nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: piggyback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack. 1. A ride on somebody's back or shoulders. Labels: countable 2. An act or instance of piggybacking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The growth is taken for granted; what absorbs Americans today is the implication of piggyback for gross revenues and, more important, net profits. Example: The GOP had done its homework prior to bargaining for these piggybacks. 3. The connection of one intravenous drip to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Piggyback medications are given through a port of an existing intravenous site. […] Calculation of the drip rate for piggybacks is the same as any other drip rate. Example: Certain IV drugs, whether given by piggyback or through a metered-dose infusion set, may be incompatible with an existing continuous IV infusion.
Word: tilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any tree of the linden genus Tilia.
Word: ravier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ravier. 1. A trolley used for food selection in restaurants or cafes. 2. A small dish in which hors d'oeuvres are served.
Word: shrank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See shrink. Pronunciation: /ʃɹæŋk/, [ʃɹʷæŋk], /ʃɹaŋk/, [ʃɹʷaŋk], [ʃɹʷaŋk] ~ [ʃɹʷäŋk] 1. simple past of shrink Labels: form-of, past
Word: shrank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pennsylvania German; cognate to German Schrank. Pronunciation: /ʃɹæŋk/, [ʃɹʷæŋk], /ʃɹaŋk/, [ʃɹʷaŋk], [ʃɹʷaŋk] ~ [ʃɹʷäŋk] 1. A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which combines aspects of a clothing wardrobe, curio, and cabinet. Labels: Dutch, English, Pennsylvania, US
Word: Susheela Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit सुशीला (suśīlā). 1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Word: fajitas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fajita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: femaleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fēmella Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English female 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 femaleness From female + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːmeɪlnɪs/ 1. The characteristic, state or condition of being female. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In hunting or agrarian societies dependent upon nature, femaleness was honored as an immanent principle of fertility.
Word: flabbiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flabby 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 flabbiness From flabby + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being flabby Labels: countable, uncountable Example: April 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, letter to Edmund Goose There were two, or perhaps three, flabbinesses of style which (in your work) amazed me. Am I right in thinking you were a shade bored over the last chapters? Example: Woona had silently and swiftly backed away; and her ebon face, Ursula saw, had changed into leaden flabbiness with some horrible fear.
Word: flakiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flake Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English flaky Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 flakiness From flaky + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being flaky. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: flat-chested Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a flat chest; having small breasts. Example: Richard Young told him he could never truly love a flat-chested woman, no matter how kind she might be to him.
Word: floppiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English floppy 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 floppiness From floppy + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being floppy Labels: uncountable
Word: fluffiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fluffy 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 fluffiness From fluffy + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being fluffy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with a feeling perilously near to excitement.
Word: foaminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English foamy 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 foaminess From foamy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being foamy. Labels: uncountable
Word: fogginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English foggy 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 fogginess From foggy + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being foggy Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: foppishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English foppish 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 foppishness From foppish + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being foppish. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: forcefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English forceful 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 forcefulness From forceful + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)sfəlnəs/ 1. The characteristic or quality of being forceful Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: forthrightness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forthrightnesse, forþriȝtnesse, equivalent to forthright + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being forthright Labels: uncountable
Word: foxiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English foxy 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 foxiness From foxy + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being foxy. Labels: uncountable
Word: priming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. A substance used as a primer. Example: The spot was bright and lively now; but in winter it became necessary to place sandbags against the door, and to stuff up the keyhole against the wind and rain, which had worn the paint so thin that the priming and knotting showed through. 2. A form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are presoaked in a nanoparticle solution. 3. A harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive. Example: There have been failures, of course, and especially delays due to bad steaming, and, more often, priming. Example: Priming may easily be detected by the motion of the water in the glass water gauge, or by the "flutter" of the gauge cocks when opened. 4. The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm. 5. The first contact that an antigen-specific T helper cell precursors have with an antigen. 6. A cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual. 7. The effect that a nutrient has on the rate of organic matter decomposition 8. The process of flushing the tubing with IV fluid to remove air before connecting it to a patient. 9. The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus. 10. A form of positive priming that induces a tendency to repeat or more easily process a sentence that is similar in structure to one previously presented.
Word: priming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of prime Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: freakishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English freakish 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 freakishness From freakish + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being freakish Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: friskiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English frisky 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 friskiness From frisky + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being frisky. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: So he let all his chances go by, and the nurses, piqued, let the raw, shy, diffident Australian go by, sensing in him a depth of despair so profound that it made their little games and friskinesses ring as hollow and brittle as the glass balls they hung on the Christmas tree.
Word: primitively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English primitive Middle English -ly English -ly English primitively From primitive + -ly. 1. In a primitive manner. Example: Peter had been an adept with tilts, as old Stein had said so often that morning, while he, Palmer, and Gus, had dubiously laboured at this elusive task. But Peter would rig no more tilts, and primitively old Stein and Gus lamented this, as they missed his services.
Word: primitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English primitive 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 primitiveness From primitive + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being primitive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: primness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prim 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 primness From prim + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being prim, precise, or proper. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: primogenitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin primus (“first”) + -o- + genitor (Latin genitor). Compare progenitor. 1. An initial ancestor.
Word: primogenitors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of primogenitor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: princeliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English princely 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 princeliness From princely + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being princely. Labels: uncountable
Word: prissily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English prissy Middle English -ly English -ly English prissily From prissy + -ly. 1. In a prissy manner; in a manner that is excessively prim or proper.
Word: overcook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + cook. Pronunciation: /oʊ.vɚ.kʊk/ 1. To cook for too long or at too high a temperature. Labels: transitive 2. To do something to excess; to overdo; to ruin due to excessive effort. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The runner overcooked it on the first lap, and ended up finishing last.
Word: mojito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish mojito, diminutive of mojo (“sauce”), from mojar (“to moisten”), from Vulgar Latin *molliō (“to soften by soaking”), from Latin molliō (“soften”), from mollis (“soft”). Pronunciation: /moʊˈhi.toʊ/, /məʊˈhiːtəʊ/ 1. A Cuban cocktail, generally made from rum, lime, sugar, mint, etc.
Word: momism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By extension, from momist. 1. Finding fault; carping. Labels: uncountable
Word: momism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mom Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English momism From mom + -ism. 1. Excessive attachment to one’s mother. Labels: Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable 2. An utterance, piece of advice, etc. from one's mother. Labels: Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable
Word: beach ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A large light inflatable ball, ideally suited to beach games. 2. A spinning wait cursor in macOS. Labels: informal 3. A successful shot on goal that should have been easily blocked. Labels: figuratively
Word: beachball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English beachball From beach + ball. 1. Alternative form of beach ball. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beachball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English beachball From beach + ball. 1. To hang; to stop responding to user input; (used of Mac computers, where this is indicated by a spinning coloured cursor like a beach ball). Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Is Xcode “beachballing” forever on you when we try to open a project that was working fine the day before?
Word: tennis ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English teneys-ball (attested in the plural teneys-ballis), equivalent to tennis + ball. 1. A hollow, bouncy rubber ball, pressurized and covered with usually yellow felt, used in the game of tennis. Example: King. What Treaſure Vncle? / Exe. Tennis balles, my Liege.
Word: rugby ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A spheroidal ball designed for the sport of rugby.
Word: fly half Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fly-half. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scrum half Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scrum-half. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tighthead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tight + head. 1. prop who plays on the right-hand side of the front row of the scrum, such that in a scrum, their head is tightly bound between those of the opposing hooker and loosehead
Word: front row Part of Speech: noun 1. In an auditorium or sports venue, the line of side-by-side seats closest to the stage, playing field, or other location where the activity of interest is occurring. Example: The double-breasted blazer which is on every front row this season came with an elbow-length sleeve for spring, while jumpsuits, a signature of the label, came slinky and tailored or in a blowsier boiler suit silhouette. 2. The row of players who participate in a scrum with direct contact with the opposing scrum. Labels: UK 3. The forefront; a situation where one is exposed to the latest developments. Labels: figuratively 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see front, row.
Word: outside centre Part of Speech: noun 1. A player who is positioned between the inside centre and the right wing
Word: inside centre Part of Speech: noun 1. A player who is positioned between the fly-half and the outside centre
Word: number eight Part of Speech: noun 1. A box-to-box midfielder. Example: Naturally, Franco plays as a number eight (a midfielder who has both attacking and defending responsibilities), but he also has the capability to play as a defensive midfielder. 2. A player in the scrum, who controls the movement of the scrum, and can pick up the ball exiting the scrum; eighthman. Example: But Ireland dug out a gutsy response and applied pressure which resulted in number eight Heaslip diving over in the corner to revive home hopes. 3. The batsman who bats eighth.
Word: flanker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flank + -er. The verb is from the noun (sense 3). Pronunciation: /ˈflæŋkə/, /ˈflæŋkɚ/, /ˈfleɪ̯ŋkɚ/, /ˈflɛ̃ŋkɚ/ 1. A player who plays in the back row of the scrum. 2. A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage. 3. A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body. Example: 1675, The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, from The Portable Native American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 312, About two hours...they had been about the house before they prevailed to fire it (which they did with Flax and Hemp, which they brought out of the Barn, and there being no defence about the House, only two Flankers at two opposite corners and one of them not finished) they fired it once and one ventured out and quenched it, but they quickly fired it again, and that took. Example: [The planters’ houses] were frequently constructed with flankers and loopholes, for the purpose of firing upon the assailants when they approached so near. 4. One of a pair of large upright monoliths erected on either end of the recumbent, in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland. 5. A usually lower-end brand or product introduced in order to target competitors and protect a company's main market share. 6. Newly created perfume that shares some attributes of an already existing perfume.
Word: flanker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flank + -er. The verb is from the noun (sense 3). Pronunciation: /ˈflæŋkə/, /ˈflæŋkɚ/, /ˈfleɪ̯ŋkɚ/, /ˈflɛ̃ŋkɚ/ 1. To defend by lateral fortifications. Labels: obsolete Example: the Castle was neither ſo weakly mann'd nor flanker'd as they were made belive 2. To attack sideways. Labels: obsolete Example: 1670, John Evelyn, Sylva or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions, London, Chapter 3, “Of the Oak,” p. 19, […] to my observation in our Climates, where those sharp winds do rather flanker than blow fully opposite upon our Plantations, they thrive best […]
Word: moonflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + flower. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnflaʊə/ 1. Any of several plants that flower at night: Labels: obsolete 2. Any of several plants that flower at night: 3. Any of several plants that flower at night: Example: Hôtel Saint-George […] through whose exotic gardens of giant contorted euphorbia and sweet-smelling moonflowers Churchill and the titans of the Second World War strolled, laying plans for a world in which Anglo-Saxon predominance seemed assured in perpetuity. 4. Any of several plants that flower at night: 5. Any of several plants that flower at night: 6. Any of several plants that flower at night:
Word: mudhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + hole. 1. A hole full of mud, especially one in a road 2. A hole near the bottom of a steam boiler, through which the sediment is withdrawn.
Word: splodge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a variation of splotch. Pronunciation: /ˈsplɒd͡ʒ/, /ˈsplɑd͡ʒ/ 1. An irregular-shaped splash, smear, or patch. Labels: informal Example: It was a strip of absolute desert, where the only vegetation was the occasional splodge of moss, which lay over the sand edging of the salt flats like livid green cowpats. Example: The consequence was that the stupid girl now had ended up with a bright blue ink splodge on her white “see through” blouse […]
Word: splodge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a variation of splotch. Pronunciation: /ˈsplɒd͡ʒ/, /ˈsplɑd͡ʒ/ 1. To make a splodge; to render as a splodge. Labels: informal Example: Her features had been crudely handsome, too, like Millie's, but booze had splodged their outlines.
Word: noninverting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + inverting. 1. That does not cause inversion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: null anaphora Part of Speech: noun 1. An implied (but omitted) anaphora. Example: We have mentioned above that null anaphora is represented on syntactic trees as “pro”, and that this reflects the native speaker’s intuition that she or he somehow understands what is not overtly expressed and what the content of the null anaphora might be.
Word: OAS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of oral allergy syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of original antigenic sin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: OAS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Organization of American States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Old Age Security. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of OpenAPI Specification, a specification for machine-readable interface files for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful Web services. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Organisation de l’Armée Secrète, a French organization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The first real meeting of the OAS was held in mid-May 1961. Its purpose was to sabotage de Gaulle’s efforts to remove French rule from Algeria.
Word: oilseed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oil + seed. 1. The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ukraine’s exports of grain and oilseeds have mostly stopped and Russia’s are threatened. 2. The plant that yields such seed. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Synonym of milium (“keratin-filled cyst”). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: olivewood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From olive + wood. 1. The wood of the olive tree Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several ornamental trees of the genus Cassine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: open-work Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of openwork. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: openwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From open + work. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpənwɜː(ɹ)k/, /ˈoʊpənwɝk/ 1. Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A quarry; an open cut. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: outfaced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outface Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Puginesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Pugin French -esquebor. English -esque English Puginesque From Pugin + -esque. 1. Of, relating to, or in the style of Augustus Pugin, English Gothic revivalist architect
Word: outface Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English outface From out- + face. 1. To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down; to withsay Labels: transitive Example: Thou maiſt I warrant, we ſhall haue old ſwearing / That they did giue the Rings away to men, / But weele out-face them, and out-ſweare them too, [...] Example: Weele haue a ſwaſhing and marſhall outſide, / As manie other manniſh cowards haue, / That doe outface it with their ſemblances. 2. To boldly confront a situation. Labels: transitive Example: Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.
Word: oystermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oysterman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oysterman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oyster + -man. 1. A person who cultivates, harvests or sells oysters. 2. A boat used to dredge for oysters.
Word: palæopedology Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of paleopedology. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: paleopedology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English pedology English paleopedology From paleo- + pedology. 1. The study of geologic soils Labels: uncountable
Word: palaeopedology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paleopedology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: breitschwanz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Breitschwanz (literally “broad tail”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪt͡ʃvɑːnts/ 1. Broadtail. Labels: uncountable
Word: cleverer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈklɛvɚɚ/ 1. comparative form of clever: more clever Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Critics were vehemently outspoken; but while they fretted about looks, they missed the cleverer points in the design itself.
Word: broadtail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broad + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔːdteɪl/ 1. The hide or fur of a Persian lamb, formerly used in clothing etc. 2. Any of various parrots in the genus Platycercus. Labels: dated Example: The mail steamer did not arrive for a week, and I occupied myself in getting as many of the birds as I could, and found some which were very interesting. Among them were five species of pigeons of as many distinct genera, and most of them peculiar to the island; two parrots--the fine red-winged broad-tail (Platycercus vulneratus), allied to an Australian species, and a green species of the genus Geoffroyus.
Word: young blood Part of Speech: noun 1. Young or youthful people, especially as a source of revitalizing force (in a team, organization, etc.). Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. 2. A young person (especially a man); also as a term of address. Labels: countable, idiomatic Example: Every Saturday evening, raw young bloods of the village would meet for a drink, and the wine made us lively. We stuck a sprig of basil behind our ears, one of my cousins took his guitar, and we went serenading. 3. Youthful, revitalizing, or youth-oriented ideas. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable
Word: matchbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From match + box. 1. A small box, usually a small cardboard box, in which matches are kept.
Word: matchbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By genericization from the die-cast toy car brand Matchbox owned by Mattel, so-called due to the size of the toys to fix in matchboxes. 1. Any small, die-cast toy car, usually a collectible.
Word: Antilles Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Antilia or Antillia, a legendary island lying west of Spain and Portugal, from Antulia; the name is of disputed origin, with many different theories proposed; see Antillia. Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪl.iːz/ 1. A large archipelago in the West Indies, bounded to the north by (and including) the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea
Word: Greater Antilles Part of Speech: name 1. The large islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea.
Word: Lesser Antilles Part of Speech: name 1. The smaller islands of the West Indies, to the south and east of Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea.
Word: Barbuda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Italic *farβā Latin barba Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tusder. Latin -ūtus Vulgar Latin *barbūtus Spanish barbudo Spanish barbudabor. English Barbuda From Spanish barbuda (“bearded”), referring perhaps to natives' beards or fig trees. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. Compare Lombardy. Doublet of Barbados. Pronunciation: /bɑːˈb(j)uː.də/, /bɑɹˈb(j)u.də/ 1. An island and dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. Largest city: Codrington.
Word: parfit Part of Speech: adj 1. Perfect. Labels: obsolete
Word: on about Part of Speech: prep 1. Speaking about, talking of. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal Example: What are you on about? Example: They were on about some kind of UFO conspiracy theory.
Word: patten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpat(ə)n/, /ˈpæt(ə)n/ 1. Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs. Example: I went and told part of the excise money till twelve o’clock, and then called on my wife and took her to Mr. Pierces, she in the way being exceedingly troubled with a pair of new pattens, and I vexed to go so slow, it being late. Example: Tom Freckle, the smith's son, was the next victim to her rage. He was an ingenious workman, and made excellent pattens; nay, the very patten with which he was knocked down was his own workmanship. 2. One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground. Labels: historical Example: They presented the most extraordinary and comic aspect imaginable, with their shaven heads and long beard; (the heads of all Mussulmen are shaved quite bare, with the exception of a tuft on the very top, which is left for the angel of the tomb on the day of judgment, say they, to grasp and carry them up to heaven by;) besides these, other objects are seen wrapped up in towels, with black grisled beards tickling their breasts, and tottering along on a high pair of pattens or rather stilts, at the imminent danger, as it appears, of breaking their necks. Example: Mrs. Peerybingle, going out into the raw twilight, and clicking over the wet stones in a pair of pattens that worked innumerable rough impressions of the first proposition in Euclid all about the yard—Mrs. Peerybingle filled the kettle at the water-butt. 3. A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing. Labels: obsolete Example: At and in the neighbourhood of North Meoks, near Ormskirk in Lancashire, there is a whole country of peat, and how deep this soil is God only knows, for the horses which plough thereon wear pattens to keep them from sinking to the bellies: here I was not long ago deluded, by my ignorance of the country and a team in pattens, to attempt riding over ploughed ground to inquire my way. Example: Some trials have been made in Ireland to put pattens on bullocks instead of horses, for ploughing on bog. 4. An ice skate. Labels: UK, dialectal 5. An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease. Labels: historical 6. The base of a pillar.
Word: patten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpat(ə)n/, /ˈpæt(ə)n/ 1. To go about wearing pattens. Labels: intransitive
Word: patten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant forms. 1. Obsolete form of paten. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: picnicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From picnic + -er. 1. Someone who has a picnic. Example: The shop was located near the park; it did a big trade in renting bicycles to picnickers.
Word: pegamoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A former trademark. See -oid. 1. A waterproof varnish used, applied to surfaces, in bookbinding and upholstery Labels: countable, uncountable 2. imitation leather Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blind as a bat Part of Speech: adj 1. Nearly totally blind; having a very poor sense of vision. Labels: not-comparable Example: "D'you know what? I'm blind. Thash what I am - blind's a bat. Everybody's blind's a bat. 'Cept you. Why aren't you blind's a bat?" "I don't know," I told him.
Word: period piece Part of Speech: noun 1. A work of art or drama which evokes a particular historical era. 2. A work which evokes the era in which it was produced, but may not have any other special features. Example: Paying for these buyings, and arranging for their cartage to the shop, she got away, feeling physically tired but mentally elated, and very anxious to hear what Peter would say about the quality of her period pieces, and what prospects they offered for restoration. Example: Other designs of this period were the old "J" class 2-6-0s, built in England, the Baldwin "T" class 2-8-0s of 1879, splendid American period pieces, and the old "K" class 2-4-2s built by Rogers of Philadelphia.
Word: piecework Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of piece work. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pig-run Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pig run. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pig run Part of Speech: noun 1. The running of a pig (cleaning device) through an oil or gas pipeline. 2. The open area of a pigsty.
Word: pinstriping Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of pinstripes to a fabric Labels: uncountable 2. The pinstripes of a fabric collectively Labels: uncountable
Word: planisphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plani- + sphere or plani- + -sphere. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ.nɪˌsfɪɚ/, /ˈplæn.ɪˌsfɪɚ/ 1. Any representation (map projection) of part of a sphere on a plane surface. 2. A map constructed by stereographic projection, as described in Ptolemy's treatise Planisphaerium and later used in planispheric astrolabes 3. A map of the whole world, especially those from the 16th–17th century 4. Any of several charts of the celestial sphere having an overlay or window that may be adjusted to show the stars visible at a particular time, or from a particular place.
Word: porterage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) + -age (suffix forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result; a charge, fee, or toll; or a relationship or state). Cognates * Anglo-Norman portage, porterage * Late Latin portagium Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːtəɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɔːtɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɔɹtəɹəd͡ʒ/, [-ɾə-] 1. The carrying or transportation of goods by a porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) or other person. Labels: uncountable Example: [T]he Gallant was ready punctually at his hour with three or four Porters, by the help of whom he quickly removed all the choice Goods or any that were worth Porterage to a place appointed. Example: If Goods are to be brought Home to your ovvn Houſe, there are Charges for VVeighage, Cranage, Porterage, VVharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c. […] Porterage, is the paying the Porters at the VVaterſide, for loading, unloading, vveighing, craning, &c. 2. Porters regarded collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: He [George Mallory] went down with [Charles Granville] Bruce and [Andrew] Irvine that same day to Camp III, intent on investigating afresh with Bruce's aid the question of available porterage. It was found just possible to collect together sufficient men, who were not indisposed, to carry up oxygen supplies for such an attempt. 3. Goods or other things which are carried; burdens. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Novv, the parts in man that may be called the Porters, and vvhich bear the burdens that are carried, can be no other than the Scapula, and its Acromion, vvhich is the part upon vvhich the burden is pitched; and the back bone vvhich is the part that gives the greateſt ſtrength tovvards the bearing of it, both vvhich, vvhen age hath much enfeebled a man, become unſerviceable as unto thoſe ends, theſe Porters do novv become a porterage themſelves, and thoſe parts that vvere vvont to bear the greateſt burdens, are novv ſo great a burden themſelves, that the man ſtoops under them, and is ſcarce able to bear them. 4. The charge for such carrying or transportation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Boatage, and Porterage to the VVare-houſe Example: The neareſt rivals of our manufacturers, are thoſe of Europe, vvho are ſubjected to the follovving charges in bringing their goods into our market: […] porterages, freight, insurance, damage, intereſt of money, vvaſte, and loſs on exchange.
Word: porterage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”) + -age (suffix forming nouns indicating a relationship or state). Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːtəɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɔːtɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɔɹtəɹəd͡ʒ/, [-ɾə-] 1. The occupation of, or services provided by, a porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”). Labels: uncountable Example: In rules of Porterage untaught, / Simplicity, not vvorth a groat, / For years had kept the Temple door; / Full on his breaſt a glaſs he vvore, / Thro' vvhich his boſom open lay / To ev'ry one vvho paſs'd that vvay. Example: There is an underground parking space for each flat, a 24-hour porterage service and careful security arrangements.
Word: powertrip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of power trip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: power trip Part of Speech: noun 1. Any activity which confers a sense of power on the person involved. 2. The excitement that results from such an activity. 3. A power outage or a blackout, when an electrical device or system suddenly stops working. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, especially Example: A power trip has shut down production from the Ophir field offshore Malaysia, according to a report by energy portal OffshoreEnergyToday.com. Example: A power trip is when the circuit breakers in your house cut off power in one area or the entirety of your house.
Word: capitulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of capitulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: power-trip Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage in a power trip.
Word: capitulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of capitulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: capitulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of capitulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: power-tripping Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of engaging in power trips. Labels: uncountable
Word: power-tripping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of power-trip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: learning season Part of Speech: noun 1. Any time or occasion suitable or natural for gaining understanding, values, wisdom, knowledge, or skill.
Word: prayer mat Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of prayer rug.
Word: prayer rug Part of Speech: noun 1. A small rug on which a person kneels to pray, especially in Islam. Example: She got up, pulled the prayer rug out from under her bed, and knelt down on it.
Word: preferredness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English preferred 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 preferredness From preferred + -ness. 1. The state of being preferred Labels: uncountable 2. A measure of by how much one thing is preferred over another Labels: uncountable
Word: propelling pencil Part of Speech: noun 1. A mechanical pencil. Labels: UK
Word: pseudohallucinatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English hallucinatory English pseudohallucinatory From pseudo- + hallucinatory. 1. Of, pertaining to, or producing pseudohallucination
Word: pseudohallucination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English hallucination English pseudohallucination From pseudo- + hallucination. 1. A brief but vivid visual or auditory experience that is recognised by the experiencer as being unreal.
Word: purplewood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From purple + wood. 1. The purpleheart tree
Word: purpleheart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From purple + heart. 1. A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies Labels: countable 2. The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quetsch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French quetsche, from Lorraine German Quetsche (standard German Zwetschge), ultimately from Latin damascēna. Doublet of damson. Pronunciation: /kwɛt͡ʃ/ 1. A dark-skinned variety of plum. Labels: countable 2. A liqueur made from the fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: expostulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of expostulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: expostulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of expostulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: expostulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of expostulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: margravine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch markgravin. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːɡɹəviːn/, /ˈmɑɹɡɹəvin/ 1. The wife of a margrave. 2. A woman with the rank and responsibilities of a margrave.
Word: stage manager Part of Speech: noun 1. A person responsible for the organization of a stage production, and who is in charge of the stage during the performance.
Word: pesäpallo Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport developed in Finland in the 1920s, similar to and largely based on baseball. Labels: uncountable
Word: LASIK Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈleɪsɪk/ 1. Abbreviation of laser in situ keratomileusis: corrective eye surgery for various refractive disorders in which an excimer laser reshapes the cornea. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: In LASIK surgery, a computer-controlled laser is used to reshape the cornea. Example: After LASIK, most patients see well enough to pass a driver's license exam without glasses or contact lenses.
Word: North Sami Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Northern Sami. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: give the elbow Part of Speech: verb 1. To fire (an employee); to end a relationship with someone; to reject someone. Labels: UK, slang, transitive Example: They said I couldn't do the job so they gave me the elbow. So, now I'm looking for work again. Example: When are you finally going to give your boyfriend the elbow?
Word: unloving 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 loving English unloving From un- + loving. 1. Not loving. Example: Every year between six and eight million parents desert their children; two to three million teenagers run away from typically unloving homes. Example: The negative belief is always more petty, self-serving, unallowing, resistant, fearful, and unloving.
Word: unloving Part of Speech: verb 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 loving English unloving From un- + loving. 1. present participle and gerund of unlove Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: oyra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Faroese oyra, from Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus. Doublet of aureus, eyrir, öre, and øre. 1. A subdenomination of the Faroese króna.
Word: intraspecific competition Part of Speech: noun 1. Competition for resources between members of the same species. Labels: uncountable
Word: interspecific competition Part of Speech: noun 1. Competition for resources between species. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Skolt Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a small ethnic Sami fraction living in northern Finland and nearby areas of Russia. The Skolts have their own language, Skolt Sami.
Word: Skolt Part of Speech: name 1. The Skolt Sami language.
Word: jew down Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the noun Jew, based on the stereotype of Jews as parsimonious and driving hard bargains + down. 1. To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service. Labels: offensive, slang, transitive Example: […] the popular and fashionable lying, which is so prolific between merchant and customer, as the process of jewing down is going on among all traders of the day. Example: Equality, too, removes the possibility of bargaining, of jewing up or jewing down a salary, according to the exigencies of the moment.
Word: ad nauseum Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ad nauseam, with influence from the common Latin ending -um. 1. Misspelling of ad nauseam. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: If Miss McFlimsey has neat ankles, she can wear short dresses: if she has clumsy ones she can wear a trail; if she is inclined to be (pardon the word) “scrawny,” she can indulge in expensive skirts and protuberant “panniers;” if inclined to embonpoint, she can discard these and “gore” her robes; if her neck and arms are exquisitely moulded, she can undrape their dazzling charms; if bone predominates over plumpitude, she can cover them from the gaze of flying eyes; if she has a disease of the spine, she need not sport “the Grecian bend;” if she is unfortunately healthy, she can call in the aid of that modern deformity—and so on, ad infinitum and ad nauseum.
Word: Artur Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Russian, Belurusian, or Ukrainian, equivalent to English Arthur.
Word: Mordred Part of Speech: name Etymology: Alteration of Modred, from Latin Modredus, from Proto-Brythonic *Modrọd (whence Old Breton Modrot, Old Cornish Modred, Old Welsh Medraut), perhaps from Latin Moderātus. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɹdɹɪd/, /ˈmɔːdɹɪd/ 1. The illegitimate son of King Arthur, who ultimately killed him in battle.
Word: cingulotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cingulum Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English -otomy English cingulotomy From cingulum + -otomy. 1. A form of brain surgery in which an electric current is used to destroy the cortex of the cingulate gyrus and part of the corpus callosum.