nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Chaldea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Chaldaea, from Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía). Pronunciation: /kælˈdi.ə/ 1. An ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain. Labels: historical
Word: narwhal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch narwal or Danish/Norwegian Bokmål narhval, from Old Norse náhvalr, from nár (“corpse”) + hvalr (“whale”). Compare Icelandic náhvalur. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑːʍəl/, /ˈnɑːwəl/, /ˈnɑːˌʍeɪl/, /ˈnɑːˌweɪl/, /ˈnɑɹʍəl/ 1. An Arctic toothed whale (Monodon monoceros) that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed cuspid that projects forward. Example: Moreover, both narwhals and bowheads can occur in late summer in southern Prince Regent Inlet (coming from Lancaster Sound) and may reach Fury and Hecla Strait and northern Foxe Basin. Example: Often, in the morning, narwhals played around the boat and reminded me of the dolphins, so far away in the North Atlantic. But these narwhals were not like the Atlantic sea-dogs; they had little of their flashing vibrancy; these Turkish narwhals were much more relaxed, and rolled over lazily, with a sigh, as if they were going to retire to a sofa and smoke a hookah.
Word: cetacean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an. Pronunciation: /sɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. Pertaining to the zoologic infraorder Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy. Example: The poached blubber was definitely cetacean in origin, but the particular species could not be identified. Example: She was not as demure as she was in Roanoke; she seemed at the beginning rather like she felt more comfortable in the oceanic atmosphere harpooning her opponent. Indeed, at times, it seemed she was Ahab and the witherwin Allen was her Moby Dick; but while she sails her Pequod just as intently toward a singular goal, her alastor is much less clear and she bears no visible scars of a cetacean attacker. 2. Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals. Labels: broadly, figuratively, sometimes Example: The obese woman, ungainly on land, moved with a kind of cetacean grace in the water. Example: […] I would propose that external dependencies to the document would be automatically downloaded if a local copy doesn't exist so that the core distribution no longer is quite so cetacean in size.
Word: cetacean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an. Pronunciation: /sɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. A marine mammal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales, characterized by a streamlined body, one or two blowholes, tail flukes, and fin-like forelimbs without hind limbs. Example: The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter.
Word: notch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an otch, from Middle French oche (“notch”), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”). Pronunciation: /nɒtʃ/, /nɑtʃ/, /nɔtʃ/, /nɔːtʃ/, /nɑːtʃ/ 1. A V-shaped cut. 2. A V-shaped cut. Example: The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies. 3. An indentation. 4. A mountain pass; a defile. 5. The female primary sex organ, vulva. Labels: slang Example: If this Coin pass, no Man that lives, Shall dun for Past Debauches; Zounds, Landlords, send but in your Wifes, We’ll scow’r off all their Notches. Example: He forced his prick between her reluctant lips, all slimy and soiled as it was from the previous enculade, then producing an enormous dildoe, nearly twelve inches long, and big in proportion, he put a little cold cream on it, and presented the head to her notch, trying to force it in. “Ah! No! no! that's so awfully large!” she almost screamed, but the head was partly in, and despite her sobs: and moans of pains, he soon succeeded in passing at least ten inches of it into her distended vagina. 6. A woman. Labels: US, slang Example: These ladies from the west got game Who got the best, VA, DC, Georgia, New York, Texas, Louisiana, or Florida The Middwest got some super notches You eva seen Cali's finest, man, who could top us 7. A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule. 8. A level or degree. Labels: informal Example: This car is a notch better than the other. Example: Can you speak a notch louder, please? 9. A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house a camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.
Word: notch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an otch, from Middle French oche (“notch”), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”). Pronunciation: /nɒtʃ/, /nɑtʃ/, /nɔtʃ/, /nɔːtʃ/, /nɑːtʃ/ 1. To cut a notch in (something). Labels: transitive 2. To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something. Labels: transitive Example: The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle. 3. To join by means of notches. Labels: transitive 4. To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes. Labels: informal, transitive Example: The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday. Example: Jenkins booted a pair of field goals, Hopkins and George Nwokoji each notched a touchdown. 5. Synonym of nock (“to fit (an arrow) to a bow”). Labels: transitive Example: Notching an arrow on the string of his tried and unerring bow, he raised his sinewy arms […] Example: As Uncle Bunse threw his armful of stuff into the canoe, half a dozen other Indians crept forward, notching their arrows to shoot. 6. To change in small graduations. Labels: transitive Example: to notch back a salary
Word: informal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English formal English informal From in- + formal. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔː.m(ə)l/, /ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/ 1. Not formal or ceremonious. Example: an informal get-together Example: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. 2. Not in accord with the usual regulations. Example: an informal agreement 3. Suited for everyday use. Example: informal clothes 4. Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage. Example: When I returned to the movie Ghilli, a Kollywood classic (Kollywood being the informal name for Tamil cinema) that I loved as a kid, I couldn’t help but question why the story continues romantically, without question, after the heroine is slapped by the supposed love of her life. 5. Not organized; not structured or planned.
Word: everyday Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day. Pronunciation: /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ 1. Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar, When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway. 2. Commonplace, ordinary. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then you came in. I heard your rumbling voice Out in the kitchen, and I don't know why, But I went near to see with my own eyes. You could sit there with the stains on your shoes Of the fresh earth from your own baby's grave And talk about your everyday concerns.[…] Example: Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe. 3. Present or recurring every day. Labels: literally, not-comparable Example: For Everyday Recording / For example: Programme time for timer recording every day from 20:00–22:45 on timer programme number 7. Programming for everyday recording can be made on any of the timer programme numbers 1–7. […] For Everyweek Recording / For Example: Programming a timer recording for a TV programme that is broadcast every week on Sunday, from 20:00 to 22:45. Example: “What kind of place do you live in! Every time we turn around, somebody else is getting killed!” / “Believe me, it’s not an everyday occurrence.” An everyweek occurrence lately, however. 4. Commonplace or ordinary during daytime. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: This was an everyday and everynight scene a couple of decades ago. Example: It calls for methods of thinking, of writing texts, and of investigation that expand and extend our knowledge of how our everyday/everynight worlds are put together, determined and shaped as they are by forces and powers beyond our practical and direct knowledge.
Word: everyday Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day. Pronunciation: /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ 1. Misspelling of every day (compare everywhere, everyway, etc.). Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: everyday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day. Pronunciation: /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ 1. Literally every day in succession, or every day but Sunday. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. The ordinary or routine day or occasion. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Putting away the tableware for everyday, a chore which is part of the everyday.
Word: unofficial 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 official English unofficial From un- + official. Pronunciation: /ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/ 1. Not officially established. Example: the unofficial results of the ballot Example: And even though their numbers have been halved—that’s the unofficial tally given in one of the strategy sessions—everyone from Sansa to Daenerys to Varys is wondering who is going to rule over which pile of smoking ruins. 2. Not officially established. Example: The unofficial reason for invading the nation, however, was to control their resources. 3. Not acting with official authority. Example: an unofficial adviser Example: Drivers' union ASLEF bluntly rebuffed the claim of unofficial action, calling it a lie. And Avanti West Coast was unable to provide any proof for its assertion, when questioned by RAIL. 4. Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.
Word: pharmacopeia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pharmacopoeia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtən/, /ˈkɑːtn̩/, /ˈkɑɹtn̩/, [ˈkʰɑɹʔn̩] 1. An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a carton of milk or eggs 2. A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: Mr Yunupingu was referred to the clinic where I was working at that time, Northside Clinic, for treatment of his alcohol problem. I think he described drinking between one and four cartons every single day - it's quite a phenomenal amount. 4. A kind of thin pasteboard. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 5. A small disc within the bullseye of a target. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 6. A shot that strikes this disc. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: carton Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtən/, /ˈkɑːtn̩/, /ˈkɑɹtn̩/, [ˈkʰɑɹʔn̩] 1. To put in a carton.
Word: screen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm. An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːn/, [ˈskɹ̈ʷɪi̯n] 1. To filter by passing through a screen. Example: Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel. 2. To filter. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Passenger baggage was screened by X-ray to look for weapons. 3. To shelter or conceal. 4. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts. Example: The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing. Example: "It were dishonour in me to yield. I will not play the part of an impostor, whom my uncle must despise even while he screens. No; these estates are his right: let him take them; I will not buy them with his daughter's hand." 5. To present publicly (on the screen). Example: The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight. 6. To fit with a screen. Example: We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy. 7. To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease or to assess susceptibility to a disease. 8. To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein. 9. To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. 10. To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone. Example: A Phone to Screen Calls Example: If you screen your calls as a time management technique, try this message: I'm not near my phone right now, but I should be able to return calls after 3:30.
Word: malapropism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Mrs. Malaprop, a character in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan + -ism. As dramatic characters in English comic plays of this time often had allusive names, it is likely that Sheridan fashioned the name from malapropos (“inappropriate; inappropriately”), from French mal à propos. Mrs. Malaprop is a classic example of a familiar comedic character archetype who unintentionally substitutes inappropriate but like-sounding words that take on a ludicrous meaning when used incorrectly. Pronunciation: /ˈmæləpɹɒpˌɪzəm/, /ˈmæləpɹɑpˌɪzəm/ 1. The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one. Labels: uncountable Example: The script employed malapropism to great effect. 2. An instance of such use. Labels: countable Example: The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language. Example: The humor comes from all the malapropisms.
Word: shogunate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shogun Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English shogunate From shogun + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). 1. The office or dignity of a shogun. Labels: historical
Word: good evening Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.". 1. Used as a greeting in the evening. Labels: Canada Example: Good evening everyone and welcome to our 34th annual general meeting.
Word: good afternoon Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Probably a shortening of "I wish you a good afternoon." 1. A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon. Labels: Canada Example: Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to our special meeting today. Example: Jeeves: Good afternoon, madam. Landlady: Don't you good afternoon me. I'm a respectable woman. Jeeves: I have no reason to doubt it, madam.
Word: good night Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night." Pronunciation: /ɡʊd ˈnaɪt/, [ɡʊd̚ˈnäɪt] 1. A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep. 2. Expressing incredulity. Labels: colloquial Example: […] peculiarities of your law always interest me. What is 'legitim'?" "Oh! Good-night!" I said derisively. "But I am in dead earnest, and really want to know," he added with a perfectly serious face; "I have a small bet on." Example: Together they pried into the sodden mass, yanking out what was left of the record books. "Oh, good night!" Joe moaned in dismay. "The fire extinguisher liquid has messed up what the fire didn't."
Word: abductive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin abdūcō Latin abductusder. English abduct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English abductive From abduct + -ive. Pronunciation: /æbˈdʌk.tɪv/, /ˈæbˌdək.tɪv/ 1. Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. Labels: not-comparable 2. Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference. Labels: not-comparable 3. Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping). Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The logs showed that between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the abductive day, 10,718 SIMs connected with the seven […] Some people in the kidnap zone would of course have called each other innocently, but […]
Word: conundrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A word of unknown origin with several variants, gaining popularity for its burlesque imitation of scholastic Latin, as hocus-pocus or panjandrum. If there is more to its origin than a nonce coinage, Anatoly Liberman suggests the best theory is that connecting it with the Conimbricenses, 16th c. scholastic commentaries on Aristotle by the Jesuits of Coimbra which indulge heavily in arguments relying on multiple significations of words. Pronunciation: /kəˈnʌn.dɹəm/ 1. A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer. Example: “Why should I understand that, or anything else?” asked the girl. “Don’t bother my head by asking conundrums, I beg of you. Just let me discover myself in my own way.” Example: Besides assisting in unravelling these two etymological conundrums, the present research also made an effort to approach a greater accuracy in presenting the original sources of borrowed words. 2. A difficult choice or decision that must be made. Example: 2004, Martha Stewart, statement read before being sentenced to five months in prison And while I am more concerned about the well-being of others than for myself, more hurt for them and for their losses than for my own, more worried for their futures than for the future of Martha Stewart the person, you are faced with a conundrum, a problem of monumental, to me, proportions. Example: Herb was initially overcome by Jakarta ('The impressions of noise, chaos, tremendous crowdedness and I suppose whitelessness were perhaps the strongest, and I felt something of a stranger') and faced with the familiar conundrum ('again the sensation of the thousands of hungry people all around – happy looking often, pluckily cheerful but in fact hungry – is strange and upsetting'), but he quickly slipped into the volunteer lifestyle with relish, borrowing a bike from Soewarto, a friend from Kempen, and spending a lot of his time with volunteers, including Lance Castles and John Gare.
Word: plain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pleyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pleyn, playn, Middle French plain, plein, and Old French plain, from Latin plānus (“flat, even, level, plain”). Doublet of llano, piano, and plane. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/, [pl̥eɪn], /plen/, /plein/, /plɛjn/ 1. Flat, level. Labels: archaic, regional Example: The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. 2. Simple, unaltered. Example: He was dressed simply in plain black clothes. Example: a plain tune 3. Simple, unaltered. Example: a plain pink polycotton skirt 4. Simple, unaltered. Example: They're just plain people like you or me. Example: plain yet pious Christians 5. Simple, unaltered. Example: Would you like a poppy bagel or a plain bagel? 6. Simple, unaltered. 7. Obvious. Example: In fact, by excommunication or persuasion, by impetuosity of driving or adroitness in leading, this Abbot, it is now becoming plain everywhere, is a man that generally remains master at last. 8. Obvious. Example: His answer was just plain nonsense. 9. Open. Example: Let me be plain with you: I don't like her. Example: [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs. 10. Open. Example: Our troops beat an army in plain fight. 11. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive. Example: Throughout high school she worried that she had a rather plain face. Example: Up to that time the girl had never really done her hair, and she regarded boots merely as things to protect the feet. Suddenly it dawned on her that she was considered plain and that she diffused an atmosphere of intellectual frost. 12. Not a trump.
Word: plain Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English pleyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pleyn, playn, Middle French plain, plein, and Old French plain, from Latin plānus (“flat, even, level, plain”). Doublet of llano, piano, and plane. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/, [pl̥eɪn], /plen/, /plein/, /plɛjn/ 1. Simply. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: It was just plain stupid. Example: I plain forgot. 2. Plainly; distinctly. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Tell me plain: do you love me or no?
Word: plain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French plain, from Latin plānum (“level ground, a plain”), neuter substantive from plānus (“level, even, flat”). Doublet of llano, piano, and plane. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/, [pl̥eɪn], /plen/, /plein/, /plɛjn/ 1. An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. Example: Him the Ammonite / Worshipped in Rabba and her watery plain. Example: 1961, J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467. For Plato the life of the philosopher is a life of struggle towards the goal of knowledge, towards “searching the heavens and measuring the plains, in all places seeking the nature of everything as a whole” 2. A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water. Example: Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, ⁠Sailest the placid ocean-plains ⁠With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er. 3. Synonym of field in reference to a battlefield. Labels: archaic Example: You have stormed no town and found the money there ; neither did you find it in the plains of Plassey after the defeat of the Nawab Example: Lead forth my soldiers to the plain. 4. Alternative spelling of plane: a flat geometric field. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: plain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French plain, from Latin plānum (“level ground, a plain”), neuter substantive from plānus (“level, even, flat”). Doublet of llano, piano, and plane. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/, [pl̥eɪn], /plen/, /plein/, /plɛjn/ 1. To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Frownst thou thereat aspiring Lancaster, The sworde shall plane the furrowes of thy browes, Example: We would rake Europe rather, plain the East; 2. To make plain or manifest; to explain. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: What’s dumb in show, I’ll plain with speech.
Word: plain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman plainer, pleiner, variant of Anglo-Norman and Old French pleindre, plaindre, from Latin plangere. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/, [pl̥eɪn], /plen/, /plein/, /plɛjn/ 1. A lamentation. Labels: poetic, rare Example: The warrior-threat, the infant's plain, The mother's screams, were heard in vain;
Word: plain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman plainer, pleiner, variant of Anglo-Norman and Old French pleindre, plaindre, from Latin plangere. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/, [pl̥eɪn], /plen/, /plein/, /plɛjn/ 1. To complain. Labels: obsolete, reflexive Example: Persones and parisch prestes · pleyned hem to þe bischop / Þat here parisshes were pore · sith þe pestilence tyme […]. 2. To lament, bewail. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic, poetic Example: to plain a loss Example: Shepheards, that wont[…] Oft times to plaine your loves concealed smart
Word: plain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pleyn, borrowed from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus (“full, filled, complete”). Ultimately from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Doublet of plene, plenary, and full. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/, [pl̥eɪn], /plen/, /plein/, /plɛjn/ 1. Full, complete in number or extent. Labels: obsolete
Word: blow football Part of Speech: noun 1. An indoor tabletop game, normally for children, simulating football (soccer), in which plastic straws are blown through in order to move a small ball and score goals. Labels: uncountable
Word: bain-marie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bain-marie, from Medieval Latin balneum Mariae (literally “Maria's bath”). Pronunciation: /ˌbænməˈriː/ 1. A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food slowly, or to keep food warm. Example: Steam tables, bains marie, and chaffing dishes require that an accurate external probe thermometer be used. 2. A unit comprising an array of such pans.
Word: goodnight Vienna Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Goodnight, Vienna, a 1932 operetta. 1. Events have reached a state of completion; nothing more can be done. Labels: British, slang Example: If the ship takes on any more water, it’ll be goodnight Vienna for us all. Example: So I met the girl, we had a few drinks. Back to her place, and Good Night, Vienna.
Word: childer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English childer, childre, from Old English ċildra, ċildru. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪldə(ɹ)/ 1. Plural of child. Labels: Ireland, form-of, plural Example: Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days. 2. Plural of childe (“self-turned vampire”). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: childer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English childer, childre, from Old English ċildra, ċildru. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪldə(ɹ)/ 1. A child. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England Example: As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin Example: Aye has he, Dan'l Drax, so do ee larn him what cums to they as lets off rebels. He be safter nor turnips, nor boiled turnips, so he be. Was blubberin' while back over yon rebel an'a childer !
Word: Pali Part of Speech: name Etymology: A learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːli/ 1. A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism. 2. A district of Rajasthan, India.
Word: Pali Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 八里 (Bālǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Pa¹-li³. 1. Alternative form of Bali (in Taiwan). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For field release trials, two C. p. fatigans breeding places (hereafter referred to as sites “A” and “B”) were selected in Pali Township, Taipei County. Example: Forty minutes later, we found ourselves seated on boulders on the side of Kuan Yin Shan with a lovely view of the river and the town of Tamsui to the east and the farms and field of Pali to the north.
Word: Pali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Palestinian, influenced by Paki. 1. A Palestinian person. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: Pali Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of Palestinian, influenced by Paki. 1. Palestinian. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, not-comparable, offensive, slur
Word: Pali Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Palisades. 1. The Pacific Palisades coast. Labels: slang
Word: irises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iris Labels: form-of, plural Example: Pink- and apricot-coloured irises have also been bred in some species. Example: The flag irises are for the most part of the easiest culture and easily propagated.
Word: irises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of iris Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: asea Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + sea. Pronunciation: /əˈsiː/ 1. on the ocean; on a boat on the ocean Labels: not-comparable 2. uncertain; (psychologically) adrift. Labels: not-comparable
Word: asea Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + sea. Pronunciation: /əˈsiː/ 1. in the direction of the sea, seaward. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dribble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English drib Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English dribble From drib + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/, /dɹɪ.bl̩/, /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/, /ˈdɹɪ.b(ə)l/ 1. In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly. 2. To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool. Example: The baby dribbled onto its bib. 3. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle. Labels: intransitive 4. To move or roll slowly or in small quantities. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The last formal word of compliment was spoken and the audience dribbled away with a sense of having performed a duty only slightly less meritorious than that of going to church. Example: Denny slid over a couple of steps and swung feebly at it. The ball hit the wooden frame of his racket and dribbled into the net. 5. To let something fall in drips. Labels: transitive Example: let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room 6. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion. Labels: dated 7. To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
Word: dribble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drib Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English dribble From drib + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/, /dɹɪ.bl̩/, /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/, /ˈdɹɪ.b(ə)l/ 1. Drool; saliva. Labels: uncountable 2. Rubbish; worthless matter. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: Your pieces are amateur at best—at worst they are a commercial hoax—something you’d find at Kmart for the kids to take back to their dorms. Frankly, I’m shocked you would waste my time with this dribble. You are no artist, my dear. Example: “Are these mangers also called ‘Labor Camps’? Those baby production lines Hitler set up to produce a race of pure bloods.” / “No,” said Ute, openly irritated at the remark. She looked over at Captain Browder, saying with her eyes, “Do we have to keep on with this dribble?” / Browder broke in, “Trank, let’s cut out this insignificant ramble. Let’s go straight to the subject of mangers where girls can give birth in secret.” 3. A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle. Labels: countable 4. A small amount of a liquid. Labels: countable 5. The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it. Labels: countable 6. A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand. Labels: countable
Word: prepare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛə/, /pɹɪˈpɛː/, /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/, /pɹəˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/ 1. To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm. Labels: transitive Example: We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff. Example: that they may prepare a city for habitation 2. To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook. Labels: transitive Example: We prepared a fish for dinner. 3. To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation. Labels: intransitive Example: We prepared for a bumpy ride. Example: As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once. 4. To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound. Labels: transitive Example: She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.
Word: prepare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛə/, /pɹɪˈpɛː/, /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/, /pɹəˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/ 1. preparation Labels: obsolete Example: Go levy men, and make prepare for war;
Word: issue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”). The legal meaning originated from the concept of "the end or result of pleadings in a suit (by presenting the point to be determined by trial)," leading to the sense of "the controversy over facts in a trial" (early 14th century, Anglo-French). This later extended to mean "a point of contention between two parties" (early 15th century) and more generally, "an important point to be decided" (1836). Consequently, the verbal phrase take issue with emerged in 1797 (preceded by join issue in the 1690s), meaning "to adopt an affirmative or negative stance in a dispute with another." The expression to have issues, meaning "to have unresolved conflicts," dates to 1990. Pronunciation: /ˈɪʃuː/, /ˈɪsjuː/, /ˈɪʃjuː/, /ˈɪʃʉw/, /ˈɪsjʉw/ 1. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from. Labels: intransitive Example: The water issued forth from the spring. Example: The rents issuing from the land permitted him to live as a man of independent means. 2. To rush out, to sally forth. Labels: intransitive Example: The men issued from the town and attacked the besiegers. 3. To extend into, to open onto. Labels: intransitive Example: The road issues into the highway. 4. To turn out in a certain way, to result in. Labels: intransitive Example: But, for Livy, Roman patriotism is overriding, and this issues, of course, in an antiquarian attention to the city's origins. 5. To end up as, to turn out being, to become as a result. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: And let his foes like flockes of feareful Roes, Purſude by hunters, flie his angry lookes, That I may ſee him iſſue Conquerour. 6. To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue. 7. To send out; to put into circulation. Labels: transitive Example: The Federal Reserve issues US dollars. 8. To deliver for use. Labels: transitive Example: The prison issued new uniforms for the inmates. Example: Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions. 9. To deliver by authority. Labels: transitive Example: The court issued a writ of mandamus. Example: Five minutes later, Southampton tried to mount their first attack, but Wickham sabotaged the move by tripping the rampaging Nathaniel Clyne, prompting the referee, Andre Marriner, to issue a yellow card. That was a lone blemish on an otherwise tidy start by Poyet’s team – until, that is, the 12th minute, when Vergini produced a candidate for the most ludicrous own goal in Premier League history.
Word: Old French Part of Speech: name 1. The French language as spoken or written from the 9th to the early 14th century.
Word: vacillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vacillacion, a learned borrowing from Latin vacillātiō (“swaying”). By surface analysis, vacillate + -ion. Pronunciation: /væsɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. Indecision in speech or action. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Changing location by moving back and forth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: johnson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare the use of other men’s names as slang terms for the penis, e.g. peter and others listed in that entry. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑnsən/, /ˈd͡ʒɒnsən/ 1. Penis. Labels: slang Example: Fuck your sympathy! I don't need your sympathy, man, I need my fucking Johnson!
Word: Classical Greek Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of the Ancient Greek language used during the classical period of Greek literature: approximately 600 to 300 BCE. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ancient Greek Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈeɪn.ʃənt ˈɡɹiːk/ 1. Any of the various forms of the Greek language of classical antiquity, particularly the classical Attic dialect used in Athenian literature.
Word: Ancient Greek Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪn.ʃənt ˈɡɹiːk/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of ancient Greek (“a native or inhabitant of Ancient Greece”). Labels: alt-of
Word: Ancient Greek Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈeɪn.ʃənt ˈɡɹiːk/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of ancient Greek (“of or relating to Ancient Greece”). Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: moss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“bog, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian möösk (“moss”), Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Alemannic German Mies (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss; lichen; marsh, swamp”), German and Luxembourgish Moos (“moss”), Low German Moss (“moss”), Danish mos (“moss”), mose (“bog; moor”), Faroese and Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Norwegian Bokmål mose (“moss”), Norwegian Nynorsk mose, Swedish mossa, mosse (“raised bog”); also Latin muscus (“moss”), Bulgarian мъх (mǎh, “moss”), Czech and Polish mech (“moss”), Macedonian мов (mov, “moss”), Russian and Ukrainian мох (mox, “moss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̀ховина, màhovina (“moss”), Slovak mach (“moss”), Slovene mah (“moss; raised bog; marsh; velvet; down, fluff”), Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ, “moss”). Doublet of mousse. Pronunciation: /mɒs/, /mɔs/, /mɑs/ 1. Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another says you should tense your body, look up in the air, and think about cool moss. 2. A kind or species of such plants. Labels: countable 3. Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Spanish moss Example: Irish moss 4. A bog; a fen. Labels: UK, countable, regional, uncountable Example: the mosses of the Scottish border Example: Loynton Moss
Word: moss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“bog, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian möösk (“moss”), Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Alemannic German Mies (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss; lichen; marsh, swamp”), German and Luxembourgish Moos (“moss”), Low German Moss (“moss”), Danish mos (“moss”), mose (“bog; moor”), Faroese and Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Norwegian Bokmål mose (“moss”), Norwegian Nynorsk mose, Swedish mossa, mosse (“raised bog”); also Latin muscus (“moss”), Bulgarian мъх (mǎh, “moss”), Czech and Polish mech (“moss”), Macedonian мов (mov, “moss”), Russian and Ukrainian мох (mox, “moss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̀ховина, màhovina (“moss”), Slovak mach (“moss”), Slovene mah (“moss; raised bog; marsh; velvet; down, fluff”), Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ, “moss”). Doublet of mousse. Pronunciation: /mɒs/, /mɔs/, /mɑs/ 1. To become covered with moss. Labels: intransitive Example: An oak whose boughs were mossed with age. 2. To cover (something) with moss. Labels: transitive
Word: moss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Randy Moss, American football wide receiver known for making spectacular catches over defenders. Pronunciation: /mɒs/, /mɔs/, /mɑs/ 1. A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball. Labels: countable, slang Example: Bro, that moss was insane!
Word: moss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named after Randy Moss, American football wide receiver known for making spectacular catches over defenders. Pronunciation: /mɒs/, /mɔs/, /mɑs/ 1. To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: You just got mossed!
Word: moss Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɒs/, /mɔs/, /mɑs/ 1. To relax, chill out. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Although I really shouldn't... I feel like cracking this stout and just mossing in the sun with a splif. Shit, maan. Its^([sic]) relaxation time!
Word: arbour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arbere, arber, an alteration of herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”) influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”). 1. UK standard spelling of arbor.
Word: SDP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Social Democratic Party, a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: We believed that the Trots represented a mad, extreme form of Labour that was never going to do anything for anybody, yet we felt strongly that nothing would be achieved by jumping ship and defecting to the SDP. 2. Initialism of Session Description Protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Singapore Democratic Party Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Social Democratic Party of Finland (“Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: SDP Chairman Antti Rinne, as leader of the largest party, will have first shot at forming a government, and at becoming the first left-wing prime minister in Finland since 2003.
Word: SDP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of symmetrized dot pattern. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of stochastic dynamic programming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of service discovery protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of service data point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of sexually dangerous person. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: bdelloid rotifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bdelloid (“leech-like”), from Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”). 1. One of a class of rotifers in the class Bdelloidea, found in freshwater and moist soil.
Word: rotifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rota (“wheel”) + -fer (“-bearing”), after Italian rotifero. 1. Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.
Word: EBCDIC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛbsəˌdɪk/, /ˈɛbsɪdɪk/, /ˈɛbkəˌdɪk/ 1. Acronym of Extended Binary-Coded-Decimal Interchange Code, an 8-bit character set and encoding representing 256 alphanumeric and special characters, devised by and used primarily by IBM. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Thus, to translate an EBCDIC message into an ASCII one we need a table with 256 one-byte entries. In each position we put the ASCII code that corresponds to that EBCDIC entry.
Word: IBM Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌʌɪbiːˈɛm/ 1. Initialism of International Business Machines. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: "I was one of them," recalled Mr. Detmer, who is now 47. "When I graduated from high school in 1966, I got my first job working on the assembly line at the I.B.M. plant, where I earned $2 an hour putting together mainframe computers. Example: The study found that U.S. technology company IBM had by far the largest number of AI-related patents, with 8,920. 2. Initialism of International Brotherhood of Magicians. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IBM Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌʌɪbiːˈɛm/ 1. Initialism of intercontinental ballistic missile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: They see this last possibility in an international agreement to stop further atomic and thermonuclear bomb tests and halt the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (IBMs). Example: Today we need a defense against IBM attack. When as chief of R&D I urged Army Ordnance to develop an antimissile missile, I heard repeatedly that you can't hit a bullet with a bullet, so it is impossible to develop such a missile. 2. Initialism of inclusion body myositis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. A company that dominates its field. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Univac was the IBM of the computer industry's incipiency; in 1952 Univac had virtually 100% of the market. Example: First, to Sperry Univac, the descendent^([sic]) of the first real computer company, which might have become the IBM of the industry had it not blown its early lead;
Word: bouncebackability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bounce back (“to recover from bad circumstances”) + -ability (suffix forming nouns indicating an ability, inclination, or suitability for a specified condition or function). Suggestions that the word was coined in 2004 by Iain Dowie (born 1965), then manager of Crystal Palace Football Club, are inaccurate as the Oxford English Dictionary records a quotation dating back to 1972, but Dowie’s use of the word may have caused it to gain in popularity. Pronunciation: /ˌbaʊnsbækəˈbɪlɪti/, /ˌbaʊnsˌbækəˈbɪlɪti/, /ˈbaʊns-/, [-ɾi] 1. The ability to bounce back or recover from bad circumstances. Labels: informal, often, uncountable Example: You are able to play the game and to take the wins and losses in your stride. When the losses become too numerous, you will have some "bounce-back" ability and will try again rather than give up or become discouraged. Example: [T]he best of today's furniture fillers, combining the bounce-back-ability of foam with the downy softness of fiber fill.
Word: populate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/, /ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/, /ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/ 1. To supply with inhabitants; to people. Labels: transitive 2. To live in; to inhabit. Labels: transitive 3. To increase in number; to breed. Labels: intransitive 4. To fill initially empty items in a collection. Labels: ambitransitive Example: John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate. Example: Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid. 5. To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.