nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: reload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English load English reload From re- + load. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːləʊd/ 1. The process by which something is reloaded. Example: Each reload of the weapon took about 30 seconds. Example: Waddicor will be here for a while. The double shunts take an hour. But it's a scheduled four-hour reload and layover, ahead of his return train back to Didcot. 2. An ammunition cartridge prepared from previously fired ammunition. 3. A repeated track on a DJ set.
Word: esper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ESP + -er from ESP (“extrasensory perception”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛsˌpɝ/ 1. A person who practices the development of psychic ability. 2. A person who has extrasensory perception. Example: I don't know why anybody would be spying on me, either, but—I'm neither a Lensman nor an esper, but I'd swear that somebody's peeking over my shoulder half the time. Example: But Espers can’t pick up any EK brain pattern farther than the horizon. It’s direct wave transmission. Even large objects cannot be penetrated. A building, say, or a—
Word: glutenous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of glutinous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: argle-bargle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First documented in English in 1822, from Scots (where first recorded in 1808), from earlier argle (“argue obstinately, wrangle”) used in English since 16th century, presumably from argue + -le (frequentative suffix), though possibly from Old Norse (Suio-Gothic) ierga – possibly influenced by haggle – plus rhyming reduplication, possibly from bargain, found in early variant aurgle-bargain (1720). 1. A verbal argument. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Wendell and I have had our share of argle-bargles about the morality of hunting. Example: As I have said, the real rationale of today’s opinion, whatever disappearing trail of its legalistic argle-bargle one chooses to follow, is that DOMA is motivated by '"bare . . . desire to harm"' couples in same-sex marriages.
Word: argle-bargle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First documented in English in 1822, from Scots (where first recorded in 1808), from earlier argle (“argue obstinately, wrangle”) used in English since 16th century, presumably from argue + -le (frequentative suffix), though possibly from Old Norse (Suio-Gothic) ierga – possibly influenced by haggle – plus rhyming reduplication, possibly from bargain, found in early variant aurgle-bargain (1720). 1. To argue. Labels: slang Example: Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word!
Word: glutinously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English glutinous Middle English -ly English -ly English glutinously From glutinous + -ly. 1. In a glutinous manner. Example: The engines of the long graceful yacht were turning over quietly, the exhaust bubbling glutinously, a thread of blue vapour rising astern.
Word: gluttonously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English glotenously, gloutonnously; equivalent to gluttonous + -ly. 1. In a gluttonous manner. Example: He opened his lips against her inner, upper leg and her entire body smiled. Smiled in satisfaction. Smiled gluttonously. Smiled and decided, I will take this.
Word: gloppy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glop + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒpi/ 1. gooey and viscous. Labels: informal Example: In 2012 biophysicist Michael Rosen of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and his coworkers showed that various proteins and RNA molecules could phase-separate from a solution into dense liquid droplets, which then congealed into viscoelastic substances. They seem to span the range from gloppy liquids such as mucus to almost solidlike gels such as Jell-O. […] One common stressor is heat, which can cause folded proteins to “denature,” or unravel. Many cells make heat-shock proteins when they get uncomfortably warm, which can act as molecular chaperones that guide denatured proteins back to their folded state. That’s important not just so the proteins work properly but so unfolded proteins do not stick together in a gloppy mess.
Word: apple-wife Part of Speech: noun 1. A female apple-seller. Labels: archaic Example: Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word!
Word: platypi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * The -i plural comes from the belief that platypus is a Latin second declension noun, which it is not. In fact, it belongs to the Greek third declension. The usual plural is platypuses; platypodes is the Greek plural, which is also correct. 1. plural of platypus Labels: form-of, hypercorrect, plural
Word: platypuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platypus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: argle-bargled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of argle-bargle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: avocados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avocado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scenari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scenari. 1. plural of scenario Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: There exist one printed and eight manuscript collections of scenari, or soggetti, compiled between 1611 and 1734, and from these and a few separate extant examples we have more than six hundred of the play-plots that were used for improvisation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Though we can often trace the sources of the scenari, we rarely come upon the names of the authors, and many were the result of collaboration. As stage documents the scenari are circumstantial and businesslike, they make no pretensions towards literary style. Example: […] magic enters into the stories as a directing force, generally in the service of a magician; animals are much referred to, or much in evidence; the gods of Olympus themselves in some cases intervene in the doings and love-affairs of the mortals; satyrs, nymphs, and spirits abound; and the scenari have happy endings in the union of the lovers. […] The scenari are not without cause termed pastorals and associated with Arcadia. Their makers borrowed extensively from the great body of Arcadian stories widespread in Europe.
Word: half-wit Part of Speech: noun 1. A stupid or inept person.
Word: half-wits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-wit Labels: form-of, plural Example: But this would mean exposing children to contact with monomaniacs, half-wits, defectives?
Word: complect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin complectī (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”). See complex. 1. To join by weaving. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To embrace. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: calxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calcanei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calcaneus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calcanea Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calcaneus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sourball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sour + ball. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊɚbɑːl/ 1. A hard candy with a sour flavor. Labels: US
Word: mega-church Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of megachurch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cuffee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cuffee, a personal name formerly common among black Americans. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌfi/ 1. A black person. Labels: US, informal Example: The war had turned very bitter, and the days of young blacks, or cuffees as they were known, joining up just to escape the ghetto were over.
Word: bo tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sinhalese බෝ (bō) + tree. The first component is from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi, “perfect knowledge; tree of wisdom”), and thus a doublet of bid in the "offer price" sense. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ tɹiː/ 1. The peepul tree, Ficus religiosa, regarded as sacred by Hindus and Buddhists. Example: In 1806, the king of Ava gave careful orders for the planting of saplings of the Bo tree [ficus religiosa] brought by monks from Sri Lanka.
Word: coronal suture Part of Speech: noun 1. The line of junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones of the skull.
Word: call box Part of Speech: noun 1. A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge) 2. The wall-mounted box allowing a person to speak into an intercom 3. Synonym of telephone box (enclosure) Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: Randstad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Randstad. 1. A region, a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands which includes the four largest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and The Hague) and surrounds the Groene Hart.
Word: provisioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of provision Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: provisioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of provision Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: provisioning Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of supplying with provisions. 2. The feeding of wild animals. Example: Feeding wildlife is a very popular tourist activity, largely because it facilitates the close observation of animals in their natural habitat. Such provisioning may benefit animals by improving their survival and reproductive success, especially during periods of natural food shortage. However, provisioning by tourists may also have negative impacts on the health of the animals involved; to date such impacts are poorly understood. 3. The installation of software on a system, especially when automated. Example: The problem of installing software on a booted system is known as provisioning, and is often the job of shell scripts, configuration management systems, or manual command-line entry.
Word: immortalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of immortalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hobbits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hobbit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gypped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gyp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: guerillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guerilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: growers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grease Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: greasing Part of Speech: noun 1. An application of grease. Example: A section of their contract with customers calls for P.M. inspections, for washings and greasings, and for other maintenance work at specified mileages.
Word: Netherlandish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Netherland + -ish. Compare Netherlandic, which is used mainly in linguistics. 1. The Dutch language. Example: It has been said that Old English is Dutch, and to no other nation is the study of the Netherlandish more interesting than to the English. Example: Low Dutch means both Low Frankish (or Netherlandish) and Low Saxon (or “Low German”).
Word: Netherlandish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Netherland + -ish. Compare Netherlandic, which is used mainly in linguistics. 1. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even more strikingly assumptive of a Low Countries context is Article 12's prescription that any guild brother who maimed another 'shall compownde with' and 'recompense and satisfy' the person whom he hurt. Composition or settlement of interpersonal wrongs by money compensation, rather than state prosecution, was common in much of Europe, including in Netherlandish cities.
Word: glaciers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glacier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grow Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grower From grow + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊɚ/ 1. A farmer; one who grows things. Example: He was an orange grower from Florida. Example: That first batch of yarn set the pattern for Knudsen Knits: Farah seeks out local wool growers, selects fleeces, and works with small local mills to produce yarn. 2. Something that grows. Example: These flowers are fast growers Example: 'The Bride' [a snowdrop variety], found in the early Seventies at Foxcote Farm near Cheltenham, was his first discovery. It's a poculiform (cup-shaped) G. elwesii with six pure white petals of the same length. Like many poculiforms […] it's not a strong grower. 3. Someone or something, especially music, that becomes more likeable over time. Example: I didn't like the song at first, but it is a real grower. Example: Sanctury^([sic]) - the least obvious single but what a grower. When I first heard this track I thought it was rather average. After playing the album several times, this was the one that kept coming into my head throughout the day. 4. A person whose penis increases in size significantly when erect. Labels: slang Example: As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me. Example: "Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length.
Word: garages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of garage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gauging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gauge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gauging Part of Speech: noun 1. Measurement or estimation, with or as if with a gauge. Example: Some birds do indeed sing through the night of all we can remember, temperature gaugings at the site of our earliest emergence revealing that all was cool then Example: periodic gaugings of the water level 2. The addition of various materials to lime mortar. 3. A shirring.
Word: garaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of garage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: garaged Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a specified kind or number of garages. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: a two-garaged house
Word: gimmicks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪm.ɪks/ 1. plural of gimmick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gimmicks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪm.ɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gimmick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: garters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fueling Part of Speech: verb 1. (Canadian spelling, common) present participle and gerund of fuel Labels: US
Word: fueling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process by which something is fueled. Example: Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
Word: fudging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fudge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fudging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something being fudged, altered so as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And what of the falsifications, the fudgings and fabrications of observations? Hartner has found evidence that fudging was common enough, in a time when there was as yet no theory of error, no rules for the consistent use of significant figures, […]
Word: fudging Part of Speech: adv 1. An intensifier similar to fucking. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: That film was fudging cool! Example: It's too fudging cold outside.
Word: friendliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of friendly: most friendly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: freeloading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From freeload + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of freeload Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: freeloading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From freeload + -ing. 1. The act of one who freeloads. Labels: uncountable
Word: freelancing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of freelance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: freelancing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of performing one's duties outside of the chain of command and SOPs. Labels: uncountable
Word: fluffed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flʌft/ 1. simple past and past participle of fluff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fornicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fornicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fornicating Part of Speech: adj 1. A euphemism of "fucking" as an intensifier. Labels: euphemistic, literary, not-comparable Example: “You lousy, fornicating pimp!” he said, his voice shaking with fury.
Word: formulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of formulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forgeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forgery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fiercest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of fierce: most fierce. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Word: exhausts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɔːsts/, /ɪɡˈzɔsts/, /ɪɡˈzɑsts/ 1. plural of exhaust Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exhausts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɔːsts/, /ɪɡˈzɔsts/, /ɪɡˈzɑsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exhaust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fibbing Part of Speech: noun 1. The telling of a lie. Labels: informal Example: Of the fibbings, conventional falsehoods, and white lies disfiguring and vitiating social intercourse and common commercial transactions, it is enough to say that they are in jarring discord with […] 2. A repeated strike of an opponent's head while holding them in a headlock; a pummelling; a drubbing; a beating. Labels: archaic Example: And so did Nick, whom sometimes there would come on / A sort of fear his spouse might knock his head off, / Demolish half his teeth, or drive a rib in, / She shone so much in 'facers' and in 'fibbing.' Example: 15th round. Chancery. Fibbing. Biggs makes dreadful work with his left. Break away. Rally. Biggs down. Betting still six to four on the gown-boy.
Word: fibbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fib Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: feathering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of feather Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: feathering Part of Speech: noun 1. Plumage. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A feathered texture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The whole flower is very small; the tube is faintly marked with lilac lines; the petals are concave, the three outer white, marked with three lines, the middle one narrow, without featherings, the outer ones broader, and neatly feathered […] 3. The fitting of feathers to arrows. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: extorted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of extort Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exterminating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exterminate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exterminates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exterminate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exterminated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exterminate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of excel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: evoked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of evoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: evasions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evasion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: erratically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English erratic 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 erratically From erratic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹæt.ɪk.li/ 1. In an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly, unpredictably. Example: When I saw the other driver weaving erratically across the road, I decided to keep my distance. Example: The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.
Word: eroding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of erode Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bidding price Part of Speech: noun 1. A price offered by a buyer or bidder when purchasing a good.
Word: aligning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of align Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aligning Part of Speech: noun 1. An alignment.
Word: agitators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agitator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: achingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English aching Middle English -ly English -ly English achingly From aching + -ly. 1. So as to cause aching, especially heartache. Example: achingly beautiful 2. In an aching manner; sorely.
Word: activators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of activator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imbedded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of imbed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: entrenched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of entrench Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embeds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embed Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: documentaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of documentary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discriminated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of discriminate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disrupts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disrupt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disassembled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disassemble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: detonates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of detonate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: detests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of detest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deputized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deputize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disabling Part of Speech: adj 1. That disables; crippling. Example: Rationing decisions that accept people's 'needs' for physical care and limited domestic help, while rejecting demands to support integrated social activities as 'wants', legitimise some of our most disabling cultural values. Example: Among physical conditions, neurological disorders are the most disabling conditions across all dimensions of disability consistently across the two higher country income levels.
Word: disabling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disable Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: diabetics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diabetic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deviants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deviant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scaring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskɛː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈskɛɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of scare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: supportive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English support Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English supportive From support + -ive. Pronunciation: /səˈpɔɹtɪv/, /səˈpɔːtɪv/, /səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪv/, /səˈpoətɪv/ 1. Providing support. Example: I had a very supportive coach who helped me. Example: But the most seismic change is the shift to being supportive of open access. In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years. The Department for Transport has been particularly hostile, seeing it as little more than cherry-picking.
Word: corky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cork (“stopper”) + -y. 1. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork. Example: This wine smells a bit corky; get me another bottle. 2. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled. Example: Bind fast his corky arms.
Word: corky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cork (“injure by a blow”) + -y. 1. A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: devastated Part of Speech: adj 1. Ruined, ravaged. Example: the devastated city 2. Extremely upset and shocked. Example: Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.
Word: devastated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devastate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: towels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of towel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: towels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of towel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: faking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪkɪŋ/ 1. The act of something being faked.
Word: faking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: starters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bugging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bugging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɡɪŋ/ 1. Electronic surveillance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The buggings executed by the FBI not only revealed a great deal about the Cosa Nostra's activities, they also revealed a great deal about how the Cosa Nostra felt about the Kennedys.
Word: teenagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teenager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: realizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of realize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reporters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔː.təz/, /ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚz/, [ɹɪˈpoɹ.ɾɚz] 1. plural of reporter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bumped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bʌmpt/ 1. Containing bumps.
Word: bumped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʌmpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of bump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: risking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of risk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: risking Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is risked. Example: Those acts of others will, from the primary actor's perspective, be unjustified; thus, were they undertaken by the primary actor himself, they would be culpable riskings of harm.
Word: earrings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agnominate Part of Speech: verb 1. To name. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: moustachio'd Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mustachio + -'d. 1. Alternative form of moustachioed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The black-moustachio’d face gazed down from every commanding corner.
Word: mustachio'd Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of moustachio'd. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: moustachioed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English moustachio Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English moustachioed From moustachio + -ed. 1. Possessing a moustache or moustachio. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nor all passengers either - one moustachioed, behatted gent interviewed by the BBC lamented the loss of elegance that the trains represented, as he stood in the plastic Mk 3 buffet that today looks somehow chic and inviting. Time changes everything.
Word: moustachioed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English moustachio Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English moustachioed From moustachio + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of moustachio Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: moustachio Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mustachio. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: What with his moustachios, his long beard, his richly embroidered crimson dress, and his Maltese cross and sword, he would be invaluable.
Word: moustachio Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of mustachio. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The family had picnicked there, near rocks moustachioed by moss, and the valley spreead beneath them like the falls' accomplishment. Example: The cakes were summed up by my mother, her upper lip moustachioed with cream.
Word: moustachios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moustachio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moustachios Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of moustachio Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: big D Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the first letter of damn. 1. An instance of the word "damn" or "damnation", regarded as profane. Labels: euphemistic Example: Though "Bother it" I may Occasionally say, I never use a big, big D!
Word: Big D Part of Speech: name 1. The city of Dallas, Texas, USA. Labels: informal
Word: Windy City Part of Speech: name 1. Nickname for Chicago: a city in Illinois, United States. 2. Nickname for Wellington: the capital city of New Zealand.
Word: jiggles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jiggle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jiggling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪɡ.(ə.)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jiggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jiggling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪɡ.(ə.)lɪŋ/ 1. A motion that jiggles.
Word: jiggled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jiggle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: doglegs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dogleg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doglegs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dogleg Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doglegging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dogleg Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: doglegged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dogleg Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gollies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of golly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gall dang Part of Speech: adj 1. goddamn Labels: US, euphemistic, not-comparable
Word: gall dang Part of Speech: intj 1. goddamn Labels: US, euphemistic
Word: God damn Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative letter-case form of goddamn. Labels: alt-of Example: "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."
Word: watusi Part of Speech: noun 1. A popular African-inspired dance of the 1960s, fueled by the success of the song The Wah-Watusi by The Orlons in 1962. Example: Baby, baby, that's the way it goes Nothing happens when you Mash Potatoes I just gotta fall in love with you Watusi is the dance to do Wah-a, wah, wah-a Watusi C'mon and take a chance and get-a with this dance. Example: Twist it in the alley With long tall Sally Twistin' with Lucy Doin' the watusi. 2. A Christmas firework popular in the Philippines, made with yellow phosphorus, potassium chlorate, potassium nitrate, and trinitrotoluene.
Word: watusi Part of Speech: verb 1. To dance the watusi. Labels: intransitive Example: […] but in the middle of it all will be some preposterous, highly charged, not to mention boob-driven image of some chick watusiing away atop an oil rig.
Word: watusis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watusi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: watusis Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of watusi Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: watusiing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of watusi Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: watusied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of watusi Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: big sleep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently coined by novelist Raymond Chandler, author of The Big Sleep (1939). 1. Death. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that. Example: Before I sink into the big sleep / I want to hear / The scream of the butterfly
Word: carbon credit Part of Speech: noun 1. A certified carbon dioxide emission displacement credit, supposed to be equal to one tonne of carbon dioxide removed from the environment.
Word: carbon credits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carbon credit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spazmo Part of Speech: noun 1. A stupid, incompetent or physically uncoordinated person Labels: derogatory, slang Example: RICK: Oh, come off it, Neil, you little swotty-pants. Just look at you, swotting away for teacher like a total spazmo. You're just an utter creep, really, aren't you?
Word: spazmos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spazmo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Molotov cocktails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Molotov cocktail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Molotov Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Мо́лотов (Mólotov). The verb is from the noun, an ellipsis of Molotov cocktail. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒ.lə.tɒv/, /-tɒf/, /ˈmɑ.lə.tɑv/, /-tɑf/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Молотов (Molotov).
Word: Molotov Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Мо́лотов (Mólotov). The verb is from the noun, an ellipsis of Molotov cocktail. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒ.lə.tɒv/, /-tɒf/, /ˈmɑ.lə.tɑv/, /-tɑf/ 1. Synonym of Molotov cocktail.
Word: Molotov Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Мо́лотов (Mólotov). The verb is from the noun, an ellipsis of Molotov cocktail. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒ.lə.tɒv/, /-tɒf/, /ˈmɑ.lə.tɑv/, /-tɑf/ 1. To throw a Molotov cocktail at someone or something. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: headaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weekends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weekend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weekends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of weekend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: weekends Part of Speech: adv 1. At weekends. Labels: not-comparable
Word: suing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French suer (“to sweat”). 1. The act of one who sues for something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] her husband's increased and more frequent storms of passion, unfollowed by any halcyon and honeymoon suings for forgiveness […] 2. The process of soaking through anything. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: In this instance, there is, upon the by, to be noted, the percolation or suing of the verjuice through the wood; for verjuice of itself would never have passed through the wood: so as, it seemeth, it must be first in a kind of vapour, before it pass.
Word: planeteer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of planet + volunteer or planet + -eer. 1. Someone who helps protect the environment. 2. Someone who makes interplanetary journeys. Labels: rare
Word: raad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch raad (“counsel”), cognate with Middle English ræd (“counsel”). 1. An assembly in one of the Boer republics of South Africa.
Word: raad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *raʕd- Arabic رَعْد (raʕd)bor. English raad Borrowed from Arabic رَعْد (raʕd, “thunder”). 1. The electric catfish. Example: "It might reasonably be expected," says Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, "that the raad, or electric fish of the Nile, would be one of the most sacred, and forbidden for food; and it seems not to be represented among those caught in the ancient fishing scenes." He adds regarding the raad:—"It is a small fish, and the one I saw measured little more than a foot long by four inches in depth, but it had the power of giving a very strong shock. It is the Melapterurus electricus, and may have been the ancient Latus."
Word: boyfriends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boyfriend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boyfriends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of boyfriend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: torturing Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: torturing Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of torture Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ... sae little about the elect that are tried wi' hornings, chasings, catchings, imprisonments, torturings, banishments, headings, hangings, dismemberings, and quarterings quick... Example: Terrible shall the vengeance of the Tisroc be: even now. But kill me, and the burnings and torturings in these northern lands shall become a tale to frighten the world a thousand years hence.
Word: torturing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of torture Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bluffing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈblʌfɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bluff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bluffing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈblʌfɪŋ/ 1. A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.
Word: hostages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hostage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /feɪkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of fake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clowns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klaʊnz/ 1. plural of clown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clowns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klaʊnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clown Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Watusi Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Bantu-speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi; the Tutsi. 2. A cow of a modern American breed. Example: Watusis are recommended for crossing (with Longhorns) to obtain good roping cattle for the rodeo. Example: Converted vehicle stopped in Nebraska with gigantic-horned Watusi bovine called Howdy Doody as passenger[.] 3. Alternative form of watusi (“1960s dance”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Like I figure it would be best at that point to break for a fifteen minute Frug or Watusi.
Word: zone out Part of Speech: verb 1. To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: yuk it up Part of Speech: verb 1. To clown around: to behave clownishly; to joke idly. Labels: US
Word: dressing-down Part of Speech: noun 1. A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing. Labels: idiomatic Example: "I'll give him a dressing down, see if I don't." Mrs. Mudge's eyes snapped viciously, and she clutched the relics of the broom with a degree of energy which rendered it uncertain what sort of a dressing down she intended for her husband. Example: When the blacksmith saw what Babo had done to his mother, he caught him by the collar, and fell to giving him such a dressing down as never man had before.
Word: subwavelength Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English wavelength English subwavelength From sub- + wavelength. 1. Having dimensions less than the wavelength of the light employed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Planar metamaterials with subwavelength thickness, or metasurfaces, consisting of single-layer or few-layer stacks of planar structures, can be readily fabricated using lithography and nanoprinting methods, and the ultrathin thickness in the wave propagation direction can greatly suppress the undesirable losses.
Word: subwavelength Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English wavelength English subwavelength From sub- + wavelength. 1. A wavelength that is a fraction of another
Word: surface plasmon Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantized electromagnetic wave trapped at a metallic surface through interaction with the free electrons of the metal.
Word: macroevolutionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English evolutionary English macroevolutionary From macro- + evolutionary. 1. Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution Labels: not-comparable
Word: heterotrimeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English trimer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English trimeric English heterotrimeric From hetero- + trimeric. 1. Of a protein, containing three different subunits. Labels: not-comparable
Word: G protein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guanine nucleotide-binding protein. 1. Any of a class of proteins, found in cell membranes, that pass signals between hormone receptors and effector enzymes.
Word: G-protein Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of G protein. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: haloenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- English enzyme English haloenzyme From halo- + enzyme. 1. Any enzyme that is activated by a cofactor.
Word: apoenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)bor. English apo- English enzyme English apoenzyme From apo- + enzyme. 1. An inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor. Example: The use of chemical reagents as enzyme inhibitors has yielded information concerning the mechanism of inhibition and the role in catalysis played by active groups on the protein apoenzyme, the coenzyme, or the metal component.
Word: holoenzyme Part of Speech: noun 1. A haloenzyme.
Word: halo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- Combining form of Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “sea, salt”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊ/ 1. sea, salt, salt water Labels: morpheme
Word: halo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From halogen. Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊ/ 1. Forming names of chemical compounds which contain one or more halogen atoms. Labels: morpheme
Word: accretion shock Part of Speech: noun 1. A spherical shock wave that arises when material spirals inward to a gravitational source such as a star or black hole.
Word: smoothest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of smooth: most smooth Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: smoothest Part of Speech: verb 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of smooth Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: Little Christmas Part of Speech: name 1. January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany. Labels: Ireland
Word: Women's Christmas Part of Speech: name 1. January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany, and traditionally a day for men to do the housework. Labels: Ireland
Word: innocente Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of innocent . Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: innocente Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of robe volante.
Word: meandering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of meander Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: meandering Part of Speech: adj 1. Winding or rambling. Example: After petrol rationing ended in 1952, the BTC was aware that more swingeing cuts had to be made, and a sinister message was conveyed by the loss of the meandering 38-mile route from Blisworth to Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1952, and the 25-mile Abergavenny-Merthyr Heads of the Valleys line in January 1958. Example: “Billups, how much farther to the compound?” “At our meandering speed, 15 minutes?”
Word: meandering Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance or period of roaming.
Word: flinting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flinting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of making a flint tool.
Word: Hibernia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Hibernia, which see. Pronunciation: /haɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/, /hɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/ 1. Ireland (a country in northwestern Europe). Labels: poetic 2. A female personification of Ireland.