nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: divorced Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɔː(ɹ)st/ 1. Cut off, or separated. Labels: not-comparable Example: divorced from reality Example: It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities. 2. Legally dissolved. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced. 3. Having had one's marriage legally dissolved. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mark's parents are divorced.
Word: divorced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɔː(ɹ)st/ 1. simple past and past participle of divorce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: DVM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of digital voltmeter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Dalvik Virtual Machine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VMD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of veterinary medical doctor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: veterinary technician Part of Speech: noun 1. A technical nurse in the veterinary field of medicine.
Word: pleurisy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pleuresi, pleresye, that borrowed from Old French pleuresie (French pleurésie), from Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis. By surface analysis, pleur- + -isy. Pronunciation: /ˈplʊəɹɪsi/, /ˈpljʊəɹɪsi/ 1. Inflammation of lung pleura. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1829 September, Richard N. Allen, An Essay on Pneumonia Biliosa, Horatio Gates Jameson (editor), The Maryland Medical Recorder, Volume 1, Number 1, page 591, The division of pleurisies now sanctioned by the general language of medical men, is that which arranges them as inflammatory,* bilious and typhoid. Example: And the dope often gave him a painful case of pleurisy if he smoked it for more than two straight days of heavy continuous smoking[…]
Word: it takes two to tango Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From the song Takes Two to Tango, written and composed in 1952 by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning. 1. Some things need the active cooperation of two parties; blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict. Labels: idiomatic Example: I can't do it by myself, and neither can you – it takes two to tango. Example: He started it! Well, it takes two to tango.
Word: rpm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of RPM. Labels: alt-of Example: Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie.
Word: rpm Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of RPM. Labels: alt-of
Word: exorcism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to ward off, to charge under oath, adjure”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos). Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/, /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪ.zəm/, /ˈɛk.sɚˌsɪ.zəm/ 1. The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Master Hume, we are therefore prouided: / will her Ladyship behold and heare our Exorcismes? Example: But in this part I am going to mention, it lay chiefly in the people deceived, or equally in both; and this was in wearing charms, philtres, exorcisms, amulets, and I know not what preparations, to fortify the body with them against the plague; as if the plague was not the hand of God, but a kind of possession of an evil spirit, and that it was to be kept off with crossings, signs of the zodiac, papers tied up with so many knots, […].
Word: exorcise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English exorcisen, exorzisen, from Medieval Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to banish an evil spirit; bind by oath”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos). Compare Old French exorciser. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɔː.saɪz/, /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsaɪz/, /ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪz/ 1. To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer. Labels: transitive Example: The priest attempted to exorcise the evil spirit from the house. Example: The ritual was performed to exorcise the demons from the village. 2. To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit. Labels: transitive Example: They hired a specialist to exorcise the haunted object.
Word: exorcist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French exorciste, from Latin exorcista, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkistḗs). Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪst/, /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsɪst/, /ˈɛk.sɚˌsɪst/ 1. A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a practitioner in exorcism to force out evil spirits or demons from a living being. Example: There came, too, an exorcist to banish him. When he began his conjuration with his magic words, Hinzelmann was at first quite quiet, and did not let himself be heard at all, but when he was going to read the most powerful sentences against him, he snatched the book out of his hand, tore it to pieces, so that the leaves flew about the room, caught hold of the exorcist himself, and squeezed and scratched him till ran away frightened out of his wits.
Word: possessed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəˈzɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of possess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: possessed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pəˈzɛst/ 1. Controlled by evil spirits. Example: He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil. Example: Three days remained till Beltane's E'en, and throughout this time it was noted that Heriotside behaved like one possessed. It may be that his conscience pricked him, or that he had a glimpse of his sin and its coming punishment. 2. Seized by powerful emotions. Example: O what ridiculous Reſolutions Men take, when poſſeſs'd with Fear! It deprives them of the Uſe of thoſe Means which Reaſon offers for their Relief. 3. Having; owning. Labels: not-comparable Example: The president was possessed of great wealth. Example: It is said that every life has its roses and thorns; there seemed, however, to have been a misadventure or mistake in Stephen's case, whereby somebody else had become possessed of his roses, and he had become possessed of the same somebody else's thorns in addition to his own.
Word: off-white Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English off- Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English off-white From off- + white. 1. Any pale colour that is almost white. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: off-white Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English off- Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English off-white From off- + white. 1. Of a very pale colour that is almost white. Labels: not-comparable Example: The ceiling panels are in off-white eggshell semi-matt finish.
Word: sunlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from Old English sunnan lēoht (“sunlight”), equivalent to sun + light. Cognate with Dutch zonlicht (“sunlight”), German Low German Sünnenlücht (“sunlight”), German Sonnenlicht (“sunlight”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ 1. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: sunbeams Example: Near-synonym: daylight 2. Brightness, hope; a positive outlook. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 3. Synonym of sunrise. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Synonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”). Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: sunlight zone
Word: sunlight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from Old English sunnan lēoht (“sunlight”), equivalent to sun + light. Cognate with Dutch zonlicht (“sunlight”), German Low German Sünnenlücht (“sunlight”), German Sonnenlicht (“sunlight”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ 1. To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime.
Word: submarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of submarine + aquarium. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈmɛəɹi.əm/, /sʌbˈmɛɹi.əm/ 1. An aquarium with many sea creatures.
Word: chatroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chat + room. 1. Alternative spelling of chat room. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: feague Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”), from Middle Dutch vēghen (“to cleanse”), from Old Dutch *fegōn (“to cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *faginōn, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, to adorn”). Cognate with Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Icelandic fægja (“to polish”), Swedish feja (“to sweep”). More at fay, fair, fake. Pronunciation: /fiːɡ/ 1. To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its anus. Example: FEAGUE, to feague a horse; to put ginger up a horse's fundament, to make him lively, and carry his tail well; it is said, a forfeit is incurred by any horse dealer's servant, who shall show a horse without first feagueing him, used figuratively for encouraging or spiriting one up. Example: Feague. To feague a horſe; to put ginger up a horſe's fundament, and formerly, as it is ſaid, a live eel, to make him lively, and carry his tail well: it is ſaid, a forfeit is incurred by any horſe dealer's ſervant, who ſhall ſhew a horſe without firſt feaguing him. Feague is uſed, figuratively, for encouraging or ſpiriting one up. 2. To beat or whip; to drive. Labels: obsolete Example: Dol[l]. (aside). Oh, if I wist this old priest would not sticke to me, by Ioue, I would ingle this old seruing-man. / Harp[oole]. Oh you old mad colt! yfaith, Ile feak you! fil all the pots in the house there. Example: [T]here's one Count Sharnofsky, too, such another ambitious dry-chops, he hath not the grace to love good drink, and yet he hath the impudence to aim at the Crown. […] [H]e squints at it fearfully, and he hath an itch at the Princess too; (Landlord squints, and makes grim-faces,) but I hope the Cardinal will feage [footnote: "Whip" or "beat."] 'um all. 3. To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’. Labels: obsolete Example: Sir Sim[on Addlepot]. I vvill carry the VViddovv to the French Houſe. / [Mrs.] Joyn[er]. If ſhe vvill goe. / Sir Sim. If ſhe vvill go; vvhy, did you ever knovv a VVidovv refuſe a treat? no more than a Lavvyer a Fee faith and troth; yet I know too. / No treat, ſvveet words, good meen, but ſly Intrigue / That muſt at length, the jilting VVidovv fegue. Example: [W]hen Cataline a League / Had made[,] the Senators to fegue, / And ſtrumpet had told Marcus Tully, / The cloſe intentions of that Bully, / He not ſo much the cauſe revenging / O'th'State, as t'hinder his own ſwinging, / Made the beſt ſpeech to quell that ſtrife, / (Tis ſaid) that e're he made in's Life, […] 4. To have sexual intercourse with. Labels: obsolete Example: Come, brother Cockwood, let us get 'em / To lay aſide theſe masking Fopperies, and then / We'll fegue 'em in earneſt: Give us a bottle, Waiter. Example: Chor[us]. […] See, yonder ſits Well-born with his pretty Wife. / […] Shee ſeeks for her Gallant, and he o'my Life / Hath a mind to be feaguing yon Vizor-Mask-Whore.
Word: feague Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Dutch feeks, probably from vegen (“to sweep, strike”): see etymology of feague (verb) above. Compare Middle English vecke (“old woman”). Pronunciation: /fiːɡ/ 1. An unkempt, slatternly person. Labels: obsolete Example: So Jack enters: / And trips up staires, as quick, as come penny, / Where we find, what's before good company! / Three female idle feaks, who long'd for pigs head. Example: Feague (also feak, q.v.) as a noun, was used of a slattern, a sluttish woman.
Word: Scientology Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the stem of Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciō (“to know”), + -ology. 1. A cult with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard. Example: Werner Erhard's highly successful est cult is partly derived from Scientology. Erhard had some experience with Scientology in 1969. Then he worked for a while in Mind Dynamics, itself an offshoot of Jose Silva's Mind Control. Example: Est (Erhard Seminars Training) has been a singularly successful synthetic derivation, which has itself gone on to generate new movements, transmitting aspects of Scientology thought or practice far from the domain of L. Ron Hubbard.
Word: phthalic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of three isomeric aromatic organic benzenedicarboxylic acids, C₆H₄(COOH)₂; especially the ortho- isomer manufactured from naphthalene, used in the synthesis of dyes, perfumes and other compounds.
Word: phthalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened form of naphthalic, from naphthalene + -ic, from naphtha + -al + -ene. Pronunciation: /ˈ(f)θælɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or derived from naphthalene or phthalic acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phthalic anhydride Part of Speech: noun 1. The acid anhydride of phthalic acid; manufactured by the oxidation of xylene or naphthalene, widely used in the synthesis of dyes, insecticides, plasticizers and pharmaceuticals. Labels: uncountable
Word: phthalate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phthal(ic) + -ate (“salt or ester”), short for obsolete naphthalic acid, from naphthalene. Pronunciation: /ˈ(f)θa.leɪt/, /ˈ(f)θæ.leɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of a phthalic acid. Example: Researchers investigating levels of phthalates in the human body, which have been linked to asthma, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes and fertility issues in the past few years, were found to be nearly 35% higher in participants who had eaten out the previous day compared with those who stayed at home. Example: Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI.
Word: dicarboxylic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + carboxylic acid. 1. Any organic compound having two carboxylic acid functional groups.
Word: crank shaft Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crankshaft. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: naphthalene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphth(a) English -al French -ènebor. English -ene English naphthalene From naphth(a) + -al + -ene. Pronunciation: /ˈnæfθəliːn/, /ˈnæpθəliːn/ 1. A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Kambujiya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /⁠Kaᵐbūjiya⁠/). Supposed by some scholars to be related to Kamboja, although "there are also scholars who denounce a connection between Kamboja and Kambujiya … and who defend another etymology". 1. The name of several monarchs of Achaemenid line of ancient Persia.
Word: mayhap Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the phrase “it may hap”. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪhæp/ 1. Maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare Example: I'm one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap you'll never see such another […] Example: Then I heard the rush, the stamping and neighing, of some young mares, pasturing there, as they raced to and fro, bewildered or mayhap only in play.
Word: sweeten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sweet + -en. Eclipsed non-native Middle English doucen and endoucen, borrowed from Old French adoucir and endoucir (“to sweeten”). Pronunciation: /ˈswiːtən/, [ˈswiːtn̩], [ˈswiːʔn̩] 1. To make sweet to the taste. Labels: transitive Example: to sweeten tea 2. To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings. Labels: transitive Example: to sweeten life Example: to sweeten friendship 3. To make mild or kind; to soften. Labels: transitive Example: to sweeten the temper 4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve. Labels: transitive Example: to sweeten the cares of life Example: Our God to bless out home delights, / And sweeten every secret tear:— [...] 5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate. Labels: transitive Example: Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other. 6. To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter. Labels: transitive Example: to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected Example: to sweeten the air 7. To make warm and fertile. Labels: transitive Example: to dry and sweeten soils 8. To raise the pH of (a soil) by adding alkali. Labels: transitive Example: [T]hey had prepared the garden carefully, plowing and sweetening the dirt with fireplace ashes and manure from the barn[.] 9. To restore to purity; to free from taint. Labels: transitive Example: to sweeten water, butter, or meat 10. To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations. Labels: transitive Example: to sweeten the deal by increasing the price offered 11. To become sweet. Labels: intransitive 12. To supplement (a composition) with additional instruments, especially strings. Labels: transitive Example: In most popular music the bowed strings usually play long, sustained, sweeping parts, and are sometimes added to a vocal track later in a process known as sweetening. Example: Rather than employ strings to “sweeten” the songs, Motown's arrangements used strings as a timbral layer, in conjunction with syncopated horn lines, for a fuller sound; […]
Word: coal tar Part of Speech: noun 1. A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lewis Kirk, the inventor of the steam hammer, and John Dodsworth, of Reading, Penn. have invented a new compound which they say "experience has proved to be a superior compound for preventing friction. The invention is the union, under a high degree of heat, of oil with asphaltum, or with coal tar, or with both together. Example: Phenol can be obtained from coal tars by two methods : (a) Directly by separation of the product contained in this type of feedstock, at the rate of 0.5 to 1.5 per cent weight.
Word: town gas Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several flammable gases sold and distributed by a municipal gasworks for lighting and heating in a town, including coal gas and water gas. Labels: uncountable
Word: para- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside, next to”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpɛɹə/ 1. beside, alongside Labels: morpheme Example: para- → parallel Example: para- → parasite 2. beside, alongside Labels: morpheme Example: para- + conformity → paraconformity Example: para- + axial → paraxial 3. between Labels: morpheme 4. around, surrounding Labels: morpheme Example: para- + cortex → paracortex Example: para- + diapophysis → paradiapophysis 5. around, surrounding Labels: morpheme Example: para- + colpitis → paracolpitis 6. adjacent, next to Labels: morpheme Example: para- + central → paracentral Example: para- + caval → paracaval 7. near Labels: morpheme Example: para- + anal → paranal Example: para- + epididymis → parepididymis 8. opposite of, on the far side of Labels: morpheme Example: para- + cavernous → paracavernous 9. above, over Labels: morpheme Example: para- + ductal → paraductal Example: para- + coronoid → paracoronoid 10. across, through, throughout Labels: morpheme Example: para- + cerebral → paracerebral Example: para- + cloacal → paracloacal 11. beyond Labels: morpheme Example: para- → paradox (literally “beyond expectation”) Example: para- + normal → paranormal 12. abnormal Labels: morpheme Example: para- + algesia → paralgesia 13. incorrect Labels: morpheme 14. false Labels: morpheme Example: para- + diorthosis → paradiorthosis 15. resembling Labels: morpheme Example: para- + amylum → paraamylum Example: para- + military → paramilitary 16. unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned Labels: morpheme Example: para- + state → parastate Example: para- + baptism → parabaptism 17. avoiding or avoidant Labels: morpheme Example: para- + enteral → parenteral Example: para- + consistent → paraconsistent 18. In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-) Labels: morpheme 19. related or pertaining to Labels: morpheme Example: para- + bicanonical → parabicanonical Example: para- + bigeminal → parabigeminal 20. affecting or concerning lower body Labels: morpheme Example: para- + anesthesia → paranesthesia Example: para- + ballism → paraballism
Word: para- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From French para-, from Italian para-, from para, imperative of parare (“to defend, shield, shroud”), from Latin parō (“to prepare”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpɛɹə/ 1. to guard against, to avert, to shield from; to provide protection against, defence from Labels: idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete
Word: para- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From parachute. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpɛɹə/ 1. Parachute Labels: morpheme Example: para- + skiing → paraskiing
Word: para- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Paralympic. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpɛɹə/ 1. disability sport Labels: morpheme
Word: parachutist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parachute 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 parachutist From parachute + -ist. 1. Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport. Example: If any of the extreme sports can be considered truly high risk, then B.A.S.E. Jumping is that sport. […] Modern B.A.S.E. jumping is believed to have started in 1978, where daring parachutists first began jumping off of El Capitan, a 3,000 foot (915m) cliff high above Yosemite National Park. Example: I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back.
Word: skydiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skydive + -er or sky + diver. Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪˌdaɪvɚ/ 1. Someone who skydives.
Word: deployment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French déploiement. Also de- + ployment. Pronunciation: /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/ 1. An arrangement or classification of things. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An implementation, or putting into use, of something. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of software deployment, the installation of software, in particular on servers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: The exception to this methodology is emergency updates, which have too short a deployment window to make staged deployment practical. When an update package is scheduled to be deployed in stages, the target groups must be identified as part of the deployment preparation. 4. The distribution of military forces, especially prior to battle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Deployments […] which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war. Example: The German chancellor has visited Lithuania to mark Berlin’s first permanent foreign troop deployment since the second world war, as he called on allies to dramatically expand their efforts to bolster European defences against a hostile Russia. 5. The start of something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tree frog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of tree + frog. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiːfɹɒɡ/, /ˈtɹiːfɹɑɡ/, /ˈtɹiːfɹɔɡ/ 1. A frog of the family Hylidae, of small size and more elegant in form than the true frogs (family Ranidae), often with a bright coloration.
Word: typography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French typographie from Medieval Latin typographia from Ancient Greek τυπογράφος (tupográphos, “certified copy”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). By surface analysis, type + -o- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /taɪˈpɒɡɹəfi/, /taɪˈpɑɡɹəfi/ 1. The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The practice or process of printing with type. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The appearance and style of typeset matter. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: nitpicky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nitpick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nitpicky From nitpick + -y. 1. Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
Word: tableaux Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tableau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Peking duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Chinese 北京烤鴨／北京烤鸭 (Běijīng kǎoyā). Same as Peking + duck. Pronunciation: /ˌpiːkɪŋ ˈdʌk/ 1. A Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients. Labels: uncountable Example: During out third day in Peking, we received word that Premier Chou En-lai would have dinner with us. We sat in a banquet room in the Great Hall of the People and enjoyed a fabulous meal of Peking duck. Example: As restaurants in the Chinese capital drift in the doldrums of a COVID ban on dining in, one eatery manager and his army of chefs have set up stalls on the pavement to keep alive some of the old magic and drum up sales of their big seller, Peking duck.[…]"Our Peking duck sales have even gone up," Zheng, 35, told Reuters outside his restaurant as a queue of customers waited.
Word: employer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From employ + -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmˈplɔɪə/, /ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/, /ɛmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/, /ɪmˈploɪə/ 1. A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person. Example: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. Example: Today, at common law, the employer's duty to his employé is to use ordinary and reasonable care for the safety of his employé while he is performing his work.
Word: chips Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chips Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪps/ 1. plural of chip Labels: form-of, plural 2. Money. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: chips Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪps/ 1. A carpenter. Labels: slang Example: But the Saturday-night bottles were not all. The carpenter and cooper, in sea parlance, Chips and Bungs, who were the "Cods," or leaders of the forecastle, in some way or other, managed to obtain an extra supply […] Example: I began a new branch of experience by going to sea as a 'chips.'
Word: Peking Part of Speech: name Etymology: c. 1655 romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 北京 (Běijīng), reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. The early Portuguese and Jesuits such as Francis Xavier used the spelling Paquim; Abraham Ortelius used C. Paquin for his 1572 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas; Italian Jesuit Martino Martini used Peking in his 1654 Latin De Bello Tartarico Historia and 1655 Novus Atlas Sinensis, which were quickly translated into English and later used by Joan Blaeu for his 1665 Atlas Maior. Peter Heylyn's Cosmographie changed its spelling from Paquin in the 1652 edition to Peking in the 1658 edition, but both Pekin and Peking were used interchangeably in English until the Chinese Imperial Post adopted Peking as its official transcription in the 1890s. (Note that Peking is not derived from Wade-Giles romanization- see Pei-ching and Peiching.) Pronunciation: /piːˈkɪŋ/ 1. Dated form of Beijing: a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: The Emperour hearing of the ill ſucceſſe of this Affairs, began to think of leaving the Northern parts, where his Royal City of Peking is ſituated, and to paſſe to Nankuing which is far more Southward; but he was diſſwaded from this intended courſe as well by his loyal, as diſloyal ſubjec͡ts : by theſe, that they might give him up more ſpeedily into the enemies hands, before their treachery was diſcovered; and by the others, leſt his flight might trouble the Kingdome more, and diſcourage all his Subjec͡ts from giving their beſt aſſiſtance; for they thought the City impregnable, being fortified with ſo ſtrong a Garriſon; nor did they doubt that the Kings preſence would draw the ſources of the whole Kingdom to him. Example: This is not a time for a long speech but, I would not want this opportunity to pass without saying just a word with regard to the significance of this moment. Some of you may recall that it was two and a half years ago that right here in Guam, I announced a new direction for American foreign policy based on the principles of self-reliance, self-respect- equal dignity for all nations, large and small throughout the world. And tomorrow, I will take off from Guam for Shanghai and Peking, the first President of the United States ever to visit China. Guam, I know it is said, is where the American day begins. And I would hope that all of you today would join me in this prayer, that with this trip to China, a new day may begin for the whole world. Thank you very much. 2. Dated form of Beijing: the government of the People's Republic of China; the central leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. Labels: alt-of, dated, metonymically
Word: moderation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin *med-der.? Latin *-osder.? Latin moderō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin moderātiō Old French moderacion Middle French [Term?]bor. English moderation Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō. By surface analysis, moderate + ion. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑdəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌmɒdəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...It regulates and governs the Passions of the Mind, and brings them into due moderation and frame... Example: Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation! 2. An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With the quick moderation of the weather some buying has appeared that had been held up because of the extremely cold weather […]. 3. The process of moderating a discussion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The moderation of a large online forum can be hard work. 4. Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scumbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scum + bag; first recorded use 1953. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌmˌbæɡ/ 1. A condom. Labels: dated, slang, vulgar Example: “A scumbag,” Sonny repeated. “Rubber. A pro-phy-natic. You know what I mean, don't you?” 2. A sleazy, disreputable, despicable, or otherwise immoral person; a lowlife. Labels: informal, mildly, vulgar Example: Can you believe that scumbag Steve asked to sleep with her before even asking her name? Example: Monroney was variously described as a "scumbag," "SOB," "Snake," "dead sheep," [...] and assorted unprintable adjectives.
Word: Caca Part of Speech: name Etymology: The sister of Cacus, which see. 1. goddess of the hearth. Labels: Roman
Word: gyroball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gyro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English gyroball From gyro- + ball. 1. A spinning pitch thrown most commonly by Japanese baseball players.
Word: honeypot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hwny pott; equivalent to honey + pot. 1. A pot of honey. 2. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing Labels: US, dated, figuratively, slang 3. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing Labels: figuratively, slang Example: "[S]he had the boss eating from her honeypot." Baxter rolled his eyes at the crude term for pussy, but Rodney did have a point. 4. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing Labels: figuratively Example: And the American Embassy in Moscow was infiltrated thanks to “honeypots,” Soviet women who seduced Marine guards. Example: Perhaps in order to create his own, more controlled environment for debaucherie, he set up a house of prostitution with Gestapo funds, justifying it as a "honeypot" with which to ensnare unsuspecting foreign diplomats. 5. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing Labels: figuratively Example: Wherever the biggest bunch of men were in the room, you could bet Lisa'd be in the middle of them. What a honeypot. Example: 'You're turning into a honeypot,' he would say to her: it was a criticism of sins uncommitted, it was jeering as if she were getting above herself, it was a warning, no doubt of that, and there was something else which she could barely fathom, it was hurt at the approaching betrayal, a staving off of loss. 6. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing Labels: figuratively Example: Computer experts install honeypots to trick hackers. 7. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing Labels: UK, figuratively Example: Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify Bath's position as a tourist honeypot. Example: ES's original intention was to run beyond Berlin to the tourist honeypots of Dresden and Prague, but a lack of suitable train paths means that won't be possible until March 2024. 8. A chamber pot. Labels: euphemistic, obsolete 9. A slop bucket. Labels: euphemistic, obsolete
Word: Pisgah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew פסגּה (Piṣgāh), a name for the peak of Mount Nebo, meaning literally “top of a mountain; summit”. 1. A glimpse of a distant sight; an overview of a situation; a position that affords a view. Labels: attributive, figuratively, often Example: Although the development of this work, complex and compelling in its own right, lies beyond the scope of the present study, a “Pisgah view” of Billy Budd[…] discloses its presentation, among many other things, of a sharply drawn retrospective allegory of Melville’s rhetorical career.
Word: Pisgah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew פסגּה (Piṣgāh), a name for the peak of Mount Nebo, meaning literally “top of a mountain; summit”. 1. The name of a mountain in the Bible. Usually refers to biblical Mount Pisgah or Mount Nebo. Example: —With swimming glance, Like him who erst from Pisgah's cliff descried The unenter'd land of promise,—he survey'd That emerald shore where slept in hallow'd graves His ancestors, where rose in beauteous strength The city of his joy,— Example: On Pisgah, Moses surveyed the whole land of Canaan, and although he was advantaged by the height of the place and the clearness of his eyes,[…] yet much of miracle must needs be admitted in so plain and far discovery. 2. Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina, United States. 3. A town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, Georgia. 5. A city in Harrison County, Iowa. 6. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois. 7. An unincorporated community in Woodford County, Kentucky. 8. An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland. 9. An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi. 10. An unincorporated community in Cooper County, Missouri. 11. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, North Carolina. 12. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Ohio. 13. A ghost town in Navarro County, Texas. 14. An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia. 15. Willoughby State Forest in Vermont, United States. 16. Former name of Killington Peak, Vermont, United States.
Word: skell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Perhaps from skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users. * Alternatively, from skellum or skelder ("to beg in the streets"). Used by Ben Jonson, 1599. * In the sense of a suspicious person, popularized by the American TV police drama NYPD Blue. 1. a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway. Labels: New-York, US, slang Example: Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway? 2. A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler. Labels: New-York, US, jargon, slang
Word: skell Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall off or fall over. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: She went skelling over on the ice.
Word: text link Part of Speech: noun 1. An element of text on a web page, used to access other web pages. Labels: Internet
Word: scrooge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. Pronunciation: /skɹuːd͡ʒ/ 1. A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources. 2. A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays.
Word: scrooge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. Pronunciation: /skɹuːd͡ʒ/ 1. To behave in a greedy or miserly way. Example: Mr. Chairman, $6 million is 15 times more than what the President earns and 30 times more than what a Cabinet Secretary earns. The Christmas Eve announcement of these bonuses was greeted by one commentator by saying the taxpayers got scrooged. Example: He went back to live in Clayton with dad and tearfully explained to him about Aunt Eliza and her mean, scrooging ways.
Word: scrooge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of scrouge. 1. To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.). Labels: UK, US, dialectal Example: So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged, then he scrooged again[.]
Word: in vain Part of Speech: adv 1. Without success or a result; ending in failure. Labels: idiomatic Example: […]that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain[…] Example: 19th c., Friedrich Nietzsche On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain. 2. In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning; insincerely or without proper respect. Labels: idiomatic Example: Thou ſhalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine:[…] Example: Methinks I see him even now in my mind's eye;— the firm and upright figure,— the step, quick and determined, — the eye, which shot so keen and so penetrating a glance,— the features on which care had already planted wrinkles, and hear his language, in which he never wasted word in vain, expressed in a voice which had sometimes an occasional harshness, far from the intention of the speaker.
Word: in vain Part of Speech: adj 1. Unsuccessful, failed. Labels: idiomatic Example: Their efforts were in vain and he succumbed to his injuries. Example: The problems concerning contrast induced hyperemia and the in vain efforts to search for a contrast agent not influencing flow […]
Word: luthier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French luthier, from luth (“lute”). Pronunciation: /ˈluː.ti.ə/, /ˈljuː.ti.ə/, /ˈluː.ti.ɚ/, /ˈluː.θi.ɚ/ 1. A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.
Word: muppet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Muppet, from the Muppets franchise Pronunciation: /ˈmʌpɪt/, /ˈmʌpɛt/, /ˈmɐpət/, /ˈmʊpɪt/ 1. Alternative form of Muppet (“a puppet in the style of Jim Henson's Muppets”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. An incompetent or foolish person. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: Sally is such a muppet, the way she always misses the train. Example: Some muppet has parked a car at the bus stop.
Word: improvise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus. Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/ 1. To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan. Example: He had no speech prepared, so he improvised. Example: They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
Word: so long as Part of Speech: phrase 1. Depending upon some condition or requirement; provided that; if, assuming; as long as. Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't mind if he stays there, so long as he cleans up after himself when he's done. Example: Hugh helped himself to bacon. "My dear fellow, she can think what she likes so long as she continues to grill bacon like this. Your wife is a treasure, James—a pearl amongst women; and you can tell her so with my love."
Word: as long as Part of Speech: conj 1. Provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement). Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't mind if he stays there, as long as he cleans up after himself when he's done. Example: I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me 2. For the entire duration that; while; since. Labels: idiomatic Example: As long as you're here, you may as well help me with the garden. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, long. Example: It took three times as long as I expected (= three times longer than I did).
Word: as long as Part of Speech: prep 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, long. Example: These meetings can last as long as three hours.
Word: open content Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by David Wiley as OpenContent in 1998. 1. Creative work that others can freely and legally copy or modify. Labels: attributive, sometimes, uncountable Example: Many websites are copyrighted and do not have any open content. Example: Wiktionary is a wiki-based open-content dictionary.
Word: skosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 少し (sukoshi, “a little bit”), originally US armed forces slang. Pronunciation: /skoʊʃ/, /skɑʃ/ 1. A tiny amount; a little bit. Labels: informal Example: He added just a skosh of vinegar, to give the recipe some zip. Example: “Fly just a skosh to your one o'clock,” Elroy said.
Word: NIST Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of National Institute of Standards and Technology. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Since the lab has been "doged," a petition posted to Change.org by Evgeny Stambulchik asked for signatures to oppose the layoff of the NIST Atomic Spectroscopy Group and has garnered 2,500 signatures as of reporting time. There is also a campaign website.
Word: chamfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“to break”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæm.fə/, /ˈt͡ʃæm.fɚ/, [ˈt͡ʃɛəm.fɚ], /ˈt͡ʃæːm.fə/, [ˈt͡ʃeːm.fə] 1. An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
Word: chamfer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“to break”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæm.fə/, /ˈt͡ʃæm.fɚ/, [ˈt͡ʃɛəm.fɚ], /ˈt͡ʃæːm.fə/, [ˈt͡ʃeːm.fə] 1. To cut off the edge or corner of something. Labels: transitive 2. To cut a groove in something. Labels: transitive
Word: Afganistan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Afghanistan Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chamfered Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing chamfers Labels: not-comparable Example: The building, in a plain Tudor Gothic style, has a central door in chamfered ashlar surround.
Word: chamfered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chamfer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: def Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɛf/ 1. Abbreviation of definition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: In that case Wills, J., adopted a dictionary def of “Cowkeeper” as, “one whose business it is to keep cows,” and added, “the business of a Cowkeeper is a special business of its own.” Example: The Black Books also reflect [Philip Babcock] Gove’s notoriously brusque manner, no doubt gained from an early career in the Navy. Memos begin, “Editorializing has no place in definitions,” or “Godlove’s psychophysical defs of color names and their references had better be regarded as sacrosanct.” Sir, yes, sir! 2. Abbreviation of deficit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: def Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /dɛf/ 1. Clipping of definitely. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: i can def sneak out tn. where should i meet u? Example: And focus on cleaning the park. But we should def get waffle fries after.
Word: def Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of definitive or definitely; alternatively an eye spelling of death referring to an absolute. Pronunciation: /dɛf/ 1. Excellent; very good. Labels: slang Example: You real def. I’m gonna put you on stage. Example: See I do this thing, so come pursue this king / One minor rhyme is all you just bring / Cause I’m the best I’m def, ask the rest they left
Word: out of hand Part of Speech: adv 1. Without (further) thought or consideration. Example: The questions covered ranged from those that could be answered out of hand, through those requiring some thought and at least a second interview, to those which presented matters for further research in theoretical statistics. Example: I still think that advice is sound, because, if justices do decide a case out of hand on the complainant's case, it is argued, as in the present appeal, that they have ruled, as a matter of law, that there was no case to answer. 2. Immediately, forthwith, or incontinently. Labels: archaic Example: Near-synonym: offhand Example: He bad to open wyde his brazen gate, / Which long time had bene shut, and out of hond / Proclaymed ioy and peace through all his state [...].
Word: out of hand Part of Speech: adj 1. Barely under control; not under control. Example: Near-synonyms: chaotic, messy, uncontrolled, uncontrollable Example: Clean things as you go so that the mess does not get out of hand.
Word: goober peas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goober pea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: florentine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flōrens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Flōrentia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin Flōrentīnus French florentinbor. English florentine Borrowed from French florentin. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/, /ˈflɒɹəntiːn/ 1. Cooked or served with spinach. Labels: not-comparable Example: Eggs florentine is on the menu.