nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mocking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɑkɪŋ/, /ˈmɒkɪŋ/ 1. mockery Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mocking Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈmɑkɪŋ/, /ˈmɒkɪŋ/ 1. derisive or contemptuous 2. teasing or taunting Example: mocking laugh Example: mocking laughter
Word: occlude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”). Pronunciation: /əˈkluːd/ 1. To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror. 2. To absorb, as a gas by a metal. Labels: transitive
Word: diametral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French dyametral, from Medieval Latin diametrālis. Pronunciation: /daɪˈæmɪtɹəl/ 1. Of, relating to, or measured across a diameter. Labels: not-comparable 2. Contrary; diametrically opposed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diametral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dyametral, from Medieval Latin diametrālis. Pronunciation: /daɪˈæmɪtɹəl/ 1. A diameter. Labels: obsolete Example: […] The inceſſion or locall motion of animals is made vvith analogy unto this figure, by decuſſative diametrals, Quincunciall Lines and angles.
Word: centuple Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtʌ.pəl/ 1. Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred. Labels: not-comparable
Word: centuple Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtʌ.pəl/ 1. To increase a hundredfold. Labels: intransitive 2. To increase or multiply something by a hundred. Labels: transitive Example: "Mechanisation, science, and technology have centupled the productive potential of human labour."
Word: alphagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently a blend of alphabetical + anagram; see also -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.fəˌɡɹæm/ 1. The letters of a word, or any other set of letters, arranged in alphabetical order.
Word: vigor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɪɡɚ/ 1. Alternative form of vigour. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: leguminous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English leguminous, from Medieval Latin legūminōsus, ultimately from oblique stem of Latin legūmen, legūminis (“bean, pulse”) + -ous. 1. Of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc. 2. Resembling a legume.
Word: Afro-American Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Āfrī Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Afro- Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American English Afro-American From Afro- + American. 1. A native or resident of the United States (an American) who is of African heritage. Labels: dated Example: That great battle was won, not because the victim of slavery was a negro, mulatto, or an Afro-American, but because the victim of slavery was a man and a brother to all other men, a child of God, and could claim with all mankind a common Father, and therefore should be recognized as an accountable being, a subject of government, and entitled to justice, liberty and equality before the law, and every where else.
Word: Afro-American Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Āfrī Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Afro- Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American English Afro-American From Afro- + American. 1. Of African-American heritage or culture. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: I inadvertently gave the afro-american delivery boi a $5 tip probably due to the fact that I had pickled a few brain cells.
Word: gorm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of gaum, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaumr, from Proto-Germanic *gaumō; compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”), and see gaum for more. The -r- was not originally pronounced but was a device used by non-rhotic dialects of English to indicate vowel length or quality (compare Burma, Myanmar, and juggernaut). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/, /ɡoɹm/ 1. To gawk; to stare or gape. Labels: UK, US, dialectal Example: Passing through St. George's Square, Lupus Street, Chichester Street, he scarcely saw a soul; then, quite suddenly, he struck a dense crowd, kept back by the police, standing gorming at a great jagged hole in a high blank wall, a glimpse, the merest glimpse of more broken walls, shattered chimneys. Example: "Tell Sannah to bring some coffee," said the young woman to a diminutive Kaffir boy, who stood gorming at us with round black eyes.
Word: gorm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of gaum (itself likely a variant of gum), with the ‘r’ being a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/, /ɡoɹm/ 1. Alternative form of gaum (“to smear”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 'It is quite ruined.' 'How did she do it? What a pity!' 'With paint—assisting in the painting of a garden-gate. She told me the pleasure of "gorming" it on was too irresistible to be resisted; and the poor little new gown in done for.' Example: "It was in a little sprinkler bottle, an' I gormed it onto my vittles good an' thick. Lordy, Lordy, an' now I got to die!"
Word: gorm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gormandize/gormandise. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/, /ɡoɹm/ 1. To devour; to wolf down (food). Labels: colloquial, rare Example: The bear came up to the berries and stopped. Not accustomed to eat out of a pail, he tipped it over, and nosed about the fruit "gorming" it down, mixed with leaves and dirt, […] Example: […] an itinerant bruin and with naught on his hands but time and an appetite, [to] wander from ravine to ravine and gorm down this delectable fruit.
Word: gorm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Supposed by some to be related to gormless and/or gorming, and by others to be related to gorm (“smear”) (itself probably related to gum (“make sticky; impair the functioning of”)). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/, /ɡoɹm/ 1. To make a mess of. Labels: Appalachia, New-England, Southern-US, dialectal, often Example: I find the cheap shilling self-filling pen advertised in these pages excellent value—quite equal to that of fountain-pens I have paid ten times as much for. It is also durable. I am a careless person, and prefer to discard it when I have “gormed” it […] Example: "Truth is, I've gormed it all up, Alistair. When it comes t' women — nice women anyway — I'm as caw-handed and cork-brained as any pimply boy."
Word: efforts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛf.əts/, /ˈɛf.ɚts/, /ˈef.əts/ 1. plural of effort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpiz/, /ˈkɒpiz/ 1. plural of copy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpiz/, /ˈkɒpiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of copy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lives Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɪvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of live Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lives Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /laɪvz/ 1. plural of life Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stopped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop. Pronunciation: /stɒpt/, /stɔpt/, /stɑpt/, [stɔ̟pt] 1. simple past and past participle of stop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stopped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop. Pronunciation: /stɒpt/, /stɔpt/, /stɑpt/, [stɔ̟pt] 1. Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle. Example: We were stopped for more than three hours! Example: They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help. 2. In the state resulting from having stopped. Labels: broadly Example: A stopped clock is right twice a day. 3. Having a stop; being closed at one end. 4. In a well-pruned state. 5. Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t. Example: þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d
Word: Brix Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Brix. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Brix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix, a German chemist. 1. A measure (in degrees) of the amount of dissolved solids in a liquid via its specific gravity; used especially to measure dissolved sugar in fruit juice and wine.
Word: TDR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Time Domain Reflectometer: a type of cable tester which can find where a break is located. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of transferable development right. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TDR Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of totally drug resistant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: practical alchemy Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of ancient alchemy using the knowledge and techniques of modern chemistry in order to advance the understanding of the history of chemistry. Labels: uncountable 2. The use of ritual to achieve self-improvement. Labels: uncountable
Word: pots Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɑts/, /pɒts/ 1. plural of pot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pots Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɑts/, /pɒts/ 1. A large quantity. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: We’re going to make pots of money selling my invention!
Word: pots Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɑts/, /pɒts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: opts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of opt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: PCI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Peripheral Component Interconnect, a type of expansion slot on a motherboard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of percutaneous coronary intervention. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of precombat inspection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Rome wasn't built in a day Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Probably a calque of Middle French Rome ne fut pas faite toute en un jour (literally “Rome was not made all in one day”); compare modern French Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊm ˌwɒzənt ˈbɪlt‿ɪn‿ə ˈdeɪ/, /ˈɹoʊm ˌwʌzənt ˈbɪlt‿ɪn‿ə ˈdeɪ/ 1. It takes a long time to create something complicated or impressive. Labels: idiomatic Example: I know this project is a big undertaking, but you need to have patience and be hopeful. Remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Example: [O]ne daye or lytle tyme is not ynoughe for the acheuinge of a great matter. Which is al one with this in engliſhe: Rome was not buylt in one day.
Word: bourse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare Danish børs, Swedish börs, German Börse. See also bursar. Pronunciation: /bʊəs/, /bɔːs/, /bɔːɹs/, /bʊəɹs/ 1. A stock exchange. Example: In brief, Le Chiffre plans, we believe, to follow the example of most other desperate till-robbers and make good the deficit in his accounts by gambling. The 'Bourse' is too slow. Example: Euronext, the first euro-zone crossborder bourse, makes its debut 2. A stock exchange. Labels: figuratively Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse. 3. A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged. 4. The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.
Word: eye shadow Part of Speech: noun 1. Makeup that is applied to the eyelids and below the eyes to give a darker complexion there. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lippy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lip (“fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth; (slang) verbal impertinence, backtalk”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpi/, /ˈlɪpɪ/ 1. Having prominent lips. Labels: informal Example: His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest. 2. Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner. Labels: informal Example: Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room. Example: No, it's [Tamil is] a happy, snappy, lippy, and loping lingo anyone can see just makes these guys happy to speak and hear.
Word: lippy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpi/, /ˈlɪpɪ/ 1. Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, also, colloquial, uncountable Example: Like some kind of masonic handshake, Collie passed Vanya a tube of black lippie. She smeared it carelessly across her wide mouth and handed it to me. My parents would have a hissy fit if they knew I put on lipstick but they weren't around. Example: I'm worried I'm turning into a 1950s housewife: the other day I found myself tidying up the sitting room and putting on some lippie before Tony got home from work!
Word: lippy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lip + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpi/, /ˈlɪpɪ/ 1. Diminutive of lip. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, also, colloquial, diminutive, form-of, in-plural Example: However, to ſerve you as much at^([sic]) I can / (For nothing’s more dear to my life than a man) / Tho’ all my acquantances^([sic]) call me coquette, / And ſwear ſuch extravagant freedoms they hate, / And hanging their lippies, put on their grimace, / And call me immodeſt for ſhewing my face; […] Example: Those sweet little lippies, like rosebuds at e’en, / Encircle a pipe-stem, impure and unclean?
Word: lippy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpi/, /ˈlɪpɪ/ 1. An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity. Labels: New-Zealand, Scotland, UK, also, colloquial, historical Example: I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin. Example: [T]he valuation of lands, tenor of leaſes, the rents, the entails, rent charges, life rents, and payments for or out of land revenue, are all reckoned in Scotland by the chalder, boll, firlot, and lippy, and cannot be altered; [...]
Word: eyebrow pencil Part of Speech: noun 1. Makeup in a pencil-like applicator used to define or draw on the eyebrows.
Word: eyeliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye English line 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 liner English eyeliner From eye + liner. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪˌlaɪnɚ/ 1. Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Do you need to wear eyeliner? As with any makeup step, eyeliner is completely optional. From an artistic perspective, if you are wearing eyeshadow, I almost always recommend wearing eyeliner, unless your eyelids and eyelashes are obscured by the eyebrow area. Eyeliner is a basic part of an eye-makeup design because it shapes and defines the eyes and makes the eyelashes look thicker.
Word: blusher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blush + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌʃɚ/ 1. One who blushes. Labels: countable 2. Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Beside him Lady Partridge, her head tilted up, her face a mask of blusher and brown powder, like someone just back from a skiing holiday, was also clearly elsewhere. 3. Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus Amanita, including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta. Labels: countable
Word: Perl Part of Speech: name Etymology: A respelling of its original name Pearl, a reference to Matthew 13:46. A common backronymic explanation is “Practical Extraction and Reporting Language”. 1. A family of high-level programming languages, particularly used for text processing. Example: Perl attracted the attention of Unix system administrators, who needed a language that was easier to use than the C programming language and more powerful than scripting languages such as Borne^([sic]) and C-shell.
Word: manliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English manlynes, manlynesse. By surface analysis, manly + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈmænlɪnəs/ 1. The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Nought under Heaven so strongly doth allure The Sense of Man, and all his Mind possess, As Beauty’s lovely Bait, that doth procure Great Warriors oft their Rigour to repress; And mighty Hands forget their Manliness, Example: With louder plaints the mother spoke her woes, And blessed the cot where every pleasure rose; And kissed her thoughtless babes with many a tear, And clasped them close, in sorrow doubly dear; Whilst her fond husband strove to lend relief In all the silent manliness of grief. 2. Male genitals. Labels: euphemistic, rare, uncountable, usually Example: Dressed only in flip-flops and a fuzzy blue bathrobe, which would be long enough on the mayor of Munchkin Land but on me is literally indecent, I attack the mower in a yanking frenzy, flailing around until the dramatic conclusion, wherein the mower refuses to start even though it is confronted by the full extent of my manliness because my too-short robe has flapped open in a cloud of flying sweat and hurled profanity. 3. Humanity, the quality of being human. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: What might not have happened to men? What if cruelty had grown into a common passion? What if in this interval the race had lost its manliness, and had developed into something inhuman, unsympathetic, and overwhelmingly powerful? I might seem some old-world savage animal, only the more dreadful and disgusting for our common likeness—a foul creature to be incontinently slain.
Word: headlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + lock. 1. A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, from which the opponent cannot easily escape. Example: Your love is like a studded leather headlock Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade
Word: headlock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From head + lock. 1. To restrain in a headlock. Labels: transitive
Word: mosh pit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mosh + pit. 1. The spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh. Example: If the anesthesiologist, surgeon, and circulating nurse know how to communicate with one another, a lot can get done. If not, the ballet devolves into something more like a mosh pit.
Word: rim job Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an alteration of earlier ream job (“anilingus”), later re-analysed as rim + job. 1. An act of anilingus, involving one person licking another's anus. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: strip joint Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of strip club. Labels: colloquial
Word: strip club Part of Speech: noun 1. An establishment offering striptease or other erotic dancing.
Word: over my dead body Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/ 1. Under no circumstances; absolutely not. Labels: excessive, idiomatic, informal, usually Example: "Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!" Example: “An’ now I hear you’re sendin’ our flagship Pastores out at four o’clock this afternoon with another cock-eyed cross between a giraffe an’ a Gila monster— / “By my soul, never!” yells th’ G.P.A., jumpin’ up like a bumb has gone off under him. “If the Pastores sails with that red-skirted gorilless aboard, it’ll be over my dead body!”
Word: Christmas cake Part of Speech: noun 1. A rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing, traditionally eaten at Christmas. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They enjoyed music from a live saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake.
Word: fruit cake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fruitcake. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spamvertise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of spam + advertise. Pronunciation: /ˈspæmˌvɜː(ɹ).taɪz/ 1. To engage in spamvertising. Labels: Internet, intransitive, slang Example: Based on your arguments you must believe that C&S should be allowed to spamvertise. Example: I am also considering writing form pages where people can submit fake orders at the click of a mouse for sites that spamvertise to me. 2. To use spam to advertise. Labels: Internet, slang, transitive Example: the variety who thinks it's "k-rad kewL" to spamvertise AOHell's trashy little HTML hole-in-the-wall with every post. Example: I vote for #3. These guys probably also spamvertise G*e*n*e*r*i*c V*i*a*g*r*a and P*e*n*i*S P*i*l*l*S. They're scum.
Word: Olyvia Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Latin, a nonstandard spelling of Olivia. Labels: rare
Word: Olivia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *elaíwāder.? Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva)bor.? Latin olīvader. Latin Olīvader. English Olivia From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Pronunciation: /əʊˈlɪvi.ə/, /oʊˈlɪvi.ə/, /əˈlɪ.vi.ə/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence. Example: I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia, so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it. 2. A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive. 3. An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.
Word: supereminent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French supereminent, and its source, Late Latin supereminens, adjectival use of Latin superēminēre (corresponding to super- + eminent). Pronunciation: /suːpəɹˈɛmɪnənt/ 1. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; supremely remarkable. Example: so far was beauty adored amongst them, that no man was thought fit to reign that was not in all parts complete and supereminent. Example: The conservatives had come into power just after his marriage, and he had held honourable though not supereminent office.
Word: sales tax Part of Speech: noun 1. A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services payable by the customer and collected by the seller for the local or state authorities. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A use tax or a combination of a sales tax and a use tax. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They had to pay sales tax on a car they bought out of state.
Word: night watchman state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Nachtwächterstaat, which was coined by German socialist Ferdinand Lassalle in an 1862 speech in Berlin. He used this term to criticize the idea of a state with minimal government, comparing it to a night watchman whose sole duty was preventing theft. 1. Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts. Example: The doctrines of conservative liberalism were propounded by the late nineteenth century's leading intellectual proponents of the night watchman state. Example: For these neoLiberal^([sic]) Democrats of the Orange Book school remain determined to junk social liberalism for economic liberalism. Their guiding light is the Gladstonian ideal of a low tax, laissez-faire, “night-watchman state”.
Word: plot twist Part of Speech: noun 1. A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work. Example: It was daring of Lena Dunham, the show’s writer and creator, to introduce this particular plot twist. Assisted suicide is one of the subjects that American television shows steadily avoid.
Word: gamma globulin Part of Speech: noun 1. A class of proteins in the blood, identified by their position after serum protein electrophoresis. The most significant gamma globulins are antibodies. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fraction of blood serum containing the most antibodies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then, one day in November 1962, Olivia [Roald Dahl’s daughter] returned home from school with a note from the headmistress at Godstowe, notifying all parents that there was an outbreak of measles. Pat [Patricia Neal, Roald’s wife] and Roald were concerned largely for Theo [their son], because he was still so vulnerable to infection. There was no generic measles vaccination available then… However, Dahl knew that gamma globulin could be used to boost children’s immunity against the disease and that, although uncommon in England, in America it was a fairly routine prophylactic. Example: The pediatrician Dr. [Philip Rainsford] Evans, who had arrived at the hospital after Olivia died, came early the next morning to Gipsy House and told them [Roald and Patricia] that she [Olivia] had been the victim of measles encephalitis, a rare inflammation of the brain… He confirmed that large doses of gamma globulin could well have prevented her from getting the disease. Thus, Pat remembered, began the “landslide of anger and frustration” that almost buried the family.
Word: cassock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French casaque (“cloak”). Pronunciation: /ˈkasək/, /ˈkæsək/ 1. An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. Example: It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers. Example: In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him. 2. A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries. Labels: obsolete 3. A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: surplice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English surplys, from Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum, from Latin super (“over”) and pellis (“fur”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɝplɪs/, /ˈsɝpləs/, /ˈsɜːplɪs/, /ˈsɜːpləs/ 1. A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures. Example: On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home. Example: Beneath an old ebony table were two long carved oak chests. I lifted the lid of one, and at the top was a once-white surplice covered with dust, and beneath was a mass of tracts — Commonwealth Quartos, unbound — a prey to worms and decay.
Word: contrarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contrary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English libertarianinflu. English contrarian From contrary + -an (suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives), modelled after words like libertarian. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹɛə.ɹi.ən/, /kənˈtɹɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˌkɑnˈ-/ 1. A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. Example: Christopher [Hitchens] is bored by the epithet contrarian, which has been trailing him around for a quarter of a century. What he is, in any case, is an autocontrarian: he seeks not just the most difficult position, but the most difficult position for Christopher Hitchens. Example: [Søren] Kierkegaard had no university career, and [Friedrich] Nietzsche was a professor of Greek and Roman philology who had to retire because of ill health. Both were individualists, and both were contrarians by nature, dedicated to making people uncomfortable. 2. A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others. Example: [T]o succeed as a contrarian, you have to be able to time trades in exactly the opposite direction of the majority. This means you have to move in when everyone else is fearful, and step back when everyone else is euphoric. This advice is easier to give than to follow, so contrarians are not just good at timing. They also are highly disciplined and able to set and follow rules for themselves that fly in the face of what the majority thinks.
Word: contrarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English contrary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English libertarianinflu. English contrarian From contrary + -an (suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives), modelled after words like libertarian. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹɛə.ɹi.ən/, /kənˈtɹɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˌkɑnˈ-/ 1. Liking or tending to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people. Example: The second part [of the book] explores the normative forms of adolescent resistance and contrarian behavior that vex parents and teachers alike. This discussion is within the context of chapters that look at the ways in which parenting and teaching for moral development can positively make use of these normative challenges. Example: I began with the problem that I did not have enough confidence in what I had to say. Then I discovered that there could never be a single "I" who could speak for me, I could only communicate an aspect of myself: sometimes more friendly, sometimes more contrarian. 2. Having an opinion of market trends at variance with most others. Example: Yet at the same time, 401(k) traders became more contrarian in their response to falling markets during the crisis. Therefore, the increased sensitivity to market volatility was offset, in part, by a tendency to 'buy on the dips' in response to falling markets.
Word: late bloomer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical. Labels: figuratively Example: You can be a normal late bloomer whose progress through puberty hovers on the late side of each normal age range if: It's in your genes. That is, if one or both parents or other relatives were also late bloomers. 2. A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life. Labels: figuratively 3. A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field significantly later in life. Labels: figuratively Example: He was a late bloomer, finding success at 40 in Luc Besson's 1988 film The Big Blue. Example: [Harlow:] I'm just a late bloomer (Mmm) / I didn't peak in high school, I'm still out here gettin' cuter (Woo) 4. A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants. Labels: literally Example: The great snows that come at the beginning of winter, before there is yet any snow except the perpetual high banks, are best worth while to watch. These come often before the late bloomers are gone and while the migratory birds are still in the piney woods. Example: One of the characteristics of the pawpaw is that it always bears [fruit], yet there is an occasional season when there is only a light crop on account of late frosts, but it generally bears some, as it is a late bloomer.
Word: rubber tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical South American tree of species Hevea brasiliensis, the principal source of natural rubber. 2. A tropical fig with broad, glossy leaves, formerly used to produce natural rubber, often grown as a house plant (Ficus elastica)
Word: sandalwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sandal + wood, the first component being from Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /⁠čandal⁠/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Pronunciation: /ˈsandəlwʊd/ 1. Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You ſhall put in a little bag the Powder of Sandalwood with the aforeſaid well-ſcenting Spices, and heart-ſtrengthening Powders, and lay it warm upon the left breaſt. Example: The branches of the white cedar will keep off moths when placed amongst clothes or furs. Boxes of red cedar (cedar of Lebanon) will do the same, as also sandalwood.
Word: service tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Properly, the tree that bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve (“sorb apple, serviceberry”), from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus (“service tree”). See sorb. Not related to service, though it influenced its spelling 1. Either of two rare Old World deciduous trees, Sorbus domestica or Sorbus torminalis. Example: Wild cherry and rowan, as well as wild apple, wild pear, wild service tree, whitebeam, and true service tree, are all affected by being nibbled by voles, mice and other wild animals. Example: In England, the wild service tree (sorbus torminalis) is regarded as an indicator of ancient woodland although there is little written about it in books on the subject.
Word: ayacut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Telugu, coined from two words: ఆయము "aayamu" /ɑːjʌmʊ/ (living area) + కట్టు "kattu" /ˈkʌʈʈu/ (barrier, dam). Pronunciation: /ɑːjʌˈkʌʈʈu/ 1. The area served by an irrigation project such as a canal, dam or a tank. Labels: India, countable, uncountable
Word: man day Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of man-day. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For example, in the US army during the 21 months of the war that they were involved in, 6·8 million man days were lost due to STIs, and more than 10% of all disease admissions were for STIs.
Word: dog-end Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + end. 1. A cigarette which has not been smoked to the butt and has been discarded. If one is smoking a dog end, someone else has started the cigarette and discarded it.
Word: polychord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English chord English polychord From poly- + chord. 1. Two or more chords, each constructed in a different manner, one on top of the other; multiple chords. 2. A musical instrument having ten strings. 3. A device, attached to a keyboard, for coupling two octave notes.
Word: polychord Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English chord English polychord From poly- + chord. 1. having many strings
Word: polyphony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυφωνία (poluphōnía); equivalent to poly- + -phony. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪfəni/ 1. Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the polyphony of a biblical passage
Word: peel out Part of Speech: verb 1. To start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: jambalaya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Louisiana Creole jambalaya. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒæmbəˈlaɪə/, /ˌd͡ʒʌmbəˈlaɪə/ 1. Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking, most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pitiless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English piteeles, pyteles; equivalent to pity + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪtɪləs/ 1. Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless. Example: O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream? Example: Her clothes were torn to mere shreds and tatters, and through the pitiful rags her once white and tender skin showed raw and bleeding from contact with the thousand pitiless thorns and brambles through which she had been dragged. 2. Having no kind feelings; unkind.
Word: delta metal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The three metals are symbolised by the triangular (delta) shape. 1. A brass alloy consisting of copper (55%), zinc (41-43%) and iron (1-3%), with the balance consisting of various other metals. The proportions used make the material harder and suitable for valves and bearings. Labels: uncountable
Word: brachet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brachet, from Old French brachet, a diminutive of Old Occitan brac, from Frankish. By surface analysis, brach + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/ 1. A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach. Labels: obsolete Example: Ryght so as they sat ther came rennyng in a whyte hert in to the halle and a whyte brachet next hym and xxx couple of black rennyng houndes cam after with a greete crye Example: And foresters, in green-wood trim, / Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim, / Attentive, as the bratchet’s bay / From the dark covert drove the prey, / To slip them as he broke away.
Word: delta wing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta (Δ). 1. An aircraft wing having a swept-back shape in the form of an isosceles triangle; used mostly on supersonic aircraft
Word: anklelock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ankle + lock. 1. A hold in professional wrestling, a leglock applied to any of the joints in the ankle.
Word: slinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slynger; equivalent to sling + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈslɪŋ.ɚ/ 1. Someone who, or something that, slings or uses a sling. Example: drug slinger 2. Someone who, or something that, slings or uses a sling. Example: gear slinger [such as a crossbody bag or a MOLLE sheath] 3. An American Midwest diner meal consisting of typically two eggs, hash browns, and a ground meat patty, all covered in chili con carne and topped with cheese and onions. Labels: US
Word: thunderbolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thunder + bolt. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/ 1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder. Example: Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, / And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, / Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, / Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […] Example: And the sword that had visited Earth from so far away smote like the falling of thunderbolts [...] and the runes in Alveric’s far-travelled sword exulted, and roared at the elf-knight; until in the dark of the wood, amongst branches severed from disenchanted trees, with a blow like that of a thunderbolt riving an oak-tree, Alveric slew him. 2. An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected. Labels: figuratively Example: News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans. Example: the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war 3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. Example: a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations 4. A very powerful shot. Example: Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton. 5. A belemnite, or thunderstone. 6. A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter. 7. A daring or irresistible hero.
Word: thunderbolt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thunder + bolt. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/ 1. To strike with a thunderbolt. Labels: rare, transitive 2. To move swiftly and violently. Labels: rare
Word: thunderbolts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thunderbolt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clang 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 clanger From clang (“loud ringing sound”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. Something that clangs; an alarm bell. Labels: also, figuratively Example: The front and patio doors are bugged. When you open one a contact breaks and off goes the clanger. Example: The conversation was hard-going; we didn't click at all, but then he dropped the clanger: Beazley has done a lunch with Maxine McKew and ‘It will be read as he wants to come back. Our people want to go big with it.’ 2. The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound. Example: I dismounted and walked over to Pelleas. “You may remember me, my Lord,” I said. “You once made me a knife from a bell clanger. I am Morgan, Queen of Galloway.” Example: The clanger was made out of the same material, and attached to a chain at one end. The idea was to stick the clanger in the opening of the triangle and start circulating, whacking the triangle on all three sides as fast as you could. 3. A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: In his speech, the best man got the bride's name wrong. What a clanger! Example: He dropped a real clanger when he criticized the paraplegic for not standing. 4. A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against". Labels: Australia Example: Geelong could not get their running game going and lapsed into clanger after clanger. 5. An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal. 6. A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins. Labels: Australia
Word: clanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of Bedfordshire clanger. Pronunciation: /ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. Short for Bedfordshire clanger. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: hydrolyse Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of hydrolyze. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stadia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian stadia. 1. A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope. 2. Hash marks or other reticle etchings on a riflescope's lens which are used for stadiametric rangefinding; lines or curves for estimating the range of a target of known height, such as an enemy soldier or a game animal. 3. (historically) A graduated brass triangle used to measure the distance of a target by comparison of the graduations with the heights of soldiers or horses.
Word: stadia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek στᾰ́δῐᾰ (stắdĭă), plural of στᾰ́δῐον (stắdĭon). 1. plural of stadion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stadia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stadia; by surface analysis, stadi(um) + -a. 1. plural of stadium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wiles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Wile English -'s English -s English Wiles From Wile + -s (patronymic suffix). 1. A surname transferred from the nickname. A patronymic form of Wile. Example: Once Kennedy bought into the plan, Wiles advised waiting to announce it until after the Democratic convention, believing it would stall Harris’ momentum. To Wiles, the endorsement was one of the campaign’s key moments. It neutralized the threat that Kennedy would peel off votes from Trump. But more importantly, “he allowed us to broaden the base of the party,” she says. “He was a key way to do that.”
Word: bialy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Slavic *bě̃lъ Old Polish biały Polish biały Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź Proto-Slavic *jьz Proto-Slavic *jьz- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Balto-Slavic *san? Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm? Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) Old Polish z- Old Polish s- Polish s- Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tokʷ-éye-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *takeitei Proto-Slavic *točiti Old Polish toczyć Polish toczyć Polish stoczyćdeverb. Polish stok univ. Polish Białystokder. Yiddish ביאַלי (byali)bor. English bialy From Yiddish ביאַלי (byali), from the Polish name of the city of Białystok. Pronunciation: /biˈæl.i/ 1. A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
Word: toepoke Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of toe-poke. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘You’re not going to tell me you’re still toepoking at your age,’ his uncle said. ‘See what happens if you don’t kick properly? Look here till I show you.’ Example: Clinging on to said defender, viduka, slightly off balance, only manages to tickle the ball with his toecaps, merely toepoking it to the opposition.
Word: toepoke Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toe-poke. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Toepokes are useful in an emergency, particularly when it is impossible to get close to the ball. Example: viduka's toepoke was matched in the second half, but again was wide.
Word: scorpion kick Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare type of kick in association football where the player dives headlong so their body flies parallel to the ground in a prone position and quickly extends their hips and flexes their knees backwards, so they resemble a scorpion's upright tail, to kick a football passing towards his heels, returning it in the direction it came.