nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: beholden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English biholden (“beholden, obligated”), past participle of biholden (“to behold, look at”, modern behold), though that verb does not mean "to bind, obligate". Pronunciation: /bɪˈhəʊldən/, /bɪˈhoʊldən/, /bɪˈhəʉldən/ 1. Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: From an early age, I had decided I wanted to be beholden to no one. Example: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
Word: PWH Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Prince of Wales Hospital. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Pee-wee Herman. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: blanquette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French blanquette, from Provençal blanqueto, a diminutive of blanc (“white”), derived, through early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Compare blanket. Pronunciation: /blɒ̃ˈkɛt/, /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/, /blɑŋˈkɛt/ 1. A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shalt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schalt, from Old English sċealt, from Proto-West Germanic *skalt. Compare wilt. Pronunciation: /ʃælt/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of shall Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: Thou shalt not kill.
Word: armful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arm + -ful (suffix forming nouns indicating as much as can be held by the noun to which it is attached). Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹmˌfəl/, /ˈɑːmfl̩/ 1. The amount an arm or arms can hold. Example: [T]ake three or four good arms full of muckle Straw, Hay, or Fern, not too wet, not to dry, and obſerving which ſide of the Orchard the Wind blows on, then laying a good armful of muckle in three or four places according to the bigneſs of your Orchard, then get ſome dry ſticks, and having kindled them put an armful of muckle upon the Fire, and it will ſmoak and ſmoother, and the wind will drive the ſmoak through the whole Orchard, continue it till the wind turn out of the Eaſterly quarter, and it will preſerve the Trees and Fruit from blites and all manner of flys and caterpillers, which thoſe ſorts of bliting winds uſually bring; [...] Example: Upon this, by Conſent, the Doctors put a Good Armful of Warm Womans Fleſh into the Bed to him, [...]
Word: companions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəmˈpænjənz/ 1. plural of companion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: profits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑfɪts/, /ˈpɹɒfɪts/ 1. plural of profit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: profits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑfɪts/, /ˈpɹɒfɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of profit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bloodlust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blood + lust. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/ 1. A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet the blood lust was on me now. I found myself on my feet emptying one magazine, then the other, clicking open the breech to re-load, snapping it to again, while cheering and yelling with pure ferocity and joy of slaughter as I did so.
Word: side note Part of Speech: noun 1. A note or notation made in a side margin. 2. A minor related mention, made as an aside, or afterthought. Example: As a side note, I'd like to thank that team for their hard work.
Word: guests Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɛsts/ 1. plural of guest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guests Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɛsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of guest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cries Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹaɪ̯z/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹaɪ̯z/ 1. plural of cry Labels: form-of, plural Example: The crowd paid no attention to her cries for help.
Word: crying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cry + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/ 1. That cries. Labels: not-comparable Example: The crying child on the street was evidently lost. 2. That demands action or attention; desperate. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country. 3. That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!
Word: crying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cry + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their constant cryings kept us awake! Example: […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]
Word: crying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cry + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bloodthirsty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blood + thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”). Pronunciation: /ˈblʌdθəːsti/, /ˈblʌdˌθɚsti/ 1. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous. Example: [I]t is, as I may ſo ſay, a ſavvcy Plot: and vve all knovv, moſt Reverend Fathers, that vvhat is ſavvce for a Gooſe is ſavvce for a Gander: Therefore, I ſay, as thoſe bloud-thirſty Ganders of the conſpiracy vvould have deſtroyed us Geeſe of the Senate, let us make haſte to deſtroy them, ſo I humbly move for hanging— […] Example: […] Diodorus also relates of Caligula, predecessor to Nero, that his nurse used to moisten the nipples of her breast frequently with blood to make Caligula take the better hold of them; which, says Diodorus, was the cause that made him so blood-thirsty and cruel all his life-time after, that he not only committed frequent murder by his own hand, but likewise wished that all human kind wore but one neck that he might have the pleasure to cut it off. 2. Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent. Example: [T]here has been recently a tendency on the part of some Education Authorities to select these manifestly worthy portions exclusively, and to avoid reading the more archaic and, so to speak, bloodthirsty books, such as Judges, Kings, and Genesis, altogether. 3. Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood. Labels: humorous Example: For, whether they were attracted by the lantern, or by the unaccustomed smell of a white man for which they had been waiting for the last thousand years or so, I know not; but certainly we were presently attacked by tens of thousands of the most blood-thirsty, pertinacious, and huge mosquitoes that I ever saw or read of.
Word: remarks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɑɹks/, /ɹɪˈmɑːks/, /ˌɹiˈmɑɹks/, /ˌɹiːˈmɑːks/ 1. plural of remark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remarks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɑɹks/, /ɹɪˈmɑːks/, /ˌɹiˈmɑɹks/, /ˌɹiːˈmɑːks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bondsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English bonden English bond English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English bondsman From bond + -s- + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒndzmən/, /ˈbɑndzmən/ 1. A male slave. Example: To Sleep I give my powers away; ⁠My will is bondsman to the dark; […] 2. A male indentured servant. 3. Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.
Word: gates Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡeɪts/ 1. plural of gate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gates Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡeɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nearest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈnɪəɹɪst/, /ˈnɪɹɪst/ 1. superlative form of near: most near Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Where is the nearest bus stop? Example: I calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars.
Word: nearest Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ˈnɪəɹɪst/, /ˈnɪɹɪst/ 1. Closest to. Example: Mercury is the planet nearest the Sun. Example: Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk of the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it reached the peg and thence further unrolled it, in the direction already established by the two points of the tree and the peg, for the distance of fifty feet[…]
Word: borborygmus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin borborygmus, from Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós), of onomatopoeic origin. Pronunciation: /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/ 1. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines. 2. Something resembling borborygmus. Labels: figuratively Example: Finally, the emotional borborygmus subsiding, she produced, at last, the words: "It is said 'Bonnet.' As the hat which is tied beneath the chin."
Word: princes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪnsɪz/ 1. plural of prince Labels: form-of, plural
Word: princes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪnsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prince Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Caesar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.) Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzə/, /ˈkaɪ.zə/, /ˈkaɪ.sɑː/, /ˈsizəɹ/, /ˈkaɪ.zəɹ/ 1. An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar. Example: The Caesars were an ancient and aristocratic family, which for eight generations had been prominent in the commonwealth. Example: Habel, 63 ff., believes that up to 51 the emperors bestowed priesthoods on the Caesares, using their special power of commendation; but that these Caesares were forced to wait until a place in a college was vacant; that after 51 the Caesares were elected by the senate. 2. The government; society; earthly powers. Labels: figuratively Example: Render therefore vnto Ceſar, the things which are Ceſars: and vnto God, the things that are Gods. Example: let it be clearly understood that we are dealing with Life solely in its geological aspects. We appeal unto Caesar; let us be judged by Caesar’s laws.
Word: Caesar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.) Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzə/, /ˈkaɪ.zə/, /ˈkaɪ.sɑː/, /ˈsizəɹ/, /ˈkaɪ.zəɹ/ 1. A title of Roman emperors. Example: Constantius Chlorus and Galerius became Caesares in 293; […] Example: Owing to the victories gained in the wars from 295-297, the two Augusti, Diocletian and Maximian, and the two Caesares, Galerius and Constantius Chlorus, took the title of Carpicus Maximus, the last three receiving this title five times after the fighting from 302-303 (see Table 13). 2. An absolute ruler; an autocrat. 3. Abbreviation of Caesar salad. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: A garlicky Caesar is a nice starter with whole Romaine leaves and crispy sourdough croutons, but most can’t resist the creamy, but very rich, signature lobster soup. Example: I tell her that I would love a Caesar, which happens to be my favorite salad. 4. A Caesar cocktail. Labels: Canada 5. Clipping of Caesarean section. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
Word: tradespeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tradesperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: craftspeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of craftsperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intoxicated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪtɪd/, /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd/ 1. Stupefied by alcohol, drunk. Example: The bar had two entrances, one on Barrow and another via Bedford, and “86” referred to the address of the door from which intoxicated or unruly guests would be ejected. 2. Stupefied by any chemical substance.
Word: intoxicated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪtɪd/, /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of intoxicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: swishy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swish + -y. 1. Producing a swishing sound. Example: a long, swishy dress 2. Swish; fancy, posh, impressive. Labels: UK 3. Effeminate; gay Labels: informal Example: And quit flouncing that rifle around like a swishy fag, wiggling the dressed ranks on my parade ground. Hear me, Private Driggers?
Word: swishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of swish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swishing Part of Speech: adj 1. swishy
Word: swishing Part of Speech: noun 1. The sound of fabric or fur moving in the air. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The movement that produces such a sound. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A switching; a beating with twigs or a cane. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "My wife's diamonds, thank heaven!" cried Sir Benjamin, with the air of a schoolboy who was very well out of a swishing. 4. The mutual exchange of pre-owned clothes, especially at an organised party. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chowry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चौंरी (ca͠urī), from Sanskrit चमर (camara, “yak”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaʊɹi/ 1. A flyflap or whisk originally made from the bushy tail of a yak.
Word: chowry Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaʊɹi/ 1. Alternative form of choultry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chiefs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃiːfs/ 1. plural of chief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiefs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃiːfs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chief Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: proceeding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, proceed + -ing. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsiːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of proceed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: proceeding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, proceed + -ing. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsiːdɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction. 2. An event or happening; something that happens. Example: I had a grandstand view of the proceedings. Example: He had often painted himself at a mirror, a tortuous and fascinating proceeding, as every artist knows, and had been forced to admire the way in which he was made. 3. A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society. 4. Progress or movement from one thing to another. Example: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding. 5. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction. Example: an illegal proceeding Example: a cautious or a violent proceeding 6. Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit. Example: December 7 2016, Kelly Phillips Erb writing in Forbes, House Says No To Renewed Efforts To Impeach IRS Commissioner Since impeachment is a legal proceeding, while anyone can make a motion to start the process, the Judiciary Committee determines whether there are sufficient grounds for impeachment.
Word: goglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese gorgoleta. Compare French gargoulette. 1. A jar or vase of porous pottery for keeping water cool by evaporation. Example: […]Hurree Babu, rolling into the balcony to clean his teeth at a goglet.
Word: stately Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, statli, statly. Compare stour. By surface analysis, state + -ly (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtli/ 1. Worthy of respect; dignified, regal. Example: Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered. 2. Deliberate, unhurried; dignified. Example: And much as they welcome his promise to repeal "don't ask, don't tell", they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so. Example: At about twenty past three in the afternoon, these aircraft duly began to arrive. The cruiser Northampton was towing Hornet at a stately five knots when, out of the sky, came seven torpedo-armed aircraft. They managed to miss the barely-moving Hornet with all but one drop... but one hit was really all that it took, the location causing additional damage to the stricken carrier and demolishing most of the repairs that had been made to the earlier damage. 3. Grand; impressive; imposing. Example: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea. Example: Their stately offices—their pleasant gardens—the magnificent cloisters constructed for their recreation, were all dilapidated and ruinous; […]
Word: stately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English stately, statli, equivalent to state + -ly (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtli/ 1. In a stately manner.
Word: delightful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English deliteful, delitfull, equivalent to delight + -ful. Pronunciation: /dəˈlaɪt.fl̩/ 1. Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure. Example: What? a higher delight to be drawn from the sight / Of fish full of life and of glee? / What a noodle you are! ’tis delightfuller far / To kill them than let them go free! Example: O, Joy! quicker than fire! O, Hope of things! / O, gracious gladness mighty with delight! / O, subtle sweet, delightfuler than might! / Ah, me, no fiercer laughing unction springs / From the fair Hope of things!
Word: stairs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɛəz/, /ˈstɛɹz/, /steːz/, /stiəz/, /steəz/ 1. plural of stair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stairs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɛəz/, /ˈstɛɹz/, /steːz/, /stiəz/, /steəz/ 1. A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: There're two cats at the top of the stairs. Example: At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]
Word: lights Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /laɪts/ 1. plural of light Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lights Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /laɪts/ 1. The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: But forst him gape and gaspe, with dread aghast, / As if his lungs and lites were nigh asunder brast. Example: […] / hard puffing breasts and dance-o'erwearied lungs. / And truly had the crier will'd to shout / The doughty Piper's name through polish's trump, / His breath had not suffic'd to twang it out, / So did the poor man's lights puff, pant, and jump: / Wherefore to rest them from that dancing-bout, / […]
Word: lights Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /laɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of light Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: softly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English softely, softeliche, equivalent to soft + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔftli/, /ˈsɑftli/, /ˈsɒftli/ 1. In a soft manner; gently. Example: The masseuse was rubbing my back too softly for my liking, so I asked her to go harder. Example: He had married a lady well educated and softly nurtured, but not dowered with worldly wealth. […] They would give up ideas of gentle living, of soft raiment, and delicate feeding. 2. Not loudly; nearly inaudibly. Example: whisper softly in someone's ear Example: play music softly 3. With subdued color; faded or misty with distance. Example: And they sat very still, the two of them, and looked out over that great, beautiful desert—away to the home mesa that they could see, softly blue, in the distance.
Word: quarters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkwɔːtəz/ 1. plural of quarter. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quarters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkwɔːtəz/ 1. Housing, barracks, or other habitation or living space. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.[…]Steerage is like everything else maritime[…]vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.” Example: "Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest. "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog." 2. The place where someone or something lives. Labels: broadly Example: 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters. 3. A commonly played university drinking game in North America. 4. Quarterfinals.
Word: quarters Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkwɔːtəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prayers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹɛɹz/, /ˈpɹeɪ.ɚz/, /pɹɛəz/ 1. plural of prayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slightest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪtɪst/ 1. superlative form of slight: most slight. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking. Example: Over the past few months, RAIL has frequently condemned the Department for Transport for its growing contempt for rail customers - by obsessing on cost, caring nothing for service, and not having the slightest interest in growth.
Word: slightest Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪtɪst/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of slight Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: shadows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃædoʊz/, /ˈʃædəʊz/ 1. plural of shadow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shadows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃædoʊz/, /ˈʃædəʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shadow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: instructions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃənz/ 1. plural of instruction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inveil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English veil English inveil From in- + veil. 1. To cover with a veil. Labels: transitive
Word: stair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair From Middle English steire, staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steyre, steyer, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”). Cognate with Dutch steiger (“a stair, step, wharf, pier, scaffolding”), Middle Low German steiger, steir (“scaffolding”), German Low German Steiger (“a scaffold; trestle”). Related to Old English āstǣġan (“to ascend, go up, embark”), Old English stīġan (“to go, move, reach; ascend, mount, go up, spring up, rise; scale”), German Stiege (“a flight of stairs”). More at sty. Pronunciation: /stɛɚ/, /stɛə/, /stɛː/, /steː/, /stiə/ 1. A single step in a staircase. 2. A series of steps; a staircase. Example: Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away … Example: Among other work done, according to the letter: CPR replaced the bottom of a deteriorating stair column base with hollow steel structural sections; conducted exploratory demolition on the underside of an eave that required “removal and reconstruction”; and removed all loose “cracked, spalled, deteriorated, and delaminated concrete” and damaged stucco from the underside of balcony eaves on 114 of the building’s 136 units, the letter said.
Word: distich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstɪk/ 1. A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense. Example: Through these distichs of increasing intensity and vagueness, the reader is brought to the riddle of the concluding distich: as far as the speaker is concerned, the girl was ‘pure’, but she will not be if Aeschylus wants to receive the same service on a ‘bad condition’. 2. Any couplet.
Word: distich Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstɪk/ 1. Distichous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cavatina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian cavatina, diminutive of cavata. 1. An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence 2. A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.
Word: dupery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dupe 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 dupery From dupe + -ery. 1. The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Quackery and dupery do abound; in religions, above all in the more advanced decaying stages of religions. Example: Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire.
Word: pluviometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pluvius (“rain”) + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˌplʊvɪˈɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˌplʊviːˈɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˌplʊviːˈɑ.mɪ.tɚ/ 1. A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.
Word: abatage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of abattage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: elegist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elegy 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 elegist From elegy + -ist. 1. A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse
Word: exquisite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/, /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/ 1. Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional. Example: They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite. Example: Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match. 2. Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact. Labels: obsolete 3. Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse. 4. Of special beauty or rare excellence. 5. Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense. Example: exquisite pain or pleasure 6. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious. Example: exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment Example: his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite
Word: exquisite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/, /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/ 1. Fop, dandy. Labels: rare Example: It is impossible to meet with a more finished coxcomb than a Broadway exquisite, or a “Broadway swell,” which is the designation attached to him on the spot. Example: When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.
Word: malpais Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish malpaís, from mal (“bad”) + país (“land”). 1. Land akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Land having an underlayer of basaltic lava and little or no soil. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: passions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃənz/ 1. plural of passion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passions Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of passion Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paries Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pariēs (“wall of a house or room”). Compare French paroi (“wall”), Italian parete (“wall”), Portuguese parede (“wall”) Spanish pared (“wall”) and Romanian perete (“wall”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹi.iːz/, /ˈpɛəɹi.iːz/, /ˈpɛəɹiːz/ 1. The wall of any cavity or organ. 2. The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.
Word: opportunities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tiz/, /-ˈt͡ʃuː-/, /ˌɑ.pɚˈtu.nə.tiz/, [-ɾiz], /ˌɔp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tiz/ 1. plural of opportunity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blanched Part of Speech: adj 1. lacking complexion or color Example: BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, / Behind the Gates of Hercules; / Before him not the ghost of shores, / Before him only shoreless seas. // The good mate said: “Now must we pray, / For lo! the very stars are gone. / Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?” / “Why, say, ‘Sail on! sail on! and on!’” “My men grow mutinous day by day; / My men grow ghastly wan and weak.” / The stout mate thought of home; a spray / Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. // “What shall I say, brave Admiral, say, / If we sight naught but seas at dawn?” / “Why, you shall say at break of day, / ‘Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!’” They sailed and sailed, as winds might blow, / Until at last the blanched mate said: / “Why, now not even God would know / Should I and all my men fall dead. // These very winds forget their way, / For God from these dread seas is gone. / Now speak, brave Admiral, speak and say”— / He said: “Sail on! sail on! and on!” They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the mate: / “This mad sea shows his teeth to-night. / He curls his lip, he lies in wait, / With lifted teeth, as if to bite! // Brave Admiral, say but one good word: / What shall we do when hope is gone?” / The words leapt like a leaping sword: / “Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!” Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, / And peered through darkness. Ah, that night / Of all dark nights! And then a speck— / A light! A light! A light! A light! // It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! / It grew to be Time’s burst of dawn. / He gained a world; he gave that world / Its grandest lesson: “On! sail on!” Example: The picture of a blanched and ringleted Boy George on the cover had been taken by Russell. 2. bleached
Word: blanched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blanch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sentiments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənts/ 1. plural of sentiment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lanose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lānōsus (“woolly”). Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.noʊs/, /ˈleɪ.nəʊs/ 1. Woolly, resembling wool.
Word: gelatinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gelatine + -ous; probably modeled on French gélatineux. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈlæt.ɪn.əs/, /d͡ʒəˈlat.ɪn.əs/, /ˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.tɪn.əs/, /ˈd͡ʒel.ə.tɪn.əs/, /d͡ʒəˈlɛt.ən.əs/ 1. Jelly-like. Example: In certain star-fishes, small depressions in the layer of pigment which surrounds the nerve are filled, as described by the author just quoted, with transparent gelatinous matter, and this projects outwardly with a convex surface, like the cornea in the higher animals. Example: Everyone listened, and everyone was listening still when It lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed Its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway into the tainted outside air of that poison city of madness. 2. Of or referring to gelatin.
Word: heeze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hissa! (a cry used by sailors in pulling or hauling). Compare Dutch hijsen. 1. To hoist. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: wives Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /waɪvz/ 1. plural of wife Labels: form-of, plural 2. genitive of wife Labels: form-of, genitive, obsolete Example: […] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […] Example: […] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […]
Word: firmly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fermely; equivalent to firm + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɝmli/, /ˈfɜːmli/ 1. In a firm or definite or strong manner. Example: She corrected him firmly but gently. Example: ‘I’m going to join the Rough Riders,’ said Stephen firmly. 2. Securely. Example: Tie the rope firmly to the post. Example: When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. 3. Definitively. Example: This was widely interpreted to mean that slavery was once more firmly illegal in England. Example: Three decisions handed down within a week of each other in June of 2023 illustrate this point. Haaland v. Brackeen, which upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, produced a majority opinion and a concurring opinion that are firmly in the exceptionalist mode but another concurring opinion and two dissenting opinions that are firmly in the assimilationist mode.
Word: fadge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fēġan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”). Compare also Old English feċġan (“to seize, take hold, bring to”). Pronunciation: /fæd͡ʒ/ 1. To be suitable (with or to something). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Well, Sir, how fadges the new deſign; have you not the luck of all your Brother Projectors, to deceive only your ſelf at laſt? 2. To agree, to get along (with). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: They shall be made, spight of antipathy, to fadge together. 3. To get on well; to cope, to thrive. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: I can never fadge well: for I am at such a stay, that except for health and life, there is nothing I will take the paines to fret my selfe about, or will purchase at so high a rate as to trouble my wits for it, or be constrained thereunto. 4. To eat together. Labels: Geordie 5. To move with a gait between a jog and a trot. Labels: Yorkshire
Word: fadge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, but potentially from or related to Old English faċġ (“flat-fish, plaice, flounder”). Pronunciation: /fæd͡ʒ/ 1. Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried. Labels: Ireland 2. A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic. Labels: New-Zealand 3. A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough. Labels: Geordie 4. A gait of horses between a jog and a trot. Labels: Yorkshire
Word: fadge Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fæd͡ʒ/ 1. A farthing (old coin). Labels: UK, archaic, slang Example: "Here's a fadge (farthing) or a button," I said, taking my pocket knife and cutting a few of the stitches holding the cloth and lining together, […]
Word: fadge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. Pronunciation: /fæd͡ʒ/ 1. A vagina. Labels: UK, slang, vulgar
Word: first and foremost Part of Speech: adv 1. Primarily; most importantly. Example: "There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly," I said, sententiously. "First and foremost, do you love Mr. Edgar?" Example: First and foremost, there is currently lacking any single text which comes close to cataloguing the great variety of terms in use.
Word: crummock Part of Speech: noun 1. A staff with a crooked head or stem. 2. skirret, a root vegetable Labels: Scotland
Word: filters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of filter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: go against the grain Part of Speech: verb 1. To defy convention or norms; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary. Labels: idiomatic Example: His method certainly goes against the grain, but it is unquestionably effective. Example: Blondes do have more fun, Mrs. [Kelly] Rowland!! Go against the grain this fall and opt for a fully opaque, bright-as-hell platinum dye job. Although it’s unexpected for a season filled with dark colors, the cool undertones are a masterful way to manipulate your way into a fall ’do while going lighter.
Word: air-conditioner Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛə kənˌdɪʃn̩ə/, /ˈɛɹ kənˌdɪʃ(ə)nɚ/ 1. Alternative spelling of air conditioner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hunky-dory Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hunky dory. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, not-comparable Example: “Francine!” “(gasps) Stan! You scared me.” “I scared you? You're scaring me. What are you doing here?” “I'm working.” “Working? You're acting crazy.” “This isn't crazy. Crazy is how I used to act, pretending everything was hunky-dory.” “Look, I don't want to do this here. It's time to go home!” “No, let go! I'm working!” “Hey, this guy bothering you, Fran?” “No. He was just leaving.”
Word: HAND Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of have a nice day. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: royalties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of royalty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intellectual property Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1769. 1. A kind of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle. Example: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled. 2. Any individual work that is protected under intellectual property law. Labels: countable, usually Example: One area of current change concerns intellectual properties and intellectual property rights. "Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture" Example: For technology companies, a well-constructed system for managing intellectual properties is fundamental to being able to extract full value from the properties "Profiting from Intellectual Capital: Extracting Value from Innovation" By Patrick H. Sullivan
Word: natural resource Part of Speech: noun 1. Any source of wealth that occurs naturally, especially surface water, groundwater, minerals, fossil fuels, timber, wild game, soil quality, and air quality. Example: There’s so much Trump in Joe: the overbearing and vainglorious rhetoric, the hogging of all natural resources, the willingness to treat people like property, the disappointing offspring. Example: Africa’s growing demand for wood products presents an opportunity to build a resilient bioeconomy that creates jobs, strengthens local industries and reduces pressure on natural forests. Wood remains one of Africa’s most vital natural resources, supporting livelihoods, economic development and industrial growth across the continent. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020, more than 600 million Africans depend on forests and trees for their livelihoods, relying on wood value chains for employment, energy, construction materials and income generation. The sector supports industries such as furniture manufacturing, paper production, packaging, electricity transmission, housing and construction. In rural Africa, wood and tree-based systems also provide fuel and income, forming a cornerstone of household survival. As population growth and urbanization accelerate, demand for wood products is rising sharply, creating both opportunities and challenges for sustainable development. Harnessing this potential could position the wood sector as a driver of economic transformation and green growth. At the centre of this opportunity is the idea of a resilient wood-based bioeconomy, an approach that sustainably uses renewable biological resources like wood and forest products to produce materials, energy and services while safeguarding ecosystem health.
Word: conifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōnifer (“bearing cones”), by surface analysis, Latin cōnus (“cone”) + -fer. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/ 1. A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
Word: Earthshine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of earthshine. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: earthlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Earth + light. 1. Sunlight that is reflected from the Earth's surface. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: earthshine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earth + shine (noun), modelled after moonshine. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθʃaɪn/, /ˈɜɹθʃaɪn/ 1. Sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side); earthlight. Labels: uncountable
Word: buoy up Part of Speech: verb 1. To uplift, hearten, inspire, or raise the spirits of. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, transitive Example: I have supported with very great zeal, and I am told with some degree of success, those opinions, or if his Grace likes another expression better, those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. Example: With this training complete, and the crews of his cruisers and destroyers somewhat buoyed up by the experience, he then headed into the seas around Guadalcanal on the 9th[…] 2. To keep afloat; to provide with buoyancy. Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: advocacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; equivalent to advocate + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈæd.və.kə.si/, /ædˈvokəsi/, /ædˈvoʊkəsi/ 1. The profession of an advocate. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign. 3. The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: guesswork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guess + work. Compare Dutch giswerk (“guesswork”). 1. An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By a careful study of the figure we might suspect that when the rectangle becomes a square its area would be the greatest, but this would at best be mere guesswork. A better way would evidently be to plot the graph of the function (1) and note its behavior.
Word: toerag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toe + rag. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊɹæɡ/ 1. A tramp or vagrant. Labels: derogatory, slang 2. A worthless or despicable person. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: "I know James Potter's an arrogant toerag," she said, cutting across Snape. Example: “I’m not racist; I don’t mind people coming in if they respect Irish people. But the likes of the toerags coming into this country – they’re not vetted and are causing havoc.” 3. Alternative form of toe-rag (“a cloth worn wrapped around the foot instead of a sock”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ethologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ethology 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 ethologist From ethology + -ist. 1. A person who studies ethology.
Word: rubbery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rubber Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English rubbery From rubber + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbəɹi/ 1. Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency. Example: What a bad restaurant! The beef was so rubbery I thought I'd never finish chewing it. Example: In this same temperature range, however, the leg is at its rubberiest.