nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: microcontinent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + continent. 1. A fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate. Example: Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya[…]
Word: ruck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka. Pronunciation: /ɹʌk/, /ɹʊk/ 1. A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. Example: Dandolo was constantly in the ditch, sometimes lying with his side against the bank, and had now been so hustled and driven that, had he been on the other side, he would have had no breath left to carry his rider, even in the ruck of the hunt. 2. In Australian rules football 3. In Australian rules football 4. In Australian rules football Labels: archaic 5. In Australian rules football 6. The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum. 7. The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks. Example: ‘Here and there among cats one comes across an outstanding superior intellect, just as one does among the ruck of human beings [...].’ 8. An argument or fight. Labels: colloquial Example: Your worth as a couple is not down to how passionate your rucks are—I said rucks—and how frantic the making-up sex is.
Word: ruck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka. Pronunciation: /ɹʌk/, /ɹʊk/ 1. To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck. Labels: transitive
Word: ruck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1780, from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”), Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”). More at frounce. Possibly related to Irish roc. 1. To crease or fold. Labels: transitive Example: Puzzle begged very hard to have the lion-skin taken off him. He said it was too hot and the way it was rucked up on his back was uncomfortable […] Example: "What, exactly, happened down cellar?" Appleyard asked, straightening with his heel a rucked rug. 2. To become creased or folded. Labels: intransitive Example: "Will you come over now and try on your dress?" Ally asked, looking at her with wistful admiration. "I want to be sure the sleeves don't ruck up the same as they did yesterday."
Word: ruck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1780, from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”), Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”). More at frounce. Possibly related to Irish roc. 1. A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
Word: ruck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Danish ruge (“to brood, to hatch”), itself related to Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap, stack”). 1. To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Bot now thei rucken in here nest And resten as hem liketh best. Example: The Rauen rook'd her on the Chimnies top, And chatt'ring Pies in dismall Discords sung.
Word: ruck Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of roc. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Henry Royall [a ship], at her parting thence, / Like the Huge Ruck from Gillingham that flevv: […]
Word: ruck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of rucksack. 1. A rucksack; a large backpack. Labels: especially, slang Example: Shah-e-Kot Valley, Afghanistan. March 2002. I strained to see over the soldiers in front of me. They were struggling to shuffle off the bird as quickly as they could. I dragged my ruck across the floor of the aircraft in my right hand. Example: First of all – a “ruck” is nothing more than a backpack. So to "ruck march" is to carry a heavy duty backpack on a hike (loaded with gear and supplies).
Word: ruck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of rucksack. 1. To carry a backpack while hiking or marching. Example: He started at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday as he began rucking to church. He changed his clothes, went to church and then began rucking again. That distance totaled about nine miles. Rucking is hiking with a military style backpack, filled with weight.
Word: ruck Part of Speech: noun 1. A small heifer.
Word: irregularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French irrégularité, from Medieval Latin irregularitas. Morphologically irregular + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɪˌɹɛ.ɡjʊˈlæ.ɹɪ.ti/, /ɪˌɹɛ.ɡjəˈlɛɹ.ɪ.ti/ 1. An instance of being irregular. Labels: countable Example: A new track-recording vehicle has been developed for British Railways as part of the modernisation programme. It can locate and record the smallest irregularities in the track, and will be an aid to railway engineers in making better use of manpower and materials for track maintenance. 2. The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular. Labels: uncountable 3. An object or event that is not regular or ordinary. Labels: countable Example: an irregularity of surface 4. A violation of rules. Labels: countable Example: An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud. 5. Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation). Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: Consuming copious amounts of vegetables, fruit, milk, and an abundance of water effectively treats irregularity. Establishing regular eating, bowel movement, and exercise habits are helpful too.
Word: mis- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- From Middle English mys-, mis-, from Old English mis- (“mis-”), from Proto-West Germanic *missa-, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly, mis-”), from the adjective *missaz (whence also miss), from Proto-Indo-European *mitˢtós (“mutual, reciprocal”), from *meyt(h₂)- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”), extended from the root *mey- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots mis- (“mis-”), Dutch mis- (“mis-”), German miss-, mis- (“mis-”), Danish mis- (“mis-”), Swedish miss- (“mis-”), Icelandic mis- (“mis-”). Compare also French més-, mé- (“mis-”), from Old French mes- (“mis-”), from Frankish *mis-, *missa- (“mis-”), from the same Proto-Germanic source above. 1. Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly. Labels: morpheme Example: misbehaviour; misspelling; to misbehave 2. Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly. Labels: morpheme Example: misidentification; to misidentify 3. Failed; in a manner resulting in failure (to do, complete or achieve something). Labels: morpheme Example: miscarriage (failed carriage of a pregnancy to term), to miscarry, to misacknowledge 4. Unintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly. Labels: morpheme Example: Yes, I did "Buy now", but it was a misclick. Example: I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian! 5. False, falsely. Labels: morpheme Example: misaccusation, to misaccuse
Word: headslapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + slapper. 1. A mistake of obvious stupidity. Labels: informal
Word: disrespected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disrespect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hop n pop Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hop and pop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scare + -ed. Pronunciation: /skɛəd/, /skɛ(ə)ɹd/, [skɛɚd], /skeːd/, /skeəd/ 1. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened. Example: I’m scared I’ll miss the train. Example: I got scared silly.
Word: scared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scare + -ed. Pronunciation: /skɛəd/, /skɛ(ə)ɹd/, [skɛɚd], /skeːd/, /skeəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of scare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scarred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skɑː(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of scar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scarred Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /skɑː(ɹ)d/ 1. Having a scar or scars.
Word: vented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vented Part of Speech: adj 1. Attached to or equipped with a ventilator. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable 2. Having a vent (any sense). Labels: not-comparable
Word: inoperancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + operant + -cy. 1. The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual. Labels: uncountable Example: Inoperancy of the world of spirit
Word: inheritance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/, /ɪnˈhɛɹɪˌtəns/ 1. The passing of title to an estate upon death. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion). Labels: countable 3. The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited. Labels: especially, uncountable Example: The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor. 4. The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tirade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French tirer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French tiradebor. English tirade Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”). Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹeɪd/, /tɪˈɹeɪd/, /ˈtaɪɹeɪd/, /tɪˈɹɑːd/ 1. A long, angry or violent speech. Example: come out with a tirade Example: release a tirade 2. A section of verse concerning a single theme.
Word: tirade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French tirer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French tiradebor. English tirade Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”). Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹeɪd/, /tɪˈɹeɪd/, /ˈtaɪɹeɪd/, /tɪˈɹɑːd/ 1. To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade. Example: Long into the night had he tiraded, until finally, when Apt had refused to keep awake a moment longer, no matter what fascinating things the desert people were doing with preserving the dead […]
Word: miso- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Combining form of Ancient Greek μῑσέω (mīséō, “to hate”), from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”). 1. hatred; dislike; aversion Labels: morpheme
Word: miso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 味噌(みそ) (miso). Pronunciation: /ˈmisoʊ/, /ˈmiːsəʊ/ 1. A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).
Word: miso Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of misoprostol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Example: I’m here to look for a small, white, hexagonal pill called misoprostol. Also known as miso or Cytotec, the drug induces an abortion that appears like a miscarriage during the early stages of a woman’s pregnancy. For women living in Latin America and other countries that have traditionally outlawed abortion, miso has been a lifeline […] Example: Now a year later, as the courts consider the fate of mifepristone and abortion providers gird for the possibility of a miso-only protocol, Cristina says that she’s grateful she was able to end her unwanted pregnancy, although she knows not everyone has access to the same resources […]
Word: petite amie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French petite amie. 1. A girlfriend.
Word: bonnet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni. Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnɪt/, /ˈbɑnɪt/, /ˈbɑnət/ 1. To put a bonnet on. Labels: transitive 2. To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. Labels: obsolete Example: Hee hath deſerued worthily of his Countrey, and his aſſent is not by ſuch eaſie degrees as thoſe, who hauing beene ſupple and courteous to the People, Bonnetted, without any further deed, to haue them at all into their eſtimation, and report: 3. To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of. Labels: dated, transitive Example: “You’re a dutiful and affectionate little boy, you are, ain’t you?” said Mr. Weller, “to come a bonnetin’ your father in his old age?”
Word: sclera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sclera, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”). Pronunciation: /ˈsklɛəɹə/, /ˈsklɪəɹə/, /ˈsklɛrə/ 1. The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea. Example: She'd been back a week and it was clear that college-level track was kicking her ass, the sclera in her normally wide manga-eyes were shot through with blood vessels. Example: Such pressures explain why humans are peculiar in having our rather small irises set against a white background—the sclera—in our eyes. Anyone watching us can infer where we are looking or whom we are looking at.
Word: vagus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”). Pronunciation: /ˈveɪ.ɡəs/ 1. A homeless person or vagrant. Example: Though not referred in the Code as a domicile of origin, a child's place of origin is fixed by the place where his father had his domicile or, in defect of domicile, his quasi-domicile when the child was born, or where the mother had hers if the child was illegitimate or posthumous; if the parents were vagi it is the place where the child was born; if the child was a foundling the place where it was discovered. 2. Ellipsis of vagus nerve. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: vagus nerve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of New Latin nervus vagus (literally “wandering nerve”). 1. Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.
Word: sawn Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of saw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sawn Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been subjected to sawing; having a part removed by sawing. Labels: not-comparable Example: His last action was to slip his right hand under the pillow until it rested under the butt of the ·38 Colt Police Positive with the sawn barrel.
Word: sawn Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of see: synonym of seen Labels: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, rare Example: "I'm a widder," asserted Taylor Gannon's relict, somewhat superfluously. "My man has done left me to do for myse'f as best I can. I kept the re-sort alone for six year. I have shore sawn some curious things when these here town folks comes up. But I want to say here an' now that, as a wife an' widder, I have never sawn nothing to compare with what's agoin' on in this place sence Perfesser Sevier come." The other woman straightened herself up from where she sat limply in her chair, and a gleam came into her faded eyes. "You don't mean to tell me that that there town feller is a-courtin' you a'ready!" she said with some animation. "I ain't plumb shore," replied the widow cautiously. Such an idea had never occurred to her, yet to decline the glory of it would be beyond even such strong feminine nature as this.
Word: copine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.piːn/, /ˈkəʊ.paɪn/ 1. Any of a group of highly conserved, calcium-dependent membrane proteins found in a variety of eukaryotes.
Word: girl friend Part of Speech: noun 1. A female friend. Example: VELMA: My best girl friend is a Mexican girl. Every time I go up on the second floor where the Negroes hang out and I'm with this girl, they're always saying things like, "Hey girl, you're out of your place with her." Well, I don't listen to them at all. Example: He is not deeply worried about dope, because he trusts Sharon, knows she is sensible; that she tried cigarettes with her girl friends because at thirteen she wouldn't think of death […] 2. Alternative form of girlfriend. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: You may talk about different things with your girl friend than you do with your guy friends.
Word: sprawl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spraulen, from Old English spreawlian (“move convulsively”), ultimately through a Proto-Germanic form cognate with *spreutaną (“to sprout”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”). Compare North Frisian spraweli, Norwegian sprala, Swedish sprala. Pronunciation: /spɹɔːl/, /spɹoːl/, /spɹɔl/, /spɹɑl/, /spɾɔl/ 1. To sit with the limbs spread out. Example: There was no special place for him or his little affairs, and he was forbidden to sprawl on sofas and explain his ideas about the manufacture of this world and his hopes for the future. Sprawling was lazy and wore out sofas, and little boys were not expected to talk. Example: But most of all I like to sit in the dark with all these hearty souls sprawled around me on the floor and hear them talk. I am sorry to say that I can never believe that floor-sprawling is anything but a pose; I have tried it and it is not comfortable but it looks well in the flickering fire-light, and is in good magazine-story tradition. 2. To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle. Example: The hatched young ones are ſodl to thoſe who breed them up, and theſe try in the following manner whether they are hatched too ſoon or not: they take hold the little ducks by the bill, and their bodies hang down ; if they ſprawl and extend their feet and wings, they are hatched in due time ; but if they have had too much heat, they hang without any ſtruggling. Example: A shrewd blow, it caught him off balance, and after one ineffectual stagger he sprawled backward and lay for a moment staring up in blank surprise 3. To scoot the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of an opponent attempting a takedown.
Word: sprawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spraulen, from Old English spreawlian (“move convulsively”), ultimately through a Proto-Germanic form cognate with *spreutaną (“to sprout”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”). Compare North Frisian spraweli, Norwegian sprala, Swedish sprala. Pronunciation: /spɹɔːl/, /spɹoːl/, /spɹɔl/, /spɹɑl/, /spɾɔl/ 1. An ungainly sprawling posture. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He briefly compares the relative merits of providing for that growth by the usual method of urban sprawl and by directing it into suburban satellite communities with the integrity preserved and comes out strongly for the latter method. Example: Many of our past difficulties in dealing with sprawl come from some very mistaken if widely held assumptions. One is that sprawl is due to too many people and not enough land. 3. A defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, where one scoots the legs backwards so as to land on the upper back of the opponent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: urban sprawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used in 1937. 1. An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reshuffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English shuffle English reshuffle From re- + shuffle. 1. To shuffle something again, especially playing cards. 2. To reorganize or rearrange something, especially government posts. Example: The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces.
Word: reshuffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English shuffle English reshuffle From re- + shuffle. 1. An instance of reshuffling, a reorganization. Example: The changeover to almost exclusive electric and diesel working on the London-Ashford-Kent Coast main line at the beginning of the summer timetable naturally initiated a widespread reshuffle of steam motive power, involving some moves of considerable interest. Example: Danny Higginbotham was the only survivor from the weekend win over Bolton - but the Stoke captain lasted just 10 minutes before being forced off injured. That meant a reshuffle to the visitors' defence who were the busier in a lacklustre first half.
Word: a trifle Part of Speech: adv 1. A little, slightly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Could you lend me some money? I'm a trifle short of what I need to pay the rent. Example: He contemplated the large well-proportioned letters and final flourish, with his head a trifle on one side for an instant […]
Word: Lalique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The surname of René Lalique, French designer. 1. A style of Art Nouveau glassware and jewelry/jewellery; properly, that from the Lalique factory. Labels: uncountable
Word: martial law Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːʃəl lɔː/, /ˈmɑɹʃəl lɔ/, /ˈmɑ(ɹ)ʃəl lɑ/ 1. Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory. Labels: uncountable
Word: senses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnsɪz/ 1. plural of sense Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sense Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recreation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/, /ˌɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ 1. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […] Example: Mercury contents did not affect recreation persay but definitely could if found in fish tissue at high levels.
Word: recreation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English recreacion; equivalent to re- + creation. Pronunciation: /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/ 1. The process of creating something again. 2. The result of this process. Example: Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]
Word: R and R Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of R&R. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: indifference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia. By surface analysis, in- + difference. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪf.ɹəns/, /ɪnˈdɪf.ə.ɹəns/ 1. The state of being indifferent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "I do not care for them; I would not have them now," cried Lady Penrhyn; "it is only your affection I care for. Do not suppose, for a moment, that I wish for the tables when you do not: oh, no! my only concern was for your indifference. But I am content if you tell me I was mistaken." 2. Unbiased impartiality. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Unemotional apathy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied. Example: I wish the consequences of this moment for young women punctured the apparent indifference of so many men and boys I saw that day. 4. A lack of enthusiasm. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Unconcerned nonchalance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper. 6. Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "I call reason absolute reason, or reason insofar as it is conceived as the total indifference of the subjective and objective."
Word: courtyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From court + yard. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/, /ˈkɔːt.jɑːd/ 1. An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings. Example: She sat in the courtyard, enjoying the garden. Example: There comes a fairy in the courtyard, bearing a handful of gifts.
Word: Open University Part of Speech: name 1. A UK university offering distance learning taught courses to people without formal academic qualifications, teaching being by correspondence and online with mostly optional tutorials and for some courses compulsory summer schools. Access to postgraduate research is selective and is primarily taught on campus using traditional methods. 2. A similar university in the Netherlands.
Word: cranial nerve Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪn.i.əl nɝv/ 1. Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord.
Word: comptrolling Part of Speech: noun 1. The financial work of a comptroller. Labels: uncountable
Word: cerebellum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛ.ɹɪˈbɛl.əm/, /ˌsɛrəˈbɛləm/ 1. Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the back of the cerebrum and is formed of two lateral lobes and a median lobe. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture. Example: Although the cerebellum occupies just 10 per cent of the cranial cavity, it has more than half the brain’s neurons.
Word: instal Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated spelling of install. Example: Some years ago, powers to instal escalators were obtained, but the second world war caused the work to be postponed.
Word: distance learning Part of Speech: noun 1. Education obtained remotely, often involving written material together with audio-visual material transmitted via the internet and, sometimes, summer schools and local tutorials. Labels: uncountable
Word: artificial anus Part of Speech: noun 1. An artificial opening of the intestine (usually a colostomy; sometimes an ileostomy).
Word: summer school Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various academic sessions held in the summer at schools or universities when the usual students are away; either for supplementary or remedial study or as part of distance learning.
Word: OU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Open University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Ohio University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of University of Oklahoma. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: lemon juice Part of Speech: noun 1. The liquid extract of lemon fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The juice of a sweet lemon or sweet lime. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “Come and eat,” said my father. Everyone else had already eaten lunch, so my mother waited on me. First she gave me a tall glass of lemon juice, followed by white noodles, egg rolls, cucumber salad, fish sauce, and meat rolled in rice bread. Example: They wiped his face with a hot towel, gave him a tall glass of very refreshing lemon juice, and took his temperature, after making him comfortable on a nice clean soft bed inside the ambulance, which sped along its siren wailing.
Word: condensate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From condense + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from condensation. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndənseɪt/ 1. A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam. Example: Do you remember learning about cell diagrams in high school biology? The cell wall, the organelles, the nucleus. The real picture is turning out to be much more complicated, and interesting, than we were taught. Cells are filled with teensy, phase-shifting blobs that often contain protein and RNA, and in the past several years they’ve taken over cellular biology. In our cover story on page 22, science writer Philip Ball dives into the world of these specks, known as biomolecular condensates, which play astounding roles in cellular functioning across all domains of life. 2. The product of a condensation reaction. 3. Any of various condensed quantum states.
Word: condensate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested circa 1550; borrowed from Latin condēnsātus, perfect passive participle of condēnsō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndənseɪt/ 1. To condense. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete, uncommon Example: As they say a little critical learning makes one proud; if there were more it would condensate and compact itself into less room
Word: condensate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested circa 1550; borrowed from Latin condēnsātus, perfect passive participle of condēnsō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndənsət/ 1. Made dense; condensed. Labels: obsolete Example: Water […] thickened or condensate.
Word: assiduously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English assiduous Middle English -ly English -ly English assiduously From assiduous + -ly. 1. In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously. Example: He who had appeared rather assiduously to shun her, whose good opinion she had valued, notwithstanding his seeming indifference to her, had now declared himself, and given proofs of a regard the most unequivocal. Example: They were all too assiduously engaged to talk to us as we passed.
Word: steaming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, steam + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstiː.mɪŋ/ 1. The action of steam on something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Steaming is fine for this fabric, as long as you keep the iron moving. 2. The method of cooking by immersion in steam. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their favorite way to cook clams is steaming. 3. The act or process of seafaring under steam power. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Steaming was their preferred way to travel until airliners came along. 4. The raising of steam by a steam locomotive etc; the maintenance of a head of steam during operation; (metonymic) operation under load. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two 4-4-0s were steaming through the scenic foothills, giving rides to tourists. Example: The response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory. 5. A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus or train. Labels: UK, countable, informal, uncountable
Word: steaming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, steam + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstiː.mɪŋ/ 1. Giving off steam. Example: We were served with steaming bowls of soup. 2. Extremely hot 3. Very angry. Labels: slang Example: I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal. 4. Extremely drunk. Labels: UK, slang Example: ‘Will it help or hinder if I tell you I was steaming that evening and remember nothing, full stop?’
Word: steaming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, steam + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstiː.mɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of steam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: airlocked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Share (2005) suggests that the adjective comes from the past participle of the verb airlock (“to stop suddenly”), which Macaffee (1996) says is “from the cut-out in a diesel engine if air enters the fuel system”. 1. Equipped with an airlock. Example: While Flora and Doc waited their turn through the airlocked tube to the city, Simianoids walked past in a column of fives 2. Blocked or non-functional due to an air lock. 3. Extremely drunk. Labels: Northern-Ireland, Ulster Example: It was sporadically interrupted by Sam standing up and spreading his arms high and wide to exclaim, 'I'm fuckin' airlocked! I'm fuckin' airlocked!' He was letting everyone know that he was indeed quite drunk.
Word: airlocked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Share (2005) suggests that the adjective comes from the past participle of the verb airlock (“to stop suddenly”), which Macaffee (1996) says is “from the cut-out in a diesel engine if air enters the fuel system”. 1. simple past and past participle of airlock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blitzed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blɪtst/ 1. simple past and past participle of blitz Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: As the war drew to its end, it became evident that repairs and rebuilding in the heavily blitzed Greater London area would be so extensive as to afford opportunity for effective large-scale planning.
Word: blitzed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /blɪtst/ 1. Drunk; wasted. Labels: slang Example: Ben's hangovers just make him look more beautiful, in a blitzed, cheekbony way. Example: "You really don't need to explain. I was surprised, but not bothered. Even as blitzed as I was, I just knew I wasn't supposed to see that. So nothing happened. And I won't tell anybody."
Word: bingoed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bingo + -ed. 1. Drunk. Labels: slang
Word: bingoed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bingo + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of bingo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: half lit Part of Speech: adj 1. drunk Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: sozzled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɒzl̩d/ 1. Very drunk. Labels: UK, slang Example: I heard heavy breathing. A cork left its bottle with a pop. A pause. Then a voice remarked: "Gin, blast it! T'hell with gin!" There followed a shattering crash. The voice gave a sozzled chuckle. "Thash th'mirror. Wash good of mirrors anyway?" Another cork popped.
Word: sozzled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɒzl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of sozzle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: totalled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of total Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: totalled Part of Speech: adj 1. Destroyed Example: Several totalled cars were being picked over for usable parts.
Word: annelid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French annélidé, coined by French naturalist Lamarck. Pronunciation: /ˈænələd/, /ˈænəlɪd/ 1. Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech. Example: Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution in the morning. Death by immersion in fishponds, death by cruel hooks. Example: The polychaetous annelid species complex of Neanthes acuminata has a widespread distribution, with names depending on geographic location.
Word: annelid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French annélidé, coined by French naturalist Lamarck. Pronunciation: /ˈænələd/, /ˈænəlɪd/ 1. of, or relating to these creatures Labels: not-comparable
Word: hosting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊstɪŋ/, /ˈhəʊstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of host Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hosting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊstɪŋ/, /ˈhəʊstɪŋ/ 1. Running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A battle. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: totaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of total (US spelling) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: totaled Part of Speech: adj 1. destroyed Labels: especially, not-comparable
Word: serrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Past participle of serrate. Pronunciation: /səˈɹeɪtɪd/, /sɪˈɹeɪtɪd/ 1. Notched or cut like a saw. Labels: not-comparable Example: That knife has a serrated blade. Example: The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife. 2. Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections. Labels: not-comparable Example: Maple leaves have serrated edges.
Word: serrated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Past participle of serrate. Pronunciation: /səˈɹeɪtɪd/, /sɪˈɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of serrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beckon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bekenen, beknen, becnen, beknien, from Old English bēacnian, bēcnian, bīecnan (“to signal; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *bauknōn, *bauknijan (“to signal”), from *baukn (“signal; beacon”). Cognate with Old Saxon bōknian, Old High German bouhnen, Old Norse bákna. More at beacon. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛkən/ 1. To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer. Labels: ambitransitive Example: His distant friends, he beckons near. Example: It beckons you to go away with it. 2. To seem attractive and inviting. Labels: ambitransitive Example: How the gentle wind / Beckons through the leaves / As autumn colors fall
Word: beckon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bekenen, beknen, becnen, beknien, from Old English bēacnian, bēcnian, bīecnan (“to signal; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *bauknōn, *bauknijan (“to signal”), from *baukn (“signal; beacon”). Cognate with Old Saxon bōknian, Old High German bouhnen, Old Norse bákna. More at beacon. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛkən/ 1. A sign made without words; a beck. Example: At the first beckon. Example: He turn to me, make a beckon with the key in his hand. 2. A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.
Word: fylfot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen (“to fill”) (from Old English fyllan) + fot (“foot”) (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪl.fɒt/, /ˈfɪl.fɑt/ 1. A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction. Example: Then look at that jade fylfot charm pawned for one-and-three down at the Basin and the use that could have been made of it in the Kharkov 'ritual murder' trial. Example: Morley: A year and a half ago I stumbled into your gingerbread office, a lost, frightened soul in terrified flight across the great yawning terror of doubt—a human being, in short!—and you chanted some hagridden formulas and danged some fylfots...
Word: slattern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dating from the 17th century; related to slattering (“slovenly”), from the dialectal verb slatter (“to slop, to spill”). Pronunciation: /ˈslætɚn/, /ˈslætən/ 1. A slut, a sexually promiscuous woman. Labels: derogatory 2. One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman. Labels: dated Example: 3. Cookery is familiar to her, with the price and quality of provisions; and she is a ready accountant. Her chief view, however, is to serve her mother and lighten her cares. She holds cleanliness and neetness to be indispensable in a woman; and that a slattern is disgusting, especially if beautiful. Example: A dunce he always was, it is true; for learning cannot be acquired by leaving school and entering at college as a fellow-commoner; but he was now (in his own peculiar manner) as great a dandy as he before had been a slattern, and when he entered his sitting-room to join his two guests, arrived scented and arrayed in fine linen, and perfectly splendid in appearance.
Word: slatternly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slattern Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English slatternly From slattern + -ly (adjectival suffix). 1. Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern. Example: Being a light-complexioned woman, she wore light clothes, as most blondes will, and appeared, in preference, in draggled sea-green, or slatternly sky-blue. Example: The dismal quarter of Soho seen under these changing glimpses, with its muddy ways, and slatternly passengers, and its lamps, which had never been extinguished or had been kindled afresh to combat this mournful rëinvasion of darkness, seemed, in the lawyer's eyes, like a district of some city in a nightmare.
Word: slatternly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English slattern Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English slatternly From slattern + -ly (adverbial suffix). 1. In the manner of a slattern.
Word: shortie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + -ie. 1. Something or someone that is shorter than normal. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: That squirrel is a shortie. 2. A short-handed goal. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: They got a shortie at the start of the third. 3. Alternative form of shorty (“child”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 4. Alternative form of shorty (“attractive young female”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 5. Alternative form of shorty (“girlfriend”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 6. Shortbread. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: shortie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From short + -ie. 1. Shorter than normal, especially of clothing. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: a shortie gown; a shortie jacket
Word: aphoristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀφορῐστικος (aphorĭstikos), equivalent to aphorist + -ic. Pronunciation: /æfəˈɹɪstɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic. Example: Over and above all this, the method of the book is aphoristic; and, as might be expected from that method, without a plan; […]
Word: two-minute warning Part of Speech: noun 1. In the NFL, a timeout and warning given to the coaches with two minutes to go before the end of each half.
Word: encounter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contrā (“against”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkaʊntə/, /ɪŋˈkaʊntə/, /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/, /ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/ 1. To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly. Labels: transitive Example: It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales. Example: H' incounters Talgol, routs the Bear, / And takes the Fidler Prisoner; / Conveys him to enchanted Castle, / There shuts him fast in wooden Bastile. 2. To confront (someone or something) face to face. Labels: transitive 3. To meet one another. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: […] yet when the brother and the sister had encountered, according to the set appointment, none of these impassionedments had been repeated. 4. To engage in conflict, as with an enemy. Labels: intransitive Example: Three armies encountered at Waterloo. Example: Techelles, and the reſt prepare your ſwordes: I meane to incounter with that Baiazeth. 5. To kill or execute someone extrajudicially. Labels: India, euphemistic, transitive Example: Speaking to the media, Reddy said, "He (Accused in 6-year-old rape and murder case) should be encountered. We will nab the accused and will encounter him. We will stand by the victim's family. We console them and will provide aid to the family. We will encounter him (the accused)."
Word: encounter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contrā (“against”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkaʊntə/, /ɪŋˈkaʊntə/, /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/, /ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/ 1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected. Example: Their encounter was a matter of chance. Example: That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe. 2. A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants. 3. A match between two opposing sides. Example: Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter. 4. A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand. Example: Though Mr. Cosby described the sexual encounter in 2004 as consensual, Ms. Constand said she was too intoxicated to physically or verbally resist. 5. The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives. 6. An extrajudicial killing or execution. Labels: India Example: Telangana Labour and Employment Minister Malla Reddy on Tuesday said that the guilty person in the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Hyderabad "will be nabbed and will be killed in an encounter".
Word: groovy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English groove Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English groovy From groove + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuvi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or having grooves. Example: The back of the tile was groovy so that it could hold the adhesive compound. 2. Set in one's ways. Labels: obsolete Example: She'd give anything to be able to believe it, but she's a hard woman, and brooding along certain lines makes one groovy.