nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: snowball effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with the way that a growing snowball collects snow faster and faster as it is rolled along. 1. An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger. Labels: idiomatic Example: The success of these women has had the snowball effect of bringing more and more women into the sport over the past few years.
Word: multiple personality Part of Speech: noun 1. A dissociative disorder in which several distinct identities or personality states alternate in controlling the sufferer's consciousness and behaviour
Word: dissociative disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several mental disorders that affect consciousness.
Word: nilgai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi नीलगाय (nīlgāy, “nilgai”), from नीला (nīlā, “blue”) + गाय (gāy, “cow”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɪlɡaɪ/ 1. A large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue bull.
Word: blue bull Part of Speech: noun 1. A nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
Word: swallow up Part of Speech: verb 1. To completely enclose or envelop. Example: Actually the job was almost the despair of those early pioneers, for the surface was a "quaking morass," the surrounding district was undrained, and no sooner than soil was deposited than it was swallowed up, with no apparent effect, for the sponginess of the land remained unaltered. 2. To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate. Example: Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones. 3. To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.
Word: densen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dense + -en. 1. To become dense or more dense. Labels: intransitive Example: I see a singing darkness in my unseeing eyes. Of neither water, nor earth, nor night. It quivers, densens, then explodes in black. Then it falls away in strings of rippling beads. And again it quivers, densens. Can you hear it? Example: Traffic densens as the morning ticks on. Trucks roar past on the nearside lane, but I'm well protected by a decent width of shoulder.
Word: ecky thump Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Introduced in "Kung Fu Kapers", a 1975 episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. In the episode, "ecky thump" is a secret Lancastrian martial art using black puddings as a weapon. 1. Exclamation of surprise or pleasure, supposedly part of a Northern English dialect. Labels: colloquial, humorous Example: In Lancashire the comical Ee, ecky thump! is to all intents and purposes extinct Example: […] its bellowing cry of Ecky thump! sounded much friendlier than […]
Word: distastes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of distaste Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: distasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of distaste Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: distasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of distaste Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: time management Part of Speech: noun 1. The planning and control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase efficiency and productivity. Labels: uncountable
Word: attention span Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈtɛn.ʃən spæn/ 1. The length of time, or span that one can pay attention, or concentrate on one topic without becoming distracted. Example: He has learning difficulties because of his short attention span. Example: Limit your training sessions to fifteen minutes; twice each day. One half-hour session is not recommended as a rock's attention span is rather short. Remember; a bored rock is an unhappy rock.
Word: hand-to-hand Part of Speech: adj 1. Close together, within arm's reach. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 2. Especially, describing fighting (armed or unarmed) done within reach rather than at range. Labels: not-comparable Example: soldiers trained in hand-to-hand combat Example: Hemingway's subject for the epilogue was the mano a mano (or hand-to-hand, a duel) between Spain's two leading matadors, Luis Miguel Dominguin and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordonez.
Word: surfaced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of surface Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: surfaced Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a (particular kind of) surface. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: The master plan for the site includes 3.3km of new surfaced and unsurfaced walking routes, more than 1km of new bridleways and cantering routes, and retention of the 2.3km Old Shire Lane bridleway.
Word: surfacing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of surface Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: surfacing Part of Speech: noun 1. Material used to make a surface. Example: asphalt road surfacings 2. The act of coming above the surface. Example: The researchers measured the number of surfacings per minute by each dolphin. Example: I practice nightly, I try to keep ahead. / This art of surfacing is all but dead.
Word: exantlation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exantlate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English exantlation From exantlate + -ation. 1. The action of drawing something out, as though from a well. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: [T]ruth which wiſe men ſay doth lye in a Well, is not recoverable but by exantlation. Example: [...] I do not doubt to lay open by Untwisting or Unwinding, and either to draw up by Exantlation, or diſplay by Inciſion.
Word: prime decomposition Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of prime factorization. Labels: rare
Word: Lutonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Luton Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Lutonian From Luton + -ian. Pronunciation: /luːˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /luˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Someone from Luton. Example: I know that representations have been made over the years for this most unsatisfactory situation at Luton to be rectified, but this latest announcement is an insult to all Lutonians. [signed by] Rex Boston, a Lutonian now residing in Norfolk.
Word: mutism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mutisme, from Latin mutus (“mute”), equivalent to mute + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːtɪzəm/ 1. The inability to speak, be it from psychological or physical cause. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Dundonian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dʌnˈdəʊnɪ.ən/ 1. A person who is native to or grew up in the city of Dundee.
Word: Dundonian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dʌnˈdəʊnɪ.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the city of Dundee.
Word: yottaliter Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of yottalitre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: uncastrated 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 castrated English uncastrated From un- + castrated. 1. Not castrated; possessing testicles. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Bull hogs," or boars, which are uncastrated male pigs, tend to have a dark, gamy flesh not appreciated by everyone. 2. Not weakened, censored, or the like. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: We agreed to collaborate and produce a full, complete, unvarnished, uncastrated copy of the great original.
Word: barbecue sauce Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːbɪkjuː sɔːs/, /ˈbɑːɹbəkjuː sɑːs/, /- sɔːs/ 1. A fruity, tangy, usually brown sauce, typically consisting of a vinegar or tomato base with spices and sweeteners, used as a basting sauce, marinade, or condiment, especially for barbecued meat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dicier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of dicey: more dicey Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: diciest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of dicey: most dicey Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Viv Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening. 1. A diminutive of the unisex given name Vivian.
Word: babcia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ Proto-Slavic *bàba Old Polish baba Polish baba Polish -cia Polish babciabor. English babcia Borrowed from Polish babcia. 1. A Polish grandmother. Example: These cakes are from family recipes, from great-grandmothers and babcias, from kitchens as far apart as Knoxville, Tennessee, and Warsaw, Poland. Example: I visited my babcia Lottie Korosz in Hunlock Gardens and all the relatives on my mother’s side of the family. My babcia Jadwiga Gobolewski died while I was still in Washington, but my grandfather Wiktor greeted me warmly in Glen Lyon. 2. A Polish old woman. Example: There are many women in these processions, many of them old babcias with cheeks pink as a young girl’s under their flowered headscarves. Example: THE AGED IN POLAND: GOD AND WORN-OUT BABCIAS
Word: heli-ski Part of Speech: verb 1. To ski down a mountain or glacier that has been reached by helicopter rather than a normal ski lift. Example: I've guided heli-ski trips where we've been dropped on top of beautiful, untouched, 30-degree slopes.
Word: hard-hitting Part of Speech: adj 1. Aggressively vigorous or forceful. Example: A packed schedule of 13 different inquiries ranged from parking on pavements to filling potholes, plus a hard-hitting examination of the Government's proposed Airports National Policy Statement and its recommendation to grant approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow. Example: I found a Chugging Mask in the demo, which increased my health stat every time I drank a healing potion on full health, and then focused on piling on armour so I could wade through smaller encounters unscathed, and chug my way into tankhood so I could survive harder-hitting foes.
Word: hard-shell Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hardshell. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heartbreaking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heart + breaking. 1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress. Example: Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching Example: Things went well with the clearing on Friday, but by Saturday, February 3, a 70 m.p.h. blizzard set in, and against such heartbreaking conditions, although an effort was made with the plough to keep open the sections cleared on the previous day, ground was gradually lost, [...].
Word: heartbreaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heart + breaking. 1. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress. Example: One could argue that Eliot's "great heartbreakings" were the overt physical signs of the inner psychological transformations achieved through brainwashing, cultural attack, and epidemic mortality.
Word: heartrending Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heart + rending. 1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress. Example: Near-synonyms: heartbreaking, heartwrenching Example: [T]he old man, who appeared to be an ardent fisherman, told me of the large trout he caught in the neighbourhood thirty years ago, when he came here from Gudbrandsdale, and made the most heartrending complaints of the decrease of fish and increase of saw-dust, just as Sir Humphry Davy makes in his Salmonia. 2. That elicits deep sympathy. Example: I am suddenly assaulted by the most heartrending puppy-dog eyes I've ever seen as Emi pouts. Example: Oh, Marilla, it was heartrending. Mr. Phillips made such a beautiful farewell speech beginning, ‘The time has come for us to part.’ It was very affecting. And he had tears in his eyes too, Marilla.
Word: epenthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós, “inserted”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛpənˈθɛtɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to epenthesis. Labels: not-comparable Example: “I’ve added a little vowel between the t and the r,” Baron says. “It elongates the word, it adds an extra syllable to the word, it emphasizes the word. There’s a name for this: epenthetic vowel.” 2. Inserted into a word. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bulksome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bulk + -some. 1. Large, massive, heavy, or bulky. Example: It is the great quantities of Bulksome Commodities that multiplies ships and men.
Word: Conestoga wagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania, USA, whose settlers presumably developed early forms. 1. A heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from about 1750–1850. Example: The heavy and boat-shaped Conestoga wagon should not be confused with the lighter and cheaper prairie schooners that largely replaced them. Example: During the summer and fall the covered broad-wheeled Conestoga wagons, moved by four or six splendid draught-horses, were constantly employed in transporting the productions of the county to market.
Word: prairie schooner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the sail-like appearance of the wagons' covers when traversing tall grass. 1. A covered wagon, especially one of the relatively light, cheap, and boxy design popular in the United States during the 19th century. Labels: historical Example: It was what we call a "prairie schooner," covered with cloth, a genuine emigrant wagon.
Word: execution-style Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling an execution; with the victim aware, but unable to defend themselves or resist. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: execution-style Part of Speech: adv 1. In a manner resembling that of an execution. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: click-through Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from click through. 1. The act or an instance of clicking through from one webpage to another. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable 2. An online advertising performance metric representing an individual responding to an ad by clicking on it. Labels: Internet, countable, especially, uncountable
Word: dentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French dentaire. 1. Relating to, or bearing, teeth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dentary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dentaire. 1. The dentary bone.
Word: come out of one's shell Part of Speech: verb 1. To become more socially active or gregarious. Labels: idiomatic Example: Arteta’s response was bold. Timber for Mosquera. And, more dramatically, Viktor Gyökeres for Ødegaard. Arsenal came out of their shells and there were moments when a better final ball might have led to real possibilities.
Word: value bet Part of Speech: noun 1. A bet placed with the intention of being called in order to extract more money from a likely worse hand.
Word: value bet Part of Speech: verb 1. To bet with the intention of being called in order to extract more money from a likely worse hand.
Word: value bets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of value bet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: value bets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of value bet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: value betting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of value bet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: heartsickness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English heartsick 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 heartsickness From heartsick + -ness. 1. The condition of being heartsick Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: heavy-duty Part of Speech: adj 1. Designed to withstand hard usage without breaking; hard-wearing. Example: The cars are constructed to the normal B.R. standard coach specifications and mounted on heavy-duty B.R.2 type bogies with B.T.R. rubber vibro-insulators on the bearing springs. 2. Very serious, intense, or demanding. Labels: informal Example: Stewart has 18 years of programming experience, and he's one of only a handful of people at the St. Petersburg computer consulting company who can handle such heavy-duty programming. Such skills can earn a programmer of Stewart's caliber about $70,000 a year. Example: Summit still has to ... summit some final steps before it can start crunching heavy-duty science.
Word: hemmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *himaz Old English heom Middle English hem English hem English -er English hemmer From hem + -er. 1. One who, or that which, hems. 2. A device, attached to a sewing machine, that turns over the edge of a fabric before stitching it down. 3. A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.
Word: private school Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From private + school. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪvɪt ˈskuːl/, /ˈpɹaɪvət ˈskul/ 1. An educational institution that operates independently of government administration or public funding, typically financed through tuition, private donations, or endowments. Example: 1953, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Issue 39, page 218, The Roman Catholic schools comprise the largest group of private schools in Australia. On the basis of the figures available, approximately 222,000 children, or 76 per cent. of the total in private schools, are educated in Roman Catholic schools. Example: If there were no public funding of private schools the level of enrolment would be very low. Demand for private schooling can only become effective demand if private school places are available at the right price.
Word: private schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of private school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foster parent Part of Speech: noun 1. An adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
Word: cityscape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English city English landscapebf. English -scape English cityscape From city + -scape. 1. The view of the buildings of a city, usually referring to a pictured landscape.
Word: cityscapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cityscape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Olof Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Wolof. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: Ole Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Ole. 1. A male given name from Danish.
Word: coaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of coal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coaling Part of Speech: noun 1. The supplying of a ship or steam locomotive with coal. Example: Apart from brief intervals for watering and coaling, No. 2395 is continuously in steam each week from 4 a.m. on Monday until 3 a.m. on the following Sunday.
Word: Laurens Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from French. 2. A city in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. 3. A town and village in Otsego County, New York, United States. 4. A city, the county seat of Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. 5. A commune in Hérault department, Occitania, France.
Word: Lauri Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha ལའུ་རི་ (la'u ri). 1. A less common spelling of Laurie, a diminutive of the female given name Laura. 2. A gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan.
Word: sigilla Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sigillum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sigillate Part of Speech: adj 1. Decorated with impressed patterns. Example: sigillate pottery 2. Marked with seal-like scars.
Word: Frederica Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌfɹɛdəˈɹiː.kə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, of quite rare usage, masculine equivalent Frederick. Example: And there was the basic yet awful matter of my name, Frederica Hatch, due to the unfortunate coincidence of a maternal grandmother named Frieda, who died six weeks before I was born, and a favorite paternal great-uncle Frederic, who'd been a Freedom Rider at eighty. - - - When I asked if an accidental boy would have been Frederic, they said no. It was Frederica they loved. 2. A town in Delaware.
Word: green lane Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several types of wide unsurfaced paths through the countryside, especially ancient ones once used for herding animals. Labels: UK 2. An unmetalled rural road. 3. A road designated where pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders have priority, and automobiles must not exceed a low speed limit. Labels: Guernsey, Jersey
Word: dispute resolution Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of resolving disputes between parties. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Black and Tans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the colours of their uniforms. 1. Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force, which was one of two paramilitary forces employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary from 1920 to 1921, to suppress revolution in Ireland. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. plural of Black and Tan Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: Mika Part of Speech: name Etymology: * (Japanese given name): Borrowed from Japanese みか (Mika). * (Hebrew given name): From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh) 1. A unisex given name. 2. A unisex given name.
Word: word-wheeling Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of database searching that produces an instantly refreshed list of results as the user enters each character of the term. Labels: uncountable
Word: Sherpa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tibetan ཤར་པ། (shar pa, literally “eastern people”), from ཤར (shar, “east”) + པ (pa, nominalizing suffix). The reason for this derivation is unclear, but a common explanation notes that the Sherpas originated in eastern Tibet. The community is based in the Nepalese highlands, however, which is south of Tibet. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɝpə/ 1. A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers. 2. A high-ranking government official who works tirelessly in the background to conclude the text of an official communiqué, typically from a G7 or G20 summit. Example: Sherpas from the European Union and 19 countries worked through the week to salvage a meaningful joint statement, culminating in an all-night session on Friday.
Word: Sherpa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tibetan ཤར་པ། (shar pa, literally “eastern people”), from ཤར (shar, “east”) + པ (pa, nominalizing suffix). The reason for this derivation is unclear, but a common explanation notes that the Sherpas originated in eastern Tibet. The community is based in the Nepalese highlands, however, which is south of Tibet. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɝpə/ 1. The Southern Tibetan language of these people.
Word: sherpa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sherpa. The verb derives from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)pə/ 1. A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed. Labels: countable Example: Climbers have warned of overcrowding on K2 — the world’s second highest mountain and one of its deadliest — after a sherpa took video of queues snaking towards the summit. 2. An expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting. Labels: countable 3. A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sherpa Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Sherpa. The verb derives from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)pə/ 1. To serve as a guide or porter for another. Labels: rare
Word: lumia Part of Speech: noun 1. A certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.
Word: lumia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by the musician and inventor Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), presumably from Latin lumen (“light”). 1. The use of light patterns as an expressive art form, unaccompanied by sound. Labels: uncountable
Word: différance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French différance (“deferral”) (coined in this sense by Derrida), from différer (“to defer”); but punning on différence (“difference”). 1. The endless deferral of any ultimate meaning in a word or sentence, owing to the necessity of recourse to a potentially infinite series of other, equally uncertain words or signs. Labels: uncountable Example: This is the final Derridan manoeuvre, the showing up of ‘blind spots’ in a text, or the ‘blindness’ of an author to certain textual ‘différances’ or ‘suppléments’ in his own text, operative though not observed.
Word: biopharmaceutical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English pharmaceutical English biopharmaceutical From bio- + pharmaceutical. 1. Any drug produced using biotechnology.
Word: biopharmaceutical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English pharmaceutical English biopharmaceutical From bio- + pharmaceutical. Labels: no-gloss
Word: biopharmaceutics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English pharmaceutics English biopharmaceutics From bio- + pharmaceutics. 1. The study of the chemical and physical properties of drugs, and the relationship between these, dosage, and activity Labels: uncountable
Word: biopharmacology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English pharmacology English biopharmacology From bio- + pharmacology. 1. The pharmacology of drugs produced using biotechnology Labels: uncountable
Word: gabelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gabelle. Pronunciation: /ɡaˈbɛl/ 1. A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France. Example: The proceeds of the gabelle on retail wine were pledged directly to repayment of the forced loans imposed during Baumgarten and Sterz's raid in 1364. Example: Salt, for example, was a state monopoly, and the tax on it – the much-detested gabelle – was levied at six different levels in the various regions […]
Word: cavernicole Part of Speech: noun 1. A cavernicolous organism
Word: work at Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task; to endeavor or struggle on an issue or project. Labels: transitive
Word: Tans Part of Speech: noun 1. The Black and Tans, a British irregular army group operating against Irish republicans in the War of Independence 1920/21. Labels: Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only Example: Intuitively, on Bloody Sunday, the Tans recognized where their trouble lay: the Irish were playing their own game once again. Example: Close quarter fighting did not suit them. It does not suit the Essex or the Tans.
Word: blot one's copy book Part of Speech: verb 1. To damage one's own reputation through bad behavior. Labels: idiomatic Example: Now, it was the College that had blotted its copybook Example: Indeed, it was not uncommonly heard that the crown should skip a generation and be conferred on Prince William, who, so far at least, had not blotted his copybook and was more popular than his father.
Word: inferences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incurring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of incur Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: incurs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of incur Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Chinese juniper Part of Speech: noun 1. Juniperus chinensis, a shrub or tree, very variable in shape, reaching 1-20 m tall, native to northeast Asia.
Word: Chinese junipers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chinese juniper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reproaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reproach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reproaching Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of showing reproach. Example: Secondly, the churches themselves may be separated from, who tolerate their members in such causeless reproachings.
Word: decapod Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəpɒd/ 1. Having ten legs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decapod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəpɒd/ 1. Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish. 2. Any crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters. 3. A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Example: Naturally, odd pairs of engines and solitary examples lend themselves admirably to nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.
Word: decapods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decapod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: strives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferric oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The chemical compound Fe₂O₃, iron oxide where iron has a valence of +3. Labels: uncountable
Word: iron(III) oxide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iron + translingual III + oxide. 1. The chemical compound Fe₂O₃: the iron oxide in which iron has a valence of +3. Labels: uncountable
Word: ferrous oxide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ferrous + oxide 1. The chemical compound FeO, iron oxide where iron has a valence of +2. Labels: uncountable
Word: iron(II) oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The chemical compound FeO: the iron oxide in which iron has a valence of +2. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonce words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonce word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: addle pates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of addle pate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adrenal glands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adrenal gland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ages of majority Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of age of majority Labels: form-of, plural
Word: principiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1613, the adjective in 1654; borrowed from Late Latin prī̆ncipiātus, perfect passive participle of prī̆ncipiō (“to begin to speak, commence”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Latin prī̆ncipium (“beginning, origin; foundation, principle”). With use as noun, compare Latin prī̆ncipiātum (“derivative of a first principle”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪnˈsɪpiət/ 1. The product of a principle. Example: Of Subſtances ſome are Principles, ſome Principiates. By Principles, I mean ſubſtances that are cauſes of other things, but are themſelves uncauſed. By Principiates (give me leave to make an Engliſh word of one not very good Latin) I mean ſubſtances that are cauſed, or compoſed of Principles. Principles make, Principiates are made to be. Example: From what hath been ſaid above, it is evident, why all Things of the Body are Principiates, that is, Contextures conſiſting of Fibres from their Principles, which are Receptacles of Love and Wiſdom, and that ſuch as the Principles are, ſuch muſt alſo the Principiates be, wherefore whitherſoever the Principles tend, the Principiates follow, they cannot be ſeparated.
Word: principiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1613, the adjective in 1654; borrowed from Late Latin prī̆ncipiātus, perfect passive participle of prī̆ncipiō (“to begin to speak, commence”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Latin prī̆ncipium (“beginning, origin; foundation, principle”). With use as noun, compare Latin prī̆ncipiātum (“derivative of a first principle”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪnˈsɪpieɪt/ 1. To begin; to initiate. Labels: transitive Example: Both the Kingly and Prophetical Offices of Jesus Christ are principiated in this Example: In short, the principles of any science are not proved by the science employing them. Principles are only inadequately and virtually the wholes which they principiate; otherwise, in knowing the principles, the mind would also actually know what is principiated.
Word: principiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1613, the adjective in 1654; borrowed from Late Latin prī̆ncipiātus, perfect passive participle of prī̆ncipiō (“to begin to speak, commence”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Latin prī̆ncipium (“beginning, origin; foundation, principle”). With use as noun, compare Latin prī̆ncipiātum (“derivative of a first principle”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪnˈsɪpiət/ 1. Having a beginning; of or constituting a beginning. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: For, while we are, certainly, we cannot imagine Two diſtinct Durations; but one, which in reſpct^([sic]) to our Nature, that is principiate, mutable, and terminable, doth contain deſignable Terms; […] Example: [W]e are at a loſs for a ſcientificall account even of our Senſes, the moſt knowable of our facultyes. Our eyes, that ſee other things, ſee not themſelves: And thoſe principiate foundations of knowledge are themſelvs unknown.
Word: hammer throw Part of Speech: noun 1. An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.
Word: ringed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋd/ 1. Marked with rings, circles, or loops. Labels: not-comparable 2. Wearing a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: I was born of a true man and a ring'd wife, and I can't argue upon it; but I and my old woman 'ud burn upon it, that would we.
Word: ringed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋd/ 1. simple past and past participle of ring (circled, enclosed) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: javelin throw Part of Speech: noun 1. An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.
Word: discus throw Part of Speech: noun 1. An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy lenticular disc called discus.
Word: rudd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka. Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat). Pronunciation: /ɹʌd/ 1. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius. Example: Within minutes of starting I had my first fish a rudd about a pound, this was followed by a tench about five pounds. 2. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
Word: runniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English runny 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 runniness From runny + -ness. 1. The state or characteristic of being runny or free-flowing. Labels: uncountable
Word: seamier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of seamy: more seamy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: seamiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of seamy: most seamy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: relay race Part of Speech: noun 1. A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.
Word: case fraction Part of Speech: noun 1. A fraction typeset as one glyph. For example, ½ rather than 1/2.
Word: cash position Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of cash available to a company at a given point in time.
Word: corridor warrior Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of worker who works inside a workplace building, who is mobile there and spends most of their time away from their desks. In many cases they may not even have a specific assigned desk. Labels: slang Example: Cousin to the road warrior who travels frequently on business, the corridor warrior spends his or her time running from meeting to meeting, apparently with no life beyond the conference room.
Word: populist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus 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 populist From Latin populus + English -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/, /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/, /ˈpɔp.jʉ.lɪst/ 1. A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen). Example: Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home. Example: On top of all that, rightwing populists and leftwing progressives have made significant inroads into western politics. 2. A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular. 3. A person who advocates democratic principles.
Word: populist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus 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 populist From Latin populus + English -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/, /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/, /ˈpɔp.jʉ.lɪst/ 1. Democratic. 2. Put forward just because it would be popular. 3. Of or pertaining to populism. Example: On the right, this can look like gleeful cruelty, sadistic memes, posts that “own the libs” or sensationalized claims about fraud and conspiracy. On the left, it could be social justice messaging, online identity politics or populist economic proposals to, say, tax the rich.
Word: fiorini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiorino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ampliate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”). By surface analysis, ample + -i- + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈæmpliət/ 1. Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects. 2. Enlarged.
Word: ampliate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”). By surface analysis, ample + -i- + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈæmplieɪt/ 1. To enlarge. Labels: nonstandard, obsolete, transitive Example: Hovv glad ſhould vve be rather to ampliate the benefit of the great VVork of our Redeemer? Example: In this and the two following genera the space between the postcostal vein and ulnar ramus is distinctly ampliated towards the ape
Word: docufilm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film blend English docufilm Blend of documentary + film. 1. A film or video production, presenting personal, social, political or historical subject matter in a factually accurate and informative or entertaining manner that often consists of archival footage and/or interviews supported by narration.
Word: escape rhythm Part of Speech: noun 1. A heart rhythm that is initiated at places other than the sinus node.
Word: cameramen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cameraman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blowouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blowout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puncturing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of puncture Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: puncturing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is punctured. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That the Beatles had not yet found out remained a hallucination with Brian, despite grins exchanged behind his back, and despite John Lennon's occasional brutal puncturings of the masquerade. Example: We have various events or processes, therefore: cuttings, kickings, humiliatings, panickings, puncturings, smashings, blowings, and swellings. These are the things that really go on in the world and causation is perhaps just a label […]
Word: dinner table Part of Speech: noun 1. A table on which dinner (or other food) is served and eaten, particularly in a home. Example: There's a small table in the breakfast nook, and there's a large dinner table in the dining room. 2. A table on which dinner (or other food) is served and eaten, particularly in a home. Labels: usually Example: In our house there's a rule that you don't bring your phone to the dinner table, although you're allowed to bring it to the breakfast table.
Word: indirect quotation Part of Speech: noun 1. An utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an object within a larger clause without quotation marks (when in written form) and sometimes, but not necessarily, repeating their exact words verbatim. Example: She relayed his words as an indirect quotation: she said, "He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken." Example: He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken; there are no quote marks in this sentence because it contains an indirect quotation. 2. A rate in foreign currency.
Word: vesper bat Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the Vespertilionidae, a family of bats.
Word: most Rikki-Tik Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Probably derived from the Rudyard Kipling character Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fast-moving and quick-witted mongoose in the story of the same name. 1. Quickly, immediately. Labels: US, not-comparable, slang Example: "Poet? We're in. Give us a few minutes to secure the hall into D-Wing. Once I call, I'll need you most Rikki Tik to override the doors. Clear?"
Word: most Rikki-Tik Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably derived from the Rudyard Kipling character Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fast-moving and quick-witted mongoose in the story of the same name. 1. Quick, immediate. Labels: US, not-comparable, slang
Word: passive armour Part of Speech: noun 1. Shielding that is chemically inert (unlike reactive armour) and does not require electricity or active sensors to operate. It is usually made of metal, ceramic, or in some cases, composite materials. Labels: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable
Word: rebound relationship Part of Speech: noun 1. A relationship following a prior long-term relationship, usually short in duration and used to help mend the "broken heart". Labels: idiomatic
Word: meticulosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English meticulous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English meticulosity From meticulous + -ity. 1. Meticulousness; the state or quality of being meticulous. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually
Word: resolutionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English resolution 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 resolutionist From resolution + -ist. 1. One who makes a resolution. 2. One who resolves a problem.
Word: plaited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of plait Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: royalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of royalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gray-haired Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of grey-haired. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: tilt at windmills Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a passage in the novel Don Quixote where the eponymous character tilts (i.e. jousts) at windmills that he has mistaken for giants. 1. To attack imaginary enemies. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 2. To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, intransitive
Word: scleromalacia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sclero- + malacia. 1. Degenerative thinning of the sclera. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Myopia has many pages devoted to it. The author regards as the primary cause of this disease an abnormal extensibility and stretching of the sclera, that there is a sort of scleromalacia, analagous to osteomalacia, which develops in some persons during the period of their growth, recovers spontaneously in many cases, leaves behind an elongation of the axis of the eye, but lasts for decades in the malignant cases, and occurs sometimes in one eye alone. Example: Severe scleritis additionally involves fibrinoid necrosis with consequent tissue loss seen clinically as scleral thinning (scleromalacia). 2. A very rare ophthalmic manifestation seen in rheumatoid arthritis. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: flourishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flourish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flourishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flourish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prerogatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prerogative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trappers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trapper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grass widower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grass + widower, after grass widow. 1. A married man whose spouse is away. Example: “I shall be a gay grass widower for the next two months—wife’s gone for a holiday to the West Indies.” Example: "I wonder if there is a single person in the Stewartry that Campbell didn't have a row with," thought Wimsey, and made an addition to his list:— 6. John Ferguson—about 36—about 5 foot 10 inches—grass widower.
Word: cathedrals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cathedral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: T.A. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of teaching assistant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sesquialterate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sesquialter (“one and a half times”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”). Pronunciation: /sɛskwɪˈaltərət/ 1. In a ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ times to 1. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: […]the ratio of 3 to 2, which is sesquialter, forms the symphony diapente[…] Example: People ignorant of geometry did not know the sesquialterate ratio of the sphere, cylinder, and cone, and therefor no man could know it[…]
Word: tagmemics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tagmeme Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Middle English -es English -s English -ics English tagmemics From tagmeme + -ics. 1. A theory of discourse that considers context-selected semantically equivalent elements and structures to be different instances of single underlying tagmemes. Labels: uncountable
Word: turkey frill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turkey + frill. 1. A paper frill or bootie placed on the end of turkey or other poultry drumsticks.