nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Teton Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Lakota Thítȟuŋwaŋ (“Teton”). a general name for all seven Lakota tribes. from thíta (“a plain, prairie”) + tȟuŋwaŋ (“village”). Pronunciation: /ˈtitɑn/, /ˈtiːtɒn/ 1. The language of this people. 2. A small city in Fremont County, Idaho. 3. The Teton River (Idaho), a tributary of the Snake River. 4. The Teton River (Montana), a tributary of the Missouri River.
Word: carjacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carjack + -er. 1. One who engages in carjacking; one who steals an occupied automobile. Example: The typical carjacker is most interested in an easy heist. Example: Note the direction in which the carjacker drove. Give officers a detailed description of the carjacker, including the type of weapon, if one was used.
Word: carjackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carjacker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fringed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frenged; equivalent to fringe + -ed. Pronunciation: /fɹɪnd͡ʒd/ 1. Possessing a fringe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fringed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frenged; equivalent to fringe + -ed. Pronunciation: /fɹɪnd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fringe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: carport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/ 1. A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. Example: Franklin decided to improve his carport by walling in the sides and turning it into a garage.
Word: carports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caseload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From case + load. 1. The workload of a person or group that handles cases; the relative volume of cases expected to be worked upon. Example: As a public defender, Jonas had a crushing caseload and never felt that he could prepare his clients' defenses properly. 2. The set of persons whose cases are being handled by such a worker or group.
Word: caseloads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caseload Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shogi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 将棋 (shōgi). Doublet of janggi. Pronunciation: /ˈʃoʊɡiː/ 1. Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Japan. Labels: uncountable Example: But to the surprise of many in the chess fraternity, Hassabis also began to compete in other mind games: bridge and backgammon, Diplomacy and draughts, as well as the Japanese chess variant shogi.
Word: imputed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imputed Part of Speech: adj 1. Attributed to another person.
Word: xiangqi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 象棋 (xiàngqí). Doublet of shogi. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːŋ.t͡ʃi/ 1. Chinese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in China. Labels: uncountable Example: What I have tried to do here is to draw a consistent frame which could explain most characteristics of both Xiangqi and Chess ludic structures.
Word: Reformation Part of Speech: name 1. The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church, leading to more than a century of internecine conflict that ended with a durable division between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. Labels: historical Example: Who or what is a Catholic? This Greek word has become one of the chief battlegrounds in western Latin Christianity […] How can the word describe all of these things and still have any meaning? I have written this book about the sixteenth-century Reformation in part to answer that question. The Reformation introduced many more complications to the word; in fact there were very many different Reformations, nearly all of which would have said that they were simply aimed at recreating authentic Catholic Christianity. For simplicity’s sake I will take for granted that this book examines multiple Reformations, some of which were directed by the Pope. From now on I will continue to use the shorthand term ‘Reformation’, but readers should therefore note that this is often intended to embrace both Protestantism and the religious movements commonly known as Tridentine Catholicism, the Catholic Reformation or Counter-Reformation: the revitalized part of the old Church which remained loyal to the Pope. ’Catholic’ is clearly a word which a lot of people want to possess. By contrast, it is remarkable how many religious labels started life as a sneer: the Reformation was full of angry words. […] Reformation disputes were passionate about words because words were myriad refractions of a God one of whose names was Word: a God encountered in a library of books itself simply called ‘Book’ – the Bible. It is impossible to understand modern Europe without understanding these sixteenth-century upheavals in Latin Christianity. They represented the greatest fault-line to appear in Christian culture since the Latin and Greek halves of the Roman empire went their separate ways a thousand years before; they produced a house divided. The fault-line is the business of this book.
Word: goodnight Irene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the blues/folk song Goodnight Irene first popularized by Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter. 1. An involuntary departure. Labels: idiomatic Example: What the bleedin' 'ell? We were havin' a right rip snorter 'ere, and then this piker shows up, and just like that it's "Good night, Irene"!
Word: cariogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cario- + -genesis. 1. The formation of dental caries Labels: uncountable
Word: caries Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.? Proto-Italic *kazēō Latin careō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin cariēsbor. English caries Borrowed from Latin cariēs. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛə.ɹiːz/, /ˈkɛ.ɹiz/ 1. The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonym: cavity
Word: caries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cary Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: infinite recursion Part of Speech: noun 1. Any recursion that continues without end. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bussing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bus Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of buss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bussing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of busing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: busing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bus Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: busing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌsɪŋ/ 1. The transportation of schoolchildren, by bus, to schools in other neighbourhoods in order to alleviate social inequalities or to achieve racial integration. Labels: uncountable
Word: butterfat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butter + fat. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtəfæt/, /ˈbʌtɚfæt/, /-ɾɚ-/ 1. The fatty components of milk and other dairy products. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The first change which milk undergoes in the stomach is coagulation. The casein and butterfat separates from the serum, which is soon absorbed unchanged into the blood, according to the laws of diffusion. [Quoting Wagner's Manual of Physiology.] Example: By submitting pure solid butter-fat to powerful pressure in a linen cloth at the temperature of 60°, a slightly yellow transparent oil will flow out, and a solid white fat will remain behind; the first is called oleine or butter-oil, and the second margarine; and of these two substances the pure fat of butter almost entirely consists, although, as may be supposed, their relative proportions are liable to great variations.
Word: secedes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of secede Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /waɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of whine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /waɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of wine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Beat Generation Part of Speech: name Etymology: Often attributed to Herbert Huncke, from beat (“exhausted”), with Jack Kerouac later claiming it derived from beatific instead. 1. A group of countercultural American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most important works are Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957), Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959).
Word: time and tide Part of Speech: proverb 1. Ellipsis of time and tide wait for no man. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: skylarking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From skylark + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of skylark Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skylarking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skylark + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ/ 1. Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street.
Word: turn the page Part of Speech: verb 1. To move on to new involvements or activities; to make a fresh start. Labels: idiomatic Example: You've been divorced for three years. It's time to turn the page and start looking for somebody else. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To proceed to the next page in a book.
Word: sex machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone with considerable sexual prowess. Labels: idiomatic Example: I said do the bump, huh, I said shake your rump / And stay on the scene like a sex machine 2. Any machine that is used for sexual pleasure. Example: The typical scenario, Archibald says, is a married guy “who likes building things.” He comes across someone else's sex machine, is fascinated, decides to build one himself.
Word: lots of love Part of Speech: intj 1. An informal formula to end a letter to relatives, close friends or romantic partners, etc.
Word: sex object Part of Speech: noun 1. A person seen primarily or solely as sexually attractive. Example: The National Organization for Women, denouncing the campaign for what it considered to be the depiction of women as sex objects, demonstrated outside F. William Free & Company, confronting Mr. Free with placards reading, “I'm Bill — Fire Me.”
Word: sex offender Part of Speech: noun 1. Somebody who has committed a crime of a sexual nature. Example: She then became a domestic and after a year was a sex offender for the first time. She had known the man for 2 years. Her sister discovered her relations with this man 8 months later and had her sent to the House of Good Shepherd. Example: Soon after our case, another convicted sex offender was released back into our community and was accepted as if nothing had happened.
Word: sex appeal Part of Speech: noun 1. Sexual attractiveness. Labels: uncountable Example: He may be as thick as a plank, but he sure has some sex appeal. Example: But when she goes on to remark that “it is the height of folly to say that woman, who has been taught by the uncounted ages that her strongest hold on man is because of her sex, can throw off or disregard the knowledge that her sex appeal is the strongest weapon she has” then I am appalled at the extreme illogic of the lady!
Word: in goal Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. As a goalkeeper. Example: After Chelsea had two goalkeepers injured in one match, their captain went in goal for the last few minutes.
Word: shot on goal Part of Speech: noun 1. A shot at the opponent's goal.
Word: 4-4-2 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In each sense, from a grouping of things in sets of four, four, and two: in football, players in certain positions; on locomotives, wheels in certain positions; in the car model, four barrels (of carburetion), four gears (of the manual transmission), and dual exhausts. 1. A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers. Example: They fielded an imposing 4-4-2. Example: England's formation was a rigid 4-4-2 against a Norway side of surprisingly limited ambition and on one of the rare occasions James Milner got in the action he forced a save from Jarstein. 2. Under the Whyte notation system, a type of steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck, two powered driving axles and a one-axle trailing truck; any instance of that type. Example: Down the high iron sped a huffing 4-4-2. Example: While not, perhaps, the handsomest of 4-4-2 tanks, as they had a rather large proportion of their driving wheels exposed, they proved very useful locomotives, doing yeoman work on suburban trains around London and Birmingham, and later on numerous rural routes. 3. A model of the former Oldsmobile make; any instance of that model. Example: Down the drag strip screamed a custom-tuned 4-4-2.
Word: corner flag Part of Speech: noun 1. Each of the flags that denotes the corner of the field of play. Example: Wilkinson was struggling, sending the re-start straight into touch and flinging a pass the same way, and France then went close to the first try of the contest as Clerc took a long pass out on the left and was just bundled into touch by the corner flag.
Word: subs' bench Part of Speech: noun 1. substitutes' bench
Word: final whistle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From final (adjective) + whistle. Pronunciation: /ˌfaɪnl̩ wɪsl̩/, /-ʍɪsl̩/, /ˌfaɪn(ə)l wɪs(ə)l/, /-ʍɪs(ə)l/ 1. The blow of the whistle by the referee or other adjudicator signifying the end of a match. Example: Before the next [tennis] game begins, the players in each court change partners: and the same routine is followed until the time agreed upon has elapsed, when the final whistle is sounded, scores are added up, and prizes awarded. Example: Only fifteen minutes now remained before the referee would blow the final whistle, and both teams exerted every effort to gain the mastery.
Word: playmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + maker. 1. A playwright. Labels: dated 2. A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score. Example: It’s one of Foden’s curiosities that, 74 games into his City career, we still don’t really know what his best position will be. He is played as a wing-back and a deep-lying playmaker for England age-group sides.
Word: uphill battle Part of Speech: noun 1. A highly difficult task or problem that requires a great amount of effort and determination. Labels: idiomatic Example: I would argue that flight attendants had a greater uphill battle in establishing their job as a profession, experience more disorienting time and space patterns, juggle a larger number of sometimes conflicting roles, and have a greater sense of occupational identity than any other group of women workers. Example: “It is an uphill battle,” said Dr. Uzma Syed, an infectious disease specialist in Jericho, N.Y., on Long Island, who for months has been giving vaccine education talks to national and international groups.
Word: fight to the death Part of Speech: verb 1. To take part in a battle in which the winner is the sole survivor.
Word: fight to the death Part of Speech: noun 1. A fight in which there is only one winner, the survivor.
Word: Santa Fe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Santa Fe (“Holy Faith”). Piecewise doublet of Sainte-Foy. Pronunciation: /ˌsæntə ˈfeɪ/, /ˈsæntə ˌfeɪ/ 1. Places in Argentina: 2. Places in Argentina: 3. A small town in Oruro department, Bolivia. 4. A former fort at the confluence of the Biobío River and Vergara River, in present-day Chile, in full Santa Fe de la Ribera. 5. An area of Bogotá, Colombia. 6. Places in Cuba: 7. Places in Cuba: 8. Places in Honduras: 9. Places in Honduras: 10. A major business district of Mexico City, Mexico. 11. Places in Panama: 12. Places in Panama: 13. Places in Panama: 14. Places in the Philippines: 15. Places in the Philippines: 16. Places in the Philippines: 17. Places in the Philippines: 18. A municipality of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. 19. Places in the United States: Example: The couple’s stucco, Pueblo-revival style home sits on a hill in a gated community at the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains. Santa Fe is known as a refuge for celebrities, artists and authors. 20. Places in the United States: 21. Places in the United States: 22. Places in the United States: 23. Places in the United States: 24. Places in the United States: 25. Places in the United States: 26. Places in the United States: 27. Places in the United States: 28. Places in the United States: 29. Short for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: On a line like the Santa Fe, in such desert country as that on the Chicago-Los Angeles main line through Arizona and New Mexico, stations are few and far between, and at many of them one or two employees are the only permanent staff.
Word: till death do us part Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Originates from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with the original wording being "till death us depart" (using the obsolete “to separate, part” sense of depart). 1. Until death separates us; a common phrase stated between the bride and the groom at a Christian wedding, indicating a commitment to their union. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: handy-dandy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of handy dandy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: handy-dandy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English handy dandy. 1. A children's game in which one child guesses in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: handy dandy Part of Speech: adj 1. Handy; helpful or useful, as due to some clever trick or design. Labels: informal Example: She always comes up with great ideas for handy dandy new tools.
Word: Coorgs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Coorg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mordacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mordax (“given to biting, corrosive”) (from mordere (“to bite, sting”)) + -ious. 1. Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive 2. Sharp or caustic in style or tone. 3. Sharp in intent, sarcastic. Example: And that is really the long and the short of the whole matter, my mordacious friend. 4. Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.). Example: Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.
Word: casus belli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cāsus (“occasion”) + bellī (“for war”, literally “of war”). Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ.səs ˈbɛl.aɪ/, /ˌkɑː-/, /-ˈbɛl.i/ 1. An act seen as justifying or causing a war; an act of war. Example: In ancient times, repeatedly failing to pay tribute by a vassal state was often used as a casus belli by the patron. Example: The Executive, however, can do many acts which would constitute a casus belli, and thus indirectly result in war; but this does not imply in the Executive a concurrent power to declare war, and the war which would result would be one declared by a foreign power.
Word: cloisonne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cloisonné (“partitioned”). 1. A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal. Labels: uncountable Example: Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree. Example: Zoë wore a pair of cloisonne earrings she had bought in France. 2. Objects decorated by this technique collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The museum had a fine collection of medieval Italian cloisonne.
Word: rankly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English rankli, ronkly, from Old English ranclīċe (“showily; boldly”), equivalent to rank + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic rakklega (“boldly; valiantly”). 1. In a rank manner. Example: Certainly no pages could seem to the censor more rankly blasphemous.
Word: readership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reader Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English readership From reader + -ship. 1. The collected readers of a publication. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The village newspaper has a readership of only 200 people. 2. The role or office of a reader. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the Nora Chadwick Readership in Celtic Studies
Word: rearmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rear Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English rearmost From rear + -most. 1. Furthest to the rear. Example: The rearmost member of the strike team walked backward to guard them from a surprise attack from behind. Example: As I tramped along, the rearmost of the four, I could not help smiling at the appearance of my three companions in front.
Word: ruthlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu Old English hrēow Middle English rewe Middle English -the Old Norse hrygðinflu. Middle English reuþe Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les Middle English reuþeles English ruthless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ruthlessness From ruthless + -ness. 1. The property of being ruthless. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity.
Word: mercilessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English merciless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English mercilessness From merciless + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː(ɹ)sɪləsnəs/ 1. The property of being merciless. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ruthlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu Old English hrēow Middle English rewe Middle English -the Old Norse hrygðinflu. Middle English reuþe Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les Middle English reuþeles English ruthless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English ruthlessly From ruthless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːθ.ləs.li/, /ˈɹuːθ.lɪs.li/ 1. In a ruthless manner; with cruelty; without pity or compassion. Example: Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern. Example: Southgate's side kept their nerve and discipline in the unsettling, intimidating surroundings of Budapest, with the behaviour of Hungary's fans leaving much to be desired, to turn up the heat and punish their opponents ruthlessly once they had gone ahead.
Word: rustproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rust English proof English -proof English rustproof From rust + -proof. 1. Resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion. Example: This is supposed to be a rustproof trashcan, but it can't handle the salt they use on our roads. 2. Resistant to the rust fungus.
Word: rustproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English rust English proof English -proof English rustproof From rust + -proof. 1. To make resistant to rust, such as by applying a coating. Example: We'll rustproof the metal with a good coat of paint and then we'll be able to leave it outdoors for years without damage.
Word: rumormonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of rumor + monger. 1. A person who spreads rumors. Labels: US Example: Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale; gossip, gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper Example: Then the Seventh moved to Fort Ord and practiced—although without full equipment—amphibious landings. The hot poop of the rumor mongers became, “Southwest Pacific for us, fellows.” But when the convoy sailed from San Francisco on April twenty-fourth, the ships turned north.
Word: rumormonger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of rumor + monger. 1. To spread rumors and gossip.
Word: rumor monger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rumormonger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rumor-monger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rumormonger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rubbernecker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rubberneck (verb) + -er (suffix indicating person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb). Pronunciation: /ˈrʌbəˌnɛkə/, /ˈrʌbɚˌnɛkɚ/ 1. A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck. Example: The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars. Example: Gentlemen will leave their pocket flasks with the captain, and will limit themselves to two bunches of cigarettes each. Rubber neckers will be executed without trial. Glasses will be needed to protect the eyes from the dust, and you MUST "Keep off the grass."
Word: rower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rower, rowere, roware, equivalent to row + -er. Cognate with Dutch roeier (“rower”), Danish roer (“rower”), Norwegian roer (“rower”). Compare also Old English rōwend (“rower”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. One who rows. Example: It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke. Example: Upon her deck were rowers with dream-made oars, and the rowers were the people of men’s fancies, and princes of old story and people who had died, and people who had never been. 2. A rowing machine. Example: Aerobic and weight training sessions should also complement each other. For example, on a day you work your upper body with weights, you can use a rower for aerobics.
Word: rotundness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rotund Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English rotundness From rotund + -ness. 1. The property of being rotund. fatness, largeness. Labels: uncountable
Word: round-the-clock Part of Speech: adj 1. Continuous; incessant; without interruption; all day long, 24 hours per day; nonstop: from the concept that it happens while the hands of the clock go all the way around. Labels: not-comparable Example: They are protected by round-the-clock guards. Example: My correspondent should enquire what it is that prompts the continuous building, even in Great Britain, with the disadvantage of imported fuel, of diesel shunters: it is, of course, continuous "round-the-clock" availability.
Word: rowboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From row + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊbəʊt/ 1. A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing). Labels: US
Word: rowboat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From row + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊbəʊt/ 1. To row a boat of this kind. Labels: intransitive
Word: routinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English routine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English routinize From routine + -ize. 1. To make routine, to make common by repetition.
Word: rumblings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rumbling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rudderless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁roh₁-(ye-)-tider. Proto-Germanic *rōaną Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Germanic *-þrą Proto-Germanic *rōþrą Proto-West Germanic *rōþr Old English rōþor Middle English rother English rudder Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English rudderless From rudder + -less. 1. Without a rudder. 2. Lacking guidance or direction. Labels: figuratively Example: Their deaths were sobering not merely because of the searingly unbearable wrench of losing those two wonderful people, but because it left me exposed as rudderless. Example: As Christian Wolmar said in RAIL 990, our railway is "leaderless and rudderless", and drifting inexorably towards the rocks of total chaos.
Word: unsteerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English steerable English unsteerable From un- + steerable. 1. Not capable of being steered.
Word: runner-up Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɹʌn.əˈɹʌp/, /ˌɹʌn.ɚˈʌp/ 1. The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first. Example: Remember, if the winner cannot complete the duties, the runner-up will take over. 2. Second favourite. Example: For years, Twitter was a runner-up social media company. It never grew to the size and scale of a Facebook or an Instagram. It simply muddled along.
Word: runners-up Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of runner-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: runner up Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of runner-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: herringbone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From herring + bone. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/ 1. A bone of a herring. Labels: countable, literally Example: The prosperity of Amsterdam was then so great that it was said that Amsterdam was "founded on herring-bones." 2. A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 'The best path of life is but a herring-bone pattern.' Example: Mr Bloom walked behind the eyeless feet, a flatcut suit of herringbone tweed. 3. A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards. Labels: countable 4. Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For some strange and elusive reason, the staid, prosaic herringbones have angled themselves into a position of fashion prominence.
Word: herringbone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From herring + bone. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/ 1. To stitch in a herringbone pattern. 2. To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
Word: runners up Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of runner up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herring-bone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of herringbone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antimonopoly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + monopoly. 1. Usually with respect to laws or policies: in opposition to the creation or continuance of a monopoly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interleaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English leaf English interleaf From inter- + leaf. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəliːf/, /ˈɪntɚliːf/ 1. A leaf, often of tissue paper or other thin paper, inserted between the pages of a book to protect illustrations. 2. A sheet of paper or cardboard, placed between layers on a pallet to create a cohesive structure. Example: If you stack high columns of these boxes without using interleafs they'll fall apart.
Word: interleaf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English leaf English interleaf From inter- + leaf. Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈliːf/, /ɪntɚˈliːf/ 1. Same as interleave
Word: cabinetmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cabinet + maker. 1. A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden cabinets and furniture. Example: He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust. Why hadn't he come straight to him—whatever the mysterious document was—instead of talking it over with French featherheads?
Word: cabinetmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cabinet + making. 1. The art of the cabinetmaker. Labels: uncountable
Word: cabinet making Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cabinetmaking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cabinetwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cabinet + -work. 1. Cabinets and furniture made by a cabinetmaker. Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of cabinetmaking. Labels: uncountable
Word: calamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris. 1. Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO₃) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make you itch You're gonna need an ocean Of calamine lotion You'll be scratchin' like a hound The minute you start to mess around Example: For Secret Santa two years before, she had gifted him a bottle of calamine lotion. 2. Synonym of hemimorphite, an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing zinc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: calamine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris. 1. To coat or treat with calamine. Labels: transitive
Word: zinc oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. An amorphous solid, ZnO, white when pure but often pale yellow, used in pigments and cosmetics. Labels: uncountable
Word: calciferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English calcium English calci- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -ferous English calciferous From calci- + -ferous. Pronunciation: /kælˈsɪfəɹəs/ 1. Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
Word: earths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɝθs/, /ɜːθs/ 1. plural of earth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: earths Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɝθs/, /ɜːθs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of earth Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: earthing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɜː(ɹ)θɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of earth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: earthing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth English -ing English earthing From earth + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɜː(ɹ)θɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of placing (something) in the earth; planting; burying Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of connecting with the earth's energy, usually through bodily contact (e.g. walking barefoot), supposed to achieve health and vitality. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: calcimine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”). 1. A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If a ceiling is peeling (from using the wrong paint over calcimine, probably; it's an old house), how do you remove all the paint down to the plaster all over the ceiling?
Word: calcimine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”). 1. To coat with this substance.
Word: calciminer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calcimine + -er. 1. A person who calcimines.
Word: calculi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkal.kjəˌlaɪ̯/, /ˈkal.kjəˌlʌi̯/, /ˈkal.kjəˌləi̯/, /ˈkæl.kjəˌlaɪ̯/, /ˈkæl.kjəˌlʌɪ̯/ 1. plural of calculus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postal authority Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization charged by the governing body of a country or region with the provision of postal services within that region. Example: Many postal authorities are affiliated with the UPU.
Word: cytogenetic band Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the subregions of a chromosome that are visible under a microscope after staining
Word: assagai Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of assegai. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: assagai Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of assegai. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: calyces Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.lɪ.siːs/, /ˈkeɪ.lɪ.siːz/ 1. plural of calyx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/ 1. Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone. 2. A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch. Labels: figuratively Example: “You see, I’ve never had a girl friend,” I added, by way of topping the obelisk of silliness with the capstone of fatuity. Example: Success of the Apollo program has been the capstone to a series of significant accomplishments for the United States in space in a broad spectrum of manned and unmanned exploration missions and in the application of space techniques for the benefit of man.
Word: capstone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/ 1. To complete as a crowning achievement; to top off. Labels: transitive Example: Capstoning a decade's worth of linked short stories, The Quiet War (2008) was a vivid and tense novel about a solar system sliding into conflict. 2. To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program. Labels: US, informal, transitive Example: “Capstoned” units are now able to train and plan in peacetime with the command with which they will fight in wartime.
Word: carpi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carpus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cascara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cáscara (“bark" or "husk”). 1. A North American buckthorn (Frangula purshiana, syn. Rhamnus purshiana) whose bark is used as a laxative. 2. A laxative drug or preparation based on this plant. Example: "That's as bitter as a dose of cascara." 3. Dried coffee cherry fruit used in teas and other drinks.
Word: caseharden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From case + harden. 1. To harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer. 2. To make insensitive to hardship. Labels: broadly
Word: cayman Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caiman. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans,' and spurred his horse into the stream. Example: With a dull, heavy splash an occasional cayman plunged in from the bank.
Word: chickweed wintergreen Part of Speech: noun 1. a plant of species Trientalis europaea, in the Primulaceae family
Word: curries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curry Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of currie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of curry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disharmonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English harmonic English disharmonic From dis- + harmonic. Pronunciation: /dɪshɑːˈmɒnɪk/ 1. Not harmonic. 2. Of or relating to a generation that is an odd number of generations distant from a particular person. Example: 1979, Barry J. Blake & R. M. W. Dixon, The Handbook of Australian Languages A person is 'harmonic' with respect to his own generation and all even-numbered generations counting away from his own, and 'disharmonic' with respect to odd-numbered generations. Thus a man is disharmonic with respect to his father and his son but harmonic with respect to his grandfather and his grandson. Example: 1995, Alan Dench, Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia […] there is also a special set of (non-singular first person) pronoun forms for use with disharmonic kin: those in the opposite generation set. […] The two disharmonic pronouns are used as polite forms when the addressee and speaker are in different alternate generation sets.
Word: smoulder Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative form of smolder. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, intransitive Example: Lightning may blast and blacken, but it rarely gives rise to widespread fire. Decaying vegetation may occasionally smoulder with the heat of its fermentation, but this again rarely results in flames. 2. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. Labels: transitive Example: They preassed forward vnder their ensignes, bearing downe such as stoode in their way, and with their owne fire smouldered and burnt them to ashes Example: Time Which lays its hand on battlements and towers, And smoulders them all to dust has committed its ravages upon this ancient castle.
Word: smoulder Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)/ 1. smoke; smother Labels: obsolete Example: The smoulder stops our nose with stench. 2. Alternative form of smolder. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Dry and wormeaten, a spark upon them became a smoulder, and a smoulder a blaze. Example: The smoulder in his eyes dimmed, and he winced, half bending in agony. 3. A disease of narcissus and related flowers caused by the fungus Botrytis narcissicola, and characterized by dark brown lesions on the leaves. Example: When grown as ornamentals it is important to inspect crops and physically remove rogue cultivars and other off-types, but whatever narcissus are grown for they should be inspected for signs of stem nematod lesions ('spickels'), disease 'primaries' (such as smoulder) and virus symptoms.
Word: enmeshed Part of Speech: adj 1. tangled or twisted together.
Word: enmeshed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enmesh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Vienna loaf Part of Speech: noun 1. An oval loaf of bread with slits cut obliquely on the top.
Word: enmesh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English mesh English enmesh From en- + mesh. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈmɛʃ/ 1. To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult. 3. To involve in difficulties. Example: They take their time sizing each other up since they both know their motives might not be entirely honest. Tentatively they find warmth and companionship in each other. However, before long, they get enmeshed in Hale’s diabolical schemes.
Word: curried Part of Speech: adj 1. Cooked or flavoured with curry. Example: We had curried fish for dinner last night.
Word: curried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of curry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: logical fallacy Part of Speech: noun 1. A fallacy; a clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument, excluding simple unintended mistakes. 2. A formal fallacy. Example: A valid syllogism contains three terms; with four it commits the logical fallacy known as quaternio terminorum.
Word: calp Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark shaly limestone occurring in the Carboniferous limestone of Ireland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: curry powder Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of spices, usually including turmeric, commonly used in Asian-style cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: curry paste Part of Speech: noun 1. A moist blend of vegetables and spices ground together and used as a base for curries, especially in Thai and Cambodian cuisines. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: curry pastes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curry paste Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asafetida Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of asafoetida. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: If one of her chickens got the snuffles one day, rubbing asafetida in butter on their nostrils would set them straight.
Word: hold up one's end Part of Speech: verb 1. To hold up one's end of a bargain; to fulfill one's promise or obligation. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'm holding up my end and you had better hold up yours.
Word: celandine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English celidoine, Old French celidoine, French chélidoine, from Latin chelīdonia, from chelīdonius (“relating to the swallow”), from Ancient Greek χελιδόνιος (khelidónios), χελιδών (khelidṓn). It was traditionally supposed to flower when the swallows appeared, and to perish when they departed. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləndaɪn/ 1. Any plant of the genus Chelidonium. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Either of two not closely related flowering plants Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So men haue learned many precious remedies for many diseases euen by brute [beasts], as we see by the swallow, who hath taught vs that the ioice of Celandine is singuler for the eies, for that she restoreth sight to her yong ones with Celandine. Example: If your mouth waters now, what had it done, / Cou’d you have seen our delicate fine thrushes / Hot from the spit, with myrtle-berries cramm’d, / And larded well with celandine and parsley, / Bob at your hungry lips, crying—Come eat me! 3. Either of two not closely related flowering plants: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Either of two not closely related flowering plants: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: greater celandine Part of Speech: noun 1. A European perennial herb, Chelidonium majus, a flower of the poppy family with yellow flowers, native to Europe and western Asia.