nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: winnowing fan Part of Speech: noun 1. A specially shaped winnowing basket, in which grain is shaken in the process of winnowing, with the shape of the basket allowing the chaff to spill out more readily. Example: The wind is the natural winnower, but man can help the wind by exposing the mixed chaff and grain. This he throws up on the winnowing fan against the wind, the wind blows away the chaff and the heavier grain falls to the ground. The best instrument with which to do this is naturally an oar-like pole, broadened at the end to serve as a shovel. Such an instrument was the πτύον (ptúon) or winnowing fan. 2. Any fan device, including those electrically powered, used in winnowing.
Word: winnowing machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine which winnows grain. Example: Thus, then, have the St. Edmundsbury Monks, without express ballot-box or other good winnowing-machine, contrived to accomplish the most important social feat a body of men can do, to winnow out the man that is to govern them […] Ballot-boxes, Reform Bills, winnowing-machines: all these are good, or are not so good; — alas, brethren, how can these, I say, be other than inadequate, be other than failures, melancholy to behold?
Word: winnow sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheet set up under the winnowing basket or machine to catch any seed which falls.
Word: drive off Part of Speech: verb 1. To force to leave or go away. Labels: idiomatic 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, off. Example: We started the car and drove off.
Word: drive off Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of drive-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: empurple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English purple English empurple From em- + purple. 1. To make purple. Example: Some [wines] deep empurpled as the Hyacine, Some as the rubine, laughing sweetly red, Şome like fair emerauds, not yet well ripened 2. To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood. 3. Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.
Word: tin opener Part of Speech: noun 1. a can opener. Labels: Australia, UK Example: But I recall that those tin openers ran hot opening tin after tin of rubberised peach quarters and pulverised fruit salad to fill the "hollow legs" of an expanding population.
Word: phlebogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phlebo- + -gram. 1. a venogram
Word: venogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From veno- + -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈvi(ː)nəˌɡɹæm/, /ˈvi(ː)nəˌɡɹeə̯m/, /ˈvi(ː)nəˌɡɹɛə̯m/ 1. An X-ray of a vein that has been injected with an opaque material
Word: masturbators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of masturbator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blood serum Part of Speech: noun 1. The portion of whole blood that is not blood cells and not clotting factors; it can be separated as a clear yellowish liquid after the blood has been allowed to clot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonyms: plasma, blood plasma < blood
Word: yem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese yếm, from Proto-Vietic *ʔiɛmʔ (“breastplate”), from Old Chinese 裺 (/*qromʔ/, /*qoms/, “bib worn by infants”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːəm/, /ˈiəm/ 1. A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment.
Word: yem Part of Speech: adv Etymology: See hyem. Pronunciation: /jɛm/ 1. Alternative spelling of hyem (“home”). Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: phlebograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phlebogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: venograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of venogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-rayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of X-ray Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: orgue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French orgue, from Latin organum (“organ, instrument, tool”), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and organum. 1. Any of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack. 2. A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.
Word: orgues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orgue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diaclasis Part of Speech: noun 1. Osteoclasis. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A network of cracks in limestone rock allowing the infiltration of water and causing sinkholes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blood cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blood cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osteoclasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -clasis. 1. The surgical fracture of a bone in order to correct a deformity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: leukocytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leukocyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Demoncrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of demon + Democrat. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːmənkɹæt/ 1. A member or supporter of the Democratic Party (with an implication that its members are demonic). Labels: Internet, US, derogatory Example: American Blacks have made huge strides over the years, but the Demoncrats invent class warfare and inequality issues. Example: The Demoncrats, truly the party of anti-Xtians and actually the embodiment of everything that is the traditional evil […]
Word: osteoclases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteoclasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geopolitical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English politic English -al English political English geopolitical From geo- (“geographical”) + political. 1. Of or relating to geopolitics. Example: Weinersmith, who is best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, describes the polystate as a geopolitical entity in which multiple overlapping states exist — but each “state” consists of citizens who have agreed to the laws of a single non-geographic state; typical geographically-bound nations, or traditional “geostates”, would be replaced by “polystates”, which are collections of “anthrostates”. Example: Call it boasting or benevolence, however, the response to the tragedy illustrates the era of “disaster diplomacy,” or the use of foreign aid for influence in a geopolitical competition.
Word: Eureka step Part of Speech: noun 1. A flash of insight that cracks a problem and paves the way to a solution.
Word: counterstep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Germanic *stapjaną Proto-West Germanic *stappjan Old English stæppan Middle English steppen English step English counterstep From counter- + step. 1. A measure taken to correct an action or situation; movement in the opposite direction. 2. The movement of dancers around a central point.
Word: counterstep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Germanic *stapjaną Proto-West Germanic *stappjan Old English stæppan Middle English steppen English step English counterstep From counter- + step. 1. To take an opposing step, as in dancing.
Word: foot job Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with hand job. 1. A sexual act where the genitalia are stimulated by someone's feet. Example: A long list of girls' names was followed by initials ranging from “D.H.T.I.C.” which stood for “Dry Humped Till I Came,” to “H.J.” — “Handjob,” “A.O.” — “Ate Out,” “B.J.” — “Blowjob,” and “F.J.” — “Foot Job.” Example: His bare foot grazed my crotch...he rocked his foot some more...a foot job.
Word: tit fuck Part of Speech: noun 1. A sex position or sex act where the penis is stimulated in between the partner's breasts. Labels: vulgar
Word: tit fuck Part of Speech: verb 1. To stimulate the penis between the breasts of (a person). Labels: transitive
Word: gear stick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gearstick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hubcap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hub + cap. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌbˌkæp/ 1. A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.
Word: Jehovah's Witness Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.vəz witnəs/, /d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.vəz witnəs/ 1. A member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.
Word: wites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Jericho Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Iericho, from Old English Iericho, from Latin Ierīchō, from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō), recorded early as Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪkəʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkoʊ/ 1. A city in the West Bank, Palestine. 2. A surname. 3. A male given name. 4. A historic suburb of the English city of Oxford. 5. A locality in Southern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia. 6. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia. 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Jericho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Iericho, from Old English Iericho, from Latin Ierīchō, from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō), recorded early as Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪkəʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkoʊ/ 1. A place of retirement or concealment. Labels: informal
Word: Juda Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Judah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ammon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ammon), from the root ע־מ־ם. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ən/, [ˈɛə̯mɪ̈n] 1. An ancient nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan. Labels: historical 2. A community in Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada. 3. A city in Bonneville County, Idaho. 4. An unincorporated community in Bladen County, North Carolina. 5. An unincorporated community in Amelia County, Virginia.
Word: Ammon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ammōn, from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), itself from Egyptian i-mn:n-A40 (jmn). 1. Alternative form of Amun. Labels: Egyptian, alt-of, alternative Example: Here, over five hundred years before, had come the founder of Alexandria, Alexander the Great, to visit the oracle of Ammon, the god figured to be like a man having the head and horns of a ram.
Word: Ammon Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of the Almond: a river in Scotland. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Chaldeans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chaldean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hearkened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hearken Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: holocausts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holocaust Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holocausts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of holocaust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Josue Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Iōsuē. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒsjuˌiː/ 1. Obsolete form of Joshua. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Josue Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Josué. Pronunciation: /hoʊˈsweɪ/ 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: kindreds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kindred Labels: form-of, plural
Word: libations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Manasses Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /məˈnæsɪz/ 1. Any of several figures mentioned in the Bible. (See Manasses.)
Word: lordotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to or afflicted with lordosis; having an abnormal backwards curvature of the spine.
Word: lordosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek λορδός (lordós) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English lordosis From Ancient Greek λορδός (lordós, “bent backward”) + English -osis. 1. The normal concave, backwards curvature of the spine in the cervical and lumbar regions. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An abnormal excessive concave, backwards curvature of the spine, causing in normal human physiology a hollow in the back (lumbar lordosis, hollow back, saddle back) or the neck (cervical lordosis). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A body posture of some female mammals, indicating receptivity to copulation. It involves lowering of the forelimbs but with the rear limbs extended and hips raised, ventral arching of the spine and a raising, or sideward displacement, of the tail. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: first fruits Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (“first fruits”), equivalent to first + fruits. 1. The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering Labels: plural, plural-only Example: And Pitheus alſo had giuen it out abroad, that he was begotten of Neptune, becauſe the TROEZENIANS haue this god in great veneration, and doe worſhip him as patron and protector of their citie, making offerings to him of their firſt fruits: and they haue for the marke and ſtamp of their money, the three picked mace, which is the ſigne of Neptune, called his Trident. 2. The first profits from an undertaking Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: nard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus. Pronunciation: /nɑɹd/, /nɑːd/ 1. A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]there cam a womã with an alablaſter boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and coſtly / and ſhe brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed. Example: The Roman poet Horace refers to a lecherous old fop "scented with nard." 3. American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”). Pronunciation: /nɑɹd/, /nɑːd/ 1. A testicle. Labels: US, plural-normally, slang Example: The soccer ball hit me right in the nards! Example: I’m sure whoever was in charge must have been one of the last of the Fulda Fucktards, you know, those generals who spent their nard-drop years training to defend West Germany from Ivan.
Word: nard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian نرد (nard) Pronunciation: /nɑɹd/, /nɑːd/ 1. A Persian game similar to backgammon. Labels: uncountable
Word: crance Part of Speech: noun 1. An iron band, at the end of a bowsprit, fitted with eyes to take the bowsprit shrouds and the bobstay
Word: cherubims Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew cherubim כרוב, cherub + -ים; the Hebrew is plural, but the translators chose to add -s when borrowing the word into the English form, probably because the readers of the Authorized Version would not be familiar with Hebrew or Latin plurals. 1. plural of cherub Labels: form-of, irregular, plural Example: And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 2. plural of cherubim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firstfruits Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frystefruytes, equivalent to first + fruits. 1. plural of firstfruit Labels: form-of, plural 2. Alternative form of first fruits. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God: And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. Example: Long it were to reckon up particularly what God was owner of under the Law: for of this sort was all which they spent in legal sacrifices; of this sort their usual oblations and offerings; of this sort tithes and firstfruits; […]
Word: gear train Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of interconnected gears.
Word: wherry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whery (“small boat”), of obscure origin but cognate to French houari and Breton ouari, as well as Welsh chweri (“small boat”). Pronunciation: /ˈʍɛɹi/, /ˈwɛɹi/ 1. A boat or light ship used to navigate inland waterways. Labels: countable Example: O how I should like to see her floating in the water yonder, turban and all, with her train streaming after her, and her nose like the beak of a wherry. Example: He went out for Freshman rowing but didn't make any of the crews and took to rowing by himself in a wherry three afternoons a week. 2. A flat-bottomed vessel once employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats. Labels: countable, historical Example: Here I used to enjoy myself in playing about the bridge stairs, and often in the watermen's wherries, with other boys. On one of these occasions there was another boy with me in a wherry, and we went out into the current of the river: while we were there two more stout boys came to us in another wherry, and, abusing us for taking the boat, desired me to get into the other wherry-boat. Accordingly I went to get out of the wherry I was in; but just as I had got one of my feet into the other boat the boys shoved it off, so that I fell into the Thames; and, not being able to swim, I should unavoidably have been drowned, but for the assistance of some watermen who providentially came to my relief. Example: The river was astir early and late with barges, wherries, and craft of every description. 3. A liquor made from the pulp of crab-apples after the verjuice is extracted. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wherry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whery (“small boat”), of obscure origin but cognate to French houari and Breton ouari, as well as Welsh chweri (“small boat”). Pronunciation: /ˈʍɛɹi/, /ˈwɛɹi/ 1. To travel or transport in a wherry.
Word: grapnel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grapnel, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French grapil, grapin. Compare modern French grappin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæpnəl/ 1. A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel. Example: […] we espied towards the North end of the Iland ye light of a great fire thorow the woods, to the which we presently rowed: when wee came right ouer against it, we let fall our Grapnel neere the shore, & sounded with a trumpet a Call […] Example: 1790, William Bligh, A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board his Majesty’s Ship Bounty, London: George Nicol, Entry for 1 June, 1789, At dawn of day we got on shore, and tracked the boat into shelter; for the wind blowing fresh without, and the ground being rocky, I was afraid to trust her at a grapnel, lest she might be blown to sea: I was, therefore, obliged to let her ground in the course of the ebb. 2. A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope. 3. A grappling iron. Example: […] the wind dying away, the signal was made for casting anchor, when both ships came to in 26 fathom water; but the Resolution expecting to come to with her small stream anchor, let the whole run out, and lost both anchor and hauser, besides the ship’s grapnel in looking for it. Example: With anxious grapnels I had sounded my pocket, and only brought up a few pieces of silver ...
Word: grapnel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English grapnel, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French grapil, grapin. Compare modern French grappin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæpnəl/ 1. To connect (ships) with a grapnel. Labels: transitive
Word: cringle Part of Speech: noun 1. A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc. Example: "Lower till that rope-loop […] till the cringle was down on the boom. Then I'd tie her up the way you said, and then I'd hoist up the peak and throat halyards again." 2. A withe for fastening a gate.
Word: cringle Part of Speech: verb 1. To fasten or attach with a cringle. Labels: transitive
Word: cross sea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The swells of the waves, when they meet at right angles, form cross shapes. 1. A (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
Word: mechanical energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The sum of the potential energy and kinetic energy of a body or system
Word: crossing the line Part of Speech: noun 1. A ceremony performed on board ship when members of the crew or passengers cross the equator for the first time. Labels: uncountable
Word: crossing the line Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cross the line Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cross-jack yard Part of Speech: noun 1. The lower yard on the mizenmast of a square-rigged ship
Word: concetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian concetto, from Latin conceptus. See conceit and concept, which are doublets. Pronunciation: /kənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/ 1. Affected wit; a witty turn of phrase; a conceit. Example: Tasso in particular, Mirollo notes, treated the concetto "as the equivalent in a lyric poem of plot in longer works." Pellegrino, similarly, and with reference to Tasso, says that concetti "are the soul and the form of a composition" […] Example: But to restrict the concetto to an idea or concept gives short shrift to the metaphorical and sometimes occult implications of the term. Conceit as discors concordia involves the comparison of unlike things, the finding of similarity in dissimilarity.
Word: coranto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French dance the courante, loosely translatable as the "running". Pronunciation: /kəˈɹæntəʊ/, /kəˈɹɑːntəʊ/ 1. Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre. Example: Luſtique, as the Dutchman ſaies: Ile like a maide the Better whil'ſt I haue a tooth in my head: why he's able to leade her a Carranto. Example: Dancing a coranto with him on the heath. 2. An early informational broadsheet, bringing together news and philosophical discussion. Labels: historical Example: I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets.
Word: lavolta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian la volta (“the turn, turning, whirl”) and the French la volte (circular movement). Compare volt (“circular tread of a horse”), volta. 1. An ancient dance of the Renaissance which incorporated many challenging twists and skips. Example: Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.
Word: confetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian confetto. Doublet of comfit, confect, confit, and konfyt. 1. A single piece of confetti; singular of confetti. Labels: rare Example: I cast a confetto or two at the happy pair. Example: She fluttered her hand at a confetto of cigarette ash, knocking it from her black soft sweater to the thigh of her black jeans where it lay unmolested.
Word: Nabuchodonosor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Nabūchōdonosor. 1. Alternative form of Nebuchadnezzar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pilate Part of Speech: name Etymology: The surname is from Latin Pīlātus (“a Roman cognomen”, literally “armed with javelins”), from pilum (“javelin, pestle”), of unknown ultimate origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪlət/ 1. Pontius Pilate, the man who, according to the Bible, ordered the crucifixion of Jesus. Example: I was 'round when Jesus Christ / Had his moment of doubt and pain / Made damn sure that Pilate / Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Word: uncircumcised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English uncircumcised, equivalent to un- + circumcised. Subsidiary definitions are much influenced by traditions of the Abrahamic religions. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/, /ʌnˈsɝkəmsaɪzd/ 1. Not circumcised, intact. Labels: not-comparable Example: A child who is born to an uncircumcised girl is not allowed to live; as one old woman said, 'only women, not children can have children' Example: In my tradition, an uncircumcised male cannot be heir to his father's wealth, cannot marry or officiate in tribal rituals. 2. Not Jewish or not Muslim; gentile. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies. Example: Even to-day the Turk hurls abuse at the Christian by calling him "an uncircumcised dog." 3. Spiritually impure; irreligious. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ye ſtiffenecked ãd of vncircumciſed hertes ãd eares: ye have allwayes reſiſted agaynſte the holy gooſt: as youre fathers did / ſo do ye. Example: In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. 4. Closed in, so as to work imperfectly. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Moises answeride bifore the Lord, Lo! the children of Israel here not me, and hou schal Farao here, moost sithen Y am vncircumcidid in lippis? Example: To whom schal Y speke, and to whom schal Y seie witnessing, that he here? Lo! the eeris of hem ben vncircumcidid, and thei moun not here; lo! the word of the Lord is maad to hem in to dispit, and thei schulen not resseiue it.
Word: tithes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tithe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tithes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tithe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: threescore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From three + score. Compare the etymology of Danish tres. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiskɔɹ/ 1. Sixty (60). Labels: archaic Example: And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand, and seuen hundred and threescore, very able men for the worke of the seruice of the house of God. Example: Words cannot picture her; but all men know That solemn sketch the pure sad artist wrought Three centuries and threescore years ago
Word: double-time Part of Speech: verb 1. To march at double time. Labels: intransitive 2. To order troops to march at double time. Labels: transitive Example: […]after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns.
Word: uttermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, alteration of uttermest. Compare inmost and innermost. Pronunciation: /ˈʌtəməʊst/, /ˈʌtəɹmoʊst/ 1. superlative form of utter: most utter; situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost. Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: uttermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, alteration of uttermest. Compare inmost and innermost. Pronunciation: /ˈʌtəməʊst/, /ˈʌtəɹmoʊst/ 1. Extreme; utmost; of the farthest, greatest, or highest degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. Example: [U]s hitherto this Corner and ſecret receſſe hath defended, novv the Vttermoſt point of our Land is laid open: and things the leſſe they haue beene vvithin knovvledge, the greater the glorie is to atchieue them.
Word: uttermost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, alteration of uttermest. Compare inmost and innermost. Pronunciation: /ˈʌtəməʊst/, /ˈʌtəɹmoʊst/ 1. The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Thou know'st that all my fortunes are at sea; Neither have I money, nor commodity To raise a present sum: therefore, go forth; Try what my credit can in Venice do: That shall be rack'd, even to the uttermost, To furnish thee to Belmont, to fair Portia. Go, presently inquire, and so will I, Where money is; and I no question make, To have it of my trust or for my sake. Example: […]So we cried to him, "O Rais, what is the matter?"; and he replied saying, "Seek ye deliverance of the Most High from the strait into which we have fallen and bemoan yourselves and take leave of one another; for know that the wind hath gotten the mastery of us and hath driven us into the uttermost of the seas of the world."
Word: firstfruit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit. 1. An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits. 2. The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message. Example: For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 3. Ceremony in Southern Africa, notably among the Zulu and Swazi peoples, in which the paramount chief is the first to eat from the new harvest.
Word: uncleanness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unclennesse, from Old English unclǣnnes; equivalent to unclean + -ness. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈklin.nəs/, /ʌŋ-/ 1. The state of being unclean Labels: uncountable Example: [W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen. 2. The result or product of being unclean. Labels: countable
Word: testimonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of testimony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tabernacles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tabernacle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Thamar Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈθeɪmə(ɹ)/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew. A less common spelling of Tamar.
Word: Jeremias Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremiah. New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪəs/ 1. New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah. Example: Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias or one of the prophets. 2. A male given name from Hebrew, more common in the forms Jeremy and Jeremiah.
Word: negrito Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia. 2. A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.
Word: hipshot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hip + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpʃɒt/ 1. Having a dislocated hip. 2. Clumsy, awkward. Labels: dated 3. Standing with one hip lower than the other. Labels: US, colloquial Example: No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint
Word: hipshot Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hip + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpʃɒt/ 1. With one hip lower than the other. Example: Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them. Example: The two stubby horses, dusty and sweaty from the road, were standing hip-shot and bored, and Bernan sat on the driver's box with reins slack and his elbows on his knees.
Word: baler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bale 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 baler From bale (verb) + -er. 1. A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton. Example: Farmer Jones is in straits because his baler is broken down and he's got three fields of hay ready to bale. 2. A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand. Example: Hank worked as a baler for Farmer Jones part time, to make ends meet.
Word: balers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banditry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bandit + -ry. 1. Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The merchant refused to travel in the region due to the ongoing banditry.
Word: read dating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of read + speed dating. 1. An organized event in which prospective romantic partners engage in a series of one-to-one meetings in a library, based around the topic of favorite books. Labels: uncountable
Word: bankroll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of bank + roll. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋk.ɹoʊl/ 1. A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet. Example: Phil kept his bankroll in his front pocket, as it made too much of a lump to sit on. 2. The monetary assets of a person or organization. Labels: figuratively Example: Microsoft is a corporation with an extremely large bankroll.
Word: bankroll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of bank + roll. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋk.ɹoʊl/ 1. To fund a project; to underwrite something. Labels: transitive Example: Professor Stebbins didn't need to apply for government grants because his lab was bankrolled by a large pharmaceutical corporation. Example: Pathfinder is keen to stress it is not insolvent, but owner Barry Cordell, who is in his late 80s, has decided he can no longer bankroll the company.
Word: bankrolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bankroll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bankrolls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bankroll Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bankrolling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bankroll Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bankrolled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bankroll Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: grilse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grills, grilles, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots grils, grissill, girls (“young salmon”). Compare English grawl, Scots grawl, graulse (“young salmon, grilse”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪls/ 1. A young salmon after its first return from the sea. Example: [T]hey ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, forbye trouts, gilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination; […] Example: In our own tongue salmon are fry as babies, parr as children, smolt as adolescents, and grilse as adults.
Word: smolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an alteration of smelt, due to smolt (“smooth”). Pronunciation: /smɒlt/, /sməʊlt/, /smoʊlt/ 1. A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.
Word: banqueter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian banco Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian banchettoder. Middle French banquetbor. Middle English banket English banquet 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 banqueter From banquet + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbænkwɪtɚ/ 1. A guest at a banquet. Example: Between courses, the banqueters were entertained by minstrels in medieval garb.
Word: banqueters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banqueter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bare-bones Part of Speech: adj 1. Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential. Labels: idiomatic Example: Meals on early space flights were bare-bones affairs; able to supply nutrition, but severely lacking in palatability. Example: Considering their civilization endured both the immense disaster of the Scourge and the brutal kett invasion, angara possess remarkably advanced technology. Their starships, while generally small and bare-bones functional, are more than capable of keeping pace with Andromeda Initiative vessels. 2. Describes a computer sold preassembled, but without certain essential components, such as a processor, memory, and hard drive. Labels: idiomatic Example: Emil bought a bare-bones rig and a new CPU at the computer show, then popped in his old hard drive.
Word: bather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bathe + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪðə(ɹ)/ 1. One who bathes (cleans oneself with water, for example in a bathtub). Example: When using sitz tubs that have been placed in a bathtub, the bather can use the tub's sides to assist their movement. Otherwise, to make it easier for the bather to get up and down, it helps to elevate the sitz tub on blocks. 2. One who immerses oneself in water for pleasure or refreshment: one who swims (for example at a lake or beach). Example: Both bathers on the beach and bathers in the water at the time of sample collection were categorized as fewer than 20, 20-100, 101-200, and more than 200. Example: It's also generally wise to recruit lifeguards to ensure visitor safety, as bathers can panic in the water and require assistance. 3. One who gives a bath to another. Example: Even though becoming a dog groomer requires training, many grooming salons will hire somebody with no experience to be a dog bather and will then train that person to become a dog groomer. 4. A sunbather 5. A bathing costume
Word: bathers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of bathing suit. 1. plural of bather Labels: form-of, plural 2. A swimsuit; a bathing costume. Labels: Australia, South, Tasmania, Western Example: The bathers they wore looked sort of the same as now, but their hair was really different. Example: No one here wore bathers. Both boys wore their homemade underpants, the brand name, ‘Sydney Flour’, emblazoned across the back, as old flour bags were not wasted, but recycled.
Word: battleground Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From battle + ground. Pronunciation: /ˈbætəlˌɡɹaʊnd/ 1. A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. Example: The farmer's field was a civil war battleground, and relics such a minnie bullets were frequently found while plowing. 2. Any place or situation of dispute or contention. Labels: figuratively Example: And now the two of them are lost in a screaming battleground 3. Any subject of dispute or contention. Labels: figuratively Example: Abortion was becoming the season's big political battleground. 4. Ellipsis of battleground state. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Mr. Biden, the former vice president, is ahead of Mr. Trump in the Northern battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as in the Sun Belt states of Florida and Arizona, according to a poll of likely voters conducted by The New York Times and Siena College.
Word: battlegrounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of battleground Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sennight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English senight, senyght, sinight (“sevennight, a week”) [and other forms], a shortened form of seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sevennight. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnaɪt/, /-nɪt/ 1. Synonym of week in its various senses, a period of seven consecutive days and nights. Labels: archaic, obsolete, poetic Example: I dranke not this sennet A draught to my pay; Elynour, I thé pray, Of thyne ale let vs assay, […] Example: Marry he trots hard vvith a yong maid, betvveen the contract of her marriage, and the day it is ſolemnizd: if the interim be but a ſennight, Times pace is ſo hard, that it ſeemes the length of ſeuen yeare.
Word: identic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French identique, from Medieval Latin identicus (“the same”), from Latin identi-, from idem (“the same”). Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɛntɪk/ 1. Identical. Labels: obsolete 2. Precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; applied to concerted action or language used by two or more governments in treating with another government. Labels: obsolete Example: The English and French Governments had, on the 6th January, 1882, given to the Khedive an assurance of their support in an “identic declaration,” since known as the “dual note,” […] Example: The Department on March 5, 1909, notified the countries represented at the Naval Conference of its intention to prepare and transmit an identic circular note dealing with this question, and on October 18, 1909, an elaborate identic circular note [was prepared].
Word: queefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of queef Labels: form-of, plural
Word: queefs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of queef Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: queefing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English queef Middle English -ynge English -ing English queefing From queef + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of queef Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: queefing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English queef Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English queefing From queef + -ing. 1. gerund of queef Labels: form-of, gerund, uncountable
Word: queefed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of queef Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: keeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keeks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of keek Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: keeking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of keek Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: keeked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of keek Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: artisans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artisan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rebuffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rebuff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rebuffs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebuff Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebuffing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbʌfɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rebuff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebuffing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbʌfɪŋ/ 1. A rebuff; the act by which somebody is rebuffed.
Word: buffing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of buff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The underframe, which has been designed to take buffing loads of 200 tons both on the centre coupler and on the retractable side buffers, consists of two centre girders from which cantilevers project to support the solebars, which in turn carry the bodyside structure.
Word: buffing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfɪŋ/ 1. Material removed by the action of someone who buffs. Example: the burning machine for blowing dirt and buffings off the work
Word: bobtail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bob + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑbteɪl/ 1. A short, or deliberately shortened tail. 2. An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags. 3. A tractor which performs without its trailer. 4. A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length. 5. A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length. 6. An open-ended straight or four flush. Labels: attributive, often Example: a bobtail flush 7. A bobtail squid. 8. A bobtail skink.
Word: bobtail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bob + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑbteɪl/ 1. To drive a tractor without its trailer. Example: 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/sheffi.html?pg=2&topic=&topic_set= He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - that's called "bobtailing". 2. To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer. Example: 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History:https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131035/http://bergmanns.com/company_history.asp W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...
Word: bethink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bethenken, bithenchen (“to think about, consider”) from Old English beþenċan, biþenċan (“to think upon, remind, consider, remember”), from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną; equivalent to be- + think. Akin to Old High German pidenchan (German bedenken), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biþagkjan), Dutch bedenken. Pronunciation: /bɪˈθɪŋk/ 1. To think about, to recollect. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon. Labels: reflexive Example: Baſ[ſanio]. Be aſſured you may. / Iew [i.e., Shylock]. I will be aſſured I may: and that I may be aſſured, I will bethinke mee, may I ſpeake with Anthonio? Example: Mens daily occaſions for themſelves or friends, and the neceſities of common life, require the doing of a thouſand things vvithin the compaſs of a fevv dayes, for vvhich it vvould puzzle the beſt Textman that liveth; readily to bethink himself of a ſentence in the Bible, clear enough to ſatisfie a ſcrupulous conſcience of the lavvfulneſs and expediency of vvhat he is about to do; […] 3. To meditate, ponder; to consider. Labels: intransitive 4. To determine, resolve.
Word: clickable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: c. 1943 (entertainment), c. 1965 (manufacturing), c. 1985 (computing) click + -able Pronunciation: /ˈklɪkəbəl/ 1. That establishes rapport with an audience. Labels: not-comparable 2. That retains its shape after being cut by a blade or punched by a die. Labels: not-comparable 3. Causing some action to occur when clicked with a mouse or other pointing device. Labels: not-comparable Example: Putting a clickable link in your post is easy.
Word: clickable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: c. 1943 (entertainment), c. 1965 (manufacturing), c. 1985 (computing) click + -able Pronunciation: /ˈklɪkəbəl/ 1. Any element that can be clicked by the user. Example: The design strategy was to boil down the story's 17 pages to simple language, 5 sing-along songs and 5 games, with about 100 total clickables throughout the program.