nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of totalizator. Pronunciation: /təʊt/, /toʊt/ 1. A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator. Labels: Australia, UK Example: He was a humorist of note and keen at repartee, He laid the odds and kept a "tote", whatever that may be, 2. Pari-mutuel betting. Labels: Australia, UK
Word: Punchinello Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Pulcinella or Neapolitan Pulecenella, of uncertain origin (see the Italian entry). Pronunciation: /ˌpʌnt͡ʃɪˈnɛləʊ/ 1. A traditional Italian puppet, in the form of a short fat clown.
Word: Punchinello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian Pulcinella or Neapolitan Pulecenella, of uncertain origin (see the Italian entry). Pronunciation: /ˌpʌnt͡ʃɪˈnɛləʊ/ 1. Somebody who resembles this character; a grotesque buffoon. Labels: broadly
Word: totalizator Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer-like machine, at a racecourse, that registers bets and distributes the total amount bet among those who win. Labels: US
Word: bush baby Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bushbaby. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hang-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hang up (verb). 1. An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition, in particular concerning one's sex life. Labels: informal Example: Near-synonyms: neurosis, obsession, complex Example: We’re said to have so many hang-ups that we don’t even talk about sex until we’re in the pub, and to need to be blind drunk before anything approaching physical contact occurs. 2. An unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch or delay. Example: Near-synonym: setback Example: What a hang up I got into at once! As I look back on it it's incredible that I could have been so damned dumb.
Word: time-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + out. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/, /ˈtaɪm ˈaʊt/ 1. A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc. Example: We're being beaten! We need a time-out! 2. A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period. Labels: childish Example: I'm going to take a brief time-out from this job. Example: Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out! 3. A perhaps temporary break in a relationship. Labels: informal 4. The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
Word: timeout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + out. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/ 1. The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally. 2. The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally. Example: My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages. 3. Alternative form of time-out. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: timepiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + piece. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmpiːs/ 1. A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism. Example: The only timepiece she allowed in the house was a sundial. She usually kept the curtains pulled. Example: An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces. 2. A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism. Example: His pocket watch was a beautiful timepiece. Example: The spring-driven clock introduced the truly movable timepiece and, with further innovations in miniaturization, the object that came to be called the watch.
Word: time-release Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of timed-release. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The beauty industry, long promising to stop or at least stave off time, is finding a way to market it. Over the last year or so, store shelves have become packed with so-called time-release products, which promise staggered benefits the longer they sink in.
Word: get stuck in Part of Speech: verb 1. To dedicate a large amount of effort towards. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: He's really getting stuck in to his new job as chief executive. He's sacked half the boardroom staff already.
Word: chuck up Part of Speech: verb 1. To vomit; throw up. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, intransitive, slang, transitive Example: She got ridiculously drunk last night and chucked up in the back of the minicab on the way home. Example: Take it easy on the roller coasters or you're going to chuck up your lunch. 2. To chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to break a contract; to abandon or quit (something). Labels: dated, intransitive, transitive Example: But when you've tried it once or twice, And do not find it over nice, If it's dear at any price, Chuck it up. If it's not a paying game, Not worth the candle — all the same, Chuck it up. Example: What worried me was the sense of being up against something inhumanly formidable and wise and strong. I believed I was willing to own defeat and chuck up the game. 3. To be released from prison. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: piss down Part of Speech: verb 1. To rain heavily. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I'm not going to the shops now. It's pissing down.
Word: Forbes Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /fɔɹbz/ 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic. 2. A unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic. 3. A ghost town in California. 4. A township and village in Holt County, Missouri, named after John Murray Forbes. 5. A minor city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. 6. A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 7. A town and local government area (Forbes Shire) in central-west New South Wales, Australia. 8. A locality in the Shire of Mitchell, central Victoria, Australia. 9. A street in Buca, Turkey
Word: fisk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fisken, fisshen. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *fȳscian, an iterative form of fȳsan (“to hasten”), thus equivalent to feeze + -k, and faze + -k. Compare also Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”). Pronunciation: /fɪsk/ 1. To run about; to fist; to whisk. Labels: obsolete Example: [W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.
Word: fisk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from fisking. Pronunciation: /fɪsk/ 1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet. Example: A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect! Example: Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.
Word: lus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lu Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of lu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omigosh Part of Speech: intj 1. Eye dialect spelling of oh my gosh. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: time reversal Part of Speech: noun 1. An operation that transforms a physical system undergoing a sequence of events into one in which the events take place in the reverse sequence. 2. T-symmetry.
Word: timesaving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From time + saving. 1. That reduces the time needed to perform a task, especially by using a shorter route or a more efficient method. 2. Prompt or expeditious.
Word: deductive reasoning Part of Speech: noun 1. Inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true. Example: ⁴⁴As a hunter traces the location of an animal by the trail of blood, so a king should trace the location of justice by deductive reasoning. 2. Inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises.
Word: anti-monarchist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of antimonarchist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sheikh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sheik. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: atishoo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Both onomatopoeic and a pronunciation spelling of a tissue. Pronunciation: /əˈtɪʃuː/ 1. Synonym of achoo. Labels: UK Example: [A]nd the next instant the most peculiar sounds came forth from the statue of Biggoon. "Ah-tishoo!" said the spirit voice, "Oh! Oh! ah-tish-oo!"
Word: atishoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Both onomatopoeic and a pronunciation spelling of a tissue. Pronunciation: /əˈtɪʃuː/ 1. Synonym of achoo. Labels: UK
Word: postmark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of post + mark. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/ 1. A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp. Example: He looked at the mauve envelope doubtfully, and examined the postmark. "Where is Pudlington, James? and one might almost ask—why is Pudlington? No town has any right to such an offensive name."
Word: postmark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of post + mark. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/ 1. To apply a postmark on. Labels: transitive
Word: cartonnage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor. Latin charta Italian carta Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian cartonebor. French carton Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French cartonner Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French cartonnagebor. English cartonnage Borrowed from French cartonnage. 1. The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Guy Fawkes Night Part of Speech: name 1. The revelry on Guy Fawkes Day (the 5th of November) in commemoration of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, traditionally including the burning of effigies of the pope, Guy Fawkes, and/or the Devil. Labels: UK
Word: disability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Circa 1570 disable + -ity. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/ 1. A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability. Labels: countable Example: people with disabilities Example: Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. The King himself intervened by a letter[…]Chatham yielded to such persuasion; though suffering from a universal tremor. 2. The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled. Labels: uncountable Example: While physical and sensory disability is usually identified by asking a subject what he or she can or cannot do (with or without assistance), cognitive disability is assessed with a test such as a mental status questionnaire (MSQ). 3. A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needs. Labels: countable 4. An inability. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted. 5. A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency. Labels: countable 6. A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency. Labels: countable 7. Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: I had to go on disability after the accident. Example: Did you get your disability this month?
Word: Antwerpen Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Antwerp Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A biſhopric. 26 m. almoſt SW from Antwerpen, and 30 NW from Bruſſels. Example: During the retreat from Antwerpen in the face of the rapidly advancing German army Julien has lost the thesis that he had planned to submit to the university, but now he has a great idea. 2. Alternative form of Antwerp: 3. Alternative form of Antwerp:
Word: Montréal Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Montreal: an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: injection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French injection, from Latin iniectio. The mathematical sense is from French injection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique. Equivalent to inject + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ 1. The act of injecting, or something that is injected. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For some indications in PET imaging, it is necessary for radiopharmaceutical injections to be administered contralaterally or pedally to the disease process 2. A specimen prepared by injection. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The supply of additional funding to a person or a business. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The troubled business received a much-needed cash injection. 6. A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a SQL injection exploit allowing a malicious user to modify a database query 8. The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It had been determined that one of the whip turnstile antennas had broken off from Explorer 1 shortly after injection into orbit, so these were eliminated. 9. A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: conjunctival injection 12. Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: direct injection Example: tuned port injection 13. The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Prussian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Prussia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Prussian From Prussia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʌ.ʃən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Prussian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Prussia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Prussian From Prussia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʌ.ʃən/ 1. The Prussian language; see Old Prussian (an extinct West Baltic language) and New Prussian (the modern reconstruction of the Old Prussian language, spoken by pilot communities in Lithuania, Poland, and elsewhere). 2. Short for High Prussian (a moribund dialect of East Central German) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Short for Low Prussian (a moribund dialect of East Low German) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Prussian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Prussia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Prussian From Prussia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʌ.ʃən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia. 2. A citizen of the German state of Prussia. Labels: historical 3. A member of or a person descended from the Baltic ethnic group which inhabited Prussia. 4. A member of or a person descended from the German ethnic group which settled in Prussia. Example: The Junkers were the stereotypical Prussians.
Word: jockey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English Jackin Middle English Jankyn English Jack English Jock English jock Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ English -y English -ie English -ey English jockey The word is by origin a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of the use of the word as a name is in "Jockey of Norfolk" in Shakespeare's Richard III. v. 3, 304. Equivalent to jock + -ey. In the 16th and 17th centuries the word was applied to horse-dealers, postilions, itinerant minstrels and vagabonds, and thus frequently bore the meaning of a cunning trickster, a "sharp", whence the verb to jockey, "to outwit" or "to do" a person out of something. The current meaning of a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒki/, /ˈd͡ʒɑki/ 1. One who rides racehorses competitively. 2. That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire 3. An operator of some machinery or apparatus. Labels: in-compounds 4. A dealer in horses; a horse trader. Labels: dated Example: And the crime for which Nuncomar was about to die was regarded by them in much the same light in which the selling of an unsound horse, for a sound price, is regarded by a Yorkshire jockey. 5. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade. Labels: dated 6. A prostitute's client. Labels: UK, slang 7. A rapist. Labels: Ireland, slang
Word: jockey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English Jackin Middle English Jankyn English Jack English Jock English jock Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ English -y English -ie English -ey English jockey The word is by origin a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of the use of the word as a name is in "Jockey of Norfolk" in Shakespeare's Richard III. v. 3, 304. Equivalent to jock + -ey. In the 16th and 17th centuries the word was applied to horse-dealers, postilions, itinerant minstrels and vagabonds, and thus frequently bore the meaning of a cunning trickster, a "sharp", whence the verb to jockey, "to outwit" or "to do" a person out of something. The current meaning of a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒki/, /ˈd͡ʒɑki/ 1. To ride (a horse) in a race. 2. To jostle by riding against. Example: They were jockeying for position toward the end of the race. Example: I love jockeying that motorcycle through heavy traffic. 3. To maneuver (something) by skill; especially, to do so for one's advantage. Example: They're all jockeying for promotion. Example: This particularly obtains in all Parliamentary affairs. Whether the business in hand be to get a man in, or get a man out, or get a man over, or promote a railway, or jockey a railway, or what else, nothing is understood to be so effectual as scouring nowhere in a violent hurry—in short, as taking cabs and going about. 4. To cheat or trick. Example: I've been jockeyed into doing work for which I get no credit.
Word: Gulf of Mexico Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Spanish golfo de México, first attested in 1550 on a world map held at the Bodleian Library. In widespread use since the mid-17th century, predating the independence of Mexico. Alternatively gulf + of + Mexico. Cognate of French golfe du Mexique. 1. A gulf to the south of the United States, to the east and north of Mexico, and to the north of Cuba. Example: A few weeks after allowing the controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska to go forward, the Biden administration is auctioning off more than 73 million acres of waters in the Gulf of Mexico to offshore oil and gas drilling.
Word: timeserver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + server. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvə/ 1. A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist. Example: Another of Lilly's confidants was the time-server, John Gauden, who was distinctly anti-Laudian in outlook, but who nevertheless became Bishop of Worcester at the Restoration. 2. Someone who performs a job for the required time only, making a minimum of effort. 3. A device, node or program that transmits the correct time to clients in a network. 4. Someone who honors their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so. Labels: obsolete
Word: Belgie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-? Proto-Celtic *belgosbor. Latin Belgae Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin belgicusder. Proto-Indo-European *gelH-? Proto-Celtic *galnatibor. Latin Gallus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Galliader. ▲ Latin Belgicader. Latin Gallia Belgicaellip. Latin Belgicader. Latin Belgiumbor. English Belgium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Belg(ian) English -ie English Belgie From Belg(ian) + -ie. 1. A Belgian. Labels: slang Example: “I don’t hold with foreigners as a rule, but from what the newspapers say I make out as how these brave Belgies isn’t the ordinary run of foreigners, and certainly he’s a most polite spoken gentleman.” Example: Jim Reed began talking about the Tommies, the Aussies, the Froggies, the Belgies, the Pork and Cheese.
Word: time-share Part of Speech: noun 1. A property jointly owned or leased by multiple people who are allowed to use (or sublet) it only during specified periods each year.
Word: time-share Part of Speech: verb 1. To own or lease (a property) by time-sharing. Labels: transitive 2. To use (a computer or communications band) by time-sharing. Labels: transitive
Word: timeshare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + share. 1. Alternative spelling of time-share. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Arabian Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. A peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
Word: time-sharing Part of Speech: noun 1. The joint ownership or lease of a property by multiple people who can only use it for specified periods every year, or every other year. Labels: uncountable 2. A technique that allows many users to use a central computer simultaneously through remote terminals. Labels: uncountable
Word: time-sharing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of time-share Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: oche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Middle French oche (“notch”), from Old French ocher, ochier (“to make a notch in; to notch”), which, according to Partridge, could be related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒki/, /ˈɑki/ 1. A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart. Example: As has been mentioned, Darts of to-day is essentially a "public-house game," and in pretty nearly every inn, club, or institute where it has a footing (and in which has it not!) will be found minor variations in play and often games that are peculiar to the locality or even to the "school" itself. […] And in this domestic circle, at all events, it is thought that this set of Rules will prove a useful guide when taken in conjunction with what has already been said as regards the board, its position, the hockey-line, etc. Example: Henry Lewis's body was tense, taut, his toes against the hockey, his right arm raised, his left eye half-closed. With grim intensity, backed by years of practice and experience, he sighted along the steel point, drew his arm back—and let the dart fly.
Word: cocus wood Part of Speech: noun 1. The tree Brya ebenus Labels: uncountable 2. The wood from the tree, used for making flutes and other musical instruments Labels: uncountable
Word: cognovit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cognovit. 1. An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
Word: Adar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אֲדָר (adár). Doublet of Addaru. 1. The sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan. See also Adar Sheni. Labels: Judaism
Word: Guiana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the local language (probably Cariban or Arawak), meaning “land of many waters”. Also spelled as Guyana. The French form gave the town name Cayenne. Pronunciation: /ɡaɪˈænə/, /ɡaɪˈɑːnə/, /ɡiˈɑːnə/, /ɡiˈænə/ 1. A geological region in the north of South America. 2. Alternative spelling of Guyana. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decelerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late 19th c., from de- + (ac)celerate. Compare deaccelerate. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛləɹeɪt/ 1. To reduce the velocity of something. Labels: transitive Example: In May, for example, the Illinois Central RR. introduced the long-expected streamline version of the Panama Limited, with diesel haulage, cutting the time over the 921 miles between Chicago and New Orleans by 2hr. to 18hr. each way—the fastest on record—but decelerated other trains over the same route. Example: The S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway] could not adhere to this schedule, and had to decelerate the service, but the original timings were restored when the M.R. and L.S.W.R. leased the S.D.R. 2. To reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease. Labels: transitive 3. To go slower. Labels: intransitive Example: One of the disadvantages of increasing intermediate stops is that, as we have pointed out already, certain prestige trains have to suffer, notably the "Cornish Riviera Express", slowed 15min to Plymouth by stops at Taunton and Exeter; the "Torbay Express", decelerated 18min by stops at Reading, Westbury, Taunton and Newton Abbot; and the "Bristolian", which adds 14min in order to allow for a Bath stop and an increased load.
Word: Guianas Part of Speech: name 1. A geographic region in South America consisting of Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; sometimes also including the Guayana region of eastern Venezuela and the state of Amapá, Brazil. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Guyanas Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Guianas. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spokesman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + man. 1. One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people. Example: One study of popular escapistic communications indicates that the recipients regarded the heroes and spokesmen as "trustworthy models and guides." Example: Libyan war planes on Sunday sank one ship and attacked a second vessel near the eastern city of Benghazi, military spokesmen for the country's internationally recognized government said on Monday.
Word: spokeswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + woman. 1. A woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people. Example: Topps[…] has signed the Clique Girlz as commercial spokeswomen for Baby Bottle Pop, one of the Top 10 nonchocolate candy brands. Example: “As communicated to members of Congress multiple times, these children are not ‘lost,’” said HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley.
Word: retie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English tie English retie From re- + tie. 1. To tie again; to tie something that has already been tied or was tied before. Example: She stopped walking for a moment to retie her shoe.
Word: kimchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi), ultimately composed within Korea of Chinese-derived morphemes 沉 (MC drim, “submerged, soaked”) and 菜 (MC tshojH, “vegetable”), i.e. "fermented vegetable". Doublet of kimuchi. 1. A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "Yeah." He gestured to the kimchi. "Well, get it in ya, then." "It's better hot." she said. Example: Despite the stew’s debt to kimchi, you know it has come into its own when it’s served with kimchi as a side dish. 2. A Korean person. Labels: countable, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, usually Example: How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan? Example: In the United States, Germans are sometimes called "krauts" ... Koreans "kimchis," and poor white Southerners "crackers"...
Word: lambs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /læmz/ 1. plural of lamb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lambs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /læmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lamb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: panos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pano Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chromaticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chromatic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English chromaticism From chromatic + -ism. 1. the quality or state of being chromatic Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the act or action of chromaticizing: the use of chromatic notes or tones (contrasted with diatonicism) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: excessive chromaticism means excessive increase in harmonic tension -- Mosco Carner
Word: equilibrant Part of Speech: noun 1. A force equal to, but opposite of, the resultant sum of vector forces; that force which balances other forces, thus bringing an object to equilibrium.
Word: borne out Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of bear out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: time sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of timesheet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: An old print was discovered some time ago in an arch at Waterloo Dock Goods Station[,] Liverpool, in use as a backing on which to write time sheets.
Word: time signal Part of Speech: noun 1. A visible, audible, mechanical, or electronic signal used as a reference to determine the time of day.
Word: time signature Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbol or numerical sign placed on a stave to indicate the meter; in the case of a numerical time signature, the numerator is the number of beats per bar, the denominator represents the value of each beat.
Word: times sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A multiplication sign. Labels: informal
Word: DEROS Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of date eligible/estimated to return from overseas. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: time study Part of Speech: noun 1. A direct and continuous observation of a task, using a timekeeping device to record the time taken to accomplish the task.
Word: daysailing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From day + sailing. 1. A brief sailing excursion for pleasure conducted within a single day. It may include sightseeing, picnics, practice of maneuvers, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: daysailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of daysail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nefandous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nefandus, from ne- (“not”) + fandus, gerundive of fārī (“to speak”). Pronunciation: /nɪˈfandəs/, /nəˈfændəs/ 1. Unspeakable, appalling. Labels: archaic Example: Also the Daemon belched forth most horrid and nefandous Blasphemies, exalting himself above the most High. Example: It had only horror, because I knew unerringly the monstrous, nefandous analogy that had suggested it.
Word: nemoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nemorālis, from nemus (“grove”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛməɹəl/ 1. Pertaining to groves or woodland. Example: He drank his coffee standing in the clean wash of a wind nemoral and northern, its light going thin and cold. Example: During the centennial period of monitoring, 41 species have disappeared from the flora of Yekaterinburg city, most of them being nemoral and helobious species.
Word: nenuphar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin nenuphar, from Arabic نِلُوفَر (nilūfar), نِينُوفَر (nīnūfar), from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”), from नील (nīla, “blue”) + उत्पल (utpala, “lotus, water-lily”). Compare French nénufar. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛnjʊfɑː/, /ˈnɛnjəˌfɑɹ/ 1. A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea). Example: We'll try the «lunar waltz» while floats afar / Upon the liquid night — night's nenuphar. Example: Arrived at the stall of a fruiterer, she bought Syrian apples, Osmāni quinces, peaches from Uman, jasmine of Aleppo, Damascene nenuphars, cucumbers from the Nile, limes from Egypt, Sultānī citrons, myrtle berries, flowers of henna, blood-red anemones, violets, pomegranate bloom, and the narcissus.
Word: nictate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1755; borrowed from Latin nictātus, perfect passive participle of nictō (“to wink, blink”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /nɪkˈteɪt/ 1. To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane. Labels: intransitive Example: Indignantly interrogated as to whether he himself believed or exercised this abhominable and perabsurd superstition, he very gravely nictated his dexter eyelid. And I nictated mine. And we both laughed. Example: Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating.
Word: nidor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nidor. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɪdə/, /ˈnʌɪdɔː/, /ˈnaɪdəɹ/ 1. The smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the material Demons do strangely gluttonize upon the Nidours and Bloud of Sacrifices Example: The First-fruits were a common Oblation to their Deities; but the chief Part of their Worship consisted in sacrificiing Animals : And this they did out of a real Persuasion, that their Gods were pleased with their Blood, and were nourished with the Smoke, and Nidor of them; and therefore the more costly, they thought them the more acceptable, for which Reason, they stuck not sometimes to regale them with human Sacrifices. 2. Any smell. Labels: countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: For her part Vicki smells little, not even the nidor of antifreeze at the stock car races at Lake Doucette. Example: The long, yellow face was framed in side whiskers; there hung about him the nidor of stale cigar smoke.
Word: nief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French [Term?], from Latin nativus (“natural”). Doublet of naif and native. Pronunciation: /niːf/ 1. A serf or bondsman born into servitude. Labels: historical Example: That is, because the girl was his nief, or bondwoman, the daughter of one of his villains
Word: nief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English neve (“the clenched hand, fist”), from Old Norse nefi, hnefi (also knefi) ("hand, fist, handful"), from Proto-Germanic *hnefô, from Proto-Indo-European *knep- (“to scrape, scratch, grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Scots neif (“fist”), Norwegian neve, Danish næve, Swedish näve, Middle High German nevemez (“handful”). Pronunciation: /niːf/ 1. A clenched hand; fist. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland Example: Ake thought if ever he was walking alone on a dark-like night and Jimmy came on him, he with his bare nieves and Jimmy with a knife, he'd stand as much chance of getting home safe as a celluloid cat that had strayed into hell[…]. Example: Nestorius exploded at that and hit out. He roared and dismissed the class, hitting out with his old mottled gnarled niefs. 2. A handful or fistful. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland 3. The handgrip of a sword or oar. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland
Word: nixie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Nixe, feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”), English nicker. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪksi/ 1. A female nix, a water-spirit. Example: The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms of the ancient Nicor[.] Example: The place seems to have been fashioned as a dwelling for dryads and hamadryads, for nixies and pixies, and all the fabled spirits of forest and stream.
Word: nixie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nix + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪksi/ 1. A piece of mail returned as undeliverable. Example: Mailers who are registered participants in the Postal Service's Address Change Service (ACS) system expect to receive their address corrections and nixie notifications by electronic messages;[…]. Example: If you get a response of less than one percent or excessive “nixies” (wrong addresses), rework your copy or get a new list.
Word: nonius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Nonius, the Latinised form of the name of its inventor, Pedro Nunes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊnɪəs/ 1. A device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier. Example: Well, of course, one must manipulate the various Screw-Settings precisely, read the Nonius, and an hundred other details besides I’d but bore you with,—
Word: gold top Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the gold-coloured aluminium top of the bottle in which this type of milk is sold. 1. Channel Island milk. Labels: uncountable
Word: noosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French noosphère, from Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”) + Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), developed and perhaps coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky, in analogy to atmosphere, biosphere etc. By surface analysis, nous (“mind”) + -sphere. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ.əsfɪə/, /ˈnoʊ.əsfɪɚ/ 1. The sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage. Example: I used to have a pretty clear idea of God. Now we have these new theologians who say God’s inside here not up there or he’s an impersonal noosphere and the anthropomorphic image is out. Three unpersons in one anthropomorphic noosphere. Example: Finally, human beings reproduce themselves mentally through exchanges with cultural and symbolic environments[…] These relational exchanges are embedded in the traditions and institutions of a particular society in such a way that that society can reproduce itself on a cultural level, can reproduce itself in the noosphere.
Word: gold-top milk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the gold-coloured aluminium top of the bottle in which this type of milk is sold. 1. Channel Island milk. Labels: uncountable
Word: Channel Island milk Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of creamy, light-beige-coloured milk originally from the Jersey and Guernsey breeds of cattle native to the Channel Islands. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: clobber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: British slang from 1941; possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance. Pronunciation: /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɑb.ɚ/ 1. To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage. Labels: slang, transitive Example: So the temptation to clobber was always there, and it was sometimes more difficult not to strike than it would have been to strike, and the consequences be damned. Example: 2000 November 30, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 3034, Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the East African Standard newspaper we saw a picture of a man being carried away after being clobbered. We also saw women being clobbered by well-built policemen using big clubs. They were clobbering women who had already fallen on the ground. 2. To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly. Labels: slang, transitive Example: It is therefore clear that the system itself must be truly "clobber proof"; that is, no user may be capable of changing anyone else's program or tying up the system in any way that would disrupt normal service to other users. Example: In the slang of computer programmers, the second re-entry address is likely to "clobber" the machine's memory of the original re-entry address.
Word: clobber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: British slang from 1941; possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance. Pronunciation: /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɑb.ɚ/ 1. A beating. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: clobbering, clubbing, thumping Example: He should have stepped back and given Hemi room to chat and see where the women^([sic]) was going, yet he found himself drawn over to them. His friend would probably give him a clobber later on for his stupidity […] 2. A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists. Labels: uncountable
Word: clobber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: British slang from 19th century of unknown origin, perhaps from Yiddish. Pronunciation: /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɑb.ɚ/ 1. Clothing; clothes. Labels: Australia, UK, slang, uncountable Example: W'y, they call a man a robber if 'e stuffs 'is marchin' clobber / With the— / (Chorus) Loo! loo! Lulu! lulu! Loo! loo! Loot! loot! loot! Example: Now to get rid of this respectable clobber and feel like a man again. 2. Equipment. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: clobber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of obscure origin, but compare clabber (“mud, wet clay”). Pronunciation: /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɑb.ɚ/ 1. A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather. Labels: uncountable
Word: clobber Part of Speech: intj Labels: no-gloss
Word: numina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːmɪnə/ 1. plural of numen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: creamy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cremy, equivalent to cream + -y. Piecewise doublet of cremey. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːmi/ 1. Containing cream. Example: creamy milk 2. Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream. Example: creamy chocolate 3. Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream. Example: a creamy lotion 4. Having the colour of cream. Example: High up hover a few flutters of rosy creamy cloud. Example: The Altamaha-ha, as the serpent has been named, is said to be from twelve to twenty feet long, about two feet in diameter, and gunmetal gray on top with a creamy underside. Most descriptions suggest a creature that is part eel, part alligator, ... 5. Characterised by a gentle transition between sharp and out-of-focus areas. Example: The lens is liked by Nikon users for the way it renders smooth and creamy bokeh with impressive levels of sharpness at the centre. 6. Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: There she was in the steam room after our workout, steam covering her body, drops rolling down her gorgeous breasts. I would stare and stare. (I'm getting creamy just thinking about her again.)
Word: creamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cremy, equivalent to cream + -y. Piecewise doublet of cremey. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːmi/ 1. A horse with a cream-coloured coat.
Word: nystagmus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1798. From New Latin nystagmus, from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmós, “nodding, drowsiness”), from νυστάζω (nustázō, “nod, be sleepy”). Pronunciation: /nɪˈstæɡ.məs/, /naɪˈstæɡ.məs/ 1. Rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement, usually lateral. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For months Travis had seen his solitary figure, shoulders hunched inside the flying jacket, in more and more newsreels, as an extra in war films, and then as a patient in an elegant ophthalmic film on nystagmus
Word: sabre rattling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sabre-rattling. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sabre rattling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sabre rattle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: saber-rattling Part of Speech: noun 1. chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling Labels: US, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: saber-rattling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of saber-rattle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: saber-rattling Part of Speech: adj 1. chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling Labels: US, alt-of
Word: time trial Part of Speech: noun 1. An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time. 2. Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other. Labels: broadly 3. A mode in which the main goal is to complete levels, or in some cases the entire game, as quickly as possible.
Word: time warp Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another. Example: But as the reports on the Bild investigation suggest, the company’s workplace culture may be stuck in a time warp. 2. A line dance popularized by the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which the dancers take a jump to the left, a step to the right, put their hands on their hips, bend their knees, thrust their pelvises, spin in a circle, jump forward and back, and wiggle. 3. Acceleration of in-game time relative to real-world time.
Word: time warp Part of Speech: verb 1. To travel through time in such a manner. Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To perform the time warp dance. Labels: intransitive
Word: oeillade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French œillade. Pronunciation: /əːˈjɑːd/ 1. A glance, especially an amorous one; an ogle Labels: literary Example: I know your Lady do's not loue her Husband, / I am sure of that: and at her late being heere, / She gaue strange Eliads, and most speaking lookes / To Noble Edmund. Example: ‘My, my,’ she said, with an oeillade meant to be comic.
Word: timework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + work. 1. Work for which a certain rate is paid per unit of time. Labels: uncountable
Word: œillade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of oeillade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: timeworn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From time + worn. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/ 1. Showing the effects of wear due to long use. Example: The roofs of these time-worn habitations are full of holes, and have been patched here and there with laths; […] Example: After walking the timeworn horizons out of Africa, I have entered a corrugated maze, a knotted crossroad of the world where landscape is read like sacrament, a labyrinth of echoing faiths called the Middle East. 2. Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused.