nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Carson Part of Speech: name Etymology: Could originate from the Gaelic name "Carr" or "Carra", meaning "rock" or "fort," combined with "son", thus "son of Carr.". Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.sən/, /ˈkɑɹ.sən/ 1. A Scottish surname, possibly a form of Curzon. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A female given name transferred from the surname. Labels: rare 4. A locale in the United States. 5. A locale in the United States. 6. A locale in the United States. 7. A locale in the United States. 8. A locale in the United States. 9. A locale in the United States. 10. A locale in the United States. 11. A locale in the United States. 12. A locale in the United States. 13. A locale in the United States. 14. A locale in the United States. 15. A desert in the Lahontan Basin of Nevada. 16. A mountain range in eastern California and western Nevada, a spur of the Sierra Nevada. 17. A river in northwestern Nevada; flowing from the confluence of the West Fork Carson and East Fork Carson near Minden into the Carson Sink; named for Kit Carson. 18. A river in northern Western Australia; flowing from the Foster Range at the Drysdale River National Park into the King Edward River near Kalumburu; named for Victoria Squatting Company director David Carson.
Word: heiresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heiress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mattresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mattress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sequentially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sequential Middle English -ly English -ly English sequentially From sequential + -ly. Pronunciation: /səˈkwɛntʃəli/ 1. In sequence, in order. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then a dimensionwise heuristic and a vectorwise heuristic are applied sequentially.
Word: 'kay Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /keɪ/, [(ʔ)ˈkʰeɪ̯(p̚)] 1. Apheretic form of okay. Labels: colloquial Example: “Orange juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, twice,” said Bond briefly. “’Kay,” said the girl. Her shoes lethargically scuffed the floor as she sauntered away.
Word: ect. Part of Speech: phrase 1. Misspelling of etc.. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: macushla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish mo chuisle (“my pulse”). 1. My darling, my dear. Labels: Ireland
Word: Gaulish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old English Gallisċ, equivalent to Gaul + -ish. Doublet of Welsh. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːlɪʃ/, /ˈɡɑlɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to Gaul. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Celtic tribes speaking Gaulish languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gaulish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Gallisċ, equivalent to Gaul + -ish. Doublet of Welsh. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːlɪʃ/, /ˈɡɑlɪʃ/ 1. The now-extinct Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul.
Word: superhuman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin superhūmānus. By surface analysis, super- + human. 1. Beyond what is possible for a human being. Example: How often, during her young life, had she looked upon the face of the dead!—it was now almost more familiar than the living. Again she marked the still repose, the calm, cold hue, the superhuman beauty, the look which is not of this world, here strongly contrasted by the troubled countenance of Lord Avonleigh. Example: An extraordinary character at the head of a leading power in Europe will be the immediate instrumentality in organizing the coming Roman Empire; but extraordinary occasions always bring out such. The great Napoleon, and the Imperial Confederation which he organized, afford an illustration. But the head of the Revived Roman Empire will be, in many respects, a more extraordinary character than the great Napoleon. The coming character will be an unscrupulous, impious, daring person, endowed with satanic intelligence and skill, and wielding a species of superhuman power over the minds of men. He is styled by the inspired Apostle, "that man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped."
Word: superhuman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin superhūmānus. By surface analysis, super- + human. 1. A human with remarkable abilities or superpowers. Example: Here is a man who, during a potentially testy moment of promotion, retained the clarity of thought to reach deep down into himself, locate the purest possible version of his personality and say: “Fuck you.” What a superhuman he is.
Word: soundness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English soundenes, soundnes, from Old English *sundnes, *ġesundnes (attested in onsundnes), from Proto-West Germanic *sundnassī (“soundness, health”); equivalent to sound + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian sûnens (“soundness, health”), Middle Low German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), Middle High German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), German Gesundnis (“health”). 1. The state or quality of being sound. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being sound. Labels: countable 3. The property (of an argument) of not only being valid, but also of having true premises. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is a theorem then it must also be valid. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T⊢φ is true, then T⊨φ must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ginned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ginned Part of Speech: adj 1. drunk Labels: dated, slang
Word: Abenaki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French abénaquis, either from Montagnais ouabanākionek (“people of the eastern country”) or from the Western Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki (whence also the English calque Dawnland) or an Eastern Abenaki/Penobscot cognate of the same, from Algonquin. Ultimately a compound word meaning "people of the east" or "people of the dawn-land", from Proto-Algonquian *wa·panki (“dawn”) + *askyi (“land”). Pronunciation: /ˌæbəˈnæ.ki/, /ˌɑbəˈnɑki/ 1. A member of an Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec. Example: The Abenaki could also be brave warriors, but like most hunter-gatherers they probably did not go looking for trouble.
Word: Abenaki Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French abénaquis, either from Montagnais ouabanākionek (“people of the eastern country”) or from the Western Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki (whence also the English calque Dawnland) or an Eastern Abenaki/Penobscot cognate of the same, from Algonquin. Ultimately a compound word meaning "people of the east" or "people of the dawn-land", from Proto-Algonquian *wa·panki (“dawn”) + *askyi (“land”). Pronunciation: /ˌæbəˈnæ.ki/, /ˌɑbəˈnɑki/ 1. A complex of Eastern Algonquian lects, originally spoken in what is now Maine, and Quebec, divided into Western Abenaki and Eastern Abenaki (Penobscot). 2. The Western Abenaki language. Example: The manuscript was written in 1750 by Father Joseph Aubery, a Jesuit priest from France assigned to the Saint-François-de-Sales Roman Catholic mission from 1709 until he died in 1756. It's one of the few and earliest documents available in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the Abenaki language.
Word: Abenaki Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French abénaquis, either from Montagnais ouabanākionek (“people of the eastern country”) or from the Western Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki (whence also the English calque Dawnland) or an Eastern Abenaki/Penobscot cognate of the same, from Algonquin. Ultimately a compound word meaning "people of the east" or "people of the dawn-land", from Proto-Algonquian *wa·panki (“dawn”) + *askyi (“land”). Pronunciation: /ˌæbəˈnæ.ki/, /ˌɑbəˈnɑki/ 1. Related or pertaining to the Abenaki people or language. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am to walk left, westward on the Abenaki trail which I will know by the sapling bent into the earth with one sprout growing skyward.
Word: Achomawi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Achumawi (“a language spoken by the Pit River people”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Achomawi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Achumawi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Achumawi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An anglicization of the name of the Fall River band, ajúmmááwí, from ajúmmá “river”. 1. The northerly nine (of eleven) bands of the Pit River tribe of Palaihnihan Native Americans who live in what is now northeastern California. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Achumawi Part of Speech: name Etymology: An anglicization of the name of the Fall River band, ajúmmááwí, from ajúmmá “river”. 1. The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
Word: Acoli Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Acholi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sticky bit Part of Speech: noun 1. A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state. 2. A flag applied to an inode, formerly indicating that an executable program should be kept in memory after it terminates, but on modern systems used to determine which users can rename or delete the files in a directory.
Word: Miao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 苗 (Miáo). 1. The Miao peoples (including Hmong, Hmu, A-Hmao, Qo Xiong, etc.), an ethnic group of China and Vietnam speaking the Hmong-Mien language family. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: With the help of KMT Miao representatives like Shi Honggui, Changsha drew up its plans for a permanent advance into the West: the Reconstruction Program of July 3, 1936, which called on the Miao people to learn Chinese, intermarry with the Han, and give up their traditional sacrifices, “undesirable marriage customs,” and “improper amusements.” The Miao were to be educated, but also pacified and culturally assimilated.
Word: Miao Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 苗 (Miáo). 1. The languages of the Miao. 2. A surname from Chinese.
Word: T-shirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of T-shirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sidhe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an ellipsis of Irish aos sídhe (“people of the fairy mound”). Pronunciation: /ʃiː/ 1. A race of supernatural beings found in Gaelic folklore, analogous to fairies or elves. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Their reign has never ceased, but only waned in power a little, for the Sidhe still pass in every wind, and dance and play at hurley, and fight their sudden battles in every hollow and on every hill; but they cannot build their temples again till there have been martyrdoms and victories, and perhaps even that long-foretold battle in the Valley of the Black Pig. Example: “‘Fun,’” Ria echoed. “You want to invite me to one of the Sidhe’s High Holy Days—me—and you think it'll be 'fun'?” 2. A hill used as a dwelling by members of the Sidhe; fairyland, faerie. Example: 1906, Augusta, Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders, Columcille: The Friend of the Angels of God, Even Nera from the Sidhe could not do it; he is not made much of now; our learned one is not the light of our life now he is hidden away from us.
Word: signe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sign. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But yet it is not enough that the ſickneſle by the ſymptomes and ſignes be plainly diſcerned; […]
Word: signes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of signe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aethyr Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of ether. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: ethyr Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of ether. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: sidhe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish; see Sidhe. Pronunciation: /ʃiː/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Sidhe. Labels: alt-of
Word: bague Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bague (“ring”). Doublet of bee. 1. An annular moulding or group of mouldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
Word: bagues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bague Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cahier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cahier. Doublet of quire. Pronunciation: /kaɪˈjeɪ/ 1. A roll of sheets of paper put loosely together, especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers. Labels: dated 2. A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc. Labels: dated
Word: cahiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cahier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rove + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊvɪŋ/ 1. Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place. Example: The Northern Territory was dear to us both, and the fever for a roving life had not yet worn off, but some time elapsed before we could quite make up our minds whether to try our fortunes in Port Darwin again or not. 2. Of the eyes or gaze, inspecting all over; not staying fixed on one subject. Example: His roving eyes never focused on anything specific. Example: It could complicate things for our little household. Particularly when Larry’s roving eye is factored in.
Word: roving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rove (“sliver of wool or cotton”), late 17th century, possibly from obsolete Middle English rove(n) (“to draw out, pull off”), itself a dialectal variant of rive (“to tear, split”). 1. A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn or in felting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. J. W. Strange, of Taunton, Mass., has invented an improved method of laying roving in cans. 2. The process of giving the first twist to yarn. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: roving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of rove Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sandals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shedding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shedding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛdɪŋ/ 1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off. Example: the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament 2. That which is shed, or cast off. Example: sheddings from the pining
Word: satisfies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of satisfy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: calavera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish calavera (literally “skull”). Doublet of calvaria and calvary. 1. sugar skull
Word: renaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rename Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: renaming Part of Speech: noun 1. verbal noun of rename: An act in which something is renamed. Labels: form-of, noun-from-verb Example: Community Board 4 also generally opposes requests for street renamings, according to Robert J. Benfatto Jr., the district manager. Example: The executive order calls for all federal government maps and documents to “reflect its renaming.”
Word: signer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sign + -er. 1. One who signs (in any sense of that verb). Example: Near-synonyms: undersigned, subscriber Example: John Hancock is a famous signer of the Declaration of Independence. 2. One who signs (in any sense of that verb). Example: Among the hundreds of signers at the conference, most were native signers. 3. One who signs (in any sense of that verb). Example: The most prolific signers were to be amply rewarded by the sales-bonus structure.
Word: relaxer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English relax 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 relaxer From relax + -er. 1. Any agent that produces relaxation. Example: Music is a good relaxer. 2. A cream or lotion that loosens curls in the hair to aid straightening. 3. A person who relaxes. Example: Are you a doer or a relaxer? If you said “some of both,” then you're right on track.
Word: Cuauhtémoc Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Cuauhtémoc, from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtemoc (“One That Has Descended Like an Eagle”). 1. The last Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan. 2. A male Mexican given name. 3. A borough of the Mexican Federal District.
Word: Aach Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /æk/, /ɑːk/ 1. Abbreviation of Aachen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. A surname from German. Example: Herb Aach, 1923-1985
Word: Hester Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Latin form of Esther. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛstɚ/ 1. A female given name from Persian, of 17th century and later usage. Example: “Don’t worry, Milton”—an elderly, white-haired, russet-faced woman stands on her trailer’s step—“I’ll see this one.” [...] “I’m afraid paranoia pays. Come in. I'm Hester Van Zandt.”
Word: Hester Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German hêster (“beech”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛstɚ/ 1. A surname from German.
Word: perks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of perk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: foreign exchange Part of Speech: noun 1. The exchange of currency from one country for currency from another country. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: currency exchange, money changing 2. Foreign currency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "foreign exchange" means foreign currency and includes,- (i) deposits, credits and balances payable in any foreign currency, (ii) drafts, travelers cheques, letters of credit or bills of exchange, expressed or drawn in Indian currency but payable in any foreign currency, (iii) drafts, travelers cheques, letters of credit or bills of exchange drawn by banks, institutions or persons outside India, but payable in Indian currency;
Word: verifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of verify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ingang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- + gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang), Swedish ingång (“entrance”), Danish indgang (“entrance, entryway”). More at in, gang. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn(ˌ)ɡæŋ/, /ˈɪnɡaŋ/ 1. An entrance or entryway. Labels: archaic, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:ingang.
Word: marguerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French marguerite. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarita, margarite, and Margherita, and related to margarine. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹit/ 1. An oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). 2. A shrub with daisy-like flowers, Argyranthemum frutescens 3. The China aster.
Word: synchronizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of synchronize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: best boy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɛstˌbɔɪ/ 1. The first assistant to either the key grip (in charge of camera placement and movement) or the gaffer (in charge of lighting and electrics). 2. A reader or viewer's preferred male character. Labels: slang
Word: technologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Arabic طار (ṭār)bor. English tar English retar From re- + tar. 1. To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar. Labels: transitive
Word: rotular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rotula + -ar. 1. Of or relating to the rotula, or kneecap. Example: rotular surface Example: rotular groove
Word: sellar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-leh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sedleh₂ Proto-Italic *sedlā Latin sella Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin sellārisbor. English sellar Borrowed from Latin sellāris. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlɚ/ 1. Relating to the sella turcica. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] has been reduced to only two basic types: ovoid and sellar surfaces (Fig. 3). The ovoid surface is uniformly convex or concave with the degree of curvature varying at each point along the surface; the sellar surface is convex in one plane and concave in a plane perpendicular to it. Modification of these basic types occur. The knee comprises two ovoid joints within one capsule and is termed a bicondylar joint. The greater multangular-metacarpal joint at the base of the thumb is a sellar joint. The ankle is also a sellar joint in which abduction and adduction is prevented by the limitations of a mortice arrangement. Movement about an ovoid surface requires more ligaments and muscles to maintain stability. The surface of a sellar joint is more congruous and makes the direction of motion more specific and more limited. A sellar joint is more efficient and more easily stabilized. […] Fig. 3. The two types of joints^([sic]) surface, O—ovoid; S—sellar. […] Conjunct rotation in an ovoid joint depends on muscular action but in a sellar joint it is dependent upon the shape of the joint and the congruity of the opposing surfaces. That is why sellar joints are more efficient. They produce conjunct rotation without muscular effort, and prevent adjunct rotation during motion.
Word: simular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin simulārius, from simulō (“to simulate”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmjʊlə(ɹ)/ 1. false; specious; counterfeit Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Word: simular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin simulārius, from simulō (“to simulate”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmjʊlə(ɹ)/ 1. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender. Labels: archaic Example: Hide thee, thou bloody hand, Thou perjured, and thou simular of virtue That art incestuous. Example: Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchres.
Word: anuptaphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a-, nuptial, -phobia. 1. The fear of remaining single or being married to the wrong person. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: chattered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chatter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Wikipediaed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Wikipedia Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: worded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of word Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: calendared Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been added to the calendar; scheduled. 2. Of a time period, covered by the calendar.
Word: calendared Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of calendar Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He was soon to have done with calendared time, and it had already ceased to count for him.
Word: dried plum Part of Speech: noun 1. A prune. Labels: US
Word: plum pudding Part of Speech: noun 1. A pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: "For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding."
Word: plum tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plumtre, from Old English plūmtrēow; equivalent to plum + tree. 1. A tree that bears plums.
Word: sugar-plum Part of Speech: noun 1. A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar. 2. A piece of flattery. Labels: dated 3. Term of endearment: sweetheart, darling. 4. Uapaca kirkiana, an southern African fruit tree. 5. The fruit of this tree. 6. The prune plum.
Word: sugar-plum Part of Speech: verb 1. to daydream Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive
Word: technologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English technolog(y) 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 technologist From technolog(y) + -ist. Pronunciation: /tɛkˈnɒləd͡ʒɪst/, /tɛkˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/ 1. A scientist, engineer, or technician who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field. Example: The technologist must be careful not to overmoisten the disk, as false negative results can occur due to dilution of the end product. Example: Gravity, heat, [and] electromagnetism…are the natural phenomena that scientists study and that engineers and technologists use to make their tools.
Word: courser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English courser, Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius. By surface analysis, course + -er. Doublet of corsair and hussar. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːsə/ 1. A dog used for coursing. 2. A hunter who practises coursing. 3. A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger. Example: Sir Launfal is instantly set at liberty, and vaulting on the courser his mistress had bestowed on him, and which was held at hand by his squire, he follows her out of the town. 4. Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus. 5. A stone used in building a course.
Word: tounge Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of tongue. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Misspelling of tongue. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: peri-urban Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English urban English peri-urban From peri- + urban. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹ.iˈɝ.bən/ 1. Immediately adjoining an urban area; between the suburbs and the countryside. Example: Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and raising of animals in and around urban or peri-urban areas. Example: Although Lusaka is the smallest town in Lusaka Province and one of the smallest in the nation, it has the biggest population and largest growth rates, and there is pressure from in-migration and growth in peri-urban settlements.
Word: periurban Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of peri-urban. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: initiation ceremony Part of Speech: noun 1. A ritual during which an initiate is admitted to an organization or given secret knowledge; sometimes contains one or more tests that have to be passed or endured
Word: proliferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin prōlifer, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -fer (“bearing”), + -ous. 1. Producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative. 2. Producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers. 3. Reproducing by budding.
Word: meticulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English meticulous Middle English -ly English -ly English meticulously From meticulous + -ly. 1. In a meticulous manner. Example: Near-synonyms: carefully, methodically, precisely, rigorously, scrupulously, thoroughly Example: In fact, they ran that forty-three minutes’ meeting so meticulously, they even took input from the public with predictable results.
Word: heterecious Part of Speech: adj 1. living on one host at one stage (or generation) and then upon another in the next Labels: not-comparable
Word: sternal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sternum + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈstɜː.nəl/, /ˈstɜː.nl̩/, /ˈstɝ.nl̩/ 1. Of, relating to, or near the sternum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: entryphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entry + phone. 1. An intercom telephone for conversing across a gated entrance.
Word: speak-box Part of Speech: noun 1. an intercom that allows a visitor to a building to speak to someone inside before being allowed entry; an entryphone
Word: coursing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of course Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coursing Part of Speech: noun 1. The sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Narracoorte was the great coursing centre of the district, and, I believe, of the colony.
Word: wild animal Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪld ˈænɪməl/ 1. Any (nonhuman) animal living in a natural, undomesticated state. Example: Visitors must not feed the wild animals, for the health and safety of both the animals and the visitors. 2. A person exhibiting uncontrolled and risky, possibly aggressive, behaviour. Labels: figuratively Example: We've got some wild animals up in here tonight!
Word: wackiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wacky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English wackiness From wacky + -ness. 1. The state of being wacky. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: wadding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wad + -ing (“material, collection”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒdɪŋ/, /ˈwɑdɪŋ/ 1. Wads collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.
Word: wadding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɒdɪŋ/, /ˈwɑdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wad Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wagerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wager + -er. 1. A person who wagers or bets. Example: ‘He thinks you’ll be around twelve to one to win, but we won’t know for sure until the wagerers see you ride.’
Word: waggery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wag Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English waggery From wag + -ery. 1. Droll behaviour characteristic of a wag. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Earnestly bent upon fulfilling the weighty, nay solemn, responsibilities of his office at all hazard, even at the risk of so far neglecting his parliamentary duties as to appear upon the division-list less frequently than any of his colleagues, Sir John Pakington wore the wooden spoon at the whitebait dinner, though with an air of waggery — almost as a decoration. 2. A droll remark or jest. Labels: countable
Word: wagoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wagon + -er. 1. Someone who drives a wagon. Example: Near-synonyms: wagonman, wainman, wagonmaster, carter, cartman Example: Now give me some surance that thou art Revenge, Stab them, or tear them on thy chariot-wheels; And then I’ll come and be thy waggoner, And whirl along with thee about the globe. 2. Someone who drives a wagon.
Word: waggoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waggon + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of wagoner. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: The opposition came from the usual quarters, namely, the stage coach owners and waggoners, and we read that before the construction of the railway, large studs of horses were kept in the town for use in the coaches and carts.
Word: Wagoner Part of Speech: name Etymology: From wagoner. Doublet of Wagner. 1. The constellation Auriga. 2. A surname originating as an occupation for a wagoner. 3. An unincorporated community in Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana, United States, also named Mount Zion 4. A city, the county seat of Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States. 5. An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
Word: Waggoner Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Wagoner. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A surname originating as an occupation for a wagoner.
Word: waist-deep Part of Speech: adj 1. As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person). Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: waist-high Example: When the river broke through defenses near the city of Wuhan in Hopeh^([sic – meaning Hupeh]) Province, Peking Radio reported that 10,000 peasants with straw mats on their backs stood waist-deep in the water to form a human dike until their places could be filled with sandbags.
Word: waist-high Part of Speech: adj 1. As high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person). Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: waist-deep Example: Though this arrangement was a vast improvement on what had gone before, the engine crew were still very conscious of a side wind round their legs, and it was not until 1892 that R. J. Billinton rectified this, when he built his "D3" Class 0-4-4 bogie tank engines Nos. 363-398, and provided them with waist-high close-fitting cab doors.
Word: waitperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wait + person. Due to the use of waitress. 1. A waiter or waitress. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: He was reduced to flirting with waitpersons, and even they turned a cold shoulder.
Word: wakeful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wake + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪk.fʊl/, /ˈweɪk.f(ə)l/ 1. Awake; not sleeping. 2. Sleepless. 3. Vigilant and alert; watchful. Example: “Be wakeful, Beowulf, against our foe.”
Word: wakefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English wakeful Middle English -ly English -ly English wakefully From wakeful + -ly. 1. In a wakeful manner.
Word: wakefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wakeful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English wakefulness From wakeful + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪk.fʊl.nəs/ 1. The state of being wakeful. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats.
Word: walk-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from walk in. 1. A facility or room which may be walked into: 2. A facility or room which may be walked into: Example: a walk-in bathroom, a walk-in apartment, lived in a walk-in on Lime Street Example: As Officer Byrne watched the front of the building he observed about ten people enter and leave a walk-in apartment unrelated to the buy and bust operation. 3. A facility or room which may be walked into: Example: Most teen clinics are walk-ins. Example: An increasing demand for skills in niche technologies coupled with higher attrition have prompted these software services firms to organise walk-ins for technology talent too. 4. A facility or room which may be walked into: Example: This consideration applies to the location of all types of petroleum-solvent cleaning plants, whether operated as delivery plants, drive-ins, walk-ins, or wholesale establishments. Example: As most of the food is prepackaged and frozen, and anyone can cook a hamburger or make a malted, drive-in payrolls run a full third under those for "walk-ins" 5. Someone who walks in (to a place, etc): Example: An astute manager will have a table or two set aside for important regular customers or demanding walk-ins. Example: Any patient with such a history and any woman who has not received prenatal care or who is a walk-in—an unexpected patient with no prenatal chart—will have toxicology labs done, 6. Someone who walks in (to a place, etc): Example: Still, a rapidly formed working group of Mossad wise men debated the risk in dealing with a walk-in, a volunteer who shows up bearing gifts. 7. A demonstration or protest in which the participants assemble outside a facility, gain media exposure, and enter the facility in unison. 8. A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another. Example: This soul-exchange happens without the body dying. Star People and Walk-ins can be of either orientation—positive or negative—although most from fifth density and beyond are positive. 9. A headmate (fictive, factive, or neither) who shows up in a system fully formed.
Word: walk-in Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from walk in. 1. That may be walked into: Labels: not-comparable Example: On multiple occasions, beginning when she was 12, Sara went to her local GP and to walk-in clinics wearing her hijab to get the morning-after pill. 2. That may be walked into: Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Aspen is a walk-in tent campground with sites tucked in among the pine 3. That may be walked into: Labels: not-comparable Example: Our roomy superior category double looked out onto the open wraparound promenade through one-way glass that reversed its view at night. The closet was walk-in, and the bath had a full tub. The TV brought in both the BBC and Euronews, ... Example: The closet was walk-in, but all the clothes had been shoved to one side over a low dresser. The other side was consumed by shelves spanning from floor to ceiling. Arranged on the shelves were boxes of every shape and size neatly labeled ... 4. That may be walked into: Labels: not-comparable Example: a walk-in bathtub Example: “The shower is walk in, multiple showerheads and a tiled bench. Take your time, I installed one of those perpetual hot water heaters, so you can have an endless experience. If you're not out in an hour, I'll call 911.” 5. Gaining access through unlocked doors. Labels: not-comparable Example: … (locations, that are vulnerable to walk-in robbery), which makes isolation of the value from UCR statistics impossible. Example: [...], not least because the offence can vary from a quick walk-in theft to planned and targeted plundering.
Word: walkout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A deverbal from walk out. 1. A sudden stoppage of work. Example: Thursday’s walkout occurred three weeks after several dozen employees at warehouses that serve Walmart walked off the job in California and Illinois to protest what they said were onerous conditions, including toiling in warehouses that they said sometimes heat up to 120 degrees. Example: Despite DoRA [Defence of the Realm Act] being waved about once again, walk-outs did take place on parts of the Great Western Railway in September 1918 - this time predominantly among NUR members. 2. A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest. Example: Many people agreed this play did not belong in the festival: this tied with House on Mayhem Street for most walkouts, and was the subject of much angry discussion afterwards. Example: The protest group — conducting a virtual “walkout” of sorts since most Facebook employees are working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic — was one of a number of clusters of employees pressing Facebook executives to take a tougher stand on Mr. Trump’s posts. 3. A part of the squat exercise wherein one has to step out from the rack (“walk out” the weight) in order not to hit it during execution. 4. Synonym of ringwalk (“fighter's glamorous entrance into the ring”).
Word: walkout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A deverbal from walk out. 1. Misspelling of walk out. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: walk out Part of Speech: verb 1. To stage a walkout or strike. Labels: intransitive Example: Postal workers are set to walk out tomorrow if contract negotiations fail. Example: While the RMT and ScotRail bash heads over the pay freeze, RMT guards based at Glasgow Central are already walking out, with strikes planned [...] in a dispute over "abuse of disciplinary procedures". 2. To leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest. Labels: intransitive 3. To go out with; to be romantically involved. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: The maidservant has been walking out with the butcher’s man. Example: Well, her an' your boy Al, they're a-walkin' out ever' night. An' Aggie’s a good healthy girl that oughta have a husban', else she might git in trouble. 4. To go for a walk outdoors; to go out. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: [The Umbrella] kept off the Sun so effectually, that I could walk out in the hottest of the Weather with greater Advantage than I could before in the coolest, and when I had no need of it, cou’d close it and carry it under my Arm. Example: 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 118, 4 May, 1751, Volume 4, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p. 161, The Turks are said to hear with wonder a proposal to walk out, only that they may walk back; and enquire, why any man should labour for nothing: 5. To accompany (someone) as they leave a house or other building. Labels: transitive 6. To continue or persist in carrying (something) out or following through (with something); to persevere. Labels: transitive Example: Too many of us want to believe God for a miracle rather than trust him to bring us through. For some situations, healing takes time, and we have just got to walk it out. 7. To step away with when carrying the weight in order not to hit the rack it was lifted off from during execution of the exercise. Labels: transitive
Word: walk out on Part of Speech: verb 1. To abandon or desert someone, especially a spouse. Labels: informal, transitive Example: What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Word: walk-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from walk up. (northern flicker): Imitative of the bird's call. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔkʌp/ 1. Reached by stairs rather than an elevator. Labels: not-comparable 2. Containing such flats. Labels: not-comparable 3. For which no appointment is necessary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: walk-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from walk up. (northern flicker): Imitative of the bird's call. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔkʌp/ 1. An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator. Labels: US Example: I became the tenant of a walk-up on East Tenth Street, on the north side of Tompkins Square, found for me by the seemingly omni-connected Ian McEwan […] Example: They took a cab and climbed the four flights to Sasha's Lower East Side walk-up. 2. An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training. Example: Pilot walk-ups welcomed for real-time satellite and radar weather imaging information. 3. A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment. Example: Western mountains are easy walk-ups. Eastern mountains are hard crawl-ups, but no oxygen problems. 4. A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in. Example: The first hour is for walk-ups only, with one foursome per hour reserved for walk-ups as well. 5. An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public. Example: Soba is […] making appearances everywhere from street food walk-ups to fine dining restaurants. 6. Colaptes auratus, northern flicker. 7. A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
Word: walleyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wawil-eghed, Middle English wolden-eiged (“having very light-colored eyes; having parti-colored eyes”), from Old Norse vagl-eygr (“having speckled eyes”), in turn from Old Norse vagl (“speck or beam in the eye”) (compare Icelandic vagl (“film over the eye”), Swedish vagel (“stye in the eye”)) and Old Norse eygr, from Old Norse auga, which is cognate to English eye. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlaɪd/ 1. Having eyes with a pale-coloured iris. 2. Having eyes of different colours. 3. Suffering from exotropia. Example: […] this is the bloodiest shame, The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Example: A nose of land ran out into the sea from Tanoo and split the village into two parts; the parts diverged at a slight angle, so that the village of Tanoo had a wall-eyed stare out over the sea. 4. Having bulging eyes.
Word: wall-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of walleyed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phytophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon) Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos)bor. Latin -phagusbor. English -phagous English phytophagous From phyto- + -phagous. 1. Feeding on plants, herbivorous.
Word: phytophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φᾰγίᾱ (-phăgíā)lbor. English -phagy English phytophagy From phyto- (“plant”) + -phagy (“to feed on”). 1. The eating of plants. Labels: uncountable
Word: robo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From robot (borrowed from Czech and Slovak robota.) Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.bəʊ/, /ˈɹəʊ.bə/, /ˈɹoʊ.boʊ/, /ˈɹoʊ.bə/ 1. robot, robotic Labels: morpheme
Word: anglicization Part of Speech: noun 1. American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicisation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wall-to-wall Part of Speech: adj 1. Of carpeting, that covers all of the floor of a room. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pervasive, ubiquitous, or unremitting. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: The TV showed wall-to-wall coverage of the bombing. Example: We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs. 3. Of a space, full or crowded. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: The airport was wall-to-wall with impatient passengers. Example: The set is hot, there's people wall to wall / Old ones, young things, short ones standing tall / So grab the one with the smiling faces / And hit the floor and stay right on the cases / The heat is on and the funk just won't leave us alone
Word: gassho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 合掌 (gasshō), from Middle Chinese 合掌 (ɣop-tʃáng, “Buddhist-style pressed-palm gesture of piety”) (compare Mandarin 合掌 (hézhǎng), Cantonese 合掌 (hap⁶ jeung²)), from 合 (“unite”) and 掌 (zhǎng, “palm”). 1. A ritual gesture of Eastern origin, with hands pressed together in front of the chest. It can be used for prayer or as a sign of greeting, gratitude, reverence, or apology. When performed with a bow, it is called gassho rei.
Word: gassho Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Japanese 合掌 (gasshō), from Middle Chinese 合掌 (ɣop-tʃáng, “Buddhist-style pressed-palm gesture of piety”) (compare Mandarin 合掌 (hézhǎng), Cantonese 合掌 (hap⁶ jeung²)), from 合 (“unite”) and 掌 (zhǎng, “palm”). 1. To make this gesture. Labels: intransitive
Word: callaloo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish calalú. Compare Sranan Tongo krarun, Dutch klaroen. Pronunciation: /kæləˈluː/ 1. Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. spicy soup or stew made from such leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But a little callaloo soup and a few mouthfuls of stewed goat, saw me much improved.
Word: maitre d'hotel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of maître d'hôtel. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We have a Maitre d’Hotel, or Steward — A Cook who has under him, two Scullions — Moozhiks. Example: Julius Vanice, the maitre d’hotel of the Pennsylvania, New York City, came to that position from the Detroit Statler.
Word: waltzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waltz + -er. 1. One who dances the waltz. 2. A fairground ride consisting of a number of cars that spin individually while rotating around a central point like a carousel.
Word: wanderings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wandering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wangler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wangle + -er. 1. a person who wangles