nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hardened Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdn̩d/, /ˈhɑɹd(ə)nd/ 1. Made physically hard. Example: hardened steel 2. Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured. Example: hardened police officers 3. Unfeeling; pitiless; callous. Example: The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears. Example: In the past, Lutao was considered somewhat mysterious, because of the national penitentiary which housed the most hardened criminals, and the restrictions on travel to the island, which have since been loosened. 4. Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate. Example: hardened criminals 5. Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified. Example: a hardened air base Example: a hardened server
Word: confiscate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/, /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/ 1. To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder. Labels: transitive Example: In schools, it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions. Example: We doe confiscate (Towards the satisfying of your accounts) All that you haue.
Word: confiscate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/, /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/ 1. Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Therefore give out you are of Epidamnum, / Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Example: […] thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
Word: bookkeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + keeper. Pronunciation: /ˌbʊkˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/, /bʌʔˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/ 1. A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business. 2. A bookseller
Word: electroencephalography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōl ? Proto-Indo-European *gʰébʰōlder. Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́ Ancient Greek κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἐγκέφᾰλος (enképhălos)der. English encephalo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English electroencephalography From electro- + encephalo- + -graphy. 1. The measurement and recording of electrical activity in the brain for diagnostic purposes. Example: Indeed, while many philosophers of language in the 20th century proposed that we think in sentence-like strings of language, use of brain imaging technology like electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocorticography (ECoG) has since revealed that thinking more probably happens in a complex combination of images and associations.
Word: neuritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neur- + -itis. 1. Inflammation of one or more nerves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Optic neuritis (or retrobulbar neuritis) is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision.
Word: neurologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English neurologist From neuro- + -logist. 1. A doctor or scientist who practices or specializes in neurology. Example: When a neurologist ruled out medical causes like Lyme disease, Ms. Abaspour recalled, her husband said, “I think we should just give her a placebo — it’s all in her head.” Example: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.
Word: esophagitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From esophag- + -itis. 1. An inflammation of the oesophagus. Labels: US, uncountable, usually
Word: stubble rash Part of Speech: noun 1. A rash acquired by kissing someone who has stubble. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: apple core Part of Speech: noun 1. The central portion of an apple containing the seeds and where the stem attaches (and the opposed end). Particularly the portion that remains after the main part of the fruit has been eaten. Example: Meronyms: apple seed, apple pip
Word: apple-corer Part of Speech: noun 1. A tool used to remove the apple core from an apple, especially a cooking apple being prepared for apple pies, apple sauce, apple butter, and so on; some forms of the tool segment the apple at the same time as removing its core.
Word: apple fritter Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of fritter made with pieces of apple deep-fried in batter and often served covered with powdered sugar, honey or cinnamon.
Word: deep-frying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deep-fry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deep-frying Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of cooking by immersion in hot oil. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Notice, too, that Crisco is being strained back into its can—ready for many other deep-fryings. Example: Andrikopoulos et al. (2002) determined total phenols during successive pan-fryings and deep-fryings of virgin olive oil under conditions applied in domestic cooking.
Word: powdered sugar Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊ.dəd ˈʃʊɡ.ə/, /ˈpaʊ.dɚd ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ/ 1. Very finely ground sugar to which cornstarch is added to prevent lumping, mostly used in icings and confections to produce a smooth texture. Labels: US, uncountable, usually
Word: fritter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɹɪtɚ/, [ˈfɹɪɾɚ] 1. Synonym of pancake, a portion of batter fried on a pan. 2. A dish made by coating various other foods in batter and frying or deep-frying them together, typically in small portions. 3. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. Labels: figuratively, uncommon Example: And cut whole giants into fritters.
Word: fritter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɹɪtɚ/, [ˈfɹɪɾɚ] 1. To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. Labels: intransitive, often Example: I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon. Example: He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts. 2. To sinter. Labels: transitive 3. To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying. Labels: transitive 4. To break into small pieces or fragments. Labels: transitive Example: Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.
Word: apple sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. A culinary dish prepared by pureeing cooked apples. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Alternative spelling of applesauce (“nonsense”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, slang, uncountable Example: “You mean that I am now labelled not only as a loony in a general sort of way but also as a klept-whatever-it-is?” “Merely to your immediate circle now resident at Brinkley Court, sir.” “You keep saying that, and you must know it's the purest apple sauce. You don't really think the Creams will maintain a tactful reserve? They'll dine out on it for years. Returning to America, they'll spread the story from the rock-bound coasts of Maine to the Everglades of Florida, with the result that when I go over there again, keen looks will be shot at me at every house I go into and spoons counted before I leave.”
Word: forthright Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English forþright, forþriʒt, forþriht, from Old English forþriht (“direct, plain”). By surface analysis, forth + right. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːθˌɹaɪt/, /ˈfɔɹθˌɹaɪt/ 1. Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct. Example: The witness was considered eminently credible thanks to her forthright answers. 2. Frank, outspoken. Example: TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes was typically forthright in his criticism by claiming that Sunak had "blatantly failed" to cure "a growing tragedy", as "every single day, more and more families can't make ends meet". 3. Markedly simple. 4. Fixed; settled; decided. 5. Proceeding straight forth. Labels: archaic
Word: forthright Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forþright, forþriʒt, forþriht, from Old English forþriht (“direct, plain”). By surface analysis, forth + right. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːθˌɹaɪt/, /ˈfɔɹθˌɹaɪt/ 1. A straight path. Labels: archaic Example: Gonzalo: […]Here's a maze trod indeed / Through forth-rights and meanders !
Word: forthright Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English forthright, forþriʒt, forthricte, from Old English forþrihte (“straightway, at once, plainly”), from forþriht + -e (“adverbial suffix”). By surface analysis, forth + right. Pronunciation: /fɔːθˈɹaɪt/ 1. Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly. 2. At once, forthwith. 3. Swiftly. 4. Straight forward, in a straight direction. Labels: archaic
Word: puree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French purée. Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊəɹeɪ/, /pjʊəˈɹeɪ/ 1. A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid or paste. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tomato sauce is generally a puree.
Word: puree Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French purée. Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊəɹeɪ/, /pjʊəˈɹeɪ/ 1. To crush or grind food into a puree. Labels: transitive
Word: puree Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of puri (“type of unleavened bread”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: strawberry blonde Part of Speech: adj 1. An uncommon orange hair colour; it is characterized as a combination of pale light yellow (often called blonde) and red. Strawberry blonde hair appears blonde in dim light, but when exposed to sun or a bright light, the hair may assume a slight tinge of pink or red color.
Word: strawberry blonde Part of Speech: noun 1. A person, especially a woman, who has hair of this colour. Example: Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde, And the band played on. . . . He'd ne'er leave the girl with the strawberry curls, And the band played on. 2. A cocktail comprising one part vodka to two parts cherry brandy to three parts cola topped with a dash of cream and stirred gently with a swizzle stick before serving.
Word: apple of discord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the μῆλον τῆς Ἔριδος (mêlon tês Éridos, “apple of Eris”) in Greek mythology, a golden apple inscribed ‘for the fairest female’ which Eris (known as Discordia to the Romans), the goddess of discord and strife, tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus. This provoked a dispute among Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera as to who was the most beautiful, and eventually led to the Trojan War. Pronunciation: /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈdɪskɔːd/, /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈdɪskɔɹd/ 1. An object or topic which sows anger and dissension; something which causes argument, rivalry, or strife. Example: He has determined to enter the cabinet surrounded with creatures only, and, as to the Parliament, to trust to his dexterity and strength in throwing the apple of discord, occasions for doing which will, he imagines, soon and frequently occur. Example: He [Pope Pius VII] had hardly regained Rome when a domestic incident in the Bonaparte family became the immediate cause of that struggle between Pope and Emperor which only ended with the downfall of Napoleon's power. This apple of discord was the outraged honour of a Protestant girl, which the Holy Father maintained in the face of her angered Imperial brother-in-law.
Word: antifouling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + fouling. 1. That prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antifouling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + fouling. 1. Any substance that prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats. Example: These antifoulings release the biocides by a hydrolysis or ion exchange reaction of an acrylic polymer with seawater.
Word: effluvium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin effluvium (“an outlet”), from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈfluːvi.əm/ 1. A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was now bending over a huge light wood blaze, with a pipe of rude structure and no small dimensions in her mouth, from which the occasional puff went forth, filling the apartment with the unpleasant effluvia of the vilest leaf-tobacco. Example: It was the mere effluvium of the flame, the subtle ether that it cast off as it passed, working on us, and making us feel strong as giants and swift as eagles. 2. A condition causing the shedding of hair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Reversible hair loss or effluvium occurs following either endogenous or exogenous damage to anagen hair follicles[…].
Word: play ball Part of Speech: verb 1. To start anything tumultuous. Labels: idiomatic 2. To work together; to cooperate. Labels: idiomatic Example: The politicians refused to play ball with the journalists. Example: Donohue also promised Kopacz he'd help him out of his numerous legal problems in several stales if K. would play ball with Mass. cops and agree to implicate Roger Spear and Mark Davis as malefactors in Barbre's death. 3. An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball or softball.
Word: scrumptious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from scrimp (“to put on short allowance, limit, straiten; to be frugal”) + -ious (suffix forming adjectives denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (usually an abundance)), possibly modelled after scrimption (“small portion, little bit, scrap”). If that hypothesis is true, then scrumpy may be related, via roots referring to little amounts. Douglas Harper instead derives the word from sumptuous. As the early cites in British English have a clearly different sense from the early cites in American English, only to merge together later, it may be that there were originally two unrelated words. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/, /ˈskrəm(p)ʃəs/ 1. Of food: delectable, delicious. Labels: informal Example: What a scrumptious treat! 2. Of a person or thing: excellent, wonderful; also, very aesthetically pleasing or attractive; good enough to eat. Labels: informal Example: […] I came here to have a wink at the fash'nables—hang me, if ever I see such a scrumptious lot. Example: Barbara Cartland scratched out this trusty 19th-century romancer concerning the scrumptious Serena Staverly (Diana Rigg), who has the dreadful misfortune to be lost in a game of cards to the flint-hearted Lord Justin. 3. Fastidious, picky. Labels: informal, obsolete, rare 4. Very small; tiny. Labels: informal, obsolete, rare
Word: rationalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rationalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rationalizing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who rationalizes. Example: But it is evident that many of these are juristic rationalizings of what had been done for a long time through formal transactions.
Word: mealy-mouthed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from German Mehl im Maule behalten, via Martin Luther 1. Prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright. Example: The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy-mouthed enthusiasm of the lover of nature. Example: The editors engage in mealy-mouthed apologetics, setting up Orthodox Jews as agents of gentrification, yet they fail to note that it is not white hipsters being beaten but longtime residents of Williamsburg and Crown Heights.
Word: ziti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian zite or ziti, plural of zita, zito, from a Southern (Neapolitan or Sicilian) word likely from Vulgar Latin pittitus (“small, worthless”), originally denoting a young boy or girl. See also petty. Pronunciation: /ˈziːti/, [ˈziɾi] 1. A type of macaroni pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: metes and bounds Part of Speech: noun 1. The limits of a piece of land as defined by reference to lines and/or points on the land. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A description of a piece of land consisting of both measurements (metes) of the land and owners of land which is adjacent to (bounds) it. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: yeah right Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of yeah, right. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yeah, right Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /jɛə̯ ɹaɪt/, /jæ ɹaɪt/, [jɛə̯˥˨ ɹaɪt˥˩], [jæə̯˥˨ ɹaɪt˥˩], [jɛə̯˥˧(.)ɹaɪt˥˧] 1. Expresses disbelief. Labels: colloquial, sarcastic Example: Your dog ate your homework? Yeah, right. 2. Correct; affirmative; yes; yes, that is correct. Labels: colloquial, literally Example: “You were watching the front.” “Oh yeah, right. So I'm watching the front, and I hear this commotion upstairs. So as I'm looking up, something catches my eye.”
Word: choker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English choke 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 choker From choke + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃəʊkə/, /ˈt͡ʃoʊkɚ/ 1. A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat. Example: After half a minute or so there was a shuffle of feet outside. The door was opened, and a head appeared. It was a small head with a tweed cap on the top of it. It had a stringy-looking choker beneath and a dark unshavenness across its face. Example: Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises. 2. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles. Example: The Yorkshire Choker, a serial killer who quotes Shakespeare, is pursued by Dalziel and Pascoe. 3. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition. 4. Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance. Labels: slang Example: I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker! 5. One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning. Example: The choker tag will always follow the Proteas until we win a trophy — Temba Bavuma 6. A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
Word: precious metal Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reason for the ruckus: A thief in the night had made off with the car’s catalytic converter, a critical emissions-control device that contains precious metals more valuable than gold.
Word: noble metals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noble metal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: platinum group Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of elements with properties similar to those of platinum, notably high resistance to chemical activity, particularly oxidation and reaction with acids. The platinum group consists of the elements ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. In the periodic table of the elements they are in period 5 or 6 and in groups 8, 9 or 10.
Word: catalexis Part of Speech: noun 1. A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse. 2. Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables.
Word: recourse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English recours (noun) and recoursen (verb), from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrō. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɔːs/, /ˈɹiːkɔɹs/, /ɹɪˈko(ː)ɹs/, /ˈɹiːko(ː)ɹs/, /ɹɪˈkoəs/ 1. The act of seeking assistance or advice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus dyed this great Peer in the thirty sixth year of his age compleat, and three days over, in a time of great recourse unto him, and dependence upon him Example: All other means have fail'd to move her heart; / Our laſt recourſe is, therefore, to your Art. 2. The use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation. Labels: uncountable Example: Tarzan would have liked to subdue the ugly beast without recourse to knife or arrows. So much had his great strength and agility increased in the period following his maturity that he had come to believe that he might master the redoubtable Terkoz in a hand to hand fight were it not for the terrible advantage the anthropoid's huge fighting fangs gave him over the poorly armed Tarzan. Example: Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse. 3. A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [B]y the ſwift recourſe of fluſhing blood / Right plaine appeard, though ſhe it would diſſemble, / And fayned ſtill her former angry mood, / Thinking to hide the depth by troubling of the flood. Example: For Phyſick is either curative or preventive; Preventive we call that which by purging noxious humors, and the cauſes of diſeases, preventeth ſickneſs in the healthy, or the recourſe thereof in the valetudinary; [...] 4. Access; admittance. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [...] Ile giue you a pottle of burn'd ſacke, to giue me recourſe to him, and tell him my name is Broome: onely for a ieſt.
Word: recourse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English recours (noun) and recoursen (verb), from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrō. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɔːs/, /ˈɹiːkɔɹs/, /ɹɪˈko(ː)ɹs/, /ˈɹiːko(ː)ɹs/, /ɹɪˈkoəs/ 1. To return; to recur. Labels: obsolete Example: […] the flame departing and recoursing thrice ere the wood took strength to be sharper to consume […] 2. To have recourse; to resort. Labels: obsolete 3. To recurse (execute a procedure recursively). Labels: obsolete
Word: cornstarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + starch. 1. A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hard cider Part of Speech: noun 1. An alcoholic beverage formed by fermenting cider (apple juice). Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. This or any similar alcoholic drink made from similar fruit, such as pears. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sweet cider Part of Speech: noun 1. Cider (apple juice containing pulp) which has not been fermented and so is non-alcoholic. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A similar nonalcoholic drink made from similar fruit, such as pears. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: headliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English headline 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 headliner From headline (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌlaɪnɚ/ 1. The headlining band or performer at a concert or similar event; the best-known and first billed musician, comedian, etc., often performing as the final act of the evening. Example: I was ahead of my deadline so I watched "Flatliners," about some serious deadliners with a headliner complex. Example: There, amid the curses and catcalls of sweaty beer drinkers, the tour's headliners are set to engage in a hallowed feminist ritual:
Word: headliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + liner. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌlaɪnɚ/ 1. The interior fabric covering the ceiling-like area inside of a vehicle.
Word: shape-shifters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shape-shifter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shape-shifter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪf.tə/, /ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪf.tɚ/ 1. Alternative form of shapeshifter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hand tool Part of Speech: noun 1. A tool powered by human muscular action rather than a motor or engine.
Word: changeling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from change + -ling (suffix with the sense ‘immature; small’). Sense 6 (“idiot, simpleton”) is from the idea that foolish children had been left by magical creatures (sense 1). The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒlɪŋ/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒlɪŋ/ 1. In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches. Labels: European, also, figuratively Example: [S]he, as her attendant, hath / A louely boy ſtollen, from an Indian king: / She neuer had ſo ſweete a changeling. Example: Every Lover admires his miſtris, though ſhee be very deformed of her ſelfe, [...] her feet ſtinke, ſhee breed lice, a meere changeling, a very monſter, [...]: if he loue her once, he admires her for all this, he takes no notice of any ſuch errors, or imperfections of body or minde. 2. A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else. Labels: broadly Example: When I firſt read Mr. Walker’s Circular Letter to the Arch-deacons, I fancied he intended to give us an Account of thoſe worthy Men, [...] But after about ten Years going with this Work, and that the Time of its Birth was come, I ſoon found it to be a perfect Changeling. Inſtead of what I expected it to be, I ſaw a huge Heap of the moſt Heterogeneous Characters, [...] a great many of them much more deſerving to have their Names blotted out, than their Memory to be preſerved. 3. An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling. Labels: broadly, informal, rare 4. An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter. 5. A person apt to change their loyalty or thinking; a waverer. Labels: also, archaic, figuratively Example: To face the garment of rebellion / With ſome fine colour that may pleaſe the eye / Of fickle changlings and poore diſcontents, / Which gape and rub the elbow at the newes / Of hurly-burly innouation, [...] Example: Fal[staff]. [...] If you will lodge with me in Eaſtcheap, you ſhall ſee the thouſand pound fairly ſpent in ſack: you ſhall ſhare with me to the utmoſt farthing. But for dry reſtitution, I have not been accustom'd to it of many years. You would not have me a changeling at this time of day, I hope, Maſter Shallow. / Shal[low]. Changeling! no, Sir John, thou art no changeling; but, depend on it, I will not put up with this wrong. [...] I will have my money; depend on't I will have my money. 6. An idiot, a simpleton. Labels: obsolete Example: They alſo obſerue Lunaticks and changelings, and the Coniurer writeth downe their ſayings in a booke, groueling on the ground, as if he whiſperd to the Deuill to tell him the truth, and ſo expoundeth the letter, as it were by inſpiration. Example: We wander in the Fields of Air below: / Changlings and Fooles of Heav'n: and thence ſhut out, / Wildly we roam in diſcontent about: [...]
Word: changeling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from change + -ling (suffix with the sense ‘immature; small’). Sense 6 (“idiot, simpleton”) is from the idea that foolish children had been left by magical creatures (sense 1). The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒlɪŋ/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒlɪŋ/ 1. Changeable, fickle, inconstant, wavering. Labels: archaic, rare Example: Away thou changeling motley humouriſt, / Leave me, and in this ſtanding wooden cheſt, / Conſorted with theſe few books, let me lye / In priſon, and here be coffin'd, when I dye.
Word: DIP Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of dual in-line package. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of dependency inversion principle. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: pipe wrench Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjustable wrench (British spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections.
Word: log dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for holding a log in place while it is being worked on. Either metal rods driven into the wood or a mechanical clamping device (perhaps hydraulic or pneumatically activated).
Word: tribulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/, /ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/ 1. Any adversity; a trying period or event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What wit have we (poor fools) to wit what will serve us, when the blessed Apostle himself in his sore tribulation, praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God in a manner that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that tribulation to strengthen him was far better for him, than to take that tribulation from him? Example: Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer
Word: black pepper Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Piper nigrum. Labels: uncountable 2. The dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form. Labels: uncountable
Word: peppercorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English peper corn, peper-corn, pepercorn, from Old English piporcorn (“peppercorn”), corresponding to pepper + corn. Compare Dutch peperkorrel (“peppercorn”), German Pfefferkorn (“peppercorn”), Danish peberkorn (“peppercorn”), Swedish pepparkorn (“peppercorn”), Icelandic piparkorn (“peppercorn”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpəkɔːn/, /ˈpɛpɚkɔɹn/ 1. The seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed. 2. A small, insignificant quantity; a whit or jot. Example: A 75 ¢ book must look 40 ¢ better to the distributor and wholesaler, because if one peppercorn of doubt that people will pay 75 ¢ for the book gets thrown into the distribution mill, the books may never leave their cartons […] 3. A small, insignificant quantity; a whit or jot. Labels: attributive Example: peppercorn rent
Word: chili pepper Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪli ˈpɛpə(ɹ)/ 1. Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy or burning flavor.
Word: baguette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin baculumder. Vulgar Latin *baclitta Italian bacchettabor. French baguettebor. English baguette Borrowed from French baguette (“stick”), from Italian bacchetta. Pronunciation: /bæˈɡɛt/ 1. A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape. 2. A gem cut in such a shape. 3. A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape. 4. A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead. 5. One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation. 6. A French person, or a person of French descent. Labels: ethnic, mildly, offensive, slang, slur 7. Money. Labels: US, slang Example: I ain't pray for these baguettes, I prayed for better days (Better days)
Word: tabasco pepper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Tabasco. 1. A variety of chili pepper having a conical shape and a bitter and burning taste, Capsicum frutescens variety tabasco. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: celery salt Part of Speech: noun 1. A spice ingredient used in cooking consisting of ground celery seed and salt. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: winter worm Part of Speech: noun 1. A caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis), used in traditional Chinese medicine
Word: profanity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin profānitās. By surface analysis, profane + -ity. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfænɪti/, [pɹəˈfɛənɪti], /pɹoʊˈfænɪti/, [pɹoʊˈfɛənɪti] 1. The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt. Labels: uncountable Example: The overwhelming power of his imagination led him to contemplate acts of impiety and profanity, and to a vivid realisation of the dangers these involved. 2. Obscene, lewd or abusive language. Labels: countable Example: He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman. Example: Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
Word: Kahlúa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Kahlúa. Said by the company to be from an Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl term meaning “house of the Acolhua people”. Pronunciation: /kəˈluːə/ 1. A brand of heavy, sweet, coffee flavored liqueur made in Mexico; a variety or serving of this drink. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Kahlúa, sweet and thick, painted itself in a coating on his tongue, not to be removed. Example: He lifted the window. “What the hell are you doing down there?” he called down. “Are you drunk?” “No, actually, weirdly enough, we're sober,” Bingley called up. “Although I did have two Kahlúas, but I've probably walked those off by now."
Word: Judas goat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to the traitor Judas Iscariot in the Bible. 1. A goat trained to lead other goats (or sheep) to a place of slaughter. 2. A goat trained to find feral goats.
Word: breezeway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breeze + way. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːzˌweɪ/ 1. A covered walkway, with open sides, that connects two buildings. Example: One of his favorite pastimes was strolling through the breezeway on warm spring afternoons. Example: If you are on a higher level and can't get to a lower apartment, hunker down in the breezeway of the apartment building 2. The space between two groups of rowhouses in the middle of a city block. Labels: Mid-Atlantic, US
Word: brunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna). Pronunciation: /bɹʌnt/, /bɹʊnt/ 1. The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. Example: Unfortunately, poor areas such as those in New Orleans bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina’s winds. Example: There is an economy in the matter of breakages and repairs, for if the plough should be brought up upon a landfast rock, instead of the brunt coming simply on the draught rope, which would either snap or pull the framework of the plough to pieces, it is, through the pull of the one drum upon the other, immediately spread all over the field wherever the rope goes […] 2. The force or shock of an attack in war. 3. The major part of something; the bulk. Example: If you feel tired of walking, just think of the poor donkey who has carried the brunt of our load. 4. A violent attack or charge in battle. Labels: obsolete Example: Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt. 5. A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.). Labels: broadly, obsolete 6. A spurt, a sudden effort or straining. Labels: obsolete
Word: brunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna). Pronunciation: /bɹʌnt/, /bɹʊnt/ 1. To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand. Labels: rare, transitive Example: "… I say." Ripton resumed the serious intonation, "do you think they'll ever suspect us?" "What if they do? We must brunt it." We brunted the storm. 2. To make a violent attack or charge. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: sprouted Part of Speech: adj 1. Having sprouts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sprouted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sprout Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aqua regia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aqua rēgia (literally “royal water”), so named because it is one of the few solvents capable of dissolving noble metals. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.kwə ˈɹeɪ.ɡi.ə/, /ˌækwə ˈɹiː.ʒə/ 1. A mixture of three parts concentrated hydrochloric acid to one part concentrated nitric acid, named for its ability to dissolve gold. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Consider another example. If gold is placed in aqua regia then it dissolves. Aqua regia is a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids that dissolves gold or platinum. Observation of gold dissolving in aqua regia (argument 1 1) lends credence to the above conditional statement. Not placing the gold into aqua regia and gold not dissolving (argument 0 0) does not disprove the truth-value of this conditional.
Word: imperturbability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English perturbability English imperturbability From im- + perturbability. 1. A state of calm, unruffled self-assurance; aplomb, composure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "As I sat alone at my breakfast--Mrs. Challenger is in the habit of keeping her room of a morning--it suddenly entered my head that it would be entertaining and instructive to see whether I could find any limits to this woman's imperturbability."
Word: unflappable 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 flap Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unflappable From un- + flap (“to upset, stir”) + -able. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈflæpəbəl/ 1. Remaining composed and level-headed at all times; impossible to fluster; not becoming frustrated or irritated easily. Example: The whole thing looked remarkably like an implacable force meeting an unflappable object. Example: It was for this reason that when Lord Hailsham first described Harold Macmillan as "unflappable'", it became an instant catchword, distancing the incoming Prime Minister from his predecessor
Word: straight from the horse's mouth Part of Speech: adv Etymology: This idiom comes from British horse-racing circles, likely because the presumed ideal source for racing tips would be the horse rather than spectators or riders. 1. Directly from the source; firsthand. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: If you don't believe me, go talk to him and hear it straight from the horse's mouth. It's true.
Word: straight from the horse's mouth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: This idiom comes from British horse-racing circles, likely because the presumed ideal source for racing tips would be the horse rather than spectators or riders. 1. firsthand; direct; from the source. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: This is straight from the horse's mouth.
Word: dreary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“sad”), from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”), equivalent to drear + -y. Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”). Related to Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”), Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪəɹi/, /ˈdɹɪɹi/, /ˈdɹɪɚi/, /ˈdɹiɹi/, /ˈdɹiɹɪ/ 1. Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. Example: It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down. Example: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary... 2. Grievous, dire; appalling. Labels: obsolete
Word: dreary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“sad”), from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”), equivalent to drear + -y. Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”). Related to Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”), Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪəɹi/, /ˈdɹɪɹi/, /ˈdɹɪɚi/, /ˈdɹiɹi/, /ˈdɹiɹɪ/ 1. A dreary person or thing. Labels: rare Example: In the glow of this project Steele manages to forget altogether the parade of donnish and scholastic drearies, the barricades of schoolbooks, texts, examinations with which he has dealt so faithfully. Example: I'm taking it all down. The trivialities. The ramblings. The drearies. The trites.
Word: thoughtful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thoȝtful, thohtful, equivalent to thought + -ful. Compare Dutch gedachtenvol, Swedish tankfull. Pronunciation: /ˈθɔːtfəl/, [ˈθɔːtfl̩], /ˈθɔtfəl/, [ˈθɔtfl̩], /ˈθɑtfl̩/ 1. Demonstrating thought or careful consideration. Example: Most thoughtful people eventually solve the puzzle. Example: Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires. 2. Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others. Example: Preparing dinner is a thoughtful gesture for a new mother.
Word: give pause Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause (someone) to hesitate and think carefully about something, giving (the person) cause to be unsure or concerned about something. Labels: idiomatic Example: I was going to put up the new logo, since a majority of people like it a little better than the old one, but the ferocity of those who think it's terrible gives me pause. Example: Here is a fact that will give you pause: some states do not publish the voting records of their legislators.
Word: cleaving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cleave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The silence of a summer night is now sleeping on its bosom, where the bright stars are mirrored, as if in its depths they had another home and another heaven. A spirit, cleaving air midway between the two, might have paused to ask which was sea, and which was sky.
Word: cleaving Part of Speech: adj 1. That cleaves. Labels: not-comparable Example: My head blazed with pain. The speed, the cleaving wind, the flailing beams of light from traffic tormented me. And there was the sickly smell too that no night air could clear. Example: The fight was brutal and intense but soon it became painfully obvious that the fairy could not keep this pace up for much longer. She was beginning to tire. No longer able to attack with each turn and dive, she had to use all of her remaining speed and energy just to dodge pincers. She was on the defensive, and the monster was nowhere near letting up. Her graceful turns and leaps became more and more frantic and less graceful, and the last cleaving strike sent her rolling. She leaped immediately to her feet only to be struck solidly with a sweeping blow from the flat side of the bonecracker’s other crablike claw. Swatted sideways, she flew face-first into a wooden cask at the edge of the well. She crumpled to the floor, her swords sliding from her hands and falling at her side.
Word: cleaving Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs. Example: In the luxurious wonder of so rare a dream, I took but little heed of time, and had but little understanding of its flight. But there were days and nights in it; and when the sun was high, and when the rays of lamps were crooked in the running water, I was still afloat, I thought: plashing the slippery walls and houses with the cleavings of the tide, as my black boat, borne upon it, skimmed along the streets. Example: Many of Spenser's readers today find the cleavings and reunifications of Redcrosse and Una presenting a psychodrama of mental fragmentation […] 2. The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres. Example: On all of them they renew their cleavings to God with love and delight.
Word: circus ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A circular arena in a circus, where the acts are performed.
Word: cloudberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cloud + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdˌbɛɹi/, /ˈklaʊdbəɹi/, /ˈklaʊdbɹi/ 1. A species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus. 2. The fruit of these plants.
Word: tourists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tourist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudo-science Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + science, attested from 1796 (James Pettit Andrews, Robert Henry, History of Great Britain, from the death of Henry viii. to the accession of James vi. of Scotland to the crown of England p. 87, in reference to alchemy). 1. Alternative spelling of pseudoscience. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: soft-boiled Part of Speech: adj 1. cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny Labels: not-comparable 2. softhearted or sentimental Labels: not-comparable
Word: hard-boiled Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a boiled egg, cooked to a solid consistency. 2. Of a person, especially a detective, callous and unsentimental. Labels: figuratively Example: He told me afterward that he tried to find his folks and square himself—and maybe it was the truth—but some of the hard-boiled townspeople found him, instead, and he had a running fight all the way to the depot. Example: 'Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.' 3. Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect. Labels: figuratively
Word: hard-boiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hard-boil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eggcup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From egg + cup. Compare Swedish äggkopp. 1. A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.