nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lowering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈloʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/, /ˈloʊ.ɹɪŋ/ 1. The act of something being lowered. Example: Speeds up to 90 m.p.h. were permitted and achieved on the regular daily main line services, but as the pressure of external demands imposed on the railways by the needs of war increased it became necessary to accept handicaps which resulted in a general lowering of standards of track conditions. 2. A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes lower.
Word: lowering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English louryng, louringe, lowrynge, later variant of lourand, lowrand, lourande, lowrande, equivalent to lour + -ing. Cognate with Dutch loerend (“lurking, louring”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/ 1. Dark and menacing. Example: The morning had been intensely hot, with but little wind; and the lowering gloomy aspect of the clouds appeared to indicate the approach of one of those sudden gales peculiar to tropical climates, and which, although of short duration, are generally productive of mischief. Example: The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead. 2. That lowers or frowns. Example: One glance sufficed to identify the intruder, for none but he could boast of such a dark, lowering countenance ; and all exclaimed in mingled wonder and terror at his unwonted presence in those sunlit regions: Example: A kind of dark pallor lent him a ghostly appearance in the uncertain light, an effect heightened by the satanic darkness of his lowering brows. 3. Lurking, skulking, menacing. Example: Klimov put on his greatcoat mechanically and left the train, and he felt as though it were not himself walking, but some one else, a stranger, and he felt that he was accompanied by the heat of the train, his thirst, and the ominous, lowering figures which all night long had prevented his sleeping. Example: They might have stayed until dusk, undisturbed by Schmidt's casual customers, had it not been for the entrance of three grimy and lowering men.
Word: lowering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English louryng, louringe, lowrynge, later variant of lourand, lowrand, lourande, lowrande, equivalent to lour + -ing. Cognate with Dutch loerend (“lurking, louring”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/ 1. Alternative form of louring. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kingfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-West Germanic *kuning Old English cyning Middle English king English king Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English kingfish From king + fish. 1. Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers. 2. Other Atlantic fish 3. Other Atlantic fish 4. Other Atlantic fish 5. Other Atlantic fish 6. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific. 7. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific. 8. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific. 9. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific. 10. Fish of genus Caranx 11. Fish of genus Caranx 12. Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.
Word: noise power Part of Speech: noun 1. The power of the noise in a signal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: continental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From continent + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/, /ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntl̩/ 1. Of or relating to a continent or continents. Example: continental drift Example: Offshore to the west of the continental margin during the Early Triassic, the Sonoma highlands formed a volcanic island arc, separated from the mainland by a shallow sea that cut through western Nevada and northwestern Utah. 2. Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore. Example: continental Europe Example: The outline of continental Ireland is proximately that of a rhomboid ; and, in a general view, is greatly more continuous or less indented and undulated by cuts and sweeps of the sea than the outline of continental Great Britain. 3. Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe. Example: continental breakfast Example: at Monte Carlo or some of the other Continental gambling-hells 4. Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War. Labels: US, historical Example: continental money
Word: continental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From continent + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/, /ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntl̩/ 1. Someone from the continent. Example: Reflecting on his long career chronicling scientists, J. G. Crowther wondered why it was that in the grand debates over the nature of light, x-rays, and cathode rays, the British opted for particles and the continentals for waves. 2. A member of the Continental army. Labels: US, historical 3. Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war. Labels: US, historical 4. The smallest amount; a whit; a jot. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: not worth a continental Example: I don't care a continental!
Word: ERNIE Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism of electronic random number indicator equipment. 1. The machine that draws random premium bond numbers in the United Kingdom.
Word: Ernie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ernest + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɝni/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Ernest. Example: “People have biases towards species that are glamorous,” said Dr. Ernie Small, author of the study and taxonomist for Agriculture Canada.
Word: inertia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”). Something close to the modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/, /ɪˈnɜː.ʃə/, /ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/, /ɪˈnɝ.ʃə/ 1. The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. In a person, unwillingness to take action. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Men […] have immense irresolution and inertia. Example: Not all the surviving veteran chiefs would actually fight. Some remained nominally in the resistance but in practice delayed at their bases, pretexting a lack of ammunition for their uncertain inertia. 3. Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pooched Part of Speech: adj 1. Made unusable; broken; buggered. Labels: slang
Word: pooched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pooch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: GOP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism of Grand Old Party, a nickname for the Republican Party, in use by 1884. Pronunciation: /ˌdʒi oʊ ˈpi/ 1. The Republican Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States. Labels: US Example: On their behalf, Reagan insisted (over the objections of the Ford forces) that the GOP platform declare that henceforth “the goal of Republican foreign policy is the achievement of liberty under law and a just and lasting peace in the world.” Example: House GOP leaders believe the plan is on track to pass the chamber, arguing that Trump’s backing will help them win robust support among House Republicans on the floor this week, even as many ultraconservatives typically loathe such stopgap measures.
Word: GOP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of group of pictures, a collection of successive pictures within a coded video stream. 1. Acronym of group of pictures. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: misunderestimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + underestimate, perhaps under influence of misunderstand. 1. To underestimate mistakenly or wrongly; to misestimate with an error on the lower side. Labels: nonstandard Example: . . .is almost sure to misunderstand and misunderestimate the significance of the question at hand. Example: Now in the very earliest years of the eighteenth century it is understandable that, owing to the inevitable, due to our never-to-be-misunderestimated Frederick the Gross . . .
Word: honor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor. Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”) (though survived in descendant mense (“property, civility, etc.”)), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”). The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ə/, /ˈɑ.nɚ/, /ˈɔn.ə/ 1. Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful). Labels: US, uncountable Example: The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise. Example: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country. 2. The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity. Labels: US, uncountable Example: He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry. Example: His honor was unstained. 3. A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen. Labels: US, countable Example: Honors are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year. Example: He wore an honor on his breast. 4. A privilege (which honors the person experiencing it). Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: I had the honour of dining with the ambassador. 5. The privilege of going first. Labels: US, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: I'll let you have the honours, Bob—go ahead. 6. The privilege of going first. Labels: US, countable, in-plural, uncountable 7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: He is an honour to his nation. 8. A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The lorde of the honour or manour 9. The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point). Labels: US, countable 10. In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit; in some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack. Labels: US, countable 11. In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit; in some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack. Labels: US, countable 12. (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank. Labels: US, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: At university I took honours in modern history.
Word: honor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor. Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”) (though survived in descendant mense (“property, civility, etc.”)), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”). The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ə/, /ˈɑ.nɚ/, /ˈɔn.ə/ 1. To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of. Labels: US, transitive Example: The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people. 2. To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like). Labels: US, transitive Example: I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise. Example: Our wishes were honored by changing the date of the wedding. 3. To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone). Labels: US, transitive Example: Ten members of the profession were honored at the ceremony. Example: The prince honored me with an invitation to his birthday banquet. 4. To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.). Labels: US, transitive Example: I'm sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque.
Word: honor Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor. Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”) (though survived in descendant mense (“property, civility, etc.”)), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”). The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ə/, /ˈɑ.nɚ/, /ˈɔn.ə/ 1. On one's honor; truthfully. Labels: US, archaic Example: “Not a ha’porth. Different gangs and different ships. He was tried again for prison breaking, and got made a Lifer.” “And was that—Honour!—the only time you worked out, in this part of the country?” “The only time.”
Word: jive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Has a possible historical antecedent in gyve (“shackle”). Alternatively, of African origin, compare Wolof jev, jeu (“to talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪv/ 1. To deceive; to be deceptive. Labels: US, colloquial, intransitive, transitive Example: Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night! Example: It's the year when all of the white politicians will be back in the so-called Negro community jiving you and me for some votes. 2. To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life; ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen! Example: "Can you flamenco?" "If I have to. How about you?" "Love, I can barely waltz. Jive a bit if I'm pissed enough." 3. To speak in jive (jazz or hipster slang). Labels: intransitive
Word: jive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Has a possible historical antecedent in gyve (“shackle”). Alternatively, of African origin, compare Wolof jev, jeu (“to talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪv/ 1. A dance style popular in the 1940–50s. Labels: uncountable 2. Swing, a style of jazz music. Labels: uncountable 3. A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon. Labels: uncountable Example: Then the loud sound did seem to fade / Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase / That weren't no DJ, that was hazy cosmic jive 4. Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk. Labels: US, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night. 5. African-American Vernacular English. Labels: US, colloquial, countable, derogatory, often, uncountable Example: Although speaking Western Japanese to your friends in Ōsaka, Kyōto, or Kōbe will allow you to get closer to them, speaking Western Japanese in Tōkyō might seem as outlandish as hearing a Japanese exchange student back home speaking jive or cockney. Example: "Oh come on," she said. "I heard you talking jive the other day when you were playing with your dolls. And back in February, when you recited that poem by, by—what was the poet's name? "Langston Hughes?" "Right, Langston Hughes," Kanta said. "You spoke jive when you read that poem, remember?"
Word: jive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Has a possible historical antecedent in gyve (“shackle”). Alternatively, of African origin, compare Wolof jev, jeu (“to talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪv/ Labels: dated, empty-gloss, no-gloss Example: In the DuPont plantation state they even passed a law that said if building codes aren't lived up to you can deposit your money in one of the company banks and leave it then 'til the cat comes round. Ain't that the jivest crap you ever heard of? I mean, paternalism with a capital WHITE. Example: A good right on for Roscoe Lee Browne who can take the jivest role Hollywood can dish out and still come out with his Blackness intact.
Word: jive Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪv/ 1. To jibe: to accord, to agree. Labels: US
Word: ridiculous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, ridiculous”); Equivalent to ridicule + -ous. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/, /ɹiːˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/, /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, /ɹɪˈdɪk.ləs/ 1. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd. Example: That hairstyle looks ridiculous. Example: It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir. 2. Astonishing, extreme, unbelievable. Labels: informal Example: In a ridiculous feat of engineering, the team can calculate the difference in arrival time to within one-tenth of a nanosecond. Example: Gaines is a classic motor player with a low center of gravity and ridiculous strength.
Word: alumni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin alumni. Pronunciation: /əˈlʌmnaɪ/, /əˈlʊmnaj/, /ələmˈnaj/, /ˈaləmnaj/, /-i/ 1. plural of alumnus Labels: form-of, plural Example: The alumni of this university include many famous artists and politicians. 2. plural of alumna Labels: form-of, plural 3. plural of alum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alumni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin alumni. Pronunciation: /əˈlʌmnaɪ/, /əˈlʊmnaj/, /ələmˈnaj/, /ˈaləmnaj/, /-i/ 1. An individual alumnus or alumna. Labels: proscribed, sometimes Example: An alumni of AmeriCorps, she has been trained as a red-carded firefighter and a national park ranger. Example: In the Indonesian context, a recommendation as such is surprising, considering the fact that a part of the Bali Bombing actors are alumnis of the Al Mukmin Ngruki Surakarta Pesantren.
Word: plagioclase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plagio- + -clase, after German Plagioklas. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ.d͡ʒɪ.əˌkleɪz/, /ˈpleɪ.d͡ʒi.əˌkleɪs/, /ˈplæd͡ʒ.i.əˌkleɪs/, /ˈpleɪ.d͡ʒi.əˌkleɪz/, /ˈplæd͡ʒ.i.əˌkleɪz/ 1. Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: These crystals are of one of the most abundant minerals in nature – feldspar; furthermore, they are of a particular kind of feldspar rich in the element calcium, termed plagioclase.
Word: bonbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Middle French bon French bonredup. French bonbonbor. English bonbon Borrowed from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”). 1. A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy. 2. A small, spherical savory snack or canapé. Example: The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons. 3. A Christmas cracker. Labels: Australia, South-Africa
Word: albite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin albus (“white”), the common color of the mineral, + -ite. 1. A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
Word: oligoclase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligo- + -clase. 1. A plagioclase feldspar, the second member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Primarily found as small crystals in impure marble. Oligoclase contains a small amount of calcium substituting for some of the sodium in its formula. Oligoclase with reddish-golden inclusions found in Norway and Canada is called sunstone. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: peloton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French peloton (“small ball (of thread, etc.), pellet; (cycling) group of riders formed during a cycling road race; (military) small group of soldiers, platoon”), from pelote (“small ball (of thread, etc.)”) (ultimately from Latin pila (“ball; ball game; globe, sphere”) (probably referring to a ball of hair), from pilus (“strand of hair”), of uncertain origin) + -on (augmentative suffix). Doublet of platoon. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛlətɒn/, /ˌpɛləˈtɑn/ 1. A group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack. Example: For the most part, though, the good stuff did not come in following a break of three riders, nor sitting 20 metres in front of the peloton watching its arrow head glide across the plains of south-west France. It was at the back of the peloton, in the engine room, where things really got interesting. It is a remarkable thing, the peloton. In the distance, or from the aerial shots showing it stretching and contracting, or splitting down the middle to allow it to flow smoothly around a roundabout, the 175 individual cyclists resemble a single unit, a fluid, malleable whole. Example: The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway. 2. Synonym of platoon (“a small group of soldiers”) or section (cognate with the former; not invariably synonymous with it, depending on century of use). Labels: historical Example: And so here, I suppose you intend to make a stand against your followers, Ranald—voto a Dios, as the Spaniard says—a very pretty position—as pretty a position for a small peloton of men as I have seen in my service—no enemy can come towards it by the road without being at the mercy of cannon and musket. Example: A regiment of cavalry consists of six squadrons, each squadron of four pelotons, each peloton of two companies, each company of two escouardes, and each escouarde of two men.
Word: tosser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toss + -er. In the British slang senses, toss refers specifically to the masturbate meaning. 1. One who tosses or throws something. Example: He had difficulty in locating the plate and when he did so one of his outfielders had a merry chase following the leather from the bat of a company tosser. 2. A person who masturbates. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar 3. An objectionable person, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, offensive, slang Example: That bloke who ripped me off was a right tosser. 4. A program that forwards or redirects messages on a bulletin board system. Example: Does anyone have a mail tosser that will work with The Major BBS V6.2? Example: FIDOGATE is a Fido-Internet gateway and a Fido tosser.
Word: andesine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Andes + -ine, after its type locality in the Andes of Colombia. 1. Sodium calcium aluminum silicate, (Na_xCa_xAlSi_3O_8), a plagioclase feldspar, the third member of the albite-anorthite solid solution series. Found in fine-grained andesite lavas; crystals are rarely seen. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dich Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ditch (“a trench”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dich Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of ditch (“to dig a trench”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: DMV Part of Speech: name 1. The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Labels: US
Word: DMV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of department of motor vehicles. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I've been to hell. I spell it...I spell it DMV Anyone that's been there knows precisely what I mean I've stood in line and waited near an hour and fifteen Example: Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car. 2. Initialism of deserted medieval village. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: comrade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie and chamberlain. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/, [ˈkʰɔmɹed], /ˈkɑmɹæd/, /ˈkɑmɹəd/, /ˈkʊmɹeɪd/ 1. A mate, companion, or associate. Example: [… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my choice, ⁠An awful thought, a life removed, ⁠The human-hearted man I loved, A spirit, not a breathing voice. 2. A mate, companion, or associate. Example: Wierzbowski and his men were so exhausted that they could hardly stay awake, but they knew they could not abandon their wounded comrades. 3. A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person. Labels: broadly Example: Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight? Example: Many comrades like Chang Te-fa, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Hsialuho commune of K'uantien county, precisely see the hope of the revolutionary cause in the youths. 4. A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state. Example: Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.
Word: comrade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie and chamberlain. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/, [ˈkʰɔmɹed], /ˈkɑmɹæd/, /ˈkɑmɹəd/, /ˈkʊmɹeɪd/ 1. To associate with someone in a friendly way. Labels: intransitive Example: But she was happy, for she was far away under another sky, and comrading again with her Rangers, and her animal friends, and the soldiers.
Word: stip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /stɪp/ 1. To stipulate. Labels: informal Example: The attorneys agreed to stip to a stay of proceedings.
Word: stip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /stɪp/ 1. A stipulation. Labels: informal
Word: stipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Oregon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From earlier Ouragon, likely corruption of Spanish orejón (“big ears”), probably describing the banks of the Columbia River, although this remains uncertain. Multiple theories of further origins persist, usually an ultimate derivation from a Native American language: * A clipping of French Ouariconsint, itself a corruption of Ouisconsin(k), allegedly from Algonquin meskousing (“it lies in red, Wisconsin”). * Corruption of French ouragan (“hurricane”) * Borrowing from Abenaki wligen (“good”), cf. Algonquin wauregan (“beautiful”) * Borrowing from Shoshone ogoe (“river”) + paanangkwa (“west”) * Borrowing from Chinook Jargon ulakan (“candlefish”) See Wikipedia article on the toponym Oregon for more information. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹɪɡən/, /ˈɔɹəɡɪn/, /ˈɔɹɪɡɑn/, /ˈɑɹɪɡən/, /ˈɔɹɡən/ 1. A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland. Example: Dennis Anderson, 45, and Brandy Goldsbury, 46, were traveling from the beach in Lincoln City on the Oregon coast back to their home in Tigard around 8:30 p.m. July 13 when they spotted a black BMW 3 Series trying to pass them, according to reporting in The Oregonian. Example: “While the motivation for this has not been confirmed, we are aware that other Tesla dealerships have been targeted across Oregon and the nation for political reasons,” police in Tigard, Oregon, said in a statement. 2. Several other locations in the United States: 3. Several other locations in the United States: 4. Several other locations in the United States: 5. Several other locations in the United States: 6. Several other locations in the United States: 7. Several other locations in the United States: 8. Several other locations in the United States: 9. Several other locations in the United States: 10. Several other locations in the United States: 11. A community in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 12. A barangay of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, Philippines. 13. Ellipsis of University of Oregon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 14. A surname.
Word: Oregonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Oregon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Oregonian From Oregon + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɒɹɪˈɡəʊnɪ.ən/ 1. A native or resident of the state of Oregon in the United States of America. Example: Born and raised in Salem, he was admittedly an Oregonian through and through, though he secretly hated it. Example: The problems between where he currently lives and his old city, he said, begin with rural Oregonians living fundamentally different lifestyles than people in the city of Portland.
Word: Oregonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Oregon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Oregonian From Oregon + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɒɹɪˈɡəʊnɪ.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Oregon. Labels: not-comparable Example: His insistence on wearing thick wool scarves, even in the summertime, derived from his uniquely Oregonian sense of fashion. Example: But she sympathized most on the issue of government representation of the rural Oregonian region.
Word: brummagem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Birmingham, England where cheap manufactured goods used to be produced. 1. Cheap and showy; meretricious. Labels: not-comparable Example: The unhappy man (who had cheated the sailors), innocent of danger, is seated on a grating with his combs, spy-glasses, necklaces, ribbons, and all the rest of his "Brummagem" trumpery, spread out before him. Example: "My, my, my, my, my," said a voice from behind them, and the Baudelaire orphans turned to find Stephano standing there,...a look of brummagem surprise on his face. "Brummagem" is such a rare word for "fake" that even Klaus didn't know what it meant, but the children did not have to be told that Stephano was pretending to be surprised.
Word: brummagem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Birmingham, England where cheap manufactured goods used to be produced. 1. Alternative form of Brummagem (“person from Birmingham”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of Brummagem (“counterfeit coin”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zygapophysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) + apophysis. Pronunciation: /ˌzaɪɡəˈpɒfɪsɪs/ 1. One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two superior and two inferior.
Word: zygapophysial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to zygapophysis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: HMS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: One of the other two nations to operate the F-35B, the United Kingdom, has had US versions of the jet operating off its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. 2. Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of hour-minute-second: Example: 36.24° = 36° 14' 24" 4. Initialism of hour-minute-second: Example: 14:37:12 = 14:37 (2:37 pm) and 12 seconds 5. Initialism of hour-minute-second: Example: 7.4138 base-10 decimal hours = 7ʰ 41ᵐ 38ˢ 6. Initialism of hypermobility syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JPEG Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the standard. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒæɪ̯ˌpeɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒeˌpɛɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒeːˌpɛɡ/ 1. Acronym of Joint Photographic Experts Group. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Image compression standard created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group. Example: JPEG is widely used on the Web.
Word: JPEG Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the standard. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒæɪ̯ˌpeɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒeˌpɛɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒeːˌpɛɡ/ 1. An image using the JFIF image file format, containing an image compressed using JPEG compression. Example: a JPEG of a cat Example: I'll send you some JPEGs tomorrow.
Word: JPEG Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the standard. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒæɪ̯ˌpeɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒeˌpɛɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒeːˌpɛɡ/ 1. To create or convert an image into a JPEG file. 2. To lossily compress an image file using the JPEG format with visible loss of quality. Labels: broadly Example: That image has been JPEGged to hell.
Word: IOU Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the pronunciation of "I owe you". Attested since at least 1618. 1. I owe you. Example: Customarily, if you borrow $10 for lunch from a coworker, writing IOU $10 on a yellow sticky note acts as a legal promissory note that you will repay said amount on payday.
Word: IOU Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the pronunciation of "I owe you". Attested since at least 1618. 1. An informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument. Example: When David couldn’t afford to match the money in the poker pot, he added an IOU for the remaining amount instead.
Word: COB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of contingency operating base. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Acronym of chief of boat. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Initialism of close of business; the end of day on a business day. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Near-synonym: EOD (“end of day”) Example: The NY office told the LA office to ensure the report was emailed by COB. 4. Initialism of centre of buoyancy Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of coordination of benefits Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of chairman of the board Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of chip on board (an LED module or integrated circuit bonded to a circuit board) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: COB Part of Speech: name 1. Clive's Original Band, band started by Clive Palmer after he left The Incredible String Band. 2. Abbreviation of Cobourg. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: PTA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of parent-teacher association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Faraji, my husband, had been elected co-president of P.S. 307’s P.T.A. along with Benjamin Greene, another black middle-class parent from Bed-Stuy, who also serves on the community education council. 2. Initialism of phosphotungstic acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of prepaid ticket advice: information sent to an airline that a passenger will collect the ticket at the airport (not the same as an e-ticket). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of permit to acquire: a form lodged with the police to acquire a specific firearm; the authorisation subsequently acquired. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Their computer cannot issue a Permit to Acquire to somebody who does not have the appropriate category of licence; or whose licence is about to expire. I am hearing from lots of people who want to know why it's taking weeks, or even months, for the PTA to be issued, when the waiting period is supposed to be only 28 days. The reason is, of course, that the massive backlog of five-year licence renewals, caused by the under-resourcing of the Registry, is holding up PTA′s because they can't be issued until after the licence renewal is issued. Example: I think that is the most meaningless sections of the law out of the whole thing, PTA for second and subsequent arms. They are likely processing hundreds of thousands of PTA′s weekly for absolutely no demonstratable purpose with tax payer monies.
Word: PTA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The result is a film that certainly does amaze, and bears several of the PTA hallmarks: breathtaking confidence, a love of acting and of visual beauty, and an exceptional grasp of the art of storytelling.
Word: PTA Part of Speech: verb 1. To take part in a parent-teacher association. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: […] PTAing or marketing or playing bridge or doing God knows what else to fill their days […] Example: […] PTAing, Junior Leaguing, and New Eyes For The Needying to do her bit for the tennis program […]
Word: TLC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tender loving care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: More join us at Colwall and at the lovely station at Great Malvern, although the place is in need of some TLC nowadays. The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air. 2. Initialism of thin-layer chromatography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of technology life cycle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of triple-level cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 5. Initialism of total leukocyte count. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: TLC Part of Speech: name 1. An American television channel owned by Discovery Communications (formerly called The Learning Channel). Example: For the TLC undertaking, he employs only underachievers, cronies who have been hired for their ability to make the work site madcap and, therefore, filmable.
Word: YHBT Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of you have been trolled: a response to someone who is "feeding a troll" (by entertaining the troll's absurd premise). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WMD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of weapon of mass destruction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “At the bottom, it is simply a statute that makes it a felony to set off bombs in public places, which certainly applies in this case. Unless the government were to try to take advantage of the WMD language to try to convince the public that this defendant was using a WMD in the usual narrow and scary sense of that phrase, there’s really no harm in the situation in my view,” he said. Chesney noted that in order for a prosecution for using WMD within the United States to be successful, at least one of four conditions relating to interstate or foreign commerce also needed to be proved against the defendant. […] Britain’s then Prime Minister Tony Blair was a strident proponent of the argument, telling UK lawmakers that Hussein could launch a range of WMDs within 45 minutes.
Word: dunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint. Pronunciation: /dʌŋk/ 1. To submerge briefly in a liquid. Labels: transitive Example: I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider. 2. To set down carelessly. Labels: transitive Example: Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV. 3. To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority. 4. To put down on social media [with on]. Labels: Internet, intransitive
Word: dunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint. Pronunciation: /dʌŋk/ 1. The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball. Example: The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk. Example: She gave the biscuit a dunk in her cup of milk.
Word: reverse dunk Part of Speech: noun 1. A dunk in which the player's back is to the basket when the ball is dunked.
Word: makable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English make 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 makable From make + -able. 1. Capable of being made. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: creatable
Word: makable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English make 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 makable From make + -able. 1. Alternative form of makeable (“uncut diamond”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slam dunk Part of Speech: noun 1. An impressively forceful dunk. 2. A task expected to present no difficulty, a piece of cake. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: As long as you get the vice president's approval first, it'll be a slam dunk. 3. Tacking on top of the wind of the following yacht in close quarters
Word: slam dunk Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a slam dunk.
Word: thunderdunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thunder + dunk. 1. An extremely forceful dunk.
Word: maki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French maki, from Malagasy maky. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːki/, /ˈmaː.kɪ/ 1. A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
Word: maki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 巻(ま)き (maki), stem or continuative form of 巻(ま)く (maku, “to roll”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːki/, /ˈmaː.kɪ/ 1. makizushi, a form of sushi that is rolled. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Tightly rolled makis are designed to appeal to the eye--the negi hamachi maki, for instance, is bursting with perfectly centered yellowtail and scallions.
Word: maki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hokkien 肉羹 (mah-kiⁿ). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːki/, /ˈmaː.kɪ/ 1. Chinese Filipino thick soup of pork tenderloin, without noodles Labels: Philippines, uncountable
Word: making-iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by caulkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.
Word: CHCS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Composite Hospital Computer System. The DoD's version of the Veterans Administration VistA public domain software for running everything in a hospital. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: If DoD completes all of its changes planned in response to our recommendations, then this action should substantially reduce the risk involved in acquiring CHCS. Example: "To date $175 million have been spent on CHCS II with about $44 million of that amount specifically for software development and the rest being spent on hardware for the test and evaluation sites."
Word: evidence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/, /ˈɛv.ə.dəns/, [ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾɪns], [ˈɛv.ə.ɾɪns], /ˈev.ɪ.dəns/ 1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier. Example: We have enough cold hard evidence in that presentation which will make a world of pain for our parasitic friends at Antarctica. 2. Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year. 3. One who bears witness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: infamous and perjured evidences Example: He recapitulated the Sybil’s story word by word, with the air of a man who is cross-examining an evidence, and trying to make him contradict himself. 4. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: evidence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/, /ˈɛv.ə.dəns/, [ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾɪns], [ˈɛv.ə.ɾɪns], /ˈev.ɪ.dəns/ 1. To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. Labels: transitive Example: She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door. Example: That he was a great locomotive engineer, it would be foolish to deny or even to qualify; that he was also extremely pig-headed is fairly evidenced by David Joy, who in his 'Diaries' said that Stroudley always wanted his way 'to the last nut and bolt.'
Word: mammock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmamək/, /ˈmæmək/, /ˈmɑmək/ 1. A shapeless piece; a fragment. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: "Can. Let me be torn into mammocks with wild Bears if I make not a gallemaufry of thy heart" Example: The bird liveth by the scraps, and feedeth upon the leavings of that monster, who gently receiveth him into his mouth, and suffers him to pecke his jawes and teeth for such mamockes [translating morceaux] of flesh as sticke betweene them[…].
Word: mammock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmamək/, /ˈmæmək/, /ˈmɑmək/ 1. To tear to pieces. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive Example: I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & when he caught it, he let it go againe, and after it againe, and ouer and ouer he comes, and vp againe: catcht it again: or whether his fall enrag'd him, or how 'twas, hee did so set his teeth, and teare it. Oh, I warrant how he mammockt it. Example: to keep off the profane touch of the Laicks, whilst the obscene, and surfeted Priest scruples not to paw, and mammock the sacramentall bread, as familiarly as his Tavern Bisket
Word: alley oop Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from French allez-hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. From allez (“go! let's go!”), 2nd-person plural or formal indicative form of aller, and hop, onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /al.ɪˈuːp/, /al.ɪˈʊp/, /ˌæl.iˈup/, /ˌæl.iˈʊp/ 1. Encouraging or calling attention to a physical performance, especially one involving an upwards lift or leap. Example: I fortunately found a spark plug on the burn and got that repaired and alley oop! Example: He lifted her onto the verandah, crying “Allee-oops!”
Word: alley oop Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French allez-hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. From allez (“go! let's go!”), 2nd-person plural or formal indicative form of aller, and hop, onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /al.ɪˈuːp/, /al.ɪˈʊp/, /ˌæl.iˈup/, /ˌæl.iˈʊp/ 1. Synonym of up. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Down with the starched collars! Allez up with the soft!