latin -ō Latin excūsāreder. Old French escuserder. Middle English excusen ▲ Latin excūsāreder. Old French excuseder. Middle English excuse English excuse 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 excuser From excuse + -er. 1. One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another. Example: In vain would his excusers endeavour to palliate his enormities, by imputing them to madness; because it is well known, that madness only operates by inflaming and enlarging the good or evil dispositions of the mind. 2. One who excuses or forgives another. Example: yet love is a sufficient excuse and excuser of greater errors than are mine
Word: hen's tooth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Example of a jocularly non-existent phenomenon, as many birds lack any teeth (having developed a bill instead). Compare horsefeathers and when pigs fly. 1. Anything not naturally occurring. Labels: idiomatic Example: as rare as a hen's tooth Example: Indeed, many of the Dutch in Pernambuco were won over to the Church of Rome, ‘whereas converts from Catholicism to Calvinism were as rare as hens’ teeth’.
Word: choanoflagellate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English choano- Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate English choanoflagellate From choano- + flagellate. 1. Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals. Example: Choanoflagellates are plankton: tiny protozoans that feed on even tinier bacteria. Example: Detailed studies showed that the sponge and the cells of a protist called a choanoflagellate used a different set of genes and proteins to build similar-looking structures.
Word: multiferroic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English ferroic English multiferroic From multi- + ferroic. 1. Having multiple ferroic properties (e.g. both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic)
Word: multiferroic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English ferroic English multiferroic From multi- + ferroic. 1. Any material having such properties
Word: majorite Part of Speech: noun 1. A silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium, found in the upper mantle of the Earth, that stores oxygen when under intense pressure
Word: step by step Part of Speech: adv 1. From one stage to the next in sequence. Labels: not-comparable Example: She assembled the toy step by step, following the instructions carefully. Example: We were shown the process step by step. 2. Gradually and steadily. Labels: not-comparable Example: Like many a successful YouTuber, she built up her following step by step, amassing subscribers as her video library grew. Example: Rail technology advanced step by step - albeit electrification was a good stride, rather than a short step.
Word: sixpenny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From six + penny. 1. Worth or costing six pennies. Labels: not-comparable Example: So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses. 2. Cheap; worthless. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: sixpenny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From six + penny. 1. A publication costing sixpence. 2. A stamp worth sixpence.
Word: hearte Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of heart. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bodye Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of body. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: abowt Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of about. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: abowt Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative spelling of about. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: May 20th, after dynner, I with my brother, Mr. Justice Yong, went to the Archebishop of Canterbury to Lambeth, abowt the personagis who used me well.
Word: besyde Part of Speech: prep 1. Archaic spelling of beside. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: cliffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cliff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cliffy From cliff + -y. 1. Abounding in cliffs. Example: 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 176. There is naked Nature,—inhumanly sincere, wasting no thought on man, nibbling at the cliffy shore where gulls wheel amid the spray. Example: Where did they all live? I wondered. My curiosity was soon destined to be gratified. Turning to the left the string of litters followed the cliffy sides of the crater for a distance of about half a mile, or perhaps a little less, and then halted. 2. Characteristic of a cliff. Example: HAG [...] 1. A rock or cliff; an abrupt, cliffy prominence.
Word: cliffy Part of Speech: noun 1. A cliffhanger (dramatic stopping point in a story). Labels: slang Example: All your questions won't be answered in the first book. It may end on a cliffhanger that leads into book 2. It's a mild cliffy, but it's there none the less.
Word: beaute Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beaut. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The furrier went on to say that he had a real beaute of a Canadian three-quarter squirrel just in. Example: “Yeah, she's a real beaute,” Al said as he patted the side of the plane.
Word: certayne Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of certain. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: certaynely Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of certainly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: amonge Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of among. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And Adam hyd him ſelf with his wyfe [Eve], from the preſence of yͤ LORDE God amonge the trees of the garden. Example: In like maner Ephraim droue not out yͤ Cananites that dwelt at Gaſer [Gezer], but the Cananites dwelt amonge them at Gaſer.
Word: forbeare Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of forbear. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: alongst Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Probably from earlier alonges, from Middle English alongest, alonge, on longe, from Old English onlong, andlang. By surface analysis, along + -st (excrescent ending). 1. along Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: alongst Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Probably from earlier alonges, from Middle English alongest, alonge, on longe, from Old English onlong, andlang. By surface analysis, along + -st (excrescent ending). 1. along Labels: archaic
Word: chaunce Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of chance. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: chaunce Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of chance. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: chauncest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English chaunce 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 chauncest From chaunce + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of chaunce Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: chaunceth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chaunce + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chaunce Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cinamon Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of cinnamon. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: geue Part of Speech: verb 1. give Labels: obsolete
Word: heire Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of heir. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But those husbandmen said amongst themselues, This is the heire, come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. Example: How many Masters have some stately Houses had, in the age of a small Cottage, that hath, as it were, lived, and dyed with her old Master, both dropping down together. Such vain Preservatories of us, are our Inheritances, even once removed: but look on it more Removes off, and continuing in thy Name, yet how little doth that concerne Thee (though the first Purchaser, or his Heire) Lazy Posterity, when they heare it so called know it by the Name, but not as thine; […]
Word: blinde Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of blind. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] but if you finde that their encrease and continuance multiply with your labour, it shall be then good for you to plant in diuers places of your Garden the hearbe called Palma Christi, in other places Garlicke and in other places Onyons, and it is an assured rule that no Moale will come néere where they grow for the strength and violence of their smell, is poysonous and deadly to those blinde vermines.
Word: blinde Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of blind. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: lyeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lye + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lye Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: begad Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From by God. 1. An expression of surprise, shock etc. Labels: archaic Example: You have a good name, good wits, good manners, and a good person—and, begad! I don't see why you shouldn't marry a woman with money—get into—distinguish yourself, and—and, in fact, that sort of thing. Example: Begad, Perry, old fellow, all's well at last, eh?" exclaimed Anthony, grasping my hand. "What I mean to say is — will ye look at 'em, begad!.
Word: chearful Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of cheerful. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: There is at times said he—a little self-importance—but it is not offensive;—& there are moments, there are points, when her Love of Money is carried greatly too far. But she is a goodnatured Woman, a very goodnatured Woman,—a very obliging, friendly Neighbour; a chearful, independant, valuable character.—and her faults may be entirely imputed to her want of Education.
Word: withoute Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of without. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: withoute Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of without. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: noyse Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of noise. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I thynke it better moꝛe mete and pꝛofytable / To ſtande afarre without the Chirche and quere / Than there to be ⸝ and ſo to that bable / That foꝛ thy noyſe none can the ſeruyce here […]
Word: voyce Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of voice. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: voyce Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of voice. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: graunt Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of grant. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: graunt Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of grant. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: grauntest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English graunt 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 grauntest From graunt + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of graunt Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: graunteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From graunt + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of graunt Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wanst Part of Speech: adv 1. once Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Be the bye, I wanst knew art ould woman of that name. She was my darling Tibbie, but a notorious drunkard. Example: Now, shut your eyes, and turn round wanst.' whispered the Grey Man. Shawn did as he was desired ; but, when he looked about, he was struck all of a hape to find himself standing in his own bawn....
Word: holie Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of holy. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: monie Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of money. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: heate Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of heat. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: I know not where is that promethian heate, That can thy light relumine
Word: heate Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of heat. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: heatest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English heat 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 heatest From heat + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of heat Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: heateth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From heat + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heat Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: expresse Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of express. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]
Word: contree Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of country. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: worlde Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of world. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: lyfe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of life. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: colde Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of cold. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;
Word: speke Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of speak. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wente Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of went, past participle of go. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: hande Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of hand. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: witnesse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of witness. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: witnesse Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of witness. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: neede Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of need. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: neede Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of need. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: whipt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From whip + -t. 1. simple past and past participle of whip Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: daye Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dhye (“wet-nurse”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: daye Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of day. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: birthdaye Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of birthday. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: thowt Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of thought. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: thowt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of think Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: learne Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of learn. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: foole Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of fool. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: foole Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of fool. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: foolest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fool 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 foolest From fool + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of fool Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: fooleth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fool + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fool Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: libertie Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of liberty. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: stript Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From strip + -t. 1. simple past and past participle of strip Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: absorbant Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of absorbent. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: absorbant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of absorbent. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hypermutation Part of Speech: noun 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 mutation English hypermutation From hyper- + mutation. 1. Frequent mutation Labels: uncountable 2. The organism or gene that results from such a mutation Labels: countable
Word: plurilinear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs Proto-Italic *plēōs Old Latin plousder. Latin plūs Latin plūris Latin pluri-bor. English pluri- Latin līneārisbor. English linear English plurilinear From pluri- + linear. 1. multilinear Labels: not-comparable
Word: multilinear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear English multilinear From multi- + linear. 1. Having many lines. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having many linear aspects. Labels: not-comparable 3. That is linear in each variable separately. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pomello Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of pomelo. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Pomelloes, a name under which forbidden fruit is sometimes sold in this country by fruiterers.
Word: ponticello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian ponticello (literally “little bridge”). 1. bridge (of a violin etc.)
Word: chess set Part of Speech: noun 1. The equipment needed to play chess: a set of chess pieces and a chessboard.
Word: Farquhar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Fearchar. Related to fear (“man”), combined with còir (“just, honest, good”), car (“friendly”)), or ciar (“dark grey”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɑɹxəɹ/, /ˈfɑɹkəɹ/ 1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: ponticelli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ponticello Labels: form-of, plural
Word: T-carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. The generic designator for several digitally multiplexed signal carrier systems.
Word: post-nasal drip Part of Speech: noun 1. The accumulation in the throat or back of the nose of excessive mucus produced by the sinuses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: RS-232 Part of Speech: name 1. Recommended Standard 232; the standard for serial binary signals between a DTE and a DCE.
Word: anopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -opia English anopia From an- + -opia. 1. State or condition of sightlessness, often due to medical reasons. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sexuoerotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sexuo- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticuslbor. French érotiqueder. English erotic English sexuoerotic From sexuo- + erotic. 1. Pertaining to sex and erotic arousal. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1987, John Money, "Homosexual Gender Identity and Psychoneuroendocrinology", in American Psychologist, volume 42, issue 4, pages 384–399, as reprinted in Stella Chess, Alexander Thomas, and Margaret Hertzig (editors), Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development, 1988: A Selection of the Year's Outstanding Contributions to the Understanding and Treatment of the Normal and Disturbed Child, Brunner/Mazel Publishers (1988), →ISBN, page 41, As in subhuman primates, in the human species sexuoerotic status is dependent not only on prenatal homonalization, but also on postnatal socialization effects. Example: Chronophiles are persons of any age whose sexuoerotic ages is incongruous with their physical age, yet is harmonious with the age of their chosen sexual partner/preference. Chronophilia is not related in any way to paedophilia, hebephilia, ephebophilia, gerontophilia or teleiophilia as individuals who possess these sexual orientations have congruent physical and sexuoerotic ages and generally have a preference for people of a different physical age.
Word: yes-no question Part of Speech: noun 1. A question that can only be answered by yes or no and does not allow for elaboration or detail. Example: To make it clear for the jury, I will ask you a simple yes-no question. Did you enter the house on the night of the 15th?
Word: blackhole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of black hole. Labels: alt-of, alternative, attributive
Word: blackhole Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of black hole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: no-load fund Part of Speech: noun 1. A mutual fund that charges no sales load.
Word: load fund Part of Speech: noun 1. A mutual fund that charges sales load.
Word: quadra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quadra. 1. The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. 2. A fillet, or listel. 3. A frame enclosing a bas relief.
Word: crucifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crucifier; equivalent to crucify + -er. 1. One who crucifies. Example: Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […] Example: I mind him well as he sat in his chair or daundered through Caulds, a kind word for every one and sage counsel in time of distress, but withal a severe man to himself and a crucifier of the body.
Word: bear claw Part of Speech: noun 1. A large, sweet pastry filled with raisins and spices. Labels: US, Western
Word: racehorses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of racehorse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: racetracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of racetrack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ranches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ranch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ranches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ranch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rampages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rampage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rampaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rampage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rampaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who rampages.
Word: rampaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rampage Labels: form-of, participle, past