nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: laze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from lazy. Pronunciation: /leɪz/ 1. To be lazy, waste time. Example: Behold by millions how thy men do fall Before Alphonsus like to sillie sheepe. And canst thou stand still lazing in this sort? Example: And, lastly, such are they; that, having got Wealth, Knowledge, and those other Gifts, which may Advance the Publike-Good, yet, use them not; But Feede, and Sleepe, and laze their time away. 2. To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge. Example: The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun. Example: A football game went on beside the line; half the teams just lazed on the grass […]
Word: laze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from lazy. Pronunciation: /leɪz/ 1. An instance of lazing. Labels: countable Example: I had a laze on the beach after lunch. 2. Laziness. Labels: uncountable Example: The laze is real.
Word: laze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of lava + haze. Pronunciation: /leɪz/ 1. Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water. Labels: uncountable Example: Moreover, dense laze plumes are known to contain as much as 10 to 15ppm of HCl (USGS, 2008).
Word: laser beam Part of Speech: noun 1. The light emitted by a laser. Example: Depending on whether the laser beam is defocused or focused, the CO₂ laser can perform two distinct therapeuteic functions. Example: i hate old people man. “i was in the war” congratulations. i’m gonna be in the next one and they have laser beams now 2. A low, hard-hit or -thrown ball. Example: Ramirez hit a laser beam home run into the right center field seats leading the 10th inning off Boston closer Ken Ryan Example: The batter hit a laser-beam to right field. A run for Cincinnati! Now the score was five to three.
Word: launcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From launch + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːntʃ.ə/, /ˈlɑnt͡ʃ.ɚ/, /ˈlɔnt͡ʃ.ɚ/ 1. One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch. Example: The catapult made a good launcher for the small projectile. Example: They shot down the helicopter with a rocket launcher. 2. An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs.
Word: laurels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laurel Labels: form-of, plural Example: Two mountain laurels were in bloom.
Word: laurels Part of Speech: noun 1. Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
Word: laurels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of laurel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mountain laurel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Kalmia latifolia of flowering evergreen shrubs, in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern United States, all parts of which are toxic. 2. Any of species Dermatophyllum secundifolium of flowering shrubs, native to Texas and Mexico.
Word: law-abiding Part of Speech: adj 1. Obeying the laws of society; not a lawbreaker; without a criminal record. Example: The law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear from government surveillance... unless the government begins to break the law. Example: Most people take the imprint "Not Transferable" for granted when buying railway tickets, and are sufficiently law-abiding not to think of transferring a return half to a relation or friend.
Word: lavage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French laver Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French lavagebor. English lavage Borrowed from French lavage. 1. A washing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A washing of a hollow organ. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lavage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French laver Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French lavagebor. English lavage Borrowed from French lavage. 1. To wash a hollow organ
Word: lawlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lagą Old Norse lag Old Norse lǫgbor. Old English lagu Middle English lawe Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les Middle English laweles English lawless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English lawlessly From lawless + -ly. 1. In a lawless manner.
Word: laser beams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laser beam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: latency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From latent + -ency. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.tən.si/ 1. Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Dormancy; the state of being inactive. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: network latency 4. The time delay between a request for data or action and the beginning of the response or execution, often measured to assess system performance. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: period of latency Example: The disease has a long period of latency. 6. A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Cthulhu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Invented in 1926 by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story The Call of Cthulhu. Possibly based on chthonic (“dwelling under the earth”). Pronunciation: /kəˈθuːlu/, /kəˈtuːlu/ 1. A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed. Example: Then, bolder than the storied Cyclops, great Cthulhu slid greasily into the water and began to pursue with vast wave-raising strokes of cosmic potency.
Word: latencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of latency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lawbreaking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From law + breaking. 1. unlawful; illegal. Example: We have a place for lawbreaking citizens like you. Example: To make this penalty hang like a Sword of Damocles over every lawbreaking alien apprehended in this country
Word: lawbreaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From law + breaking. 1. The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law. Example: His lawbreaking ended only when he was hanged for it.
Word: laxly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lax Middle English -ly English -ly English laxly From lax + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlæks.li/ 1. In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness. Example: c. 1913, Walter Ripman, The Sounds of Spoken English: A Manual of Ear Training for English Students, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., p. 56, The letters e, i, and y in unstressed syllables represent a very laxly articulated sound, for which the sign [i] is used in this book. Example: A current of passion, which seemed to come from far outside them, ran through them both, and her hand which had lain so laxly on his shoulder tightened, and he turned toward her.
Word: layaway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from lay away. The truly solidified verb (as contrasted with the merely misspelled one) is back-formed from the noun but is nonstandard. 1. A pit in which hides are stored. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The system of accepting a deposit and holding for a customer to complete a purchase. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Example: A chain of local gun shops advertised, as a “Father's Day Sale,” the semiautomatic Intratec TEC-9, with extra ammo clip, case, and flash suppressor, reduced from $347.80 to $249.95 and available on layaway. 3. An item which has been held in this way. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
Word: layaway Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Deverbal from lay away. The truly solidified verb (as contrasted with the merely misspelled one) is back-formed from the noun but is nonstandard. 1. Alternative form of lay away. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard 2. Nonstandard form of lay away. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: rei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Incorrect back-formation of Portuguese plural réis. The correct singular is real. 1. A Portuguese real Labels: nonstandard, obsolete
Word: lawgiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lawe ȝivere, lawe-ȝivere, law ȝevar; equivalent to law + giver. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːˌɡɪv.ə/, /ˈlɔˌɡɪv.ɚ/ 1. One who provides laws to a society. Example: "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!" 2. Any lawmaker.
Word: leafstalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leaf + stalk. 1. The stalk that supports a leaf and connects it to the plant.
Word: learnedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English learned Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English learnedly From learned + -ly. 1. In an educated and knowledgeable manner. Example: The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman.
Word: leaseback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lease + back. 1. A property transaction where a party sells something, then leases it from the purchaser. The seller is released from tax, depreciation, and maintenance costs, and the buyer is guaranteed an income from the property. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The operator has since sold ten locomotives […] which were subsequently sold on to GB Railfreight (which then sold them to Beacon Rail on a leaseback deal), as well as four to GBRf outright […].
Word: Allie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives + -ie. 1. A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, or Alexandra or other names beginning with Al-, from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek. 2. A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, or Alexander or other names beginning with Al-, from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek.
Word: Lexi Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈlɛksi/ 1. A diminutive of the female given names Alexa, Alexandra, Alexia, or Alexis, from Ancient Greek.
Word: Ellie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives: Clippings + -ie. 1. A unisex given name. 2. A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Elizabeth, or Elena. Example: "It's funny, because when Ellie was born, I really hoped she'd turn out like this, feisty and rebellious and loud and bright. That's why I called her Eleanor Toyah." "Is that something classical?" Fiona asked. "No, it's pop," said Will. Fiona laughed, although Will couldn't see why. "Toyah Wilcox." 3. A diminutive of the male given names Elliot or Elliott. Labels: rare Example: Ellie Allen, Ellie Salkow, Ellie Mannette
Word: secateurs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/, /ˈsɛk.əˌtɪəz/, /ˈsek.ɘˌtɵːz/, /ˈsek.əˌtiəz/ 1. Small, handheld pruning shears. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only Example: To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.
Word: Law Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Lawrence; From the given name Lawrence. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence.
Word: Law Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hlaw (“a hill or burial mound”). 1. A topographic surname from Old English, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. a conical hill Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable 3. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS8252). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Law Part of Speech: name Etymology: A semantic loan of Greek νόμος (nómos, “law”), rendering Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tōrāh, “instruction, teaching”) in the sense of divine law. 1. Synonym of Torah: the five Books of Moses, particularly the commandments in it, as well as their specification in the Mishnah and their further interpretation in later religious literature. Labels: Judaism 2. the commandments in the Books of Moses, sometimes seen as transcended by Christ 3. the commandments and moral principles that are binding for Christians, such as the Decalogue, the teachings of the New Testament, the Church Fathers, etc.
Word: Law Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo⁴). Doublet of Luo and Lo. 1. A surname from Chinese.
Word: plink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /plɪŋk/ 1. A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound. 2. The sound of water droplets falling onto a surface.
Word: plink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /plɪŋk/ 1. To make a plink sound. 2. (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano. Example: He can plink out Let Me Call You Sweetheart for reporters on a piano or rib himself on television talk shows […] Example: Your child may also begin to plink out a few notes on a xylophone or toy piano before her first birthday. 3. To take part in the sport of plinking. Example: We plinked all week long in the slow-moving days between hunting seasons. Life Savers or Necco Wafers at 25 yards offhand, or 50 yards prone, and vanilla wafers offhand at 50 yards or prone at 100, were challenging targets.
Word: luxury tax Part of Speech: noun 1. Any tax on the sale of items not considered to be essential to a reasonable standard of living, for the purpose of increasing revenue, discouraging the use of certain articles, or both. Example: He has suggested raising “sin taxes” on cigarettes, liquor and arcade games to pay for the 24-percent teacher pay raise he supports. Example: Another form of consumption tax that some foresee is a “sin tax”, which would come in the form of higher excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco.
Word: wouldn't you know it Part of Speech: phrase 1. Expresses dismay or annoyance, especially at misfortune. Labels: informal Example: Wouldn't you know it! I left my wallet at home.
Word: not have the faintest idea Part of Speech: verb 1. To not know; to have no idea. Labels: informal Example: Talking to him for a few minutes, it was clear he hadn't the faintest idea on what to do.
Word: faintest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪntəst/ 1. superlative form of faint: most faint Labels: form-of, superlative Example: He claimed he hadn't the faintest idea what happened.
Word: opt-in Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From opt + in. Pronunciation: /ˈɒptˌɪn/, /ˈɑptˌɪn/, /ˈɑpˌtɪn/, /ˈɔptˌɪn/, [ˈɔ̟ptˌən] 1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something; a decision having the default option being exclusion or avoidance; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising. Labels: not-comparable Example: They set up an opt-in mailing list, so that those who wanted the notices could subscribe.
Word: get the ball rolling Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin; to start some action; to set in motion. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Did you ever get the ball rolling on your plans to build a shed? Example: The execution of Littlefinger is formal, although his trial admittedly gives us ample opportunity to appreciate the tables finally turning on the man who got the ball rolling on all this bloodshed.
Word: plot bunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the metaphorical image of the writer's brain producing ideas with the abundance and speed with which rabbits are fabled to breed. 1. An idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use. Labels: slang Example: "Alternatively," she [T.M. Taylor] says, "the plot bunnies may be going somewhere you don't want to go, like when the plot calls for the death of a favorite character"
Word: drag out Part of Speech: verb 1. To extend or lengthen excessively; to draw out. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I don't want to drag out this talk, so I'll stop now and answer any questions. Example: It upsets me that there is no regard that the children have taken another day off school and all they wanted was for it to be over. Conveniently for the defence, it’s dragging out and our nerves are getting frayed. 2. To haul or bring out forcefully or from an awkward location. Labels: transitive Example: She dragged out her old Spanish textbooks in an attempt to prepare for her trip. Example: 'I'm sure I should have never mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn't dragged it out of me.'
Word: give something a whirl Part of Speech: verb 1. To try, test or attempt. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: If you've never tried a recumbent bicycle before, you're welcome to give it a whirl. Example: I don't know how to begin, but I'll give it a whirl, anyway.
Word: give something a go Part of Speech: verb 1. To try or attempt. Labels: idiomatic Example: Why not give it a go? You may find it easier than you thought.
Word: old college try Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the ambitiousness of college athletes. Earliest known use from 1914. Said to have been coined by John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants from 1902–1932 (see citation from 1917). 1. A vigorous, committed attempt or effort, often in the context of a nearly hopeless situation where failure is expected. Labels: informal Example: Those who have seen Ruth make the "old college try" understand that some professionals play with a spiritual fervor which is supposed to be the amateur's prerogative. Example: Reeve gives his role the old college try—fervent amateurism.
Word: placement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English place Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English placement From place + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯smənt/, [ˈpʰleɪ̯smn̩t], /ˈpleːsmənt/, [ˈpʰleːsmn̩t], /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯smənt/ 1. The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A location or position. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better. 3. The act of matching a person with a job. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission. 4. A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: During my first placement on Enabling Works on the Curzon Street Station site, I was able to visit the site on many occasions, which allowed me to gain a greater appreciation of the work that goes into a project of this scale. 5. The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: give it one's best shot Part of Speech: verb 1. To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: give it the old college try; give one's all, go all out, pull out all the stops, do one's utmost, leave it all on the field, empty the tank Example: I didn't win the contest, but I sure gave it my best shot.
Word: secateur Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of secateurs. Example: A secateur—hand pruners—had sharp, curved blades. It was free of debris, stains, or scratches.
Word: courant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative form of courante. 1. A piece of music in triple time. 2. A lively dance. 3. A lively dance. Example: a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversation It is harder, in that, to dance a courant well than a jig.
Word: courant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊɹənt/ 1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
Word: courant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊɹənt/ 1. Represented as running. Labels: not-comparable Example: a classical lion courant
Word: bikeshed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bike + shed. Technical meaning coined by Poul-Henning Kamp in 1999. 1. An enclosed structure where bicycles may be stored. Labels: literally 2. A topic that is attracting debate out of proportion to its actual importance. Labels: figuratively
Word: bikeshed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bike + shed. Technical meaning coined by Poul-Henning Kamp in 1999. 1. To discuss a minor detail rather than focusing on more important issues. Example: I'd like to bikeshed a little on the name.
Word: bikeshed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bike + watershed. 1. The land area within a defined biking range of a specified location. Example: Utilizing the bikeshed values for each surrounding link, the bikeshed service area is visualized around these bike shops (the origins) to see the distance to which cyclists can travel away from the bike shop comfortably, in reality. The bikeshed service area depicts the true network of all accessible streets that lie within the impedance value of a cyclist traveling a perceived 10 minute short-commute. Example: The 2-mile radius around light rail stations is considered the bikeshed, or the distance within which most people are able and willing to ride a bicycle.
Word: lacked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lækt/ 1. simple past and past participle of lack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: seau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin situla Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin sitella Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Vulgar Latin *sitellus Old French seel French seaubor. English seau Borrowed from French seau. Pronunciation: /səʊ/, /soʊ/ 1. a pottery pail Example: There is a seau painted in polychrome with festoons and masks, in the Sevres Museum, inscribed Cartus. Burdig.
Word: sauter Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of psalter. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sauter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French sauter. 1. Dated form of sauté. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: sauter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Due to American pronunciation. 1. Misspelling of solder. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, uncountable
Word: sauter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Due to American pronunciation. 1. Misspelling of solder. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: viol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.əl/ 1. A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. Example: He sayd that yᵉ ground opened, and he was brought into strange places underground, where they used musicall Instruments, violls, and Lutes, such (he sayd) as Mr. Thomas did play on. 2. A large rope used to manipulate the anchor
Word: viol Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.əl/ 1. To play the viol. Example: “Keep your gold for those who lack it, mistress,” said Henry, “and do not offer to honest hands the money that is won by violing, and tabouring, and toetripping, and perhaps worse pastimes. Example: Through snowy woods and shady / We went to play a tune / To the lonely manor-lady / By the light of the Christmas moon. / We violed till, upward glancing / To where a mirror leaned, / It showed her airily dancing […]
Word: Antigua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s Latin antīquus Old Spanish antigo Spanish antiguo Spanish antiguabor. English Antigua From Spanish antigua, in honor of a religious icon of St Mary (La Virgen de la Antigua) in Seville. Coined by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Pronunciation: /ænˈtiːɡ(w)ə/ 1. The largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean.
Word: unmentionables Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Victorian Era euphemism, specifically the category of euphemism known as indirection (compare privates, behind, sleep together). First intended meaning was "trousers", attested from 1823. Meaning "underwear" is recorded from 1910. 1. plural of unmentionable Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only 2. undergarments, underwear, drawers Labels: plural, plural-only 3. genitals Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The show understands that implied nudity is worlds funnier than actual nudity, and goes to delightful lengths to keep Marge and Homer’s unmentionables out of view. 4. breeches, trousers Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: His little man-o'-war top and unmentionables were full of sand but Cissy was a past mistress in the art of smoothing over life's tiny troubles and and^([sic]) very quickly not one speck of sand was to be seen on his smart little suit.
Word: rar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of RAR. Labels: alt-of
Word: parang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay parang. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹɑːŋ/ 1. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon. Example: After they had left, our men observed from their concealment that three had stayed behind with a small boat; and being driven to desperation by the sight of the plundering, one brave fellow swam off armed only with his parang, or chopping-knife, and coming on them unawares made a desperate attack, killing one and wounding the other two, receiving himself numbers of slight wounds, and then swimming off again when almost exhausted. Example: “The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”
Word: parang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Malay parang. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹɑːŋ/ 1. To cut with a parang
Word: parang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”). 1. A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”). 1. To play parang music
Word: eftsoons Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From eft (“again, after”) + soon + -s (“adverb suffix”) – both senses (“soon after”, “again”) derive from senses of eft, which is related to after. Compare modern English soon after. 1. Once again; another time. Labels: literary, not-comparable, obsolete, sometimes Example: And every day, when the convent of this abbey hath eaten, the almoner let bear the relief to the garden, and he smiteth on the garden gate with a clicket of silver that he holdeth in his hand; and anon all the beasts of the hill and of diverse places of the garden come out a 3000, or a 4000; and they come in guise of poor men, and men give them the relief in fair vessels of silver, clean over-gilt. And when they have eaten, the monk smiteth eftsoons on the garden gate with the clicket, and then anon all the beasts return again to their places that they come from.. 2. Soon after, presently. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: But wil you giue me leaue now eftsones a while to play the Sophister his part with you? Example: Now ſtands the Brere like a Lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleaſaunce: / But all this glee had no continuaunce. / For eftſoones Winter gan to approche, / The bluſtring Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the ſolitarie Brere: / For nowe no ſuccour was ſeene him neere.
Word: emplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. viscous, glutinous, adhesive
Word: emplastic Part of Speech: noun 1. A drug causing constipation.
Word: lustfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English lustfully, lustfulliche, from Old English lustfullīċe (“gladly, heartily”), equivalent to lustful + -ly. 1. In a lustful manner.
Word: esemplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Greek ἐς ‘into’ + ἕν + πλαστικός (from πλάσσειν ‘to mould’). Coined by Coleridge, probably after German ineinsbildung ‘forming into one’. Pronunciation: /ɛsɛmˈplæstɪk/ 1. Unifying; having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1893: all the verses when taken together … are deficient in harmony, and consequently there is little or no fusion. The esemplastic power of the writer's feeling was not strong enough, did not extend beyond the individual verse. — Hiram Corson, A Primer of English Verse (pp. 21–22) Example: 2003: he … developed a doctrine of the organic (‘esemplastic’) imagination, over and against the passive and mechanical faculty of ‘fancy’ — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 405)
Word: sporty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sporty From sport + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈspɔɹti/, /ˈspɔːti/, /ˈspo(ː)ɹti/, /ˈspoəti/ 1. Fond of sports. Example: He's perfect for me, as he's both studious and sporty. Example: Sporty people all over the world spend their lives training to compete in competitions such as the Olympic Games. 2. Suitable for use in sport. Example: a sporty tennis outfit 3. stylish with a fun, bold, vibrant quality or appearance. Example: My new car looks sporty but is actually very practical. Example: His hat sat at a rakish angle giving him a sporty appearance.
Word: redefine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + define. 1. To define again or differently. Labels: transitive Example: But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat. Example: Scientists and policy makers from around 60 nations voted unanimously Friday to redefine the kilogram. […] Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement. 2. To define again or differently. Labels: transitive 3. To define again or differently. Labels: transitive Example: Next the "key redefiner" software came along. These were special programs that could "redefine" the keys on your keyboard , while still permitting you the normal use of the keys.
Word: pogo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pogo stick. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/ 1. To use a pogo stick. Labels: intransitive 2. To dance the pogo. Labels: intransitive 3. To lift the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jump up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position. 4. To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick. Labels: intransitive Example: Just short of their objectives, the missiles pogoed, climbing steeply, then diving into their targets. 5. To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo. 6. to jump off an enemy or another, usually hostile, object by striking it downward
Word: pogo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pogo stick. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/ 1. A dance associated with the 1970s punk rock movement in which participants jump up and down on the spot in the manner of someone riding a pogo stick. 2. The act of lifting the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jumping up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position. 3. Ellipsis of pogo oscillation, a dangerous condition where fluctuations in the thrust and acceleration produced by a rocket engine generate variations in the flow of fuel to the engine, amplifying the fluctuations of thrust and acceleration in a positive feedback cycle that can eventually tear the vehicle apart. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. A skateboarding trick in which the board is held vertically and used like a pogo stick.
Word: pogo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericization of the trademark Pogo, which is a hot-dog frankfurter on a stick and covered in batter. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/ 1. A corndog on a stick. Labels: Canada, US
Word: pogo stick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An acronym of the surnames of German inventors Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall, trademarked. 1. A toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other. Example: […]when the German engineers test British-bound trains, they use imported lengths of our buggered, privatized tracks because the decently maintained European rails won’t provide accurate testing conditions. Who really won the ruddy war? I should have fled the Hogginses up the Great North Road on a ruddy pogo stick. 2. Synonym of tailstand. Labels: informal Example: An internal cargo handling winch and “pogo stick” are provided for handling cargo inside the main cargo area.
Word: space hopper Part of Speech: noun 1. A toy consisting of a large inflated rubber ball for bouncing on, with one or more handles on top.
Word: AWG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of American wire gauge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: This will allow for up to two additional 2/0 AWG Type TW conductors to be installed at a later date. Example: Cable size 10 AWG has an ampacity of 40 amps (90°C insulation) or 35 amps (evaluated with 75°C insulation). 2. Initialism of arbitrary waveform generator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of arrayed waveguide grating. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: An important parameter in the AWG is the free spectral range (FSR) which defines the wavelength periodicity of fixed width [12].
Word: AWG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Anthropocene Working Group. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The AWG is working backwards, Finney says: normally, geologists identify strata that should enter the geological timescale before considering a golden spike; in this case, they’re seeking out the lower boundary of an undefined set of geological layers.
Word: picketing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of picket Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: picketing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who pickets (in any sense). Example: picketings and demonstrations 2. A picket fence. Labels: US Example: The city is surrounded by picketings, and guarded by forts on the outside, and has since been very strongly fortified. Example: The enemy, posted among the houses of the French inhabitants and the picketings of their gardens, were advanced upon gallantly by Majors Graves and Madison, and dislodged in the face of a heavy fire.
Word: shears Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/, /ʃɪɹz/ 1. plural of shear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shears Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/, /ʃɪɹz/ 1. A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc. Example: Near-synonym: scissors Example: Cut with a shears using long, even strokes. 2. The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured. Example: the shears of a lathe or planer 3. An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers. 4. Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings. Example: two sharp winged Shears, Decked with divers Plumes, like painted Jays, Were fixed at his Back, to cut his airy ways.
Word: shears Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/, /ʃɪɹz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lidar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By anacronymic evolution from LIDAR. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪdɑɹ/, /ˈlaɪdɑː/ 1. The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Tesla bet on the idea that in the design of self-driving cars, lidar doesn't add enough capability, beyond what the cameras already provide, to be worth the additional cost. Example: Although operational environments profoundly differ, both kinds of autonomous vehicles, groundcraft and aircraft, will still rely on conceptually the same sorts of sensors — cameras, radar and lidar — to perceive surroundings in real time. 2. A device that provides such imaging. Labels: countable Example: There's a lidar mounted on the roof of that Waymo.
Word: LIDAR Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of light detection and ranging. Synchronically also analyzable as blend of light + radar. The lowercase form (lidar) is by anacronymic evolution. 1. Acronym of light detection and ranging. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: life zone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any large portion of the Earth's land area which has a generally uniform climate and soil and therefore a high degree of uniformity in the composition of species; a number of different classifications have been proposed by different people.
Word: bridging ligand Part of Speech: noun 1. A ligand which is bound to more than one metal centre. Labels: physical
Word: backbonding ligand Part of Speech: noun 1. A ligand that has two or more bonds to the same metal centre.
Word: light curve Part of Speech: noun 1. a graph of the intensity of radiation from an astronomical object as it changes with time
Word: light panel Part of Speech: noun 1. a surface that uses electroluminescence to produce light
Word: electroluminescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-s- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥ Proto-Italic *louksmən Latin lumen Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English luminescence English electroluminescence From electro- + luminescence. 1. The generation of light by the application of an alternating current to a semiconductor or phosphor, or by an electric discharge through a gas. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: light-emitting diode Part of Speech: noun 1. A rectifying semiconductor device which converts electrical energy into electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength in or near the visible spectrum of light.
Word: laywoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lay Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English laywoman From lay + -woman. 1. A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun). 2. A woman who is not a professional in a given field. Labels: broadly Example: Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.
Word: light-scattering photometry Part of Speech: noun 1. any optical method used to measure the extent of the scattering of light by suspended particles or by macromolecules Labels: uncountable
Word: lay person Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of layperson. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reserved powers Part of Speech: noun 1. Powers reserved for the states under the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution. Labels: US, plural, plural-only
Word: limonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek λειμών (leimṓn) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English limonite From Ancient Greek λειμών (leimṓn) + English -ite. 1. Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hematite with clays and manganese oxide. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hydrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑδροῦς (hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Equivalent to hydro- + -ous. Doublet of Otranto and Hydruntum. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɹəs/ 1. Containing combined water; hydrated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: laypeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of layperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honorarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin honōrārium (dōnum), from honōrārius. See honorary. Pronunciation: /ˌɒ.nəˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/, /ˌɑ.nəˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/ 1. Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value. Example: Dizi offer honorariums to their master, Hong, in appreciation for the mental, spiritual, and physical growth that they experience after becoming members of Tai Ji Men. There is no tuition or other fees for joining Tai Ji Men or practicing Qigong at one of the many Tai Ji Men locations established in Taiwan.
Word: linear programming Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of mathematics concerned with the minimization or maximization of a linear function of several variables and inequalities; used in many branches of industry to minimize costs or maximize production. Labels: uncountable
Word: inequalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inequality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ledger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English liggere, ligger, leger (“large breviary; beam, plank; dweller, inhabitant”), from liggen, leggen, variants of līen (“to lie down; to bow, kneel, prostrate; to die; to be located (somewhere); to remain in place, stay”), from Old English liċġan (“to lie down; to be situated”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”). The word is cognate with Saterland Frisian Lägger (“floor board, joist, plank”), West Frisian lêger (“beam, plank”), Dutch legger (“daybook; layer”) (from leggen (“to lay”), liggen (“to lie down”)), and is related to English ledge, lie (“to be prostrate”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒə/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɚ/ 1. To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger. Labels: transitive Example: Our tears are bottled, to signify that our griefs are carefully measured; and they are booked, to teach us that they are numbered.—Psal[ms] lvi. 8. Our tears being bottled, and ledgered, will signify that our afflictions are not the effects of change, but the registered dispensations of heaven. Ay, and your enjoyments are by lot. Example: I never saw a man who knew so thoroughly well all that he [Philip Syng Physick] knew. It seemed as if his science and art were ledgered in his brain, so that he could turn on the instant to page and line. 2. To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing. Labels: transitive Example: The added advantage of legering a small bait rather than freelining one is that you can tighten up harder to the bait and so spot runs earlier. Example: The flounder spends its life between the tideline and the 25 to 30 fathoms mark, but they are often caught several miles upstream in freshwater rivers by anglers legering worms or gentles. 3. To engage in bottom fishing. Labels: intransitive Example: In the fashion pursued by the fishermen who require to cast a long line on the Thames, for ledgering or spinning more particularly, the line is drawn off the reel and laid loosely in coils at the fisherman's feet, […] Example: The best baits for ledgering are, firstly, worms; secondly, greaves; and, thirdly, a bunch of gentles, though some people occasionally catch barbel with raw beef or ham; […]
Word: lefty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English left Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English lefty From left + -y (nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛfti/ 1. One who is left-handed. Labels: Canada, US, informal 2. One who has left-wing political views. Labels: UK, informal Example: The new brocialism cares deeply about women’s issues of course – just not enough to elect an actual woman. They don’t need to, because good lefties speak for all us. They don’t even notice gender. 3. One's left testicle. Labels: slang Example: I'll bet my lefty he won't show up for work today. 4. One's left hand. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncommon Example: This pole gets whipped, I miss dishing it, putting red on the can like Pepsi Govs said I defy, I never been right but my yank does love my lefty Example: Spin that whip, let me see that dog, Imma blam that goal like Messi, shit gets messy – and I still get him down with my lefty
Word: lefty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English left Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English lefty From left + -y (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛfti/ 1. Left-handed. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable 2. Intended for left-handed use. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable Example: The lefty scissors are the ones with the red plastic handles. 3. Left-wing. Labels: UK, especially, informal Example: Lefty media Example: Lefty Twitter
Word: lefties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɛftiz/ 1. plural of lefty Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of leftie Labels: form-of, plural