nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: whinny Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪni/ 1. To make a gentle neigh. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Cattle lowed here and there, and horses whinnied to be fed. Example: A pony whinnied a short distance from the hut.
Word: whiplash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whip + lash. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪpˌlæʃ/, /ˈʍɪpˌlæʃ/ 1. The lash of a whip. Labels: countable 2. An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Of the nine staff in the third coach, most had been having a break, drinking tea or reading. One suffered a fractured skull, another a fractured shoulder. All were either thrown along or across the coach, sustaining cuts, bruising and whiplash injuries. 3. An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: tonal whiplash Example: Some parents, feeling too hurt by the push-off or taking their teenager’s rejections too personally, choose to make themselves unavailable. In some ways it does feel better to avoid episodes of emotional whiplash.
Word: whiplash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From whip + lash. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪpˌlæʃ/, /ˈʍɪpˌlæʃ/ 1. To jerk back and forth; to buffet. Example: […] Ms. Kennedy has been whiplashed by assertions that she is at once protected and presumptuous. 2. To lash as if with a whip. Example: After a while, he let go of my hand in order to protect his own face from being whiplashed by the low branches.
Word: whipped cream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The standard of identity comes from 21 CFR 131.25. 1. Thick cream that has had air incorporated into it by rapid beating. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Thick cream that has had air incorporated into it by rapid beating. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: whippoorwill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of its note. Pronunciation: /ˈʍɪp.ɚˌwɪl/, /ˈwɪp.ɚˌwɪl/, /ˈwɪp.əˌwɪl/ 1. A nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus), a type of nightjar, named after its characteristic call. Example: “Seems like I heard a whippoorwill callinʼ, and I thought to myself, Go on away from here, weʼll whip ole Will when we find him.” 2. The distinctive call of the above bird. Example: The bird sang his whippoorwills all night. Example: From across the road a bird sang 'Whippoorwill, whippoorwill!'
Word: whipping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪpɪŋ/, /ˈʍɪpɪŋ/ 1. The punishment of being whipped. Labels: countable 2. A heavy defeat; a thrashing. Labels: countable 3. A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream. Labels: uncountable 4. A cord or thread used to lash or bind something. Labels: countable 5. The lashing of the end of a rope. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Never cut a line or leave the end of a line dangling loose without a whipping to prevent it from unlaying. A line without a whipping will unlay of its own accord. A frayed line is a painful sight to a good seaman. Whenever a line or hawser has to be cut, whippings should be put on first. Put one whipping on each side of the cut. To prevent fraying, a temporary or plain whipping can be put on with any type of cordage, even with rope yarn. 6. The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whipping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɪpɪŋ/, /ˈʍɪpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of whip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whirl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whirlen, contracted from earlier *whirvelen, *whervelen, possibly from Old English *hwyrflian, *hweorflian (attested in hwirflung, hwerflung (“change, vicissitude”)), frequentative form of Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”); or perhaps from Old Norse hvirfla (“to go round, spin”). Cognate with Dutch wervelen (“to whirl, swirl”), German wirbeln (“to whirl, swirl”), Danish hvirvle (“to whirl”), Swedish virvla (older spelling hvirfla), Albanian vorbull (“a whirl”). Related to whirr and wharve. Pronunciation: /wɜːl/, /ʍɜːl/, /(h)wɝl/, /ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/ 1. To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. Labels: intransitive Example: The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience. Example: The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon. 2. To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. Labels: intransitive Example: My head is whirling after all that drink. Example: My brained ^([sic]) whirled as he went on, but yet there was a fearful impression that the worst was not told. 3. To make something or someone whirl. Labels: transitive Example: The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes. Example: He whirls his sword around without delay. 4. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch. Labels: transitive Example: See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, / That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. Example: To-night the winds begin to rise ⁠And roar from yonder dropping day: ⁠The last red leaf is whirl’d away, The rooks are blown about the skies; […]
Word: whirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whirl, wherwille, whorwhil, wervel, from Old English hwirfel, hwyrfel (“whirlpool”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil, from Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz, *hwarbilaz (“swirl, whirl, whirlpool”), equivalent to wharve + -el; and also Old Norse hvirfill (“ring, circle, crown”), whence Danish hvirvel (“cowlick”), Dutch werveling (“whirling, vortex”), German Low German Warvel (“whirl, whirlpool”), German Wirbel (“whirl, whirlpool”). Pronunciation: /wɜːl/, /ʍɜːl/, /(h)wɝl/, /ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/ 1. An act of whirling. Example: She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor. 2. Something that whirls, such as a whirlwind. 3. A confused tumult. 4. A rapid series of events. Example: My life is one social whirl. 5. Dizziness or giddiness. Example: My mind was in a whirl. 6. A brief experiment or trial. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: OK, let's give it a whirl.
Word: whirlpool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit. Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɝlpul/, /ˈhwɝlpul/, /ˈwɜːlpuːl/ 1. A swirling body of water. Example: A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub. 2. A hot tub, a jacuzzi. Example: The meatloaf has been cooking in the oven for the last hour and should be ready just about the time George climbs out of the whirlpool. 3. A state of turmoil or agitated excitement. Labels: figuratively
Word: whirlpool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit. Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɝlpul/, /ˈhwɝlpul/, /ˈwɜːlpuːl/ 1. To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool. Labels: intransitive
Word: whirling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwɝlɪŋ/, /ˈwɜːlɪŋ/, /ˈʍɝlɪŋ/, /ˈʍɜːlɪŋ/ 1. Revolving, rotating, turning rapidly. Example: a whirling carousel; whirling dancers Example: The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
Word: whirling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɝlɪŋ/, /ˈwɜːlɪŋ/, /ˈʍɝlɪŋ/, /ˈʍɜːlɪŋ/ 1. A swift or rapid turning or rotation; a circling movement. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An organized attack where a group of people, usually teenagers, surround and attack women, with sudden physical assaults or harassment. Labels: US, countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: whirling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɝlɪŋ/, /ˈwɜːlɪŋ/, /ˈʍɝlɪŋ/, /ˈʍɜːlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of whirl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whirr Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whirren, probably from Old Norse: compare Danish hvirre, virre, Norwegian kvirre, Old Norse hvirfla (“to whirl, spread”). Pronunciation: /wɜː/, /wɝ/, /ʍɪɾ/, /wøː/, /weː/ 1. To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. 2. To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound. Labels: intransitive Example: In a city where media companies and hospitals have armed guards, this accessibility is unusual. Inside, drivers sit and chat in between shifts, the overhead fan whirring and causing the dim electric light to flicker over their faces. 3. To cause (something) to make such a sound. Labels: transitive 4. (of a panther) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented, much like the domestic cat’s purr. Labels: intransitive
Word: whirr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whirren, probably from Old Norse: compare Danish hvirre, virre, Norwegian kvirre, Old Norse hvirfla (“to whirl, spread”). Pronunciation: /wɜː/, /wɝ/, /ʍɪɾ/, /wøː/, /weː/ 1. A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. Example: At that moment a flight of birds passed close overhead, and at the whirr of their wings a panic fear seized her. Example: Then the exploding whirr of wings in the wind — a mixed covey of bobwhites and scalies. 2. A bustle of noise and excitement. 3. The vibrating sound made by a panther in its throat when contented.
Word: bustling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbʌs(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Busy; full of energy and noisy activity. Example: bustling marketplace Example: bustling square
Word: bustling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌs(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bustle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bustling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌs(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. A bustle; a busy stir. Example: the bustlings of waiters in the crowded restaurant
Word: conjugal rights Part of Speech: noun 1. The rights and privileges arising from the marital relationship; especially those of love, affection, companionship, comfort and sexual relations. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bustle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) + -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”). The etymology of noun sense 3 is uncertain, perhaps related to busk (“strip in a corset”) or German Buschel. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌsəl/ 1. An excited activity; a stir. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the whirl and bustle of a large metropolis Example: the hum and bustle 2. A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine. Labels: countable 3. A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops. Labels: countable, historical Example: A grotesque-looking lady wearing a bustle (Anna mentally undressed the woman, and was appalled at her hideousness), and a little girl laughing affectedly ran down the platform. Example: All the portraits that hang on the walls of the living room are, I realize, of my mother's family: miniatures of her great-aunts in Victorian bustles and elaborate feathered hats; a gilt-framed oil of her great-great-great-uncle as a boy in pastoral England, wearing a gold riding coat over white jodhpurs and sitting astride a white steed, a King Charles spaniel yapping at them from the foreground of the canvas. 4. Money; cash. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: Why the old clerical's turned coper—a new way of raising the wind——letting his friends down easy—gave you a good dinner, I suppose, Sir John, and took this method of drawing the bustle for it: an old trick of the reverend's.
Word: bustle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) + -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”). The etymology of noun sense 3 is uncertain, perhaps related to busk (“strip in a corset”) or German Buschel. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌsəl/ 1. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about). Example: The commuters bustled about inside the train station. Example: I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […]. 2. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). Example: The train station was bustling with commuters. 3. To push around, to importune. Labels: transitive Example: Don’t bustle her or fuss or snatch: / A suitor looking at his watch / Is not a posture that persuades / Willing, much less reluctant maids.
Word: lek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Germanic roots meaning "play". In the biology sense, it comes specifically from Swedish lek (“child's play”), by means of Swedish leka (“to play”). The verb is first attested in English in 1871 and the noun at least as early as 1867. Pronunciation: /lɛk/ 1. An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display. Example: 1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, figure caption, 2000, page 333, Each of the three displaying cocks occupies a small territory at the mating center of the lek. Example: Given that a combination of factors have "released" males from attending nests, why have some species organized their courtship bouts in leks, especially the tightly clumped leks that are typical of manakins and cocks-of-the-rock?
Word: lek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Germanic roots meaning "play". In the biology sense, it comes specifically from Swedish lek (“child's play”), by means of Swedish leka (“to play”). The verb is first attested in English in 1871 and the noun at least as early as 1867. Pronunciation: /lɛk/ 1. To take part in the courtship and display behaviour of a lek. Labels: intransitive Example: Males in many lekking species have conspicuous morphological ornaments that may be targets of female choice, but male contest competition may also be involved. Example: The second reason lekking is so fascinating is because the males aggregate. 2. To play. Labels: UK, Yorkshire, colloquial, dialectal Example: T’lads is lekkin i t’park.
Word: lek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Albanian lek, named after Alexander the Great, whose name is often shortened to Leka in Albanian. Pronunciation: /lɛk/ 1. The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka. Example: With the loss of control by the Government over foreign exchange surrender requirements and the almost complete depletion of foreign exchange reserves, in early 1992 the official rate was further devalued to leks 50 = $1. Example: 1997, Igor Artimiev, Gary J. Fine, Country Studies: Albania, Ira W. Lieberman, Stilpon S. Nestor, Raj M. Desai, Between State and Market: Mass Privatization in Transition Economies, page 178, Enterprise shares are sold at voucher auctions in exchange for either immaterial privatization leks (through a bank transfer from the bidder's privatization lek account) or through privatization vouchers, which are submitted at the time of bidding.
Word: white chocolate Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌwaɪt ˈtʃɑk.lɪt/, /ˌwaɪt ˈtʃɒk.lət/ 1. A food made from cocoa butter, milk, and sugar, having no cocoa solids. Labels: uncountable 2. A piece of confectionery consisting of this. Labels: countable 3. An attractive white person or people, especially male. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: gank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1980s, of uncertain origin; possibly imitative or a derivation from gangster. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋk/, [ˈɡæŋk], /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈɡɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈɡɛ̃ŋk] 1. To swindle. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee Example: Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him. 2. To steal. Labels: slang, transitive Example: “I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books. Example: It was one of the syringes Splinter ganked from the hospital the other day when he was in there for chest pains.
Word: gank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of gan(g) + k(ill). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋk/, [ˈɡæŋk], /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈɡɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈɡɛ̃ŋk] 1. To kill much weaker players in an online video game in such a way that they cannot defend themselves. Labels: Internet, slang, transitive Example: Our group totally ganked this guy.
Word: white lie Part of Speech: noun 1. A deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial social exchange, or to choose one's battles. Labels: idiomatic Example: The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie. Example: An occasional little white lie such as Weston's probably won't cause any lasting damage. And at times, telling the truth—particularly the whole truth to a child who's not at an age to handle it—may do more harm than good, they say.
Word: albumen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmen (“egg white, albumen; type of eye disease”) (whence Late Middle English albuminium (“clear fluid in the eyeball between the cornea and lens, aqueous humour”)), from Latin albus (“white”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”, adjective)) + -men (suffix forming nouns), modelled after ferrūmen (“cement; glue”). The plural form albumina is a learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmina. Pronunciation: /ˈælbjʊmɪn/, /ælˈbjuːmɪn/, /ˈælbjʊmən/, /ælˈbjumən/, /ælˈbjuːmɪnə/ 1. Synonym of egg white (“(uncountable) the clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked; (countable) the white of a particular egg”). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: yolk Example: [A]gglutinants of all kinds were called into use, as tragacanth, gum arabic, and the albumen of eggs; and these were united with astringents, as rhubarb, cinnamon, and lime-water, with or without an anodyne draught at evening as might be thought prudent. 2. A colourless, soluble protein found in blood plasma, egg white, etc.; albumin; (countable) chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: one form of such a protein. Labels: archaic, broadly, uncountable Example: The cheeſe, or caſeous part of milk, is formed into a maſs, and ſeparated from the other parts of the liquid, by the action of fire, by the acid fermentation of vvhich milk is liable, and by the intermixture of acids. This matter, vvhen vvell vvaſhed, is vvhite and ſolid, like the albumen of the blood. Example: […] I was lastly induced to make some similar experiments on albumen; and, as that of the blood is mixed with gelatin, and with the substance called fibrin by the chemists, […] and as it is with some difficulty that the albumen can be exactly separated from these substances, I preferred the albumen of eggs as being pure and unmixed; […] 3. The endosperm of seeds of most flowering plants, especially when found in mature seeds. Labels: archaic, broadly, uncountable Example: As all Seeds are ex Ovo [from an egg]; ſo there are many vvith thin Covers, as of Orach, Spinage, Beet, and the reſt of that Tribe, &c. vvhich beſides the Albumen or clear Liquor out of vvhich they are bred; […] Example: In his [William Griffith's] summary of the novel points of structure, &c., indicated in his paper, he mentions […] 3rd. The confluence of the albumina of several sacks into one albumen. 4. Synonym of blood plasma (“the clear fluid portion of blood in which the blood cells are suspended”). Labels: broadly, obsolete, uncountable Example: [W]henever the bloud is quiet or ceaſes from motion, vvhether vvithin or vvithout the body of an Animal, the red and grumoſe part of it ſoon curdles, and is ſeparated from the ſeroſe or albumen; […]
Word: albumin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French albumine, from Latin albumen. Compare albumen. Pronunciation: /ælˈbjuː.mən/, /ˈalbjʊmɪn/ 1. Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: egg white Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a remodelled form of Middle English whit of an egge (“white of an egg”). Compare Old Norse eggja-hvíta (“egg-white”) (whence Icelandic eggjahvíta, Swedish äggvita, Danish æggehvide), Saterland Frisian Oaiwiet (“egg-white”), West Frisian aaiwyt (“egg-white”), Dutch eiwit (“egg-white”), German Low German Witt vun't Ei (“white of the egg”) beside Eiwitt (“egg-white”), German Eiweiß (“egg-white”). 1. The clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked. Labels: uncountable 2. The white of a particular egg. Labels: countable
Word: white-collar worker Part of Speech: noun 1. A salaried professional or clerical worker.
Word: white-hot Part of Speech: adj 1. Hot enough to glow with a bright white light. Labels: not-comparable Example: The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work became unbearable. 2. Extremely fervid or zealous. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: a white-hot rage Example: Swift’s catalog of generation-defining hits and canny marketing sense have helped her achieve a level of white-hot demand and media saturation not seen since the 1980s heyday of Michael Jackson and Madonna[…] 3. Blazing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Flames raced up the rows, blistering and charring and igniting ancient wood that erupted in a white-hot flare of heat.
Word: whiten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whitenen, whitnen, from Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”), from Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwind-, *kwint- (“bright”), equivalent to white + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten”), Danish hvidne (“to whiten”). Compare Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”). Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/, [ˈ(h)waɪ̯tn̩], [ˈ(h)waɪ̯ʔn̩] 1. (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch. Labels: ergative Example: Age had whitened his hair. Example: The trees in spring whiten with blossoms. 2. To increase the security of an iterated block cipher by steps that combine the data with portions of the key. 3. To normalize data so that the covariance matrix becomes the identity matrix; i.e., to remove correlations so each variable has unit variance.
Word: whitening Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈwaɪtnɪŋ/, /ˈhwaɪtn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈhwaɪtnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of whiten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whitening Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈwaɪtnɪŋ/, /ˈhwaɪtn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈhwaɪtnɪŋ/ 1. A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of making something white or whiter. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: litany Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek λῐτή (lĭtḗ) Ancient Greek -ᾰνός (-ănós) Ancient Greek λῐτᾰνός (lĭtănós) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek λῐτᾰνεύω (lĭtăneúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) Ancient Greek λῐτᾰνείᾱ (lĭtăneíā)der. Latin litaniader. Old French letanieder. Middle English English litany From Middle English, from Old French letanie, from Latin litania, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, “prayer”), from λιτή (litḗ, “prayer, entreaty”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəni/ 1. A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. 2. A prolonged or tedious list. Labels: figuratively Example: Near-synonym: jeremiad Example: The litany of packaging innovations introduced to or popularized in the U.S. food market over the last generation seems endless: flexible aseptic packaging, barrier plastics, squeezables, lightweight glass, the retort pouch, […]
Word: soupçon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French soupçon. Doublet of suspection. Pronunciation: /suːpˈsɒn/, /suːpˈsɒ̃/ 1. A very small amount; a hint; a trace, slight idea; an inkling. Example: Add a soupçon of red pepper. Example: coffee with a soupçon of cognac 2. A suspicion; a suggestion. Labels: dated
Word: Williams Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of William with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪli.əmz/, /ˈwɪljəmz/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.” […] Now that Williams is set to complete his lifetime goal of visiting every country in the world, he’s inviting tourists to visit the Republic of Slowjamastan as he plans to create the world’s foremost “micronation.” 2. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Williams Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪli.əmz/, /ˈwɪljəmz/ 1. plural of William Labels: form-of, plural
Word: successfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English successful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English successfully From successful + -ly. Pronunciation: /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/, /səkˈses.fə.li/ 1. In a successful manner; with success; without failing. Example: He successfully climbed the mountain. Example: They successfully completed their project together.
Word: defugalty Part of Speech: noun 1. an inconsistency, especially with regard to forms of communication (i.e. text documents, radio or video transmissions).
Word: Midway Islands Part of Speech: name 1. A small group of islands in the central Pacific; a US territory.
Word: neoteny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Neotenie, coined in 1884 by anatomist Julius Kollmann from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “young”) + τείνειν (teínein, “to extend, spread or tense”). Pronunciation: /niˈɒtəni/, /niˈɑːtəni/ 1. The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Most amphibians are aquatic only while young, but some amphibians with neoteny remain aquatic even as adults. Example: Richard Wrangham has noted that the domestication of animals usually tames them by slowing down components of the developmental timetable to retain juvenile traits into adulthood, a process called pedomorphy or neoteny. 2. The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nulla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nullah (“stream-bed, ravine”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of nulla-nulla (“Australian war club”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XX, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I gave a loud cry and was in the act of running towards the centre of the camp when I caught a glimpse of several black figures around me, and the next moment I was knocked senseless by a blow from a nulla or waddy.
Word: Athirne Part of Speech: name 1. Athairne the Importunate, a poet and a satirist of the court of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle and foster-father of Amairgin mac Echit. Labels: Irish
Word: carafe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹæf/ 1. A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages. Example: Amongst the scattered letters and papers, there stood a claret jug, a large carafe of water, and an empty glass. Example: […]I ask if he'd like something to drink besides the carafe of tap water that has materialised on the table while we've been talking. 2. A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process. Example: Emma brings out the carafe of dark coffee.
Word: Findchoem Part of Speech: name 1. Princess of Ulster. Wife of Amairgin mac Echit and sister of Conchobar mac Nessa. Mother of Conall the Victorious. Labels: Irish
Word: Ulaid Part of Speech: name 1. A people of Early Ireland who gave their name to the Irish province of Ulster. 2. the former kingdom of northern Ireland belonging to the ancestors of the Ulstermen Labels: historical
Word: influential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin īnfluentiālis, from īnfluentia + -ālis. By surface analysis, influence + -ial. Pronunciation: /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/, /ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl/, /ˌɪnflʉˈenʃəl/, /ˌənflʉˈenʃəl/ 1. Having or exerting influence. Example: John Lennon was a very influential person in music, as well as in politics, fashion and general culture. Example: Jane was very influential in getting the motion passed.
Word: influential Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin īnfluentiālis, from īnfluentia + -ālis. By surface analysis, influence + -ial. Pronunciation: /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/, /ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl/, /ˌɪnflʉˈenʃəl/, /ˌənflʉˈenʃəl/ 1. A person who has influence
Word: briefly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːfli/ 1. In a brief manner, summarily. Example: He covered the subject briefly in his book. 2. For a brief period. Example: He only worked here briefly. Example: Instead, ddakji was played for dramatic effect earlier in the season — pitting two men who had forged a sweet bond against each other, making one of them briefly believe he’d been eliminated by his friend. 3. To be brief, in short. Example: Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
Word: Achall Part of Speech: name 1. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer; committed suicide after her brother Erc was killed by Conall Cernach. Labels: Irish
Word: Fedelm Noíchrothach Part of Speech: name 1. The daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa who married Cairbre Nia Fer but was unfaithful to him. Cousin of Conall the Victorious. Mother of Erc and Achall.
Word: Erc Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Irish Erc (modern Irish Earc), a word for which the electronic Dictionary of the Irish language gives several meanings, but the most likely meaning for the name is "spotted, speckled, motley," from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“perch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored”). 1. A member of the conspiracy that killed Cúchulainn, but was killed by his second cousin Conall the Victorious. Son of Cairbre Nia Fer and brother of Achall. Labels: Irish
Word: conducting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈdʌktɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of conductive.
Word: conducting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈdʌktɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of conduct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: These geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) can become a hazard when they flow through conducting infrastructure, usually entering and exiting networks where equipment is grounded to Earth.
Word: Emacs Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of editor + macros. Pronunciation: /ˈiːmæks/ 1. A particular visual or WYSIWYG text editor (first written by Richard Stallman in 1975 but since reimplemented by others in several distinct versions), distinguished by its use of control characters as editing commands, by its lack of distinct "insert" and "edit" modes, and by its featurefulness and extensibility. Example: "Emacs was initially a text editor," says Stallman, explaining the getup. "Eventually it became a way of life for many and a religion for some. We call this religion the Church of Emacs."
Word: Briccriu Part of Speech: name 1. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology: a warrior, poet, and troublemaker who once held a lavish feast for Conchobar mac Nessa and the heroes of Ulster in his house at Dún Rudraige. Labels: Irish
Word: banana hammock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the similarity in appearance of the protrusion of an occupied hammock and the bulge of the genitals in these tight-fitting briefs. 1. A male thong. Labels: slang 2. A pair of skimpy swim briefs for men. Labels: slang Example: She had wanted me to wear Speedos – an orange banana hammock – but I had put on camouflaged cutoffs and a tank top. Example: I should go to the other extreme and don a Speedo. Might it be awesome to see my classmates' expressions as I strut out sporting a banana hammock?
Word: Tennyson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English variant of Dennis + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnɪsn̩/ 1. An English patronymic surname. 2. Alfred Tennyson, English poet and playwright. 3. A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. 4. A locality in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia
Word: Áed Ruad Part of Speech: name 1. The High King of Ireland who ruled in rotation with his cousins Díthorba and Cimbáeth, each ruling for seven years in turn. Labels: Irish
Word: genographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of genetic + geographic. 1. of the use of genetics to study human migration over time
Word: banning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈbænɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ban Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: banning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English banning, bannyng, bonnyng, equivalent to ban + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian banning, Dutch banning, German Low German Banning, German Bannung. Pronunciation: /ˈbænɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is banned; a prohibition. Example: And it was not as though they were unable, as the waves of bannings and algorithmic deboosting of those on the online right began in earnest after 2016.
Word: Díthorba Part of Speech: name 1. One of the three High Kings of Ireland, who ruled in rotation with Áed Ruad and Cimbáeth, each ruling seven years in turn and for three seven-year periods. Labels: Irish
Word: Cimbáeth Part of Speech: name 1. One of the three High Kings of Ireland, who ruled in rotation with Áed Ruad and Díthorba, each ruling seven years in turn and ruling for three seven year period. He died of plague at Emain Macha. Labels: Irish
Word: Finnbhennach Part of Speech: name 1. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an extremely fertile stud bull owned by king Ailill mac Máta. He was originally one of Bodb Dearg's pig-keepers, who fell out with one of his colleagues. Labels: Irish
Word: debut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt. The Philippine sense is influenced by Spanish debut. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛbjuː/, /ˈdeɪbjuː/, /deɪˈbjuː/, /dəˈbjuː/, /ˈdæɪbjʉː/ 1. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area. Example: Liverpool's performance - despite a defensive injury crisis that saw a promising debut for teenage academy graduate John Flanagan - was a resounding advert for Kenny Dalglish to be given the manager's job on a permanent basis. Example: Hulking defenceman Gudbranson, who came to Vancouver in a trade with the Florida Panthers last May, scored in his debut for the Canucks. 2. The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece. Labels: also, attributive Example: Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status. Example: their long-anticipated debut album 3. The first appearance of a debutante in society. 4. The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday. Labels: Philippines
Word: debut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt. The Philippine sense is influenced by Spanish debut. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛbjuː/, /ˈdeɪbjuː/, /deɪˈbjuː/, /dəˈbjuː/, /ˈdæɪbjʉː/ 1. To formally introduce, as to the public. Labels: US, transitive Example: Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004. Example: He recently debuted a preview of his cover of Cher’s 1998 hit “Believe” on his official Instagram account. 2. To make one's initial formal appearance. Labels: intransitive Example: Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004. Example: The nine-car electric unit debuted on the 0630 Newcastle-London King's Cross.
Word: ERC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of easily-recognizable code. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of early repayment charge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of early career researcher. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ERC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Emacs Relay Chat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of European Rugby Cup. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of European Rally Championship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (“Republican Left of Catalonia”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: While the ERC has signed off its deal with the PSOE, Junts, which is led by the former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont – who is still wanted by Spanish courts for his role in the doomed lunge for Catalan independence – is still negotiating its support. 5. Initialism of Emergency Rescue Committee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: A handful of courageous Americans, associated under the name of the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC), took it on themselves to set right their country's indifference. 6. Initialism of Energy Regulatory Commission. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: successor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor. Pronunciation: /səkˈsɛsə/, /səkˈsɛsɚ/, /səˈsɛsɚ/ 1. A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title. Example: George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US. Example: They haven't yet named her successor. 2. The next heir in order or succession. 3. A person who inherits a title or office. 4. The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another. Example: A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
Word: thru Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Modern use originated in American English as a phonetic and simplified spelling of through around 1839. The spelling had previously been one of several used in Middle English. Pronunciation: /θɹuː/, /θɹu/ 1. Nonstandard spelling of through. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, informal, nonstandard Example: We wanted an overall treatment system that gave us optimum reliability and required a minimum of labor to operate - from primary clarifier thru sludge handling, … Example: … to respect human rights, then failing to explicitly define thru common understanding. 2. Abbreviation of through. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of 3. Eye dialect spelling of through. Labels: UK, alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling, rare, regional
Word: prestigious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since the 1540s; Latin praestigiosus (“full of tricks”), praestigiae (“juggler's tricks”), possibly an alteration of praestringō (“to blindfold, to dazzle”), from prae- (“before”) with stringō (“to bind or tie”); equivalent to prestige + -ious. Unstressed /ɛ/ is retained by analogy with prestige. Pronunciation: /pɹɛˈstɪd͡ʒəs/, /pɹə-/, /pɹɛˈstiːd͡ʒəs/ 1. Of high prestige. Example: She has a prestigious job with an international organization.
Word: dipstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dip + stick. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪpstɪk/ 1. A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge. Example: I haven't checked the oil level of my car's motor since I lost the dipstick three months ago. 2. An exciseman or supervisor who measures with a dipstick. Labels: derogatory, obsolete 3. The penis. Labels: slang 4. A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: That referee is a right dipstick. Example: “Outta the way, dipstick.” He middle-fingered the driver of a Mazda, who was hogging the passing lane, then zipped past, horn blaring, fist raised.
Word: dipstick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dip + stick. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪpstɪk/ 1. To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something. Labels: transitive Example: What most educators mean by “doing Madeline Hunter” is using her seven-step approach to planning a lesson. In Santa Barbara, as in most of her road shows, several hours are devoted to spelling out this technique, which calls for specific acts of review, introduction, explanation, “modeling” (demonstrating), “dipsticking” (checking for understanding), “monitored practice” and independent study. Example: In private, Secretary Powell, an amateur automotive mechanic, complains that old friends spend too much time sympathetically taking his temperature — “dip-sticking me,” as he puts it. 2. To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick. Labels: transitive Example: If one of the fuel gauges is inoperative (flight is not permitted if both have failed), the tanks have to be dipsticked before and after each fueling to confirm the aircraft's fuel status.
Word: retribution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Latin retribuere (“repay”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛt.ɹɪˈbju.ʃən/ 1. Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whereas retribution focuses on the offender's wrong, retaliation focuses on the impulse of the victim (or of those who sympathize with him) to strike back at the offender. Example: 1. Revenge is for an injury; retribution is for a wrong. 2. Retribution sets an internal limit to the amount of the punishment according to the seriousness of the wrong; revenge need not. 3. Revenge is personal; the agent of retribution need have no special or personal tie to the victim of the wrong for which he exacts retribution. 4. Revenge involves a particular emotional tone, pleasure in the suffering of another, while retribution need involve no emotional tone.
Word: pretension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pretencioun, pretensioun, from Medieval Latin prētēnsiō. 1. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported. 2. Pretentiousness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pretension Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tēnsiōder. Middle French tensionbor. English tension English pretension From pre- + tension. 1. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process. 2. To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
Word: aspiration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aspire Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English aspiration From aspire + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌæspəˈɹæɪʃən/, /ˌɛspəˈɹæɪʃən/ 1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor. Example: Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.