nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mycology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, myco- + -logy; diachronically, the term may be naturalized from French or German, from a New Latin form. Pronunciation: /maɪˈkɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /maɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The study of fungi. Labels: uncountable
Word: Visitation Part of Speech: name 1. The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth; the commemoration of this on May 30th in Eastern Christianity or May 31st in Western Christianity.
Word: SOKOP Part of Speech: phrase 1. Acronym of sounds OK on paper: something that sounds like a good idea when read about, but is actually not of any practical use when trying to implement it. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: isomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English isomorphic From iso- + -morphic. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ.səˈmɔː.fɪk/, /ˌaɪ.soʊˈmɔɹ.fɪk/ 1. Related by an isomorphism; having a structure-preserving one-to-one correspondence. Labels: not-comparable Example: Let A, B be the ordered sets in Figure 10.3. Let C be the direct product of infinitely many copies of the two element chain 2. Then A^C is isomorphic to B^C, but A is not isomorphic to B. 2. Having a similar structure or function to something that is not related genetically or through evolution. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fact that different structures can be shown to be functionally isomorphic implies that they are analogous, not homologous. 3. Having identical relevant structure; being structure-preserving while undergoing certain invertible transformations. Labels: not-comparable Example: For example, in so far as written and spoken English are isomorphic (i.e. have the same structure), they are the same language: there is nothing but their structure that they have in common. 4. Able to run either client-side or server-side. Labels: not-comparable Example: an isomorphic JavaScript app
Word: tithing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ 1. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly): Example: I prayed for the sick and saw some of them healed under my hands. I was given tithings of money and food by people who had not enough to eat themselves. 2. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly): 3. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly): 4. Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe proctor). Labels: dialectal Example: I see the boys of summer in their ruin / Lay the gold tithings barren, / Setting no store by harvest, freeze the soils 5. A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior. Labels: historical 6. A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory. Labels: historical
Word: tithing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tithe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: indecent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + decent. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdiːs(ə)nt/, /ɪnˈdi.sənt/, /ɪnˈdiː.sənt/, [ɪnˈdɪi.sənt], [ɪnˈdɪ̈i.sənt] 1. Offensive to good taste. Example: indecent comment Example: indecent videos 2. Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly. 3. Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.
Word: desertification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From desert + -ification (“process of becoming”). Pronunciation: /dɪˌzɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /dɪˌzɝ.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity. Labels: uncountable Example: Desertification, as defined by the CCD, means "land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities." Example: desertification – the spread of desert-like conditions in arid or semi-arid areas, due to overgrazing, loss of agriculturally productive soils, or climate change
Word: fossilisation Part of Speech: noun 1. UK standard spelling of fossilization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bajra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi बाजरा (bājrā). Compare bajri from Gujarati બાજરી (bājrī). 1. Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum). Labels: India, North, uncountable Example: When food was scarce, the children would subsist on a lump of jaggery and one bajra roti each.
Word: bajra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बजरा (bajrā). 1. Alternative form of budgerow. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ...bahlis, chakras, bullock-carts, dolis, tattus, palkis, miyanas, kharkharinas, bajras and chaupalas, were the common vehicles.
Word: blackthorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of black + thorn. Pronunciation: /ˈblækˌθɔːn/, /ˈblækˌθɔɹn/ 1. A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns. 2. A stick or staff taken from this tree. Example: {{quote-song|en|year=1964|artist=w:Dubliners|writer=traditional|album=The Dubliners|track=8|title=The Rocky Road to Dublin|url=https://genius.com/The-dubliners-the-rocky-road-to-dublin-lyrics |passage=Cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghost and goblins.
Word: escadrille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”). 1. A small squadron. 2. A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France. Labels: historical
Word: SOC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of system on a chip. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of special operations command. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of separation of concerns. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of standard outcue. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of state of charge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of standard of care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, standard, uncountable 7. Initialism of schedule of charges. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SOC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of System and Organization Controls. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of standard obstacle course. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: I wish Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: - I don't know how I'm going to afford all these Christmas presents. - Maybe you'll win the lottery and become a millionaire overnight. - I wish!
Word: you wish Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic, often, sarcastic Example: "When I grow up, I'm going to be a superhero!" / "Huh, you wish!" Example: "They can't bench me. I'm the best shooter on the team." / "You wish!"
Word: don't knock yourself out Part of Speech: phrase 1. Don't overexert yourself (in doing something that does not require much effort). Labels: idiomatic, ironic Example: I'll get round to it soonish. — Well, don't knock yourself out!
Word: back scrubber Part of Speech: noun 1. A utensil in the form of a brush or a sponge on a long handle, used to scrub the back while bathing.
Word: loofah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa). Pronunciation: /ˈluːfə/ 1. Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd. 2. The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing. 3. Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.
Word: loofah Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa). Pronunciation: /ˈluːfə/ 1. To clean or scrub with a loofah. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away. Example: I may have snuck in showering myself—plus shaving, loofahing, hair blow-drying, reapplying makeup, changing my outfit five times, and winding up in what I started out with.
Word: shaped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English schaped, ischaped, equivalent to shape + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʃeɪpt/ 1. Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape. Example: The shaped sides of the wardrobe give it a more attractive appearance. 2. Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure). Labels: in-compounds 3. Designed for a particular person or thing. Labels: in-compounds Example: a God-shaped hole in one's heart Example: Records showed the three security agents were already dead, which bore further investigation, but that was an Ibanez-shaped problem, and Lillian's problems were taller, leaner, and perhaps even meaner, so she focused on them instead. 4. Having a particularly pleasant or recognizable shape. Labels: Internet
Word: shaped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schaped, ischaped, equivalent to shape + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʃeɪpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of shape Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: satisfied Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of satisfy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: satisfied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English satisfyed, i-satisfyed, i-satisfied, past participle of Middle English satisfien, equivalent to satisfy + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ 1. In a state of satisfaction. Example: I'm satisfied with your progress in your homework, so you can watch television now. 2. Convinced based on the available evidence. Example: The judge was satisfied that the defendant did not go out with the intent to start a riot.
Word: pleased Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed. Pronunciation: /pliːzd/ 1. Happy, content. Example: She was pleased about her exam results. Example: I’m pleased to meet you at last.
Word: pleased Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed. Pronunciation: /pliːzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of please Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rigor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡə/, /ˈɹɪɡɚ/, /ˈɹəɡə/ 1. US spelling of rigour. Labels: US, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Ellipsis of rigor mortis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Example: Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse.
Word: jammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jam 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 jammer From jam + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/ 1. Any device used to jam radio reception. Example: "But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery. 2. A musician who jams. 3. A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc. 4. A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.
Word: bell-shaped Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a shape or cross-section like that of a church bell.
Word: pear-shaped Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear. Example: Single egg laid directly on ledge, pear-shaped to prevent rolling off[.] 2. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear. Example: pear-shaped obesity Example: Just as one should take sitting-up exercises every day to keep one's figure from going pear-shaped in the hips, one should spend at least a little time, even if it is only very little, sloughing off mental flabbiness by thinking, studying or just reading something that requires an exercising effort of the mind to understand, memorise or digest. 3. Of a vocal or musical tone, mellow, rich, sonorous 4. Usually in the phrase go pear-shaped: wrong, awry. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
Word: go pear-shaped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; the following etymologies have been suggested: * From the image of a solid rectangle “slipping down” into a pear shape, thus “the bottom drops out”. ** Similar thoughts about the work of either glassblowers or potters involve a theme of the work trending toward a sagging shape; such speculations may be only folk etymology. * From the image of a balloon or football losing its spherical shape after being punctured. * From an idea that people who shoulder the work — who have the responsibility on their shoulders — may descend into shirking, in which case their broad shoulders diminish as their body becomes pear-shaped. Apparently the term was originally Royal Air Force slang, but came into common use by the 1990s. Pronunciation: /ɡəʊ ˈpɛəʃeɪpt/, /ɡoʊ ˈpɛɚʃeɪpt/ 1. To go awry; to go wrong. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, especially, idiomatic, intransitive Example: After the third attack run I was letting back down to low level, passing through about 100 feet on the way down, when there were two bangs very close together. The whole aircraft shook and things went "pear-shaped" very quickly after that. Example: Now the whole world economy seems to be going pear-shaped all at once[…].
Word: auscultation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin auscultātio (“act of listening”). Pronunciation: /ˌɔːskəlˈteɪʃən/, /ˌɔskəlˈteɪʃən/ 1. Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They thus appeared to be taking her, together, for the moment, and almost for sociability, as prepared to proceed to gratuitous extremities; the upshot of which was in turn, that after much interrogation, auscultation, exploration, much noting of his own sequences and neglecting of hers, had duly kept up the vagueness, they might have struck themselves, or may at least strike us, as coming back from an undeterred but useless voyage to the north pole. Example: The movement was also responsible for the recognition of several new signs of death such as fixed, dilated pupils and auscultation of the heart.
Word: now now Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of now, now. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decadence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia (“decay”), from *decadens (“decaying”), present participle of *decadere (“to decay”); see decay. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkədəns/ 1. A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence." 2. The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the decadence of a five-star hotel
Word: don't go there Part of Speech: intj 1. Do not broach that topic. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: 'Surely, in hindsight, you realise she was an unsuitable wife for you,' he stated unequivocally. 'Don't go there, Dad,' Luc warned, hard ruthless steel in his own eyes. 'You've lost one son. You're very close to losing another.'
Word: open one's big mouth Part of Speech: verb 1. To speak about things rashly or foolishly, when it would be better to stay silent. Labels: informal Example: Grr, why do I always open my big mouth after doing something wrong?
Word: RoI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Republic of Ireland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: big mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. The mouth of someone who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, often Example: Shut your big mouth or I'll shut it for you. 2. A person who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, often Example: Shut up, big mouth!
Word: mouth music Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Scottish Gaelic puirt à beul (“tunes from a mouth”). 1. The vocal imitation of instrumental music. Labels: uncountable Example: She herself or one of the other crofter women of the townland would sing to us the mouth music. Example: ‘Mouth music’ evolved in those parts of the country where poor people had no instruments but still wanted to dance. 2. Words (or sometimes actions) that sound good but do not mean anything. Labels: uncountable Example: I lived both with no belief in a higher power and I lived with a so-called religious belief in a higher power that was purely a dead religion. It was just mouth music. Example: Saying it applies to the civil service is just mouth music from people out to collect money from civil service employees. 3. Oral sex. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: At some point in almost every gay encounter someone will play a little mouth music.
Word: drown one's sorrows Part of Speech: verb 1. To drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.
Word: ecological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ecology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English ecological From ecology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ 1. Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment. Example: Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents. Example: To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic. 2. Not harmful to the environment.
Word: geek code Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of codes used in sigblocks to broadcast the (typically computer-related) interests, skills, and aspirations of the poster. Labels: Internet
Word: deadlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dead Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English deadlock From dead + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdˌlɒk/, /ˈdɛdˌlɑk/, /ˈdedˌlɔk/ 1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The negotiation ended in deadlock, with neither party willing to compromise on the price. 2. An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If synchronization is always performed in least-first order with respect to object tags, then situations can never arise in which one thread has the synchronization lock for x while waiting for y and another has the lock for y while waiting for x. Instead, they will both obtain the locks in the same order, thus avoiding this form of deadlock. 3. Synonym of deadbolt (“type of lock”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deadlock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English dead Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English deadlock From dead + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdˌlɒk/, /ˈdɛdˌlɑk/, /ˈdedˌlɔk/ 1. To cause or come to a deadlock. Labels: intransitive Example: A suspect was arrested on November 30 and charged with attempted murder. The evidence against him consisted of two jailhouse informers and an eyewitness who picked him out of a lineup after having identified a different man in an initial photo array. A jury ultimately convicted the suspect of assault after deadlocking twice in three days of deliberation. 2. To bring to a state of deadlock. Labels: transitive Example: Since we cannot solve this problem completely, it may sometimes be better to use explicit locks and risk deadlock if a thread exits unexpectedly. It may be better to have a deadlocked system than to have a corrupted system.
Word: lumbering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Only the old harbor-master was there, singing out, as by duty bound, his lusty oaths at their lumberings. 2. The business of felling trees for lumber. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: lumbering Part of Speech: adj 1. Clumsy or awkward. Example: I've kidnapped that lumbering fool Donkey Kong and you will never see him again. Har-har-har-har! 2. Heavy, slow and laborious; ponderous. Example: The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
Word: unsociable 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 sociable English unsociable From un- + sociable. 1. not desiring the company of others 2. not congenial or compatible 3. unfriendly
Word: unsociable 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- English sociable English unsociable From un- + sociable. 1. A person who is not sociable.
Word: knit cap Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft, head-hugging cap usually without a specified front or back, barring those with designs or logos Labels: US
Word: flurry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”). Pronunciation: /ˈflʌ.ɹi/, /ˈflʊ.ɹi/, /ˈflɝ.i/, /ˈflɐ.ɹi/ 1. A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow. 2. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze. Example: a flurry of wind Example: When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform. 3. A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind. 4. Any sudden activity; a stir. Labels: figuratively Example: "I missed the beast in my flurry, but he dropped you all right and was off like a streak." Example: With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze. 5. A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc. Example: Does your "Forbidden Foods" list include banana splits, ice cream sundaes, slurpies, popsicles, frozen yogurts, milk shakes, and ice cream flurries? These foods taste great but have a reputation for being bad for your health. Example: They will make your tongue smile with their homemade ice cream, which was voted "Best Taste in the USA Today." Enjoy exciting toppings to personalize your treat or a yummy sundae, flurry, smoothie, banana split or shake... 6. The violent spasms of a dying whale. Example: Again and again to such gamesome talk, the dexterous dart is repeated, the spear returning to its master like a greyhound held in skilful leash. The agonized whale goes into his flurry; the tow-line is slackened, and the pitchpoler dropping astern, folds his hands, and mutely watches the monster die. 7. An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time. Example: The fencer landed a flurry of hits on her opponent. Example: The think piece provoked a flurry of media responses for the remainder of the week.
Word: flurry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”). Pronunciation: /ˈflʌ.ɹi/, /ˈflʊ.ɹi/, /ˈflɝ.i/, /ˈflɐ.ɹi/ 1. To agitate, bewilder, fluster. Labels: transitive Example: And so venturing not to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous. Example: She was flurried by the term with which he had qualified her gentle friend, but she took the occasion for one to which she must in every manner lend herself. 2. To move or fall in a flurry. Labels: intransitive
Word: dyestuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dye + stuff. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪˌstʌf/ 1. Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Except for the indigo, the dyebaths are steeped over heat to release their pigment and then strained to remove the dyestuff.
Word: DVLC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DVLA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: durance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French durance, from durer (“to last”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns/, /ˈdjʊəɹəns/ 1. Imprisonment; forced confinement. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce! Example: the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance. 2. Duration. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Endurance, durability. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance? Example: O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall / Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap / May who ne’er hung there. Nor does long our small / Durance deal with that steep or deep.
Word: dumper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dump 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 dumper From dump + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmpə/, /ˈdʌmpɚ/ 1. A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites; a dumpcart. 2. A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill or recycling sites. 3. One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship. 4. A wave that knocks a surfer into the water. Example: The choice of a dumper can be disastrous for a comparatively unskilled surfer […] Example: […] learning how to slide across the face of a wave is put to practical use when inadvertently catching a dumper (plunging wave). 5. A program that outputs the contents of storage or a data structure. Example: Protected programs implement various measures of counteraction against debuggers, disassemblers, dumpers, and other hacker tools. 6. A person's buttocks. Labels: slang Example: My ass doesn't have to be that big, right? I'll kick you a few CCs and then you and me will take our brand-new dumpers and we'll just go, you know, flaunting around Copacabana Beach.
Word: dumbstruck Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dumb + struck. Comapare strike dumb. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmˌstɹʌk/ 1. So shocked as to be unable to speak.
Word: dulce de leche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish dulce de leche (literally “sweet [made] of milk”). Compare dolcelatte. Pronunciation: /ˌdulseɪ də ˈlɛtʃeɪ/, /ˌdʌlseɪ də ˈlɛtʃeɪ/ 1. A South American sweet spread made from sugar and boiled milk. Labels: uncountable Example: Unlike dulce de leche, in which milk is cooked down with sugar until it thickens into gold, the milk stays white here — burfi comes from the Persian word for snow — for a purer flavor.
Word: Chewbacca defense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Chewbacca (a character from the 1977 film Star Wars) + defense; coined in "Chef Aid", a 1998 episode of South Park. 1. Any legal strategy or propaganda strategy that seeks to overwhelm its audience with nonsensical arguments, as a way of confusing the audience and drowning out legitimate opposing arguments. Labels: humorous Example: But at this point John Taylor, at least — and I believe he's not alone — has gone full Chewbacca defense.
Word: inenubilable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From English in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + Latin ēnūbilāre (“to clear of clouds or mist; (figurative) to clear of obscurity”) + English -able (suffix meaning ‘able to be done’ forming adjectives), possibly coined by the English critic and essayist Max Beerbohm (1872–1956): see the 1903 and 1911 quotations below. By surface analysis, in- + e- + Latin nubil- + -able. Ēnūbilāre is derived from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix denoting privation)) + nūbilus (“cloudy, overcast; (figurative) beclouded, confused, troubled”) (from nūbēs (“cloud; (figurative) concealment, obscurity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”)) + -āre. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɪˈnjuːbɪləb(ə)l/, /ˌɪnɪˈnjubɪləbəl/, /-nu-/ 1. Incapable of being cleared of clouds. Labels: formal, literary, rare Example: As blue and gray go the clouds / Round and about, turning forever / Upon this focus which is the ineluctable you / This minute, this hour, this day, this afternoon that is forever, / Under this never inenubilable sky. Example: Our blue inenubilable Zembla, and the red-capped Steinmann, and the motorboat in the sea cave, and— 2. Inexplicable, mysterious, unclear. Labels: figuratively, formal, literary, rare Example: They go, but are overwhelmed by an avalanche, while the wife and the huntsman escape unharmed. This business of the avalanche is treated by the critics as something quite inenubilable. Yet what could be plainer than [Henrik] Ibsen's meaning? Example: For there is nothing in England to be matched with what lurks in the vapours of these meadows, and in the shadows of these spires—that mysterious, inenubilable spirit, spirit of Oxford.
Word: blowsabella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 18th-century Great Britain. From a character in John Gay's 1714 poem The Shepherd's Week. 1. A rural woman; a country wench. Labels: obsolete Example: So ridiculous was Waller's second wife in the eyes of Johnson, even with Tetty, his own red-faced Blowsabella, vividly surviving in his remembrance! Example: Before his beard was grey, he took to wife the offspring of one of his own tenants; a buxom Blousalinda, who outlived all his brutality, and buried him at last, more decently than he deserved; though she professed herself heart-broken before the honeymoon had waned. 2. A hot-tempered, unjustifiably angry woman, usually stereotyped as a red-haired Irish maidservant. Labels: broadly, obsolete 3. A disheveled woman; a slattern. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: "I declare I have not been able to get a single glance in the glass, and I am sure I shall look a regular Blouzabella," remarked a sparkling brunette. 4. A promiscuous woman or prostitute. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: It is the way of the world. It is just as well Polly is faithless. If it were otherwise, she would very likely break her heart for him.¶ And deep down in his muddled mind he knows that stately ship as the symbol of his first love, a love more cruel in her way than this poor Blowsabella of Paradise Street, a love whose gifts are hardship, and cold, and peril in great waters—yet to whom, while breath is in his body, he will continually return.
Word: anaglyph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναγλυφή (anagluphḗ, “work in low relief”); from ανα- (ana-, “up”) + γλῠ́φειν (glŭ́phein, “carve out”). By surface analysis, ana- + glyph. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.əˌɡlɪf/ 1. A decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief, such as a piece of cameo jewelry. 2. A matched pair of images designed to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed using spectacles that have usually one red and one bluish-green lens, corresponding to the colors of the pairs of images.
Word: amaxophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed in English from Ancient Greek ἅμαξα (hámaxa, “waggon”) + -phobia, the latter element itself deriving from the Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía). The etymologically consistent spelling is *hamaxophobia, but that spelling is not attested outside word-lists and dictionaries. 1. Fear of being in or riding in a vehicle. Labels: uncountable Example: I have known of at least two well marked instances of amaxophobia originating in the fright of being run away with and the effect of the shock abiding with them throughout the after life[…]
Word: amathophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Fear of dust. Labels: uncountable
Word: molly-guard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Molly (female given name) + guard. Originally a Plexiglas cover improvised for the Big Red Switch on an IBM 4341 mainframe after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) tripped it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒli ɡɑːd/, /ˈmɑli ɡɑɹd/ 1. A physical barrier to protect something from unwanted contact, especially a shield to prevent accidental tripping of an emergency shutdown or power switch. Example: There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator. Example: The radial heat losses are minimized by the Molly Guard foil which establishes a linear temperature profile between the hot heater housing and the water cooled base plate.
Word: keep someone in the loop Part of Speech: verb 1. To furnish someone with sufficient relevant information and include them in the decision-making process. Labels: idiomatic Example: "A number of regions have certainly shown interest, and everybody is keen to be kept in the loop with developmnts.
Word: sports Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -s English sports From sport + -s. Pronunciation: /spɔːts/, /spɔɹts/, /spo(ː)ɹts/, /spoəts/ 1. plural of sport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sports Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -s English sports From sport + -s. Pronunciation: /spɔːts/, /spɔɹts/, /spo(ː)ɹts/, /spoəts/ 1. Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”). Labels: uncountable
Word: sports Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -s English sports From sport + -s. Pronunciation: /spɔːts/, /spɔɹts/, /spo(ː)ɹts/, /spoəts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sport Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sports Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -s English sports From sport + -s. Pronunciation: /spɔːts/, /spɔɹts/, /spo(ː)ɹts/, /spoəts/ 1. To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question. Example: But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed. Example: And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.
Word: ptomaine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ptomaïne, from Italian ptomaina, from Ancient Greek πτῶμα (ptôma, “corpse”). Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊmeɪn/, /ˈtoʊmeɪn/ 1. Any of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On 6 February 2001 the Yaremche Environmental Health Inspectorate (санітарно-епідеміологічна станція) concluded that the cemetery should not have been constructed on the VL [Vorokhtya Lisokombinat] plot in view of its proximity to residential buildings and the risk of contamination of the surrounding environment by ptomaine. 2. Food poisoning. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: "There have been cases of ptomaine poisoning from them, haven't there? Mr. Abbott put on a horrified expression. Example: You remember Leonard Skinner. He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.
Word: xenial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitality; relations of hospitality between states or between a person and a state; the status of an alien, i.e., not a citizen”), equivalent to xenia + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈziːnɪəl/, /ˈziːnjəl/ 1. Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners. Labels: uncommon Example: Thus then society is not arranged in clans, but in tribes, united by the general sense of a common name, a common abode, a common history, a common religion, and a remote sense of a common tribal stock, without any sense of personal affinity in each individual case. Again, it is curious to observe that the xenial relation was not less vivacious than that of blood. Example: House Democrats will always put American values over autocracy, benevolence over bigotry, […] working families over the well-connected, xenial over xenophobia, “Yes we can!” over “You can’t do it,” and zealous representation over zero-sum confrontation! 2. Of the relation between a host and guest; friendly. Labels: uncommon
Word: prolepsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prolepsis, from Ancient Greek πρόληψις (prólēpsis, “preconception, anticipation”), from προλαμβάνω (prolambánō, “take beforehand, anticipate”). Pronunciation: /pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪs/ 1. The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 2. The anticipation of an objection to an argument. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Prolepsis makes objections; then replies; And wisely thus anticipates surprise. 3. A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 4. A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Point (1) seems to imply that one may have a false judgement because of a mismatch between different criteria for truth. For example, my sensation is paired with a prolepsis of a horse, therefore I make an assertion that ‘there is a horse’, which upon further inspection may turn out to be a cow. 5. Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] [Edmund] Plovvden being of the Romiſh perſvvaſion, ſome Setters trapanned him (pardon the prolepſis) to hear Maſſe: But aftervvards Plovvden underſtanding, that the pretender to Officiate vvas no Prieſt, but a meer Lay-man (on deſigne to make a diſcovering) Oh! The caſe is altered quoth Plovvden: No Priest, no Maſſe.
Word: choreographed Part of Speech: adj 1. made to work together; orchestrated Example: Lion hunts are highly choreographed, rarefied affairs; you’re looking at $70,000 before you even load your rifle. Then there are the game fees for the bait you’ll need − a zebra, warthog and a kudu, say − and for the lion itself. All in, you’re looking at a six-figure outlay with no guarantee that you’ll come home with a lion skin for a rug. (Taxidermy not included.)
Word: choreographed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of choreograph Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uniformity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English uniformite, uniformitie (“conformity or equality among several parts; similar degree”), borrowed from Old French uniformité (“uniformity”) (modern French uniformité), or from its etymon Late Latin ūniformitās, from Latin ūnifōrmis (“having only one form or shape, uniform”) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being)). Ūnifōrmis is derived from ūni- (prefix meaning ‘one’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”)) + -fōrmis (suffix meaning having the form of) (from fōrma (“appearance, form, shape”); further etymology unknown). By surface analysis, uniform + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪti/, /ˌjunɪˈfɔɹməti/, [-ɾi] 1. The quality or state of being uniform. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The buildings are all of brick, of a goodly heigth, and an excellent vniformity in moſt of the ſtreets, the toppes riſing vvith battlements. Example: It remaines, that I collect as vvell as I can, thoſe memorials vvhich I find of this expedition ſcattered in diuers places: a vvorke neceſſarie, for that the greatneſſe of this action vvas ſuch, as ought not to bee omitted in a generall Hiſtorie; yet not eaſie, the conſent of thoſe that haue vvritten thereof, being nothing neare to vniformitie. 2. The quality or state of being uniform. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The uniformity of the decor Example: Brown was the first livery selected for the company by Brunel nearly 108 years ago, and it continued until October, 1864, when the Directors decided that, to relieve the uniformity, carriages of all classes should be painted white from the waist upwards. 3. The quality or state of being uniform. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The quality or state of being uniform. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It must be granted at once, to the advocates of this geological uniformity, that we are not arbitrarily to assume the existence of catastrophes. The degree of uniformity and continuity with which terromotive forces have acted, must be collected, not from any gratuitous hypothesis, but from the facts of the case. 5. The quality or state of being uniform. Labels: especially, uncountable, usually Example: Novv, vvhen the father of their Church, vvho gladly vvould heale the ſoare of the daugheer^([sic]) of his people ſoftly and ſleightly, and make the beſt of it, findeth ſo great fault vvith them for their oddes and iarring; vve hope the children haue no great cauſe to vaunt of their vniformitie. Example: VVhither Mr. [William] Dell is arrived, let his Sermon againſt Reformation, and his Treatiſe againſt Uniformity vvitneſs.
Word: pooping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpuːpɪŋ/ 1. The act of a wave (or other vessel) striking the poop (stern) of a vessel. Labels: uncountable
Word: pooping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpuːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of poop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foreclosure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foreclose by analogy with closure, equivalent to fore- + closure. 1. The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ductus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun). Doublet of duct and douit. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌk.təs/ 1. The number of strokes that make up a written letter, and the direction, sequence and speed in which they are written (Compare graph; see also aspect.) 2. A subtle reduction of weight towards the middle of the stroke of the letter. 3. A duct, tube or canal in the body.
Word: betatron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English beta Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor. English -tron English betatron From beta + -tron. Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.təˌtɹɒn/, /ˈbeɪ.təˌtɹɑn/ 1. A form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed.
Word: paska Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ukrainian па́ска (páska) and Russian па́ска (páska), borrowing from Ancient Greek πάσκα (páska), phonetic variant of πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא (pasḥa), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, paskha, and Pesach. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑskə/ 1. A traditional Ukrainian egg bread, often decorated, used in Easter traditions. Labels: Canada, Ukraine, countable, uncountable 2. Alternative form of paskha. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable