nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fuck-me Part of Speech: adj 1. Alluring and seductive; sexually exciting. Labels: not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: fuck-me pumps Example: Locator for the virgin King, but I love you in your fuck-me pumps
Word: fundholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fund + holder. 1. A general practitioner who manages his or her own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts. Labels: UK 2. One who has money in the public funds.
Word: general practitioner Part of Speech: noun 1. A physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education. Example: Near-synonyms: PCP, family doctor (broadly synonymous)
Word: GP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gold piece. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of general practitioner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain. 3. Initialism of genetic programming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of games played. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of great power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of general principle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable 7. Initialism of general public. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, uncountable 8. Initialism of guinea pig. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 9. Abbreviation of green pea galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 10. Initialism of grandparent poster; the person two levels up in a nested conversation thread. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: I don't think your response really answers the GP's question. 11. Initialism of general partner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of grand pause Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of general pause Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: GP Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of general-purpose. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: GP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Green Party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Grand Prix. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: primary care Part of Speech: noun 1. The medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital. Labels: uncountable Example: In early 2002, Kaohsiung City Medical Association (the respondent), in an official letter drafted by Disciplinary Committee Director Chen Si-Chuan and sent to members in the name of association Chairman Hsiao Chi-wen, notified members that beginning in February 2002 on a trial basis, primary care clinics in the association's northern and southern jurisdiction would begin a rotating holiday system on Sundays, with those clinics in the southern jurisdiction (the city's Hsinhsing, Lingya, Hsiaokang, Chienchin and Chienchen districts) closing on those Sundays falling on even-numbered dates and those clinics in the northern jurisdiction (the city's Sanmin, Tsoying, Nantze, Chichin, Kushan and Yencheng districts) closing on those Sunday falling on odd-numbered dates.
Word: A&E Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /eɪ(ə)n(d)ˈiː/ 1. The accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital. Labels: Commonwealth, UK Example: It is too soon to measure the impact of Hubbard’s work on hospital admission figures. But a practice frailty nurse helped reduce A&E attendances and admissions by 54% and GP home visit requests by 81%. 2. Initialism of Arts and Entertainment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ER Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Initialism of Elizabeth Regina (“Queen Elizabeth”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Edward Rex (on coins, letterboxes, etc.) The royal cypher for Edward VII, king of Great Britain Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Eleanor Roosevelt. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Abbreviation of Erie (“Erie, Pennsylvania, USA”). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ER Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Initialism of earned run. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of endoplasmic reticulum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of entity-relationship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of emergency room. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of estrogen receptor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of Einstein-Rosen bridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of enhanced radiation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CMYK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cyan, magenta, yellow, key: the colour model used in colour printing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: gagging order Part of Speech: noun 1. An official order forbidding press or broadcast discussion of a specified subject; a public interest immunity certificate. Labels: UK Example: The figures, uncovered by the BBC, have prompted allegations that universities are deliberately using gagging orders to stop grievances becoming public.
Word: cheese straw Part of Speech: noun 1. a long, thin cheese-flavoured pastry.
Word: forbidding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, forbid + -ing. Pronunciation: /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/, /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/ 1. Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant. Example: What cause, cry’d he, can justify our flight, To tempt the dangers of forbidding night? Example: […] he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
Word: forbidding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, forbid + -ing. Pronunciation: /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/, /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of forbid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forbidding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, forbid + -ing. Pronunciation: /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/, /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition. Example: But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him; Example: 1920, St. John G. Ervine, The Foolish Lovers, London: W. Collins & Sons, Chapter 3, VIII, p. 228, All law was composed of hindrances and obstacles and forbiddings, and therefore he was entirely opposed to Law.
Word: povvo Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of povo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: povvo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of povo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: genetic engineering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Made popular by Jack Williamson in his book Dragon's Island (1941). First mentions of genetic engineering in print appear in the 1910s. 1. The practice or science of genetic modification. Labels: uncountable 2. Genetic modification. Labels: uncountable
Word: genetic engineer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Poul Anderson in his 1954 novella "Big Rain", after the term genetic engineering. 1. A scientist or engineer whose specialty is genetic engineering. Example: Meanwhile giant pulverizers were reducing barren stone and sand to fine particles which would be mixed with fertilizers to yield soil; and the genetic engineers were evolving still other strains of life which could provide a balanced ecology; and the water units were under construction. Example: The culture of embryos in the laboratory, destined to develop into adults whose physical and, possibly, intellectual characteristics had been chosen in advance by the genetic engineers.
Word: genetic modification Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see genetic, modification. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The deliberate modification of the genetic structure of an organism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lady abbess Part of Speech: noun 1. A bawd, the mistress of a brothel. Labels: euphemistic, obsolete, rare Example: That Lady Abbess of all secret sin. / Swears that she is so lean and ugly grown, / She will not pass with her for half a crown, / Yet Stamford's countess does admire her wit, / But likes it most because 'tis lewdly writ. Example: The Lady Abbess took leave of her young Probationer, to dispatch some affairs of her own elsewhere; having promised to return next morning about the same Hour she had done that day.
Word: genetically modified Part of Speech: adj 1. Produced by genetic modification; abbreviated as GM. Labels: not-comparable Example: Genetically modified foods have been the subject of heated debate. Example: As one of the largest producers of genetically modified (GM) seeds in the country, Monsanto has been vilified by activists who describe GM products as 'frankenfood.'
Word: continuer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English continue 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 continuer From continue + -er. 1. One who, or that which, continues. Example: Under the current CCAFL scheme, syllabuses are developed at three levels: beginners, continuers (second language) and background/first language speakers […] 2. A word or phrase interjected by the listener to indicate that he/she is listening to the speaker. Example: The team found that doctors used continuers only 22 percent of the time.
Word: fuck me Part of Speech: intj 1. An interjection expressing that someone is surprised, impressed, annoyed, or dismayed. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Fuck me! That movie was good! Example: Fuck me! He didn't have to pay that parking ticket because he had a great excuse! 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fuck, me. Example: She straddled this guy, yelling, “Fuck me, you big stud, fuck me!” Then she stopped, concerned.
Word: abram Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of auburn. 1. Auburn. Labels: obsolete
Word: Abram cove Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Abraham man. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: "Curse him, Squire," croaked Chinnery, "don't suffer such an Abram cove to play the counterfeit crank. If he were to refuse to booze it at the George in White Friars, the Bear and Harrow in Chancery Lane, the Setting Dog and Partridge in Jackanapes Alley, or any of the loyal houses in London, they would mill him with a filch, or give him a worse Rose-Alley salutation than Johnny Dryden's." Example: Duds and Cheats thou oft hast won, / […] / Cank and Dommerar thou couldst play, / Or Rum-maunder in one day; / And like an Abram-cove couldst pray, / Yet pass with Jybes well jerk'd away.
Word: Abram man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Abraham man. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And these, what name or title e'er they bear, / Jarkman, or Patrico, Cranke, or Clapper-dudgeon, / Frater, or Abram-man; I speak to all / That stand in fair election for the title / Of king of beggars.
Word: complacency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English complacence, from Late Latin complacentia. Compare French complaisance. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpleɪsənˌsiː/ 1. A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves. Example: […] looking at Mr. George Osborne's pale interesting countenance, and those beautiful black, curling, shining whiskers, which the young gentleman himself regarded with no ordinary complacency, she thought in her little heart that in His Majesty's army, or in the wide world, there never was such a face or such a hero. 2. An instance of self-satisfaction. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Passivity as a result of contentment with the current situation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sham Abram Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of sham Abraham Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pushing school Part of Speech: noun 1. A brothel. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: ace of spades Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪs.əv.speɪdz/ Labels: no-gloss, translation-hub
Word: cast up one's accounts Part of Speech: verb 1. To come to an accounting; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; reckon. Example: He was very careful to cast up his accounts every quarter ; which he did, that he might spend neither more nor less than what he could spend every year. Example: If a man should cast up his accounts once a week, or once a month, he may not be able to discern that he doth grow rich, and yet he may grow rich. 2. To vomit. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: To cast up one's accounts upon excessive drinking ; either, says Cotgrave, because in spewing one makes a noise like a fox that barks, or (from the subject to the effect) because the flaying of so unsavoury a beast will make any one spew. Example: A foul taste. Vomit. 'Struth! Embarrassing memory flooded back. He'd cast up his accounts in front of a woman.
Word: thicket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English *thikket, from Old English þiccet, from þicce (“thick”) + Old English nominal suffix -et. Compare similar German Dickicht (“thicket”), which is first attested in the 17th century, however. Compare typologically Bulgarian гъстак (gǎstak), Macedonian густеж (gustež), Czech houští, Polish gęstwina (< *gǫstъ); Latin dūmus (akin to Latin dense). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪkɪt/, [ˈθɪkɪt], /ˈθɪkət/, [ˈθɪkət] 1. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse. Example: Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare. It bolted for a thicket of alders. 2. A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract. Labels: figuratively Example: He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company. Example: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. 3. The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software. Labels: figuratively
Word: connexions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connexion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ride a horse foaled by an acorn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to the oak used to construct the gallows. 1. To be hanged on the gallows. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: You'll ride on a horſe that was foal'd of an acron. That is; the gallows. Example: "What ho, my kiddy!" cried Job, "don't be glimflashy; why you'd cry beef on a blater; the cove is a bob cull, and a pal of my own; and moreover, is as pretty a Tyburn blossom as ever was brought up to ride a horse foaled by an acorn."
Word: wooden mare Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of wooden horse. Labels: uncommon
Word: Acteon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Actaeon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Adam's ale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in 1643. A reference to the only drink available to Adam, the first man in the biblical tradition, while in Eden. 1. Water. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, uncountable Example: [T]hey have beene ſhut up in priſons and dungeons lying on the cold ground, ſtones or boards without beds, ſtraw, fire or any the leaſt refreſhment; allowed onely a poore pittance of Adams''' Ale, and ſcarce a penny bread a day to ſupport their lives, though their friends would provide it for them; [...] Example: She had loaded Floss into the basket, tied a sugarbag containing necessities—sketch pad, pencils, corned beef sandwiches wrapped in newsprint, a bottle of water from the garden tap, the best water, the clearest, Adam's ale — to the frame of her bicycle and set off, Floss sits up in the basket, looking ahead, though of course she can't see, but her nose is up, her world a dizzy palette of smell, as clear and bright as it is to Sybil, pedalling carefully along the river and down Fitzgerald Avenue towards the hills.
Word: Adam Tiler Part of Speech: noun 1. A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: "In the same way as I got this," showing a handful of silver, "by turning autem diver, or, if you like it better, my Adam tiler." "I do not understand you, Billy!" "Why, an autem diver is a pickpocket who practises in a church, and an Adam tiler his associate, who receives his booty …" Example: He waved his hand. "Well, you know how these sods gas. Most likely there's nothing in it. It's a cert Gursey sank dead on the gutter at the Flat. It'd be hard to prove he was Jem's Adam Tiler."
Word: ansatz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Ansatz. Pronunciation: /ˈænsæts/ 1. A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon, posited in order to help provisionally solve an equation or other problem. Example: In such cases, scientists often make an ansatz, an educated guess if you like, and then proceed to compute the consequences of the guess.
Word: addle pate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From addle (“confused”) + pate (“head”). 1. A foolish or dull-witted person. Labels: archaic Example: Then he executed a war-dance, and at its close stepped before Crawford, regarded him for an instant, and croaked out: “Addle-pate! Addle-pate!” “Upon my word, I believe you are the foul fiend himself,” muttered Mark. 2. Such a person’s brain or mental faculties. Labels: archaic Example: Am I to be ramshaklt out of the super nakullums in spite o’ my teeth? Yea and go softly! I crack the nut and you eat the kernel! I tellee once again you’ve an addle pate o’ your own! [...] Squire Nincompoop! Example: “Go to bed, and don’t bother your addle pate about your neighbours. Can’t a man cut up a few sticks without your coming to investigate?”
Word: catboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: According to Watkins, the first element is related to the animal cat and has correlations in Dutch kat (“vessel with wide fore and aft”), Medieval Latin gatus, gattus, Old French chat, a war machine or portable shed for protecting sapping operations, or a boat with such a shed, and Middle French chat (“kind of commercial vessel”). However, it could instead derive from Irish cot, coit; see cot (sense 3). 1. A sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern. Example: Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.
Word: aegrotat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: UK 19th century. Latin aegrotat, literally “he/she is ill”, third-person singular present active indicative form of aegrōtō. Pronunciation: /ˈʌɪ.ɡɹəʊˌtæt/, /ˈiː.ɡɹəʊˌtæt/, /iːˈɡɹəʊˌtæt/ 1. A certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and examinations and allowing courses to be passed without finishing the work. Labels: UK, dated Example: Near-synonym: sick note Example: I sent my servant to the apothecary for a thing called an ægrotat, which I understood, for I never saw one, meant a certificate that I was indisposed, and that it would be injurious to my health to attend chapel, or hall, or lectures. This was forwarded to the college authorities. 2. An unclassified degree awarded to such a student. Labels: UK Example: Aegrotat and posthumous awards will normally be considered only when no interim award is available, no degree award may be made within the regulations, and the student is/was close to completion of the award.
Word: affidavit man Part of Speech: noun 1. A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness. Labels: archaic, historical Example: We know how easy it is for Ministers to find Affidavit Men, and no Court in England could give the Gentleman any Redress, because the Search was every Night made according to the express Directions of an Act of Parliament. […] no Man could say, the Affidavit Man had taken a false Oath, when he swore he had Reason to suspect, that Seamen would be that night concealed in such a House; […]
Word: after-clap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of afterclap. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: What he loses by Venus he thinks to recover by Mercury, but catches his cure as an after-clap, that commonly proves the worse disease of the two. Example: Sir:—I have long feared that by our continually worrying the ministry here with successive after-clap demands for more and more money, we should at length tire out their patience.
Word: spanker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spank + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈspæ̞ŋkə/, /ˈspæ̝ŋkɚ/, /ˈspeɪ̯ŋkɚ/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋkɚ/ 1. Someone who spanks. 2. An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle. 3. A fore-and-aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel. Example: beyond the broad white wing of the spanker sail 4. A musician who plays his instrument well. Labels: dated 5. A small coin. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Egad, Jack, I am glad to see you, for I want a few spankers. 6. One who takes long, quick strides in walking. Labels: dated 7. A swift horse. Labels: dated 8. Something very large, or larger than usual; a whopper. Labels: dated, slang 9. Something splendid; a fine example of its kind. Labels: dated, slang Example: I like the new vehicle. A real spanker. Not a mark on it. Particularly as regards the bodywork. Example: Well, you would say […] you didn't know what kind of carpet it was. It could be from Timbuktu or John O'Groats or anywhere else. But Dixon seems to know his stuff, and he said it's a spanker and that he would've had it himself, only it's too big for his front room.
Word: tasseography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A macaronic blend of French tasse (“cup”) and -graphy (“writing”). 1. Divination with tea leaves or coffee grounds. Labels: uncountable Example: Tasseography can be a very accurate means of seeing the patterns and choices playing out in your life. Example: Another activity option is tasseography—the art of reading tea leaves.
Word: aground Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English agrounde, on grounde (“on ground”), equivalent to a- + ground. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹaʊnd/ 1. Resting on the bottom. Labels: not-comparable 2. at a loss, ruined, with no way out Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: aground Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English agrounde, on grounde (“on ground”), equivalent to a- + ground. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹaʊnd/ 1. Resting on the bottom. Labels: not-comparable Example: The boat was stuck aground until the tide rose. Example: The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend.
Word: act of parliament Part of Speech: noun 1. A law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament. Example: No cloggings, lumps of dirt, or underlocks should be suffered to be rolled up with the fleece, as such a practice is unfair to the purchaser, and by act of parliament there is a heavy penalty attached to those who are convicted of doing it.
Word: georeactor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English reactor English georeactor From geo- + reactor. 1. A geologically occurring slow fission reactor, especially in the Earth's past. Example: Physicists analyzing a tiny sample of this ancient georeactor—discovered in the African country of Gabon in 1972—have now determined how it worked. 2. Any man-made industrial structure built into the Earth's crust and operating on the principle of nuclear fission. 3. The theorized natural fission reactor at the center of the Earth which would account for the geomagnetic field.
Word: sleeping sickness Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpɪŋ ˈsɪknɪs/ 1. Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom: Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom: Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom: Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom: Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: remediation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English remediate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English remediation From remediate + -ion. Pronunciation: /rɪˌmiːdiˈeɪʃn/ 1. The act or process of remedying a situation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The site required extensive environmental remediation before it could be used for other purposes.
Word: tsetse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tswana tsêtsê (“fly”). Pronunciation: /ˈtsɛtsi/, /ˈsɛtsi/, /ˈtɛtsi/, /ˈtsitsi/, /ˈsitsi/ 1. Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes. Example: Species of Trypanosoma transmitted by tsetse cause diseases of economic importance in humans and domestic animals in sub-Saharan Africa.
Word: trypanosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from translingual Trypanosoma. By surface analysis, trypano- + -some. 1. Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; family Trypanosomatidae in class Kinetoplastea 2. Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; family Trypanosomatidae in class Kinetoplastea 3. Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; family Trypanosomatidae in class Kinetoplastea
Word: trypanosomiasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trypanosome + -iasis. 1. Any of several diseases or infections caused by a trypanosome. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Spotted fever, yaws, typhus and trypanosomiasis throve here.
Word: Huguenot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French huguenot (“Huguenot”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.ɡə.nəʊ/, /ˈhju.ɡə.nɒt/, [ˈɕu.ɡə.nɒt] 1. A member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th century. Labels: historical Example: The village was once well known for its paper-milling, founded by Huguenot immigrants in 1648, which produced high-quality hand-made paper until 1952.
Word: Huguenot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French huguenot (“Huguenot”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.ɡə.nəʊ/, /ˈhju.ɡə.nɒt/, [ˈɕu.ɡə.nɒt] 1. Of, like or relating to Huguenotism or Huguenots.
Word: Shana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized variant of the Welsh name Siân (pet form Siana) - or a version of the French name Jeanne. 1. A female given name from Welsh.
Word: leishmaniasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Leishmania + -iasis Pronunciation: /liːʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/, /laɪʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/ 1. Any of several distinct forms of a disease caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
Word: quadrathlon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quadr- + -athlon. Pronunciation: /kwɒˈdɹæθlɒn/ 1. A contest involving four successive events, usually swimming, kayaking, cycling, and running.
Word: high explosive Part of Speech: noun 1. A chemical explosive capable of detonation rather than solely of deflagration; a chemical explosive capable of reacting at a sufficiently-fast rate to produce a shock wave which propagates the reaction throughout the explosive mass; a chemical explosive capable of producing an explosion even when unconfined. Example: Having completed their task, Fireman Page telephoned from a lineside box to the next signal cabin, briefly reported the incident and said that, as no high explosive had dropped and the track was safe, they proposed proceeding "at caution". Example: But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.
Word: hydrogen peroxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless liquid, H₂O₂, soluble in water, used as a mild antiseptic, bleaching agent (especially for bleaching hair), oxidizing agent and chemical reagent. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pollyannish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Pollyanna Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Pollyannish From Pollyanna + -ish. 1. irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone Labels: derogatory Example: […] what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play about gays leading lives which are neither some bizarre caricature taken from heterosexual fantasy nor even more nuclear and apple-pie normal than any straight lives anyone has ever heard of. Example: She insisted: "Look, the House is not very different from when I was there. You have to have some faith in the governing majority, which I do, because I have a lot of respect for members on both sides of the aisle to do what’s best for the American people. And that is not some pollyannish thing. I know them."
Word: tetrathlon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + -athlon. Pronunciation: /təˈtɹæθlɒn/ 1. A contest with four successive events, usually showjumping, swimming, running and pistol shooting.
Word: retainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English retain 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 retainer From retain + -er. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/, /ɹɪˈteɪn.ɚ/, /ɹəˈteɪn.ɚ/ 1. Any thing or person that retains. 2. A dependent or follower of someone of rank. Example: If they possessed the means to marshal labour, pile up food resources and provender armies of year-round retainers, what sort of royalty would consciously elect not to do so. 3. A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years. Example: Of all this family lore I knew but little and vaguely; only what is to be gathered from the fireside talk of old retainers in the nursery. 4. A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services. Example: This lawyer charges a retainer for his work. 5. A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment. Example: You give me head / It makes it worse / Take out your fuckin' retainer / Put it in your purse 6. A retaining valve.
Word: alderman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdor (“elder, parent, chief, prince, author”) + mann (“person”). Doublet of ealdorman. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːldəmən/, /ˈɒl-/, /ˈɔldəɹmən/, /ˈɑldəɹmən/, /ˈɒldəɹmən/ 1. A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town. 2. A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence. Labels: UK, historical, obsolete, slang Example: The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence. Example: Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon. 3. A long pipe for smoking. Example: In one part of Cockaigne an amalgamation of these two last has lately taken place; and the pleasure experienced by the parishioners of Walbrook is unbounded when smoking an alderman and churchwarden. 4. A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly. Labels: US, slang Example: He'd exercise, get the fat off, because if he let it go, he'd have too much on and maybe make his heart worse, and you looked like hell with an alderman. […] And she wouldn't want a guy who stuck out in front like a balloon. 5. Synonym of starosta Example: Beſides theſe two Gentlemen, and Secretaries that order the whole Citie, there are Staruſts or Aldermen for euerie ſeuerall companie. The Alderman hath his Sotskey or Conſtable, and the Conſtable hath certeine Decetskeis or Decurions vnder him, which haue the ouerſight of ten houſholds a peece, whereby euerie diſorder is ſooner ſpide, and the common ſeruice hath the quicker diſpach. The whole number of Citizens poore and rich are reduced into companies. The chiefe officers (as the Dyacks and Gentlemen) are appointed by the Emperour himſelfe, the Staruſt by the Gentlemen and Dyacks, the Sotskoy by the Staruſt or Alderman, and the Decetskotes by the Conſtables. Example: The chief man of a vollost is a Zasidatil; the chief man of a village is a Starosta, or alderman.
Word: ale-draper Part of Speech: noun 1. An alehouse keeper or publican Labels: obsolete Example: No other occupation have I but to be an ale-draper. Example: (Burial of) Isaiah Clifton ale-draper .
Word: ale post Part of Speech: noun 1. A post displaying a pub sign; an alestake. Example: O honor, farre beyond a brazen shrine, To sit with Tarleton on an ale post's signe Example: I believe it was the George the Something or other, although I feel sure that no monarch of any era would have felt at home in the neighbourhood or been gratified by the alepost's honourable mention of him.
Word: all-a-mort Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of alamort (“dejected”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, obsolete Example: How fares my Kate, what ſweeting all a-mort?
Word: all holiday Part of Speech: noun 1. A saying signifying that the business or person spoken of or alluded to is finished, i.e. that it has no future. Labels: idiomatic, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: It is all holiday at Peckham. Example: It is all holiday with him.
Word: all hollow Part of Speech: adv 1. As a foregone conclusion. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He was beat all hollow, i.e. he had no chance of conquering. It was all hollow, or a hollow thing, it was a decided thing from the beginning.
Word: Five Alls Part of Speech: name Etymology: Traditionally pub names had a pictorial representation, and the inn sign for inns named "Five Alls" showed five representative figures, each in appropriate garb with a motto underneath. This has occurred in a number of variations, but usually included a monarch saying "I rule (for) all" or "I govern all", a bishop or minister saying "I pray for all", a soldier saying "I fight for all", and a farmer saying "I pay for all". (In modern signs, often John Bull pays for all.) The fifth figure was often a lawyer saying "I plead for all", or could be omitted, in which case the inn would be named "Four Alls". 1. The name of many pubs.
Word: Dutch reckoning Part of Speech: noun 1. A (falsified) bill that is not itemised, and that is unjustifiably high. Labels: archaic, idiomatic, uncommon, uncountable Example: As if all Light of Reasoning were so shut up in Clavius his Brain, that because he does not see, the rest of Mankind must be blind; and what is that way of Reasoning that he betakes himself to, but by huddling the Principles of Geometry into Confusion, without order of method of Reasoning, to make a Conclusion, like a Dutch''' Reckoning of Allem-al? Example: "You knows we never took Mike's duds till you couldn't pay his charges any longer; and since we comes to that, there's two weeks of three shillings and sixpence due for your lodging in the Star-Chamber, for yourself and Master Lionel Falconer, which I supposes you means to pay with a Dutch reckoning: you sees I can speak some names right enough,—d'ye take me,—hey?" and with an ill-natured leer he left the hall. 2. A false or incorrect reckoning of position. Labels: uncountable 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Dutch, reckoning. Labels: uncountable Example: 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624.
Word: metagrobolism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in translation of Rabelais' works, from Middle French matagrabolisme, from matagraboliser (“mystify”). The first element is from Ancient Greek μάταιος (mátaios, “vain, futile”), but altered to assimilate to the prefix meta-, + French grabeler (“sift, examine closely, scrutinize”) + -isme. 1. Concealment, mystification, obfuscation. Labels: humorous, rare, uncountable Example: [A]ll the autonomatic metagrobolism of the Romish Church, when tottering and emblustricated with the gibble-gabble gibberish of this odious error and heresy, is homocentrically poised.
Word: leave someone high and dry Part of Speech: verb 1. To abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment. Labels: idiomatic Example: He just walked out and left her high and dry with two kids and a mortgage. Example: When the Met first reached Chesham, in 1889, the townsfolk thought the growth of their town would be inexorable as a result. [...] The cry went up 'At last, we are on the main line!' And so they were - for three years, until the Met decided to carry on to Amersham, leaving Chesham high and dry on a branch.
Word: frog in one's throat Part of Speech: noun 1. Hoarseness or the need to cough. Labels: idiomatic Example: I had a frog in my throat and the words didn't come out very clearly. 2. Any temporary physical difficulty in speaking. Labels: idiomatic
Word: loose ends Part of Speech: noun 1. Leftover items that have not been addressed or attended to. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-normally Example: I would have liked to stay later and tie up some of the loose ends.
Word: actrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of actrice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: put one's foot down Part of Speech: verb 1. To insist, demand, or refuse with finality. Example: I finally put my foot down and demanded to talk to someone in charge. 2. To make a vehicle go faster; accelerate. Labels: informal, literally
Word: leftover Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”). 1. Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve. Labels: not-comparable Example: Do you want some of the leftover supplies from the event? Example: I have some leftover spaghetti in the fridge, so I don't plan to cook tonight.
Word: leftover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”). 1. Something left behind; an excess or remainder. Example: It's a leftover from yesterday, but it's still perfectly good. 2. Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack. Labels: in-plural, usually Example: Not leftovers again! Example: The entire wheel of cheese is a leftover from the party.
Word: leftovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leftover Labels: form-of, plural Example: I had leftovers from yesterday for dinner tonight.
Word: memento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mementō (“remember”), imperative form of meminī (“to remember”). Pronunciation: /məˈmɛntoʊ/ 1. A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event. Example: I kept the shell as a memento of my visit to the seashore. Example: In conclusion, I would remark that the great railway stations of London deserve to be visited every whit as much as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Abbey, or the Tower, and they are as worthy a memento of this century as those buildings are of the days that are gone.
Word: skinny dipping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskɪni ˈdɪpɪŋ/ 1. Swimming in the nude, as opposed to with a swimsuit. Labels: uncountable Example: She took off all her clothes and went skinny dipping in the river.
Word: left over Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of leave over Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I had some food left over after the party.
Word: left over Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of leftover. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: double back Part of Speech: verb 1. To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone. Labels: idiomatic Example: They doubled back in hopes of finding the road again. Example: And now she has the real dilemma: press on to King’s Landing, where I have no doubt she could get as close to killing Cersei as anyone else, or double back to Winterfell to reunite with her family.
Word: eres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Frans Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Frans. 1. A surname from Dutch.
Word: gatherer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gaderere, gaderare, equivalent to gather + -er. 1. A person who gathers things. 2. A person who gathers things. 3. A person who collects rent or taxes. 4. An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth. 5. A worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.
Word: skinny-dipping Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of skinny dipping. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: set back Part of Speech: verb 1. To delay or obstruct. Labels: transitive Example: I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile. Example: Having the mindset that you "can't" reach your goals is only going to set you back. 2. To remove from or allow distance. Labels: transitive Example: Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet. Example: Roads from Machynlleth, Dolgellau and Welshpool meet at Mallwyd, but this tiny village is set back from passing traffic and retains its atmosphere of charm and tranquillity. 3. To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess. Labels: transitive Example: The statue was set back in a niche. 4. To cost money. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back? Example: When you shoot an animal in Mozambique, as in many African countries, you must pay a predetermined sum. Stones offers the menu on his website: impalas ($600) and warthogs ($700) are the bargain basement. He could arrange for you to shoot a crocodile or even a hippopotamus, if you so wish, for a mere $5,800. A leopard – currently classed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature − will set you back $11,650. A lion? $25,000. Lions, Stones noted drily, are “not something you dish out like doughnuts”. 5. To reverse, go backwards. Example: Before the platforms were extended up to the actual junction, branch trains had to set back into a bay.
Word: throw off Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of throw-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Throw off points were first introduced in England , and are used very generally at coal sidings , private sidings etc. Example: The throw off shall be taken within 3 minutes from the centre of the court
Word: tread lightly Part of Speech: verb 1. To proceed carefully; especially, to seek to avoid causing offense. Labels: idiomatic Example: He's in a bad mood today, so you might want to tread lightly if you talk to him.
Word: bottom line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record. 1. The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bottom line. 2. The summary or result; the most important information. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: The bottom line is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do. Example: I need your lovin' and that's the bottom line / I need your lovin' or just a little time 3. A minimum acceptable result from a negotiation. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: My bottom line for this job is $125,000; any less and I'll walk away.
Word: English Bluebell Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, native to the British Isles, where it flowers in spring giving broad carpets of blue in many woods.
Word: Cristobal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cristóbal. 1. A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Cristóbal.
Word: long time no see Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly a calque of Cantonese 好耐冇見 /好耐冇见 (hou² noi⁶ mou⁵ gin³), Mandarin 很久沒見 /很久没见 (hěnjiǔméijiàn), Mandarin 好久不見 /好久不见 (hǎojiǔbùjiàn), or similar expressions in other Chinese varieties, comparable to no can do or chop-chop – if so, most likely US Chinatown origin, or, alternatively, British Far East such as Hong Kong. Alternatively, native American origin, or native coinage as pidgin, particularly in cinematic portrayals of native Americans; compare language used by Tonto (1930s). 1. I (or we) have not seen you for a long time. Labels: idiomatic Example: Dave! Long time no see! How’s Boston been treating you? Example: This lady had only assumed the reins of government a short time, when one morning Appoo made his appearance.—"Ma-am—long time no see wife—want go to Colombo see wife.[...]"
Word: evilly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From evil + -ly, replacing earlier evil (“evilly”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːvəli/, /ˈiːvli/, /ˈivəli/, /ˈivli/ 1. In an evil manner. Example: He grinned evilly around and then pushed his way to the back of the crowd.
Word: ambidexter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin ambidexter, from Latin ambi- + dexter. Pronunciation: /ambɪˈdɛkstə/ 1. Someone who is ambidextrous. 2. A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant. Labels: archaic Example: But the thing which in eminent instances signalizes so exceptional a nature is this: though the man's even temper and discreet bearing would seem to intimate a mind peculiarly subject to the law of reason, not the less in his heart he would seem to riot in complete exemption from that law, having apparently little to do with reason further than to employ it as an ambidexter implement for effecting the irrational. 3. Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook. Labels: broadly Example: One takes upon him temperence, holiness […], whenas indeed he, and he, and he, and the rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, outsides, so many turning pictures, a lion on one side, a lamb on the other.
Word: ambidexter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin ambidexter, from Latin ambi- + dexter. Pronunciation: /ambɪˈdɛkstə/ 1. Ambidextrous. Labels: not-comparable Example: He then changed his battery, and being ambidexter, raised such a clatter upon the turnkey’s blind side, that this hero, believing him left-handed, converted his attention that way, and opposed the unenlightened side of his face to the right hand of Pipes […]
Word: amen curler Part of Speech: noun 1. A parish clerk. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: yes and amen Part of Speech: phrase 1. An enthusiastic agreement. Example: I take God at His word and say yes and amen to His plans. 2. A submissive, uncritical and unquestioning agreement. Labels: colloquial Example: My boss expected us to say yes and amen to his cockamamie plans.