nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: soccer mom Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman with school-age children, likely boys, especially one who spends time transporting them between sporting activities. 2. A stereotypical woman, typically middle-class, who is overprotective of her children and often overambitious and bragging about their success in sports. Labels: US, derogatory, sometimes
Word: gabber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gab 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 gabber From gab + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæb.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A liar; a deceiver. Labels: obsolete 2. One who is addicted to idle talk. Example: The gabbers’ job today, and in the future, is to sneak up on the listening prospect and sell before he knows it. 3. A radio commentator or disc jockey. Labels: US, dated
Word: gabber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch gabber (literally “friend”), from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver). Doublet of chaver. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæb.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A subgenre of hardcore techno characterised by an intense, distorted kick sound and controversial lyrics or samples. Labels: uncountable Example: This, in turn, birthed all kinds of mainly regional variations that have lasted from the 90s to today, most notably gabber—a relentless mix of superfast BPMS, distorted kickdrums and roared vocals that evoked the distilled nihilism of Rotterdam skinheads. 2. A fan of this music, usually dressed in a tracksuit, often with a completely shaved head (or partially for women), seen primarily in the 1990s. Labels: countable
Word: laggard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lag + -ard. Pronunciation: /ˈlæɡəd/, /ˈlæɡɚd/ 1. Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group. Labels: derogatory Example: But come let's wing our Steps with utmost Speed, The swiftest Haste is laggard to the Deed. Example: O! drowsy wind of the drowsy west, Sleep, sleep, By your mountain steep, Or down where the prairie grasses sweep! Now fold in slumber your laggard wings, For soft is the song my paddle sings. 2. Not growing as quickly as the rest of the flock or herd. Example: The laggard broilers are euthanized and incinerated.
Word: laggard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lag + -ard. Pronunciation: /ˈlæɡəd/, /ˈlæɡɚd/ 1. One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or more than the others in a group. Example: 1733, William Havard, Scanderbeg: A Tragedy, London: J. Watts, Act II, Scene 4, p. 17, Blushing I look upon my poor Resolves, A Laggard in the Race, and faintly striving To follow Excellence that soars so high. Example: “Late come, late served, Mabel,” said her uncle, between mouthfuls of broiled salmon; […] “late come, late served; it is a good rule, and keeps laggards up to their work.” ¶ “I am no laggard, Uncle; for I have been stirring nearly an hour, and exploring our island.”
Word: marmalade dropper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Suggesting the idea of an astonished person dropping marmalade at the breakfast table while reading or hearing the news. 1. Astonishing information, especially something learned from the news media. Labels: UK, informal 2. A publicity stunt; something shocking intended to receive news coverage. Labels: UK, informal Example: 2023 'The return of David Cameron: What is going on?', BBC News. "Just because something is a marmalade dropper, doesn't make it a good idea." Example: How to get wall-to-wall coverage for your new album even if your name is not Taylor Swift: […] Allow the BBC Today programme to deliver a proper marmalade-dropper: "Open marriage, infidelity, vasectomies, sex toys, I mean every track has got something in it."
Word: headline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + line. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd.laɪn/ 1. The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article. Example: The headline on today's newspaper reads "John Doe Wins Wood-Splitting Competition." Example: Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it One headline, why believe it? Everybody wants to rule the world 2. The line at the top of a page containing the folio or number of the page. Labels: dated 3. The top-billed attraction. 4. A headrope.
Word: headline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From head + line. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd.laɪn/ 1. To give a headline to a page or section of a text. Example: Once again I take typewriter in hand to express my opinion on two very different issues. Good luck in deciding what to headline this letter. 2. To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: stress puppy Part of Speech: noun 1. One who seemingly requires stress in order to function well, yet voices dissatisfaction about it. Labels: informal
Word: pleomorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, related to, or exhibiting pleomorphism. Labels: especially 2. Of, related to, or exhibiting pleomorphism.
Word: vexing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of vex Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vexing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing. 1. Causing annoyance or pain; irritating.
Word: vexing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing. 1. vexation Example: Many unkindnesses as well as (one feels) many liberties and general vexings, were required to move her to this.
Word: screech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1602; altered with expressive vowel lengthening from earlier skrech (1577), variant of obsolete scritch, from Middle English skriken, shrichen, schrichen (1250), from Old English (attested as scriccettan) and Old Norse skríkja, both from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną (compare Icelandic skríkja, Old Saxon scricōn, Danish skrige, Swedish skrika), derivative of *skrīhaną (compare Middle Dutch schriën, German schreien, Low German dial. schrien, schriegen), ultimately of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /skɹiːt͡ʃ/, [skɹiːt͡ʃ], [skɹit͡ʃ] 1. A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface. Labels: countable 2. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. Labels: countable 3. Newfoundland rum. Labels: Newfoundland, uncountable 4. A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery. Labels: uncountable
Word: screech Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1602; altered with expressive vowel lengthening from earlier skrech (1577), variant of obsolete scritch, from Middle English skriken, shrichen, schrichen (1250), from Old English (attested as scriccettan) and Old Norse skríkja, both from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną (compare Icelandic skríkja, Old Saxon scricōn, Danish skrige, Swedish skrika), derivative of *skrīhaną (compare Middle Dutch schriën, German schreien, Low German dial. schrien, schriegen), ultimately of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /skɹiːt͡ʃ/, [skɹiːt͡ʃ], [skɹit͡ʃ] 1. To make such a sound. Example: That the night owl should screech before the noonday sun, that the bat should wheel around the bad of beauty […] Example: "Have you not met them?" "No, I have met nothing but three cormorants, which were sitting on a bit of drift-wood screeching." 2. To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: You've got to admire their balls. Real Madrid screeched after them: an entire herd, powerful and co-ordinated, salivating and breathing hard, murder in their eyes. So Barcelona moved the ball on, away from them. Forced back, it was played into Víctor Valdés, the goalkeeper, who slotted it to Carles Puyol, who gave it back again.
Word: DME Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of durable medical equipment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of distance measuring equipment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of dimethyl ether. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: malls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem, dēclīvitās, from dēclivis (“a sloping downward”), from de (“down”) + clīvus (“a slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (English lean). Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɪvɪti/ 1. The downward slope of a curve. Example: The Declivity was ſo ſmall, that I walked near a mile before I got to the Shore, which I conjectur'd was about eight a-clock in the Evening. Example: 1780, Theodore Augustine Mann, A Treatise on Rivers and Canals, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 69: For the Year 1779, Part II, 582, The velocity of flowing waters is very far from being in proportion to the quantity of declivity in their bed: […] . 2. A downward bend in a path. 3. An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect, such as between body segments; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward. Example: 1979, Entomology Circular, Issue 200, Part 366, Division of Plant Industry, page number not shown, Males of all species have more developed armature of the elytral declivity than females (Figs. S, 6, 8, 9, 11-14). Example: Propodeum in profile with upper lobe of declivity elongate and narrow, subspiniform, almost as long as lower lobe.
Word: laps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /læps/ 1. plural of lap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /læps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embarrassing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/, /ɪmˈbɛɹ.ə.sɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of embarrass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embarrassing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/, /ɪmˈbɛɹ.ə.sɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present embarrassings of affairs, to be left to the Commission.
Word: embarrassing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/, /ɪmˈbɛɹ.ə.sɪŋ/ 1. Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness. Example: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad. Example: In a famously embarrassing incident in 1996, America Online's errant dirty-word filter prevented residents of the British town Scunthorpe from signing up as new customers.
Word: diametric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1802, probably shortened from diametrical (1550s). Pronunciation: /daɪəˈmɛtɹɪk/ 1. Directly opposing. Example: In some religions, good and evil are considered diametric opposites. 2. Of or relating to a diameter; diametral.
Word: brinksmanship Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brinkmanship. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: embody Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English em- Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body English embody From em- + body. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɒdi/, /ɪmˈbɑdi/, [ɪmˈbɑɾi], /ɪmˈbɔdi/ 1. To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify. Labels: transitive Example: As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze. Example: The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. 2. To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws. Labels: transitive Example: The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists. Example: The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems. 3. To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of. Labels: transitive Example: A shunting locomotive embodying an unusual form of power transmission has been developed for the National Coal Board. Example: With the exception of the Great Eastern Line, these embody the most complete systematisation of steam or diesel-operated main line services that has yet taken place in the country. 4. To unite in a body or mass. Labels: intransitive Example: Nay, my good friend—the people will remain / Embodied peaceably, till Parliament / Confirm the royal charter: tell your king so: / We will await the Charter's confirmation, / Meanwhile comporting ourselves orderly / As peaceful citizens, not risen in tumult, / But to redress their evils. Example: So when inclement winters vex the plain / With piercing frosts, or thick-descending rain, / To warmer seas the cranes embodied fly, / With noise, and order, through the midway sky;
Word: excursion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excursiō (“a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginning of a speech”), from excurrere (“to run out”), from ex (“out”) + currere (“to run”). By surface analysis, excurse + -ion. Compare excursus. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/, /ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/, /ekˈskɜː.ʃən/ 1. A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way. Example: While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer. Example: Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres. 2. A field trip. Labels: Australia 3. A wandering from the main subject: a digression. Example: Now all his ponderings, however excursive, wheeled round Isabel as their center; and back to her they came again from every excursion; and again derived some new, small germs for wonderment. 4. An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usually during takeoff, landing, or taxi. 5. A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech. 6. Temporary deviation from a regular course or pattern Example: After an unsuccessful excursion into banking, I've returned to public life.
Word: excursion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excursiō (“a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginning of a speech”), from excurrere (“to run out”), from ex (“out”) + currere (“to run”). By surface analysis, excurse + -ion. Compare excursus. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/, /ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/, /ekˈskɜː.ʃən/ 1. To go on a recreational trip or excursion. Labels: intransitive Example: 1825, Charles Lamb, Letter to Mr. Wordsworth, 6 April, 1825, in The Works of Charles Lamb, Volume I, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, p. 249, https://books.google.ca/books?id=ypdNAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Yesterday I excursioned twenty miles; to-day I write a few letters. Example: After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters […]
Word: anal sphincter Part of Speech: noun 1. The sphincter (ring muscle) that surrounds the anus.
Word: ikona Part of Speech: noun 1. An Eastern Orthodox icon, or religious painting.
Word: Lachryma Christi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Renaissance Latin lachryma Christi, from Latin lachryma (“tears”) Chrīstī (“of Christ”). 1. An Italian white wine from grapes grown on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Example: “Pray take another glass of wine […] The lachryma Christi is excellent; do taste it.”
Word: tears of wine Part of Speech: noun 1. A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: mantis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”). Distant doublet of mind via Proto-Indo-European *méntis. Pronunciation: /ˈmæntɪs/ 1. Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A green colour, like that of many mantises. Labels: uncountable
Word: praying mantis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mantis from Greek μάντις (mántis). Named "praying mantis" for their stance, with the forelegs held together in a way that resembles a person praying. Similar designations exist in many European as well as non-European languages. Compare for example French mante religieuse (literally “religious mantis”), German Gottesanbeterin (literally “God-worshipper”), Portuguese louva-a-deus (literally “God-praiser”), Persian آخوندک (âxundak, literally “little cleric”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹeɪ.ɪŋ ˈmæntɪs/ 1. Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance. 2. A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa. Labels: regional 3. A woman who preys on men (from the idea that female praying mantises eat males after sex).
Word: pleomorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pleo- (“full, many”) + -morphism. 1. The occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of polymorphism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cliche' Part of Speech: noun 1. Informal form of cliché. Labels: form-of, informal
Word: true bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially those of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking. Example: Fig. 16 is the striped or cucumber-bug, as it is improperly called, but which is in reality a beetle, while fig. 17, the squash-bug, is a true bug, being without jaws or mouth, except a long slender tube, fitted for piercing and sucking the sap of plants.
Word: take the fifth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A reference to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which, among other provisions (e.g., prohibition of double jeopardy), protects individuals from being compelled to testify against themselves (i.e., self-incrimination). 1. To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you ask me who ate the last of the ice cream, I will simply take the fifth. Example: “Do you believe the violence on January 6 was justified morally?” she asked. Flynn squinted, truculent. “Take the Fifth,” he said.
Word: mealybug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mealy + bug, from the appearance of the powder which resembles meal (“flour”). 1. Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
Word: cut one's teeth Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin; to gain early experience. Labels: idiomatic Example: He cut his teeth on flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally. Example: Born and raised outside Copenhagen, he studied at the Royal Danish Design School, later cutting his teeth in Paris under Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel and in New York working for AD100 Hall of Famer Peter Marino.
Word: slip someone's mind Part of Speech: verb 1. To be forgotten by someone; to escape someone's memory. Labels: idiomatic Example: I meant to call her today, but it completely slipped my mind.
Word: bad apple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the proverb “one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch” (or a variant thereof). 1. A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others. Labels: idiomatic, in-plural, often Example: Near-synonym: bad egg Example: There is one bad apple, and that is Katie, the beautiful prostitute with whom Catcher Bruce is in love. Unlike the cliche harlot of fiction, she is as short of compassion as Bruce is of IQ.
Word: bone dry Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bone-dry. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: When I went out to water my garden, the soil was bone dry. No wonder plants were drooping.
Word: beg the question Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Translating Latin petītiō prīncipiī, itself translating Ancient Greek τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ αἰτεῖσθαι (tò en arkhēî aiteîsthai, “to assume from the beginning”). 1. To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii). Example: The objection is that the argument begs the question, meaning that the premise, that God has all the virtues, assumes the conclusion, that God is benevolent. 2. To sidestep or fail to address a question. Example: 1860, Henry Adams, letter, 6 May However I hope we shall do better as we go on and as long as there's no dodging or begging the question on our side, I'm not afraid. 3. To raise or prompt a question. Labels: proscribed, sometimes Example: Three people were hurt in the fire at the warehouse last night, which begs the question: what were they doing there in the first place? Example: Invariably, the principal object is to improve air quality. But those constraints beg the question: why has no city followed Nottingham's example of a workplace parking levy, which has generated about £10 million a year to finance the city's tram system?
Word: spiflication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See spiflicate. 1. The act of spiflicating, or the state of being spiflicated; annihilation. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Whose blood he vowed to drink — the Oriental form of threatening spiflication Example: ... you had better not mention — to quote Johnson — of Benson's spiflication
Word: Margot Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Margot. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.ɡəʊ/, /ˈmɑɹ.ɡoʊ/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: "I like names that end with an a, don't you? Or other vowels? Most often it seems to be an a. But wait: Margo's name ends with an o, for mercy's sake! Barnaby's mother. Or it used to be o. Then she met Barnaby's father and added a t." Sophia looked at me. I told her, "Mom thought Margot with a t was higher class." "First time I saw it written that way was on the wedding invitations," Gram said. "She brought them home from the printer's and I said, 'Who's this?' She said, 'That's me.' Well, I did try to accommodate. Her dad said it was stuff and nonsense, but I told Jeffrey the next time he came to call, 'Mar-gott will be down in a minute.' He laughed because he thought I was joking but I was serious. I honestly assumed people pronounced the t."
Word: hardon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hard-on. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: didst Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪdst/, /dɪtst/ 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of do Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular
Word: coprophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷr̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷ-ro-sder. Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros) English copro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φᾰγίᾱ (-phăgíā)lbor. English -phagy English coprophagy From copro- (“excrement”) + -phagy (“to feed on”). 1. The act or an instance of eating feces. Labels: uncountable Example: We use "coprophagy" as the simplest available general term to describe ingestion of the feces, without any implication of cause, circumstances, or the origin or nature of fecal material consumed. Example: Other studies postulate that dogs practice coprophagy in an attempt to conserve digestive enzymes, in particular protelytic enzymes and amylase (McCuistion, 1966).
Word: life cycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪf ˌsaɪ.kəl/ 1. The course of stages through which an organism passes from fertilized zygote until maturity, reproduction, and death. Example: Meronym: life forms Example: Plants’ life cycles are an attractive subject of study for citizen science because they are relatively easy to discern. In fact, the name for the field in which we work, phenology, literally means “the science of appearance.” The word was coined just a few years after Thoreau made his phenological observations, from the Greek phaino (to show or appear) and logos (to study). 2. The useful life of a product or system; the developmental history of an individual or group in society. Labels: broadly Example: Since it began operating in 1950, Sellafield has had different duties. First it manufactured plutonium for nuclear weapons. Then it generated electricity for the National Grid, until 2003. It also carried out years of fuel reprocessing: extracting uranium and plutonium from nuclear fuel rods after they’d ended their life cycles.
Word: detached house Part of Speech: noun 1. A free-standing, single-family dwelling unit that does not share a common wall with any other structure.
Word: destroying angel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The mushrooms perhaps from their white angel-like appearance. 1. Any of a group of four deadly toxic mushrooms in the Amanita genus: Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa. Example: The doctors ran some tests and confirmed I'd eaten the destroying angel. I was the third person that year to be admitted after eating one. The two before me hadn't survived. Example: You might survive if you eat a destroying angel or death cap, but you’ll probably need a liver transplant. 2. In the Hebrew Bible, an entity sent out by God on several occasions to punish opponents. Example: Again, I wonder with a sudden fear whether it is likely that our good old clergyman can be wrong, and Mr. and Miss Murdstone right, and that all the angels in Heaven can be destroying angels. Example: It was terrible, indeed; but so was death, the universal law. And even if the talk should wax still bolder, full of ominous silences and nods, and I should hear named in a whisper the Destroying Angels, how was a child to understand these mysteries.
Word: peed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of pee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: peed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening and perhaps respelling to avoid clash with paeds (“paediatrics”). 1. Synonym of paedophile. Labels: Commonwealth, informal
Word: undercurrent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currere Old French corre Old French curantbor. Middle English curraunt English current English undercurrent From under- + current. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndəkʌɹ(ə)nt/, /ˈʌndɚˌkʌɹənt/ 1. A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents. Example: For that an undercurrent (which ſome have beleived,) in the ſtraights-mouth, will not ſolve this difficulty, unleſs occaſioned by a vaſt Gulf that muſt be placed ſomewhere in the Atlantic near the Mouth of the ſtraight, which though overflown and hidden by that mighty ſea, yet may poſſibly abſorb the deeper waters, and ſo cauſe a contrary undercurrent. Example: [W]e have a surface current of saltish water from the poles towards the equator, and an undercurrent of water, saltier and heavier, from the equator to the poles. This undercurrent supplies in a great measure the salt which the upper current, freighted with fresh water from the clouds and rivers, carries back. 2. A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed. Labels: figuratively Example: The meeting was pervaded with an undercurrent of dread, as the managers tried not to admit that firings were looming. Example: All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her, like the thought of a man who keeps up a dialogue while he is considering how he can slip away.
Word: undercurrent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currere Old French corre Old French curantbor. Middle English curraunt English current English undercurrent From under- + current. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndəkʌɹ(ə)nt/, /ˈʌndɚˌkʌɹənt/ 1. To flow under some surface. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: The latter are stoically steady, impervious to the nervousness that still continues to undercurrent the Stock Exchange generally, despite an all-round rally. Example: Her lips hardly moving, every feature steady, she undercurrented my narrative with ejaculations in French, Russian, Italian.
Word: someday Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Univerbation of some + day. 1. Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future. Labels: not-comparable Example: Transmit the message to the receiver / Hope for an answer someday
Word: azobenzene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote English azo- German Benzoe Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. German -in German Benzinbor. English benzine English benzene English azobenzene From azo- + benzene. 1. An aromatic azo compound, diphenyl diazene, the basis of many dyes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overlong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English long English overlong From over- + long. 1. Too long; overly long. Example: O, hold me not with silence over-long! Example: As the Island Mindanao lies very convenient for Trade, so considering its distance, the way thither may not be over long and tiresome.
Word: overlong Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English long English overlong From over- + long. 1. Too long, for an excessively long time. Example: […] she casteth the rest into the fire, and there withall sodainely flings herselfe into it: Which is no sooner done, but the people cast great store of Faggots and Billets vpon hir, lest she should languish over-long […] Example: […] his wandering restless glance lingered over-long even on his girl cousin, so that his pretty sharp-voiced wife recalled him with a little sneer she slipped sidewise into something else she said.
Word: unshaven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English shaven English unshaven From un- + shaven. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈʃeɪvən/ 1. Not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool. Example: She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp. 2. Unkempt. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: The recruit's face was smooth but for a single almost imperceptible hair protruding from his chin. "Unshaven!" screamed the officer.
Word: grama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish grama (“grass”), from Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen (“grass”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɑːmə/, /ˈɡɹamə/ 1. Various species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To understand the exquisite beauty of simple green grass, you must travel through eight hundred miles of sage-brush and grama...the latter, a stunted species of herbage, growing in ash tinted spirals, only two inches from the ground, and giving the Plains an appearance of being matted with curled hair or gray corkscrews. Its other name is “buffalo grass”; and in spite of its dinginess, with the assistance of the sage, converting all the Plains west of Fort Kearney into a model Quaker landscape, it is one of the most nutritious varieties of cattle fodder, and for hundreds of miles the emigrant drover’s only dependence. Example: Every few years, Ingrid goes back to take a look, even though all that’s left is the old bleached shell of a house, surrounded by blue grama grass and tall trees with pale bark and waxy leaves.
Word: reconstructive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct English reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English reconstructive From reconstruct + -ive. 1. which reconstructs
Word: halfway Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Compare partway. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halfway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”). Pronunciation: /ˌhæfˈweɪ/, /hɑːfˈweɪ/ 1. Half of the way between two points. Labels: not-comparable Example: I was already halfway home when I missed my keyring. Example: One day has gone by and she's already halfway through the book. 2. Moderately; somewhat. Labels: not-comparable Example: a halfway decent place to sleep
Word: halfway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Compare partway. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halfway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”). Pronunciation: /ˌhæfˈweɪ/, /hɑːfˈweɪ/ 1. Middle; midway; being in the middle of the way or distance. Labels: not-comparable Example: John blacked out at the halfway point of the marathon.
Word: jowly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English jowl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jowly From jowl + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaʊli/ 1. Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin. Example: […] his strong jaw renders the face indeed “jowly” rather than oval, consequently the expression is normally hard, though open and not ill-humoured, whilst the smile which comes out of it is pleasant. Example: Over the last few years, the liberal Democratic image of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as a jowly, blue-jawed villain with a ski-jump nose has receded in the light of his growing stature and achievements.
Word: shaved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English shave Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English shaved From shave + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʃeɪvd/ 1. Having had a shave. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jada Pinkett Smith found herself at the center of conflict when her husband Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony March 27. Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head – a look she has said is more than a style preference.
Word: shaved Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English shave Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English shaved From shave + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʃeɪvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of shave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: azo compound Part of Speech: noun 1. an organic compound of the general formula R-N=N-R¹; they are often colored and are the basis of many synthetic dyes; a diazene
Word: drydock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dry + dock. 1. A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.
Word: drydock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dry + dock. 1. To place (a ship) in a drydock. Labels: transitive
Word: diazene Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound HN=NH Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any azo compound derived from this simple compound Labels: countable
Word: reconstruct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct English reconstruct From re- + construct. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkt/, /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkt/, /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹɐkt/ 1. To construct again; to restore. Example: As it was necessary to reconstruct the culvert close to the original position, the hazards of tunnelling through clay in an unstable condition, due to the absorption of water, had to be reduced by the application of electro-osmosis to dry out the material. Example: The greatest number of bridges requiring modification are overline bridges, and many methods are adopted in reconstructing and altering them to give increased clearances. 2. To attempt to understand an event by recreating, imagining, or talking through the circumstances. Example: But reconstructing the scene among those silent walls in the precarious light, with the unforgotten ghosts of other crimes ready to emerge from every shadow, I can conceive that no more frightful spectre than this sombre being, dripping red from hands and face at every step, has ever walked.
Word: diazine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English diazine di- + az(ote) + -ine 1. Any six-membered aromatic heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, two nitrogen atoms and three double bonds 2. diazene, diimide Labels: obsolete
Word: jowls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jowl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of urinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diazo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + azo. 1. Containing a pair of double bonded nitrogen atoms, typically directly attached to an aryl group. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diazo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + azo. 1. Any compound of this type. Example: Some diazos are dyes.
Word: diazonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of diazo + ammonium. 1. any univalent cation, of general formula R-N₂⁺; diazonium salts are used to manufacture azo dyes, and take part in the Sandmeyer reaction
Word: impulses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpʌlsɪz/ 1. plural of impulse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selfishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English selfish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English selfishness From selfish + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/ 1. The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This common faith or set of aspirations, he added, could also help Americans transcend their selfishnesses and follies and promote a world civil religion given to justice and hope. Example: And he knows that Patrick can afford to complain about his mother’s minor selfishness but he cannot afford to engage with the idea of his own father at all.
Word: continuance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English continuance, contynuaunce, from Old French continuance, from continuer. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪnjuəns/, /kənˈtɪnjʊəns/ 1. The action of continuing. Labels: uncountable Example: Now stands the Brere like a lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleasaunce. / But all this glee had no continuaunce: / For eftsones winter gan to approche; / The blustering Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the solitarie Brere; / For nowe no succoure was seene him nere. Example: In the living state, the body is observed to […] adopt most effectual measures for the permanent continuance of its species. 2. The period during which something continues or goes on; duration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The gentlemen of the mission were present at a splendid festival, called "The Yam Custom." […] During the continuance of it, (as in the ancient Saturnalia) neither theft, intrigue, nor assault, are punishable, but licentiousness of every kind prevails. 3. An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period. Labels: US, countable Example: At the submission to sufficient facts in Lowell District Court, an agreement was reached between the prosecution and the defense. Despite the continuance without a finding, the defendant was required to pay court costs of $150. The continuance means that if the defendant is not arrested on the same charge within the next six months, the charge against him will be dropped. Example: Where the Department of Homeland Security seeks to re-serve a respondent to effect proper service of a notice to appear that was defective under the regulatory requirements for serving minors under the age of 14, a continuance should be granted for that purpose.
Word: Paco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Paco, diminutive of Spanish Francisco. See also Spanish Pancho. 1. A male given name from Spanish. 2. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. 3. A barangay of Mankayan, Benguet, Philippines. 4. A barangay of Obando, Bulacan, Philippines. 5. A barangay of San Rafael, Bulacan, Philippines. 6. A barangay of Botolan, Zambales, Philippines. 7. A barangay of Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines. 8. A barangay of Quinapondan, Eastern Samar, Philippines. 9. A barangay of Las Navas, Northern Samar, Philippines. 10. A barangay of Paranas, Samar, Philippines. 11. A barangay of Kidapawan, Cotabato, Philippines. 12. A barangay of Mainit, Surigao del Norte, Philippines. 13. A volcano in Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines.
Word: lighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lightnen, equivalent to light + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.tn̩/, [ˈlaɪtn̩], [ˈlaɪʔn̩] 1. To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate. Labels: transitive Example: to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets Example: A Key of fire ran all along the shore, And lighten’d all the river with the blaze: 2. To become brighter or clearer; to brighten. Labels: intransitive 3. To flash lightning, to give off lightning. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Enter the Conjurer; it lightens and thunders […] Example: […] this dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. 4. To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning. Labels: transitive Example: […] behold his eye, As bright as is the eagle’s, lightens forth Controlling majesty: 5. To illuminate with knowledge. Labels: archaic Example: O Light which mak’st the Light, which makes the Day, Which setst the Eye without and Mind within, Lighten my spirit with one cleare heavenly ray, Which now to view it selfe doth first begin.
Word: lighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lightnen, equivalent to light + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.tn̩/, [ˈlaɪtn̩], [ˈlaɪʔn̩] 1. To alleviate; to reduce the burden of. Labels: transitive Example: Sorrow can be lightened by being openly brought out. Example: Many hands lighten the workload. 2. To make light or lighter in weight. Labels: transitive 3. To make less serious or more cheerful. Labels: transitive Example: They looked unto him, were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 4. To become light or lighter in weight. Labels: intransitive 5. To become less serious or more cheerful. Labels: intransitive
Word: lighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English -en English lighten From light + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.tn̩/, [ˈlaɪtn̩], [ˈlaɪʔn̩] 1. To descend; to light. Example: Book of Common Prayer O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us.
Word: Tyrannosaurus rex Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/, /təˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/ 1. A giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period. Example: Some of the most spectacular beasts in East Coast museums happen to be Tyrannosaurus rexes from Montana. Example: "Now, Dr. Richgels, you picked a folder from the story box. Could you show us the one that you picked?" Mine shows two Tyrannosaurus rexes fighting […]
Word: saturnalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saturnalia (“a festival of the winter solstice”). Pronunciation: /ˌsætəˈneɪli.ə/, /ˌsætɚˈneɪli.ə/, /ˌsætɚˈneɪljə/ 1. A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry. Example: a man who mounts the Hustings, must not allow himself to be sore-boned, or he invites his opponents to 'touch him on the raw,' not in the exercise of their malice, but their power; an election is a saturnalia." Example: They lodged men and women on the same floor; and with the night there began a saturnalia of debauchery—scenes such as never before had been witnessed in America.