nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: foot-poundal Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot Labels: dated Example: He […] made abstruse calculations as to the flight of balls off sloped club-faces, as to the foot-poundals of energy exercised by one muscle or the other, and as to theories of spin.
Word: poundal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pound Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English poundal From pound + -al. 1. A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second. Labels: dated
Word: footrace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + race. 1. A race run on foot.
Word: footrace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From foot + race. 1. To race on foot. Labels: intransitive Example: [T]he Moslems footraced around the Kaba three times at top speed, to demonstrate to the observant Koreish that they were in excellent physical condition; […] Example: As we footraced back to the fort, I saw the lieutenant standing on top the walls watching this string of grown-up children flying along the path pursued by their barking and excited dogs. 2. To race (someone or something) on foot. Labels: transitive Example: I could almost feel the clear spool when the game turned, headed along the beach, and I footraced him for line, and won. Example: Next Representative McCarthy promises to footrace a Manhattan bus to prove that transportation is snarled.
Word: foppery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English foppery From fop + -ery. 1. The dress or actions of a fop. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And it is by their fopperies and their frivolities that we know that their sinister philosophy is sincere; in their lights and garlands and ribbons we read their indwelling despair. 2. Stupidity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, / when we are sick in fortune,–often the surfeit / of our own behavior,–we make guilty of our / disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as / if we were villains by necessity; fools by / heavenly compulsion […] Example: The energies of his mind led him to despise the fopperies of idolatry; and he found the Christians, in the most unfavourable situation, torn into innumerable parties, by the sectaries of Athanasius, Arius, Eutyches, Nestorius.
Word: Kango Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a trademarked name, now sometimes used for any type of jackhammer regardless of manufacturer. 1. A jackhammer.
Word: Denys Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Denis Labels: rare
Word: expilator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin expīlātor, from expīlō. 1. One who plunders or pillages. Labels: obsolete Example: for which the most barbarous Expilators found the most civill Rhetorick
Word: incremable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin in- + cremare, + -able. 1. Incombustible; resistant to being burnt. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: […] incombustible sheets made with a texture of Asbestos, incremable flax, or Salamanders wool, which preserved their bones and ashes incommixed.
Word: ferity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin feritas, from ferus (“wild”). By surface analysis, Latin fer- + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɪti/ 1. The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: wildness, brutishness Example: To burn the bones of the King of Edom for Lyme, seems no irrationall ferity.
Word: copel Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of couple. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete spelling of cupel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cupel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French coupelle, from Medieval Latin cūpella, from Latin cūpa (“cask”) + -ella (“-elle: forming feminine diminutives”). Equivalent to cup + -el. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːpəl/ 1. A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
Word: cupel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French coupelle, from Medieval Latin cūpella, from Latin cūpa (“cask”) + -ella (“-elle: forming feminine diminutives”). Equivalent to cup + -el. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːpəl/ 1. To refine or assay using a cupel.
Word: hydropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ydropik, ydropyk, from Old French ydropique, from Latin hydropicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδρωπικός (hudrōpikós), from ὕδρωψ (húdrōps). Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɒpɪk/ 1. Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema). Example: hydropic diathesis Example: Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. 2. Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy). Labels: obsolete Example: The worlds whole sap is sunke: / The generall balme th'hydroptique earth hath drunk […]. 3. Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid. Example: Ultrastructure of hydropic swelling of a liver cell. 4. Having a yolk deficiency.
Word: hydropical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hydropicus + -al. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɒpɪkəl/ 1. Dropsical. 2. Insatiably thirsty. Labels: obsolete 3. Swollen with water. Example: In an Hydropicall body ten years buried in a Church-yard, we met with a fat concretion, wherein the nitre of the Earth, and the salt and lixivious liquor of the body, had coagulated large lumps of fat, into the consistence of the hardest castle-soap.
Word: compage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin compages, from com- + root of pangere ‘to fasten’. 1. Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole. Labels: obsolete Example: 1658: Common Tombs preserve not beyond powder: A firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from Arefaction, deep buriall or charcoal. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31) 2. A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts. Labels: obsolete Example: The first note of the evovae—the prevailing or reciting note of the chant—and the final note of the antiphon give the tone of the chant. This word, or rather this compages of letters, has, of course, no connexion whatever with the Bacchic shout of Io or Evoe. I should not allude here to this silly story were it not that on several occasions I have heard it repeated by persons who noticed the presence of the evovae in one or other of the books exhibited, and who evidently believed in its truth.
Word: arefaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arefacere. Pronunciation: /æɹɪˈfækʃən/ 1. The fact or process of drying; desiccation. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Common Tombs preserve not beyond powder: A firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from Arefaction, deep buriall or charcoal.
Word: barricaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of barricade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: numbed Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: numbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of numb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thawed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /θɔːd/, /θɔd/, /θɑd/ 1. simple past and past participle of thaw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: revoked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of revoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: painkillers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of painkiller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of insure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: averaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of average Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: averaged Part of Speech: adj 1. replaced by an average value Labels: not-comparable
Word: fiddled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fiddle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unhitched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unhitch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unhitched Part of Speech: adj 1. Unattached. 2. Unmarried; single.
Word: mowing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mowynge; equivalent to mow + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mowynge; equivalent to mow + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ.ɪŋ/ 1. The activity by which something is mown. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One gallon costs about $220, covers an acre and lasts through about two mowings. 2. Land from which grass is cut. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The grass clippings resulting from mowing. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: You may advantageously use the mowings of the lawn as linings to the bed each time the lawn is mown.
Word: violer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From viol + -er. 1. A musician who plays the viol. Labels: archaic
Word: unstring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + string. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈstɹɪŋ/ 1. To remove the string or strings from. Labels: transitive Example: Unstring the bows before storing them. Example: When he looked at her neck he was reminded of how difficult it was to unstring a turkey. 2. To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in. Labels: transitive Example: [T]he monſter, rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung. Example: The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings, unstrung me […] 3. To defuse or relax. Example: In the mean time, the same, or a similar end, may be attained, in the 2d PLACE, By splitting a duty on a commodity, so as to unstring the stimulus to smuggle, while we preserve the same, or perhaps require a greater amount, from the same subject than we had before. Example: Society can unstring the tension of sublimation only by lifting the barrier completely, that is, by abandoning the idea that illicit eros must not be gratified; society does not unstring the tension by silently countenancing individual gratifications. 4. To remove from a string; to release something that has been strung up or strung together. Example: "Poke a hole in the tops and bottoms of these eggs, blow out the yolks and whites, unstring the diamonds and stick them through the holes..." Example: Look at them for 10 seconds, and then unstring them and try to put the beads back in their right order. 5. To untie. Example: Invaded thus, for want of better bands, His garland they unstring, and bind his hands Example: He is now e'en trying to unstring the tie of virtue, in yon poor cottager's daughter! 6. To split (a text string) into smaller strings by separating on a delimiter. Labels: transitive Example: It is also possible to save the delimiters (this might prove useful if the delimiters were also some sort of text identifier) and to count the length of the data items we are unstringing.
Word: unreleased Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English released English unreleased From un- + released. 1. Not released. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fans were soon sharing the band's unreleased songs on the Internet. Example: The school run by self-discipline and repression is a whited sepulcher festering with unreleased sexuality. 2. Of a stop consonant, remaining occluded when spoken. Labels: not-comparable Example: Phonetically, in Malay, initial /t/ and /p/ are never aspirated; only /p, b, t, d, k, g/ occur as final stops and are usually unreleased and unaspirated[.]
Word: unmixable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English mix Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English mixable English unmixable From un- + mixable. 1. Not mixable, not able to mix
Word: unmuscular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + muscular. 1. Not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy. 2. Not robust or strong. Labels: figuratively Example: [H]e kept saying, over and over: "I forgive him. He is still my brother. It is proper to forgive those who revile us," somewhat like an unmuscular Christian.
Word: unmuzzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English muzzle English unmuzzle From un- + muzzle. 1. To remove a muzzle from. Labels: transitive
Word: restring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English string English restring From re- + string. 1. To string again; to replace old strings with new strings. Labels: transitive Example: to restring a tennis racket Example: The balance of the day and evening was filled with preparation for a great hunt—spears were overhauled, quivers were replenished, bows were restrung; and all the while the village witch doctor passed through the busy throngs disposing of various charms and amulets designed to protect the possessor from hurt, or bring him good fortune in the morrow’s hunt.
Word: redial Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English dial English redial From re- + dial. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdaɪəl/, /ɹɪˈdaɪl/ 1. To dial again
Word: redial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From redia + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdɪəl/ 1. Of or concerning a redia Labels: not-comparable
Word: redraw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English draw English redraw From re- + draw. 1. To draw again. Example: The treaty proposed to redraw the border lines between the nations. Example: The party that holds the White House historically struggles in midterm elections, and Republicans are defending an especially narrow majority in the House. Those challenges have led Trump to pressure red states across the country to redraw their congressional district boundaries to give his party more of an advantage — a demand that has touched off a national partisan battle over redistricting.
Word: redraw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English draw English redraw From re- + draw. 1. An update to the screen display. Example: Redraws need to be synchronised with the screen refresh to avoid a flickery display. 2. An act of drawing (selecting at random) again. Example: Jack didn't like who was picked so he used his power to force a redraw. Remember that his power means ALL chips go back into the bag.
Word: rehear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan Old English hīeran Middle English heren English hear English rehear From re- + hear. 1. To hear again. Labels: transitive 2. To try (a lawsuit, etc.) again judicially. Labels: transitive Example: The court will rehear the case on Monday.
Word: repack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English repack From re- + pack. 1. To pack again or in a different way. 2. To clean the bearings and replace the grease on a wheel.
Word: repack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English repack From re- + pack. 1. Synonym of repackaging.
Word: restock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English restock From re- + stock. 1. To stock again; to resupply with a stock of goods.
Word: restock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English restock From re- + stock. 1. The act of stocking again. Example: We will carry out a restock of the vending machine every Friday.
Word: resurvey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English survey English resurvey From re- + survey. 1. To survey again; to perform another survey on. Example: with better heed / To re-survey them,
Word: resurvey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English survey English resurvey From re- + survey. 1. A second or renewed survey.
Word: riverboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From river + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvɚˌboʊt/ 1. A watercraft designed for operating on rivers.
Word: coffee table Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coffee + table. 1. A long, low table, often placed in front of a sofa or seating area in a living room. Example: We were just settling ourselves around the coffee-table, when several friends from the parsonage arrived. 2. A table from which coffee is served.
Word: coffee table book Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] So called because it might be displayed on a coffee table in a person’s home. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒfi ˌteɪbəl ˈbʊk/, /ˈkɔfi ˌteɪbəl ˈbʊk/ 1. A large book, usually with lavish illustrations, typically displayed on a coffee table. Example: Nonbooks are of several kinds; but their differences notwithstanding, they all share two common features: they tend to be written for market rather than for intellectual reasons, and they are all means rather than ends. [...] Of all nonbooks, the most conspicuous example is the ‘coffee-table book’. The latter usually find their market by virtue of their decorative assets rather than from any literary or intellectual merit, or for that matter – since such works are often art books – by significantly serving important aesthetic or historical purposes. Example: The Family Book of Black America (Crown, $20), a photographic coffee table book, by Michael H. Cottman and Deborah Willis.
Word: underfed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English fed English underfed From under- + fed. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndəɹˈfɛd/ 1. Inadequately fed. Example: [B]ut greater Bombay almost doubles the number of overworked, underhoused and underfed citizens.
Word: underfed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English fed English underfed From under- + fed. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndəɹˈfɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of underfeed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unfertilized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fertilized English unfertilized From un- + fertilized. 1. Not fertilized; uninseminated
Word: unfilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English filled English unfilled From un- + filled. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɪld/ 1. Not filled, especially occupational positions. Labels: not-comparable Example: [W]e stand today on the edge of a New Frontier -- the frontier of the 1960's, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats.
Word: unfilled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English fill English unfill English -ed English unfilled From unfill + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of unfill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unframed Part of Speech: adj 1. Not framed; not having a frame. Labels: not-comparable Example: unframed portraits
Word: untrimmed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English trimmed English untrimmed From un- + trimmed. 1. Not trimmed; not made tidy by cutting. Example: I'm so obsessed My heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest. 2. Not adorned with trimmings. Example: The difference between the two classifications has always been intended to cover unblocked and untrimmed hat bodies, such as panamas, bangkoks, and leghorns, and other hats which are woven by the natives in South American and oriental countries where they are produced.
Word: throbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of throb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throbs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of throb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lunched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃt/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: lunched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of lunch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: insinuated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of insinuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: conceives Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conceive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: excavations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excavation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blundered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blunder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: despises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of despise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gardeners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gardener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sharpest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sharp: most sharp Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: booths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /buːðz/, /buːθs/ 1. plural of booth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affirming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English affermynge; equivalent to affirm + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of affirm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: affirming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English affermynge; equivalent to affirm + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
Word: affirming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English affermynge; equivalent to affirm + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/ 1. That affirms. Example: an affirming smile and approving nod 2. Accepting of same-sex/same-gender sexual relationships – or, more broadly, the gender identities, sexual orientations, and sexual relationships of LGBTQ people – on the same terms as those of cisgender, heterosexual people. Example: We remain because we are not without hope that the liberating spirit of Christ will make itself known through our insistence upon sharing fully in the life of the church as lesbian and gay Christians. We also stay because of the vital experiences of community with other lesbian, gay, bisexual and affirming Christians — community made possible by our mutual willingness to become visible to, and vulnerable with, one another. Example: For Paul would readily admit that as a Christian who is gay he knows first-hand what it means to experience the grace of God, divine grace that is received in the context of a welcoming—but not automatically affirming—church.
Word: helpers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lectured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lecture Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: doyley Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of doily. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: metaphysicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English metaphysic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English metaphysicist From metaphysic + -ist. 1. A philosopher specializing in metaphysics. Alternative to metaphysician.
Word: spicing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spice Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: come ons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of come on Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feminin Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of feminine. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Hindustanis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hindustani Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whinmill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whin + mill. 1. A mill for grinding gorse (whin) for use as feed for horses. Labels: archaic
Word: whin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whynne, from Old Norse hvein (“gorse, furze”) (compare Norwegian kvein (“bent grass”), Swedish ven (“bent grass”), dialectal hven (“swamp”)), apparently from hvein (“swampy land”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Compare Latin caenum (“filth”), Latin inquīnō (“to sully; soil”). Pronunciation: /wɪn/, /ʍɪn/ 1. Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter, 1828, Thomas Park (editor), Works of the British Poets, Volume XX: The Poems of Robert Burns, page 65, By this time he was cross the ford, / Whare in the snaw the chapman smoor'd; / And past the birks and meikle stane, / Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane; / And through the whins, and by the cairn, / Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn; / And near the thorn, aboon the well, / Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Example: And sometimes they clambered down […] and saw the whin bushes climb black the white hills beside them and far and away the blink of lights across the moors where folk lay happed and warm. 2. The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɪn/, /ʍɪn/ 1. Whinstone.
Word: nips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nips Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nipping Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or sensation of giving a nip. Example: Being, however, satisfied as to the position, I withdrew my hand, the pains still growing less frequent and weaker, but she lamented greatly the nippings and pinchings in her belly, which rather increased as the true labour pains decreased. Example: Tickets are supposed to be nipped when passengers enter a platform, and if this could always be done the fraud could hardly take place; but the suburban rush is so great that the nipping of all tickets is impossible and a large number of unnipped tickets are always collected at destination.
Word: nipping Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: nipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: big kahuna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian word kahuna (“a shaman or wizard”). 1. A boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: You'll have to talk with the big kahuna to get a decision on that.
Word: big wheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (tricycle): Originally a brand name. 1. A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization. Labels: idiomatic Example: She's a big wheel at IBM. 2. A Ferris wheel. Labels: Ireland, UK 3. A low-riding tricycle with a large front wheel. Labels: US
Word: disquietude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English quietude English disquietude From dis- + quietude. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskwaɪə.tjuːd/, /dɪˈskwaɪ.ɪ.tjuːd/, /dɪˈskwaɪə.tud/, /dɪˈskwaɪ.ɪ.tjud/ 1. A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: in utter disquietude touching such an issue Example: One would think there should be something wonderfully pleasing in the Possession of Fame, that, notwithstanding all these mortifying Considerations, can engage a Man in so desperate a Pursuit; and yet if we consider the little Happiness that attends a great Character, and the Multitude of Disquietudes to which the Desire of it subjects an ambitious Mind, one would be still the more surprised to see so many restless Candidates for Glory. 2. A fear or an instance of uneasiness. Labels: countable, usually Example: The cares and disquietudes of the marriage-state, quoth Mrs. Wadman, are very great.
Word: polari Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Italian parlare (“to talk”). See Polari for more. 1. To speak or talk, particularly in slang or cant. Labels: Polari, ambitransitive Example: Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
Word: ladies' auxiliary Part of Speech: noun 1. A women's corps that operates within a service or fraternal organization.
Word: carnous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin carnosus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːnəs/ 1. Fleshy. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: 1658: It is no impossible Physiognomy to conjecture at fleshy appendencies; and after what shape the muscles and carnous parts might hang in their full consistences. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)
Word: tubbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tubbing Part of Speech: noun 1. The forming of a tub. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Collectively, materials for tubs. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A bath taken in a tub. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A lining of timber or metal around a mineshaft, which is watertight, used to safely penetrate quicksand, water, etc. It can be made of various materials, such as wood, concrete, or cast iron. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A hazing ritual in which the victim's head is held underwater. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The activity of rowing in crudely-made boats. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tubbed Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss, not-comparable
Word: tubbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exsuccous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin exsuccus, from ex- + succus ‘juice’. Pronunciation: /ɛksˈsʌkəs/ 1. Without juice or sap; completely dry. Example: 1658: For that tree seeming dead, will restore it self from the root, and its dry and exuccous leaves resume their verdure again — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 34)
Word: exuccous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of exsuccous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: clamation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin clamationem. 1. An exclamation; a crying-out or call. Labels: obsolete Example: 1658: But their iterated clamations to excitate their dying or dead friends, or revoke them unto life again, was a vanity of affection — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 36)
Word: haematology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haemat- + -ology or hæmat- + -ology or haemato- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌhiːməˈtɒlədʒi/, /ˌhiməˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs. Labels: uncountable Example: ‘Mr Carter, will you remind me again how long you’ve specialised in haematology?’
Word: tszuj Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh. 1. Alternative spelling of zhoosh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When I worked at Ralph Lauren, whenever we were styling looks for runway shows or on models, Ralph and Jerry Lauren would turn to me and say, “Carson give that a little tszuj.” “Tszuj it” just means tweak it, finesse it, make it better, make it personal. Example: I finish, I go get dressed, and head back into the bathroom to tszuj my hair and leave.
Word: archimime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin archimimus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχίμῖμος (arkhímîmos). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːkɪmaɪm/ 1. The chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions. Example: 1658: The Archimime or Jester attending the Funerall train, and imitating the speeches, gesture, and manners of the deceased, was too light for such solemnities — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 37)
Word: suicide squeeze Part of Speech: noun 1. A play by the team at-bat where with a runner at third base, the batter puts down a sacrifice bunt with the aim of allowing the runner to score. In contrast to a safety squeeze, the runner sets off from third as soon as the pitch is made, allowing him or her to start running much earlier than on a safety squeeze.
Word: ribbie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From RBI + -ie. 1. Synonym of run batted in. Labels: slang
Word: ribbie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English RIB Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English ribbie From RIB + -ie. 1. A rigid inflatable boat. Labels: slang
Word: ribbie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rib Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English ribbie From rib + -ie. 1. Diminutive of rib. Labels: diminutive, form-of, rare Example: After these little ribbies are through with the skillet, we will put them in toaster and sizzle ’em and brown ’em and smoke ’em right in the fire. Example: “Where’s the best place for the tickle monster to get you—here?” the hunter heard his father’s voice ask. More giggles. “How ‘bout we count your little ribbies!” its father laughed, followed by even more giggles from the hunter.
Word: take sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A sign from the third base coach, or whoever the batter receives signals from, telling the batter that no matter what he will not swing at the next pitch.
Word: diuturnity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin diuturnitatem. 1. Long duration; lastingness. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: What Prince can promise such diuturnity unto his Reliques […] Diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation
Word: stolen base Part of Speech: noun 1. A play where a runner on any base runs to the next base, usually while the pitcher pitches to a batter. Such a runner is liable to be put out if tagged with the ball while not in contact with any base. Example: The catcher caught the wild pitch and threw the ball to second, just in time, preventing another stolen base.
Word: okama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese オカマ (okama). 1. A gay man, in the context of Japanese culture, especially one who is effeminate or cross-dresses.
Word: okama Part of Speech: noun 1. A Native American leader
Word: diners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decretory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin dēcrētōrius (“decisive”), from Latin dēcernō (“decide, determine”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹiːtəɹi/ 1. Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: If in the decretory term of the world we shall not all dye but be changed, according to received translation, the last day will make but few graves […]
Word: cowie Part of Speech: noun 1. A pill, especially of the drug ecstasy. Labels: Northumbria, UK 2. A left-handed person. Labels: Northumbria, UK
Word: cowies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cowie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: finalisation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of finalising.
Word: power play Part of Speech: noun 1. Tactics used to magnify power or influence. Example: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. 2. A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention. Example: This has become a power-play between England, Fifa and the Qatari leadership. England’s players have been very good on these issues. 3. A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team. 4. A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket. 5. A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.
Word: powerplay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of power play. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Even with that slow start, Abhishek and Samson took 92 runs from the best powerplay ever seen at a World Cup. In comparison, the Black Caps were 52-3 after their first six overs - a crucial difference.
Word: penalty kill Part of Speech: noun 1. An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.
Word: houlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See howlet. 1. An owlet. 2. An owl. Labels: Geordie
Word: howlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English howlat, howlott etc, either borrowed from French hulotte or formed from Middle English howle (form of oule) + -et. Compare modern owlet. 1. An owl; an owlet. Example: Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train.
Word: houlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of houlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: howlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of howlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: owlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of owlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spuggie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of spuggy. Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: balonie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of baloney (nonsense). Labels: Polari, UK, alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable
Word: dysphemistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dysphem(ism) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English dysphemistic From dysphem(ism) + -istic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
Word: yessum Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of yes, ma'am. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛs(ə)m/ 1. Used to express agreement with a woman (and, somewhat less commonly, a man): yes, ma'am. Labels: US, contraction, dated, dialectal, informal Example: "I would like to sit down in your shade beside you," said the Tall Man. "Yassum," said the Little Bit of a Girl. […] "Why do you have the crutch?" asked the Tall Man presently. "Yassum, the crutch, the doctor he gave it to me, yassum," said the Little Bit of a Girl. Example: "Yessum." Luster said. "We coming. You done played hell. Get up." He jerked my arm and I got up. 2. Alternative form of yes. Labels: Australia, alt-of, alternative, contraction, informal
Word: truncated icosahedra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of truncated icosahedron Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: truncated icosahedrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of truncated icosahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chastised Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been severely scolded or punished; have received chastisement.
Word: chastised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chastise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: muckraker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muck + raker. Believed to have been coined following a 1906 speech by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, in which he likened the investigative journalist to ‘the Man with the Muck-rake’, a character in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress. 1. One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons. Labels: US Example: The paper gave a start to the theater critic Hilton Als and the novelist Colson Whitehead, both recipients of the Pulitzer Prize. Its resident muckraker, Wayne Barrett, took aim at New York developers and politicians for nearly 40 years, and his obsessive work on Donald J. Trump has become a resource for reporters covering the president today. 2. One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s). Labels: US, historical Example: "Oh, in many ways. There are two classes of people who are not welcomed on the Canal Zone—magazine writers and applicants for positions who have political influence back of them. The former are regarded as muckrakers, the latter as spies." Example: "Lady," says he, "the goil's nutty! You got a bughouse patient on your bands! This here talk about the white-slave traffic, ma'am… it's all the work o' these magazine muckrakers!" 3. A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles. Labels: UK, derogatory
Word: albe Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From all + be (it). More at albeit. Pronunciation: /ɔːlˈbiː/ 1. Synonym of albeit. Labels: obsolete Example: Why ſhould not that dead carrion ſatisfie The guilt, which if he liued had thus long, His life for due reuenge ſhould deare abie ? The treſpaſſe ſtill doth liue, albe the perſon die.
Word: albe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ælb/ 1. Obsolete spelling of alb. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: carnassial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French carnass(ier) (“carnivorous”) + -ial, from Occitan carnassa, from carn + -assa (feminine form of Occitan -às), from Latin carn- + -āceus. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɑːsɪəl/ 1. One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.
Word: what the hey Part of Speech: phrase 1. What the hell. Labels: euphemistic Example: Hold the phone, folks! What the hey's going on? What happened to the Great Gonzales?!?
Word: unconstrained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, equivalent to un- + constrained. 1. Not constrained. Labels: not-comparable Example: One sometimes regrets that the War is over— thinking of the gipsy life that one led, of the unstaling interests and the bigness of it all, but above everything of the unconstrained friendliness that was bom and fostered in days of instant peril and in trench and dug-out and ramshackle billet.
Word: panegyrist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English panegyric Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English panegyrist From panegyric + -ist. 1. A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy. Example: 1756, Samuel Johnson, “The Life of Sir Thomas Browne” in Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, p. lx, […] the author, though no very sparing panegyrist of himself, has not exceeded the truth, with respect to his attainments or visible qualities.
Word: algorithmics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic ال (al-) Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy) Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor. Medieval Latin algorismusbor. Anglo-Norman algorismebor. Middle English algorisme English algorism ▲ English arithmo-influ. English algorithm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Middle English -es English -s English -ics English algorithmics From algorithm + -ics. 1. The subdiscipline of informatics or computer science that studies algorithms. Labels: uncountable 2. Computer science generally. Labels: uncommon, uncountable
Word: cherry-bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. In the four square ball game, the act of spiking the ball or slamming it down with a great force to make it difficult for a person to retrieve it in order to stay in the game. Labels: US, slang
Word: di di mau Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese đi đi mau (“go quickly!”). Borrowed into English by American military personnel returning from the Vietnam War, as well as by Vietnamese immigrants; popularized by the movie The Deer Hunter. This is an uncommon way to say "Hurry up!" in Vietnamese. The verb đi (“to go”) can be expressed as a command: "Đi đi! One may even express a sense of urgency with the word mau (“fast”): "Đi mau đi! However, Vietnamese speakers tend to use the verbs mau lên, nhanh lên, and vội lên in exactly the way an English speaker would use hurry up. 1. To leave quickly, hurry away. Labels: defective, slang Example: [Viet Cong guard, to prisoner forced to play Russian roulette:] MAU! MAU! DIDI MAU! Example: And if a Vietnamese, be it man, woman, or child, refused to di di mau or tried to get away, the authorization was to go ’head and shoot ’em.
Word: HSDI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of high-speed (diesel) direct injection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: colored eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colored egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colored egg Part of Speech: noun 1. A hard-boiled egg decorated in bright colors (using water-soluble dyes) used for celebrating Easter.
Word: unsystematic risk Part of Speech: noun 1. Risk peculiar to an asset, which can be eliminated through diversification. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: advocatus Part of Speech: noun 1. A medieval officeholder, particularly important in the Holy Roman Empire, who was delegated some of the powers and functions of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey. Labels: historical
Word: laborant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin labōrāns, present participle of labōrō. See laboratory. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪbəɹənt/ 1. A chemist. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]he Laborant, vvell vers'd in vveighing, vvas order'd to take it out vvhen 'tvvas throughly and highly heated, and to vveigh it vvhilſt 'tvvas in that condition (I being then preſent:) […]
Word: ideologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ideology Labels: form-of, plural