nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: horse blankets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horse blanket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horse blanket Part of Speech: noun 1. A blanket placed underneath the saddle of a horse. Example: They used to take a big horse-blanket and sit on the grass a little to the left of the lower end, where there is a dip in the ground, and where the occupied graves stop short and the ready-made ones are not ready. 2. A blanket worn by a horse (saddled or unsaddled) in cold weather. 3. Paper money consisting of large-sized notes or bills, printed from 1861 to 1928. Labels: US, historical, slang Example: And then he had those great big, what they used to call "horse blankets." You know those bills? Yeah, that's what the young man gave him. Example: Right now, I am teaching my daughter about "horse blankets" and that "money used to be this big". Who knows? Maybe she will tell her kids how she can remember when dollars didn't have holes for the blind...
Word: rubbishy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rubbish Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English rubbishy From rubbish + -y. 1. Strewn with litter. 2. Of little or no value; worthless. Example: We pointed out last April, for instance, that Mr. [Alfred Russel] Wallace pronounced the most wonderful panegyric on the eloquent spiritual teachings of “mediums” of whose utterly stilted and unmeaning verbiage we gave our readers some specimens, and we could not help doubting the calmness of a judgment which was evidently so intoxicated with the class of marvels with which it had been dealing, that it could seriously see beauty and power in tall talk of the rubbishiest, the most vulgar, and the most ungrammatical description. Example: “Every little bit helps,” the queen whispers, recalling the mantra of the original settlers. A whole life lived in a hole in the ground. Rubbish. Sacrifice for future generations. Rubbish. The Orthocracy? Rubbish. The CorpComs? Rubbishier rubbish. She is going to ehange all of that. A little more time. A few more raids.
Word: rubdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from rub down. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbˌdaʊn/ 1. A quick, energetic massage. 2. Synonym of dry transfer. Labels: attributive
Word: ruffly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ruffle + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌf.əl.i/ 1. Having many ruffles.
Word: ruggedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ruggedli, ruggidly, equivalent to rugged + -ly. 1. In a rugged manner. Example: It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a meter wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome features.
Word: ruggedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rugged 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 ruggedness From rugged + -ness. 1. The state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A rugged or irregular feature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The surface of which […] could not nevertheless hide a multitude of holes and scratches and ruggednesses from being discover'd by the Microscope to invest it […].
Word: rumply Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rumple Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English rumply From rumple + -y. 1. Rumpled. Example: Near-synonyms: crumply, crumpled
Word: runabout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from run about. 1. Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys. Example: The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout[…]stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, […] 2. A motor car having a single row of seats. Labels: dated 3. A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels. Labels: historical 4. A gadabout or vagabond. Labels: archaic 5. A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft.
Word: runaround Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from run around. 1. An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses. Labels: idiomatic Example: I called them to find out what had happened to my parcel, but all I got was a runaround. 2. A detour or route that bypasses an obstacle. 3. A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration. 4. A whitlow running around the fingernail but not affecting the bone.
Word: run-through Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from run through. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌnˌθɹuː/ 1. A rehearsal of a drama, especially an uninterrupted one, but with no makeup or costume. Example: Near-synonym: walkthrough 2. A brief outline of the main points of something; a rundown.
Word: run-through Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from run through. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌnˌθɹuː/ 1. In which trains continue without stopping while going through a station. Labels: not-comparable
Word: run-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from run up. 1. The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jasprit Bumrah has the most unique run-up in the history of cricket. 2. The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced. 3. A period of time just before an important event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The candidates were very nervous in the run-up to the election. Example: Politicians on TikTok will no longer be able to use the app tipping tools, nor access advertising features on the social network, as the company tightens its policies around political issues in the run-up to the US midterm elections in six weeks’ time. 4. An increase in the value or amount of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Economists expect a run-up of long-term interest rates. Example: A Price Run-Up for Run-Down Communes [title] 5. The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I found sand pushed all the way to the edge of my home by the run-up of Wednesday's tsunami. Example: Historical records of tsunamis in this region are available for the last 400 years, and the run-up heights of historical tsunamis at Koyadori were estimated and measured" 6. The process of warming up and testing an airplane before a flight. Labels: countable, transitive, uncountable
Word: rusher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rush + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who rushes. 2. The fast defensive position whose objective is to sack the offensive team's quarterback. 3. One who strews rushes. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1590, unknown author, attributed to William Shakespeare, Mucedorus I am rusher of the stable
Word: rushy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English russhy, russhi, resshi, equivalent to rush (“a plant”) + -y. 1. Abounding in rushes. 2. Having the characteristics of a rush (the plant); rushlike.
Word: rushy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rush (“a hurry”) + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian ruusich (“fast; quick; rushy”). 1. Characterised by rushing; hurried; fast-paced
Word: rustically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English rustic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English rustically From rustic + -ally. 1. In a rustic manner.
Word: rustiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rusty 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 rustiness From rusty + -ness. 1. The state of being rusty. Labels: uncountable Example: Southgate's team, playing their first game since the 4-0 win in Kosovo in November, showed understandable rustiness
Word: swatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swat + -er. 1. Something used to swat with; a flyswatter. 2. Someone who swats.
Word: swatter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Dutch swaddren (“to dabble in water”). 1. To spill water about. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: sulkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sulky + -ness. Compare Middle English solcenesse, asolkenesse, Old English āsolcennes. 1. The state or quality of being sulky. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being sulky. Labels: countable
Word: sultriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sultry 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 sultriness From sultry + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being sultry. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: All I Need, Sylvester's most recent album, is first rate. Here is a dance record that doesn't forget it's a dance record: it delivers! From the easy sultriness of the title cut to the libidinous urgency of "Hard Up," the seven selections […] have your foot tapping and your body jumping.
Word: subzero Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English zero English subzero From sub- + zero. 1. Less than zero, most commonly used to refer to temperature. Labels: not-comparable Example: More than half of all Americans will experience subzero wind chills in the next week.
Word: subversively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English subversive Middle English -ly English -ly English subversively From subversive + -ly. 1. In a subversive manner.
Word: succinctly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English succinct Middle English -ly English -ly English succinctly From succinct + -ly. Pronunciation: /sʌkˈsɪŋ(k)t.li/, /səˈsɪŋ(k)t.li/ 1. In a succinct manner, concisely. Example: With this preface, Sam related, as succinctly as he could, the last memorable conversation he had had with Mr. Pickwick. Example: My companion smiled approvingly. “You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly and well,” he said.
Word: conciseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English concise 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 conciseness From concise + -ness. Pronunciation: /kənˈsaɪsnəs/ 1. The property of being concise; succinctness. Labels: uncountable Example: I shall endeavour to keep it with as much conciseness as possible.
Word: succulence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French succulence. 1. The property of being succulent. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Many brought presents of roast chickens and pigs, swinging the fowls by their legs as they extolled their succulence.
Word: underuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English use English underuse From under- + use. 1. The act of using (something) less than expected. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: underuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English use English underuse From under- + use. 1. to use (something) less than expected
Word: underutilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English utilize English underutilize From under- + utilize. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.dəˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/, [ˌɐn.dəˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz], /ˌʌn.dɚˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/, [ˌʌn.(ɾ)ɚˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz], [ˌʌɾ̃.ɚˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz] 1. underuse
Word: dropdown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from drop down. 1. Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Click the Colours button on the toolbar to show a dropdown menu of available colours.
Word: dropdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from drop down. 1. An instance of a selection object that hides the contents (especially the other choices) until activated. Example: That screen is good, but add a couple of dropdowns and it will be perfect. Example: Your Web site doesn't have to be full of the latest dropdowns, rollovers, superslick graphics, or Flash videos.
Word: spuriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English spurious Middle English -ly English -ly English spuriously From spurious + -ly. 1. In a spurious manner.
Word: sweepings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweeping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweepings Part of Speech: noun 1. Material that is swept up. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: swashbuckling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from swashbuckler, as though that had been formed as swashbuckle + -er. 1. Adventurous, exciting. Example: Brecel's swashbuckling style has endeared him to fans across the world, in particular the manner of his famous victories over O'Sullivan and Si Jiahui on his run to the final. Example: “Thank you, but I'm gonna come home, like, all the time. Ooh, I want to cuddle that baby!” “And maybe give her some swashbuckling tips?” “Already worried she's going to be deadly. You're going to be such a good mom.”
Word: swankily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English swanky Middle English -ly English -ly English swankily From swanky + -ly. 1. In a swanky manner.
Word: fork in the road Part of Speech: noun 1. A junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads. 2. A critical moment or point in life or in a situation where one must make an important decision between two or more divergent options or paths. Labels: figuratively Example: Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
Word: surmountable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English surmount Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English surmountable From surmount + -able. 1. Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable. Example: Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles. Example: A spokesman for South Western Railway told RAIL that all the issues were surmountable, and that it was continuing to work with both the train supplier and the union to bring the trains into service.
Word: daydreamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From daydream + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪdɹiːmə/, /ˈdeɪdɹiːmɚ/, [ˈdeɪdɹiːmɚ], [ˈdeɪd͡ʒɹiːmɚ] 1. One who daydreams. 2. A person who wastes time daydreaming of accomplishments instead of accomplishing things.
Word: ultrafine particle Part of Speech: noun 1. A particle with diameter less than about 100 nanometers (nm).
Word: assembly line Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈsɛmbli laɪːn/ 1. A system of workers and machinery in which a product is assembled in a series of consecutive operations; typically the product is conveyed by a continuously moving belt.
Word: along of Part of Speech: prep 1. because of Labels: obsolete Example: It’s all along of you that he ventured to do what he did. Example: "Flint was cap'n; I was quartermaster, along of my timber leg.[…]"
Word: photovoltaic cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photovoltaic cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aeolian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: . Piecewise doublet of Aeolian. Pronunciation: /iˈoʊ.li.ən/, /iˈoʊl.jən/, /eɪˈoʊ.li.ən/ 1. of, or relating to the wind. Labels: not-comparable 2. carried, deposited or eroded by the wind. Labels: not-comparable 3. Aeolian mode Labels: not-comparable
Word: aeolian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: . Piecewise doublet of Aeolian. Pronunciation: /iˈoʊ.li.ən/, /iˈoʊl.jən/, /eɪˈoʊ.li.ən/ 1. A lightweight fabric with a ribbed surface, generally made by combining silk and cotton, or silk and worsted warp and weft. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sumu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 蘇木 /苏木 (sūmù), from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu), from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”). 1. Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), sometimes used in relation to Inner Mongolia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roadhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + house. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/, /ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/ 1. An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk. Labels: US Example: Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically) Example: The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London. 2. A receiving house. 3. A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities. Labels: Australia
Word: roaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roster, roostare, equivalent to roast + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix). Same formation as roster, although the words have very different meanings. 1. Someone who roasts coffee beans; a company or place of business that does so. Example: Several artisanal roasters are operating in the region now. 2. A machine for roasting things; especially, one that roasts coffee beans. Example: They've invested in large roasters with impressive stainless steel parts. 3. A kitchen utensil used for roasting. Example: I found a really nice roaster in the kitchenware aisle, plus a bamboo cutting board. 4. A chicken, pig, etc. suitable for roasting. Example: I found a really nice roaster in the meat department, and I'm going to make some stuffing for it, too. Example: There is nothing I would like more than for a young wise guy or wise gal to study my teachings and learn from my experiences in order to become America's next great roaster. 5. Someone who roasts food. Example: Hank is just about everyone's favorite pig roaster around here. He stays pretty busy with block parties, weddings, and reunions. Example: […] they [professional cooks] had as many as 25 helpers, such as saucerers, larders, roasters, pottagers, bakers, spicers, and fruiterers, not to mention spit turners and scullions. 6. A type of industrial furnace; especially, one that roasts ore. Example: Having been dumped out of the mine cars, the ore then moves along a conveyor to the roaster. 7. One who roasts or banters, especially as a comedy routine. Example: He does standup, and he's a pretty good roaster. 8. An epistellar gas giant exoplanet. Labels: informal Example: Some of the earliest discoveries of exoplanets were roasters because they are the least difficult to detect. 9. An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves. Labels: Scotland, derogatory, slang Example: Person A: Oh look, he's at it again. Person B: What a roaster.
Word: robotize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From robot + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊbətaɪz/ 1. To give something (or someone) the characteristics of a robot. Labels: transitive Example: They have fought the robotizing of their characters to a kind of stand-off. Example: But we did not want just to train Raun or robotize him or to use force or the threat of punishment as others had tried to do rather unsuccessfully with other youngsters like him. 2. To automate, especially by making use of robots. Labels: transitive Example: "[…]And maybe one works, but in the long run what it does is it robotizes the process.” Example: In fact, its solution would determine the number of robots needed to tend machines in a manufacturing system and hence the investment required to robotize tending activities.
Word: robustly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English robust Middle English -ly English -ly English robustly From robust + -ly. 1. In a robust manner. Example: This implies the use of two selection criteria – frequency and prominence – both of which are difficult to determine without access to a robustly representative corpus or an extensive and comprehensive citation collection.
Word: rock-and-roll Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rock and roll. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rock-bottom Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall to the lowest possible level. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing.
Word: rock-bottom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rock bottom. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: She knew in her heart that she had hit rock-bottom this time.
Word: rockbound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rock + bound. 1. Surrounded by rocks. Example: The Atlantic coast of the United States from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to Key Biscayne, Florida, is low and sandy compared to the rock-bound coast of New England. 2. Limited in frequency because of a limited supply of crystals.
Word: tiss Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a hissing sound. Labels: nonce-word Example: He ran along the edge, quickening at the shout of the kennel-boy, and had almost reached the island’s tail when Bite’m pinned him in the shoulder. Tissing through his open mouth, Tarka rolled and fought with the terriers. Example: His psalms were sung to the tissing larch, his hymns to the purple heath.
Word: radiating Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: radiating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of radiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tidal volume Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of air breathed in or out during normal respiration.
Word: downed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /daʊnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of down Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The ball was downed at the six yard line. Example: He downed an ale and ordered another.
Word: downed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /daʊnd/ 1. That has been brought down, usually by force. Labels: not-comparable Example: The pilot escaped from the downed plane. Example: A dog was sent to fetch the downed birds for the hunters.
Word: tondo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒndoʊ/ 1. A round picture or other work of art. Example: As the ellipse becomes longer and flatter, it takes on the qualities of the rectangle. Even more than the tondo, the oval is a playful shape, prescribed by the demands of the setting it bedecks rather than those of the composition it encloses. Example: In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]
Word: cragsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crag (“rocky outcrop; rugged steep rock or cliff”) + -s- (genitival interfix equivalent to -’s) + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæɡzmən/, /ˈkɹæɡzmɛn/, /ˈkɹæɡzˌmɛn/ 1. A (skillful) male climber of crags. Example: Francie o'Fowlsheugh, and he was the best craigsman that ever speel'd heugh, (mair by token, he brake his neck upon the Dunbuy of Slaines,) wadua hae ventured upon the Halket-head craigs after sun-down— […] Example: Meanwhile I had become a daring cragsman, a character to which an English lad has seldom opportunities of aspiring; for in England there are neither crags nor mountains.
Word: rockfall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + fall. 1. A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc. Example: A 200-ton rockfall recently blocked the Machynlleth sidings, trapping several locomotives; a rock-slip on the approach embankment to Talerddig required expensive revetting last year; and on the coastal section to Barmouth an 80 foot-high stone revetment was completed some time ago at Friog; [...]. Example: Design work is now complete on the Parsons Tunnel North programme, which envisages a 209-metre rockfall shelter built from a jack-up barge as there is no road access.
Word: rock-ribbed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having rocky cliffs or outcroppings 2. Obstinately firm and unyielding in one's opinions
Word: rock-steady Part of Speech: adj 1. Absolutely or completely steady. Example: In successful snapshotting the camera must be held rock steady. 2. Consistent and dependable in one's behaviour or performance. Example: She's so rock steady (bam-ba-lam) / And she's always ready (bam-ba-lam). Example: Now we've found a rock-steady beat / Now all we need is a melody / And words that mean something and nothing
Word: rock steady Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rocksteady. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rocksteady Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + steady. 1. A genre of Jamaican music somewhat slower than ska. Labels: uncountable Example: “Maelcum a rude boy, Case. Garvey Maelcum boat.” His gloved hand slapped a panel and the bass-heavy rocksteady of Zion dub came pulsing from the tug's speakers.
Word: roguery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rogue Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English roguery From rogue + -ery. 1. malicious or reckless behaviour Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sincerely I begin to wish I had never made such a Point of gaining so very good a character, for it has led me into so many curst Rogueries that I doubt I shall be exposed at last. 2. mischievous behaviour Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: roguishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English roguish Middle English -ly English -ly English roguishly From roguish + -ly. 1. In a roguish manner. Example: [H]e besought one of the young men domiciled with Marheyo for the loan of his spear. But he was refused; the youth roguishly telling him that the weapon was very good for him (the Typee), but that a white man could fight much better with his fists. Example: "Well, it's never too late to mend," said Anne roguishly.
Word: rosily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English rosy Middle English -ly English -ly English rosily From rosy + -ly. 1. In a rosy manner; optimistically.
Word: rottenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English rotten Middle English -ly English -ly English rottenly From rotten + -ly. 1. In a rotten manner.
Word: roller-skate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of roller skate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roller-skate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of roller skate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roller skate Part of Speech: noun 1. A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating.
Word: roller skate Part of Speech: verb 1. To skate using roller skates. Example: I rode my bicycle past your window last night / I roller skated to your door at daylight / It almost seems like you're avoiding me / I'm okay alone, but you got somethin' I need Example: A fragrance drifts by, and a memory is evoked. My feet have not forgotten how to roller-skate, and my hands remember skills that I was hardly aware I had learned.
Word: rollerskate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of roller skate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rollerskate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of roller skate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rollerskating Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of roller skating. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rollerskating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rollerskate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: roller skating Part of Speech: noun 1. Skating on roller skates. Labels: uncountable
Word: rollick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Presumably a blend of roll + frolic; appeared 1811 as rollicking, 1826 as rollick. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑlɪk/, /ˈɹɒlɪk/ 1. To behave in a playful or carefree manner; to frolic or romp. Example: But the third Emir, now seeing himself all alone on the quarter-deck, seems to feel relieved from some curious restraint; for, tipping all sorts of knowing winks in all sorts of directions, and kicking off his shoes, he strikes into a sharp but noiseless squall of a hornpipe right over the Grand Turk’s head; and then, by a dexterous sleight, pitching his cap up into the mizentop for a shelf, he goes down rollicking so far at least as he remains visible from the deck, reversing all other processions, by bringing up the rear with music.
Word: rollick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bollock. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑlɪk/, /ˈɹɒlɪk/ 1. To reprimand. Labels: euphemistic, transitive
Word: rollick Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑlɪk/, /ˈɹɒlɪk/ 1. Alternative form of rowlock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rollicking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rollick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rollicking Part of Speech: noun 1. A scolding, a bollocking. Labels: UK Example: Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life. Example: He can give someone a right rollicking but it comes over as advice.
Word: rollicking Part of Speech: adj 1. carefree, merry and boisterous Example: Tin Maung gave an order and in due course the head-waiter arrived, a rollicking Shan with shining bald head and Manchu moustaches, carrying a dish heaped with scrawny chickens' limbs, jaundiced with curry, a bowl of rice and a couple of aluminium plates. Example: The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).
Word: roll-top Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a top that rolls away when not needed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roll-top Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of roll-top desk. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. The flexible top of a roll-top desk. 3. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, having a rounded half-barrel appearance on top.
Word: rolltop Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of roll-top. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rolltop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of roll-top. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rolltop desk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of roll-top desk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roll-top desk Part of Speech: noun 1. A desk having a flexible top, made of parallel slats, that rolls away when not needed. Example: he bought the roll-top desk and sat at it to do the accounts once a week
Word: romanticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic 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 romanticist From romantic + -ist. 1. An advocate or follower of romanticism.
Word: romanticize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English romanticize From romantic + -ize. Pronunciation: /rə(ʊ)ˈmantɪsaɪz/, /roʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/ 1. To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner. Labels: transitive Example: While we might have a tendency to romanticize the past, the reality is that cooking was often a monotonous, arduous, thankless task required to keep the family fed. 2. To think or act in a romantic manner. Labels: intransitive
Word: rooftop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roof + top. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːfˌtɒp/, /ˈɹufˌtɑp/, /ˈɹʊfˌtɑp/ 1. The area atop a roof. Labels: formal Example: In love, however, women are brave. How many clamber over rooftops of houses and palaces, and are still doing it, when their lovers await them! Example: Why do you think the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary.) 2. The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof. Example: The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop.
Word: roomette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English -ette English roomette From room + -ette. 1. A small private compartment, for one person, in a railroad sleeping car. Labels: US Example: Although many luxurious single-room sleepers are in service, the demand for sleeping accommodation on long journeys is so great that vehicles less weighty in proportion to their passenger accommodation, and therefore less expensive for the traveller, have become a paramount need, which is largely solved by the roomette car. Example: The 20-hr. rail journey was, I think the most unusual and comfortable that I have ever made, because I travelled in a "roomette," a small private room for one person.
Word: roomful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From room + -ful. 1. The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room. Example: Bengston doing a roomful of painting is like Joe Willie Namath doing a gameful of curl patterns, Jason Robards doing an eveningful of O'Neill, Tina Turner doing a concertful of. . . . and so on. 2. The people in a room, considered as a group.
Word: roomful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From room + -ful. 1. Abounding with room or rooms; roomy. Example: A roomful house.
Word: roominess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English roomy 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 roominess From roomy + -ness. 1. The quality of being roomy Labels: uncountable
Word: rose-colored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rose + colored. 1. Alternative spelling of rose-coloured. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: Instead, she has to carve new territory: a nontransgressive, rose-colored female pop megastar, the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades.
Word: rose-coloured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rose + coloured. 1. Having a pink colour suggestive of that of a pink rose. Example: That had never happened yet; and now her imagination, instead of retracing the past, was busy fashioning what would happen to-morrow—whereabout in the Chase she should see him coming towards her, how she should put her new rose-coloured ribbon on, which he had never seen, and what he would say to her to make her return his glance—a glance which she would be living through in her memory, over and over again, all the rest of the day. Example: The room was still overpowerfully rose-coloured though the last of the sunshine glimmered amber at the windows, catching Mirabel’s long thin legs and turning them golden-brown. 2. Cheerfully optimistic. Labels: idiomatic
Word: rosiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rosy 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 rosiness From rosy + -ness. 1. The quality of being rosy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And they will let me hold with my caresses Their dim delights and trembling rosinesses.
Word: rotatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈteɪtəɹi/ 1. Alternative form of rotational. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: It is also obvious, and proved by experiment, that the rotatory motions observed in the hand proceed from the rotatory motions of the radius. 2. alternate or successive Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: unconnected, rotatory, biennial national assemblies
Word: rotisserie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/, /ɹəʊˈtɪs.ɹi/, /ɹəˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/, /ɹəˈtɪs.ɹi/ 1. A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit. Example: There will be no more misery / When the world is our rotisserie Example: Rotisseries are essentially self-basting because most of the juices stay on the meat and distribute across it while the rotisserie is being turned. 2. A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner. Example: Restaurants, chop-houses, rotisseries, abound in every part^([of San Francisco]). Example: We refuse to be drawn into the debate over which of St. Barts' two rotisseries is the best. They're both good. 3. Ellipsis of rotisserie baseball, synonym of fantasy baseball. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. Ellipsis of rotisserie sports, synonym of fantasy sports. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: rotisserie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/, /ɹəʊˈtɪs.ɹi/, /ɹəˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/, /ɹəˈtɪs.ɹi/ 1. To cook on a rotisserie. Labels: transitive
Word: rototiller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a trade name, from rotary tiller. 1. a motorized cultivator having rotating blades Labels: US
Word: rottenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rotennesse; equivalent to rotten + -ness. 1. The quality of being rotten. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The track was further weakened by the too wide spacing of the sleepers, most of which "were in the last stage of rottenness." Example: Slowly Matilda sat down. Oh, the rottenness of it all! The unfairness! How dare they expel her for something she hadn't done!
Word: rotundity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rotund + -ity, from Latin rotunditas. 1. The quality of being rotund. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The captain, `Papa Viggo,´ as he is called among the islands, is a fair-haired man, rather under average height, and with a tendency towards rotundity.
Word: roughage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rough (“not smooth; crude, unrefined”) + -age (suffix forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌfɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Originally (archaic), garbage, rubbish, or waste; later (agriculture) the portions of a crop which are discarded, such as husks, stalks, etc.; also, agricultural waste such as weeds. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract; dietary fibre. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I keep telling her not to eat all that roughage for brekky; prunes, bran, and baked beans.
Word: rough-and-ready Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of rough and ready. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rough-hew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rough + hew. 1. To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface. Example: Our indiscretion sometimes serues vs well, / When our deare plots do paule, and that should teach vs, / There's a Diuinity that shapes our ends, / Rough-hew them how we will. Example: It seems to me, then, that one must either be a ‘marinist’ […], or be a sub-äerialist, and believe that in Pre-Permian times the sea rough-hewed a block of country which the atmosphere has ever since been carving into its now complex and beautiful form.
Word: rough-hewn Part of Speech: adj 1. Hewn roughly without a neat finish. Example: A huge piece of rough-hewn Shap granite stands in the centre of the village as a memorial to Adam Sedgwick.
Word: roughhouse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rough + house. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌf.haʊs/, /ˈɹʌf.haʊz/ 1. Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting. Labels: idiomatic Example: The film presents Gia as a roughhouse girl plopped down in the world of instant fame, sex, money, and drugs.
Word: roughhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rough + house. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌf.haʊs/, /ˈɹʌf.haʊz/ 1. Rowdy behavior. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable
Word: roughhouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rough + house. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌf.haʊs/, /ˈɹʌf.haʊz/ 1. To behave rowdily or violently. Labels: intransitive Example: Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by. 2. To behave rowdily or violently. Labels: intransitive Example: Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by. 3. To treat (someone or something) roughly or violently. Labels: transitive Example: Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.
Word: ped- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of pedo- (all senses) Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: roundelay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French rondelet, diminutive of Old French rondel (French: rondeau). Ending -lay either from lay (“ballad or sung poem”), or from virelay. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊndɪˌleɪ/, /ˈɹaʊndəˌleɪ/ 1. A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals. Example: It fell upon a holly eve, Hey ho, hollidaye! When holly fathers wont to shrieve, Now gynneth this roundelay. Example: When merry milkmaids click the latch And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. 2. A dance in a circle. 3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.
Word: in-line skate Part of Speech: noun 1. A rollerblade: a roller skate with all wheels aligned in a single row along the sole for greater speed and maneuverability.
Word: inline Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɪnlaɪ̯n/, /ˈɪ̟nlɑ̟ɪ̯n/, /ˈɪ̟nlɒ̈ɪ̯n/, /ˈɘnlɑ̟e̝n/, /ˈɘnlɒ̈e̝n/ 1. Alternative spelling of in-line. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inline Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪnlaɪ̯n/, /ˈɪ̟nlɑ̟ɪ̯n/, /ˈɪ̟nlɒ̈ɪ̯n/, /ˈɘnlɑ̟e̝n/, /ˈɘnlɒ̈e̝n/ 1. To optimize using in-line expansion. Labels: transitive Example: Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time. Example: Because functions that contain references to this cannot be inlined, the Compiler's ability to devirtualize prototype methods is even more important in terms of reducing the size of compiled code. By devirtualizing methods and removing references to this, more methods become functions that are candidates for inlining.
Word: inline Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪnlaɪ̯n/, /ˈɪ̟nlɑ̟ɪ̯n/, /ˈɪ̟nlɒ̈ɪ̯n/, /ˈɘnlɑ̟e̝n/, /ˈɘnlɒ̈e̝n/ 1. An element that occurs within the flow of the text. Example: Bold and italic tags are inline elements.
Word: camelia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of camellia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: flox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP" Pronunciation: /flɒks/, /flɑks/ 1. To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP". Example: In order to do this, the gene to knock out must first be floxed by homologous recombination. Example: Technically, the main problems encountered are in floxing the target gene.
Word: flox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen. Pronunciation: /flɒks/, /flɑks/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Flox. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: flox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen. Pronunciation: /flɒks/, /flɑks/ 1. To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel. Labels: dated, transitive Example: It is to be tried in the so-called floxed Atlas, with the usual kerosene type fuel.
Word: backgrounder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From background + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). 1. A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned. Labels: US Example: One of the President's aides gave us a ten-minute backgrounder on the dairy industry before the meeting. 2. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. Example: […] backgrounders paint static background scenes, and then the animation components are layered on top […] 3. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.