nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ferric sulphate Part of Speech: noun 1. iron(III) sulfate Labels: UK, dated, uncountable
Word: logothete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek θέτης (thétēs) Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs)bor. Medieval Latin logothetalbor. English logothete Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin logotheta, borrowed from Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs), from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + θέτης (thétēs). Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɡəθiːt/ 1. Any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire. Labels: historical Example: Bardas rode to the imperial pavilion, where he seated himself next to his nephew and listened with every show of attention while one of the Logothetes read out the morning report.
Word: installable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English install 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 installable From install + -able. 1. Capable of being installed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: installable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English install 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 installable From install + -able. 1. Something, such as a software component, that can be installed.
Word: red vitriol Part of Speech: noun 1. cobalt(II) sulfate Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: gramineous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gramineus. From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -eous. 1. Of or pertaining to plants in the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae). Example: Wild oats and greenfoxtail are among the most troublesome weeds for farmers growing gramineous crops, such as wheat, barley, rye, triticale and other cereal crops.
Word: cobalt(II) sulfate Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt of divalent cobalt and the sulfate radical, CoSO₄. Labels: uncountable
Word: birds of paradise Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bird of paradise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: politicise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of politicize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: The future of the structure and ownership of the railways is uncertain, and the topic has become highly politicised in an unstable political landscape.
Word: portlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English portal Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English portlet From portal + -let. 1. A pluggable user interface component making up part of a portal, such as a fragment displaying weather or news headlines. Labels: Internet
Word: box rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of box room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bow shocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bow shock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pondweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pond + weed. 1. Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you have ever had a pond you will know Azolla, a.k.a. pondweed, duckweed fern or fairy moss. 4. Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Charales, an order of green algae Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bundles of joy Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bundle of joy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bull's eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bull's eye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flushes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃɪz/ 1. plural of flush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flushes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flush Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: busman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibusclip. English bus English -man English busman From bus + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌsmən/ 1. A person employed to drive a bus. Labels: dated
Word: busmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of busman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: body lice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of body louse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blown saves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blown save Labels: form-of, plural
Word: call drinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of call drink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: well drinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of well drink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: call dates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of call date Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canned responses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canned response Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barbican Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French barbacane, of uncertain origin: compare Arabic بَرْبَخ (barbaḵ, “aqueduct, sewer”), and Persian بابخانه (bâb-xâne, “gatehouse”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːbɪkən/, /ˈbɑɹbɪkən/ 1. A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town. Example: Near-synonym: guardhouse Example: The stone part of the drawbridge with its barbican and the bartizans of the gatehouse are in good repair. […] There was a large hidden trapdoor in the floor of the barbican, which would let them into the moat after all. 2. A fortress at the end of a bridge. 3. An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot. Example: Two shafts of soft daylight fell across the flagged floor from the high barbacans. 4. A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
Word: bastle Part of Speech: noun 1. A medieval fortified house, in northern England and the Scottish borders Labels: obsolete
Word: contributorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contributory Middle English -ly English -ly English contributorily From contributory + -ly. 1. In a contributory manner.
Word: bedlem Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bedlam. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: deadlocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deadlock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: weepie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weep + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːpi/ 1. A sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience. Labels: colloquial Example: John is white, Della is Black, and any interracial relationship isn’t just a legal dead end, but a threat to their very lives from the disapproving world that surrounds them. It all sounds like a Hallmark weepie, but in Robinson’s hands, it becomes transcendent.
Word: bedstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛd.stoʊn/, /ˈbɛd.stəʊn/ 1. A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill. Example: After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.
Word: loquitur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin loquitur (literally “[he/she] speaks”), from loquor. 1. Speaks. Example: R.D. loquitur: Clarice has omitted to tell you that she looked exceedingly pretty at dinner, and made a conquest by which she has bound herself to learn the Greek alphabet.
Word: oil mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A factory in which vegetable oil is extracted from seeds or beans by milling
Word: blackhouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of black-house. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: black-house Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional house, in some parts of Scotland, having drystone walls and a turf roof.
Word: tealight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tea + light, since they are sometimes used to keep a teapot warm. Compare Dutch theelicht (“tealight”), German Teelicht (“tealight”). Pronunciation: /ˈtiˌlaɪt/ 1. A small, typically circular candle encased in a thin metal cup, so that it liquefies completely when lit and burns as a wick immersed in molten wax. Example: 2004, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service https://web.archive.org/web/20071027212506/http://www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk/ccm/content/press-releases/2004/april-2004/tea-lights-pose-potential-danger.en Candles and tealights can be hazardous and must be used in accordance with any instructions.
Word: tea light Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tealight. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: katus Part of Speech: noun 1. The tree Castanopsis indica Labels: uncountable
Word: legerdemainist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English legerdemain 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 legerdemainist From legerdemain + -ist. 1. A person who practices or performs sleight of hand.
Word: miracle worker Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles. Labels: literally Example: I ain't never seen the Father, / But He's a miracle worker, they say. / Well, I ain't one to holler, / but down there’s a lot of room to play Example: Eddie was the right choice to rescue their season because he knows about the Premier League, what it is like to be at the bottom end, and what it takes to survive. But he is not a miracle worker, and he has taken charge of a squad that is seriously lacking. 2. Someone who accomplishes a difficult task. Labels: figuratively Example: Don't expect miracles from these men. They are not miracle-workers. They are for the most part common, ordinary, every-day hunters and sportsmen, trying to do our work with our money, for the things that we want. Example: shared in the myth of the psychiatrist as a modern magician, a miracle worker dwelling in the psychic landscape of human life.
Word: theurgist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English theurgy 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 theurgist From theurgy + -ist. 1. One who claims or is alleged to perform magic with the aid of beneficent spirits.
Word: wonderworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wonder + worker. 1. One who performs wonders, marvels, or miracles.
Word: escapologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English escape Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- 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 English -ology English escapology 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 escapologist From escapology + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.kəˌpɒl.ə.dʒɪst/, /ˈɛs.kəˌpɑl.ə.dʒɪst/ 1. An entertainer skilled in the art of escapology.
Word: tarabish Part of Speech: noun 1. A trick-taking card game spread throughout the British Empire by Scottish soldiers, and still played in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Lebanon; and Afghanistan. Labels: uncountable
Word: amb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ambit, from Latin. 1. The outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view. Example: This genus is distinguished from Duplopollis Krutzsch, 1959a, and Cupanieidites Cookson and Pike, 1954, by being syncolpate rather than syncolporate and by the islands at the angles of the amb.
Word: ecclesiarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecclesio- + -archy. 1. A government ruled by or in conjunction with a religion; a church-state. 2. Union of church and state.
Word: gynarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gyn- + -archy. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪˌnɑːki/, /ˈdʒaɪ-/, /ˈɡaɪˌnɑɹki/ 1. A government ruled by a woman or women. Labels: countable Example: But I have always ſome hopes of a change under a Gunarchy ; where whim and humour commonly prevail, reaſon very ſeldom, and then only by a lucky miſtake. Example: Though no ways anti-matrimonial, this faithful servitor was not particularly desirous of serving under a gynarchy, while on the other hand he was not destitute of feelings of gratitude for services rendered him by Miss Bud, which he endeavored to maintain consistently with fidelity to his master. 2. Government by a woman or women. Labels: uncountable Example: They did not band themselves together for or against anarchy or gynarchy, monarchy or hierarchy, or any form of civil or religious government, but simply against slavery.
Word: coachbuilder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coach + builder. 1. A builder of horse-drawn coaches. Labels: historical 2. A person or company who makes and fits the bodywork of vehicles such as cars, buses, and railway carriages. Example: The bus has been stripped down and coachbuilders, mechanics and upholsterers have been rebuilding the chassis, fittings and engine. "Home straight for bus restoration", BBC News 3. A person or company who makes and fits the bodywork of vehicles such as cars, buses, and railway carriages.
Word: groundsheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ground + sheet. 1. A sheet of waterproof material that is spread on the ground, often beneath a tent, and upon which a person may sit or sleep.
Word: afterworld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after + world. 1. A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife. Example: […] your bookes shall be out worne in your age I warrant you. Onelie if some surviue by the mercy of a friends Library, the after-world shall rather pittie your lost time, then commende your diligence. Example: […] a person […] to whom, be who he may, I return my thanks in this public manner; hoping he will meet with a reward in some future day, or after world if he does not in this.
Word: chinwag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chin + wag. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌwæɡ/ 1. An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub. Example: Every major network has at least one prime-time newsmagazine, which features extended coverage of gruesome crimes or amazing trials, intimate chinwags with the stars, and exposés of the horrors lurking in your own home, […]
Word: chinwag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chin + wag. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌwæɡ/ 1. To chat, to gossip. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: I saw the pair of them chinwagging by the water-cooler. Example: We stamped around to get some circulation into our legs after a stint of three hours in the cold water, had a pull at a bottle of wine, and chinwagged with some of the other fishermen who were clambering out of their waders beside their parked cars.
Word: forecourt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos Proto-Italic *hortosder.? Proto-Italic *horti- Latin cohortem Latin cōrtem Old French cortbor. Middle English court English court English forecourt From fore- + court. 1. The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated; pumping area. Labels: UK 2. Any open area in front of a building. Labels: UK Example: Limerick terminus has changed but little since its opening, and travellers still ascend the same flight of steps from the forecourt to enter the handsome two-storey stone building, which contains the offices and a recently-modernised refreshment room. Example: The first group is incised on the east wall and eastern part of the south wall of the temple forecourt. The second group is incised into the floor and paving stones of the forecourt, extending onto the pavement of the Podium. 3. In racket sports, the front part of the court.
Word: heroe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hero. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The heroe of this great history appears with very bad omens.
Word: third-party Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a third party. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to a third party. Labels: not-comparable Example: a third-party video game; a third-party character; third-party hardware Example: Not all of my vibecoding experiments have been successful. I've been struggling for weeks to build an "inbox autopilot" tool capable of responding to my emails automatically, in my writing style. I've encountered roadblocks when trying to integrate A.I. work flows into apps like Google Photos and iOS Voice Memos, which aren't designed to play well with third-party add-ons.
Word: third-party Part of Speech: verb 1. To intervene in a fight between two players or teams, often allowing one to easily defeat both (sometimes seen as unfair). Example: A very common mistake that Fortnite players make is being too exposed during their fights. The first step is to acknowledge that they can get third-partied. Example: While the majority of players have given up with Seer, there are a select few who believe he still has a place in the meta. One of them is aceu, who recently explained on stream why Seer is still a strong pick due to his ability to "third-party" opponents.
Word: typefounder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of type-founder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: type-founder Part of Speech: noun 1. A manufacturer of metal type for printing.
Word: turfed Part of Speech: adj 1. Constructed from turf. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The space of ground taken up by a rich man's house is prodigious, the turfed roof forming a small field. Example: Viðimyri church is almost the only specimen remaining of a turf church. It looks outside very like a neatly turfed cottage, with the ornament of crossed planks with carved ends on its wooden front gable. 2. Covered or adorned with turf or grass. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: For aviaries, I like them not, except they be of that largeness as they may be turfed, and have living plants and bushes set in them; that the birds may have more scope, and natural nestling, and that no foulness appear in the floor of the aviary. Example: 3. The course should use a minimal amount of fairway area, rather than being completely turfed from tee box to green.
Word: turfed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of turf Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tumuluses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tumulus Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: tarlatan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Milanese tarlantanna. 1. A thin muslin with an open weave, once used for ballgowns etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: syle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sile. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English syle, from Old English sȳl (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, *ḱswel- (“log”), from *ḱsew-, *ḱes- (“to scratch, comb”). Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian søyle (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”). Pronunciation: /saɪl/ 1. A column; pillar. Labels: dialectal 2. A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building. Labels: dialectal 3. The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base. Labels: dialectal 4. A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair. Labels: dialectal
Word: sile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) + -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”). Pronunciation: /saɪl/ 1. To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive 2. To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive 3. To settle down; calm or compose oneself. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive 4. To go; pass. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive 5. To boil gently; simmer. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive 6. To pour with rain. Labels: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, intransitive Example: Th' rain had siled daan day and neet. Example: and so when there come on a long rain it fairly "siled" down a steady beautiful rain, so different from that of a thunder-rain, the latter fairly teeming down just as the milk was teemed from the pails into the sile. Teeming and siling , though much akin, were two very different operations.
Word: sile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) + -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”). Pronunciation: /saɪl/ 1. A sieve. 2. A strainer or colander for liquids 3. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
Word: sile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl (“herring”), from Proto-Germanic *sīlą, *sīlō (“herring”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld (“herring”), Norwegian and Danish sild (“herring”), dialectal Swedish sil (“young fish, fry”). Compare sild. Pronunciation: /saɪl/ 1. A young herring.
Word: sucken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of soken. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌk(ə)n/ 1. The duty of a tenant to bring corn etc to a particular mill to be ground. Labels: obsolete 2. The land astricted in this way. Labels: obsolete
Word: suckener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sucken + -er. 1. The tenant of a sucken, who under the law of thirlage had to mill his grain at the mill of his feudal lord or thirl. Labels: obsolete
Word: taula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Catalan taula (“table”). Doublet of table. 1. A kind of T-shaped stone monument, built by the Talaiotic culture, found on the Balearic island of Minorca.
Word: transpontine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + pontine. 1. Of, relating to, or situated on the far side of a bridge. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, relating to, or situated on the far side of a sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: he may beget upon her Children worthy of ſome Transpontine Monarchy Example: Other young women in Paris — in the little tight transpontine world of art-study […] 3. Relating to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the 19th century or earlier. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: Blood and thunder melodrama was once transpontine: it is now cispontine. It has crossed the Thames, and come over the bridges.
Word: hynde Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hind (“female deer”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: merse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Middle English merse, variant form of mersh, whence also marsh (see that entry for more). Pronunciation: /mɜːs/, /mɝs/ 1. Alluvial, often marshy land by the side of a river, estuary or sea. Example: Owing probably to the channel lying obliquely to those mud flats, the flood rushes up the river with a bore, the front wave of which may be several feet high. As a result, the loose mud is churned up by every tide and the water that inundates the merse always contains much mud in suspension. Consequently the merse must be continually increasing in height. That the siltings may be rapid in favourable circumstances is shown near Kirkconnell where mooring bollards are seen […]
Word: demerge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English merge English demerge From de- + merge. 1. To separate companies that were formerly combined; to reverse a merger.
Word: demerge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin demergo (“to submerge”). 1. To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse. Labels: obsolete Example: The water in which it was demerged. — Boyle.
Word: demerse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dēmersus, past participle of dēmergere. See merge. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. To immerse, to submerge (something). Labels: also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: The peach, vvhich hitherto vvas demerſed, now mounted up to the upper part of the liquor in the ſecond receiver; all the reſt ſtaid in the bottom.
Word: immerge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin immergō. Compare immerse. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/ 1. To plunge (something) into, under, or within anything, especially a fluid; to immerse, to dip. Labels: transitive Example: [T]heir heads [i.e., of people who drink excessively] are gross, their souls are immerged in matter, and drowned in the moistures of an unwholesome cloud; […] Example: VVe took about a Glaſs-full of luke-vvarm VVater, and in it immerg'd a quantity of the Leaves of Senna, and preſently upon the Immerſion there did not appear any Redneſs in the VVater, […] 2. To disappear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun. Labels: intransitive 3. Misspelling of emerge. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: reimmerge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English immerge English reimmerge From re- + immerge. 1. To immerge again.
Word: mordente Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mordente, from Latin mordēns, from mordēre. 1. A mordent (embellishment resembling a trill).
Word: kurban Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of korban. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: suade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin suādēre. 1. To persuade. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling Example: Howsomeber, she wuz so mad wid Jeff dat she 'suaded herse'f she did n' keer
Word: shinning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: string instrument Part of Speech: noun 1. A musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings.
Word: woodwind instrument Part of Speech: noun 1. A musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing against an edge or by vibrating a thin piece of wood or metal known as the reed, and in which the pitch is governed by the resonant frequencies of an enclosed air column.
Word: inconcinnity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inconcinnitas. 1. Lack of harmony or suitability. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chief constables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chief constable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retrograde inversion Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique where the composer will take the inversion of the tone row, and write that backwards, thus creating a retrograded inversion of the original note row. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A composition technique where the composer inverts the retrograde of a melody or makes the retrograde of the inversion of the melody, using only notes in the same key as the original melody. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: caking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: caking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪkɪŋ/ 1. A layer or deposit of caked material. Example: In order to avoid cakings the walls of the tubes are made out of rubber breadths which are stretched over corner steel in the breaks. These rubber breadths oscillate slightly.
Word: caked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /keɪkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of cake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: caked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /keɪkt/ 1. Congealed into a cakelike consistency; (of something covered in such a material) Coated with such a congealed mass. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Great, I had to ride in the rain, and now my bike is caked in mud. Example: Part of the fleece was caked with manure, so we had to clean it. 2. having a defined butt Labels: not-comparable, slang, usually 3. Empty with nothing left to smoke but ash. Labels: not-comparable, slang, usually
Word: Black Forest gâteau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Various theories have been proposed: * Named after the Kirschwasser flavouring that originated in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany. * The black chocolate rasps topping resembles a black forest, like the Black Forest. * A potential predecessor of this cake named Schwarzwaldtorte could have been originated in Switzerland and not in the Black Forest region. * Inspired by the traditional costume of the women of the Black Forest region, with a characteristic hat with big, red pom-poms on top, called Bollenhut. 1. A type of gâteau consisting of a rich chocolate sponge cake topped with cream and cherries. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Black Forest gâteau.
Word: Black Forest gateau Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Black Forest gâteau. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Black Forest gâteaux Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Black Forest gâteau Labels: form-of, plural Example: I’d also whipped a billowing sugary quadruple ration of meringue and set it on top of four vast dishes of buttery crumbs and sharp, homemade lemon custard, and finished the chocolate sponge bases with whipped cream, thickened juices of black cherries and kirch, to make the seventies icon — Black Forest Gâteaux.
Word: Black Forest gâteaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Black Forest gâteau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Black Forest gateaux Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Black Forest gateau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Black Forest gateaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Black Forest gateau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gateaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gateau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gâteaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gâteau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + -archy. 1. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An alliance of two countries. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nasal mutations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nasal mutation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: migraineur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed in English of migraine plus French -eur. Compare French migraineux. From 20th century. 1. One who experiences migraines. Example: Scents, food smells, and cigarette smoke were the most frequent offending odors reported by osmophobic migraineurs.
Word: inflexions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/, /ɪnˈflɛksjən/ 1. plural of inflexion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dénoûment Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of dénouement. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Instead of a dénoûment consisting in the establishment of a common-school system in Acadian Louisiana, we have a double wedding;[…]
Word: finger-pointing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finger + pointing. 1. The act of pointing a finger or fingers. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Fortunately, more often, these authorial throat-clearings and finger-pointings enrich the text. Even the sample quoted above moves on to a vivid evocation of the very physical aspects of a hunt. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer so easily caricatured as a dry Marxist theoretician, Berger excels in such sensual descriptions. Example: Colleagues complained that Mr Raab’s “physical gestures” were used in a threatening way. Loud banging on tables and finger-pointing were among the allegations. 2. The making of accusations; the assigning of blame. Labels: figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually Example: With the folding in November of Los Angeles Opera Theater came the expected finger-pointings and second-guessings among company officials. Example: A huge amount of material on this matter has come into public view: allegations and leaks, backgrounders and briefings, statements and press conferences, sidesteppings and finger-pointings.
Word: finger-pointing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From finger-point + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of finger-point Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: minae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ̯.niː/, /ˈmʌɪ̯.niː/, /ˈmaɪ̯.ni/, /ˈmɑe̯.niː/, /ˈmʌi̯.ni/ 1. plural of mina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perchloric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Latin per-bor. English per- English chloric English perchloric From per- + chloric. 1. Describing compounds containing the most highly oxidized state of chlorine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pocker Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of poker. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pocket rockets Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 2. plural of pocket rocket Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only
Word: American Airlines Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Due to the initials of ace-ace and American Airlines being AA. 1. A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. Labels: slang
Word: two pips Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: big slick Part of Speech: noun 1. An ace and a king as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. (Originally used to denote only an ace and a king of the same suit, the term now includes any ace and king.) Labels: singular, singular-only, slang
Word: little slick Part of Speech: noun 1. An ace and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em Labels: slang, uncountable 2. An ace and a two as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor Part of Speech: noun 1. A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
Word: Johnny Moss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the professional poker player Johnny Moss. 1. An ace and a ten as starting cards in Texas hold 'em. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: overspends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overspend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overspending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overspend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overspending Part of Speech: noun 1. The spending of too much money. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Towards the very end of the year it has always been found to be impracticable to avoid overspendings, if only temporary, in some programmes and underspendings in others.
Word: trashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trashing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trashing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is trashed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the most recent trashings of my work was by Sara Suleri in an issue of Critical Inquiry. Example: As news about the cinema trashings spread, they aroused widespread protest […] 2. Dumpster diving. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. A tradition of throwing food, confetti, etc. over students after their final examinations. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: infringed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of infringe Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: An extraordinary sequence of infringed regulations preceded and followed a collision near Lunan Bay, south of Montrose, on the morning of September 2, 1958, [...]
Word: infringed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a treaty, law, right, etc., broken or violated. 2. Broken in or encroached on. 3. Furnished or embellished with a fringe. Labels: dated
Word: bounced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /baʊnst/ 1. simple past and past participle of bounce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bounced Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /baʊnst/ 1. Of a cheque/check: refused by a bank because of insufficient funds. 2. Of email: not successfully delivered, resulting in an automated reply. Labels: Internet
Word: strong declensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strong declension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots broch, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz. Doublet of borough and burgh. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɒx/, /ˈbɹɒk/, /ˈbɹɑx/, /ˈbɹɑk/ 1. A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland. Example: Finella's carles builded the Kaimes, a long line of battlements under the hills, midway a tower that was older still, a broch from the days of the Pictish men […]. Example: The last man slid the bolt in the single low narrow door. The broch was impregnable then.
Word: cautioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caution + -er. 1. A person who cautions. 2. A surety. Labels: Scotland Example: Fourteen Days are only allowed for Sists of Execution, from the Date the Bill was signed, for the Clerks inquiring in the Condition of the Cautioner […]
Word: cellarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin cellārium (“storeroom”). Doublet of cellar. 1. A cellar used for storage in an abbey. Labels: historical
Word: chantry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”). 1. An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people. 2. A chapel set up for this purpose.
Word: public keys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of public key Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Feynman diagrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Feynman diagram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chromolithography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + lithography; by surface analysis, chromo- + litho- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /ˌkroʊ.moʊˈlɪˈθɑː.ɡrə.fi/ 1. A form of lithography for printing pictures in colour. Labels: uncountable
Word: causeymaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From causey + maker. 1. A person who lays cobblestones. Labels: obsolete
Word: causey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman caucie, chaucee et al., from Late Latin calceāta. In Guernsey use after Guernsey Norman cauchie. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːzi/, /ˈkɔzi/, /ˈkɑzi/ 1. An embankment holding in water; a dam. Labels: obsolete 2. A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc. Labels: dialectal Example: than com Soriondes with all his peple that was so grete, and sette ouer the cauchie so rudely as horse myght renne. Example: He said he would pay them a cent for every two loads of stones or gravel which they should wheel in to make the causey. 3. A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones. Labels: dialectal Example: Satan went down The Causey to Hell Gate.
Word: disaffiliate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English affiliate English disaffiliate From dis- + affiliate. 1. To cease to have an affiliation (with); to take steps to break an affiliation or association.
Word: commendam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin in commendam (“in trust”). 1. A vacant benefice commended to a cleric until an incumbent was provided. Labels: obsolete
Word: disaffiliates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disaffiliate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: commendator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin commendātor. 1. A cleric who held a commendam. Labels: obsolete
Word: disaffiliating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disaffiliate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disaffiliated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disaffiliate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tarrying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tarry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tarrying Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who tarries; a waiting or staying behind. Example: Our teams were now considerably jaded, and we found it necessary to make frequent halts and tarryings for the purpose of recruiting them.
Word: tarries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tarry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thirsting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thirst Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thirsting Part of Speech: noun 1. The situation of having a thirst for something. Example: […] any present thirstings for God, or ardent outgoings of their souls after divine objects […]
Word: tauntingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English taunting Middle English -ly English -ly English tauntingly From taunting + -ly. 1. In a taunting manner.
Word: tinkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tinker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tinkers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tinker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sleep with the fishes Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The idea of sleeping with fishes first appears in Homer's Iliad (21), in which Achilles threatens (and kills) Lycaon (son of Priam), who will 'sleep with the fishes', in some translations. There was emphasis on the brutality of this method because it meant the body would remain forever unburied akin to an animal (fish). The earliest known exact phrase is from 1833, see the quotation below. The phrase was popularized in the motion picture The Godfather (1972). The 1969 book on which the movie was based includes a large, dead fish wrapped in a bulletproof vest being used to signify that a character is "sleeping on the bottom of the ocean", but not the phrase. 1. To be dead, with one's corpse disposed of in a body of water. Labels: idiomatic Example: The porter […] opened his sack, and pitched the corpse into the river, and ran back to receive the rest of his pay “ It is done,” said he, laughing ; “ Your man sleeps with the fishes of the Tigris by this time […]”
Word: IP trackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of IP tracker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bully pulpits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bully pulpit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: all-but Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of all but. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: masticable Part of Speech: adj 1. Able to be chewed. Example: A chewing gum comprising a mixture of snuff and a masticable waterproof waxy body, solid at ordinary temperatures.
Word: minutiæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minutia Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: elfe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of elf. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: acey-deucey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ace + -y + deuce + -y. 1. two pair, aces and twos. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 2. An ace and a two as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 3. An uncommon poker variant where players bet on whether the next card will fall between two other cards. Labels: uncountable 4. A variant of backgammon. Labels: uncountable 5. An AC2: an RCAF Aircraftman 2nd Class. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: acey-deucey Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ace + -y + deuce + -y. 1. Riding with uneven stirrups. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: acey-deucey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ace + -y + deuce + -y. 1. Riding with uneven stirrups. Labels: not-comparable, slang 2. Uneven. Labels: broadly, not-comparable, slang Example: In front of him was a sporty fellow in an acey-deucey fedora and a suit with shoulders at least three feet across.
Word: drinking age Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In most of the United States, the drinking age is 21 years. In poker, an ace often has the value of one. Hence, one could say that a 2-A hand in poker could have a value equivalent to 2-1. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: The least age at which one is permitted by law to drink alcoholic beverages. 2. A two and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em Labels: slang
Word: cohære Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of cohere. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: That all bodies both Animal, Vegetable, and Inanimate, are form’d out of such particles of matter, which by reason of their figures, will not cohære or lie… Example: …and aggregation of matter exist in the Sun, in the Moon, in the planets, in the fixed stars, in fine in all those round bodies whose parts cohære together and…
Word: cohæres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cohære Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cohæred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cohære Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: joint will Part of Speech: noun 1. A single document executed by two people, so that their property is disposed of identically upon the death of either or both.
Word: cohæring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cohære Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Petals shorter than the calyx, evidently perigynous, the claws of the four uppermost (i.e., the two posterior and two lateral) connivent, and cohæring by means of their woolly covering, but not truly concreted.
Word: chattel paper Part of Speech: noun 1. A document that demonstrates both a monetary obligation and a security interest either in certain goods, or in a lease on certain goods
Word: negotiable instrument Part of Speech: noun 1. a legal document, as a cheque or bill of exchange, that is freely negotiable, guaranteeing the payment of a specific amount of money, either on demand, or at a set time.
Word: drol Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹɔːl/ 1. Alternative form of Adrol (“the steroid known by the brand Anadrol”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: aficionadi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aficionado Labels: form-of, hypercorrect, plural Example: They own the texts, they are enthusiasts, aficionadi. Example: These forms of fandom are straight-forwardly dedicated to replicating a college of aficionadi, who by their knowledge of elevating texts are somehow superior to the rest of us.
Word: B-tree Part of Speech: noun 1. An indexed data structure suitable for storage of a large number of items in a balanced fashion, with very few disk accesses required for locating the correct record block.
Word: ficelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ficelle. Pronunciation: /fiˈsɛl/ 1. A very narrow French loaf.
Word: figured bass Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡjɚdbeɪs/ 1. A musical notation in which intervals, chords and harmonizations are indicated by numbers written below a given bass note. Labels: countable, uncountable