nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: NASTRAN Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of NASA Structural Analysis System, general-purpose Finite Element Analysis (FEA) program. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: magnetic field Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present. Example: David (1904) and Brunhes (1906) first observed magnetizations in lava flows that were roughly opposed to that of the present earth's magnetic field. Example: 1996, V. R. Khalilov, Electron Strong Magnetic Field, [1988, V. R. Khalilov, Elektroni v silnom magnetom poli, Energoatomizdat, Moscow], Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, page 123, In contrast to the IQHE, the fractional quantum Hall effect occurs in much stronger magnetic fields, and in this case electrons cannot be considered as noninteracting ones. 2. A condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present. Labels: contemporary 3. A condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present. Labels: dated
Word: nom de guerre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nom de guerre (literally “war name”), referring to the pseudonyms used during wars. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒm də ˈɡɛə/, /ˌnɑm də ˈɡɛɹ/ 1. A pseudonym, particularly one adopted by soldiers, revolutionaries, or resistance fighter. Example: One of the participants in the contest – a publicity bonanza for a certain well-known hot doggery – was William Perry, the football player who scored a touchdown in the 1986 Super Bowl and was known by the nom de guerre “The Refrigerator.”
Word: Kurt Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Kurt. Pronunciation: /kɝt/, /kɜːt/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad. Example: Ogles, an entrepreneur, will defeat state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead.
Word: qwerty Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkwɜːti/, /ˈkwɛəti/, /ˈkwɚti/, [-ɾi] 1. Alternative letter-case form of QWERTY. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable Example: It was the Monotype model D keyboard introduced in 1907 which became the standard for printers, with a "qwerty" typewriter lay and removable keybars which made the keyboard independent of the matrix case arrangement. Example: The typewriter using separate characters on type bars striking on a cylinder soon dominated the market. Because adjacent striking bars tended to jam when struck rapidly, manufacturers abandoned the alphabetical placement of letters on the keyboard in favor of the left-to-right "qwerty" disposition that takes into account the frequency and sequence of letters in English.
Word: chopsticks Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɒpstɪks/, /ˈt͡ʃɑpstɪks/ 1. A hand game in which players hold up a number of fingers on each hand and try, through certain moves, to eliminate their opponent's hands.
Word: chopsticks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɒpstɪks/, /ˈt͡ʃɑpstɪks/ 1. plural of chopstick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kibitzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kibitz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kibitzing Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb to kibitz. Labels: uncountable
Word: New Jersey Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands near the coast of Normandy. Pronunciation: /nuˈdʒɝzi/, /njuˈdʒɝzi/, /njuː ˈdʒɜːzi/, /njʉː ˈdʒɜːzi/, /njʉ ˈd͡ʒɛrze/ 1. A state in the northeastern United States. Capital: Trenton. Example: The Campbell family’s fascination with white supremacy was vividly expressed in the names of Adolf’s two siblings, “Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,” an homage to Heinrich Himmler, and “JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell.”² In selecting their children’s peculiar names, the Campbells had exercised a right specifically recognized in New Jersey statutory law, which states, “The designation of a child’s name including the surname is the right of the child’s parent(s).”³ Example: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.
Word: enervate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō (“to weaken”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt/, /iːˈnɜːɹveɪt/ 1. To reduce strength or energy; debilitate. Labels: transitive Example: After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job. 2. To weaken morally or mentally. Labels: transitive 3. To partially or completely remove a nerve. Labels: uncommon
Word: enervate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō (“to weaken”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ə(ɹ).vət/, /iːˈnɜːɹveɪt/ 1. Made feeble; weakened.
Word: derision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French derision, from Latin dērīsiōnem, accusative of dērīsiō, from dērīdēre ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride"). Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɪʒən/ 1. Act of treating with disdain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed. Example: One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else. 2. Something to be derided; a laughing stock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]
Word: undergird Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English gird English undergird From under- + gird. 1. To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object. 2. To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for. Labels: figuratively Example: For fiction, documentary, verse, and essay, she undergirds entertaining images and stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and challenge to the suppression of human rights. Example: “I’m not being cynical about Tim Scott individually. I am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of ‘can’t we all get along?’ – and those quotes you made about, you know, from my speech in 2004 about there’s a ‘United States of America’ – that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and our present,” Obama told Axelrod, his former senior adviser, adding that he hadn’t listened the South Carolina Republican’s 2024 campaign speeches. 3. To lend moral support to. 4. To secure below or underneath.
Word: ACATS Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯ˌkæts/ 1. Acronym of Ada Conformity Assessment Test Suite, the test suite used for Ada processor conformity testing. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Automated Customer Account Transfer Service, a system in the United States that executes the transfer of financial securities from a trading account at one institution to the trading account at another. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: hitchhike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hitch + hike. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪt͡ʃhaɪk/ 1. To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination. Labels: intransitive Example: She made a great many photographs, and hitchhiked her way back to Lanchow again, and thence to Peking. Example: Holly came from Miami, F-L-A / Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A. 2. To try to get (a ride) in this manner. Labels: US, transitive Example: Pamela hitchhiked a ride to New York. Example: “I’m not goin’ to tell you what happened to me,” Asey said, “from the time I found her till I finally managed to hitchhike a ride to town. I want to forget that period of my life. […]” 3. To be carried along with something else. Labels: broadly, intransitive Example: In genetic hitchhiking, a gene is propagated because it occurs in conjunction with a favourable mutation. Example: In cultural hitchhiking, a cultural trait spreads with a technologically advanced population.
Word: hitchhike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hitch + hike. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪt͡ʃhaɪk/ 1. A journey made by hitchhiking. 2. Alternative form of hitchhiker (“advertisement at the end of a programme”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There are just too many diseases for each to have its own special organization, complete with radio hitchhikes, sponsored ads, expensive brochures, pledge cards, team captains and collection envelopes.
Word: Cambs Part of Speech: name 1. Postal abbreviation for Cambridgeshire.
Word: derelict Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective and verb are a learned borrowing from Latin dērelictus (“(completely) abandoned, deserted, forsaken; discarded”), the perfect passive participle of dērelinquō (“to abandon, desert, forsake; to discard”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; completely, thoroughly’) + relinquō (“to abandon, desert, forsake, leave (behind); to depart (from); to give up, relinquish”) (from Proto-Italic *wrelinkʷō, from *wre (“again”) (whence Latin rē- (prefix meaning ‘again’)) + *linkʷō (“to leave”) (whence linquō (“to forsake; depart from, leave, quit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”))). Doublet of relict, relic, and relinquish. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛr.ə.lɪkt/, /ˈdɛɹəˌlɪk(t)/ 1. Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken. Example: [T]heſe affections, vvhich theſe expoſed or derelict children bear to their Mothers, have no grounds of nature or aſſiduity but civility and opinion; […] Example: We may be pardoned our nostalgia, those of us who can remember the old days, the days before the grouping and before standardisation, when we see, as today we see so often, the derelict and abandoned buildings of what were once railway stations, for the life which they used to enjoy we lived with them. There they stand, today, as the dusk deepens about them, lampless, cold and deserted. 2. Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken. Labels: specifically Example: There was a derelict ship on the island. Example: An imaginative illustration showing how a space tow-boat (lower left), operating with a plasma electric rocket motor, takes a derelict satellite out of the traffic lanes in deep space. 3. Of property: in a poor state due to abandonment or neglect; dilapidated, neglected. Labels: broadly Example: There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly. 4. Adrift, lost. Labels: figuratively Example: Deprived of his guiding influence, they vvere vvhirled about, the ſport of every guſt, and eaſily driven into any port; and as thoſe vvho joined vvith them in manning the veſſel vvere the moſt directly oppoſite to his opinions, meaſures, and character, and far the moſt artful and moſt povverful of the ſet, they eaſily prevailed, ſo as to ſeize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his friends; and inſtantly they turned the veſſel vvholly out of the courſe of his policy. 5. Negligent in performing a duty; careless. Labels: US Example: The wrongs which we have suffered from Mexico are before the world, and must deeply impress every American citizen. A Government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties.
Word: derelict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective and verb are a learned borrowing from Latin dērelictus (“(completely) abandoned, deserted, forsaken; discarded”), the perfect passive participle of dērelinquō (“to abandon, desert, forsake; to discard”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; completely, thoroughly’) + relinquō (“to abandon, desert, forsake, leave (behind); to depart (from); to give up, relinquish”) (from Proto-Italic *wrelinkʷō, from *wre (“again”) (whence Latin rē- (prefix meaning ‘again’)) + *linkʷō (“to leave”) (whence linquō (“to forsake; depart from, leave, quit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”))). Doublet of relict, relic, and relinquish. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛr.ə.lɪkt/, /ˈdɛɹəˌlɪk(t)/ 1. Property abandoned by its former guardian or owner; (countable) an item of such property. Labels: uncountable Example: But often it must have happened in a course of centuries, that plague, small-pox, cholera, the sweating-sickness, or other scourges of universal Europe and Asia, would absolutely depopulate a region no larger than an island; […] In such cases, mere strangers would oftentimes enter upon the lands as a derelict. 2. Property abandoned by its former guardian or owner; (countable) an item of such property. Labels: specifically, uncountable Example: Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May." / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum: / Then "Here," said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum." 3. An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast, a waif. Labels: countable, dated Example: And, think you, will the unkind ones hesitate / To try conclusions with my helplessness,— / To pounce on, misuse me, your derelict, / Helped by advantage that bereavement lends / Folks, who, while yet you lived, played tricks like these? Example: A rather pathetic figure, the Lady Frances, a beautiful woman, still in fresh middle age, and yet, by a strange chance, the last derelict of what only twenty years ago was a goodly fleet. 4. A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant; also, a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their hygiene and personal affairs. Labels: broadly, countable, derogatory Example: A very gratifying development of the work in this office has been the gradual improvement in the class and type of applicants. […] This improvement is due, in part to the arrangement with the Federal Employment office whereby the latter handles the common labor, in which group there is always a large percentage of transients, derelicts and loafers, hoboes and ne'er-do-wells. Example: Only she must have men—understand? If they're lazy derelicts and ne'er-do-wells she'll eat 'em up. But she's waiting for real men—British to the bone— […] 5. A person who is negligent in performing a duty. Labels: US, countable
Word: derelict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective and verb are a learned borrowing from Latin dērelictus (“(completely) abandoned, deserted, forsaken; discarded”), the perfect passive participle of dērelinquō (“to abandon, desert, forsake; to discard”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; completely, thoroughly’) + relinquō (“to abandon, desert, forsake, leave (behind); to depart (from); to give up, relinquish”) (from Proto-Italic *wrelinkʷō, from *wre (“again”) (whence Latin rē- (prefix meaning ‘again’)) + *linkʷō (“to leave”) (whence linquō (“to forsake; depart from, leave, quit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”))). Doublet of relict, relic, and relinquish. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛr.ə.lɪkt/, /ˈdɛɹəˌlɪk(t)/ 1. To abandon or forsake (someone or something). Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: [H]e finds a poor young fellow, a famished, sick young man, derelicted of his master, and left for dead in the march, and by the means and conduct of this wretch, David recovers the enemy, recovers the spoil, recovers his honour, and the love of his people. Example: [F]or the public, for the redemption of the whole world, God hath (shall we say, pretermitted?) derelicted, forsaken, abandoned, his own, and only Son. 2. To neglect a duty. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare Example: [I]t has occurred to me, that where so momentous a point as the liberty of the subject is concerned, I should be derelicting from my duty, did I not avail myself of the assistance of His Majesty's law officer, where a doubt existed in my mind. Example: I don't remember vowing to be calmly cheerful under the infliction of the Pottingers and others of that ilk; but I must have done it, or Arthur wouldn't look as if I was so flagrantly derelicting from my duty.
Word: iguana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana. Pronunciation: /ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/, /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/, /ɪˈɡwɑnə/, /əˈɡwɑnə/ 1. A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet. Example: The problem with keeping the green iguana as a pet is that they are often misfed. For example, some will feed them meat or meat-based foods […] 2. Any member of the genus Iguana. 3. In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae. Labels: colloquial Example: Marine iguanas line the shores of the islands, and are usually seen sprawled over lava rocks near the sea. 4. In Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan). Labels: colloquial 5. Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna). Labels: Australia Example: The last they had had, was an iguana one of the blacks had brought in; and though he felt disgusted at the idea of eating it, he made up into a kind of stew, and they both enjoyed it immensely.
Word: street racing Part of Speech: noun 1. Motorsport or auto racing held on public roads. Labels: uncountable
Word: street racing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of street race Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zebu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Classical Tibetan མཛོ (mdzo) Classical Tibetan པོ (po) Classical Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po) Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po)bor.? French zébubor. English zebu Borrowed from French zébu, probably from Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”), whence also zobo. Pronunciation: /ˈziː.b(j)uː/, /ˈzɛ.b(j)uː/, /ˈzeɪ.b(j)uː/, /ˈzi.b(j)u/, /ˈzɛ.b(j)u/ 1. A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos taurus indicus).
Word: idiosyncrasy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1604, in modern sense since 1665, from Ancient Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία (idiosunkrasía, “one’s own temperament”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one’s own”) + σύν (sún, “together”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “temperament”). By surface analysis, idio- + syn- + -crasy. Pronunciation: /ˌɪdɪəʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/, /ˌɪdɪəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/, /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/, /ˌɪdioʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/, /ˌədiəˈsəŋkɹəsi/ 1. A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person or a group. Example: This mode of death had been an idiosyncrasy with his family, for generations past; not often occurring, indeed, but, when it does occur, usually attacking individuals about the Judge’s time of life, and generally in the tension of some mental crisis, or, perhaps, in an access of wrath. Example: Every village has its idiosyncrasy, its constitution, often its own code of morality. 2. A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor; a risk factor. Example: […]I have no antipathy, or rather Idio-ſyncraſie, in dyet, humour, ayre, any thing; […]. Example: There are, however, distinct differences between diatheses and idiosyncrasies; diatheses definitely tend to the development of disease, for example the scrofulous diathesis of our forebears favours the onset of tuberculosis; idiosyncrasies are abnormal reactions but do not necessarily dispose to disease. 3. A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify. Example: He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling and speech.
Word: aircraft carrier Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛːɹ.kɹæft kʰɛɹːiɚ/ 1. A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed. Example: The US Air Force has 383 F-35As in its fleet, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The F-35A is one of the three versions of the US military’s stealth fighter. The Marine Corps flies the F-35B – a short take-off, vertical landing aircraft – and the Navy flies the F-35C, designed for aircraft carrier operations.
Word: caribou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹəbu/, /ˈkærɪbuː/ 1. Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
Word: stoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną, *stūpijaną (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian stēpa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”). Pronunciation: /stuːp/, /stup/, /stʉp/ 1. A stooping, bent position of the body. Example: The old man walked with a stoop. Example: Theo Walcott's final pass has often drawn criticism but there could be no complaint in the 11th minute when his perfect delivery to the far post only required a stoop and a nod of the head from Young to put England ahead. 2. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack. Example: At length the hawk got the upper hand, and made a rushing stoop at her quarry
Word: stoop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną, *stūpijaną (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian stēpa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”). Pronunciation: /stuːp/, /stup/, /stʉp/ 1. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch. Example: He stooped to tie his shoe-laces. Example: Their walk had continued not more than ten minutes when they crossed a creek by a wooden bridge and came to a row of mean houses standing flush with the street. At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes. 2. To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals. Example: Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase? 3. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey. Labels: intransitive Example: the holy eagle Stoop'd, as to foote vs: his Ascension is More sweet then our blest Fields Example: Presently the bird stooped and seized a salmon, and a violent struggle ensued. 4. To cause to incline downward; to slant. Labels: transitive Example: to stoop a cask of liquor 5. To cause to submit; to prostrate. Labels: transitive Example: Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears / Are stoopt by death; and many left alive. 6. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. Example: The grasse stoops not, she treads on it so light Example: Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, […] / Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong. 7. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. Example: Where men of great wealth do stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly.
Word: stoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stope, stoupe, from Old Norse staup (“dip, well, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *staupą, related to the verb *staupijaną (“to steep”). Related to Old English stēap (“drinking vessel, cup, flagon, stoop”). Pronunciation: /stuːp/, /stup/, /stʉp/ 1. A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
Word: stoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch stoep (“platform", "pavement”). Doublet of stoep. Cognate with step. Pronunciation: /stuːp/, /stup/, /stʉp/ 1. The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence. Labels: Canada, New-Jersey, New-York, also Example: Nearly all the houses were built with their gables to the streets and each had heavy wooden Dutch stoops, with seats, at its door. Example: ...the entrance being at the side of the house and reached by a low front stoop with four or five risers... 2. The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep. Labels: US Example: A short flight of iron steps leads up to it and a storm door is built over the stoop, forming a little vestibule, and serving to keep out the gusts. Example: You better hurry up and get strong, if you going to carry me across the stoop.
Word: stoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stoupe, stulpe, from Old Norse stólpi (“post, pillar”), from Proto-Germanic *stulpô. Pronunciation: /stuːp/, /stup/, /stʉp/ 1. A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine. Labels: dialectal
Word: disown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English own English disown From dis- + own. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈəʊn/, /dɪsˈoʊn/ 1. To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own. Labels: transitive Example: Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris. Example: Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was. 2. To repudiate any connection to; to renounce. Labels: transitive Example: He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own 3. To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session. Labels: Unix, transitive
Word: populace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio, from popolo + -accio (“pejorative suffix”), from Latin populus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpjʊləs/, /ˈpɑpjələs/, /ˈpɔp(j)ʊles/ 1. The common people of a nation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The populace despised their ignorant leader. Example: Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood. 2. The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester.
Word: pec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of pectoral. 1. The pectoralis major muscle. Labels: colloquial, plural-normally Example: He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look. Example: The quest for perfect pecs is so strong that psychiatrists now sometimes refer to it as “bigorexia,” a form of muscle dysmorphia exhibited mostly by men and characterized by excessive weight lifting, a preoccupation with not feeling muscular enough and a strict adherence to eating foods that lower weight and build muscle. 2. Clipping of pectoral sandpiper. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Greenshank, dunlins, common sand, snipe and blackwits accompanied the pec. Example: I went back into my photos, and yes, on 13 Nov, I photographed both Sharpie and the Pec.
Word: pec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pecūnia (“money”). 1. Money. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
Word: repudiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/, /ɹəˈpjuː.di.eɪt/ 1. To reject the truth or validity of; to deny. Labels: transitive Example: The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution. 2. To refuse to have any relation to; to disown. Labels: transitive Example: It was not enough just to shoot the Old Bolsheviks; Stalin had to have the show trials. He had to demonstrate publicly that these men of enormous energy and spirit were so utterly broken as to openly repudiate themselves and all they had fought for. Example: I disagreed completely—and still do—with President Nixon's initiative to "normalize" relations with the People's Republic of China. The American people—against the will of the majority, if the polls are correct—have been forced to go along with the Carter administration's decision to repudiate our mutual defense treaty with the free Chinese regime on Taiwan, and to give Peking the diplomatic and economic muscle to seriously impair the security and prosperity of the seventeen million people on the island. This is a strange way to reward a loyal ally whose hardworking and creative citizens have made their country a model success story for the capitalistic free-enterprise system. 3. To refuse to pay or honor (a debt). Labels: transitive Example: '[…] she dictated to Briggs a furious answer in her own native tongue, repudiating Mrs. Rawdon Crawley altogether […]' 4. To be repudiated. Labels: intransitive
Word: repudiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”). 1. Repudiated by a husband, divorced. Labels: obsolete 2. Repudiated after betrothal or engagement. Labels: obsolete 3. Set aside, rejected. Labels: obsolete
Word: repudiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”). 1. A divorced wife. Labels: obsolete
Word: camouflage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French camouflage, from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteration (due to camouflet (“smoke blown in one's face”)) of Italian camuffare (“to muffle the head”), from ca- (from Italian capo (“head”)) + muffare (“to muffle”), from Medieval Latin muffula, muffla (“muff”). This Medieval Latin, from which there is also English muffle, is either derived from a Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”), or, an alternate etymology traces it to a Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) composed of *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”) + *fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/ 1. A disguise or covering up. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of disguising. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background. 6. Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: camouflage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French camouflage, from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteration (due to camouflet (“smoke blown in one's face”)) of Italian camuffare (“to muffle the head”), from ca- (from Italian capo (“head”)) + muffare (“to muffle”), from Medieval Latin muffula, muffla (“muff”). This Medieval Latin, from which there is also English muffle, is either derived from a Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”), or, an alternate etymology traces it to a Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) composed of *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”) + *fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/ 1. To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing its appearance. Labels: transitive Example: THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. A gaudy jacket, remarkably out of keeping with the contents, camouflages the weightiest and meatiest work on a railway topic since the war. Example: Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.
Word: troops Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹuːps/ 1. plural of troop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: troops Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹuːps/ 1. Military personnel in uniform. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: There were 10,000 troops in Iraq.
Word: troops Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹuːps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of troop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Mickey Mouse Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mickey, a diminutive of the given name Michael, + mouse, referring to the species of the character. Walt Disney chose the name Mickey Mouse in 1928, changing it from Mortimer Mouse at the suggestion of his wife, Lillian, who felt the original name was too formal for the character's playful nature. The derogatory adjectival sense developed in the US after WWII, originally applied to dance music, then broadened. 1. The most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition.
Word: Mickey Mouse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mickey, a diminutive of the given name Michael, + mouse, referring to the species of the character. Walt Disney chose the name Mickey Mouse in 1928, changing it from Mortimer Mouse at the suggestion of his wife, Lillian, who felt the original name was too formal for the character's playful nature. The derogatory adjectival sense developed in the US after WWII, originally applied to dance music, then broadened. 1. Of dubious or inferior quality, poorly-run; too easy to be taken seriously, trivial. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable Example: "They are putting a Mickey Mouse operation on the ice," added Gretzky, who extended apologies to New Jersey goaltenders Ron Low and Chico Resch. Example: You mean, somebody who, for example, is a retired Army officer, has been teaching, as you do in the Army about half the time for about 30 years, you mean he couldn't go in and teach in the school' cause he didn't take some Mickey Mouse course in education at a state university? 2. Grouse, excellent. Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang
Word: Mickey Mouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mickey, a diminutive of the given name Michael, + mouse, referring to the species of the character. Walt Disney chose the name Mickey Mouse in 1928, changing it from Mortimer Mouse at the suggestion of his wife, Lillian, who felt the original name was too formal for the character's playful nature. The derogatory adjectival sense developed in the US after WWII, originally applied to dance music, then broadened. 1. Scouse. Labels: slang 2. House. Labels: slang
Word: Zinnia Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from English from the flower Example: Zinnia had already attained fifty, I guessed, and wore a professional white coat over a grey flannel skirt. In spite of her colourful name she had short grey hair hair, no lipstick, flat-heeled shoes and an air of tiredness, […]
Word: contiguous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin contiguus (“touching”) + -ous, from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/, /kənˈtɪɡ.jʉ.əs/ 1. Connected; touching; abutting. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, sometimes Example: It was in this haphazard way that Mr Carrados was fated to be drawn into the curious Shakespeare case—a gossipy letter from an American friend coupled with the Stratford-on-Avon outrage, and the contiguous circumstance that his secretary's sister happened to be in the council of the 'militants'. 2. Adjacent; neighboring. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed; Example: […] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship. 3. Connecting without a break. Labels: not-comparable Example: the forty-eight contiguous states Example: Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.
Word: contagious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio. Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪdʒəs/ 1. Easily transmitted to others. Example: Last year's flu strain was so contagious that everybody in town got sick! 2. Easily passed on to others. Labels: figuratively Example: contagious enthusiasm; infectious laughter Example: Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time. 3. Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person. Example: They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people. 4. Contiguous. Example: In Agypt's land contaygious to the Nile / Old Pharao's daughter went to bathe in style,
Word: Wallin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Wallin. 1. A surname from Swedish.
Word: millinery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milliner + -y (nominalizer). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/, /ˈmɪl.ɪ.nɚ.i/ 1. Women's hats. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone. 2. A shop selling women's hats. Labels: countable 3. The business and work that a milliner engages in. Labels: uncountable Example: They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?"
Word: faucet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin: * Possibly from Late Latin falsāre (“to falsify”) or from a diminutive of Latin faux, faucēs (“throat”). * Alternatively, from Old Norse foss, fors (“waterfall”), thus, cognate with English force, foss. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːsɪt/, /ˈfɔsɪt/, /ˈfɑsɪt/ 1. An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir. Labels: Canada, US Example: The rain ceased as if a faucet had been turned off. Example: Wallace beats his palm against the reluctant handle of the faucet until it gives way, and the water comes out too hard, too fast. 2. One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation 3. A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel. Example: The pipe or faucet or rather fast set, so called, because it is set fast in.
Word: integral calculus Part of Speech: noun 1. The calculus that generalizes summation to find areas, masses, volumes, sums, and totals of quantities described by continuously varying functions. Labels: uncountable
Word: Marshal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From marshal. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃəl/ 1. An English and Scottish status surname from Middle English for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
Word: petulant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French, from Latin petulāns, akin to petō (“to ask for”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt͡ʃʊlənt/, /ˈpɛtjʊlənt/, /ˈpɛt͡ʃələnt/, /ˈpɛtjələnt/ 1. Childishly irritable. Example: Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior. Example: But when your praying has troubled the silence long it may be that some god as he strolls in Pegāna’s glades may come on one of our lost prayers, that flutters like a butterfly tossed in storm when all its wings are broken; then if the gods be merciful they may ease our fears in Sidith, or else they may crush us, being petulant gods, and so we shall see trouble in Sidith no longer, with its pestilence and dearth and fears of war. 2. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. Labels: obsolete Example: Who hath not like cause to complain, and is not so troubled, that shall fall into the mouths of such men? for many are of so petulant a spleen
Word: fresher Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyskosder. Proto-Germanic *friskaz Proto-West Germanic *frisk Old English fersċ Middle English fressh English fresh Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English fresher From fresh + -er (comparative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃ.ə/, [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.ə], /ˈfɹɛʃ.ɚ/, [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.ɚ] ~ [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.ɹ̩] 1. comparative form of fresh: more fresh Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: fresher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a clipping of freshman + -er (Oxford -er). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃ.ə/, [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.ə], /ˈfɹɛʃ.ɚ/, [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.ɚ] ~ [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.ɹ̩] 1. A first-year student at a university. Labels: UK 2. A fresh graduate looking for his/her first job. Labels: India
Word: amalgamate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama. Pronunciation: /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/ 1. To merge, to combine, to blend, to join. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: to amalgamate two races Example: to amalgamate one race with another 2. To make an alloy of a metal and mercury. 3. To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups. Labels: transitive
Word: amalgamate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama. Pronunciation: /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/ 1. Coalesced; united; combined.
Word: amalgamate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama. Pronunciation: /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/ 1. The substance resulting from a process of amalgamation.
Word: ft Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of foot (“unit of length”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The drive system can provide a maximum of 516 lbs ft (700 Nm) at any one time. Example: I’m sorry to inform you that some of the biggest weak dweebs I know are 6ft and taller. […] We have Jeremy Allen White and Barry Keoghan as internet boyfriends of the moment, both around 5ft 7 tall.
Word: ft Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of featuring; used to introduce guest performer(s) on a musical recording. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: relevant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛləvənt/, [ˈɹʷɛləvənt] 1. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic. 2. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic. Labels: especially Example: His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition. Example: Although autistic women with AN have cited concerns with weight/shape as less relevant in the development of their ED (Kinnaird, Norton, Stewart, et al., 2019), these could still have been a contributing factor. 3. Not out of date; current. Example: The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year. Example: Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again. 4. Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context. Labels: broadly, slang
Word: FT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of free throw. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Fourier transform. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of fluctuation theorem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of full time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of final table. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: FT Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of full-time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: FT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Financial Times. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A third employee caught the error one-and-a-half hours after the payment was processed and the transaction was ultimately reversed several hours later, FT said. Example: The relationship between [Laurent] Freixe and his subordinate was an “open secret” in the company's management, current and former Nestlé executives tell the FT. 2. A stock market index code for the British stock market. Labels: broadly Example: Example stock market indices: FT 30. 3. Initialism of Final Testament. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FT Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of full-time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: I've been facing the trans issue "face on" since about 2-3 years ago, having really admitted it to myself about 4 years ago (freshperson in college), [...] So you can see I'm very confused, yet 99% sure I want to take 'mones and see how far I really need to go to be happy. do I live FT?
Word: irrelevant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- English relevant English irrelevant From ir- + relevant. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/, [ɪˈɹʷɛləvənt], /əˈɹɛləvənt/, [əˈɹʷɛləvənt] 1. Not relevant, as Example: His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion. Example: We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant details. 2. Not relevant, as: 3. Not relevant, as: 4. No longer famous or popular; washed up. Labels: derogatory, slang