nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stably Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stablie, from Anglo-Norman stablie. 1. A medieval hunting practice in which a group of hunters and hounds are stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: As described in chapter three, classic bow and stably hunting in the later Middle Ages and early Renaissance involved hunters waiting on foot at stands or stations for the driven quarry to appear within bowshot. Example: Additions to the present manuscript found in no other contemporary manuscripts include passages on blowing the "prise", an account of fox-hunting, and a section on hunting with bow and stably (in which deer are driven past ready bowmen).
Word: staffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From staff + -er. 1. A member of a staff; an employee. Example: The politician had a staffer send out the prepared statement. Example: But some Democrats are raising red flags about DOGE staffers “infiltrating multiple agencies at once,” and “recklessly and haphazardly combining data without any verification or validation,” as one senior House Oversight Committee Democratic staffer put it to CNN.
Word: staffers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of staffer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stagecraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stage Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English stagecraft From stage + -craft. 1. The skills of the theater. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: To be a professional actor you need to learn stagecraft. Example: For all the costume changes and the stagecraft – the gig starts with a camera crew following Murphy backstage – these are not the show’s most memorable takeaways. It’s the music 2. A specific skill of the theater. Labels: countable, usually Example: Lighting is a very technical stagecraft.
Word: stagecrafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stagecraft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stagehand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stage + hand (“manual worker”). Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪd͡ʒˌhænd/ 1. A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media. Example: Holonym: stage crew Example: The actors get the glory, the spotlight and the name up in lights while it is the stagehands who point the spotlight, hang the name and change the light bulbs.
Word: stagehands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stagehand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: staggeringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English staggering Middle English -ly English -ly English staggeringly From staggering + -ly. 1. To a breathtaking degree. Example: The ancient city was staggeringly beautiful. Example: ‘Yes,’ said Slartibartfast, ‘staggeringly dull. Bewilderingly so.[…]’ 2. Moving with a stagger. Example: He made his way staggeringly to the bar.
Word: staidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English staid Middle English -ly English -ly English staidly From staid + -ly. 1. In a staid manner.
Word: staleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stale 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 staleness From stale + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being stale. Labels: uncountable Example: James Bond suddenly knew that he was tired. He always knew when his body or his mind had had enough and he always acted on the knowledge. This helped him to avoid staleness and the sensual bluntness that breeds mistakes. 2. The result or product of being stale. Labels: countable
Word: staidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English staid 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 staidness From staid + -ness. 1. The state or characteristic of being staid. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is difficult to say whether Mr. John Dounce's red countenance, illuminated as it was by the flickering gas-light in the window before which he paused, excited the lady's risibility, or whether a natural exuberance of animal spirits proved too much for that staidness of demeanour which the forms of society rather dictatorially prescribe. Example: [T]here was a staidness and sobriety about her demeanour that kept all impertinence at a distance.
Word: sputa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sputum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fries Part of Speech: name Etymology: The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both Friesland and French friche (“fallow land”), found in Swiss French. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːz/ 1. A surname. 2. A town in Virginia.
Word: Arabist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Arab 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 Arabist From Arab + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈaɹəbɪst/ 1. A scholar who studies Arab or Arabic culture, politics, or language. 2. One who followed the Arabic system of medicine or (more broadly) scholarship. Labels: historical 3. One that wants to spread Arabic culture; an Arab nationalist.
Word: Arabist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Arab 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 Arabist From Arab + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈaɹəbɪst/ 1. Pertaining to Arabism; medieval Arabic scholarship. 2. Pertaining to the study of Arabic language or culture. 3. Pertaining to Arab nationalism; promoting Arab interests. Example: Two of the most influential Arabist societies were established beyond the reach of Ottoman censors and police.
Word: staphylococcal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From staphylococcus + -al. 1. Relating to staphylococcus.
Word: starer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stare + -er. 1. One who stares.
Word: starers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stagnantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stagnant Middle English -ly English -ly English stagnantly From stagnant + -ly. 1. In a stagnant manner. Example: Andrew, Mina's husband! Ursula turned from her to him. The veins in his forehead stood out stagnantly; his blood-red eyes looked mournfully, helplessly at Ursula's, filling swiftly with maternal solicitude.
Word: starless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sterreles, equivalent to star + -less. Piecewise doublet of asterless. 1. Without visible stars. Labels: not-comparable Example: The starless night was very dark. Example: A globe far off / It seemed, now seems a boundless continent / Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of Night / Starless exposed, and ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round, inclement sky;
Word: strenuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English strenuous Middle English -ly English -ly English strenuously From strenuous + -ly. 1. In a strenuous manner. Example: By my direction, however, the head of his unwieldy machine was so critically pointed that, feeling him foreright against the tender opening, a favourable motion from me met his timely thrust, by which the lips of it, strenuously dilated, gave way to his thus assisted impetuosity, so that we might both feel that he had gain'd a lodgement. Example: Dorcas, faithful to her “young gentlemen,” denied strenuously that it could have been John’s voice she heard, and resolutely declared, in the teeth of everything, that it was Mr. Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.
Word: strati Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stratus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: claymation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A blend of clay + animation. Originally registered as a trademark by American animator Will Vinton in 1978, then entered the English language as a genericized trademark. Pronunciation: /ˈkleɪˌmeɪ.ʃən/ 1. Stop-motion animation where each animated piece is made from a deformable substance, typically Plasticine clay. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As my friends deserted our weekend movie-making for more teenagerly pastimes, I had turned to the cold, clean world of claymation and animated LEGOs. Example: The fact that the Swedish artist undertakes these explorations in claymation – a medium one might assume to have reached its erotic climax with Gromit operating a sexy bunny marionette in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – adds a healthy dose of the ridiculous.
Word: streaky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From streak + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹiːki/ 1. Having streaks. 2. Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman. Example: Although the two added thirteen important runs, including four byes let through by Mongia and a streaky outside edge cum late-cut by Pollock for four, one didn't need to be blessed with gifts of insight to realise that Pollock's days at the crease were numbered. Example: ...rather than hitting it with the middle of the bat, I jagged it off the inside edge and French-cut it over the top of the stumps for another four. That was the only streaky shot I can remember. 3. Unpredictable, variable; having periods of good and bad (e.g. weather). Example: […] to do his duty in the face of uncommonly streaky weather like a man. Example: [Nebraska] has a reputation for streaky weather, long stretches of drouth and long seasons of rain. 4. Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent. Labels: Canada, US, usually Example: Jones has always been a streaky hitter 5. Having periods of irritation or bad temper. Labels: archaic, slang 6. Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill. Example: Two goals from Alexis Sánchez, the second a little streakier than the first, were enough to send Arsenal into a second successive FA Cup final, once again following extra time after being held over 90 minutes by a Championship side.
Word: Leeuwarden Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Leeuwarden. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪwɑɹdən/, /-ə/, /ˈleɪwɑːdən/ 1. A city and capital of Friesland, Netherlands. 2. A municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.
Word: subplot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + plot. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.plɒt/, /ˈsʌb.plɑt/ 1. A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot. Example: 1978, R.B. Lee & R. Misiorowski, Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writer, Subplot, a story line enclosed within the principal story to provide relief from the main plot's tension, add character dimension, etc. Example: Structurally, the two most variant scenes (outside of Scene ii) are Scenes 3 and 4 in which the compiler works out the variant subplot. 2. A subdivision of a plot of land, especially one used for an agricultural experiment. Example: [...] on sixteen 8/10-acre plots (12.8 acres) well distributed over the area. [...] A 1/160-acre subplot was established in a randomly chosen corner of each [...] Example: 1999, E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar, Christian Cossalter, Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forest, There are 72 trees in each plot (6x12) and 36 trees in each subplot.
Word: subplot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + plot. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.plɒt/, /ˈsʌb.plɑt/ 1. To provide (a story) with a subplot. Labels: transitive Example: In the pictures of places, too, an author uses economy; and for his plot, complicated and subplotted as it may seem, he cannot count on having vast stretches of eternity in which to elaborate forever.
Word: unknot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + knot. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.nɒt/, /ˈʌn.nɑt/ 1. In knot theory, a loop that is not knotted.
Word: unknot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + knot. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnɒt/, /ʌnˈnɑt/ 1. To unfasten (a knot). Labels: transitive
Word: unhook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English hook English unhook From un- + hook. 1. To remove from a hook. Labels: transitive Example: A rather interesting and notable convenience, however, is that of ice water bags, which are hung on to the outside of the coaches at certain stops. These can be reached by leaning out of the window rather perilously, to unhook them, and paper cups are stocked in the compartments. Example: After Aulnoye the route lay through the colliery area and past Maubeuge to Jeumont, on the Belgian border. There Eùgene unhooked and we handed the train over to a Belgian diesel. 2. To unfasten by means of hooks. Labels: transitive Example: to unhook a bra Example: "She was standing in front of the mirror unhooking her frock. Mrs. P., I mean." 3. To unfasten the bra of (its wearer). Labels: colloquial, transitive
Word: unworn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English worn English unworn From un- + worn. 1. Not having been worn, as clothing. 2. Not worn away or eroded.
Word: unwearable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English wearable English unwearable From un- + wearable. 1. Not able to be worn 2. Clothing that is unsuitable for wear in most circumstances because it is extreme, unusual, or uncomfortable. Example: European designers entered into the nineties with fashion collections that were astonishingly unwearable.
Word: unwearable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English wearable English unwearable From un- + wearable. 1. Something, such as clothing, that cannot be worn Example: He’s compensating you for an injury, not for purchasing your spattered unwearables.
Word: untwist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English twist English untwist From un- + twist. 1. To remove a twist from. Labels: transitive 2. To become untwisted. Labels: intransitive
Word: untwist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English twist English untwist From un- + twist. 1. A twist in the opposite direction.
Word: untidily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From untidy + -ly or un- + tidily. 1. In an untidy manner. Example: when we entered Helen was greeted with a sharp reprimand, and told that tomorrow she should have half-a-dozen of untidily folded articles pinned to her shoulder. Example: When Marilla came up for the light various skimpy articles of raiment scattered most untidily over the floor and a certain tempestuous appearance of the bed were the only indications of any presence save her own.
Word: untidiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English untidy 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 untidiness From untidy + -ness. 1. The quality of being untidy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was a slight air of untidiness—or rather, perhaps, an absence of spruceness in any detail—about his general appearance […] Example: Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour.
Word: untested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tested English untested From un- + tested. 1. Not previously tested. Labels: not-comparable Example: If the promising but untested treatment would replace EET, the head-to-head comparison would be similar to the "placebo-controlled" trials I've already described, but with EET in place of the placebo. Example: The assumption that these are identical in meaning and usage between Indian English and Anglo-American English, while tacitly accepted, is untested, and fundamentally unknown.
Word: unsteadiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unsteady 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 unsteadiness From unsteady + -ness. 1. The quality of being unsteady. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Marsh rebuilding, with the higher-pitched and larger boiler and new standard boiler mountings, completely altered the appearance of the engine, which in its last guise was a very handsome machine; but unsteadiness in running at speeds over 50 m.p.h. resulted in no further such conversions being made.
Word: unread Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English read English unread From un- + read. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.ɹɛd/, /ˈʌn.ɹiːd/ 1. Not having been read. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1700, Charles Hopkins, The Art of Love, (after Ovid’s Ars Amatoria), London: Joseph Wild, “The Muse,” p. 36, At first, perhaps, unread your Note’s return’d, Your Person slighted, and your Passion scorn’d. Example: ‘Private: for the hands of J. G. Utterson alone and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,’ so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer dreaded to behold the contents. 2. Not having read; uneducated. Labels: not-comparable Example: In fortune’s love […] the bold and coward, The wise and fool, the artist and unread, The hard and soft seem all affined and kin: But, in the wind and tempest of her frown, Distinction, with a broad and powerful fan, Puffing at all, winnows the light away; Example: 1796, Elizabeth Inchbald, Nature and Art, Dublin: P. Wogan et al., Chapter 22, p. 111, The only child of two doating parents, she never had been taught the necessity of resignation—untutored, unread, unused to reflect, but knowing how to feel […]
Word: unread Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English read English unread From un- + read. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.ɹɛd/, /ˈʌn.ɹiːd/ 1. To undo the process of reading. Labels: transitive Example: That book was terrible! I wish I could unread it. 2. To flag (a previously read e-mail or similar message) as not having been read. Labels: transitive
Word: unread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English read English unread From un- + read. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.ɹɛd/, /ˈʌn.ɹiːd/ 1. An unread email or instant message. Example: You will have fewer 'Unreads' staring at you from your Inbox, and will feel—and be—more productive. Example: I flipped from the calendar app to the email app and logged in to view Cooper's. The unreads were staggering; I'd have to triage them later.
Word: unpractical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + practical. 1. Not practical, impractical Labels: rare
Word: unplugged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English plugged English unplugged From un- + plugged. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈplʌɡd/ 1. Not plugged in. Labels: not-comparable 2. Using acoustic instruments, especially instead of electric ones. Labels: not-comparable 3. Without a plug or bung. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unplugged vessel containing liquid 4. Presented in a more low-key and intimate context than usual. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: I enjoyed watching "Miley Cyrus Unplugged" last night.
Word: unplugged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʌnˈplʌɡd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unplug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plugged in Part of Speech: adj 1. With its plug properly connected to the electric plug socket. Labels: not-comparable Example: Check if the television is plugged in. 2. Fully aware; in a state of keeping up with current information about a topic; engaged wholeheartedly in a task or cause Labels: broadly, colloquial Example: By subscribing to this magazine, you can stay plugged in to current issues. Example: My new boss is much more plugged in to the needs of his employees than my last boss.
Word: plugged in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of plug in Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I plugged in the television.
Word: plug in Part of Speech: verb 1. To connect (an electrical device) to a plug socket. Labels: idiomatic Example: Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again? Ok. Well, are you sure that it's plugged in? Example: I eschew the idea of plugging in my laptop to take notes and resort to old-fashioned pen and paper instead, so that I can enjoy more of the view and not be distracted by bashing a keyboard. 2. To familiarize and integrate (a person) into an organization. Labels: idiomatic Example: The drivers routinely patrol these areas- welfare offices, senior centers, even street corners- asking the Medicare patients to come with them for check-ups in return for cash. […] To get plugged in, we enlisted Lizzie Green, a 75-year-old widow who lives on social security and a small pension. She agreed to be our undercover test patient. Example: The Eskimos’ [football team] organizational depth has been tested early and often by a persistent injury bug that has claimed three starters […] and they continue to plug in new players and carry on. 3. To replace a variable with a number in order to solve an equation. Labels: idiomatic Example: If an equation has three unknowns, you can plug in two of them to find the third. 4. To input or enter (data). Labels: idiomatic Example: Want to find out what the bloggers are talking about before it hits the mainstream? Just sign up for PubSub […] and plug in your search terms. This site crawls more than 9 million blogs, public relations newswires, and SEC filings for relevant entries, and then e-mails you the results. 5. To become involved in something. Example: The inability of the gay movement as a whole to interrelate AIDS work with the many other items on its political agenda left vast segments of the lesbian and gay community sitting on the sidelines wondering how and why to plug in.
Word: fecks Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of feck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fecks Part of Speech: noun 1. Faith. Example: The Lord save us, how cross you are this mornin', mister Mulligan! By my fecks, it wasn't to hould horses that I hired myself to your sarvice—an I'd have you to know that it is'nt my place.
Word: fecked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of feck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fecking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of feck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unorganized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English organized English unorganized From un- + organized. 1. Not organized: not having been organized. Labels: US Example: Palmyra Atoll is an unorganized territory. 2. Not organized: not having been organized. Example: Health care is one of Boston's largest industries. It is also one of the most unorganized. As in most service industries, many of the jobs are semi- or unskilled, offering low pay with little security.
Word: unmovable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Old French movable English movable English unmovable From un- + movable. 1. Not physically able to be moved. 2. Incapable of being emotionally moved or persuaded.
Word: unlatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + latch. 1. Remove from a latch
Word: uninsured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English insured English uninsured From un- + insured. 1. Not insured; not having insurance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uninsured Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English insured English uninsured From un- + insured. 1. One who is not insured.
Word: unheard-of Part of Speech: adj 1. Previously unknown; unprecedented. Example: He was […] none of your unconscionable blades, requiring impossible chops, and taking unheard-of pickles for granted. Example: Starvation in the uplands was not an unheard-of thing; […]
Word: unhatched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English hatched English unhatched From un- + hatched. 1. Not yet hatched. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unhatched egg 2. Not shaded with hatching. Labels: not-comparable
Word: undying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English die English -ing English dying English undying From un- + dying. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. permanent; never-ending; infinite Example: My abandoned heart Just doesn't understand My undying love for you Won't let me wait
Word: undying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English die English -ing English dying English undying From un- + dying. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of undie Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: guy wire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of guy-wire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: athletes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of athlete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guy-wire Part of Speech: noun 1. A metal guy rope used to stabilize a tall structure (such as a radio mast).
Word: guy rope Part of Speech: noun 1. A rope or cable used to steady either a tall structure, or a thing being hoisted or lowered.
Word: cause a stir Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause controversy, or raise a disturbance. Labels: intransitive Example: The news story caused a stir.
Word: negritude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French négritude (coined by Aimé Césaire), from nègre (“Negro”) + -itude. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛɡɹɪˌtjuːd/, /ˈnɛɡɹɪˌt͡ʃuːd/ 1. The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring. Example: Long before Negritude had become a war-cry among the Black intellectuals of the Left Bank, Caribbean writers had been composing verses in French that were purely derivative, evoking the Parnassian and neo-Romantic influences of the end of the last century.
Word: halfway decent Part of Speech: adj 1. No more than adequate. 2. Mediocre. 3. Good - better than expected. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: personalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin persōnālia. 1. All the personal belongings, writings and information of an individual. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Evidently doing this job would be as much a matter of probing his memory for links and identifications, as of reading his personalia and getting up the history of Sudan. 2. Announcements or requests issued in an association's periodical by or about individual members of that association. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: yuri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 百合(ゆり) (yuri, “lily”), by analogy to 薔薇(バラ) (bara, “rose”), indicating love. See Yuri (genre) § “Terminology and etymology” at Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊɹi/ 1. A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women. Labels: Japanese, especially, uncountable Example: I wanna start a Marxist reading circle but I feel like if I did that it would just be a bunch of trans puppies barking and playing and like not reading at all and a bunch of yuri
Word: political vacuum Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated. Example: January 26 2005, The Washington Times Both directly and through their terrorist intermediaries in Lebanon, Iran's ayatollahs have been meddling in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for years. But the death of Yasser Arafat, and the political vacuum that has emerged in the wake of the Palestinian strongman's passing, have laid the groundwork for even greater Iranian infiltration of Palestinian politics.
Word: Tobiah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hebrew name טוֹבִיָּה (Toviyyah, “Yahweh is good”). 1. An Ammonite mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah. (biblical character) Example: But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: rare
Word: suppliant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French suppliant, present participle of supplier. Doublet of supplicant. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌpliənt/ 1. Entreating with humility; supplicant. Example: to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee Example: Some plaques formed part of a mosaic that covered human life with its varied scenes of peace and war. Here we have warriors, the Cretan erect, and his darker-skinned enemy prostrate and suppliant. 2. Supplying; auxiliary. Example: your levy Must be suppliant
Word: suppliant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French suppliant, present participle of supplier. Doublet of supplicant. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌpliənt/ 1. One who pleads or requests earnestly. Example: In reuerence therefore of the hopes vvhich the Grecians haue repoſed in you, and of the preſence of Iupiter Olympius, in vvhoſe Temple here, vve are in a manner ſuppliants to you, receiue the Mitylenians into league, and ayde vs. Example: [K]naves in office, partial in the vvork / Of diſtribution; lib'ral of their aid / To clam'rous importunity in rags, / But oft-times deaf to ſuppliants vvho vvould bluſh / To vvear a tatter'd garb hovvever coarſe, / VVhom famine cannot reconcile to filth; […]
Word: hanging participle Part of Speech: noun 1. A dangling participle.
Word: dangling participle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any participle used as a dangling modifier.
Word: prairies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prairie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ion exchange resins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ion exchange resin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chromatographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from German chromatographisch; see there for more. 1. Of or pertaining to chromatography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: colorimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colorimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectrometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spectrometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gravimetric analyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gravimetric analysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antipatico Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian antipatico. 1. Unpleasant, odious, unsympathetic, harsh, (of person) crabby. Example: I must say, even for my own part, that however much I respected German superiority, I thought it a cruel dispensation for the gay-hearted Italian to be made subject to a power so antipatico to him, and it is only the bad use which the Italian made of his transient gleam of liberty, that reconciles me now to the presence of a foreign force. Example: They are all business and brusqueness, and they bore us, and are antipatico.
Word: pentoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: simpatico Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian simpatico or Spanish simpático (“nice, likeable”), ultimately from Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ (sŭmpắtheiă, “sympathy”, literally “suffering together”). Pronunciation: /sɪmˈpa.tɪ.kəʊ/, /sɪmˈpæ.tə.koʊ/, /sɪmˈpɑ.tə.koʊ/ 1. Having a compatible temperament or pleasing qualities. Example: Colombia is a red herring, however. The songs that became Madame X actually came together during Madonna’s two years in Portugal, where she decamped in 2017 when her son David enrolled in Benfica’s football academy. Madonna absorbed the local sounds with more of a mature, simpatico rather than asset-stripping eye. Example: At first, I figured he was pretending to like things that women like to seem simpatico, a feminist hustle. But no, this guy really wanted to read “Northanger Abbey.” 2. Compatible (with a person, thing, etc). Example: This meant that one morning Hildon would wake up and realize that he and Lucy were not simpatico. She was afraid because this happened so often—she dreaded it—but the truth was that she did not fear men individually. Example: 'You're my boss, and perhaps it's a good thing we're not simpático. In fact, I think it's probably for the best if we keep a certain distance between us.' To her surprise, he nodded. 'At work, yes—you are quite right.'
Word: decine Part of Speech: noun 1. decenylene Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: shadow minister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Shadow Cabinet. 1. In British and some Commonwealth parliaments, a member of an opposition party, with responsibility for a particular portfolio. Example: Holonym: shadow cabinet Example: The phrase 'shortly', when used by government rail ministers, means at least four years... and counting, Shadow Transport Minister Tan Dhesi has stated.
Word: shadow cabinet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Shadow Cabinet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: renascence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From renascent + -ence. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈneɪs(ə)ns/, /ɹɪˈnas(ə)ns/ 1. A new beginning or rebirth; regeneration. Labels: archaic Example: Although at first I was puzzles, I did not have to ponder long the mystery of this man's renascence. 2. Renewal, revival. Example: Ignored by her own time, Dickinson was sentimentalized in her renascence. 3. The Renaissance. Labels: archaic
Word: niggardliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English niggardly 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 niggardliness From niggardly + -ness. 1. The state of being niggardly; parsimony. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Whatever obscurity or incongruity attaches to the statements I have quoted, those who made them are manifestly at one as to the two cardinal facts, that Cavendish was, for the first forty years of his life, a poor man, and for the last thirty-nine an unusually wealthy one. No one seems able to assign a reason for his father’s niggardliness towards him. There is good reason, however, for believing that the cause of Lord Charles Cavendish’s parsimony to his son has been misapprehended.
Word: odori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 踊り (odori). 1. An energetic Japanese style of folk dance. Labels: uncountable
Word: burbots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burbot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: culvers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of culver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isolates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isolate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isolates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of isolate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interceptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intercept Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English interceptor From intercept + -or. 1. Anyone or anything that intercepts something else. 2. A combat aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack. 3. A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles. Example: “The AN-TPY/2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery, enabling the launch of interceptor missiles and contributing to a networked air defense picture,” he said. “It also happens to be an incredibly expensive piece of kit. The loss of even a single radar of this type would be an operationally significant event. It is probable that a replacement unit would have to be redeployed from elsewhere, which will take time and effort.” 4. A device to trap, remove, or separate hazardous or undesirable matter (such as oil or sand) from normal waste conveyed through it, permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity. 5. A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task. 6. A sewer that intercepts sewerage destined for an outfall (e.g. into a river) and redirects it to a treatment plant.
Word: insole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in + sole. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsəʊl/, /ˈɪnsoʊl/ 1. The inside sole of a shoe or other footwear.
Word: insole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in + sole. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsəʊl/, /ˈɪnsoʊl/ 1. To fit (footwear) with an insole. Labels: transitive
Word: mailbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mail + box. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪl.bɑks/ 1. A box into which mail is placed. Labels: US Example: She waved back, placed a stack of envelopes in her mailbox, and lifted the red flag. 2. A box into which mail is placed. Labels: US 3. A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.
Word: flaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mugshot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mug shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: NSAIDs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of NSAID Labels: form-of, plural
Word: betters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of better Labels: form-of, plural Example: I left the entry for my betters to edit.
Word: betters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of better Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bettering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beterynge; equivalent to better + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of better Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bettering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beterynge; equivalent to better + -ing. 1. improvement
Word: bettered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of better Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ASAMA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Sport Art Museum and Archives. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: milch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk. Compare milchig. Pronunciation: /mɪlt͡ʃ/ 1. Used to produce milk; dairy. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: so many cattle […] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce […] Texas steers. 2. Currently producing milk for its offspring. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break. Example: you must house your Milch-cows 3. Tender; pitiful; weeping. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: milch cow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English melche cow, mylche cowe, equivalent to milch (“yielding milk”) + cow. 1. A cow kept for milking; a dairy cow. 2. A cow that produces milk (having had at least one calf). 3. A cash cow. Labels: figuratively 4. A German WWII submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies and transfer them to other submarines. Labels: slang
Word: salicin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin salix, salicis (“a willow”) + -in. 1. A glucoside derivative of salicylic acid; the active principle of willow bark, once used medicinally. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: virgin timber Part of Speech: noun 1. Timber (lumber) taken from an uncultivated forest. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jetset Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jet set. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jetset Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of jet set. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: jetset Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of jet set. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quarterhorse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of quarter horse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quarter horse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for its ability to outdistance other horse breeds in races of a quarter mile or less. 1. An American breed of horse originally bred for short-distance racing. Example: I'm getting ready to go out and play the quarter horses. Example: When the last tune of music floated from the fleet, he unstabled his quarter horse and headed for the coastal road leading west and north on his circuit.
Word: shmoe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of schmo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kibbitz Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of kibitz. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: So how it’s gonna go is we’re gonna talk for about 45 minutes. We’re just gonna kibbitz here; that’s Yiddish for just kinda like […]
Word: semiconducting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English conducting English semiconducting From semi- + conducting. 1. That has the characteristics of a semiconductor Labels: not-comparable Example: Recently a stable monolayer of antimony in buckled honeycomb structure called antimonene was successfully grown on 3D topological insulator Bi#95;2Te#95;3 and Sb#95;2Te#95;3, which displays semiconducting properties.
Word: senna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnə/ 1. Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative. Labels: countable 2. The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally. Labels: uncountable 3. Senna glycoside, a laxative. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sequencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sequence Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sequencing Part of Speech: noun 1. Arrangement in a sequence. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein (protein sequencing) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene (gene sequencing). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stirringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stirring Middle English -ly English -ly English stirringly From stirring + -ly. 1. In a stirring manner.
Word: stockiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stocky 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 stockiness From stocky + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being stocky. Labels: uncountable
Word: stockroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stock + room. 1. A room where a store keeps its stock of merchandise.
Word: stockrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: premiss Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of premise. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] that he might have no excuse for evading the test, the Franciscan declared himself willing to be a victim to this high logic, and to be burned for the sake of securing the necessary minor premiss.
Word: premiss Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of premise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: falderal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of folderol. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: metric pound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: This is the closest metric unit to the imperial pound (of approximately 454 grams). 1. Half a kilogram, or 500 grams. Labels: informal
Word: red-letter day Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of red letter day. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: graduate engineer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who holds an engineering degree from a technical university or equivalent.
Word: red-letter days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-letter day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plane angle Part of Speech: noun 1. An angle formed by two intersecting straight lines. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An angle formed by two intersecting planes, measured by the angle between two intersecting straight lines that are in respective planes and perpendicular to the intersection of the planes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sooky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sook + -y (“characteristic of”) and -y (“diminutive”). 1. Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Newfoundland, slang Example: Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside. 2. Sentimental, sissy; timid. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Newfoundland, slang Example: Sentimentalists and political quacks have devoted much time to convincing the sookier twentieth century that nineteenth century New World penitentiaries were choked with near-blameless stealers of one teaspoon, one handkerchief, one loaf of bread. Example: Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest, purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.
Word: sooky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sook + -y (“characteristic of”) and -y (“diminutive”). 1. A sook, a crybaby.
Word: Senna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Senna; this surname is predominantly attested in Brazil, however it is not of Portuguese origin. 1. A surname from Italian.