nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bitch fight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bitch + fight. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪtʃ ˈfaɪt/ 1. a fight between women, gay men, and/or other effeminate people. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: maintainability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English maintain Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English maintainability From maintain + -ability. 1. The ease with which something can be maintained. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chalkdust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chalk + dust. 1. The fine white powder remaining after chalk is erased from a chalkboard. Labels: uncountable
Word: raincloud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rain + cloud. 1. Alternative spelling of rain cloud. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hail storm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hail + storm. 1. A storm characterized by lots of large hail.
Word: METAR Part of Speech: noun 1. Meteorological Aerodrome Report, the aviation routine weather report; a specially encoded weather observation report.
Word: town crier Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets Labels: UK, historical 2. A gossip. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: sinology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sino- (“China”) + -logy (“study of”). Pronunciation: /saɪˈnɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of the history, language and culture of China; Chinese studies. Labels: uncountable 2. The study of the internal politics of the high members of the government of the People's Republic of China. Labels: uncountable
Word: TAF Part of Speech: noun 1. Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: a specially encoded weather forecast for a terminal aerodrome 2. Initialism of TBP-associated factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TAF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Turkish Air Force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Turkish Armed Forces. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PIREP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for pilot report. 1. Abbreviation of pilot report, a specially encoded weather observation recorded by a pilot mid-flight. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: eco-warrior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- English warrior English eco-warrior From eco- + warrior. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.kəʊ ˌwɒ.ɹi.əɹ/ 1. An environmentalist who places a greater emphasis upon taking practical action, rather than upon theoretical considerations, in order to advance an ecological ideology. Example: The time has come, eco-warriors say, for the underground in this war to rise, to fight back against the onslaught of technomania sweeping every corner of the world from Silicon Valley to the Amazon River Valley, […] Example: Up to 300 squatters – eco-warriors to some, green jihadis to others – now live in the ZAD: […]
Word: eco-warriors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eco-warrior Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splicer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From splice + -er. 1. A person or device that makes a splice. 2. A union of uniform spanning trees.
Word: splicers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splicer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + -sphere. 1. All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen. Example: Climate change has a strong effect on the cryosphere. Example: Eventually, a complement of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors will be needed to provide all the information required in the cryosphere[…]
Word: spring-cleaning Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of spring cleaning. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: spellbinding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spell + binding. 1. Engrossing; fascinating; gaining rapt attention; captivating. Example: Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses. Watching players ace their way through the game’s bosses is a spellbinding reminder that even tough games can be defeated easily with hard work. Example: There is no doubt that recent developments in generative AI and large language models that produce text, information and images—and Shakespearean sonnets—in response to simple user prompts are impressive and even spellbinding. 2. Having the power to bind magically through the agency of a spell. Example: Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions.
Word: spellbinding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spell + binding. 1. A spell or enchantment that restrains or constricts someone's actions or freedom of will. Example: The Roman epic poet Vergil refers to the incapacitating effects of ligatures, while Ovid, the erotic poet, admits the power of such spell-bindings.
Word: spellbinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spell + binder. 1. Something that is spellbinding, that causes rapt attention.
Word: spellbinders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spellbinder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spatially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English spatial Middle English -ly English -ly English spatially From spatial + -ly. 1. With reference to space or arrangement in space. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spareness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spare 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 spareness From spare + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being spare. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being spare. Labels: countable, rare
Word: sparsity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sparse Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English sparsity From sparse + -ity. 1. The property of being sparse; sparseness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is this duplication of facilities which is mainly responsible for the poor loadings experienced on the Midland & Great Northern line, apart, of course, from the general sparsity of traffic in Northern Norfolk, and the fenlands around the Wash. Example: And an operation on a mixture of sparse and full matrices produces a sparse result unless the operator ordinarily destroys sparsity.
Word: sparely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English spare Middle English -ly English -ly English sparely From spare + -ly. 1. In a spare manner; sparsely or frugally. Example: Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries. It was moderately well furnished, but sparely.
Word: spearfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spear Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English spearfish From spear + fish. 1. Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill. 2. Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax) 3. Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
Word: spearfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English spear Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English spearfish From spear + fish. 1. To attempt to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies. Example: A Bajau diver spearfishes in Sulawesi. 2. To fish for spearfish by any method. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: spendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English spendable; equivalent to spend + -able. 1. Capable of being spent. Example: Even though there is a lot of money in the treasury, some of it has to be kept for next year, so only part of it is spendable. Example: He had told me once that “all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”
Word: spinneret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spinner + -et. 1. The organ a spider uses to spin its web. 2. A multipored device through which a plastic polymer melt is extruded into fibers.
Word: spinnerets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinneret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spillway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spill + way. 1. A path designed to take away overflow safely. Example: Absence of filtered undrains beneath spillways or behind walls. Example: On February 24, 319379 crosses the wrought-iron Carr Mill Viaduct with Northern's 1515 Liverpool Lime Street-Wigan North Western service, viewed from a spillway for the reservoir.
Word: spillways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spillway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spitfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from spit fire. 1. A cannon. 2. A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl. Labels: figuratively Example: 1801, Peter Viereck, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin., Volume ⅩⅠⅠⅠ, by John Nichols (arranged by Thomas Sheridan), p. 143, published in London "―But however provoked, are your scribbling spitfires never to be satisfied?" Example: The young imp had been prepared for immediate flight the instant anyone appeared, but for some reason Won Chou's not very aggressive behest must have conveyed a peculiarly galling insult for its effect was to transform the wary gamin into a bristling little spitfire, who hurled back the accumulated scandal of the quarter. 3. A larva of the spitfire sawfly, Perga affinis.
Word: spitfires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spitfire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English spendere English spender Inherited from Middle English spendere, equivalent to spend + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛndə/, /ˈspɛndɚ/ 1. A person who spends money.
Word: spenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spell-check Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of spellcheck. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Some people might wonder why we still need copy editors when we have spell-check. Although it is a pain whenever I want to double a consonant before a suffix, per New Yorker style, and the spell-check prefers the no-frills version—“mislabeled,” say, instead of “mislabelled”—and I have to go back and poke in the extra letter and then put up with a disapproving red line under the word, I would never disable spell-check. Example: Maybe the guys make things with kale, kohlrabi, exotic vegetables, and their favorite spice is cilantro. Which I have in my cupboard, but never use. And yes, I know how to spell cilantro, without using spell-check.
Word: spell-check Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of spellcheck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spaciness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spacy 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 spaciness From spacy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being spacy. Labels: uncountable
Word: spavined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English spaueyned, from spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causing lameness; disease causing lameness in horses”) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and the past tense and past participle forms of weak verbs). By surface analysis, spavin + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives from nouns, denoting having the objects represented by the nouns; and forming past tenses of regular verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈspævɪnd/ 1. Of a horse: having spavin (“a disease of horses caused by a bony swelling which develops in a leg due to inflammation”). Example: [H]e […] made a present to Andrew of a broken-winded and spavined poney, in order to enable him to pursue his journey. Example: A horse-giver, no more than a horse-seller, has a right to palm his spavined article upon us for good ware. An equivalent is expected in either case; and, with my own good will, I would no more be cheated out of my thanks, than out of my money. 2. Of a person: lame due to a leg disease. Labels: broadly 3. Of a person or a thing: old, worn-out; also, obsolete. Labels: figuratively Example: I’m a spavined old warrior, and I don’t have much time left in this world, but I still have a few tricks to teach these whippersnappers. Example: If God hide his path, Satan is at hand to turn Convoy: if any have a minde to ride poſte, hee vvill helpe them vvith a freſh ſpavin'd Opinion at every Stage.
Word: spavined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English spaueyned, from spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causing lameness; disease causing lameness in horses”) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and the past tense and past participle forms of weak verbs). By surface analysis, spavin + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives from nouns, denoting having the objects represented by the nouns; and forming past tenses of regular verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈspævɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of spavin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spaciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English spaciously, equivalent to spacious + -ly. 1. In a spacious manner.
Word: spidery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spider + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪ.dɚ.i/ 1. Like a spider. Example: “En passant,” if nothing else, would have revealed to Joe, in this imitation of a better trick, the hand of Eugene. […] “Sometimes,” said Eskew, “I think that ’Gene Bantry is jest a leetle bit spiderier than he is lazy.[…]” Example: High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it looks down on Southwark Cathedral. 2. Characterized by many spindly extensions. Example: The spidery construction looked like it would fall apart in a stiff breeze. Example: This shelf is deeply cut into by rivers, so that the line has to cross a series of spidery lattice-girder bridges. 3. Suggestive of cobwebs; spiderweb-like. 4. Infested with or containing many spiders. 5. Cramped or illegible; especially when spiky. Labels: figuratively Example: 'I cannot make head or tail of it,' confessed Miss Barrowford, as the senseful fingers crossed and recrossed the scrawl, now following a vague spidery line, now drawn where no visible mark appeared to lead. 'Is there any meaning, do you think?'
Word: spillover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spill + over. 1. That which overflows; the excess or side effect. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The spillover from the dam due to the heavy rains will run down this channel and harmlessly dump into that river, we hope. Example: The spillover from this war will be many little massacres of civilians by civilians. 2. The spread of infectious disease between different species of animal and particularly to humans. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We’re not establishing the kind of safe practices that will minimize the opportunity for spillover. If we better understood where these viruses are circulating and understood that ecology, we would have the potential to disrupt and minimize the risk of spillover.
Word: buffer overflow Part of Speech: noun 1. The event when the amount of data sought to be added to a buffer exceeds the size of the buffer; generally resulting in a catastrophic error if this case has not been anticipated. Example: When a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer than it was originally anticipated to hold, a buffer overflow occurs. What is really happening during a buffer overflow?
Word: buffer overflows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buffer overflow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overflows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overflow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overflows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overflow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spillovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spillover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elementary particles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elementary particle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scourging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scourge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scourging Part of Speech: noun 1. A beating with a scourge; a flogging. Example: The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes[…]
Word: F minus Part of Speech: noun 1. A (generally hypothetical) grade lower than an "F"; a grade representing not merely a failure, but a complete and utter failure. Example: A conservative watchdog group concerned about the integrity of the electoral process, the Free Congress Foundation, later did an audit of new voting systems around the country and deemed Georgia's to be the worst, giving it an F-minus grade. Example: […] he tried to cheer her up by painting a portrait of himself as the ultimate fuck-up: "It was super hard for me in high school. I got an F minus on a geometry test.
Word: F minuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of F minus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minuses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of minus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wind chill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + chill. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndt͡ʃɪl/ 1. The cooling effect of wind, especially on the human body, which causes the "feels like" temperature to be lower than the thermometer temperature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The thermometer says zero, but with the wind chill it's more like minus five. Example: A steady northwest breeze will keep wind chills in the teens and single digits for the remainder of your weekend. 2. The still-air temperature equivalent to a given combination of temperature and wind speed, as far as its cooling effect on exposed flesh is concerned. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: insanely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English insane Middle English -ly English -ly English insanely From insane + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈseɪnli/ 1. In an insane manner; not sanely. Example: Gloating silently, she laved handfuls of hot sand over her, her mind alternating sanely and insanely. 2. To a great degree; very much. Example: That ramp is insanely difficult to jump. Example: Disney has some insanely fun roller coasters.
Word: notifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of notify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Aceh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Indonesian Aceh, Acehnese Acèh. 1. A special autonomous province of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. 2. The Acehnese language.
Word: Dangme Part of Speech: name 1. A Niger-Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana.
Word: chrome horn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase most likely originated during NASCAR broadcasts in the 1970s, when stock cars still had chrome bumpers. 1. The front bumper of a car when used to bump another vehicle, usually to inform the driver of the other vehicle that the first car would like to pass. Labels: idiomatic Example: Dale Earnhardt just put the chrome horn to that lapped car in front of him.
Word: oneirophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English oneiro- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English oneirophobia From oneiro- + -phobia. 1. The fear of dreams. Labels: uncountable Example: Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams).
Word: wet boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A contractor assassin or hit man Labels: US, idiomatic, slang
Word: iyoba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba iyọba. 1. A queen mother of the Kingdom of Benin.
Word: Spitfire Part of Speech: noun 1. A single-seat fighter used by the RAF and allies during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain. Labels: historical
Word: zoftig Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of zaftig. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Short and zoftig, she wore muumuus and rose-tinted, oversize glasses, was loud, abrasive, and very funny.
Word: big crunch Part of Speech: noun 1. A singularity at the centre of a black hole, or the final result of the Big Crunch.
Word: imparity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- English parity English imparity From im- + parity. 1. inequality Labels: countable, uncountable 2. inability to be divided into equal parts Labels: countable, uncountable 3. disparity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Big Rip Part of Speech: name 1. A hypothetical end of the universe in which its rate of expansion becomes infinite in finite time, resulting in all matter being torn apart.
Word: Mohammad Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad. 2. Alternative spelling of Muhammad (the prophet who introduced Islam). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: astroturf Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative letter-case form of Astroturf. Labels: alt-of
Word: astroturf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of AstroTurf. Labels: alt-of
Word: Golconda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Urdu گولْکُنْڈَہ (golkunḍa), itself from Telugu గొల్లకొండ (gollakoṇḍa), from గొల్ల (golla, “of or pertaining to shepherds”) + కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒlˈkɒndə/, /ɡɑlˈkɑndə/ 1. A fortress and ruined city in Telangana, India, historically famous for nearby diamond mining. Example: Fifty years ago, there were more than twenty places in the kingdom of Golconda, in which diamonds of different sizes were found… 2. A small city, the county seat of Pope County, Illinois, United States; named after Golconda in India. 3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. 4. A locality in Dorset council area and the City of Launceston, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Word: Golconda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Urdu گولْکُنْڈَہ (golkunḍa), itself from Telugu గొల్లకొండ (gollakoṇḍa), from గొల్ల (golla, “of or pertaining to shepherds”) + కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒlˈkɒndə/, /ɡɑlˈkɑndə/ 1. A source of great wealth, especially a mine. Labels: figuratively
Word: naos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ναός (naós, “inner part of the temple”). Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.ɒs/ 1. The inner part of an ancient Greek temple, containing a statue of the temple's deity and surrounded by a colonnaded portico; (by extension) the Roman cella, which it later gave rise to. Labels: historical Example: The simplest form of the rectangular temple was that in which the two side walls were carried out from the naos to form the porch at one or both extremities of the building. Example: The uncertainty that exists, from the condition of the ruins, as to the height originally assigned by the architect to the interior of the naos and of the opisthodomus,^([sic – meaning opisthodomos]) hampers our investigation of the considerations by which he decided the distribution of the plan.
Word: naos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /naʊz/ 1. plural of nao Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinstripe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + stripe. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnˌstɹaɪp/ 1. A very thin stripe on a fabric or other surface. Example: Deep blue fuselage-length pinstripes begin at the belly and get gradually narrower as they approach the windowline, each trimmed either side in red. 2. A fabric decorated with such stripes. 3. A suit made of such fabric.
Word: pinstriped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pin + striped. 1. Having pinstripes. 2. Made from such fabric. 3. Wearing a suit of this fabric. Example: a pinstriped gentleman
Word: suppositum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the past participle of Latin supponere (“to suppose”). 1. Something supposed to be true; an assumption Labels: uncountable Example: The answer may be that these relation-ships are generated in every possible world, given any suppositum of a certain least complexity.
Word: mineral makeup Part of Speech: noun 1. The range of minerals in a diet or a rock. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A cosmetic made and of any of several finely ground minerals, mixed with a base such as cocoa butter. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: round off Part of Speech: verb 1. To change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother and especially more circular or ovoid. Labels: transitive 2. To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The instructions say that we are not to round off until we reach the final figure. [in a calculation with interim steps] Example: Round off 15.4 to 15, round off 15.51 to 15.5 or to 16, round off 0.499 to 0, and round off 970,000 to 1 million. 3. To complete or finish something. Labels: transitive Example: After this general training the apprentices are usually employed for a year or two as supernumeraries, being engaged to a large extent on special enquiries, a type of work well suited to rounding off their training and also to assisting both the company and the men to ascertain the type of work for which they are best suited. Example: Manchester United's in-form striker rose to head home Stewart Downing's corner and then rounded off a sweeping counter-attack involving Theo Walcott and Ashley Young to wrap up the formalities seconds before the break.
Word: dozed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of doze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: espoused Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been espoused or claimed; held (as a belief or position). Example: Contrary to most espoused wisdom, most distance hikers travel alone. Example: Yet, all these potential criticisms run counter to the very espoused (if albeit non-universal) types of claims that critical researchers tend to make. 2. Married, engaged, or in a committed monogamous relationship. Example: Eliezer immediately brought jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and raiment, and offered them to her as the espoused wife of Isaac. Example: You could daily see a purely white common goose having become a monogamist, being paired with a Canada male bird, taking her lofty aerial flights in company with her foreign mate, forgettering her former, and her naturally domestic habits, appearing now as an espoused partner, and assuming in all her nuptial felicity, the varied habits of her wild paramour.
Word: espoused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of espouse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intersected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intersect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: poked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəʊkt/, /poʊkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of poke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: relapsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of relapse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slackened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slacken Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soared Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɔːd/, /sɔɹd/, /so(ː)ɹd/, /soəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of soar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impeded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impede Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: black gold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (crude oil; coal; black pepper): From its black colour and high value. 1. Raw petroleum; crude oil. Labels: idiomatic, informal, uncountable Example: With the black gold already gushing from his country's wells, the Iranian monarch did not show much interest in what the Republic of China had to offer in agricultural know-how, commerce, and cultural interflow. 2. Black pepper, in the context of being a historically valuable spice. Labels: uncountable 3. Black-coloured gold, variously produced by patination, deposition, oxidation, etc. and used in jewellery or in high-technology applications. Labels: uncountable 4. Coal. Labels: uncountable Example: They [the railways] are mostly remnants of a long-gone coal industry, laid out largely to bring the black gold from the mines to the waterways.
Word: busbar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bus + bar. 1. An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium.
Word: bus bar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of busbar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oppressing Part of Speech: adj 1. oppressive
Word: oppressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of oppress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: framed decision Part of Speech: noun 1. A decisionmaker's conception of what will happen as the outcome of a decision.
Word: haviour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English havour, from Anglo-Norman aveyr, Old French aveir. 1. Demeanour, behaviour, comportment. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: To Faery court she came, where many one Admyrd her goodly haueour […] Example: No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods and shapes of grief, That can denote me truly.
Word: spherically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English spherical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English spherically From spherical + -ly. 1. In the manner of a sphere or globe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spirea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil”). 1. Any of the many flowering shrubs of the genus Spiraea, that have clusters of white or pink flowers. 2. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Astilbe.
Word: speedwell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speed + well. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdˌwɛl/ 1. A plant of the genus Veronica
Word: re-speak Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of respeak (“speak back, echo”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: speedwells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speedwell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spelldown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spell + down. 1. A type of spelling bee in which participants sit down as they are eliminated.
Word: spelldowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spelldown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spicule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin spīculum. 1. A sharp, needle-like piece. 2. A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials. 3. Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges. Example: Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate? 4. A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes. 5. A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun. 6. A small spike of flowers. 7. A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds. Labels: historical
Word: spicules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spicule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speedup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from speed up. 1. An amount or rate of decrease in time taken to do a certain amount of work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The results of this generalized speedup of the corporate metabolism are multiple: shorter product life cycles, more leasing and renting, more frequent buying and selling, more ephemeral consumption patterns, […] 2. The relationship between time taken and number of processors used. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An employer's demand for more output without more pay. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There were, of course, those observers who argued that since in some industries 50 or 60 per cent of those employed were scientific, technical, and administrative staff, the employer would soon include them in his speedup plans. Example: For the mass of new workers who had not come out of a syndicalist or craft tradition, incentive pay and the speedup idea carried relatively little negative meaning.
Word: spindling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spindle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spindling Part of Speech: adj 1. spindly; very long and slender Example: a spindling tree Example: a spindling boy
Word: spindling Part of Speech: noun 1. Anything long and slender, like a shoot.
Word: soreheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sorehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sore + head, perhaps specifically from the simile like (or mad as) a bear with a sore head. 1. A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Don't be a sorehead! Forgive, forget and get on with your life. Example: Of course, my competitive nature occasionally crossed the line into being a sorehead and poor loser. 2. A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: In most of these areas there was improvement between 1920, the year of the second Farmer-Labor ballot and the last election in which the coalition was able to use sorehead tactics, and the special senatorial election of 1923. Example: Officials walked a tightrope because disappointed voters could join or, if need he, form an opposing coalition, and they could cozy up to "soreheads" who were encouraging merger with Chicago. 3. Infection in sheep by the nematode Elaeophora schneideri; elaeophorosis. Labels: uncountable Example: And sometimes, the bugs themselves are the predators, the killers and consumers of elk. I think of the green-headed horsefly and its bloody conspirator, the sorehead roundworm—Elaeophora schneideri. Example: 2012, D. G. Pugh, N. (Nickie) Baird, Sheep and Goat Medicine, unnumbered page, Elaeophora schneideri is a filarial nematode that has been reported primarily in wildlife species in the western United States, including mule deer and bighorn sheep. Elaeophorosis (sorehead) is uncommon in sheep and goats. 4. Fowlpox. Labels: uncountable Example: Sorehead is a prevailing trouble in Hawaii, but I am convinced that much sorehead, if not all of it, can be averted if we keep our chicks off the ground until they are at least three months old. Example: 1922, University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Agricultural Dept, Annual Report of the Agricultural Department, Volume 4, page 103, The two principal causes of death among chicks has been sorehead and coccidiosis.
Word: asteism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστεῖος (asteîos, “of the town; urbane”), from ἄστυ (ástu, “town”). Compare Greek αστεϊσμός (asteïsmós). 1. Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: U-235 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From U (“the chemical symbol for uranium”). 1. Abbreviation of uranium-235. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: madonna Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Madonna. Example: Glogau Stat.—Inns: Deutsches Haus; Westphal’s Hotel. A fortress of the 2nd rank on the l. bank of the Oder, 17,000 Inhab. The Dom upon an island dates from 1120, and contains a madonna by Cranach, sen., his masterpiece. Example: Giacomo Medica’s (1965) sample of the 697 most important Marian sanctuaries in Italy gives us some idea of the number of Italian madonnas in Italy as a whole. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Madonna. Example: Yet most of us will probably deny that this blissful woman is a sexual woman. We associate her with Virgin Mary, who conceived in an act of spiritual purity and not in carnal lust and desire. We regard her chastity as essential to her maternal rectitude. Thus we hardly recognize the madonna's subtle sensuality as sexual energy, especially not in an age where we measure sexuality in orgasmic potency. Example: For centuries, madonnas provided legitimate children and social respectability; whores, illegitimate pleasure. 3. Alternative letter-case form of Madonna. Example: […] hee lay laſt night in ſuch a madonnas chamber, tother night he lay in ſuch a Counteſſes couch, to night he lies in ſuch a Ladies cloſet, […] Example: A Hollywood madonna […] “Gentlemen: This is my Christmas madonna …”
Word: madonna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said to be named after the American singer Madonna. 1. A one-footed lien-to-tail trick, where the front foot is taken off and kicked out straight down behind the board.
Word: uranium-235 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uranium + 235 (the atomic mass of the isotope). 1. A fissile isotope of uranium, used for energy generation and in atomic weapons, containing 143 neutrons. It has a half-life of 7.038×10⁸ years; it decays into thorium-231 and ultimately lead. Labels: uncountable Example: The Zaporizhzhia plant provided about a fifth of Ukraine’s electricity before Russia’s invasion, and has been forced to operate on backup generators a number of times. It has six Soviet-designed water-cooled and water-moderated reactors containing uranium-235.
Word: decays Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈkeɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: arctic hare Part of Speech: noun 1. A North-American hare of species Lepus arcticus, that is white, usually year round, found in the Arctic.
Word: brown hare Part of Speech: noun 1. European hare (Lepus europaeus).
Word: Chanti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an Indian language. 1. A male given name from India. A common nickname in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Word: acacias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acacia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zweihänder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Zweihänder (literally “two hander”), from zwei (“two”) + Hand (“hand”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtsvaɪhɛndɚ/, /ˈtsvaɪ.hæn.dɚ/, /ˈtsvaɪhɛndə/ 1. A two-handed sword primarily of Renaissance Germany, up to a fathom in length, invented in the 14th century. Labels: historical Example: Their major weapon was the pike, which could be up to 18 feet in length, but those whose duty it was to advance in the front line carried instead the fearsome Zweihänder; an enormous battle-sword around 66 inches in length. Example: […] and even the two-handed sword, Zweihänder […]
Word: franglais Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Franglais. Labels: alt-of Example: The play presents a kind of war of different languages: office jargon; franglais marketing jargon; old-fashioned academic language; new media slang; jazzmen’s roughtalk; salesmen’s smoothtalk; high-finance talk, etc.
Word: hyperekplexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + Ancient Greek ἐκπληξία (ekplēxía, “amazement, terror”), from Ancient Greek ἔκπληξις (ékplēxis, “consternation”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.ɛkˈplɛk.si.ə/ 1. A neurological disorder characterized by an exaggerated startle response in situations of distress.
Word: Yapese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Yap Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Yapese From Yap + -ese. 1. The Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap.
Word: Yapese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Yap Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Yapese From Yap + -ese. 1. Of or pertaining to the people of the island of Yap or the Yapese language.
Word: Yapese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Yap Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Yapese From Yap + -ese. 1. A native or inhabitant of Yap. Labels: in-plural Example: Unlike most money, stones sometimes can buy happiness, of a sort; if a Yapese wants to settle an argument, he brings his adversary stone money as a token.
Word: calculated mistake Part of Speech: noun 1. An intentional error, usually to avoid some worse outcome, especially when done as a ruse.
Word: semifinite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English finite English semifinite From semi- + finite. 1. (Of a measure space) in which every nonzero measurable set has a subset with finite nonzero measure Labels: not-comparable
Word: saving throw Part of Speech: noun 1. In certain games, primarily role-playing games, an effort to ward off a specific threat by rolling a die or dice and coming up with a particular number.
Word: death throe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθ θɹoʊ/ 1. Struggle that is followed by death. Labels: in-plural 2. The final movements or sounds, often erratic, of a living being as it dies. Labels: in-plural Example: In her death throes, she made a sound and reached outward. Example: One thing, however, was certain, the death throes ceased - at first I thought because he had got beyond them, and crossed the awful river. 3. The final actions or output of a machine or other object before it ceases to function. Labels: figuratively, in-plural Example: As part of its death throes, the printer made a grinding sound and then never worked again.
Word: Junior Circuit Part of Speech: name 1. The American League, the younger of Major League Baseball's two leagues.
Word: lightswitch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of light switch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Senior Circuit Part of Speech: name 1. The National League, the older of Major League Baseball's two leagues.
Word: tarbaby Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tar baby (“difficult, "sticky" situation”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ...en de Tar-Baby, she keep on sayin' nothin', twel present'y Brer Rabbit draw back wid his fis', he did, en blip he tuck 'er side er de head. Right dar's whar he broke his merlasses jug. His fis' stuck, en he can't pull loose. De tar hilt 'im. But Tar-Baby, she stay still... "'Ef you don't lemme loose, I'll knock you agin," sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, en wid dat he fotch 'er a wipe wid de udder han', en dat stuck. Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nothin'... " 'Tu'n me loose, fo' I kick de natal stuffin' outen you,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, but de Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nothin'. She des hilt on, en den Brer Rabbit lose de use er his feet in de same way. Brer Fox, he lay low. Den Brer Rabbit squall out dat ef de Tar-Baby don't tu'n 'im loose he butt 'er cranksided. En den he butted, en his head got stuck... "Who ax you fer ter come en strike up a 'quaintance wid dish yer Tar-Baby? En who stuck you up dar whar you iz? Nobody in de roun' worril. You des tuck en jam yo'se'f on dat Tar-Baby widout waitin' fer enny invite," sez Brer Fox, "en dar you is, en dar you'll stay..." Example: It is important to emphasize the basic difference between "tar baby" and the previous American approach to southern Africa. As defended by Morris and its other creators, the new approach was designed to assist peaceful change in the area. The danger was that if it failed to meet its purpose, the new policy would simply provide a thin excuse for normalization of relations with the white regimes. 2. Alternative form of tar baby (“(ethnic slur) black person”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sourish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sourisch, sourissh, sowrische, sowrishe, sowrisshe, sowryssh; equivalent to sour + -ish. 1. Somewhat sour. Example: a sourish taste Example: a sourish disposition
Word: soul-searching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From soul + searching; the noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊlsəːtʃɪŋ/, /ˈsoʊlˌsəɹtʃɪŋ/ 1. Involving probing introspection, or a critical consideration of one's conscience, especially motives and values. Example: Fortune had showered upon him gifts unlooked for; had enabled him, had he been blessed with prudence, to keep the path where he could have been free from ostentatious obligation, on the one hand, and soul searching mortification on the other: but, like an improvident spendthrift, he had lavished away in the fever of indiscretion, the gifts she had bestowed with so liberal a hand; […] Example: His face is fair, rather oval, his eye dark, soft and bashful, glows with a soul-searching kindness; […]
Word: soul-searching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soul + searching; the noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊlsəːtʃɪŋ/, /ˈsoʊlˌsəɹtʃɪŋ/ 1. Probing introspection; a critical consideration of one's conscience; also, an instance of such consideration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After much soul-searching I decided to confess. Example: You’d better do some serious soul-searching before you decide to leave her.
Word: soul-searching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From soul + searching; the noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊlsəːtʃɪŋ/, /ˈsoʊlˌsəɹtʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of soul-search Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snuffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snuff + -er. 1. A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle. Example: If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup. 2. A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product). 3. The common porpoise. 4. The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee).
Word: candle snuffer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
Word: candlesnuffer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of candle snuffer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: candlesnuffers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candlesnuffer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: candle snuffers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candle snuffer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snuffers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snuffer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snuffers Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of snuffer (“device to extinguish candles”). Example: This typical example of a snuffers works like a pair of scissors; the blades are used to cut the wick.
Word: assfuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ass + fuck. Pronunciation: /ˈæs.fʌk/ 1. Sodomy, anal sex, an act of anal intercourse. Labels: Canada, US, vulgar Example: Too much wetness ruins a good assfuck. The friction is part of what gets me off. Example: And they go on, hanging around me in the pit, talking loudly about assfucks and who spits, who swallows, and how loud they can be when they come. 2. A jerk; an obnoxious person. Labels: Canada, US, vulgar Example: He'd cruised in after work, the week's aggravating assfucks sloughed off... Example: Can't anyone take a nice warm and relaxing bubblebath without some assfuck ruining it?! 3. An act of stunning betrayal. Labels: Canada, US, vulgar