nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: snuggle bunny Part of Speech: noun 1. A romantic partner, child, pet, stuffed animal, etc. which is an object of affection and which provides comfort through physical contact. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: "So you're wanting to find a little 'intense physical affection'?" "Oh, my! That's a bit crude, isn't it?" "Well, then may I suggest my favorite euphemism: 'snugglebunnies'." Example: Howie is a 3-month-old brown rabbit that is available for adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, 2536 Bountin Dr. Howie is housebroken, affectionate, calm and makes a great snuggle bunny.
Word: cuddle bunny Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of snuggle bunny.
Word: cuddle-bunny Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cuddle bunny. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snuggle-bunny Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of snuggle bunny. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: serose Part of Speech: adj 1. Serous. Labels: obsolete Example: But the Butter is not pressed at all, as appears in that no serose humour is squeezed out of it […] Example: [W]henever the bloud is quiet or ceaſes from motion, vvhether vvithin or vvithout the body of an Animal, the red and grumoſe part of it ſoon curdles, and is ſeparated from the ſeroſe or albumen; […]
Word: Horikawa Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: pre-Apennine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + Apennine. 1. Of or pertaining to the foothills of the Apennines Labels: not-comparable
Word: preshave Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + shave. 1. Designed for application before shaving Labels: not-comparable
Word: preshave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + shave. 1. A lotion used to prepare the skin for shaving, especially when using an electric shaver
Word: torcularious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin torculārius. Pronunciation: /ˌtɔːkjuːˈlɛəɹɪəs/ 1. Of or belonging to a (wine or oil) press. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: machine wash Part of Speech: verb 1. To wash using a machine; especially, to wash (clothes) in a washing machine. Labels: transitive
Word: machine wash Part of Speech: noun 1. A wash in a washing machine (of clothing etc.) Example: This garment tolerates machine washes.
Word: nine-to-fiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nine-to-five + -er. 1. Someone who works a nine-to-five job. Example: The men and women who walk here are an unassuming lot, less the cell-phoned swells of the new Bryant Park than nine-to-fivers needing a smoke. Example: And the welders and the drivers And the old nine to fivers And the regular Joe's of the world
Word: nonsense word Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nonsense + word. 1. A neologised word that does not have a given meaning, or that has been invented without any etymological sense. Example: George Bernard Shaw's classic joke about English spelling is that his nonsense word ghoti should be pronounced fish. He explained: gh = like the gh in cough = fo = like the o in women = i ti = like the ti in nation = sh ghoti = fish.
Word: nose out Part of Speech: verb 1. To find using one's sense of smell. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Trained to nose out anything from a hidden handgun to a cache of dynamite, the dogs are employed to check important trains like Rajdhani Express or Ashram Express when they arrive at the platform. Example: In the second place, do sharks really follow ships, when there are corpses on board, more than they do at other times ? and if so, by what particular organisation does a fish in the water continue to nose out the particular origin and direction of an effluvium... 2. To find by searching. Labels: figuratively, informal, transitive 3. To defeat by a small margin. Labels: informal, transitive Example: We were nosed out for the pennant that year, Example: Rashnaa nosed out Amiable Grace to finish a distant third in a field reduced to seven after the scratches of Comic Marvel and Dance to the Moon...
Word: predestinarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From predestinarian + -ism. 1. The belief (or doctrine) that one is powerless to change one's destiny. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: etymologism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English etymologism From etymology + -ism. 1. A word constructed as a translation of a foreign word by using the etymology of the foreign word
Word: Preface Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of preface (“prayer before the canon of the Mass”). Labels: alt-of
Word: potato salads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of potato salad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Midianitish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Midianite + -ish. 1. Of the Midianites. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
Word: alangst Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of alongst. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: alangst Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of alongst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ænigmatically Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of enigmatically. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The fact is, that the superior strength and size of the celebrated heroes of antiquity can only be accounted for satisfactorily, by having recourse to that recondite wisdom of the ancients, which was first discovered in the colleges of the Ægyptian priests, and was afterwards delivered ænigmatically by Pythagoras, […]
Word: same-sex marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. Marriage between two people of the same sex. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday conceded that its objections to same-sex marriage are ideological rather than legal in a statement declaring it “against the natural order.” The comments, included in the court’s full 12-page ruling against a challenge to the charter’s prohibition of same-sex marriage, angered proponents and supporters of marriage equality and has sent #ConstitutionalCourtisSexist trending atop Thai Twitter since last night.
Word: bleeds out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bleed out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: same-sex marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of same-sex marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traditional marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A heterosexual marriage; a social or legal union between two people of opposite sex. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For the first time in Gallup's tracking of the issue, a majority of Americans (53%) believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see traditional, marriage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The third set is the African traditional marriage as well as the Islamic marriage and the Hindu marriage. This is considered to be a potentially polygamous marriage. Example: A great deal has been written about polygamy as a traditional marriage system in all Africa of which Iboland is a part.
Word: traditional marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traditional marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: civil unions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of civil union Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hep E Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of hepatitis E. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: hepatitis E Part of Speech: noun 1. An acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by the orofecal route. Labels: uncountable
Word: hepatitic Part of Speech: adj 1. Related to hepatitis and other liver diseases. Example: Hepatitic diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatitis A are preventable through a healthy lifestyle including vaccination and good diet. 2. Related to the laboratory samples and enzyme levels in the liver. Example: HIV+ patients really have to be careful and get their hepatitic levels checked every four months.
Word: præterition Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of preterition. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: double sharp Part of Speech: noun 1. An accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step higher.
Word: double flat Part of Speech: noun 1. An accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step lower.
Word: double sharps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double sharp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double flats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double flat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: præcordium Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of precordium. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: augmented fourths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of augmented fourth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: there's no point crying over spilt milk Part of Speech: proverb 1. It is useless to be upset over something that cannot be undone.
Word: C-spine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cervical + spine. 1. A neckbrace. Labels: countable Example: When placing a C-spine on you must measure the person's neck precisely. 2. The position in which a trauma patient's cervical spine is immobilized to prevent possible or further spinal injury. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Always maintain C-spine if there is even a chance that someone has hit their head or fallen. 3. Abbreviation of cervical spinal immobilization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: C-spine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cervical + spine. 1. To immobilize a person's neck and head. Example: His neck is broken you must C-spine him now!
Word: neckbrace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neck + brace. 1. An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.
Word: Sakyamuni Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit शाक्यमुनि (śākyamuni, “sage of the Śākyas”). 1. The Gautama Buddha. Labels: dated
Word: Shakyamuni Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Sakyamuni. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Power of The Dzogchen Buddha Path Four Noble Truths When I trust The Four Noble Truths of the Enlightened, I open the pure Dharma Eye of Wisdom. When I hold The Four Noble Truths of the Enlightened, I directly perceive the Victorious Buddha Shakyamuni. Sarwa Mangalam! [meaning: May all be auspicious!]
Word: downarg Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From down- + arg (“to argue”). 1. To gainsay or contradict in an overbearing, domineering manner; browbeat; assert violently. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: nom de Web Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from nom (“name”) + de (“of”) + Web, by analogy with nom de guerre. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒm də ˈwɛb/, /ˌnɑm də ˈwɛb/ 1. A pseudonym used when publishing on the World Wide Web. Labels: Internet, informal Example: Friedberg — whose nom de Web is StinkE — is an 18-year-old, hip hop-loving Hiero fan who started his site in August, 1995 as a tribute to his favorite crew. Example: On the same day, Barista of Bloomfield Avenue, the nom de Web of Debbie Galant, who lives in a suburban town in New Jersey and is one of the most esteemed "hyperlocal bloggers" in the country, led with a picture from her recent vacation in the Berkshires.
Word: ROAH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of restraining order after hearing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: preludia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preludium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protoconversation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + conversation. 1. An interaction between an adult (typically a mother) and baby, that includes words, sounds and gestures, that attempts to convey meaning before the onset of language in the child
Word: instructrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of instructrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enclude Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of include. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: calorique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French calorique. 1. Obsolete spelling of caloric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: amœne Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of amene. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: shoe-leather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoe + leather. Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːˌlɛðə/, /ˈʃuːˌlɛðɚ/ 1. Leather that is used to make shoes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Outside of patent leathers and specialties, I know of no other types of shoe leathers which are commanding replacement costs today. Example: Naturally, this aristocrat of shoe leathers costs more than ordinary leather – and, for the past two years, it has been all but unobtainable in this country. 2. Leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking. Labels: uncountable Example: In old times, if a Coniston peasant had any business at Ulverstone, he walked to Ulverstone; spent nothing but shoe-leather on the road, drank at the streams, and if he spent a couple of batz when he got to Ulverstone, "it was the end of the world." But now, he would never think of doing such a thing! He first walks three miles in a contrary direction, to a railroad station, and then travels by railroad twenty-four miles to Ulverstone, paying two shillings fare. Example: Save on shoe leather [letter title] […] Pounding the sidewalks can seriously wear you out. 3. The sweat of one's brow; effort; investigatory effort. Labels: broadly, countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: They expended a lot of shoe-leather in hunting down every lead. Example: Another way in which the laity expressed their yearning to break through the barrier separating them from the divine was to journey in pilgrimage to sacred places or shrines, so that they might offer their prayers in an especially powerful and effective setting. This was a devotion in which a layperson’s shoeleather was as good as that of any priest. 4. Tough meat, especially cheap meat. Labels: countable, derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncountable Example: The school certainly wasn't breaking the bank by feeding us — when it wasn't gruel it was shoe-leather.
Word: shoe-leather Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shoe + leather. Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːˌlɛðə/, /ˈʃuːˌlɛðɚ/ 1. Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: When we set out to produce the site full time, everything we did went on the site, but the reporting for the site hasn't changed. I don't think it ever will. It's basic shoe leather reporting, hunting down sources and documents and confirming authenticity. Example: The book, wrought from old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting of a type that's disappearing faster than nonfranchised lunch counters on Main Street, isn't chiefly a tale of drugs and crime, of dysfunction and despair, but a recession-era tragedy scaled for an "Our Town," Thornton Wilder stage and seemingly based on a script by William S. Burroughs.
Word: protoconversations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protoconversation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mixed-sex Part of Speech: adj 1. Comprising both males and females. Labels: not-comparable Example: a mixed-sex school
Word: misfuel Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill a vehicle with the wrong type of fuel (usually petrol for diesel) Example: Misfuelling happens more than 400 times a day. Example: The cost of misfueling
Word: unhazardous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hazardous. 1. Not hazardous.
Word: hazarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hasardour, from Middle French hasardeur. 1. One who ventures or hazards. Example: Meeting his doom so, the great hazarder fulfils a destiny for which his whole life was prelude. 2. A player at cards or dice; gamester. Labels: obsolete
Word: hazardable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hazard + -able. 1. Liable to chance or hazard; exposed to dangers; risky or uncertain. Example: How to keep the corpse seven days from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable piece of art, in our choicest practice 2. Capable of being hazarded or risked.
Word: magazinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magazine + -ist. 1. One who writes in a magazine.
Word: Maotai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 茅台 (Máotái) Wade-Giles: Mao²-tʻai², reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin. 1. A town in Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China. Example: MAOTAI CAPTURED BY SZECHUAN FORCES The Szechuan pursuit forces, after recapturing Maotai, western Kweichow, crossed the Chihshui Ho (River) and we now reached Tsaochihpa, near the Kweichow-Szechuan border. Example: Here in Maotai, where the pungent odor of fermenting sorghum is overpowering and almost everyone works for the distillery, spiking prices have become a point of pride. 2. Alternative form of Moutai (liquor) Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal Example: Making inquiries, Chou ascertained that mao-t’ai was distilled with medicinal waters of the valley which had the unique property of producing a liquor that didn't go to one's head.
Word: simun Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of simoom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alsakharovite-Zn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Aleksey + Sakharov + -ite + Zn (“zinc”). Named after Aleksey Sergeyevich Sakharov (1910–1996), a Russian geologist who worked on the Lovozero massif where the mineral was discovered. 1. An extremely rare alkaline strontium zinc titanium silicate mineral from the cyclosilicates class, with formula written as NaSrKZn(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·7H₂O, from alkaline pegmatites. Labels: uncountable
Word: wakefieldite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Wakefield Lake in Quebec, Canada, + -ite (now known as Lake Saint Pierre). 1. Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.
Word: wakefieldites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wakefieldite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plush toy Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft toy with a soft, plush covering. Labels: Australia, Canada, US
Word: plush toys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plush toy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neckbraces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neckbrace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: C-spines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of C-spine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: HIV negative Part of Speech: adj 1. Not infected by HIV. Labels: not-comparable Example: I was lucky to test HIV negative after not having used condoms consistently with multiple partners.
Word: HIV- Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of HIV negative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: HIV+ Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of HIV positive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: HIV-positive Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of HIV positive. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Active, vibrant and HIV-positive, she continued her ascent among Washington, D.C.'s politically influential. Example: There have been other drugs since reticulose that I became aware of the successes of, some even able to claim "cure," even turning people from HIV-positive to negative.
Word: HIV-negative Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of HIV negative. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: test site Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where products or weapons are tested. Example: The Nevada test site is contaminated with radiation after years of nuclear testing. 2. A clinic or office where medical testing takes place. Example: The free teen clinic is a very welcoming HIV test site. 3. A room dedicated to the administration of exams, especially for certifications. Example: Connie took her bar exam at the University of Texas test site.
Word: poz Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of positive. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒz/, /ˈpɑz/ 1. HIV positive. Labels: not-comparable Example: Her test results were poz. Example: At a contentious public meeting to discuss barebacking in New York in 1999, an interesting statement came from a man who described himself as the manager of the nation's largest moderated bareback computer list. He stated almost in passing that the list was “about 98 percent poz guys.”
Word: poz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of positive. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒz/, /ˈpɑz/ 1. To infect (someone) with a sexually transmitted infection; especially HIV. Labels: transitive Example: However it’s hard to tell the truth from fantasy in the chats, which don’t include Boone talking of killing anyone, defence lawyer Ian Carter put to Lapointe. “During these hundreds of pages as part of that sexual fantasy of chasing, stealthing, pozzing or whatever you want to call it, he never indicates he wants to kill anyone?” Ian Carter asked her. “That’s correct,” said Lapointe, noting Boone does talk about giving people HIV and people dying of the disease. Example: Boone discussed his criminal exploits and said he became sexually aroused by “stealth pozzing,” or infecting unsuspecting partners. 2. To say something positive to someone about themselves. Labels: transitive Example: What on earth happened to the gallant tradition of “pozzing”: making positive remarks? What’s wrong with single guys going up to women in clubs to shout above the loud music, “Your delicate beauty has captured my heart” before presenting them with a single rose? But no.
Word: pozzies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pozzie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PFPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of patella femoral pain syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: patella femoral pain syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A sports injury causing chronic pain in the kneecap. Labels: uncountable
Word: octatonic scale Part of Speech: noun 1. A scale that has four half step intervals and four whole step intervals that alternate.
Word: octatonic scales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octatonic scale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: BSI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of body substance isolation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: pentatonic scales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentatonic scale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: augmented second Part of Speech: noun 1. an interval that is equivalent to a major second widened by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, this is equal to three half steps where the notes are in consecutive staff positions (compare minor third.)
Word: augmented seconds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of augmented second Labels: form-of, plural
Word: test sites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of test site Labels: form-of, plural
Word: C-spining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of C-spine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: C-spined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of C-spine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nonversation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of non- + conversation. 1. A meaningless conversation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is always a bit of jovial nonversation at the newsstand. Example: Oh, God, thought Hadley. This "nonversation" can't go on much longer.
Word: environut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enviro- + nut. 1. A fanatical environmentalist. Labels: informal Example: Sarah is so obsessed with endangered species! She's a real environut.
Word: Nissen huts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nissen hut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inocubate Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of inoculate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling 2. Misspelling of incubate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: cellar doors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellar door Labels: form-of, plural
Word: co-writes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of co-write Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: co-writing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of co-write Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: co-wrote Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of co-write Labels: form-of, past
Word: low seasons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of low season Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spoon + knife. 1. A hybrid utensil combining a spoon and a knife.
Word: evenes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of evene Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sixty-fourth note Part of Speech: noun 1. a note with 1/64 the value of a whole note
Word: sixty-fourth notes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sixty-fourth note Labels: form-of, plural
Word: œconomick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of economic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Lord Bute ſucceeded his Grace, and we may preſume, by his œconomick plan, for leſſening the expences of his majeſty’s houſehold, such as retrenching ſeveral tables, introducing board wages, &c. no addition was made in his adminiſtration.
Word: Tian'anmen Square Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Tiananmen Square. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Today Qianmen, the gate at the southern end of Tian'anmen Square ("Place of Heavenly Peace") marks the site of a boundary line drawn within the city by its cautious potentates. On one side is representative showiness: boulevards run in the traditional north-south direction, as well as newer avenues that cut through a sea of houses, broad streets like Dongchang'an Jie which Mao ordered built along an east-west axis. Example: Analysts have linked the campaign to broader efforts to stifle dissent ahead of sensitive political dates this year, especially the 20th anniversary year of the government’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests centered on Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square in 1989.
Word: unaccusativity Part of Speech: noun 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- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ)calq. Latin accūsātīvusder. Anglo-Norman accusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusder. Middle French acusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusbor. Middle English accusative English accusative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English unaccusativity From un- + accusative + -ity. 1. The state or property of being unaccusative. Labels: uncountable
Word: Cook Islanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cook Islander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stillatory Part of Speech: noun 1. A vessel used for distillation. 2. A place in which distillation is performed. Example: For these are Nature's Stillatories, in whose hollow Caverns the ascending vapours are congealed to that universal Aqua vitæ, that good fresh-water, the liquor of life, that sustains all the living Creatures in the world […]
Word: stillatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stillatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fewel Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of fuel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] and then of Sea-Coal and other necessary Fewel, fit for the working or melting of these Metalls; […]
Word: seacoal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + coal. 1. Coal from the sea: mineral coal that washes up from the sea onto beaches. Labels: uncountable Example: John Thompson of Setauket has a permit to go to Flushing and other parts of Long Island to search for sea-coal, of which he hath probable information. 2. Coal from across the sea: mineral coal, as opposed to charcoal, in a time and place in which the former arrived by ship and the latter arrived overland (such as London in Elizabethan times). Labels: Southern-England, historical, uncountable Example: […] and then of Sea-Coal and other necessary Fewel, fit for the working or melting of these Metalls; […] Example: And the change came fast. In 1570 there was still little sign of any major divergence from the traditional use of wood as fuel. Less than forty years later, in 1607, a case brought by the Crown in the Star Chamber stated as fact that ‘sea coal’ — a name for the coal that arrived in London by ship from Newcastle — was ‘the ordinary and usual fuel … almost everywhere in every man's house’. A single generation had made the switch. 3. Coal to be used at sea: a certain class of mineral coal, especially suitable for the steam engines of ships at sea and locomotives. Labels: US, historical, uncountable 4. Coal to be used at sea: a certain class of mineral coal, especially suitable for the steam engines of ships at sea and locomotives. Labels: US, historical, uncountable
Word: sea-coal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of seacoal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: durty Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of dirty. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: For men in stead of those magnificent Buildings which are seen in the world, could have had no better kind of dwellings then a bigger sort of Bee-hives or Birds-nests, made of contemptible sticks, and straws, and durty morter.
Word: brothers-in-arms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brother-in-arms Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweep something under the carpet Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of sweep something under the rug. Example: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I've been struggling with what I am now for 6 years—and it's time to stop sweeping the issue under the carpet
Word: death spiral Part of Speech: noun 1. The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash. Example: The only way to account for it is a structural breakup in flight, a stall, a spin, a death spiral as we call it. Example: “We call this getting yourself in a square corner, when you run out of ideas and experience at the same time,” said Mr. Barr, a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. “[…] Even for a good pilot, that could produce a death spiral.” 2. A manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface. Example: There are four types of death spirals, named for the edge on which the lady is skating—forward outside, forward inside, back outside, or back inside. 3. The situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure; a negative feedback loop. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: But what followed for Lozano, his grieving family claims, was a death spiral into infantilism and madness. Example: The markets are in meltdown, intensifying the downward pirouette of what the international financier George Soros has called "Greece's death spiral". 4. Synonym of ant mill (“A phenomenon where a group of army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle and eventually dying of exhaustion.”).
Word: graveyard spiral Part of Speech: noun 1. The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash.
Word: sex-text Part of Speech: verb 1. To send (someone) a sexually suggestive text message. Labels: ambitransitive Example: It was reported [...] they had exchanged raunchy texts. Ms Uchitel denied all that yesterday, saying: "I have never sex-texted in my life." Example: Eva Longoria splits from Tony Parker because he was allegedly sex-texting former team-mate's wife Erin Barry
Word: pozzie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of positive with -ie. 1. An HIV positive person. Labels: informal Example: In fact, any sexual encounter with a pozzie always contains some risk of transmission — however small. 2. Australian (slang) A place or position. Example: She doesn't look at me; she looks out over the wet yard. Chooks fight for good pozzies in the roosts. 3. Australian (slang) A job.
Word: Bong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bengali বঙ্গ (boṅgo). 1. A Bengali (from West Bengal). Labels: India, offensive, sometimes
Word: Bong Part of Speech: name 1. A county of Liberia. Capital: Gbarnga.
Word: Boma Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Bantu ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Word: Boma Part of Speech: name 1. Their language.
Word: anaplerosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up”) + πλήρωσις (plḗrōsis), from πληρόω (plēróō, “to fill”) + -σῐς (-sĭs). 1. The replenishment of a deficiency, or refilling of the space left by a destroyed part. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An intermediate enzyme reaction that replaces a depleted vital compound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bougie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably of French origin. 1. A surname from French. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Former name of Béjaïa, Algeria. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inocubates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inocubate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inocubating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inocubate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inocubated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inocubate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nonversations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonversation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: environuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of environut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backseat drivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backseat driver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brach Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A commune in Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Word: Bethphage Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Bethphage, from Ancient Greek Βηθφαγή (Bēthphagḗ), from Aramaic בֵּית־פַּגֵּי (Bêṯ Paggî, literally “house of unripe figs”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛθ.fəˌd͡ʒi/, /ˈbɛθ.feɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A place near Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
Word: phoneticize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From phonetic + -ize. 1. To spell by phonetic script. Labels: transitive Example: He phoneticizes his given name, Ippolito, into Tibetan. 2. To change (spelling) so that it is more phonetic (transparent) (see Orthographic depth). Labels: transitive
Word: plushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: under the carpet Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. So as to be hidden from plain view (and thus easily ignored or overlooked). Labels: idiomatic Example: to sweep (something) under the carpet Example: But in the 1970s the process went into reverse, as more and more 'bad' data went under the carpet. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, carpet. Example: When the carpet layers came in and removed the carpet she said there were millions of black eggs and tiny worms crawling under the carpet.
Word: upperparts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upperpart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: made love Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of make love Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: upperpart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upper + part. 1. Any of the upper parts of a bird, including the mantle, back, rump and upper part of the tail coverts Example: Upperparts of back and tail and outerside of legs a reddish brown grey with a silvery tinge, turning towards the nape to a rich red;
Word: dæmoniacal Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of demoniacal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But if a man, who by nature is most generous, who employs the most temperate discipline, the most true philosophy, and the most auspicious fortune, should be thought worthy by divinity to associate with a dæmoniacal power, shall it appear wonderful and incredible that this man, so far as was sufficient for him, should deliver oracles ; not to the Athenians, by Jupiter, consulting about the Grecian evils ; nor to the Lacedæmonians interrogating about military expeditions ; nor to some one, who being about to contend in the Olympic games, should ask concerning victory ; nor to one enquiring in a court of justice if he should gain his cause ; nor to the lover of wealth, asking if he shall be rich ; nor to any other busily employed in enquiring about things of no worth, and for which men daily disturb the gods ?
Word: homœopathist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homœopathy + -ist. 1. Obsolete form of homeopathist. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: homœodont Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of homoeodont. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: homoeodont Part of Speech: adj 1. Conical, without tubercles or crests. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pliés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plié Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mad as a fish Part of Speech: adj 1. Demented, crazy. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Voluble, almost incomprehensible, mad as a fish and perpetually drunk. Example: The only one I'm scared of is that Eliza Cooper. Mad as a fish that one.
Word: spill out Part of Speech: verb 1. to exit (outside) in large quantities Labels: intransitive Example: People were spilling out of the stadium after the game. 2. to be released without constraint Labels: intransitive Example: Abuse spilled out of her mouth. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spill, out. Example: Be careful with that jug! The water is spilling out.
Word: chocogasm Part of Speech: noun 1. A pleasurable sensation from eating chocolate. Labels: slang
Word: chocogasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chocogasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prime formula Part of Speech: noun 1. A well-formed formula which has not been made by combining simpler well-formed formulas by means of logical connectives.
Word: logical connective Part of Speech: noun 1. A truth-valued function such as conjunction, disjunction, negation, and material implication.
Word: nut out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nut (“(slang) the head”) + out, referring to thinking or working something out in one’s head. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌt aʊt/, /ˈnɐt ˌæɔt/, /-ˌæʊt/ 1. To find a solution (for something), especially in a group discussion; also, to work out the finer details (of something). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, transitive Example: [A] chronic optimistic faith in pragmatic experiment to overcome deficiencies in the knowledge of these experts (rather than set up an expensive preparatory research program) was responsible for the difficulties that immediately occurred when the factory began to produce glass in July 1962. An Auckland newspaper reporter transmitted the parochial attitude of the technical management when he boasted that the finer points of glassmaking “had to be nutted out by Kiwis on the spot.” Example: On the Monday afternoon, at about four o'clock, Mervyn said, “Well, we’re doing a lot of sitting around gas, gas, gas, but it seems to me we’ve got everything there is to nut out, nutted out.[…]”
Word: nut out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nut (“(slang) crazy person”) + out. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌt aʊt/, /ˈnɐt ˌæɔt/, /-ˌæʊt/ 1. To become crazy, especially with rage. Labels: US, intransitive, slang Example: There was also the Black political pimp syndrome where a few middle-class and bourgeois negroes got big off the people’s struggles, and then nutted out completely, joining forces with our enemies, as agents, messengers, sophisticated stool pigeons, professional confusers. Example: The day we found out George Jackson was murdered he nutted out. I was there, at Shirley Sutherland′s house in Beverly Hills, the afternoon we heard George Jackson was murdered, and he nutted out at this meeting, right there.
Word: pack off Part of Speech: verb 1. To send away, with belongings, for a long time. Labels: transitive Example: I was packed off to boarding school for three months and only saw my parents during the holidays.
Word: pack out Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill with spectators, passengers etc. Labels: transitive Example: The stadium was packed out. Example: Here [at Grantham], the train has three minutes to reverse, during which time it is suddenly packed out with shoppers heading to Nottingham. It's standing room only for those who arrive last. 2. To bring something (often waste) away when one leaves a natural environment like a campground. Labels: transitive Example: Be sure to bring enough bags to pack out all your trash. 3. To become quite compacted; to become tightly-packed. Labels: intransitive 4. To beat up; to jump. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: rapeseeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rapeseed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pair off Part of Speech: verb 1. To separate into groups of two. Labels: intransitive 2. To join two people into a relationship. Labels: transitive 3. To agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues. Labels: dated, intransitive
Word: paper over Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Suggesting the use of wallpaper to cover defects on a wall. 1. To superficially hide or disguise (a problem or a defect) without addressing it; to provide a veneer of normality or success. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Runaway lending continues, bad debts mount even higher, and the need for more cash to paper over losses becomes that much more acute. Example: While Volcker briefly submitted his resignation to Treasury Secretary Baker, a new vote would paper over immediate tensions – though Volcker's time as chair was numbered, going forward.
Word: pat down Part of Speech: verb 1. To frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons. Labels: US, informal, transitive
Word: peg away Part of Speech: verb 1. To keep working (at something). Labels: informal Example: ‘Art's the only thing I care for, I'm willing to give my whole life to it. It's only a question of sticking to it and pegging away.’ Example: You are tired now and you find it hard, but you peg away. 2. To depart hastily; peg it; scram. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: pick through Part of Speech: verb 1. To look through a group or list in order to select what one desires. Labels: transitive
Word: pin up Part of Speech: verb 1. To put (e.g. a sheet of paper) on display, using a pin. Labels: transitive
Word: pit out Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave the pits and go out onto the race track Labels: intransitive 2. To stop working Labels: intransitive 3. To show sweat on one's clothes, especially around the armpits. Labels: intransitive Example: It was so hot, I was starting to pit out by mid-morning. 4. To make sweaty (of clothes). Labels: transitive Example: At this rate, he was going to pit out his dress shirt, and he didn't have anything to change into before the meeting.
Word: plant out Part of Speech: verb 1. To put (a plant) into the ground outside, from a greenhouse or a plant pot. Labels: transitive
Word: play away Part of Speech: verb 1. To be sexually unfaithful out of one's home Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: formation rule Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a set of rules used to construct well-formed formulas of a formal language.
Word: homoeogeneous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a similar kind.
Word: homœogeneous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of homoeogeneous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cut bait Part of Speech: verb 1. To give up on something in order to pursue something else. Labels: idiomatic Example: Jenny knew it was time to cut bait, since her relationship with Joe was never going to progress beyond the current level of commitment. 2. To chop up fish bait for use. Labels: literally
Word: cuts bait Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cut bait Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cutting bait Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cut bait Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: formation rules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of formation rule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plug up Part of Speech: verb 1. To put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of. Labels: transitive Example: People often flush paper towels down toilets, plugging them up; […] 2. To reinforce something weak. Labels: transitive
Word: manœuverable Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of maneuverable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: manœuvreable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From manœuvre + -able. 1. Obsolete form of maneuverable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: make a mockery of Part of Speech: verb 1. To mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contempt. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: After Gervinho had been brilliantly denied an early shot on goal by Mats Hummels' outstretched boot, the German champions made a mockery of their fourth-seeding in this season's group-stage draw. 2. To give a bad name, to act in such a way as to bring ridicule upon that which one represents. Example: The Begin regime has made a mockery of the slogan "Never Again," which to me means a determination to work against another Holocaust occurring against the Jews or any other people. Example: This is also a TransPennine Express service which makes a mockery of the word 'express'. 3. To defeat easily, so as to show up as inadequate. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The burglars made a mockery of the museum's security system. Example: […]and this squadron would include various steamships that made further mockery of the sail-powered slave ships' attempts to evade them.
Word: homœopathists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homœopathist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goalline Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of goal line. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Kevin Grosskreutz fired over when well-placed in the box, Kagawa did similarly after being put through on goal and then Lewandowski, having rounded Szczesny, was denied by Bacary Sagna's goalline clearance.
Word: inference rule Part of Speech: noun 1. A rule for combining (or modifying) well-formed formulas of a formal language in a truth-preserving manner (to yield new well-formed formulas).
Word: matter of time Part of Speech: noun 1. An inevitable result; something that is bound to happen. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: DUKAT: I blame no one but myself. I was indiscreet. I compromised myself and have been punished accordingly. If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him. Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback. Everything I have lost, I will regain. It's only a matter of time. Example: In a matter of time it would slip from my mind / In and out of my life, you would slip from my mind / In a matter of time
Word: inference rules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inference rule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: return pass Part of Speech: noun 1. A pass back to the person who just passed the ball. Example: But then Arsenal scored. Sebastian Kehl's poor touch ended at Walcott's feet via Van Persie. The Englishman's return pass was a delight, allowing Van Persie to take a touch before rifling a rising drive past Roman Weidenfeller.
Word: premisses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of premiss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: premisses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of premiss Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spifes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: friendy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From friend + -y. 1. A friend. Labels: childish
Word: hemitonic pentatonic scales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemitonic pentatonic scale Labels: form-of, plural