nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unmade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English made English unmade From un- + made. 1. That is not yet made. Example: On the most unmade bed imaginable sat two older Jewish men, both with black coats folded across their knees, bent close to each other […]. 2. Having had its making undone. 3. Without a hard, smooth, permanent surface. Labels: UK Example: [E]ven when it turned off the unmade road and went steeply upwards along an even more unmade track, I was still exhilarated […]. Example: It was an unexpected benefit to early rail investors that passengers had an appetite for travel, which up to then had been a tortuous experience on largely unmade roads and involving stays at coaching inns that provided variable amenities.
Word: unmade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English made English unmade From un- + made. 1. simple past and past participle of unmake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch schampen (“slip away”), from Old French escamper (“to run away, to make one's escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excampāre. Compare escape. Pronunciation: /ˈskæmp/, /ˈskeə̯mp/, /ˈskɛə̯mp/ 1. A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well. Example: "He is a scamp, he is and it isn't difficult to find his tracks and signs of his reckless shooting, for he can never wait, like other folks, till the birds have had a good start at their play." 2. A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. Example: My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders. Example: While walking home from the bar, he was set upon by a bunch of scamps who stole his hat.
Word: scamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps related to sense 1, but influenced by the later attested skimp; however, compare Icelandic skamta (“to dole out, to stint”), which is related to skammur (“short”). Pronunciation: /ˈskæmp/, /ˈskeə̯mp/, /ˈskɛə̯mp/ 1. To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion. Labels: dated Example: 1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry His work was always first-rate. There was no scamping about it. Everything that he did was thoroughly good and honest. Example: “They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just for that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”
Word: scamp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskæmp/, /ˈskeə̯mp/, /ˈskɛə̯mp/ 1. A preliminary design sketch. Example: It did not matter that the scamp (simple illustrative line-drawing) it contained could have been done in the pub the night before. Example: From the scamps, the creative idea can be developed more fully into a proposal for an actual ad. This needs to be clear enough to present to the client.
Word: unpretending Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English pretending English unpretending From un- + pretending. 1. unassuming, unpretentious, real, genuine Example: Perhaps our wedding might even be as unpretending as her own, and I might not find it necessary to say anything about it until it was over. 2. unobtrusive, unremarkable, sedate, inconspicuous Example: BRITISH CONSTRUCTION OF TELEGRAPHIC APPARATUS. R. S. Culley states that small insulators, formed of good porcelain, are the best, although, on several accounts, ebonite is recommended. Dirt and moisture are the principal things to be guarded against, but not all; for many mischievous boys, who would not take the trouble to break an unpretending black cap, can not resist the temptation of throwing at a large white one. Insects, especially spiders, are a source of peculiar annoyance. In the high roads of Ireland they are very troublesome, and in India, however large an insulator may be, an insect of the proper size is always ready to inhabit it. With respect to the construction of a line of telegraph the author states that it is preferable to use suspended rather than buried wires, because of the liability of gutta-percha and india-rubber to deteriorate underground, the expense of repairing faults, and the retardation of signals in consequence of the greater inductive capacity of wires so laid. On the other hand, gutta-percha is indestructible in sea-water, which is not, however, the case with india-rubber.
Word: unpropitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English propitious English unpropitious From un- + propitious. 1. Not propitious; unfavourable, untimely. Example: 'Tvvas vvhen the Dog-ſtar's unpropitious ray / Smote ev'ry brain, and vvither'd ev'ry Bay; / Sick vvas the Sun, the Ovvl forſook his bovv'r, / The moon-ſtruck Prophet felt the madding hour: […] Example: [I]t was there that he had hoped to have found peace and rest from the past turmoils of life, in that enchanting spot, in which he might have desired to have ended his days, had not Fate, ever unpropitious to him, chased him from it.
Word: unscramble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English scramble English unscramble From un- + scramble. 1. To reverse the process of scrambling, decrypt. Labels: transitive 2. To restore to order; to rectify. Labels: transitive Example: 'They're just making it look as if all their big shots were gaga. God knows how they're going to unscramble the whole business.'
Word: Clymene Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλυμένη (Kluménē). Pronunciation: /ˈklɪmɪni/, /ˈklaɪmɪni/ 1. A nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas. Labels: Greek
Word: unweighed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + weighed. 1. not weighed Labels: not-comparable 2. not deliberately considered or pondered; hasty Labels: not-comparable
Word: unweighed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + weighed. 1. simple past and past participle of unweigh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unwonted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wonted. Redundant in form, as wont is by itself historically the participle adjective. Largely displaced earlier unwont. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwɑntɪd/, /ʌnˈwɒntɪd/ 1. Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent; strange. Example: Be of comfort; / My father's of a better nature, sir, / Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted, / Which now came from him. Example: After the first flutter of conscious delight which his entrance had caused, she was able to talk to him cheerfully, and her spirits rose with the unwonted enjoyment. 2. Unused (to); unaccustomed (to) something. Labels: archaic
Word: Klymenê Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Clymene. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unworkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English workable English unworkable From un- + workable. 1. Not workable. Example: Near-synonyms: infeasible, untenable, unusable Example: These plans seem unworkable; moreover, a budget for their implementation remains a fantasy. 2. Not workable. Example: Near-synonyms: unprocessable, unusable Example: unworkable soils; unworkable clays; unworkable metals
Word: unworkable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English workable English unworkable From un- + workable. 1. Something that is not workable, or cannot be made to work. Example: The building of the consensus group, however, forced these interests to distinguish annoying features of the law from unworkable ones, and the list of the unworkables steadily dwindled. Example: We all have some secret little hope that the unworkables will be resurrected. You haven't seen any of the occupants of the pyramids pull this off yet, nor will you see any use for old, outdated, dead office stuff.
Word: unyoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unyoken, from Old English unġeocian (“to unyoke”), equivalent to un- + yoke. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈjəʊk/, /ʌnˈjoʊk/ 1. To release something from a yoke or harness. Labels: transitive 2. To disconnect, unlink. Labels: transitive 3. To liberate, deliver from oppression. Labels: transitive 4. To unyoke an animal. Labels: intransitive 5. To cease from labour. Labels: intransitive
Word: cretinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cretin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English cretinism From cretin + -ism. 1. A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.
Word: instances Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstənsɪz/ 1. plural of instance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: instances Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstənsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of instance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: producing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈdusɪŋ/, /pɹəˈdjuːsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of produce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
Word: towns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /taʊnz/, /tuːnz/ 1. plural of town Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cleaning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkliːnɪŋ/ 1. The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So good dental hygiene, with regular periodontal cleanings, can help protect your heart as well as your teeth. Example: Like me, it's old, slow, loud, unsophisticated, underpowered, and in bad need of a good cleaning . 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The risk which the cow runs, after slinking, is in not getting quit of the cleaning, or afterbirth, or placenta[…]
Word: cleaning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkliːnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of clean Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Patterson's curse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said to be named after the Patterson family who had it as an ornamental garden plant which spread and took over adjacent previously productive paddocks (though this was not the first large outbreak). 1. The plant Echium plantagineum, considered a noxious weed in Australia. Labels: Australia, uncountable Example: 1905 J. H. Maiden, Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, xvi.268, Quoted in 1985, G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, Sydney University Press, →ISBN, That ‘Paterson’s Curse’ produces some feed is undoubted, but it is a smothering, rough, coarse plant ... the vernacular name ‘Curse’ shows what many people think of it. Example: In spring the fields near the river are covered with beautiful mauve flowers, another pest, known as Patterson’s curse.
Word: images Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.ɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of image Labels: form-of, plural
Word: images Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.ɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of image Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: holds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /həʊldz/, /hoʊldz/ 1. plural of hold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /həʊldz/, /hoʊldz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hold Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: features Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfiːtʃəz/, /ˈfit͡ʃɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of feature Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: features Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfiːtʃəz/, /ˈfit͡ʃɚz/ 1. plural of feature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɔːlz/, /kɔlz/, /kɑlz/ 1. plural of call Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calls Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɔːlz/, /kɔlz/, /kɑlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of call Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: characteristics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪks/, /ˌkɛɹəktəˈɹɪstɪks/ 1. plural of characteristic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salvation Jane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salvation + Jane (“female given name”); a reference to its use as animal fodder in times of drought. 1. The plant Echium plantagineum. Labels: Australia, South, uncountable Example: The plaintiff, an agency of the Commonwealth, in 1980 proposed to import into Australia and release certain insects for the purpose of eradicating or controlling a plant known as Salvation Jane. The plaintiff regarded Salvation Jane as a noxious weed. However, apiarists and certain others engaged in the production of honey regarded Salvation Jane as useful in agricultural production. Example: 2009, Basia Bonkowski, Shimmer, Large print edition, page 176, Salvation Jane coats the hills like a lavender shroud. Its distant beauty is at once mysterious and deceptive—the purple tubular flowers sublime and delicate, the stems holding them prickly and unrelenting.
Word: cane toad Part of Speech: noun 1. A large toad, Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus), of Central and South America, introduced to Australia and various Pacific islands where it is now an invasive pest species. Example: Pieces of the deadly cane toad (Bufo marinus) are thought to be contained in some zombi poisons. 2. A person from Queensland; a Queenslander. Labels: Australia, derogatory, especially, humorous, slang
Word: blind pool Part of Speech: noun 1. Collective investment (such as a company or syndicate) where the investors have little or no idea what is being done. Example: A Manhattan-based lawyer who is an expert in "blind pool" stock issues--those with a prospectus that says we don't know what we'll do with your money--notes that one of the better tactics is pinpointing specific groups for the sales pitch.
Word: thruster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thrust + -er. The surfboard sense was coined (but never trademarked) by Simon Anderson, who created the design in 1980. The name was almost immediately applied generically to any surfboard with that fin design. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹʌ.stɚ/ 1. One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs. Example: Nevertheless osteopaths are coming to regard themselves not so much as thrusters, or even as repositioners, of bones, but as releasers of the patient's own recuperative forces. 2. A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel). 3. A bow thruster or a stern thruster. 4. A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails. 5. An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter. Example: The executive is a thruster with ideas to expand or improve the business and his superiors fail to react—for whatever reason—and do not give acceptable explanations. Example: His hi-spec gear suggests that he's a corporate high-flyer and he's definitely a bit of a thruster, very much in control, taking care of business.
Word: daguerrotype Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of daguerreotype. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Mainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Maine + -er. 1. A native or resident of the state of Maine in the United States of America. Example: “People have no idea how good this stuff is, but they are about to find out,” said Mr. Patry, 62, who is possibly the most optimistic and talkative native Mainer in history.
Word: Mainer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) and *harjaz (“army”). 1. A surname transferred from the given name.
Word: possessor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From possess + -or. Pronunciation: [pʰəˈzɛsə(ɹ)] 1. Agent noun of possess; one who possesses Labels: agent, form-of Example: When students fear that their peers will report them, they are less likely to display their guns; when students are reluctant to display them, guns become less valuable for conveying information about attitudes and intentions. In addition, the perception that onlookers are willing to sell out possessors counteracts the inference that possessors enjoy high status among their peers.
Word: deceptive cadence Part of Speech: noun 1. a falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but it resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead. Labels: US
Word: gleek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like. Pronunciation: /ɡliːk/ 1. A once-popular game of cards played by three people. Labels: uncountable Example: Lady Loadstone: Laugh, and keep company, at gleek or crimp. / Mistress Polish: Your ladyship says right, crimp sure will cure her. 2. Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind. Labels: countable
Word: gleek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to Etymology 1. Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr (“sport, play, game”), from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz (“jump, play”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Cognate with Old English ġelācan (“to play a trick on, delude”), Scots glaik (“a glance of the eye, deception, trick”, n.), Scots glaik (“to trick, trifle with”, v.). More at lake. Pronunciation: /ɡliːk/ 1. A jest or scoff; trick or deception. Example: Where's the Baſtards braues, and Charles his glikes: What all amort? 2. An enticing glance or look. Example: A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye: 3. A stream of saliva from a person's mouth. Labels: informal
Word: gleek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to Etymology 1. Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr (“sport, play, game”), from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz (“jump, play”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Cognate with Old English ġelācan (“to play a trick on, delude”), Scots glaik (“a glance of the eye, deception, trick”, n.), Scots glaik (“to trick, trifle with”, v.). More at lake. Pronunciation: /ɡliːk/ 1. To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I have seen you gleeking and / galling at this gentleman twice or thrice. 2. To jest. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: […] that ſome honeſt neighbours will not make them friends. Nay, I can gleeke vpon occaſion. 3. To pass time frivolously. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 4. To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands. Labels: informal Example: i just push the tip of my tongue against the roof of my mouth and saliva squirts out in a groovy little arc. i think you'd really have to see it to know what i am talking about. but you can gleek best right after chewing big red gum. Example: My buddy can gleek (thats what he called it too) but he used highly pressured spit forced out between two teeth with his tounge to do it.
Word: gleek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of glee + geek. Pronunciation: /ɡliːk/ 1. A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing. Labels: slang
Word: Gallia Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: games Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡeɪmz/ 1. plural of game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: games Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡeɪmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of game Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jerking off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jerk off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jerking off Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of masturbation. Labels: uncountable, vulgar
Word: Flidais Part of Speech: name 1. A woodland goddess whose chariot is drawn by deer. Labels: Irish
Word: Mesgegra Part of Speech: name 1. The king of Leinster during the events of the Ulster Cycle. He was killed by Conall the Victorious. Labels: Irish
Word: Mórrígan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Morrigan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Macha Part of Speech: name 1. The wife of Nemed. She died only twelve days after arriving in Ireland. Labels: Irish 2. Macha of the Tuatha Dé Danann who is the daughter of Ernmas and sister of Mórrígan.
Word: Donn Cuailnge Part of Speech: name 1. The Brown Bull of Cooley: an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge was fought. Labels: Irish
Word: apple seed Part of Speech: noun 1. The seed of the fruit of the Malus domestica (apple) tree or other tree of the genus Malus.
Word: hoardings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoarding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deport Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɔɹt/, /dɪˈpɔːt/, /dɪˈpoɹt/, /dɪˈpoət/ 1. To comport (oneself); to behave. Labels: archaic, reflexive Example: Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince. 2. To evict, especially from a country. Labels: transitive Example: Ask her to deport all illegals living in this town without a green card or the appropriate documents that prove their naturalized citizenship. Example: Boturini was accused of entering the country without permission, jailed, and deported to Spain eight years after his arrival in Mexico.
Word: chastity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃastɪti/, /ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/, [ˈt͡ʃæstɪɾi], /ˈt͡ʃeɪstɪti/ 1. The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The monk took a vow of chastity. Example: vow of chastity
Word: chastity belt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chastity + belt. 1. A belt-like garment, designed to be worn over the genitals and locked to prevent sexual intercourse, typically for long periods of time, to maintain chastity, prevent masturbation, or to enforce BDSM submission. Example: Coordinate term: chastity cage Example: He can inspect the Historical Cabinet, which includes a segment of Napoleon’s intestine—now believed to be perfectly genuine—a chastity belt, the mummy of the first Mrs. Van Butchell, and pieces of the skin of England's foes once nailed to the doors of parish churches.
Word: alef Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.lɛf/ 1. Alternative form of aleph. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-cognize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of recognize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: perinaeum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of perineum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: region code Part of Speech: noun 1. A code used on DVDs to identify which region's DVD player it will play in. 2. A code used in DVD players to allow only DVDs being sold in that region to be played. 3. A two-character code used to identify a region in computer systems.
Word: magnificence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English magnificence, from Old French magnificence, from Latin magnificentia. Pronunciation: /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns/ 1. grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor Labels: countable, uncountable Example: all fleſh quakes at your magnificence. Example: It is to be hoped that the final scheme will satisfy all interests—preserving some of old Euston's magnificence but without prejudice to the progress of modernisation. 2. The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nightclub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Germanic *nahts Proto-West Germanic *naht Proto-West Germanic *nahti Old English niht Middle English nyght English night Proto-Germanic *klumpô Old Norse klubbabor. Middle English clubbe English club English nightclub From night + club. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɪtklʌb/ 1. A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing. Example: They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor. Example: EARLY this summer, Joshua J. Pelton decided that he was meant to live in Orlando, Fla. So he quit his sales job in Detroit, packed his car with all the belongings that fit, put the rest in storage, and drove southeast daydreaming about sundrenched winters and packed nightclubs. 2. A strip club. Labels: Philippines
Word: nightclub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Germanic *nahts Proto-West Germanic *naht Proto-West Germanic *nahti Old English niht Middle English nyght English night Proto-Germanic *klumpô Old Norse klubbabor. Middle English clubbe English club English nightclub From night + club. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɪtklʌb/ 1. To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: Our first night in the big city we went out nightclubbing. The next morning we stayed in hung over.
Word: arousal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English rouse English arouse English -al English arousal From arouse + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈɹaʊzəl/ 1. The act of arousing or the state of being aroused. Example: bodily arousal Example: emotional arousal 2. Sexual arousal. Example: Some people get arousal from the depiction of feet. 3. A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond. Example: 2003, Jinhee Choi, "Fits and Startles: Cognitivism Revisited," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 61, no. 2 (Spring), p. 152, Subjects report the physiological arousals induced by adrenaline and placebo differently. 4. Arousal from sleep or hibernation. Example: the mechanism for arousal from sleep Example: The animal undergoes regular spells of arousal.
Word: slipcover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slip + cover. 1. A fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth. Example: He is immobilized by depression, unable to finish painting the walls of his apartment, untie the bundles of books on his floor or take the slipcover and movers' ropes off his couch, even though he has been living there for three months.
Word: upholstered Part of Speech: adj 1. Covered in or characterized by upholstery. Labels: not-comparable Example: upholstered furniture Example: Allport's decision in 1872 to abolish Second Class on the Midland and effectively upgrade Third Class to the standards of Second, most notably with upholstered seating, sent shockwaves through the Victorian railway.
Word: upholstered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upholster Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reupholster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English upholster English reupholster From re- + upholster. 1. To upholster again; to replace the attached fabric covering on furniture.
Word: hoarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hoard (“structure”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːdɪŋ/ 1. A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them. Labels: historical 2. A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public. Labels: Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Example: Making inquiries she came to a hoarding, within which were excavations denoting the foundations of a building; and on the boards without one or two large posters announcing that the foundation-stone of the chapel about to be erected would be laid that afternoon at three o’clock by a London preacher of great popularity among his body. Example: A hoarding is a legal requirement for the safety of the public on a building site. There are rules about its height and construction. But of course it is also the perfect opportunity: a blank canvas on which to show a vision of the life soon to be lived behind it. 3. A billboard. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: Nobody has ever seen Big Brother. He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen. We may be reasonably sure that he will never die, and there is already considerable uncertainty as to when he was born. Example: Today, by radio, and also on giant hoardings, a rabbi, an admiral notorious for his links to Masonry, a trio of cardinals, a trio, too, of insignificant politicians (bought and paid for by a rich and corrupt Anglo-Canadian banking corporation), inform us all of how our country now risks dying of starvation.
Word: hoarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hoard Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English hoarding From hoard + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːdɪŋ/ 1. The practice of accumulating goods. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But that doesn’t solve harder questions about the hoarding of vaccines, raw materials and patent rights in the west, or the fact that Covax clearly isn’t working as fast as it should. 2. A good which is hoarded. Labels: countable 3. An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hoarding can be distressing and dangerous. But it’s not just a matter of ‘too much stuff’ – it’s a complex condition that requires careful, targeted help[.]
Word: hoarding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hoard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bru Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans broer. Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, friar, pal, and vai. 1. bro; bra; term of address for a man Labels: South-Africa Example: "Nice little bonus for you, hey bru," Paul was saying. Example: “Listen, bru, don't take this the wrong way, but I grew up with the black man. Never underestimate him and never overestimate him. […]
Word: bru Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of bruh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: eare Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of ear. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Tetum Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese tétum, from Tetum Tetun. 1. The Malayo-Polynesian national language of East Timor.
Word: yokozuna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 横綱(よこづな) (yokozuna, “wide rope”), the symbol of their rank worn about the waist. 1. The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; grand champion. Example: A yokozuna is the very highest rank in sumo – “just like Mameha's position in Gion,” as Nobu explained it to me. I had no reason to doubt him; but if Mameha ever took half as much time entering a party as these yokozuna took entering the ring, she'd certainly never be invited back. 2. A person holding the rank, either competing at the rank or retired after having achieved it. Example: What mattered most was that, from the very top of the Nihon Sumo Kyōkai, Yokozuna Akebono had been shown respect.
Word: ozeki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大関(おおぜき) (ōzeki). 1. A sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion. Example: Terunofuji is the first in 64 years to be promoted to ozeki after spending two tournaments as a komusubi or sekiwake and the first since the season went to six meets in 1958. Example: Former ozeki Hokutenyu, who held sumo’s second-highest rank for 44 tournaments […] died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Friday at the age of 45.
Word: sekiwake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 関脇 (sekiwake). 1. A sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi. Example: The highest rank attainable is yokozuna, or grand champion. […] After him in standing come the ozekis, or champions; the sekiwakes, or junior champions; […] Example: Are there special standards for promotion to sekiwake or komusubi? No. The same standards apply as for promotion within the maegashira ranks.
Word: komusubi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小結 (komusubi). 1. A sumo wrestler of the lowest sanyaku rank, below sekiwake and above maegashira. Example: […] Kitani and Go were still only like the komusubi juniors in sumo program rankings. […] In fact, their first ten-game match was described merely as the battle of the komusubis. Example: Sekiwake Tochinoshin (3-2) picked up a much-needed win against komusubi Chiyotairyu (1-4) after suffering his second loss the previous day.
Word: maegashira Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 前頭 (maegashira). 1. The highest salaried rank of sumo wrestler, below komusubi and above juryo; the lowest rank in the makuuchi division. Example: Several weeks before each grand tournament, the list of wrestlers is announced. They are divided into two sides - east and west. For each side there are 13 maegashiras, the lowest rank in the tournament. Example: “It wasn’t the kind of sumo I was aiming for, but it is a maegashira’s job to try and beat ozeki so in that sense I have got the job done,” said Okinoumi.
Word: juryo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 十両(じゅうりょう) (jūryō, “ten ryō”), from Middle Chinese 十 (dʒip, “ten”) + 兩 (ljáng, “tael”). 1. The second highest division in sumo wrestling, below makuuchi and above makushita; rikishi at this point receive a salary. 2. An athlete in this division. Example: Jesse won promotion into what is called the juryo division of sumo and to the title of “sekitori” on the basis of his showing at the New Year’s Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, where he compiled a respectable 5-2 showing, including wins over two former juryos. Example: The monthly pay for a yokozuna in the mid-1970s was only ¥373,000, while an ozeki received ¥294,700; a sekiwake or komusubi, ¥200,300; a maegashira, ¥137, 600; and a juryo, ¥114,500.
Word: makuuchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Japanese 幕内 (maku-uchi まくうち, "inside the curtain"), from Middle Chinese 幕 (mak "curtain", "covering") + Japanese うち (uchi "inside"). 1. The highest division of sumo wrestling, above juryo, comprising the yokozuna, ozeki, sekiwake, komusubi and maegashira ranks.
Word: sanyaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 三役, literally "three ranks". 1. Any of the three highest ranks of sumo wrestler: komusubi, sekiwake and ozeki, together with the honorary title of yokozuna.
Word: ema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 絵馬 (ema). 1. A wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto shrine.
Word: makushita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 幕下. 1. The third highest division of professional sumo wrestling, below juryo; the lowest division at which a salary is paid.
Word: women's lib Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipped compound of women's liberation: the feminist movement for equal rights; women's liberation. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: posology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πόσος (pósos, “how much?”) + -ology (suffix indicating a branch of learning). Pronunciation: /pəʊˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /pə-/, /pəˈzɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination of appropriate dosages. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: The difficulty here alluded to occurs in the doses of medicine exhibited by the ancient physicians. These have long been observed to be very large; and it was on remarking the impossibility, according to our ideas, of exhibiting them with safety to human life, or even of escaping destruction under their influence, that my observation was first drawn to the subject of ancient posology. Example: Dr. Wise […] mentions two systems of Hindu surgery and nine systems of medicine, three of materia medica, one of posology, one of pharmacy, and three of metallic preparations alone. From these one can gather the strength and dimensions of the scientific knowledge of ancient India regarding therapeutic agents of both organic and inorganic origin. 2. In the works of English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832): the study of quantity; mathematics. Labels: historical, rare, uncountable, usually Example: [page 253] [T]he branch of art and science therein denominated Posology, but commonly called Mathematics. […] [page 254] Of the two minor aggregates, into which, by this means, the major aggregate, Posology or Mathematics, was divided,—form-regarding, or figure-regarding Posology or Mathematics, in Greek-sprung language, Morphoscopic Posology, was the name given to the positive minor aggregate: […]
Word: undepleted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English depleted English undepleted From un- + depleted. 1. that has not been depleted
Word: uncomment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English comment English uncomment From un- + comment. 1. To convert (text that has been commented out) back into source code so that it will no longer be ignored by the compiler or interpreter. Labels: transitive 2. To remove textual comments from (source code or other documents). Labels: transitive
Word: unencumber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + encumber. 1. To free from incumbrance. Labels: transitive 2. To remove a burden, load or charge from. Labels: transitive
Word: uploading Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʌpˌloʊdɪŋ/, /əpˈloʊdɪŋ/, /ˈʌpˌləʊdɪŋ/, /əpˈləʊdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of upload Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uploading Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʌpˌloʊdɪŋ/, /əpˈloʊdɪŋ/, /ˈʌpˌləʊdɪŋ/, /əpˈləʊdɪŋ/ 1. The process by which something is uploaded. Example: Attacks are recorded and sent “spinning around the world,” but most aspects of social life are now recorded – think of family events, or even routine uploadings – so why remark that the attacks are?
Word: dohyo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 土(ど)俵(ひょう) (dohyō). 1. The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held. Example: Sumo ’bots also tend to have very low ground clearance since they operate on dohyos, which have a very smooth rubberized running surface; […]
Word: dohyo-iri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 土俵入り. 1. a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi, in the juryo and higher divisions, upon entering the dohyo
Word: rikishi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 力士(りきし) (rikishi), from Middle Chinese 力士 (lik-dʐí), from Old Chinese 力士 (*k.rək m-s-rəʔ, “man of great strength”), from 力 (*rɯɡ, “strength”) + 士 (*zrɯʔ, “man; soldier”). 1. A sumo wrestler.
Word: dohyo matsuri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 土俵祭. 1. A Shinto ceremony in which the dohyo is purified and blessed prior to each basho.
Word: basho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 場所(ばしょ) (basho), short form of 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho, “honbasho”). 1. A sumo tournament of any kind. Example: Two basho later, I was at sekiwake, the third-highest rank in sumo.
Word: honbasho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho). 1. Any of the six official sumo tournaments. Example: Although there are six two-week top-tier tournaments, or honbasho, every year, Kotoshogiku’s victory was the first for a Japanese wrestler in 10 years.
Word: turbine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.baɪn/, /ˈtɜː.bɪn/, /ˈtɝ.baɪn/, /ˈtɝ.bɪn/, /ˈtɜː.bɑɪn/ 1. Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft. Example: Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity. Example: Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work. […] Through the efforts of many thousands of engineers in the intervening 70 years or so, such gas turbines have come to dominate aircraft propulsion and, with their now-unmatched thermal efficiency and low cost, are the superstars of electric power plants.
Word: turbines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turbine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: water rat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + rat. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterrotte, West Frisian wetterrôt, Dutch waterrat, German Low German Waterrötte, Waterrött, German Wasserratte, Danish vandrotte, Swedish vattenråtta, Icelandic vatnsrotta. 1. Any of various aquatic or semi-aquatic rodents from Florida and southern Georgia, especially Neofiber alleni; the muskrat. Labels: US Example: Otters are even harder to spot; the coypu, a North American water rat, is more commonly seen. 2. A water mouse, especially, the rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster. Labels: Australia Example: "There [...] you will find the water-hole that is sacred to Biggoon, the giant water rat." 3. A European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris). Labels: informal 4. A petty thief or waterfront ruffian. Labels: US, slang 5. A person fond of water sports. Labels: slang 6. A member of the water police. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: crith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, “barley corn, a small weight”). Pronunciation: /kɹɪθ/ 1. the weight of 1 litre of hydrogen at standard temperature and pressure. Equal to approximately 0.09 grams.
Word: gegger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛɡə/, /ˈɡɛɡər/ 1. Someone who does not conform to "chav" or "goth" stereotypes. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang
Word: gegger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gegg Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gegger From gegg (“hoax, trick”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛɡə/, /ˈɡɛɡər/ 1. One who tricks someone else. Labels: Scotland, archaic Example: The street was, for a moment, in confusion; when no sooner did the geggers see that the fall would be broken, […]
Word: elides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of elide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: selenide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English selenium Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English selenide From selenium + -ide. 1. any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2 2. any organic compound of general formula RSeR (R not = H) analogous to the ethers
Word: fisher cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fiche or fichet (“polecat pelt”), from Middle Dutch visse (“nasty”) (contemporary Dutch: vies (“nasty, dirty”)), influenced by fisher. 1. A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
Word: skateboarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skateboard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skateboarding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of riding on a skateboard. Labels: uncountable Example: Thirteen-year-old Cui Chenxi of China clinched gold in women’s skateboarding at the Asian Games on Wednesday, becoming the country’s youngest gold medalist as teenage girls continue to dominate the sport.
Word: telluride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tellurium Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English telluride From tellurium + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛl.jə.raɪd/ 1. A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane Labels: countable 2. Any organic compound of general formula R₂Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers Labels: countable 3. Sylvanite, silver gold telluride. Labels: uncountable
Word: fisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃə/, /ˈfɪʃɚ/ 1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing. Example: The fishers who live here left for the mainland only days ago as an unseasonable October storm ravaged the islands. Example: Yet every fisher that Dzugan knows, and every fisher elsewhere, too, knows someone who has died at sea or had a near miss. […] But they are also the reasons for the safety campaigns, for the constant and valiant attempts to persuade fishers to wear lifejackets at work, to figure out how to get someone overboard back on the vessel, to carry ladders or gaffers that someone can grab on to.