nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: goosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of goose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: granadilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish granadilla. 1. Any of the several species of genus Passiflora of passion flowers of tropical America. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On these plains, too, you will find the bushy oleander, many varieties of Jerusalem thorn and African rose, the bright scarlet of the cordium, bowers of jessamine, vines of grenadilla, and the silver and silky leaves of the portlandia. 2. The edible fruit of these plants. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The wood of these plants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grand final Part of Speech: noun 1. The culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand 2. Synonym of big final.
Word: quick pitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A pitch thrown without any of the normal setup routine to try and catch a batter off guard. Example: Following some confusion the pitcher immediately attempted a quick pitch but was called for a balk.
Word: Ruthian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From "Babe" Ruth, holder of the record for number of home runs in a season from 1919 to 1961, and for home runs in a career from 1921 to 1974. 1. Prodigiously accomplished with respect to batting, typically describing the flight of a long home run. Example: Jones launches a Ruthian blast; it lands high in the upper deck.
Word: DPM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of damp-proof membrane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of disruptive pattern material. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of doctor of podiatric medicine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of deputy prime minister. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of damage per minute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of dogs (“hot dogs and buns”) per minute, an instantaneous rate of consumption of HDBs (“hot dogs and buns”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of data position measurement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of dual process model Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The diagnostic process in paleopathology has been understood using a particular theoretical approach – a dual process model (DPM)[…]. DPM is also a useful tool for helping us to understand the role of macroscopy in this process.
Word: matsu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 松 (“pine”). 1. Pinus thunbergii, the Japanese pine.
Word: resubmit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English submit English resubmit From re- + submit. 1. To submit again. Labels: transitive Example: Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley (Labour) said she was "determined" to see the application resubmitted "as soon as possible".
Word: invincibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English invincible Middle English -ly English -ly English invincibly From invincible + -ly. 1. In an invincible manner; unconquerably; insuperably.
Word: invigorating Part of Speech: adj 1. Giving strength, energy and vitality; quickening; stimulating. Example: The advertisement [published in 1856] concluded with the announcement that the excursion was being run "to afford the industrious classes the opportunity of enjoying the healthful and invigorating sea-breezes of Southport, and the luxury of sea-bathing, or the numerous objects of interest and amusement at Liverpool."
Word: invigorating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of invigorate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Dhatki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dhatki ڍاٽڪي (ḍhāṭkī). 1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Pakistan. Labels: uncountable
Word: invigoratingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English invigorating Middle English -ly English -ly English invigoratingly From invigorating + -ly. 1. In an invigorating manner.
Word: Beja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بجا, from Beja Bidhaawi. 1. An ethnic group found along the Horn of Africa. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Beja Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بجا, from Beja Bidhaawi. 1. The language of the Beja ethnic group.
Word: Beja Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Latvia.
Word: Beja Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Beja. 1. A city and district of Portugal. 2. Alternative form of Béja, Tunisia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: invigorated Part of Speech: adj 1. Feeling full of energy or strength; refreshed and revitalized
Word: invigorated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of invigorate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Bhutani Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Baloch tribe residing in Balochistan, Pakistan. Labels: in-plural
Word: Bhutani Part of Speech: name 1. The language of the aforementioned people.
Word: Bihari Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hindi बिहारी (bihārī). 1. Of, from or pertaining to Bihar or the Biharis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bihari Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindi बिहारी (bihārī). 1. A person from Bihar or of Bihari descent. Labels: countable 2. A group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Bihar and the surrounding states in India. Labels: uncountable
Word: inveteracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inveter(ate) + -acy. 1. The state of being inveterate; long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted persistence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: investiture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin investītūra, from investīre (“to clothe”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛstɪt͡ʃə/, /ɪnˈvɛstɪt͡ʃɚ/ 1. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The rite of investiture, called, in the colloquially technical language of the order, the ceremony of clothing, brings us at once to the consideration of that well-known symbol of Freemasonry, the LAMB-SKIN APRON. This rite of investiture, or the placing upon the aspirant some garment, as an indication of his appropriate preparation for the ceremonies in which he was about to engage, prevailed in all the ancient initiations. 2. The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general. Labels: countable, historical, specifically, uncountable Example: Raynelmus the 30. Bishop of Hereford receiving his investiture from King Henry the first, by the delivery of a Ring and Crosier, according to the Law and Custom of that Age, and afterwards resigning them into the Kings hands again to pleasure Anselme, against the Kings Prerogative, the King was so highly offended with him (as he had just cause) that he presently banished him the Realm, and seised his Temporalties. Example: […] it was apparent by the latter part of 1101 that only a sudden change of heart by Paschal would prevent a controversy over lay investiture in England similar to the dispute which had racked Germany for a quarter of a century. 3. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The parliamentary vote required to inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain. Labels: Spanish, countable, uncountable Example: The Spanish constitution dictates that the king is obliged to dissolve the legislative body two months after the first failed investiture vote.
Word: investigatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English investigate Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English investigatory From investigate + -ory. 1. Aimed at investigating. Labels: not-comparable Example: Microsoft is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Word: investigative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English investigate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English investigative From investigate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/, /ɪnˈvɛstɪɡeɪtɪv/ 1. Of or pertaining to investigation or an investigation. Labels: not-comparable Example: RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident. 2. Inquisitive; curious. Labels: not-comparable
Word: investigator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in the mid‐16th century; from Latin investigator, from investigare, equivalent to investigate + -or. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/, [ɪnˈvɛs.tʰɪˌɡeɪ̯.tʰəː], /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.tɚ/, [ɪnˈvɛs.tʰɪˌɡeɪ̯.tʰɚ] ~ [ɪnˈvɛs.tʰɪˌɡeɪ̯.tʰɹ̩], /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.ɾɚ/ 1. One who investigates. Example: That the Oath Keepers recording went uninvestigated by the FBI until after January 6 is an “additional piece of information that congressional investigators in particular on the January 6th committee and the other Homeland Security committees should be looking at to determine whether or not the FBI and other law enforcement organizations were doing enough on the prevention side,” Cordero told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on Tuesday. Example: Over the past year, Hur was tasked with investigating classified documents found at Biden’s home and private office from his time as vice president. Hur was seen as a meticulous investigator during the probe, sources told CNN.
Word: inversely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inverse Middle English -ly English -ly English inversely From inverse + -ly. 1. In an inverse order or manner; by inversion. Example: Simplifying of information at inner central area stations is thus aimworthy since the demand for information from staff is inversely proportional to simplicity.
Word: inventiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inventive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inventiveness From inventive + -ness. 1. The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: resourcefulness, creativity, imagination Example: For as was the land, such was the art of it while folk yet troubled themselves about such things; it strove little to impress people either by pomp or ingenuity: not unseldom it fell into commonplace, rarely it rose into majesty; yet was it never oppressive, never a slave’s nightmare or an insolent boast: and at its best it had an inventiveness, an individuality, that grander styles have never overpassed: […]
Word: inventively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inventive Middle English -ly English -ly English inventively From inventive + -ly. 1. In an inventive manner.
Word: inverted Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the order or direction exchanged; for example, turned upside down, reversed, or in any other way opposite or contrary and swapped. Example: Phil was slumped over the edge of the mattress, inverted, watching her dress. He seemed to have a thing for that. She didn't mind; after eight years, she and Harry had long since ceased to ogle each other after bed. He'd taken longer than she had, but then, she knew he had more to look at than she did. 2. Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher. 3. Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar. 4. Homosexual, in terms of the sexual inversion theory. Labels: dated Example: Among the Normans, everywhere, homosexuality was markedly prevalent; the spread of sodomy in France about the eleventh century is attributed to the Normans, and their coming seems to have rendered it at times almost fashionable, at all events at court. In England, William Rufus was undoubtedly inverted, as later on were Edward II, James I, and, perhaps, though not in so conspicuous a degree, William III. 5. Assumed to be transgender, in the terms of transvestigation. Labels: Internet
Word: inverted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of invert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: counterchange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb). 1. To give and receive; C; to exchange. 2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. Example: Witch-elms that counterchange the floor / Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright.
Word: counterchange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb). 1. An exchange of one thing for another. Labels: obsolete 2. Due return (for an action etc.); reciprocation. Labels: obsolete Example: But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse [...].
Word: reciprocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reciprocate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English reciprocation From reciprocate + -ion. 1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the reciprocation of kindness 2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides, or the back and forth motion in a piston engine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: oscillation Example: ... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times.
Word: diversify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French diversifier, equivalent to diverse + -ify. Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/, /dɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/, /daɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/, /dɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/ 1. To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences. Labels: transitive Example: Months after the incident happened, he did a PBS special in which he talked about the “joys and challenges of birding while Black” and was featured in the Washington Post about his desire to diversify the activity. 2. To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: invariability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being invariable Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: invariableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English invariable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English invariableness From invariable + -ness. 1. invariability; the state of being invariable Labels: uncountable
Word: unchangeableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unchangeable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unchangeableness From unchangeable + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being unchangeable; immutability. Labels: uncountable Example: And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]
Word: immutability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French immutabilité, itself borrowed from Latin immūtābilitās. By surface analysis, immutable + -ity. 1. The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But, one might ask, how can the temporal event of God in our midst be the same as God's event to himself in his eternity if so absolute a distinction is drawn between the enarrable contents of history and the "eternal dynamism" of God's immutability, apatheia, and perfect fullness? 2. The state of being unchangeable in the memory after creation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: immutableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English immutable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English immutableness From immutable + -ness. 1. The state of being immutable; unchangeableness. Labels: uncountable
Word: invaluably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English invaluable Middle English -ly English -ly English invaluably From invaluable + -ly. 1. In an invaluable manner; inestimably.
Word: invalidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English invalid Middle English -ly English -ly English invalidly From invalid + -ly. 1. In an invalid manner; without validity.
Word: invalidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English invalid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English invalidity From invalid + -ity. 1. The state of being invalid; lack of validity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: invalidism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English invalid 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 invalidism From invalid + -ism. 1. The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After two years of swaddled invalidism, Mrs. Morton emitted a final gassy sigh and died, whereas twenty years later Elihu was to go “just like that,” as the neighbors said, from a stroke.
Word: green sickness Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːn ˌsɪknəs/ 1. A disease characterized by a greenish tint to the skin; chlorosis. Labels: uncountable Example: She died of cirrhosis, brain fever, consumption and green sickness before she reached twenty. 2. The abnormal appetite associated with such a disease; pica. Labels: uncountable
Word: chlorosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin; by surface analysis, chlor- + -osis, where chlor- in this instance refers to pale yellow-green colorations and not to chlorine. Pronunciation: /kləˈɹəʊsɪs/, /klɔː-/, /klɔɹˈoʊsɪs/ 1. An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin. Labels: countable Example: The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains when properly prepared. 2. A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll. Labels: uncountable
Word: grosgrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”). Doublet of grogram, which was borrowed earlier. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊɡɹeɪn/ 1. A silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A close-woven fabric (usually made from silk or rayon) having narrow horizontal ribs. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A ribbon made of this fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was on a leash, I realized. The grosgrain strap was wrapped around her hand.
Word: grullo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish grullo, from grulla (“crane (bird)”). 1. A colouring of horses characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A horse having this colouring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At first light they followed the dim tracks of her father's grullo, nearly obliterated by the rain but, when she put herself in the right mind, clear enough to follow.
Word: guidepost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guide + post. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdˌpoʊst/ 1. A signpost. 2. Anything that provides guidance; a guideline. Labels: broadly
Word: signpost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sign + post. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/ 1. A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions. Example: Dozens of signposts have been stolen, forcing the local authorities to put up the sign at a 2m height and embed it in theft-resistant concrete when putting up replacements. 2. A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder. Example: In the first example — Dance revolutionised Burma — you know the middle word is the signpost as revolutionised is too long to be the fodder (or letters to scramble). […] And bang, out jumps RUMBA.
Word: signpost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sign + post. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/ 1. To install signposts on. Labels: transitive Example: The route wasn't signposted, and we got lost on the way. 2. To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: We believe that some Carers' Centres already offer an effective 'first stop shop' for signposting carers to local organisations, services and benefits, and for providing ongoing support as carers' circumstances change. 3. To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost. Labels: figuratively, transitive 4. To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Bede, never one to shrink from a challenge, focused his energies not only onto calculating Easter but also onto describing why the maths mattered as much as the result. In this, his elevated rhetoric is balanced by a very human enthusiasm — it's hard not to love a writer who signposts his core hypotheses with phrases such as 'now to gut the bowels of this question!'
Word: defeats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defeat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defeats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of defeat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: responsibilities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.tiz/, /ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.tiz/, [ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾiz], /ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ə.tiz/, [ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾiz] 1. plural of responsibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apprehensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apprehension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hadst Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hædst/, /hætst/, /hədst/, /hətst/ 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of have Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular
Word: propositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proposition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: propositions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of proposition Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ceases Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsiːsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cease Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: occupies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of occupy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Madonna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (“my”) + donna (“lady”). The given name is derived from the English term, not used as a given name in Italy. Doublet of madam. Pronunciation: /məˈdɒnə/ 1. Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Catholic contexts. Labels: sometimes, with-definite-article 2. A female given name from Italian. Example: We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere. Example: But celebrities actually have a weak effect on baby names. As of 2000, the pop star Madonna had sold 130 million records worldwide but hadn't generated even the ten copycat namings―in California, no less―required to make the master index of four thousand names from which the sprawling list of girls' names on page 227 was drawn.
Word: Madonna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (“my”) + donna (“lady”). The given name is derived from the English term, not used as a given name in Italy. Doublet of madam. Pronunciation: /məˈdɒnə/ 1. An artistic representation of the Virgin Mary, chiefly when holding the infant Jesus. Example: A beautiful example of this type of Madonna is the polyptych in the Museo Civico in Sansepolcro. Example: So many Madonnas were produced during the Renaissance that it became the habit to distinguish them by any peculiarity. 2. A morally pure woman. Example: “Men,” I said, with a tone of disgust. “Halal circles, haram circles, good, bad, Madonnas, whores, goats, penises, it’s all the same.” Example: […] the mothers who, like Sebastian’s mother in Notorious or Mitch’s mother Lydia in The Birds, block such a transference, or by potential love-objects who are, themselves, Madonnas, whores, or otherwise thinly disguised maternal figures.
Word: Giles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Medieval English form of Old French saints' name Giles, modern Gilles, an altered form of Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγίδιος (Aigídios), derivative of αἰγίδιον (aigídion, “kid, young goat”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪlz/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A ghost town in Wayne County, Utah, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Word: fina Part of Speech: contraction 1. African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action. Labels: contraction Example: I'm like, "Well I'm fina catch the bus home," 'cause... my cousin was fina walk down to my auntie house but I wanted to go home. Example: "I'm fina make some money off yo' ass."
Word: fina Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of finasteride Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
Word: Mlle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Mlle. 1. Abbreviation of Mademoiselle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: (Mlle Mary Paillon states in the Bulletin Mensuelle du C.A.F., 1901, p. 67, that the first women to traverse the Arêtes were Mlles Marie and Louise Lacharière in 1891, but I have found no confirmation of this) Example: Provenance: Mme Jean-Baptiste Lepère, née Elisabeth Fontaine, Paris, until 1844; her daughter Mme Jacques-Ignace Hittorff, née Elisabeth Lepère, Paris, until 1870; her son Charles-Joseph Hittorff, Versailles, until 1898; Dr. Pierre and Mlle Elisabeth Cartier, by inheritance; their gift to the Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1938
Word: Versailles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”). Pronunciation: /vɛəˈsaɪ/, /vɚˈsaɪ/, /vɚˈzaɪ/ 1. A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France. 2. The Palace of Versailles. 3. The Treaty of Versailles (1919). Labels: historical
Word: Versailles Part of Speech: name Etymology: From etymology 1. Pronunciation: /vərˈseɪlz/ 1. A town and county seat of Ripley County, Indiana, United States. 2. A home rule city and county seat of Woodford County, Kentucky, United States. 3. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Missouri, United States.
Word: Versailles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by Vietnamese American residents in the 1970s after the Versailles Arms apartment complex in which they first settled. Pronunciation: /vəɹˈsaɪ/ 1. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Word: Vichy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement." Pronunciation: /ˈviːʃi/ 1. A town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II. 2. A town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II. Labels: figuratively, historical, metonymically
Word: Vichy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement." Pronunciation: /ˈviːʃi/ 1. Ellipsis of Vichy water. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Word: Vichy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Vichy France. 1. Labelling a regime that is traitorous or established in cooperation with a foreign or hostile power, especially in administration of occupied territory. Labels: attributive, derogatory Example: More recently, a succession of novels, including Robert Harris's Fatherland, Resistance by Owen Sheers and CJ Sansom's Dominion – which imagines a Vichy Britain in 1952 ruled by Lord Beaverbrook and Oswald Mosley – have explored the same theme. Example: In 1940, having shunned German overtures for him to serve in the government of a future “Vichy Russia,” he fled to southern France to escape the Nazi invasion.
Word: Louisa Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /luːˈiːzə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century. Example: But certainly there are some names which seem to belong to particular classes of character, to form the mind and even influence the destiny: Louisa, now; - is not your Louisa necessarily a die-away damsel, who reads novels, and holds her head on one side, languishing and given to love! Example: On being told that Mrs. Bounderby was there, she replied, at cross-purposes, that she had never called him by that name since he married Louisa; that pending her choice of an objectionable name, she had called him J; and that she could not at present depart from that regulation, not being yet provided with a permanent substitute. 2. A ghost town in California. 3. A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky, adjacent to Fort Gay, West Virginia. 4. A town, the county seat of Louisa County, Virginia, United States.
Word: wf Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of wrong font. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: merchantability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English merchantability From merchant + -ability. 1. The state of being merchantable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paseo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish paso Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish paseardeverb. Spanish paseobor. English paseo Borrowed from Spanish paseo. 1. A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation.
Word: polymodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English modal English polymodal From poly- + modal. 1. pertaining to several different forms of sensory information 2. involving more than one sense
Word: medias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of media Labels: form-of, plural, proscribed
Word: money-making Part of Speech: noun 1. The acquisition of money. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: obstinacy in money-making Example: He rejoined, “Thy calling is of no account in our city, where not a soul understandeth science or even writing or aught save money-making.”
Word: money-making Part of Speech: adj 1. Profitable. Example: a moneymaking idea Example: He's always working on one money-making project or another. 2. For profit. Example: We're a moneymaking enterprise, not a charity.
Word: net weight Part of Speech: noun 1. The weight of a product (especially food) without the (tare) weight of its packaging. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The weight of a vehicle without that of its fuel, cargo, personnel etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Klingel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Klingel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: come up with Part of Speech: verb 1. To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: How can you come up with such brilliant ideas? Example: Unless Geoff can come up with the money for that train ticket, he'll be stuck in Des Moines for the weekend. 2. To reach or overtake. Labels: transitive 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up, with. Labels: transitive Example: He came up with a bag of rice, having it carried it up from downstairs.
Word: functional programming Part of Speech: noun 1. Programming in a style that, in lieu of assignment, uses procedure calls to bind variables to values, so that referential transparency is preserved. Labels: uncountable
Word: Knebel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Knebel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Knicks Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving. 1. The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.
Word: crystallomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crystallo- + -mancy. 1. The use of a crystal ball or other transparent solid for the purpose of divination. Labels: uncountable
Word: coffre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of kaffir. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Kraft Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German, Jewish, Swedish and Danish surname, from the noun Kraft (“strength, power”). Compare Croft and Craft. 1. A surname.
Word: kraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish kraft (“strength”) as used in kraftpapper. Doublet of craft. 1. A kind of strong, smooth brown wrapping paper. Labels: uncountable
Word: Kreisel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kreisel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: freezing cold Part of Speech: adj 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see freezing, cold: cold in a way that involves freezing of water or other liquids. Labels: not-comparable Example: Don't even touch that pump handle — it's freezing cold and your skin might freeze against it. 2. Extremely and unpleasantly cold. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I'm going to put my coat back on — I'm freezing cold again!
Word: freezing cold Part of Speech: noun 1. Extreme and unpleasant cold. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: frigidity
Word: gumbo limbo Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical American tree, Bursera simaruba, that yields an aromatic resin used in varnishes etc Example: A cluster of mature gumbo limbos is planted between Bastion 1 and the small magazine, overarching the brick walkway.
Word: guttering Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a small flame, flickering and about to be extinguished. Example: Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled, And one arm bent across your sullen cold Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you, Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold;
Word: guttering Part of Speech: noun 1. Gutters, collectively. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: guttering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gutter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Krug Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German and Jewish surname, from both senses of the noun Krug (“jug”) and Krug (“pub, tavern”). Compare Krueger. 1. A surname from German. Example: Director of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom since 1967, Mrs. Krug was a national leader in several legal cases that rose to the Supreme Court.
Word: hairbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + bow. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛə(ɹ)bəʊ/ 1. A decorative bow worn in the hair.
Word: harebrained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hare + brained. 1. Absurd, foolish or stupid. Example: “Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did. 2. Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid. Example: Her getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle
Word: hair moss Part of Speech: noun 1. Fat choy, a type of alga. 2. Any moss of genus Polytrichum.
Word: fat choy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 髮菜 /发菜 (faat³ coi³). 1. a blue-green alga (Nostoc flagelliforme) used as a vegetable in Chinese cooking Labels: uncountable
Word: half time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of half-time. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: halftime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English half- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English halftime From half- + time. 1. Alternative spelling of half-time. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: If the employment is halftime, $12.50 plus 12 of the next $75 is disregarded. If the employment is irregular or occasional, the allowance is adjusted to be consistent with the situation. 2. The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: halftime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English half- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English halftime From half- + time. 1. Alternative spelling of half-time. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: When Bad Bunny took center stage for the 2026 Super Bowl LX halftime show on Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the Puerto Rican artist made history as the first music star with a primarily Spanish-language repertoire to do so.
Word: halftime Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English half- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English halftime From half- + time. 1. Alternative spelling of half-time. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: half-time Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half- + time. 1. The interval between the two halves of a sports match. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let's get some pizza at half-time. 2. Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period. Labels: attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable Example: I'm following a half-time schedule this month. 3. A tempo in which the rhythm is emphasized so that it seems to have half as many metric divisions (e.g. emphasizing the start of every other bar rather than every bar). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: half-time Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From half- + time. 1. Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration. Labels: not-comparable Example: The remedy proposed is half-time schools. The teachers are to be engaged for a school year's service, but the pupils belonging to each school are to be divided into two sections. Each section is to spend half the time in school and the remainder at home. Example: The remaining federal and State programs provide aid to part-time students only if attendance is half-time or more (at least six credit-hours).
Word: half-time Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From half- + time. 1. In a half time manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'm working half-time this month (two and a half days per week) before my maternity leave.
Word: half board Part of Speech: noun 1. A hotel rate that includes accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but no meal at lunchtime. Labels: uncountable 2. A manoeuvre by which a sailing-ship gains distance to windward by luffing up into the wind. Labels: countable
Word: full board Part of Speech: noun 1. A hotel rate that includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Labels: uncountable
Word: hamstrung Part of Speech: adj 1. Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring; hamstringed. Labels: dialectal, figuratively, nonstandard Example: The hamstrung State environmental Protection Administration might get ministerial status. Example: To be hamstrung is to be unable to do what you want to do, as in “the government is hamstrung by the strike.” Literally it is to be crippled because your hamstrings have been cut and you cannot bend your knee. The word ham arose in English […]
Word: hamstrung Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hamstring Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Hangaza Part of Speech: name 1. A dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language of Tanzania.
Word: hang-gliding Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hang gliding. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hang gliding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hæŋ ˈɡlɑɪdɪŋ/, [heɪŋ ˈɡlaɪdɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of hang glide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hang gliding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hæŋ ˈɡlɑɪdɪŋ/, [heɪŋ ˈɡlaɪdɪŋ] 1. The sport of flying in a hang glider. Labels: uncountable
Word: hang-glide Part of Speech: verb 1. To fly a hang glider. Labels: intransitive
Word: hang glider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Hängegleiter, from hängen (“hang”) + gleiten (“glide”). Pronunciation: /hæŋ ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/, [heɪŋ ˈɡlaɪdɚ] 1. An unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness. 2. The rider of such a craft.
Word: hard-bitten Part of Speech: adj 1. Callous and toughened by experience. Example: It was written of Henry George Ward, M.P. for Sheffield from 1837 to 1849, that "he was also much occupied with railway enterprise in the days of early speculation." This suggests a hard-bitten man of commerce, but Ward had served in the Diplomatic Service and he was Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico before retiring in 1827 at the age of 30. Example: Its author, we must remember, was above all a man of action, an elected official, a captain, a traveler, and a pragmatic intellectual, a successful combatant against warrior and disease alike, hardbitten and intimate with both privilege and disgrace, a man who suffered with and outlived most of the greatest men of his age.
Word: hatless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hat 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 English -less English hatless From hat + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈhætləs/ 1. Not possessing, or not wearing, a hat. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Haya Part of Speech: noun 1. a group of people who live near Lake Victoria in Tanzania Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Haya Part of Speech: name 1. the language of these people
Word: headband Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *hedband, from Old English hēafodbænd, hēafodbend (“headband”), equivalent to head + band. Cognate with Old High German houbitbant (“headband”), Dutch hoofdband (“headband”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌbænd/ 1. A strip of fabric worn around the head. 2. A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back. 3. A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement. 4. A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing press.
Word: heat haze Part of Speech: noun 1. A shimmering atmospheric disturbance caused by currents of warm air between the observer and the object observed. Example: Under increase of heat, it volatilizes faster, so as to become dimly visible in large mass, as a heat-haze. Example: He lit his first cigarette, a Balkan and Turkish mixture made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street, and watched the small Waves lick the long seashore and the fishing-fleet from Dieppe string out towards the June heat-haze followed by a paper-chase of herring-gulls.
Word: heathenism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heathen + -ism, coined in the 17th century in place of the then-obsolete heathendom. First attested in Francis Bacon's Of the advancement of learning (1605), II. xiv. §9: "The heresy of the Anthropomorphites … and the opinion of Epicurus, answerable to the same in heathenism, who supposed the gods to be in human shape" (OED). 1. The state of being, or behavior and thought, of heathens. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: paganism Example: A woman's love is essentially lonely and spiritual in its nature—feeding on fancy, rather than hope—or like that fairy flower of the East, which floats in, and lives upon, the air. Her attachment is the heathenism of the heart: she has herself created the glory and beauty with which the idol of her altar stands invested.
Word: heavyset Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heavy + set. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛviˌsɛt/ 1. Overweight. 2. Overweight. Labels: euphemistic 3. Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance. Example: No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.
Word: heilsgeschichte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Heilsgeschichte. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hem-line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hemline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heptadic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English heptad Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English heptadic From heptad + -ic. 1. of, or relating to a heptad; sevenfold
Word: herring gull Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus. Example: Flocks of herring gulls are often seen near piers and wharves where they perform a valuable service by feeding on garbage and refuse. 2. Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus. Example: He lit his first cigarette, a Balkan and Turkish mixture made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street, and watched the small Waves lick the long seashore and the fishing-fleet from Dieppe string out towards the June heat-haze followed by a paper-chase of herring-gulls.
Word: hesychastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to hesychasm. 2. Soothing or calming. Labels: obsolete