nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: foreign key Part of Speech: noun 1. A column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually linked.
Word: frazione Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian frazione. Doublet of fraction. 1. A subdivision of a comune.
Word: apocopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From apocope, from Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ, “a cutting off, termination, apocope”). Pronunciation: /æpəˈkɒpɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: apocopate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”). 1. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable Labels: not-comparable
Word: apocopate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”). 1. To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable. Example: The particles which apocopate the final vowel of the aorist are of two kinds: I. Those which apocopate the final vowel of one verb only. II. Those which apocopate the final vowel of two verbs. 2. To undergo apocope. Labels: intransitive Example: "Ciento" apocopates to "cien" before nouns or numbers larger than itself.
Word: apocopate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”). 1. A verb form of the prefix conjugation in Semitic which bears no final vowel and is considered the original perfective, but often called jussive mood. Labels: uncountable
Word: overshooting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overshoot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: penny whistles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penny whistle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pennywhistles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pennywhistle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crucifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crucify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: eased Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /iːzd/ 1. Made easier, more relaxed, or less stressed. Example: I got grace to cast all my burdens over upon him, and my heart lightened: and my soul was more eased and pleased, than if I had been a crowned emperor of all the kingdoms of the world . Example: Art is long, and time fleeting, but only the individual life, not the greater life of humanity, which knows not death, but ever flows onward, enlarged by experience and suffering, disciplined by knowlege, its hardest and most disfiguring labour more and more eased by science. 2. Soothed or mitigated. Example: But in the worst paroxysms it was most eased by the patient's taking a sitting posture, at the same time that the body was bowed forwards . Example: Only now we found that the despare seemed more and more more eased with drugs : alcohol , heroin , barbituates . 3. Less extreme or stringent. Example: What H.R. 2582 suggests is that the claimant would have two bites at the apple: First, the economic portion of his loss in an administrative proceeding, very eased evidentiary requirements; and then a second bit through a tort claim. Example: Therefore, the criteria applied to the bank merger are more eased compared with the general criteria.
Word: eased Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /iːzd/ 1. past participle of ease Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fior di latte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fior di latte. 1. A style of mozzarella cheese. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A type of gelato ice cream made without additional flavourings (i.e. plain, unflavoured, milk flavor). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Florian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Florius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Latin Flōriānuslbor. English Florian Learned borrowing from Latin Flōriānus. 1. A male given name. Example: Miss Theresa Capuana, daughter of Mrs. Frank Capuana of Tarrytown, N.Y., and the late Mr. Capuana, was married yesterday to Paul J. Smith of New York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Florian Smith of Attica, N.Y. Example: Brigitte and Reed Heath, boy, Florian Philip Walter, 7 lbs.
Word: Florian Part of Speech: name 1. An age from 508 to 504 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.
Word: chads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cham Labels: form-of, plural
Word: third rails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of third rail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: per stirpes Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin per (“by, through”) and stirpēs (“rootstock”). 1. A method of distributing an estate to the descendants or heirs of a deceased legatee in which the estate is divided equally among the branches of a family or designated heirs, without regard to differing numbers of people in different branches.
Word: rail head Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rail + head in the sense of top. 1. The top part of a railway rail; the part of the rail the wheel runs on.
Word: best of the bunch Part of Speech: noun 1. The best or most preferred person or item within a group. Labels: idiomatic Example: I once heard father say that, with all his faults, he was the best of the bunch. Example: Then there is Lucy; she is the best of the bunch, which is not saying much.
Word: palestra Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of palaestra. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: vitamine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of vitamin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: straight man Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtˌmæn/, /ˌstɹeɪt ˈmæn/, /ˈstɹeɪt ˌmæn/ 1. A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy. Labels: idiomatic Example: For many years Bud Abbott served brilliantly as Lou Costello's deadpan straight man. Example: Recently he had successfully concluded a case featuring a poet who wore only latex, lived on liquorice allsorts and worshipped a horse she believed to be the reincarnation of Radclyffe Hall. And she was the straight man. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, man; for example, a heterosexual man. Example: The committee consisted of two lesbians and a straight man.
Word: ministration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ministracioun, from Old French ministracïon, from Latin ministrātio; equivalent to minister + -ation. 1. The act of ministering; an instance of providing aid, care, or assistance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Outside it resembled a brick barn, inside a marble palace, and its ministration overworked a vicar and two enthusiastic curates. Example: Bobby Castleton, who was cured of homosexuality on the Phil Donahue Show through the ministrations of Feona.
Word: indecency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + decent + -cy. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdiːsənsi/ 1. Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent. Example: One sure sign of indecency is criticizing foreigners constantly, but remaining silent about the problems within your own land, or by your own people, or both. 2. Something showing lack of decency; something (such as a word) that is indecent.
Word: trainees Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹeɪˈniz/, [tʃɹeɪˈniz] 1. plural of trainee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: living in sin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of live in sin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thief in the night Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque from Ancient Greek κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί (kléptēs en nuktí). Pronunciation: /θiːf ɪn ðə naɪt/ 1. Something stealthy or that occurs without warning. Example: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Word: live in sin Part of Speech: verb 1. To cohabit as if husband and wife without being married. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Ralph: Athene gone and got married? Builder: No. It's—it's that she's gone and—and not got married. . . . I suppose you'd have me eat humble pie and tell Athene she can go on living in sin and offending society.
Word: orphan drug Part of Speech: noun 1. A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply. Example: Tragically, her disease is so rare that the only effective medicine is an orphan drug. 2. A drug as defined under the Orphan Drug Act (1983). Labels: US
Word: forager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forage + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒə/, /ˈfoɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ/, [ˈfo̞ɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ], /ˈfɑɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ/ 1. An animal or person who forages.
Word: forborne Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of forbear Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For with the dream foregone, foregone, The deed forborne for ever, The worm, regret, will canker on, And time will turn him never.
Word: force-fed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of force-feed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: force-feed Part of Speech: verb 1. To force a person or animal to ingest food, for example by stuffing food down the throat, or using a tube passed into the stomach. Example: They were ordered to force-feed the prisoners on hunger strike. 2. More broadly, also referring to forcing the drinking of a beverage or other liquid Example: Mr and Mrs Rakmil, are rocking him back and forth on the carpet while Mrs Brody Nina's mother is trying to forcefeed him with another beer bottle. Example: I finally poured water in a glass and shouted at him, "Keep your cool, man! You're more scared than the rest of us." And I force-fed him the water. 3. To force someone to take in information or accept an ideology. Example: The teachers at this school tend to force-feed their students information, rather than encourage critical thinking and debate.
Word: fordable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértus Proto-Germanic *furduz Proto-West Germanic *furdu Old English ford English ford Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fordable From ford + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːdəb(ə)l/ 1. Able to be forded. Example: There, if you are in luck, you will find the tide out and the place fordable dryshod for a man on a horse. Example: However, there were a number of fordable spots in the vicinity.
Word: mama's boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, idiomatic, informal Example: He's such a mama's boy that he can't even ask a girl out for a date without his mother's approval. Example: And now we have plenty of mama’s boys who just want to have fun, who just want to —I don't know— use some women, have fun, have great sex, but they are not able to offer this responsibility in case something happens (!) so that’s why women, they are insecure because sex is something very precious that we have to offer; we women, because it’s our bodies, and our bodies, uhm, we become pregnant and men cannot become pregnant, so we bear all of these risks. And, for us, it’s a huge opening if we say yes to a man, if we give ourselves to a man, it’s not only that we open —uh, I’m sorry for the expression— our legs, but, it’s just that we open our heart and soul and we trust that this man is responsible; and if something happens (!) he will take action, he will be there (!) for us; he will behave... [nodding] like a man.
Word: forecaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English forecast 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 forecaster From forecast + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːkɑːstə/, /ˈfɔɹkæstəɹ/, [ˈfɔɹ.kæs.tɚ], /ˈfoːkaːstə/ 1. A person who forecasts. Example: Students will be surprised to see the weather forecaster is not really standing in front of the maps. These are keyed in electronically; the forecaster stands in front of a green/blue screen. Example: Flooding occurs in areas where the ground is unable to absorb all of the water, according to forecasters, who explained that flash flooding can also be caused by mudslides or breaks in dams or levees. 2. A software program or algorithm that forecasts.
Word: tramways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tramway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bequeathal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bequeath Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English bequeathal From bequeath + -al. 1. The act of bequeathing Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: berberine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English berberis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English berberine From berberis + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː.bə.ɹiːn/, /ˈbɝ.bəˌɹin/, /ˈbɝ.bə.ɹɪn/ 1. Any of a class of alkaloid C₂₀H₁₉NO₅ originally obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, goldthread, and other plants. It is used in medicine especially for its antimicrobial properties. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fullscale Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of full-scale. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Oahu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hawaiian Oʻahu, probably a corruption of Hawaiian o + Hawaiian ahu (cognate with Rapa Nui ahu), thus [place] of an altar or platform. Pronunciation: /oʊˈɑhu/, /əʊˈɑːhuː/, /ɐʉˈɐːhʉː/ 1. The third-largest island of Hawaii, included in the City and County of Honolulu.
Word: Maui Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hawaiian Maui, probably a contraction of Māui (a Hawaiian trickster god); or borrowed from Māori Māui. 1. The second-largest island of Hawaii. 2. Alternative spelling of Māui. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Maui Part of Speech: name 1. A barangay of Delfin Albano, Isabela, Philippines. 2. A barangay of Caramoran, Catanduanes, Philippines.
Word: exchange rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The rate at which one currency may be exchanged for another currency.
Word: sarmale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian sarmale. 1. A Romanian sarma; a roll consisting of minced meat or another stuffing wrapped in cabbage leaves.
Word: sarma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma). 1. A dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf (grape or cabbage).
Word: sarma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian сарма́ (sarmá). 1. A strong, cold wind that blows down the valley of the Sarma river (which acts as a natural wind tunnel), reaching hurricane strength (uprooting trees) by the time it blows across the western shore and into Lake Baikal. Labels: uncountable Example: “You see how the wind has pressed it into a hard layer?” “The sarma did it!” one of the children told Alex. “The sarma wind is mighty. It's so strong it turns ships upside down.” “Ah, that's something I didn't know. Well, we can thank the sarma for making excellent material for us." "The mountain hides our homes from the sarma," said another.
Word: foredoom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + doom. Compare foredeem. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːduːm/, /fɔːˈduːm/ 1. A doom that is predicted; destiny. Labels: uncountable
Word: foredoom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + doom. Compare foredeem. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːduːm/, /fɔːˈduːm/ 1. To predestine to a doom. Labels: transitive Example: Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state. Example: [W]hen to the inherent difficulties of so delicate and nice a social operation were added the spite and hate of conflict, the hell of war; when suspicion and cruelty were rife, and gaunt Hunger wept beside Bereavement,—in such a case, the work of any instrument of social regeneration was in large part foredoomed to failure.
Word: foreknew Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of foreknow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foreknown Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of foreknow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foreknown Part of Speech: adj 1. anticipated or predicted Example: My truths are all foreknown, This anguish self-revealed. I’m naked to the bone, With nakedness my shield.
Word: forelimb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + limb. 1. The anterior limb (or equivalent appendage) of an animal Example: Coordinate term: hind limb
Word: forenamed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English forenamed, fornamed, fornemned, forenammd, equivalent to fore- + named. Compare Dutch voornoemd (“aforementioned”), German vorgenannt, vorbenannt (“aforementioned”). 1. previously named; aforementioned Labels: not-comparable Example: Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
Word: forenamed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forenamed, fornamed, fornemned, forenammd, equivalent to fore- + named. Compare Dutch voornoemd (“aforementioned”), German vorgenannt, vorbenannt (“aforementioned”). 1. simple past and past participle of forename Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foreordain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English for-orden; equivalent to fore- + ordain; probably modeled on Latin praeordināre. Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːɹɔːˈdeɪn/ 1. To predestine or preordain. Labels: transitive Example: What had Wyrd fore-ordained? Naegling blunted and this time broke into kindling. Example: God has made the decision before all time, so some are foreordained to be saved through grace – a predestined group of the elect.
Word: forequarter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + quarter. 1. The foreleg, shoulder and surrounding area of the body of a quadruped. 2. The front half of a side of meat.
Word: millihelen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milli- + Helen, referring to Helen of Troy, the maiden so beautiful that her abduction by Paris sparked the Trojan War and was said, in Christopher Marlowe's 1604 Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, to have "launched a thousand ships". 1. A unit of measurement of beauty, corresponding to the amount of beauty required to launch one ship. Labels: humorous, informal Example: Now Maria seems to me to be a wonder in every respect that I have had the pleasure of examining, and her clothes are plainly not meant to conceal defects. So what do we say? I'd say 850 millihelens for Maria. anybody bid higher? Example: During the days when I was a graduate student in the early forties, we were dealing with chemistry in which there were a great many units used in measuring various quantities--in particular the entire metric system. A friend of mine, Mario Castillo, and I therefore whiled away one lunch period by making up units and I finally came up with the "millihelen," which is enough beauty to launch one ship. (After all, Helen of Troy had a "face that launched a thousand ships.") Years later, I saw "millihelen" in Time, and it wasn't attributed to me, either.
Word: mastoiditides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastoiditis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deponer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō English depone 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 deponer From depone + -er. 1. One who depones.
Word: psyches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psyche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psyches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of psyche Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: higher power Part of Speech: noun 1. God or a god; a deity; a supernatural force capable of affecting outcomes in the material world. Example: Your blessings are sent by a higher power.
Word: highroad Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of high road (“a main road or highway”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In most parts of [ancient Italy] women were forbidden to walk on the highroads twirling a spindle, because this was supposed to injure the crops.
Word: trustful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trustful, trystefull, equivalent to trust + -ful. 1. Trusting; willing to trust. 2. Trustworthy. Labels: archaic
Word: villany Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of villainy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And again your honor and gentlemen of the jury, be it known unto you that, for this hereinbefore-spoken-of slanderer and counselor for aforesaid plaintiff to place himself upon ground fenced in by lies, villany, deceit, treachery; […] Example: There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villany with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.
Word: vilest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of vile: most vile Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: viler Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of vile: more vile Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: vibrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vibrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vibrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vibrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vapors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vapor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vapors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vapor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: valets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of valet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vacancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limon Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of lemon. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Clary, Horminum, when tender not to be rejected, and in Omlets, made up with Cream, fried in ſweet Butter, and eaten with Sugar, Juice of Orange, or Limon.
Word: arguido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese arguido; entered British English in 2007 through extensive news coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal. 1. A person kept for questioning who is not a formal suspect and has certain rights that a witness or suspect would not have.
Word: beeramid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of beer + pyramid. 1. A pyramid made from emptied cans of beer. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: In one case of compensatory behavior, a male in the study had been deprived of breakfast meat for so long, he spent every waking moment in his garage constructing a beeramid with ten thousand cans, only to destroy it time and time again. 2. A drinking game that involves laying fifteen playing cards out in a pyramid, and drinking based on the cards laid out. Labels: uncountable
Word: hypoalgesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English algesia English hypoalgesia From hypo- + algesia. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pəʊˌæl.dʒiːzɪə/ 1. A decreased sensitivity to painful stimuli. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: keraunopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kerauno- + -pathy. 1. The pathology of lightning; the scientific study of the effects of lightning on living things, with emphasis on its anatomic and functional effects. Labels: uncountable
Word: silicotuberculosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin silex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium New Latin siliciumlbor. English silicium English -on English silicon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English silico- English tuberculosis English silicotuberculosis From silico- + tuberculosis. 1. silicosis-related tuberculosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: flambeau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French flambe Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Middle French -eau French -eau French flambeaubor. English flambeau Borrowed from French flambeau. Pronunciation: /ˈflambəʊ/, /flamˈbəʊ/ 1. A burning torch, especially one carried in procession. Example: Saint-Antoine has its cannon pointed (full of grapeshot); thrice applies the lit flambeau; which thrice refuses to catch,—the touchholes are so wetted.... Example: […] With processions long and winding and the flambeaus of the night, / With the countless torches lit, with the silent sea of faces and the unbared heads, […]
Word: garotte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of garrotte. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: garotte Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of garrotte. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: foreseer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foresee + -er. 1. A person who foresees
Word: foresighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + sight + -ed. 1. Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.
Word: purveys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of purvey Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: purveying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of purvey Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: purveyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of purvey Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disciplining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of discipline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disciplining Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of punishment to compel behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ambassadress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ambassador Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English ambassadress From ambassador + -ess. 1. A female ambassador. Labels: dated 2. The wife of an ambassador.
Word: Élysée Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Élysée. 1. The official residence of the President of France. 2. The French government. Labels: broadly
Word: car chase Part of Speech: noun 1. A chase, usually high-speed, between people in two or more cars or other vehicles, normally between the police or other law enforcement and an offender. Example: Eventually, Monster Trucks sends its heroes racing against an evil corporation, on a mission to save Creech, his family, and the environment in general (which makes Creech’s appetite for sweet, sweet oil an especially puzzling detail) and to prove that car chases in kids’ movies can still proceed with the casual disregard for human life that adult audiences demand. Example: What's disappointing about all this doom and gloom is that the franchise has made the kind of whiplashing U-turn you might see in its car-chase sequences.
Word: imprese Part of Speech: noun 1. A heraldic device; an impresa.
Word: the jig is up Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Derives from the obsolete Elizabethan-era slang use of the word jig, originally meaning a lively dance, which evolved to denote a practical joke or trick. 1. Used to express that a deception, trick, or dishonest scheme has been discovered, signaling the end of the ruse. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, US, idiomatic Example: We knew then the jig was up, and it was no grin matter for us. Example: When I first told 'em how the jig was up with us, that the British were going to have the land, without any fighting about it, I never see fellows so mad before in my life, unless it was Major Eaton at Washington when he sot out to flog Mr. Ingham.
Word: primy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A Shakespearean coinage, from prime + -y. 1. in its prime Labels: obsolete Example: For Hamlet and the trifling of his favor, / Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood, / A violet in the youth of primy nature, / Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, / The perfume and suppliance of a minute. / No more.
Word: cautel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cautēla, from cautus, past participle of caveō. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːtəl/ 1. deceit Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Perhaps he loves you now, And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch The virtue of his will 2. caution; prudence; wariness Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Here come institution, by your blasphemous sacrifice, in all cautels and provisions of the Mass 3. A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: credent Part of Speech: adj 1. Gullible. Labels: obsolete Example: Then vvay vvhat loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If vvith too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.
Word: springe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprenġan, sprenġċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle. Pronunciation: /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To sprinkle; to scatter. Labels: obsolete
Word: springe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen. Pronunciation: /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. A snare. Labels: obsolete Example: Ay, springes to catch woodcocks Example: Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]
Word: springe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen. Pronunciation: /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To catch in a springe; to ensnare. Labels: transitive Example: By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game
Word: big enchilada Part of Speech: noun 1. A very important person, especially the highest-ranking individual in an organization. Labels: slang Example: The detectives were trying to identify the big enchilada who controlled the entire criminal network. 2. Some item of high value, especially a top prize or reward. Labels: slang Example: When the lottery results were announced, he was stunned to learn that the big enchilada was all his.
Word: devolver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin dēvolvōbor. English devolve 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 devolver From devolve + -er. 1. A devolutionist. Example: It is on more traditional political attitudes where devolvers and reinventors draw on very different constituencies, creating two distinct packages of views toward government.
Word: mutual admiration society Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic Example: Those two are incessantly flattering one another. They've formed an utterly nauseating mutual admiration society! Example: And the said members did accordingly resolve themselves into a little "mutual admiration society" for the entertainment and benefit of their visitors.
Word: unhouseled 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 houseled English unhouseled From un- + houseled. 1. Not having received Eucharist. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Vnhouzzled, diſappointed, vnnaneld
Word: gambo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡæm.bəʊ/, /ˈɡæm.boʊ/ 1. A low, flat cart, typically two-wheeled and with the sides consisting only of poles, used for carrying hay, corn, etc., over fields or uneven ground.
Word: gambo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare viola da gamba. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæm.bəʊ/, /ˈɡæm.boʊ/ 1. A viol. Labels: obsolete
Word: unaneled 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 aneled English unaneled From un- + aneled. 1. in the Christian faith, not having taken the sacred unction before dying Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Vnhouzzled, diſappointed, vnnaneld,
Word: macchie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of macchia (“shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: volume CT Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical-imaging modality, similar to traditional computed tomography imaging, which acquires data via a two-dimensional detector array and reconstructs the images directly into a volume representation of the patient. Labels: uncountable
Word: low-dose CT scanning Part of Speech: noun 1. A CT system (computed tomography) that limits the radiation exposure to the patient and produces high-resolution three-dimensional images. Labels: uncountable
Word: in-office imaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of medical diagnostic devices in the office of a treating physician, not relying on an outside service. Labels: uncountable
Word: eleventeen Part of Speech: num Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībaną Proto-Germanic *-lif Proto-Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun Old English endleofan Middle English elleven English eleven Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Germanic *tehun Proto-West Germanic *tehunder. Anglian Old English -tēne Middle English -tene English -teen English eleventeen From eleven + -teen. 1. Twenty-one (21). Labels: nonce-word Example: Many giglets I have married seen / Ere they forsooth could reach eleventeen. 2. A relatively large number, not precisely specified. Labels: colloquial Example: "He fitted about eleventeen thousand people last year." Example: Trust me, I've checked every angle and analyzed a zillion options eleventeen different ways. 3. A nonsense number. Labels: colloquial Example: Hobbes: Ooh, that's a tricky one. You have to use calculus and imaginary numbers for this. Calvin: Imaginary numbers?! Hobbes: You know, eleventeen, thirty-twelve, all those.
Word: microcosms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microcosm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interstate compact Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several agreements, comparable to treaties, between states of the United States. Labels: US
Word: discovered check Part of Speech: noun 1. A check by means of a discovered attack against the opponent's king.
Word: keeve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kive, from Old English cȳf (“vat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kūbiju, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kūbaz, perhaps from Latin cūpa. Related to French cuve. Doublet of coupe, cup, and hive. Pronunciation: /kiːv/ 1. A bleaching vat; a kier. 2. A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub. Example: In order to avoid a great deal of trouble, and to perform the vvork more effectually, by diveſting the nevv made Cyder of vvhat pummice and other impurities remain; after ſtraining it through a hair ſieve, on its coming from the VVring, or Preſs, it is neceſſary to be provided vvith a large open vat, keeve, or clive, vvhich vvill contain a vvhole pounding, or making of Cyder; or as much as can be preſſed in one day: […] 3. A large vat used in dressing ores.
Word: keeve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kive, from Old English cȳf (“vat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kūbiju, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kūbaz, perhaps from Latin cūpa. Related to French cuve. Doublet of coupe, cup, and hive. Pronunciation: /kiːv/ 1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation. 2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: chess clock Part of Speech: noun 1. A device consisting of two clocks and a switch for running one at a time, used in chess and other games to measure how much time each player takes.
Word: leaderboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leader + board. 1. A board showing the ranking of leaders in a competition. 2. An advertisement on a web page spanning the width of the page and shallow in height.
Word: necktie party Part of Speech: noun 1. An execution by hanging, especially a lynching. Labels: US, dated, idiomatic Example: "I expect I'll have an invite to a necktie-party some day. . . . I'm always afraid the wrong necktie will be mine. Were you ever lynched?" Example: I made my jail break just in time to keep from being invited as chief guest to a necktie party.
Word: one's jig is up Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of the jig is up [for one]. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Example: 1836, Horatio Hastings Weld, "The Martyr to Science", in Corrected Proofs, Russell, Shattuck & Co., page 74, P.S. C'est en fait—my jig is up! While under the barber's hands this morning, a boy posted up in the shop the programme of a course of Phrenological Lectures! Example: 1920, Ethel and James Dorrance, Glory Rides the Range, The Macaulay Company, page 272, "You tell the lie!" she accused. "And you'd better quit, for your jig is up. I've got you right. […]"
Word: chay Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪ/ 1. A chaise (horse-drawn carriage). Labels: archaic, colloquial
Word: chay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pitman jay, which it is related to graphically, and the sound it represents. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪ/ 1. The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.
Word: CVI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of chronic venous insufficiency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of cortical visual impairment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: hampering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hamper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hampering Part of Speech: noun 1. That which hampers; an impediment. Example: 25 February 1926, Ernest Hemingway, Letter to Isabel Simmons I still love you, in spite of the hamperings of your married state and I think Francis is a grand guy and that you married damned well […]
Word: computed tomography Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.) Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: McCarthyite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Irish Mac Carthaighbor. English McCarthy Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English McCarthyite From McCarthy + -ite. 1. Of or pertaining to McCarthyism Example: By that late date, however, the golden age of the lurid paperback book was pretty much over, and the sort of punishment meted out to Aday and Maxey for flaunting the sexual mores of a McCarthyite culture would soon be a thing of the past.
Word: McCarthyite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Irish Mac Carthaighbor. English McCarthy Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English McCarthyite From McCarthy + -ite. 1. A follower of McCarthyism; a McCarthyist
Word: Reichstag Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Reichstag (“imperial parliament”). 1. The building in Berlin that houses the Bundestag of modern Germany. Example: It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen: 100 rock climbers abseiling down the facade of the Reichstag, slowly unfurling this huge silvery curtain. 2. The lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945; the building that housed it. Labels: historical Example: Another is on the right, to turn his murder into a justification for an all-out war, a Reichstag fire for our time. 3. The diet of the Holy Roman Empire. Labels: historical
Word: hearsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hearse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hearsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hearse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sillabub Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of syllabub. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: wallpress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wall + press. 1. An area for storage that is recessed into a wall. Labels: rare 2. A piece of furniture for storage set into a recess. Labels: rare
Word: wallpresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wallpress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wallpresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wallpress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ars gratia artis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin translation of French l'art pour l'art. See the main entry for more. 1. Synonym of art for art's sake. Labels: uncountable
Word: discreditable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English credit English discredit Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English discreditable From discredit + -able. 1. Able to be discredited. 2. Low, mean, bringing discredit. Example: Shortly after midnight a determined attempt was made to wreck a portion of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, by means of an explosive bomb. […] Copies of suffragette leaflets strewn about clearly indicate the purpose of this discreditable affair.
Word: hatchways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hatchway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornigerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cornu (“horn”) + -gerous. 1. Horned, having a horn or horns. Labels: not-comparable
Word: delved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɛlvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of delve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: delves Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /dɛlvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of delve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: delves Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /dɛlvz/ 1. plural of delve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delves Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English delves. Pronunciation: /dɛlvz/ 1. plural of delf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of delve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: delving Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlvɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who delves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The purpose of my visit, and the frightful abnormalities it postulated struck at me all at once with a chill sensation that nearly over-balanced my ardour for strange delvings. Example: Doubtless, as has happened to others, her motives were sometimes misunderstood by those who may have looked with suspicion upon these delvings into pagan practice and belief, but they have been fully justified. 2. Alternative form of dilving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: nudges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nudge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nudges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nudge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nudging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nudge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nudging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of giving a nudge; pushing, touching. 2. Hinting or influencing people's choices (according to nudge theory); softly controlling. Example: It has been remarked that nudging is also a euphemism for psychological manipulation as practiced in social engineering.
Word: kindlier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of kindly: more kindly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: kindliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of kindly: most kindly Labels: form-of, superlative Example: You were my hostess, and I ignored you. Magnanimous, you paid me the prettiest compliment woman ever paid to man, and I insulted you. I left the house in order that I might not see you again. To the doorsteps down which he should have kicked me, your grandfather followed me with words of kindliest courtesy.
Word: mulo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Romani mulo (“dead (man)”). 1. A vampire.
Word: gaunter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of gaunt: more gaunt Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: gauntest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of gaunt: most gaunt Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: risographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of risograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breakouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breakout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: process color Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for four color printing process. 1. A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors.
Word: chemical bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. Any explosive device that releases a noxious chemical compound (such as chlorine) upon detonation.
Word: chemical compound Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond. 2. Any single substance, either compound or element. Labels: informal, proscribed
Word: resoluteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English resolute 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 resoluteness From resolute + -ness. 1. The state or characteristic of being resolute; determination or resolution. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: immanent critique Part of Speech: noun 1. The criticism of a philosophy using its own standpoint
Word: quangocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English quango Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English quangocracy From quango + -cracy. Pronunciation: /kwaŋˈɡɒkɹəsi/ 1. Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. Example: This vicious and unjust slur is handed down from on high by a back-slapping quangocracy that's "in agreement about everything". Example: The dark forces arrayed against her – what she once dubbed the “anti-growth coalition” and now calls, depending on her audience, the “quangocracy” or “communists” – were determined that she wouldn’t succeed.