nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mixologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mix Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English -ologist English mixologist From mix + -ologist. 1. A person who creates cocktails, especially one considered an artist in that craft. Labels: humorous, often 2. Any bartender. Labels: broadly Example: By the way, the difference between a bartender and a mixologist can be confusing, but normally a bartender serves the patrons at a sit-down style bar, where a mixologist would usually work at a very busy service-style bar. Example: But now we see a split in the mixed-drink community. On one hand, cool bars and star mixologists are lauded and awarded as never before. On the other, booze brands are rushing to develop pre-mixed beverages for a burgeoning Ready to Drink (RTD) market. 3. A disc jockey.
Word: overbet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English bet English overbet From over- + bet. 1. A bet which is more than standard for a particular situation. Example: Since the pot was only $10, Julie's $100 bet was certainly an overbet.
Word: overbet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English bet English overbet From over- + bet. 1. To bet an amount which is more than standard for a particular situation. Example: Julie overbet by betting $100 into a $10 pot.
Word: overbets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overbet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overbets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overbet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overbetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overbet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: under- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- From Middle English under-, from Old English under-, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“below”) and *h₁n̥tér (“inside”). For more, see under. 1. Beneath, under Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. underground, underneath, underpass 2. To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path Labels: figuratively, morpheme Example: e.g. understand, undergo, underbear, undertake 3. Less than, beneath in quantity Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. underadditive, underage, underbound 4. Deficient, below what is correct, insufficient Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. underapply, underbill, underawe 5. Subordinate to Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. undersecretary, underling, underclass
Word: methodologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of methodology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shrinkwrap license Part of Speech: noun 1. A license agreement whose contents may only be read and accepted after a product has been purchased and the packaging removed.
Word: unmeaning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + meaning. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmiːnɪŋ/ 1. Having no meaning or significance. Labels: dated Example: 'Tis a poor Ideot Boy, / Who sits in the Sun, and twirls a Bough about, / His weak eyes seeth'd in most unmeaning tears. Example: The danger is plainly in the other direction,—to regard all truth as scientific, to reverence statistics, to attempt to gauge the soul, to measure the affections, and thus to make all true religion impossible, by limiting our faith by our knowledge, and by dismissing those terrible problems of destiny, with which the select est finds of all generations have wrestled, as unmeaning riddles, because we cannot solve them by the aid of the differential calculus.
Word: unmeaning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + meaning. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmiːnɪŋ/ 1. Absence of meaning; meaninglessness. Labels: uncountable
Word: low-born Part of Speech: adj 1. Born in a family of low status. Example: "The shame of refusing to meet you!—from the shame of meeting an equal I might," said Kingston, tauntingly; "but it is absurd to be challenged by my hired servant—a low-born nobody!" Example: This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward.
Word: 'cuz Part of Speech: conj 1. Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”). Labels: US, alt-of, informal
Word: Sissel Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A female given name from Norwegian.
Word: lemonary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English lymon English lemon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English lemonary From lemon + -ary. 1. A sheltered room in which lemon plants are housed (in pots) during cold weather.
Word: arthropodean Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɑːθɹəpɒˈdiːən/ 1. Of, resembling, or relating to the Arthropoda. Labels: not-comparable Example: …the tendency at present is to regard such stages as of hardly any importance at all. Then comparisons have constantly been made between Arthropodean and… Example: Passing from the above vertebrate example to the old arthropodean type Periplaneta we find, as fig. 5 and the table on p. will show, that here the number of the types of gemini is reduced from six to five.
Word: leguminose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin legūminōsus. 1. Alternative form of leguminous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sonja Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name. Example: 'At first I couldn't work out what had killed her,' said Sonja Lundin, frowning again, 'but because her head was shaved, I soon discovered it when I looked a bit closer.'
Word: last trump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Bible, Paul's first letter to the Corinthians: "We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump" (1 Corinthians 15:52, KJV), referring to the last of seven trumpets to be sounded at the Last Judgement. The term used for the instrument in the original Koine Greek is σάλπιγξ (sálpinx), often translated as “war-trumpet”, but not resembling the modern instrument (see Seven trumpets on Wikipedia). 1. The moment of God's final judgement on Earth. 2. A time that will never come; forever. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: We could wait until the last trump and no-one will turn up.
Word: Hermann Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German and Jewish surname, from Hermann. Compare Harman, Herman. 1. A surname from German borrowed from German Hermann. 2. A male given name from German. 3. A city, the county seat of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States.
Word: Hermann Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the German and Jewish surname, from Hermann. Compare Harman, Herman. 1. A particular pear cultivar.
Word: Alexandre Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Alexandre and Portuguese Alexandre. 1. A male given name from French or Portuguese, equivalent to English Alexander.
Word: Bertrand Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name. 2. A surname from French
Word: Armand Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Jemima Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of a minor biblical character, from Hebrew יְמִימָה (“dove”). By folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. Example: -- and at last Jemima was fixed upon, because it would do either for a Scripture name or for a heroine out of a book." "I did not know Jemima was a Scripture name," said Ruth. "Oh yes, it is. One of Job's daughters; Jemima, Kezia, and Keren-Happuch. There are a good many Jemimas in the world, and some Kezias, but I never heard of a Keren-Happuch; and yet we know just as much of one as of another. People really like a pretty name, whether Scripture or out of it."
Word: Jemima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of a minor biblical character, from Hebrew יְמִימָה (“dove”). By folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə/ 1. An elastic-sided boot.
Word: like it or lump it Part of Speech: verb 1. To accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: We’re going to stay home this year. No holidays. You can like it or lump it. Example: I see you dont like that, any of you; but its true, for all that; so if you dont like it you can lump it.
Word: lump it Part of Speech: verb 1. To endure, accept, put up with a situation one does not like. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: Sorry, but you'll just have to lump it.
Word: Bradshaw Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw. 1. The name of some places in Northern England. 2. The name of some places in Northern England. 3. The name of some places in Northern England. 4. The name of some places in Northern England. 5. A habitational surname from Old English derived from these places. 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Bradshaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw. 1. A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw. Publication ceased in May 1961. Labels: UK Example: He was at breakfast at nine, and for the twentieth time consulted his Bradshaw to see at what earliest hour Dr Grantly could arrive from Barchester. Example: The "5th Mo. (May) 1939" issue of Bradshaw's Railway Shipping, and Hotel Guide for Great Britain and Ireland appears in a cream cover printed in blue and gold, and a prefatory note explains that, as 1939 is being celebrated as the centenary year of Bradshaw, it is intended to adopt this livery from now until the September issue inclusive. For October, the centenary month, Bradshaw will be published in a gold cover printed in red and blue.
Word: Bradshaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw. 1. To navigate by following railway lines. Labels: ambitransitive Example: To all intents and purposes, we had either to map-read or Bradshaw our way across tens of thousands of acres of featureless, flat landscape. Example: Near-synonym: IFR
Word: specchia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian specchia. 1. A megalithic pile of stones found in the Salento region of Italy.
Word: lump in one's throat Part of Speech: noun 1. Strong emotion, either happy or sad, causing someone to be on the verge of crying; a sensation of tightness in the throat associated herewith. Labels: idiomatic Example: After hearing his story I could hardly speak for the lump in my throat. Example: There was a lump in Katie Hayward’s throat as she spoke about the emotional impact of the thefts that have cast a shadow over Britain’s beekeepers. “The heartbreaking thing is that it’s a very close community. The fact that one beekeeper does this to another is the hardest thing of all,” she says.
Word: lump to one's throat Part of Speech: noun 1. On the point of crying due to strong emotion, either happy or sad. Example: The final scene of Romeo and Juliet always brings a lump to my throat.
Word: tempietto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tempietto. 1. A small, temple-like building Example: Trowbridge & Livingston designed a chubby granite tower in the neo-Classical style topped not by a tempietto, a cupola or a spire — all used in previous high buildings — but a steep, massive pyramid of 24 steps.
Word: Petri Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German
Word: child of the manse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A figurative use of the literal sense of “one born in a manse (a dwelling for a minister of certain Christian churches)”, attributed to be hard-working and disciplined due to life-long indoctrination with the Protestant work ethic. 1. A diligent and industrious person.
Word: children of the manse Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of child of the manse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daughter of the manse Part of Speech: noun 1. A female child of the manse.
Word: daughters of the manse Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daughter of the manse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: son of the manse Part of Speech: noun 1. A male child of the manse, the son of a Christian minister or a diligent male person. Most often used in Scotland of the sons of Presbyterian clergy. Example: Dr McIntyre . . . is a son of the manse, always a good step on the high road to fortune in Scotland. Example: The next prime minister is always referred to as a son of the manse, but what was his Scottish upbringing really like?
Word: sons of the manse Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of son of the manse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: standardisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English standardise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English standardisation From standardise + -ation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of standardization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: The final remnants of the competitive spirit between companies will be eliminated, and there is no reasonable prospect that the dull uniformity of standardisation will be offset by greater efficiency in operation. Example: Standardisation of locomotive design is an essential feature of an efficiently run modern railway.
Word: underemployed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English employed English underemployed From under- + employed. 1. Employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired. Labels: not-comparable Example: I found myself underemployed when the company downgraded me from full-time to part-time.
Word: raggedy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ragged + -y. By surface analysis, rag + -ety. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡɪdi/ 1. Torn, ragged or tattered. 2. Wearing torn or tattered clothes.
Word: railroader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From railroad + -er. 1. One who works for a railroad company. 2. One who railroads people.
Word: rainmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rain + making. 1. The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds. Labels: uncountable Example: There are endless varieties of rain-making practised by witch-doctors[.] 2. Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue. Labels: US, informal, uncountable Example: His firm's goal was to fill their gender quota—and simultaneously do some rainmaking by hiring the daughters of CEOs.
Word: rake-off Part of Speech: noun 1. A percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe, as part of an unlawful enterprise, or as a commission from the pot of a casino game. Example: The local party machines took control of the cajas, the local savings banks. They encouraged them to lend to developers, in many cases taking a rake-off for party coffers.
Word: rampancy Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being rampant. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rancidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ranciduslbor. English rancid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English rancidity From rancid + -ity. 1. The state of being rancid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ranginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rangy 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 ranginess From rangy + -ness. 1. The state of being rangy. Labels: uncountable
Word: rapid-fire Part of Speech: adj 1. Able to fire bullets in quick succession. 2. Delivered in a rapid continuous stream. Labels: usually
Word: rathskeller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Rathskeller, obsolete spelling of Ratskeller. In English the obsolete spelling has often been retained to avoid the association with rodents. 1. A bar or restaurant in a basement, especially one that serves beer.
Word: rationalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rationalist + -ic or rational + -istic. 1. Of or relating to rationalism.
Word: rattlebrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rattle + brain. 1. A rattlebrained person. Example: a genial young fellow enough to look at, and something of a rattlebrain, to all appearance. Example: My mother, peace be with her, when she called me a rattlebrain, was right.
Word: rattlebrained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rattle + brained. 1. Foolish
Word: rattly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rattle + -y. Compare rattling. 1. That rattles. Example: a rattly air conditioner 2. Resembling the sound of a rattle. 3. Of a vehicle, that shakes when being driven. 4. Of the lungs, chest, etc., producing raspy or gurgling sound due to excess mucus.
Word: national holiday Part of Speech: noun 1. A statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself. 2. A public holiday.
Word: rattrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rat trappe; equivalent to rat + trap. 1. A device (trap) used to catch rats. Example: ... the whole world with its lands and seas, its cities and villages - was nothing but a big rattrap. It had never existed for any other purpose than to set baits for people. It offered riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing, exactly as the rattrap offered cheese and pork, and as soon as anyone let himself be tempted to touch the bait, it closed in on him, and then everything came to an end. 2. A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary. 3. A difficult, entangling situation. 4. A type of bicycle pedal made of metal with no rubber.
Word: magnetic North Pole Part of Speech: noun 1. The point on the Earth where compasses point to. It is constantly drifting and is currently located on Ellesmere Island some 1,000 km from the geographic North Pole. Labels: uncountable
Word: modus tollens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin modus tollendō tollēns (“the mode where the denying denies”), from modus (“mode”) and forms of tollō (“to take away”). 1. A valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied, thus implying the denial of the antecedent. Modus tollens has this form Labels: uncountable Example: 1. If P, then Q. Example: 2. Not Q.
Word: siking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sike Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: siked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sike Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: McFarlan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of McFarlane. 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: McFarlane Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Pharthaláin (“son of Parthalán”), probably a Gaelicized form of the personal name Bartholomew. 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: mental gymnastics Part of Speech: noun 1. Difficult and complex logical thought processes, especially when performed effortlessly. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: To cope with these mental gymnastics we apply various ways of simplifying and reducing the information. 2. Inventive, complex arguments used to justify what is otherwise unjustifiable. Labels: derogatory, plural, plural-only Example: People often perform mental gymnastics in order to blame anyone but themselves. Example: But the end of science is to know reality. It is not mental gymnastics or a logical pastime.
Word: Suzuki Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese Suzuki (Suzuki), from Japanese すずき (Suzuki, “surname”) or Japanese スズキ (Suzuki, “automaker”); from Japanese 鈴木 (Suzuki) (automaker from the surname). Pronunciation: [syˈzyː.ki] 1. The second most common Japanese surname from Japanese. Example: For the past four years, Naoko Suzuki and her husband Koiji have been trying various ways to coax their 26-year-old son to leave the tight cocoon of his room and join a training programme that may help him get a job and enter mainstream society. […] The Suzukis belong to a growing pool of anxious parents in Japan who are trying to nudge their adult children to becoming socially responsible by seeking employment, studying at colleges, or simply finding a spouse or even friends. 2. A Japanese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer.
Word: Suzuki reaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the discoverer, Akira Suzuki. 1. The organic reaction of an aryl- or vinyl-boronic acid with an aryl- or vinyl-halide or pseudohalide, such as triflates, catalyzed by a palladium(0) complex, widely used to synthesize polyolefins, styrenes, and substituted biphenyls.
Word: Suzuki reactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Suzuki reaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudohalide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English halide English pseudohalide From pseudo- + halide. 1. A chemical compound that is not a halide, but which resembles a halide in its charge and reactivity.
Word: pseudohalides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudohalide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barocco Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of baroque.
Word: Rightpondian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56 1. From or of Rightpondia. Labels: slang 2. Like a Rightpondian person. Labels: slang
Word: Rightpondian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56 1. A Rightpondian person. Labels: slang Example: Gobbledegook to this Rightpondian. Example: On the BBC news today, a Rightpondian used the term "transportation services".
Word: Leftpondian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56 1. From or of Leftpondia. Labels: slang Example: 1999 December 29, Garry J. Vass , "London Boink -> update (Leftpondian)", alt.usage.english, uk.culture.language.english, Usenet. Example: As has been pointed out here before, Leftpondian check forms typically have a blank for the amount in words followed by "/100 dollars", to be filled in in the style "Forty-five and 37/100 dollars". 2. Like a Leftpondian person. Labels: slang Example: I may be *so* Leftpondian, but you love me anyway! Example: How very Leftpondian of you to refer to them thus...
Word: Leftpondian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56 1. A Leftpondian person. Labels: slang Example: No, not particularly. That's why I offered it as an example of a large place well known to Brits but not to Leftpondians. It is very close to Manchester. Example: Leftpondians are at least 24,000 years older than previously thought, according to an article in today's Independent.
Word: can't help Part of Speech: verb 1. To be unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening. Labels: idiomatic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: I can't help crying whenever I see Romeo and Juliet.
Word: mutants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mutant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: highfalooting Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of highfalutin. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, informal, not-comparable
Word: Rightpondia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From right (“east”) + pond (“Atlantic Ocean”) + -ia. Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56 1. The British Isles. Labels: slang Example: One difference between Rightpondia and Leftpondia is that Arpudlians go 'to hospital' and Elpudlians go 'to the hospital'.
Word: fowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Leftpondia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From left (“west”) + pond (“Atlantic Ocean”) + -ia. Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56 1. English-speaking parts of The Americas. Labels: slang Example: One difference between Rightpondia and Leftpondia is that Arpudlians go 'to hospital' and Elpudlians go 'to the hospital'.
Word: ick Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably imitative. First use appears c. 1942. Pronunciation: /ɪk/ 1. An exclamation of disgust. Example: Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick! Example: Some foot fetishists look for a woman to stomp on them while wearing exotic shoes, while others just want to lick a woman’s toes. (Ick. Can you say, bacteria festival?)
Word: ick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from icky. Pronunciation: /ɪk/ 1. Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Like it wasn't bad enough that I was soaked to the bone, now I had to lug an ick covered designer original across a puddle filled runway. Example: The UN, for its part, has suggested eating insects as a way of feeding those extra mouths, which may put the frankenmeat ick factor in perspective. 2. A feeling of revulsion. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: to have the ick Example: And I was nodding, "Uh-huh," trying not to have an ick attack, worrying, Is my face giving something away? 3. Anything moaned about; a gripe. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: How can you stand such an ick ? Example: Of course, the idea of drinking blood is a total ick right now, but I suppose once you—
Word: ick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from icky. Pronunciation: /ɪk/ 1. Icky; distasteful or unpleasant. Labels: informal Example: 'It's a bit ick, to be honest, but Rochelle thought it would be funny. Last year we did dragon's diarrhoea, with Tia Maria and chocolate Angel Delight, but nobody would touch it.' Example: He thought she would be an embarrassment. That kind of made me feel a bit ick.
Word: ick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a pronunciation spelling, but no doubt influenced by the other etymologies and distaste for the disease. Pronunciation: /ɪk/ 1. Alternative form of ich (“fish disease”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: suq Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of souq. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cornish vooga (“cave”); compare fogou. Pronunciation: /vʌɡ/ 1. A small to medium-sized cavity inside rock that may be formed through a variety of processes. Example: 1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books The Bureau explored on both the Crystal Spar and Calcium groups. An adit was driven 128 feet on the Crystal Spar group to intersect vug 1, which showed in the outcrop of the vein. The adit penetrated the vug 57 feet below the outcrop and at this level found that it was filled with material that had rolled in from the surface and sloughed off the walls. Only a few small crystals were found in the mud above the adit level. A winze 20 feet deep was then sunk in this vug to explore it below the adit level to make sure no valuable crystals were overlooked, but only small noncommercial crystals were found. A station was cut 28 feet from the face of the adit and a crosscut was driven 39 feet northerly to intersect the vein west of the vug 1, but only small pockets of bony calcite were found. A 40-foot crosscut was then driven easterly to intersect the vein on the east side of the vug 1. After hitting the vein, this working was continued 74 feet in bony calcite to intersect vug 2 below Burch's and Cartwright's old workings. Upon encountering the vug, the drift was continued another 76 feet. It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed just as the demand for optical calcite ceased. The underground drifts were left well timbered, and mining of this deposit could be started with very little preliminary work.
Word: kex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kex. Origin unknown; but compare Welsh cecys (“hollow stalks”) and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”), apparently from the same source as Latin cicūta (“hemlock”). Pronunciation: /kɛks/ 1. The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: "I suppose you'll want a dish o' tay, or victuals of some sort, hey? […] I should be as dry as kex wi' travelling so far." 2. A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy. Labels: obsolete 3. A dry husk or covering. Labels: rare Example: On the bedside table a new package of cigarettes and a traveling clock had for neighbor a nicely wrapped box containing the green figurine of a girl skier which shone through the double kix.
Word: khi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ), the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It is known, from the existence in his time¹ of the Delphic tripod, that all these letters existed in 480 B.C. ; but on that monument the Khi and Psi differ from the forms used later. Example: The letters upsilon, phi, khi, psi, δ were Greek additions
Word: ods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of od Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ods Part of Speech: intj 1. God's Labels: obsolete Example: Ods bodikin. Example: Ods pity.
Word: insobriety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- (“not”) + sobriety, possibly influenced by and punning on inebriation, intoxication, where in- has the sense “in, into”. 1. The state of being drunk; a lack of sobriety. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: incumbency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From incumbent + -cy. Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkʌmbənsi/ 1. The state of being incumbent. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An obligation or duty. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A tenure. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Benefice, lucrative position or possession. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The early antitrust reformers warned that even beyond its effect on prices, economic power could buy influence in Congress. Monopolies don’t just dominate their own industries, Justice Louis Brandeis said in 1933; they monopolize political power as well, which allows them to protect their incumbency and stifle competition in myriad ways. Example: ORR believes the two companies have incumbency advantages dating back to privatisation.
Word: zoa Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.ə/, /ˈzoʊ.ə/ 1. plural of zoon Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of zoön Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the initial letters of European currency unit; simultaneously an allusion to the historical currency écu. 1. The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro. Labels: historical
Word: slinging Part of Speech: noun Labels: no-gloss
Word: slinging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sling Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dozer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doze + -er. 1. One who dozes.
Word: dozer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. 1. A bulldozer. Labels: informal
Word: opposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oppose + -er. 1. One who opposes, one who shows opposition. Example: For example, after the opposer had objected to the opposee's plan to drive the car, the opposee suggested, "We can take turns driving the car."
Word: flunked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flunk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flunker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flunk + -er. 1. Someone who has flunked: failed in an examination, been kept back to repeat a grade, or flunked out of school. Labels: Canada, US, slang
Word: string band Part of Speech: noun 1. A music group consisting solely of stringed instruments.
Word: decker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deck Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English decker From deck (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer. Example: a table decker
Word: decker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deck Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English decker From deck (noun) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkə(ɹ)/ 1. Something having a certain number of levels. Example: We traveled in a double-decker bus.
Word: dosser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doss + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒsə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Illustrating the strength of feeling, some said Dorries was “never here and is as useful as a chocolate teapot”, while “Dosser Dorries” posters appeared in the area. 2. A homeless and jobless person. Example: Formerly they endeavoured to occupy all the seats, but the lynx-eyed Metropolitan Police declined to allow any such proceedings, and the dossers, knowing the invariable kindness of the City Police, made tracks for that portion of the Embankment which, lying east of the Temple, comes under the control of the Civic Fathers. 3. One who lodges in a doss-house.
Word: dosser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Latin dosserum, or French dossier (“bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”). See dorsal. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒsə(ɹ)/ 1. A pannier or basket. Labels: obsolete Example: To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. 2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal. Labels: obsolete
Word: dozily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dozy Middle English -ly English -ly English dozily From dozy + -ly. 1. In a dozy manner.
Word: dozy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From doze + -y. 1. Quite sleepy or tired. 2. Intellectually slow. Example: Jim is a dozy child. 3. Decaying, rotten, spongy. Example: dozy wood
Word: sleepest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sleep Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English sleepest From sleep + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of sleep Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: inculpable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English culpable English inculpable From in- + culpable. 1. Not culpable; immune from liability.
Word: polarimetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English polarimetry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English polarimetric From polarimetry + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to polarimetry, or measured using a polarimeter Labels: not-comparable
Word: polarimetry Part of Speech: noun 1. The measurement of the polarization of electromagnetic radiation Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Analysis using a polarimeter Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: inbreeding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inbreed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inbreeding Part of Speech: noun 1. Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Inbreeding can result in handicapped children.
Word: incidentals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incidental Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incidentals Part of Speech: noun 1. Small items of expenditure that are not individually identified. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: inclemency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inclēmentia. By surface analysis, inclemen(t) + -cy. 1. The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Something that is inclement. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: with neither house nor clothes to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather Example: They are built of rough sticks, covered with bulrushes or grass, in such a manner as to completely protect the inhabitants from all the inclemencies of the weather.
Word: incommensurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English commensurate English incommensurate From in- + commensurate. 1. Out of proportion (in size, degree or extent) with something else. Example: In the marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi we saw a commensurate relationship between the two, a marriage of Heaven and earth, but now in the fall of Inanna into hell, the relationship becomes incommensurate.
Word: incommodious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + commodious. Compare Latin incommodus. 1. Uncomfortable or inhospitable, especially due to being cramped or small, narrow, etc. Example: Tellson's Bank by Temple Bar was an old-fashioned place, even in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious. Example: The place is small and incommodious, the pictures are out of sight and ill-lighted, the custodian is rapacious, the visitors are mutually intolerable, but the shabby little chapel is a palace of art. 2. Discomforting, inconvenient, or disagreeable. Example: He was ſometimes ſo far compaſſionated by thoſe who knew both his merit and diſtreſſes, that they received him into their famillies, but they ſoon diſovered him to be a very incommodious inmate; […] Example: “[…] What a silly you must be!” a comment which Tommy followed up by seizing Dinah with both arms, and dancing along by her side with incommodious fondness. 3. Troublesome; difficult to deal with. Labels: obsolete Example: In the time of this Commodus, although hee was an incommodious prince to the ſenators of Rome, yet notwithstanding there was ſome quietneſſe univerſally through the whole church of Christ from percefution, by what occaſion it is not certaine. Example: And vve may obſerve in general, that if vve can find any quality in a perſon, vvhich renders him incommodious to thoſe, vvho live and converſe vvith him, vve alvvays allovv it to be a fault or blemiſh, vvithout any farther examination.
Word: incommunicable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English communicable English incommunicable From in- + communicable. 1. That cannot be communicated or transmitted 2. Who does not communicate freely; uncommunicative or reserved
Word: incriminatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English incriminate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English incriminatory From incriminate + -ory. 1. That incriminates.
Word: incrust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, in- + crust. 1. Alternative form of encrust. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inculcation Part of Speech: noun 1. The teaching of something by using frequent repetition Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inculpate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin inculpo. 1. To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate. Example: “In a way that appears suspicious? That seems to inculpate me, perhaps?”
Word: Joselyn Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
Word: grind one's gears Part of Speech: verb Etymology: As an analogy to a state in a multispeed internal combustion engine in which improperly synchronized inputs and outputs in the transmission during a gear shift (as by driver error or a mechanical fault) lead to literal grinding of gears against each other as they're forced to mesh at different speeds from one another. The noise produced is harsh and grating, and damage to the transmission can accumulate with repeated occurrences. 1. To annoy or irritate one. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: It really grinds my gears when inconsiderate people litter. Example: Yes it has a clickbaity title, and yes, this show will grind the gears of thousands – but it should. It will open everyone’s eyes to the segregated world of dating[.]
Word: man on the street Part of Speech: noun 1. An ordinary member of the general public, especially one who lacks special expertise. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: layman, everyman Example: Such was the airy way with which, not an illiterate man on the street, but a brilliant woman of the world disposed of a tremendous historical fact.
Word: photosite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Latin situsder. Anglo-Norman sitebor. Middle English site English site English photosite From photo- + site. 1. An individual light-sensitive element in a digital image sensor.
Word: photosites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photosite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seafloor spreading Part of Speech: noun 1. The outward movement of the seafloor from central underwater ridges as a result of plate tectonics; the major cause of continental drift. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: However, the recognition of sea-floor spreading made sense of continental splitting without having to invoke earth expansion.
Word: wheelwrights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheelwright Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meningocele manqué Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of meningocele manque (in medicine) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: West Frisian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Friesland. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to West Friesland. Labels: not-comparable
Word: West Frisian Part of Speech: noun 1. An inhabitant of this region.
Word: West Frisian Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands; one of the Frisian languages (or language varieties). 2. A Dutch dialect spoken in West Friesland in the province of North Holland, historically influenced by Frisian.
Word: narsty Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of nasty. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
Word: turkey vultures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turkey vulture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indictable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English indict Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English indictable From indict + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdaɪtəbəl/ 1. Subjecting one to an indictment. (of an act) Example: Do not then charge men as too strict or precise, when they endeavour to abstain from idle thoughts and idle words, that they dare not give themselves that licence which others take, for these are indictable as well as great sins; Example: Stoppage of streets, by coaches standing at places of entertainment, &c. &c. are public nusances, and indictable. 2. Able or deserving to be indicted. (of a person) Example: […] for Lords, Judges, and Justices of all sorts may, and too often do transgress the laws, as other men, and so of equals or Superiours, become subject to the justice of their associats in Commission […] being transfigured from Superiour Judges of the Law, to Inferiour Trespassers against it, Indictable by their Peers, Example: 1973, Raoul Berger, Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Harvard University Press, Appendix B, p. 307, In order to sustain his argument in the impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase, Luther Martin, his leading counsel, maintained that judges were indictable for violation of their official duties.
Word: bosom friend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of bosom + friend. Compare typologically Russian напе́рсник (napérsnik), akin to Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, Russian закады́чный друг (zakadýčnyj drug), akin to кады́к (kadýk)). 1. A very close friend. Example: I could not have believed it! And to propose that she and I should unite to form a musical club! One would fancy we were bosom friends! And Mrs. Weston! Example: But I cared a great deal for the much more formidable person who was behind him, the bosom friend of Moriarty, the man who dropped the rocks over the cliff, the most cunning and dangerous criminal in London.
Word: AK Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Alaska: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: AK Part of Speech: noun 1. an AK-47, AK-74, or related assault rifle (Avtomat Kalasnikova or Kalashnikov) 2. Any assault rifle or machine gun. Labels: broadly, nonstandard, slang Example: Cops got AKs, y'all only got pumps, that shit's just dumb.
Word: panic rev Part of Speech: noun 1. In motocross, the revving of the airborne engine, if the front wheel of the bike is too low after executing a jump. The purpose is to accelerate the rotation of the rear tire, thereby raising the front end of the bike.
Word: partage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French partage, from partir (“to share”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɑɹtɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A part, portion or share. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: looke into our Royall house, where so many partages [tr. partages], so many surnames, and so many severall titles have so encumbred us, that the originall of the stocke is utterly lost. 3. The formerly standard practice of dividing up artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons, and the host territory. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: physiologic pH Part of Speech: noun 1. The pH that normally prevails in the human body. It is approximately 7.4. Labels: uncountable