nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tough luck Part of Speech: intj 1. Bad luck (often an unsympathetic retort to someone who is suffering a misfortune). Labels: idiomatic Example: Your car broke down? Well, tough luck, you're due at work in 15 minutes. Better run.
Word: the way to a man's heart is through his stomach Part of Speech: proverb 1. Cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections. Example: Who invented that mischievous falsehood that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach? How many a silly woman, taking it for truth, has let love slip out of the parlour, while she was busy in the kitchen. Example: I have often heard it said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but every time I ever seen men and women keep waiting for their eats it was always the frail sex that give the first yelp, and personally I've often wondered what would of happened in the trenches Over There if ladies had of been occupying them when the rations failed to show up.
Word: a miss is as good as a mile Part of Speech: proverb 1. A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.
Word: actions speak louder than words Part of Speech: proverb Pronunciation: /ˈak.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðan wɜːdz/, /ˈæk.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðæn wɜːdz/, /-ðən-/, /ˈæk.ʃənz spik ˈlaʊ̯d.əɹ ˌðæn wɜɹdz/, /ˈæk.ʃənz spiːk ˈlæɔ̯d.ə ˌðæn wɜːdz/ 1. It is more effective to act directly than to speak of action. Example: "The Government says accessibility is a priority, but actions speak louder than words," he said. 2. An individual's actions indicate their true sentiments more reliably than their claims do.
Word: a fool and his money are soon parted Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: First appears c. 1587 in the publication Defense of the Government of the Church of England as If they pay a penie or two pence more for the reddinesse of them..let them looke to that, a foole and his money is soone parted. An earlier quote from 1573 by Thomas Tusser reads "A foole and his money be soone at debate: which after with sorow repents him too late." 1. It is easy to obtain money from foolish people. 2. It is difficult or unlikely that careless and irresponsible individuals will maintain their hold on acquired wealth.
Word: beauty is in the eye of the beholder Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: First use appears c. 1630 or c. 1642. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːti ɪz ɪn ðiː aɪ əv ðiː bɪˈhəʊldə/ 1. Different people have different views on what is beautiful; beauty is subjective. Example: He is referring to the relativity of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" an idea that became popular in the 18th cent.
Word: fine words butter no parsnips Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Attested as early as 1639 as faire words butter noe parsnips, alluding to the English habit of buttering foods to make them more palatable. It was found in the 17th century in various forms with the first and last word being different, thus allowing combinations of fine/fair/soft with parsnips/cabbage/fish/connie before becoming standardized in the form fine words doth butter no parsnips. 1. Nothing is achieved by empty words or flattery.
Word: if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Attributed to Harry S. Truman, coined in a newspaper in July 1942. 1. If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not remain in a position where you have to deal with it.
Word: free-thinker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of freethinker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: no time like the present Part of Speech: proverb 1. Clipping of there's no time like the present. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: vociferously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vociferous Middle English -ly English -ly English vociferously From vociferous + -ly. 1. In a vociferous manner. Example: He won that night. All were for him, the lubras vociferously in his favour.
Word: vociferousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vociferous 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 vociferousness From vociferous + -ness. 1. The state of being vociferous. Labels: uncountable
Word: account statement Part of Speech: noun 1. A record of transactions and their effect on bank account balances
Word: feeble-minded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman feblebor. Middle English feble English feeble English mind 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 minded English feeble-minded 1. Weak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence. Example: Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.”
Word: carbonaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English -aceous English carbonaceous From carbon + -aceous. Pronunciation: /kɑːbəˈneɪʃəs/ 1. Of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon, or a compound of carbon.
Word: carbonaceous chondrite Part of Speech: noun 1. A chondrite which contains a high level of organic matter.
Word: chondrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain”) + -ite. By surface analysis, chondr- + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndɹaɪt/ 1. A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules.
Word: scenarios Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɛˈnɑːɹi.əʊz/ 1. plural of scenario Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carbonado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Spanish carbonada (“carbonized”) (from carbonar (“to carbonize”)) + -ado (suffix forming past participles of regular verbs ending in -ar). Carbonada appears to have been modelled after Italian carbonata (“coal pile; stew of beef in red wine”), from carbone (“coal; charcoal”) (from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”)) + -ata. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/, /-ˈnɑː-/, /ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/ 1. Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled. Labels: dated Example: Take it vp Villain, and eat it, or I will make thee ſlice the brawnes of thy armes into carbonadoes, and eat them. Example: […]to ſay the Troth on't before Corioles, he ſcotcht him, and notcht him like a Carbinado.
Word: carbonado Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Spanish carbonada (“carbonized”) (from carbonar (“to carbonize”)) + -ado (suffix forming past participles of regular verbs ending in -ar). Carbonada appears to have been modelled after Italian carbonata (“coal pile; stew of beef in red wine”), from carbone (“coal; charcoal”) (from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”)) + -ata. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/, /-ˈnɑː-/, /ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/ 1. To make a carbonado of; to score and broil. Labels: also, dated, figuratively, transitive Example: Now for the manner of Carbonadoing it is in this ſort, you ſhall firſt take the meate you muſt Carbonadoe and ſcorche it both aboue and belowe; then ſprinkle good ſtore of ſalt vpon it, and baſte it all ouer with ſweet butter melted, […] Example: Has he beſpoke, what will he have a brace, Or but one Partridge, or a ſhort-leg'd Hen, Daintyly carbonado'd? 2. To cut or hack, as in combat. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Draw you raſcall, you bring letters againſt the King, and take Vanitie the puppets part, againſt the royaltie of her father, draw you rogue or ile ſo carbonado your shankes, […] Example: In Moscow, a Count carbonadoes His ignorant serfs with the knout; […] But Eton has crueller terrors Than these,—in the Windsor Express.
Word: carbonado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese carbonado (“carbonized”), probably from carbono (“carbon”) (currently only attested later than carbonado) + -ado (suffix forming adjectives from nouns meaning ‘something or someone who has suffered the action’). Carbono is borrowed from French carbone (“carbon”), from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”); for further derivation, see etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/, /-ˈnɑː-/, /ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/ 1. A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling. Example: At present, equal attention is paid to irregular fragments of a blackish or greyish colour, occasionally of considerable size, also yielded by the washings of diamandiferous sand, which formerly passed unregarded. These fragments are now carefully colected, and have acquired some considerable value in commerce, where they are known under the name of carbonado or carbon. […] An examination of these numerous varieties has made it evident that between carbonado of a simply micro-crystalline texture, and the diamond regularly crystallised in diaphanous octahedrons, there exists an uninterrupted series of intermediate conditions. Example: Brazil's carbonadoes are indispensable today for the speedy cutting of hard rubber, bakelite and fiber compounds. Their absolute precision is especially valuable in turning such instruments as high-power telescopes and microscope tubes.
Word: carbonify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English carbonify From carbon + -ify. 1. To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
Word: carbonigenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English -i- French -gènebor. English -gen Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -genous English carbonigenous From carbon + -i- + -genous. 1. Carboniferous.
Word: Haken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: For Wolfgang Haken, who studied these manifolds. 1. Irreducible, compact, and containing a non-∂-parallel incompressible surface (besides a sphere or disk). Labels: not-comparable
Word: fallows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fallow (uncultivated land) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fallows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fallow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: green fallow Part of Speech: noun 1. Fallow ground which is planted with a different crop, e.g. a pease field planted with turnips.
Word: powerbock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From power and the name of the German inventor of this type of device, Alexander Böck. 1. To take part in an activity involving running, jumping and performing various acrobatics with the aid of vertically mounted curved springs attached to one's legs for exercise, pleasure or entertainment purposes. Example: The park is my favorite place to powerbock.
Word: fallow crop Part of Speech: noun 1. The crop taken from a green fallow field.
Word: Avogadro's number Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Italian physicist Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856). 1. The number of elementary entities (atoms or molecules) comprising one mole of a given substance, being precisely 6.02214076 × 10²³. Formerly defined as the number of atoms present in 12 grams of isotopically pure carbon-12. Labels: physical
Word: roué Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French roué. Doublet of rotate. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːeɪ/ 1. A debauched or lecherous person. Example: A taste and knowledge of wines and cookery appears to them to be the sign of an accomplished roué and manly gentleman. Example: The old roué, twice married and patriarch of an extended family, never concealed the fact that he was “a ladies’ man”.
Word: overprint Part of Speech: noun 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 print English overprint From over- + print. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌpɹɪnt/ 1. The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value. 2. The set of petrological, structural, and/or mineralogical characteristics superimposed onto rock by the action of geological processes over deep time, by analogy with the original sense of the word. Example: Although we do not exclude that some of the observed Moodies laminae were originally microbial mats, the mineral assemblage of the studied anastomosing and wavy laminae (i.e., mainly sericite associated with Ti oxide and rare carbonaceous material) shows a substantial metamorphic overprint, implying that similar laminae cannot be unambiguously associated with the concept of a flourishing Paleoarchean microbial life at 3.22 Ga. Example: This is the first report from the Alps of eclogite-facies rocks of supposed Alpine age showing a granulite-facies metamorphic overprint, which is, in contrast, well documented in the Variscan belt.
Word: overprint Part of Speech: verb 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 print English overprint From over- + print. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɹɪnt/ 1. To print over what has already been printed. Example: This is the way overprinting works on the ZX Spectrum: two papers or two inks give a paper, one of each gives an ink. This has the interesting property that if you overprint with the same thing twice you get back what you started off with. 2. To add an overprint to (a stamp). Labels: transitive 3. To print too many copies of. Labels: transitive Example: The unpopular comic book was overprinted, leaving many retailers with dozens of unsaleable copies. 4. To overlap different colours to avoid gaps. 5. To superimpose a new set of petrological, structural, and/or mineralogical characteristics onto rock by the action of geological processes over deep time, by analogy with the original sense of the word. Example: Furthermore, these rocks are overprinted by seafloor weathering, which provides a challenge to reconstructing serpentinization processes. Example: Dominantly dextral shearing in the Chester zone occurred during post-Acadian plate adjustments around ca. 380 Ma (Ghanem et al. 2016), coeval with initial activity along the Norumbega fault system to the southeast and the shear fabrics overprint rocks on both upper and lower plates of the original thrust.
Word: surcharge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French surcharge, from Old French. By surface analysis, sur- + charge. Doublet of supercharge. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɜɹt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ/ 1. An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price. Example: Our airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge. 2. The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer. 3. An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer. 4. An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation. 5. A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground. 6. A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party 7. A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties. 8. An excessive load or burden. Labels: obsolete Example: A Numerous Nobility, cauſet Pouerty, and Inconuenience in a State: For it is a Surcharge of Expence; 9. The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to. Labels: obsolete
Word: surcharge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French surcharge, from Old French. By surface analysis, sur- + charge. Doublet of supercharge. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɜɹt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ/ 1. To apply a surcharge. 2. To overload; to overburden. Example: to surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannon Example: My heauy hart I feare will breake in twaine, Surcharged with a heauie loade of thoughts. 3. To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into (e.g. a common) than one has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Example: Another diſturbance of common is by ſurcharging it; or putting more cattle therein than the paſture and herbage will ſuſtain, or the party hath a right to do. 4. To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given. Example: The Idle multitude surcharge their laies
Word: no thanks Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of no, thanks. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: packrat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pack rat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: packrat Part of Speech: verb 1. To hoard things. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial
Word: UPU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Universal Postal Union. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Morocco agencies Part of Speech: noun 1. The British post offices in Morocco; used as an overprint on British stamps. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: On HMS Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On Her (or His) Majesty's Service.
Word: needlepoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From needle + point. Pronunciation: /ˈniːdl̩ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design. Labels: uncountable 2. An object made using that craft. Labels: countable
Word: needlepoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From needle + point. Pronunciation: /ˈniːdl̩ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. To produce a decorative design by this means. Labels: transitive
Word: resonates Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛz.əˌneɪts/, /ˈɹez.əˌnæɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resonate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resonate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti Proto-Italic *swonaō Latin sonō Latin resonōbor. English resonate Borrowed from Latin resonō. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛz.əˌneɪt/, /ˈɹez.əˌnæɪt/ 1. To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration. Example: The books on top of the piano resonate when he plays certain notes. 2. To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support. Labels: figuratively Example: His words resonated with the crowd. Example: Because of Reddit's voting system, the visibility of content is dependent on how the content resonates with Redditors. 3. To agree or sympathise, not necessarily perfectly, usually with an emotion, an attitude, or an intellectual position. Labels: figuratively Example: The human propensity to resonate emotionally with others. Example: 1976 Professor Rosenblith: U.S. DEPARTMENT of Health, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 76-1138 Proceedings of Conferences I think the tone of concern, both within the outer and the inner circle here,. . . is obviously something that I resonate with. We're dealing with problems in decision-making and uncertainty...
Word: flared Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flɛəd/, /flɛɹd/, /fleːd/, /fleəd/, /fliəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of flare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flared Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /flɛəd/, /flɛɹd/, /fleːd/, /fleəd/, /fliəd/ 1. Of trousers, etc., widening towards the lower parts of the legs; bell-bottomed. Labels: not-comparable Example: She was wearing a black and white striped slack-suit with flared bottoms.
Word: are your ears burning Part of Speech: phrase 1. Asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, rhetoric Example: Are your ears burning? We were just talking about you.
Word: Kathryn Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine. Example: R. Jeeves: In my experience, ladies who spell Gladys with a W are seldom noted for their reliability, sir. It gives them romantic notions. B.W. Wooster: With a W, Jeeves? No, no, no, no. You spell it with a G. R. Jeeves: If I might draw your attention to the signature on the portrait, sir. B.W. Wooster: Good Lord! G-W? R. Jeeves: I blame Alfred Lord Tennyson and his Idylls of the King. It also accounts for Kathryn, Ysabel, and Ethyl, all spelt with a Y, but Gwladys is a particularly virulent form, sir. Example: "Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the "y"'s in Kathryn and Jayne's names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome. 2. A city and village in North Dakota.
Word: Katy Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪti/, [ˈkʰeɪ̯ɾi] 1. A diminutive of the female given name Katherine, variant of Katie. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The very first thing, however, Ernest annoyed me by calling me Katherine, though he knows I hate that name, and want to be called Katy as if I were a lovable person, as I certainly am (sometimes). Example: Come along, you’re the first of the Katies. Now Katy was a tom-boy, […] Have you got a copy of the script? 2. The Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When the Katy came through, the town’s entire economy and culture changed. 3. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A village in Subcarpathia, Poland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Katy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪti/, [ˈkʰeɪ̯ɾi] 1. An apple cultivar from Sweden.
Word: Jody Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Judy, diminutive of Judith, q.v. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew.
Word: Jody Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a blend of Jo or Joe with Jody or Judy. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in relation to most derivations of Jo as a female name. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/ 1. A female given name from French. 2. A male given name from French.
Word: Jody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a blend of Jo or Joe with Jody or Judy. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in relation to most derivations of Jo as a female name. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/ 1. The man who seduces a soldier or inmate's wife or girlfriend during his absence. Labels: US, slang Example: Even today in the Marine Corps or the Army, one calls a jody, not a marching chant. For the trainee, Jody is the clever civilian who brutally divorces the soldier from the civilian world by appropriating all his possessions and loved ones. Ain't no use in callin home. Jody's on your telephone. Ain't no use in lookin' back. Jody's got your Cadillac. Ain't no use in goin' home. Jody's got your girl and gone. Ain't no use in feelin' blue. Jody's got your sister too. Example: “What is Jody? a Jody is the guy back home with your wife or your girlfriend. That is what a Jody is,” Harris explained.
Word: Jodi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Jody in its female senses. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The baby has a name at last, I suppose if it had been left much longer Vinny, the Keeper of Cat Names, would have ended up christening it Tibbles or something. Although Tibbles might suit it better than the new-fashioned name it's been given - Jodi.
Word: Darlene Part of Speech: name Etymology: A 20th-century coinage from darling and names like Charlene and Marlene. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːliːn/ 1. A female given name from English. Labels: Australia, US
Word: Charlene Part of Speech: name Etymology: A feminine form of Charles coined in the nineteenth century. Compare Marlene, Helene and Magdalene for the suffix. Pronunciation: /ʃɑɹˈlin/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages; most used in the U.S. in the 1940s. Example: "Be grateful for our blessings, Charlie." My name's really Charlene. Sounds like a southern romance, Fabio drooling over Charlene's heaving bosom. I'm no Charlene, even at fourteen.
Word: Jenni Part of Speech: name Etymology: Modern variant of Jenny. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Jennifer. Example: Me and Jenni went halves on six litres of White Lightning, […]
Word: Guinevere Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Gwenyver. Doublet of Jennifer. Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɪ.nə.vɪə/, /ˈɡwɪ.nə.vɪɹ/ 1. A female given name from Welsh or Proto-Celtic. 2. The wife of King Arthur.
Word: Winifred Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Winfriþ, from Welsh Gwenfrewi. 1. A female given name from Welsh. 2. A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Justine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Justine, from Latin Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin. 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: O you who have wept tears upon hearing of Virtue's miseries; you who have been moved to sympathy for the woe-ridden Justine; the while forgiving the perhaps too heavy brushstrokes we have found ourselves compelled to employ, may you at least extract from this story the same moral which determined Madame de Lorsange! Example: "What are you going to call your noisy daughter?" he asked as the door closed and they were alone. "Justine." "It's a very good name, but why did you choose it?" "I read it somewhere, and I liked it." 2. A male given name from French and Latin, of chiefly Philippine usage, variant of Justin.
Word: Paige Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions". Pronunciation: /peɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of American usage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Beverly Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant spelling of Beverley. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Everybody in Washington's social and diplomatic circles admired the beautiful Beverly Calhoun. Example: Mama had chosen the name Lark. - - - Papa had wanted to call me Beverly Mary; Mary after the Blessed Virgin. Mama said she wouldn't hang a name like Beverly Mary on a pet skunk. 3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Having a name some people thought of as feminine had turned Beverly Lamartine to building up his muscles in his youth, and they still bulged, hard as ingots in some places, now lost in others. 4. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A common place name from the surname or the given name: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metaphorically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English metaphor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metaphoric English -al English metaphorical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English metaphorically From metaphorical + -ly. 1. In a metaphorical manner; not literally; by means of metaphor. Example: He conveyed his teachings metaphorically. Example: […] as, for example, in the present case of throwing herself, metaphorically speaking, at Mr Casaubon's feet, and kissing his unfashionable shoe-ties as if he were a Protestant Pope. 2. Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally Example: Metaphorically, he was crushed.
Word: pharmacognosist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pharmacognosy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pharmacognosist From pharmacognosy + -ist. 1. A person who studies, practices or is knowledgeable about pharmacognosy.
Word: pharmacognosy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pharmaco- + -gnosy. 1. A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carminative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin carminātus (“carded”), past participle of Latin carminō (“to card, produce by carding; hence to cleanse”), from carmen (“a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter”). Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪnətɪv/, /ˈkɑː(ɹ)mɪnətɪv/ 1. Relieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]). Example: If too much milke be the cauſe, then the Nurſe ſhall not give the childe ſucke ſo often, nor in ſuch plenty: If it proceed from wind, and that doe cauſe the childe to be thus troubled, it ſhall be diſcuſſed with Fomentations applied to the belly and navell; and with Carminative Cliſters, which ſhall bee given him, […] Example: They used to give me cinnamon when I had a cold—quite useless, but not disagreeable. […] On the label was a list of its virtues, and among other things it was described as being in the highest degree carminative. I adored the word.
Word: carminative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin carminātus (“carded”), past participle of Latin carminō (“to card, produce by carding; hence to cleanse”), from carmen (“a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter”). Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪnətɪv/, /ˈkɑː(ɹ)mɪnətɪv/ 1. A drug or substance that relieves the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]). Example: “A mental carminative,” said Mr. Scogan reflectively. “That's what you need.” Example: But Master Nathaniel was indifferent to these manifestations of unpopularity. Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative.
Word: opiates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opiate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opiates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of opiate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: potentiates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of potentiate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kiss my ass Part of Speech: intj 1. Go away!; an expression of disdain or dismissal. Labels: idiomatic, sometimes, vulgar Example: Then for a Jeſt, for this time let it paſs, / And he that takes it ill, may kiſs my Aſs. 2. Rejection or refusal to perform a requested action. Labels: idiomatic, sometimes, vulgar Example: When he asked me to help him fix the bike, I told him to kiss my ass. Example: As I told to go meet at an invitation, you can kiss my ass.
Word: suction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sūctiō, sūctiōnem (whence -ion), attested since Late Latin and derived from sūctus, past participle of sūgō (“to suck”). Attested in English since the early 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkʃən/ 1. A force which pushes matter from one space into another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the pressure in the first. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A force holding two objects together because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The first-named group — the insects that live by suction — include the scale insects, aphides, and sucking bugs[…] 4. A device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. influence; "pull". Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: He's got some kind of suction with the Mayor's office.
Word: suction Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin sūctiō, sūctiōnem (whence -ion), attested since Late Latin and derived from sūctus, past participle of sūgō (“to suck”). Attested in English since the early 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkʃən/ 1. To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces. 2. To draw out the contents of a space.
Word: kiang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tibetan རྐྱང (rkyang, “wild ass”). Pronunciation: /kiˈɑŋ/, /kiˈæŋ/ 1. A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.
Word: suction cup Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkʃən kʌp/ 1. A cup made of flexible material, such as rubber, that uses suction as an adhesive.
Word: suction cups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suction cup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magna opera Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magnum opus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ministerial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel, equivalent to minister + -ial. Doublet of minstrel and ministerialis. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əl/, /-ˈstɪəɹ-/ 1. Related to a religious minister or ministry. 2. Related to a governmental minister or ministry. Example: In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence. 3. Having the power to wield delegated executive authority. 4. Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive). Labels: especially Example: Filling out the form under the direction of a lawyer is a ministerial task performed by a legal secretary.
Word: ministerial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel, equivalent to minister + -ial. Doublet of minstrel and ministerialis. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əl/, /-ˈstɪəɹ-/ 1. A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles. Labels: historical Example: By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge. 2. A meeting of government ministers from partner countries. Example: The NATO ministerial was attended by the defence ministers of all member states.
Word: purple patch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Latin, see purple prose. 1. A period of excellent performance where nearly everything seems to go right, contrasting with a lower general level of performance. Example: He came with a disconcerting black-eye that he wouldn’t explain. “Not so much a black-eye,” he said, “as the aftermath of a purple patch.... What’s your difficulty?” Example: Paul Weller has been in a relentlessly innovative purple patch since 2008’s 22 Dreams, which is still surprising given the workmanlike nature of his previous decade’s output. 2. An ornate or elaborate section of a written work; a patch of purple prose. Example: To the picket Private Copper held forth for ten minutes on the life-history of his captive. Allowing for some purple patches, it was an absolute fair rendering. Example: The poet had continually to be performing acrobatic feats, now of rhetoric or epigram, now of learning, or again in the description of blood-curdling horrors, monstrous deaths and prodigious sorceries. Each work was overloaded with sententiae and purple patches.
Word: go along with Part of Speech: verb 1. To acquiesce to or comply with a proposal, despite lacking a desire or value for it. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Hm. I guess I did agree to go along with whatever her conditions were..." "We smooched on it. No backsies."
Word: sluts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /slʌts/ 1. plural of slut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sluts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /slʌts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slut Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: marvelous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”), equivalent to marvel + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːvələs/, /ˈmɑːvləs/, /ˈmɑɹvələs/ 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. Labels: US Example: I went to a marvelous party last week. Example: The fifty little brown musicians rendered difficult selections with marvelous accuracy and gingersome dash and artistic enjoyment of the work.
Word: syncronise Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of synchronise. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: palladio- Part of Speech: prefix 1. palladium Labels: morpheme
Word: pussyfoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pussy (“feline”) + foot; because of the light and careful tread of cats. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊs.iˌfʊt/ 1. To move silently, stealthily, or furtively. Labels: intransitive 2. To act timidly or cautiously. Labels: intransitive Example: — So are you going to practice what you’re preaching and stop pussyfooting around with Faye? — Hey, I’m 0 for 1 when it comes to practicing what I preach. These feet stay pussied for the time being. Example: The TSSA union said the Government should "stop pussyfooting around" and place Euston at the heart of the transformative rail project. 3. To use euphemistic language or circumlocution. Labels: intransitive Example: "Then you talk up! And plain! What's there to be so pussyfooting about?"
Word: pussyfoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pussy (“feline”) + foot; because of the light and careful tread of cats. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊs.iˌfʊt/ 1. A teetotaller. Labels: dated Example: "We keep off that road like a pussyfoot keeps off whiskey. Get it out of your bean that we're exploring a deserted ruin."
Word: pampas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (plural of) American Spanish pampa, from Quechua pampa (“land, ground”). Pronunciation: /ˈpampəs/ 1. The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon. Labels: plural, singular Example: The pampas are flat, and present no significant barriers to the building of roads or railways. Even more important, the pampas are close to the major Argentine ports of Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Bahia Blanca. Example: The pampas is an ecological wonderland, teeming with life and natural beauty. The pampas is renowned for its sprawling grasslands, which are home to unique species of grasses, including Paspalum, Aristida, and Stipa.
Word: charmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English charmer, charmere, equivalent to charm + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹmɚ/ 1. A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie. Example: And "Juno" is the kind of movie all indie comedies wish they could be: light and lovable, perhaps a bit too pleased with the cleverness of its dialogue, but a small charmer nonetheless. 2. An enchanter or magician. 3. A rude or unpleasant person. Labels: ironic Example: What a charmer, Karl Lagerfeld
Word: potassic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English potassium Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English potassic From potassium + -ic. 1. Containing potassium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heptaselenide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- English selenide English heptaselenide From hepta- + selenide. 1. any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule
Word: marras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wedgwood Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English wice (“wych elm”) + wudu (“wood”). 1. An English habitational surname from a place in Staffordshire. 2. The ceramic ware with white embossed cameos made by Josiah Wedgwood, English potter.
Word: fissionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fission Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fissionable From fission + -able. 1. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.
Word: fissionable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fission Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fissionable From fission + -able. 1. Any fissile or fissionable substance. Example: If one nation seized the fissionables within its borders, this would “serve as a danger signal” to other nations. The wrongdoer's gain would be short-lived because other nations would take defensive action in kind.
Word: footling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From footle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/ 1. trivial, silly and irritating. Example: He was explaining to her things about the air service. . . . "Isn't it rather dangerous work?" she asked. She felt it was a footling question even as she asked it. Example: Only a couple of days ago I was compelled to take him off a case because his handling of it was so footling.
Word: footling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From footle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of footle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: footling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English foot Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English footling From foot + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊt.lɪŋ/ 1. A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot or feet will emerge first. A type of breech birth. Example: In 1999 my fourth child (third daughter) made an unexpected footling breech presentation.
Word: subgraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English graph English subgraph From sub- + graph. 1. A graph or network that makes up part of a larger graph or network.
Word: a lie has no legs Part of Speech: proverb 1. One cannot get away with a lie; the truth will always come out.
Word: pronouns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pronoun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lexicons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lexicon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: citations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of citation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conjugations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conjugation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Grube Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Word: lapa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sotho lelapa. 1. An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles. Labels: South-Africa
Word: lapa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese 喇叭 (lǎba). 1. A metal wind instrument of 19th-century China, resembling the oboe.
Word: Shizuoka Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 静 (shizu, “calm”) and 岡 (oka, “hill”). 1. A prefecture of Japan. 2. The capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Word: gitty Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪti/ 1. A narrow pedestrian passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc. Labels: Midlands
Word: Nara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 奈良(なら) (Nara). Pronunciation: /ˈnɑːɹə/ 1. A prefecture of Japan. 2. The capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. Example: Despite Nara being home to attractions like Todaiji Temple, one of the world’s largest wooden structures, the majority of tourists come to meet the deer, who are known for bowing politely when given a cracker. Stalls around Nara sell these special rice bran “Shika Senbei” treats, which are safe for the deer to eat.
Word: two thousands Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade of the 2000s. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: 90s Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade beginning in '90 and ending in '99 of a century, often the 1990s one. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A range of the numbers ninety (90) to ninety-nine (99). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The temperatures today are ranging from the low to high 90s. Example: I always score somewhere in the 90s on this test.
Word: 80s Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade of the 1980s. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It was cocaine. I snorted Blow a couple of times. It was the perfect 80s drug after all. Example: She started learning the craft at age 13 from her father, who founded the family's tile business, Kam Fat Mahjong, in 1962. Masters who would visit Hong Kong during its manufacturing heyday in the 1970s and 80s also shared their techniques and trained apprentices. 2. A range of the numbers eighty (80) to eighty-nine (89). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Many of his friends are joining a burgeoning international community of elderweds, or those who marry in their 60s, 70s or even 80s.
Word: 70s Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade of the 1970s. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: “Such templates I heard only in the 70s and 80s — extreme nonprofessionalism and surprisingly visible censorship. 2. A range of the numbers seventy (70) to seventy-nine (79). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Many of his friends are joining a burgeoning international community of elderweds, or those who marry in their 60s, 70s or even 80s.