nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: leaf-scale Part of Speech: noun 1. A scale on the stem of a plant that turns into a leaf.
Word: leaf-silver Part of Speech: noun 1. silver leaf Labels: uncountable
Word: leaf-spot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf spot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: leaf spot Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various fungal or bacterial diseases of plants that cause blemishes on their leaves. Labels: uncountable
Word: leaf-spring Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf spring. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leaf spring Part of Speech: noun 1. A spring in the form of a curved length(s) of steel, used in the suspension of wheeled vehicles
Word: leaf-warbler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf warbler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leaf warbler Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of numerous small insectivorous passerine birds of the genus Phylloscopus.
Word: leaf-worm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leafworm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leafworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English leyf worme, lef-worme, from Old English lēafwyrm (“caterpillar”). By surface analysis, leaf + worm. 1. A caterpillar, especially that eats the leaves of plants.
Word: summiteer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English summit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English summiteer From summit + -eer. 1. Someone who reaches a summit. 2. A mountain climber. 3. Someone who attends a conference denoted as a summit.
Word: leavy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of leafy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Within the furthest end thereof there was a pleasant Bowre So vaulted with the leauie trées the Sunne had there no powre: Example: Now neere enough: Your leauy Skreenes throw downe, And shew like those you are […]
Word: leather leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. A shrub (Chamaedaphne calyculata) found in the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Word: fig-leaved Part of Speech: adj 1. Used in the names of various plants whose leaves resemble those of the fig. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ivy-leaved Part of Speech: adj 1. Used in the names of various plants the leaves of which resemble those of the ivy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oak-leaved Part of Speech: adj 1. Used in the names of various plants the leaves of which resemble those of the oak. Labels: not-comparable
Word: maple-leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of maple leaf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: multileaf collimator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is made up of individual "leaves" of a chemical element, usually tungsten, that can move independently in and out of the path of a particle beam in order to block it. 1. A collimator used in a linear accelerator to provide conformal shaping of beams for radiotherapy. Abbreviation: MLC.
Word: oakleaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oak + leaf. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊkˌliːf/, /ˈoʊkˌlif/ 1. The leaf of the oak. Labels: attributive, often 2. A device, badge or emblem shaped like the leaf of an oak, and indicating an award. (see Oak leaves) 3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Kallima.
Word: straight dinkum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variation of fair dinkum. 1. Genuine, honest, fair and square. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, not-comparable, slang Example: My precious, please don′t ever send me a penny of extra money. That is very straight dinkum.
Word: straight dinkum Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Variation of fair dinkum. 1. Truly, honestly. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, not-comparable, slang Example: “Say, cross my heart straight dinkum.” Example: This morning, I promise cross my heart straight Dinkum (is that right?) will be the last, the very last, of our awful moments.
Word: repealing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repeal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repealing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is repealed.
Word: palm-leaf Part of Speech: adj 1. The leaf of the palm, used attributively in various terms (see Derived terms below). Labels: not-comparable
Word: leaf frog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of leaf + frog. Compare German Laubfrosch (“treefrog”), Faroese leyvfroskur (“treefrog”). 1. Any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.
Word: leaf green Part of Speech: noun 1. A bright green like the usual colour of leaves. Labels: uncountable
Word: leaf green Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of leaf-green. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: leaf-green Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf green. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: leaf-green Part of Speech: adj 1. Having leaf green as its colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fillings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sforzato Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of sforzando. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sforzato Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sforzando. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sforzati Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sforzato Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incantate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin incantātus, perfect passive participle of incantō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of enchant and incant, cognate with French incantation. 1. To sing or speak formulas and/or rhyming words, often during occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Your modern witch never incantates in public. Example: Yet these are words of magic incantated by a non-religious priest: a poet.
Word: contradistinctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contradistinction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contradistinguishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of contradistinguish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: contradistinguishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contradistinguish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: contradistinguished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of contradistinguish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jnana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Sanskrit ज्ञा (jñā) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Sanskrit -अन (-ana) Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna)bor. English jnana Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”). Pronunciation: /dʒəˈnɑː.nə/, /dʒnɑːn(ə)/, /ɡjɑːn(ə)/ 1. The knowledge, acquired through meditation, that one's self (atman) is identical with Ultimate Reality (Brahman). Labels: Hinduism, countable, uncountable Example: 1969, Swami Rāmānandasarasvatī, The Hindu Ideal, Sri Ramananda Centenary Memorial Committee, page 291, The dualists, Sri Vaishnavas in particular, seem to entertain a strong opinion that Bhakti alone is the cause of Moksha, and that Jnana is but a step towards Bhakti. Example: 1986, The Vedanta Kesari, Ramakrishna Math, page 316, The knower of Atman realizes Him by Jnana Yoga (the path of knowledge). 2. Pure awareness that is free of conceptual encumbrances. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rip current Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined as a more accurate replacement for the earlier term "riptide", as the phenomenon is not related to the tides. 1. A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves. Example: It takes on complicated forms, including longshore currents, which set parallel to the beach, and rip currents, in which water carried shoreward by breaking waves finds its way back to deep water in fast, narrow jets. Longshore and rip current velocities may be as great as 3 knots. Example: Second, where longshore currents converge, rip currents form, carrying water and sediment outward, away from shore (fig. 2.6).
Word: colorate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English colorate From color + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌləɹeɪt/ 1. To apply color to something; to make colorful.
Word: colorate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrō (“to color”). Equivalent to color + -ate (adjective-froming suffix) Pronunciation: /ˈkʌləɹət/ 1. Colored. Labels: obsolete Example: had the tunicles and humours of the eye , all , or any of them , been colorate , many of the rays proceeding from the viſible object would have been stopped and ſuffocated before they could come to the bottom
Word: seminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin seminat-, perfect passive participial stem of seminō (“to plant, sow”). Doublet of semé and semined. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmɪneɪt/ 1. To disseminate Labels: archaic Example: If this Cross were seminated all over with Flowers de lis , shewing upon the fides or edges thereof but the halves of some of them , then it should be blazoned Semie de flowers de lis
Word: hamus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin hāmus (“hook, barb”). 1. A hook- or barb-like structure.
Word: cantons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bo trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bo tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmænsɪz/ 1. plural of manse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: individua Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of individuum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Scouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Scout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Scouts Part of Speech: name 1. A worldwide youth movement with the aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play a constructive role in the society http://www.scout.org/. Example: Lord Baden-Powell of England is generally given credit for founding the Scouts. There is no doubt he founded the Scout movement in England along military […] Example: In that year Percy Everett suggested that to prevent the Scouts being squeezed out (as they might be if cadet training were to become compulsory for all boys) […] 2. Any of the national Scouts organizations. Example: The most common criterion of effectiveness quoted from within the Scout Movement is that of the large number of former Scouts who become successful in later [life …] Example: The Scouts promise to make a real effort to help Mrs Tuttleby find a Scout group which will appoint her as a leader with a restricted warrant. 3. The Selous Scouts, a special forces regiment of the former Rhodesian Army. Example: […] Turning the tables, the Scouts bit the biter by blowing up […] Example: Column strength never exceeded 72 men, and the results achieved were out of all proportion. In alone the Scouts notched up 1,257 kills, only 180 of them internal.
Word: restenoses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːstɪˈnəʊsiːz/, /ˌɹistɪˈnoʊsiz/ 1. plural of restenosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stenoses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɛˈnəʊsiːz/ 1. plural of stenosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stenoses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stenose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: soccage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of socage. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: cibai Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cheebai (“cunt”). Labels: Indonesia, Malaysia, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, vulgar Example: Woi cibai, this got nothing to do with NEP. So much hatred to anything "Malay" eh? You TIU NA SENG!! Example: Okay, cibai: Tell it to *me* then that I need not study.
Word: fœtors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfiːtɔːz/, /ˈfiːtɔɹz/ 1. plural of fœtor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thralldoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thralldom. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gunplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + play. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnˌpleɪ/ 1. The discharge of firearms, usually with violent intent and in confrontations. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In the aftermath of the Iraq War, the streets of Baghdad were sometimes filled with gunplay. Example: The one consoling thought was that there might be gunplay before the night was over—Dish had never been in a gun battle but he reasoned that if bullets flew thick and fast Jake might stop one of them, which could change the whole situation. 2. A sexual practice involving the use of a (usually unloaded) firearm for physical and mental stimulation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: My problem with gunplay is that it could lead to very bad habits. They're always loaded, even when they're "not loaded", and if you get used to thinking of them as not loaded you're going to get careless. Example: The recent fuss about gunplay isn't an ickiness issue but a safety argument.
Word: capitoli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capitolo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smoke wagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + wagon, probably a humorous reference to a conveyance or implement which “carries” or generates smoke. Pronunciation: /ˈsməʊk ˌwæɡ(ə)n/, /ˈsmoʊk ˌwæɡən/ 1. A vehicle that generates smoke; specifically, an automobile or a train. Labels: US, archaic, slang Example: If you gwine afoot, it'll take you about a day; if you gwine in de stage or de homneybuss, you make it in half a day; but if you get in one ob dese smoke-waggons, you be almost dar now! Example: The village priests were seen to go to and fro by train, and the simple country folk thought that what they did could not be wrong. By degrees the peasants themselves began to try the "smoke-wagons" too, […] 2. A handgun, especially a revolver. Labels: US, archaic, slang Example: […] Bourcey, the blacksmith, who was fitting on a mule's shoe, returned with the shoe at the end of the tongs, and, thrusting it into the fire, began blowing the bellows. It was laughable to see the stampede among the redskins when they saw this ominous maneuver—they thought he was going to fire the "smoke wagon." Example: The boss of construction across the river is a little sawed off individual named Nelson, and to see him standing like Napoleon, on the huge fill which issues above the river, with a great big smoke wagon, pointed forward, strapped to his leg and pulling him over sideways from its weight; is a picture which would surely make angels weep.
Word: curriers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɹɪəz/ 1. plural of currier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: road film Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of road movie.
Word: road picture Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of road movie.
Word: action movie Part of Speech: noun 1. A motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay. Example: Arnold Schwarzenegger is an iconic star of action movies. Example: Action movies are his favourite genre.
Word: action film Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of action movie.
Word: concretise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From concrete + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of concretize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: actioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French aucionbor. Middle English accioun English action English -er English actioner From action + -er. 1. An action movie. Labels: informal
Word: headlamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + lamp. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌlæmp/ 1. An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle. Example: The automobile headlamp uses either a parabolic reflector or a slight modification of it to obtain a concentrated light beam. Example: With its long tapered cowcatcher, massive headlamp and enormous diamond smokestack behind, wagon-top boiler, high running-plate above the driving-wheels reached from a front door in the square side-window cab, cylinders with slide valves mounted on top, and double bogie tender, General in its present form is typical of much earlier American locomotive practice. 2. A flashlight worn on the head.
Word: high-beam Part of Speech: noun 1. The setting of an automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance in front of the car, than when on the normal (low-beam) setting. Labels: plural-normally Example: Turn off your high-beams - you're blinding the oncoming traffic. 2. An erect nipple. Labels: plural-normally, slang
Word: capivara Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of capybara. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: interdependence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English dependence English interdependence From inter- + dependence. 1. The condition of being interdependent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The transmission oil is cooled in a heat exchanger through which the cooling water is circulated, to assist rapid warming of the engine system and to bring engine and transmission into their true interdependence. Example: But today, as electricity creates conditions of extreme interdependence on a global scale, we move swiftly again into an auditory world of simultaneous events and over-all awareness.
Word: self-sufficiency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English sufficiency English self-sufficiency From self- + sufficiency. 1. The condition of being self-sufficient. Labels: uncountable Example: “For my own part,” she rejoined, “I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, I never could perceive any thing extraordinary. They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all; and in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable.”
Word: besmirched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of besmirch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: besmirches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of besmirch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: besmirching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of besmirch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shufti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: UK 1940s, originally military slang. From Egyptian Arabic شُفْتِ، شُفْتِي (šufti, “have you seen?”, literally “you saw”), a conjugation of شَاف (šāf, “to see”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊf.ti/, /ˈʃʌf.ti/ 1. A brief glance. Labels: UK, slang Example: "Perkins, we are asking you to be that one man. I want you to lay down your life, Perkins. We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war. Get up in a crate, Perkins, pop over to Bremen, take a shufti, don't come back. Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too." Example: "Caucasus mountains," said the driver. "I think. Let's have a shufti at the map."
Word: shuftis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shufti Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vendette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian vendette. 1. plural of vendetta Labels: form-of, plural Example: The ordinance abolishing vendetta runs thus—“Whereas, in Montenegro and Brda there exists a custom of vendetta, by which vengeance falls not only on the murderer or guilty individual, but also on his innocent relatives, these vendette are rigorously prohibited.[…]” Example: The Judges themselves were “tosspots, strikers, deceivers of maidens, and rogues ingrane”; and, what the masterless men (a very mixed stock and addicted to vendette) were, under such governors, it may be useless to describe. […] Two further statutes respectively subordinated Civil to Canon Law so far as the clergy were concerned, and prescribed police regulations prohibiting family feuds, private wars, and vendette,—all very excellent from the theoretical point of view: but, in practice, the armed hand rather of a Feudal Lord than of a Shepherd of the People was required to enforce them.
Word: Haversian canal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Clopton Havers. 1. A hollow channel in the center of an osteon, running parallel to the length of a bone.
Word: adductions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adduction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tex Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /tɛks/ 1. A masculine nickname, especially for a Texan.
Word: umbellifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English umbell(a) Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -ferder. English -fer English umbellifer From umbell(a) + -i- + -fer. 1. Any plant of the family Apiaceae, also called Umbelliferae, whose inflorescence is an umbel, such as a carrot or celery.
Word: mass extinction Part of Speech: noun 1. A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Preceded by five other mass extinctions and many more small extinction events, the mass extinction currently underway is, on the one hand, like all the others in that it is nothing other than a significant reduction in the number of individual organisms inhabiting the planet and at the same time a significant reduction in the diversity of species made up by those individual organisms.
Word: mass extinctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mass extinction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of coach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rethinking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rethink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rethinking Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of thinking again or differently. Example: rethinkings of the capitalist system Example: Another rethinking of policy appears to have speeded up substantially the main line electrification timetable envisaged after 1966.
Word: toothbrushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toothbrush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotary dial Part of Speech: noun 1. a disk with finger holes, used to enter numbers by rotating the disk forward and letting it slide back 2. a telephone with such a disk
Word: rotary dial Part of Speech: adj 1. using a rotary dial, rather than push buttons Labels: not-comparable
Word: -phor Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative spelling of -phore (carrier). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: cabbalistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of cabalistic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] two men in the chaste blue attire favoured by the Metropolitan Water Board stopped at a small iron plate let into the road and prepared to enter upon the cabbalistic ritual of their tribe.
Word: accrescences Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɛsənsɪz/ 1. plural of accrescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endocrine system Part of Speech: noun 1. A control system of ductless glands that secrete hormones which circulate via the bloodstream to affect cells within specific organs.
Word: cuppy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewp-der. Latin cūpa ▲ Frankish *koppinflu.? Late Latin cuppabor.? Proto-Indo-European *gew-der. Proto-Germanic *kuppaz? Old English cuppe ▲ Proto-Germanic *kuppaz Old English copp Middle English cuppe, coppe English cup English -y English cuppy From cup + -y. 1. Having the form of a cup. 2. Having indentations or shallow depressions. 3. Characterised by cup shakes.
Word: dull-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Dim-witted, stupid, unintelligent
Word: loopholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loophole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loopholes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of loophole Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lynchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lyncher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lupanars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lupanar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loudhailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loudhailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: icteroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ictero- + -oid. 1. Marked by jaundice, or having the appearance of that disease
Word: lightning conductors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lightning conductor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: living bandages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of living bandage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lightning detectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lightning detector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lewis acids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lewis acid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lewis bases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lewis base Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tummler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Circa 1930, from Yiddish טומלער (tumler). Related to English tumble, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʊmlə(ɹ)/ 1. An employee, usually male, of a Borscht Belt resort charged with the duty of entertaining guests throughout the day by providing any number of services, from comedian to master of ceremonies. Labels: US Example: Brooks began as a Tummler (master entertainer) at various Catskills resorts, where he honed his skills at telling jokes and doing impersonations. 2. A lively, mischievous man. 3. A person with an official role which involves facilitating social interaction. Labels: broadly Example: But most of all, we can’t forget why we needed moderators in the first place: They’re our tummlers, helping us have a good time.
Word: spin room Part of Speech: noun 1. An area where debate participants speak with their representatives, and/or other interested parties attempt to "spin" or influence the perception of a debate, usually among assembled reporters.
Word: kikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kikes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kike Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Emil Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Emil, from Latin Aemilius, a Roman family name possibly from aemulus (“rival”). Cognate with French Émile. 1. A male given name from Latin. Example: Homan, who was on the ground in Chicago, maintained it was a “criminal operation.” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was also in Chicago on Sunday to observe immigration enforcement operations.
Word: Essie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstā́ Proto-Iranian *Hstā́bor.? Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯtar- Akkadian Ištarbor.? Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r)bor. Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּרlbor. Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)der. English Esther English -ie English Essie From Esther + -ie. 1. A diminutive form of the female given name Esther.
Word: Estella Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latinized and Italian variant of the French Estelle. 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: To stand in the dark in a mysterious passage of an unknown house, bawling Estella to a scornful young lady neither visible nor responsive, and feeling it a dreadful liberty so to roar out her name, was almost as bad as playing to order. But she answered at last, and her light came along the dark passage like a star. 2. A suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Etta Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛtə/ 1. A short form of Henrietta or of other female given names ending in -etta.
Word: Eula Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈjuːlə/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a short form of Eulalia.
Word: Eulalie Part of Speech: name Etymology: French from the saints' name Eulalia, from Ancient Greek "sweetly speaking". 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride - / Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride. Example: Come along, Eulalie" (this was her friend's strange name) […]
Word: Callie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a 19th-century diminutive of Caroline. 1. A female given name.
Word: Flossie Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Florence. Example: 'Otto's at a conference about Free Open-Source Software. It's his big passion. That's why we called the baby Flossie―F-O-S-S. The French geeks stuck an 'L' in for femininity.' 2. A diminutive of the female given name Flora. Example: "Big School is more fun than Primary School," said Flossie to her mother as they both sat at the kitchen table, eating their lunch together. "Isn't it, Mum?"
Word: Freda Part of Speech: name Etymology: A feminine form of Frederick and Fred, also a short form of Winifred. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: Now Freda is a beautiful name, but to this day I am glad my bataa was so insistent. I have come to agree there is something magical about one's own name. Later in my life, the name Princess has opened many doors that may not have been opened were I called Freda.
Word: Frieda Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /fɹiːdə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, the German equivalent of Freda.
Word: Jorja Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a new Australian spelling of Georgia.
Word: Goldie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder. Proto-Germanic *gulþą Proto-West Germanic *golþ Old English gold Middle English gold English gold English -ie English Goldie From gold + -ie. 1. A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900. It was further popularized by actress Goldie Hawn 2. A male or female given name from English for a golden-colored dog or bird 3. A surname. 4. A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
Word: Ina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g. Georgina, Christina, Wilhelmina. 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Miss Ina Claire tells me that half her acquaintances call her "Eenah" and the other half "Eynah". She answers docilely to either. Example: The eldest, originally called Christina in spite of her Jewish father's protests, eventually had her name sliced in half. "Stop sulking, Abe," Aurora commanded. "From now on she's plain Ina without the Christ." So poor Ina grew up with only half a handle, and when the second child was born a year later matters were made worse because this time Aurora insisted on "Inamorata". Abraham protested again: "People will confuse," he said plaintively. "And this Ina-more it is like saying she is Ina-plus."
Word: Inez Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicised form of Spanish Inés and Portuguese Inês, both from Latin Agnes, from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ). First used in 18th century English poetry and plays referring to Inês de Castro. Doublet of Agnes. 1. A female given name from Spanish. Example: Before the frowning King fair Inez stands; / Her tears of artless innocence, her air / So mild, so lovely, and her face so fair; Example: My name, you know, is Inez Elizabeth - Inez Elizabeth Mordaunt." "I think Inez is a perfectly beautiful name," said Sir Gwyn, enthusiastically. "So do I, surely," said Bessie; "it is so entirely. In France they all called me Inez, but dear, darling Iny set the fashion of calling me Bessie; - - - Still, I think Inez is awfully lovely, and it's uncommon and romantic. 2. A small city, the county seat of Martin County, Kentucky, United States. 3. An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. 4. A census-designated place in Victoria County, Texas, United States. 5. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States.
Word: Janie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jane + -ie. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Jane.
Word: Dewey Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly from a place name in Northern France, Douai. Welsh origin from Dewi (David) has also been suggested. Pronunciation: /ˈduːi/ 1. A surname from Old French. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1890s American usage. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Grover Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English grove Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English Grover From grove + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/ 1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the USA in the 1880s and 1890s when Grover Cleveland was President. Example: He also became the second president ever to win election to the office nonconsecutively, after Grover Cleveland. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States:
Word: xen- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of xeno-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: lala Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ilala. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lala Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of la la (“clams”). Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: kernel of truth Part of Speech: noun 1. A core accuracy at the heart of a claim or narrative which also contains dubious or fictitious elements. Labels: idiomatic Example: There may be a kernel of truth in the story of how George Washington confessed to his father that he chopped down the cherry tree. Example: Whether the Duke of Wellington really said of the Eton playing-fields that it was there that the battle Waterloo was won, may fairly be doubted. The story has many elements of the myth about it; but, like other myths, it has a kernel of truth.
Word: braggadocii Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌbɹæɡəˈdəʊt͡ʃiː/ 1. plural of braggadocio Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: Kings are stock characters in plays as well as slaves and braggadocii. Example: Every fellow that you meet upon track near Stockton or Austin City, walks as though he were defying lightning, yet this without silly struts or braggadocii.
Word: braggadocios Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌbɹæɡəˈdəʊt͡ʃɪəʊz/ 1. plural of braggadocio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disconnection 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- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnexiōder. Latin connexionemder. Middle English connexiounder. English connection English disconnection From dis- + connection. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪs.kəˈnɛk.ʃən/ 1. Severance of a physical connection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The disconnection of the power cable shut down all the computers. 2. Unexpected termination of a telephone connection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A sudden disconnection cut me off in mid-phrase. 3. Absence of rapport; the nonexistence of, or a breakdown of, effective communication. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was a hopeless disconnection between the weary, old teacher and the spirited, young students.
Word: feet of clay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Used in the Bible, part of the description of the huge statue in the dream of Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar. 1. In someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could lead to downfall. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay. Example: Those Pagod things of sabre-sway, / With fronts of brass, and feet of clay.
Word: microbrewery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + brewery. 1. A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.
Word: ciceroni Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/ 1. plural of cicerone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urbanicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English urban Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English -icity English urbanicity From urban + -icity. 1. The quality or fact of (an area) being urban. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The risk of psychotic disorder in the population exposed to urbanicity alone was 1.59% (31/1946), the risk in those exposed to family history, broadly defined, alone was 3.01% ... Thus, between 60% and 70% of the individuals exposed to both urbanicity and family history had developed psychotic disorder because of the synergistic action of the two proxy causes. 2. The degree to which a given geographical area is urban. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: To assess this hypothesis, the urbanicity of a boy's place of residence was run against enlistment. Example: 2002: Heinz Häfner (ed), Risk and Protective Factors in Schizophrenia: Towards a Conceptual Model of the Disease Process A number of studies have associated urbanicity at birth or upbringing with schizophrenia risk.
Word: sends away Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of send away Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sending away Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of send away Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sent away Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of send away Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: me three Part of Speech: adv Etymology: A pun, based on a jocular re-interpretation of me too as me two. Can be continued as me four, me five, and so on. 1. Used to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too." Can be continued as "me four," "me five," and so on. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: “...Come if you can—he’d like that a lot.” / “Me, too.” / “Me, three.” She gave a girlish giggle and unlocked her door. Example: “I hate saying good-bye,” Lulu said sadly. / “Me too,” Pam said. / “Me three,” Anna said.
Word: me three Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A pun, based on a jocular re-interpretation of me too as me two. Can be continued as me four, me five, and so on. 1. An expression of support to a position that has already been proposed and seconded after someone has already said "me too." Can be continued as me four, me five, and so on. Labels: idiomatic, no-plural Example: Mostly, I just wanted to say sort of a me-too, or me-three, or me-ten statement at this point: The census is extremely important.
Word: fiacre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fiacre. From Hôtel de Saint Fiacre, a tavern in Paris operating a horse-carriage service from the 1640s, itself named after the Irish Saint Fiacre (c. 600–670 CE), perhaps from Irish fiach (“raven”). Pronunciation: /fɪˈɑːkɹə/ 1. A small horse-drawn carriage for hire; a hackney carriage. Labels: historical Example: On the road to Choissi, a fiacre, or hackney-coach, stopped, and out came five or six men, armed with musquets, who took post, each behind a separate tree. Example: Poor Jim, with his arms folded and his little legs out in the open fiacre, drank in the sparkling Paris noon and carried his eyes from one side of their vista to the other.
Word: equivoque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/ 1. Equivocal. Labels: obsolete
Word: equivoque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/ 1. A homonym. Labels: obsolete 2. A play on words, a pun. Example: [H]e sported in many other æquivoques of the same nature; and at dinner told the physician, that he was like the root of the tongue, as being cursedly down in the mouth. 3. Ambiguity or double meaning. Example: [T]he black wisps of women bargaining behind those veils might turn out to be the ballet and coalesce in some dance gaily admitting their equivoque of concealing and proclaiming their sex.
Word: gusle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gȕsle /гу̏сле. Doublet of gusli. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊslə/ 1. A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played with a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region. Example: Songs of Brankovich's speed are sung to the strains of the gusle.
Word: gusla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See gusle. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊslə/ 1. Alternative spelling of gusle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Soldiers were sitting at tables among these flowers, some playing cards, some singing songs to the sound of the gusla, but very softly because it was now evening, and it had been a holiday, and everyone was tired. Example: These were long ballads, often sung to the melancholy accompaniment of the one-stringed gusla, in which singers and listeners relived the great archetypal moments of Serbian history.
Word: Drilling Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Drilling. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Kassite Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC
Word: Kassite Part of Speech: name 1. An ancient language spoken by the Kassites
Word: stripper clip Part of Speech: noun 1. A pressed metal (or plastic) clip, holding a set number of cartridges for a firearm, and used for rapid reloading of the weapon or its magazine, and which is then removed or ejected from the weapon or magazine before firing.
Word: grandmoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grandmom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Smell-O-Vision Part of Speech: name Etymology: From smell + -o- (interfix used for ease of pronunciation) + vision, recoined in 1959 by Mike Todd Jr. (1929–2002), the American producer of the film Scent of Mystery (1960) which used the Smell-O-Vision system invented by the Swiss scientist Hans Laube (1900–1976), possibly modelled after terms used in the motion picture industry such as Panavision (a company manufacturing cameras and lenses) and VistaVision (an early widescreen motion picture film format): see the November 1959 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛləˌvɪʒən/ 1. A system that choreographed the release of odors into a movie theater during the projection of a film. Labels: historical Example: […] John Livadary […] is en route to Rome to commence the score recording for "The Scent of Mystery,"^([sic]) new Mike Todd Enterprises pic production. The recording will be made via the new 35 mm. magnetic tape. The picture also introduces a new process, known as "Smell-O-Vision." Example: Yes, Smell-O-Vision is here. Film makers have toyed with ways to add smell to sight and sound in movies for years. Now Michael Todd Jr. thinks he has the answer. He's chosen the name purposely, he says, "to get the jump on those who will call it that anyway." The new process will perfume the film, "Scent of Mystery," to open at a special theater in Chicago. A magnetic track on the film will synchronize action to an "odor machine." Individual odor outlets fixed into each seat will guarantee that the whole audience knows the picture smells.
Word: kassite Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare mineral that is a basic oxide of calcium and titanium, with the chemical formula CaTi₂O₄(OH)₂. Labels: uncountable
Word: nebule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”), though the first sense ("a decorative wavy pattern", as a noun) is perhaps a misunderstanding of the adjective nebulé (“wavy”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛbjuːl/ 1. A decorative wavy or curly pattern; moulding of an undulating or wavy form. Example: The most common mouldings are the billet, the nail-head, the chevron, the zig-zag or embattled frette, hatchet, nebule, star, rope, beak-head, dog-tooth, and, occasionally, different sorts of foliage, as the vine[…] Example: The nave and aisles and west transept have a nebule corbel-tabling under the eaves. The aisle windows are large octofoiled circles. A huge square tower rises over the middle bay of the west transept. On each side are two large Middle-Pointed windows of three lights,[…] 2. A single dose intended to be taken using a nebulizer. Example: For exaample, leachables from glues used to apply labels to the outer wraps of nebule formulations were being found inside the nebule formulation. Example: Place contents of nebule in bottom of nebule bowl, fix to face mask and apply oxygen or air to mask at 6–8 L/min flow rate.
Word: nebule Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nebulé, nebuly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Barry nebule of ſix Pieces, Argent and Gules; pertained to Sir Richard Damery, a Baron in the Days of King Ed. 3. Example: His arms are broken off, but may be conjectured to be a crosse nebule.·
Word: effraction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French effraction from Latin effractura. Pronunciation: /ɛˈfrak.ʃən/, /ɪˈfrækʃən/, /əˈfræk.ʃən/ 1. forcible Burglary. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: No effraction was found, suggesting the intruder had a key. 2. A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cardiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cardiology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English cardiological From cardiology + -ical. 1. of or pertaining to cardiology
Word: tendinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin tendinōsus, from tendō (“sinew, tendon”) + -ōsus (“-ous”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dɪn.əs/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tendon or sinew. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cadenze Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cadenza Labels: form-of, plural