nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: clem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaim, equivalent to cloam. Similar linguistic development led to the Northumbrian pronunciation of hyem, equivalent to the RP home. Pronunciation: /klɛm/ 1. A brick or stone. Labels: Geordie, Teesside, slang 2. One stone (unit of mass). Labels: slang 3. A testicle. Labels: Geordie, slang, vulgar
Word: clem Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klɛm/ 1. Alternative form of clam (“to adhere”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mixing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɪksɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mix Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: He is mixing the paint.
Word: mixing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪksɪŋ/ 1. The act, or the result of making a mixture. Example: No two mixings of these paints are ever the same.
Word: mixing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈmɪksɪŋ/ 1. Of a stochastic process, to be asymptotically independent (in a precise mathematical sense). Example: A strictly stationary and mixing process with finite expectation satisfies a Law of Large Numbers.
Word: borrowing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From borrow + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔrəwɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of borrow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: She is borrowing my pen. 2. Shoplifting. Labels: euphemistic, slang
Word: borrowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From borrow + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔrəwɪŋ/ 1. An instance of something being borrowed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […] 2. A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away.
Word: defatigable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Latin fatīgō Latin dēfatīgō Latin dēfatīgātusder. English defatigable From Latin defatigatus, past participle of defatigare (“to tire or weary”). Pronunciation: [dɪˈfætɪɡəbəɫ] 1. Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued. Labels: rare Example: The author wishes to acknowledge the help of his peerful editor, Fredrica Friedman, and his defatigable researcher, Susan Hall, as well as that of his severest critic, P. Bear.
Word: councilwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English council Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English councilwoman From council + -woman. 1. A feminine member of a council, especially a city council or town council. Example: Near-synonyms: councilmember, councilperson, councilor, councillor, councilman, selectperson, selectman, selectwoman Example: When it was the defense’s turn to try to rebut the prosecution’s case, lawyers for Mr. James called just two witnesses [—] two former councilwomen who tried to bolster the assertion of Mr. James that he could not approve property sales unilaterally.
Word: councilman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English council Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English councilman From council + -man. 1. A male member of a council, often a city council or town council. Example: Near-synonyms: councilmember, councilperson, councilwoman, councilor, councillor, selectperson, selectman, selectwoman Example: Ms. Ford, a former captain in the Navy Reserves and a management consultant, and Ms. Pfeifer are often at odds with the three councilmen over policy issues.
Word: councilmanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English councilman Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English councilmanic From councilman + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a councilman or councilwoman; pertaining to a (municipal or other) councilor, particularly to the district they represent. Labels: not-comparable Example: The next and perhaps the most important question raised by the appeal of plaintiff, is as to the method of ascertaining the net amount of councilmanic debt outstanding, or that which has been created without the consent of the electors. Example: THERE was a string band on the Councilor, made up of cabin and dining-room boys who could play mandolin and guitar. It always played in the evenings […] one complete bar of “Dardanella.” Smiles were wiped from every councilmanic face.
Word: privy council Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prive (“secret, private, confidential”) + counseil. 1. A body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.
Word: she-devil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English she- Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diabolusbor. Proto-West Germanic *diubul Old English dēofol Middle English devel English devil English she-devil From she- + devil. 1. A female devil (as opposed to a he-devil, male devil). Labels: literally Example: In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!" 2. A woman whose bad temper, cruelty or wicked ways are so extreme as to evoke an image of the devil. Labels: figuratively Example: Monsieur Margot groaned. “Go, then, my friend,” said he, “procure the ladder! Oh, those she devils!—what could make me such a fool!”
Word: siddhi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिद्धि (siddhi). 1. spiritual power or psychic ability Labels: Hinduism, countable, uncountable
Word: arsenical bronze Part of Speech: noun 1. A natural and artificial alloy of copper containing a small amount of arsenic, that oxidates less than pure copper and was widely used during the chalcolithic period. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Oetzi the Iceman's axe was of arsenical bronze.
Word: Marseillaise Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Marseillaise. Doublet of Marseillese. Pronunciation: /mɑː.seɪˈjɛz/, /mɑːɹseɪˈjɛz/ 1. The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, with at least seven verses plus the chorus.
Word: Mondayish Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English Monday Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Mondayish From Monday + -ish. 1. On or around Monday. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I hope to have the job finished by Mondayish.
Word: Mondayish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Monday Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Mondayish From Monday + -ish. 1. feeling ill, especially used of clergymen having worked all day Sunday Labels: informal Example: I wonder if on this Monday morning all the world is rested? No, no! Many of the best people of the world feel Mondayish. They overdid the Sunday and had no rest. Example: He loses the robustness and vigor of his physical frame, so that after preaching twice on the Sabbath, he feels Mondayish, and perhaps Tuesdayish. 2. hungover after a weekend of drinking (as a presumed contributing explanation for a clergyman feeling Mondayish) Labels: informal Example: You all know that my work on the Sabbath day is very hard, and I used to think that I was entitled to something good after the labors of the day, and generally took a stiff glass of brandy and water. I did this, as I thought, to strengthen me, but I invariably passed a restless night, was always Mondayish, and felt unfit for anything; but since I have given up the brandy and water, I feel as well on Monday morning as I did on Saturday night. Example: As an ordinary drinker, he always used to find it necessary to have a glass of something as a night-cap, and then he always woke up in the morning hot and feverish, and Mondayish. That word Mondayish would be banished out of the language if they would only banish alcohol. 3. grumpy and disheartened on returning to work on a Monday after the weekend Labels: informal Example: I feel a bit Mondayish this week at the start of a long project.
Word: fruitfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fruitful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fruitfulness From fruitful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being fruitful; exuberant abundance. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fruitfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fruitful Middle English -ly English -ly English fruitfully From fruitful + -ly. 1. In a fruitful manner; productively.
Word: productiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English productiveness From productive + -ness. 1. The state of being productive. Labels: uncountable
Word: productively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive 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 productively From productive + -ly. 1. In a productive manner. Example: Improvements may easily be imagined which would annihilate vast portions of the productively invested wealth of individuals; such (e. g.) as a mechanical invention that superseded railways in England, or a development of trade that rendered English wheatgrowing unprofitable: and economic changes of this kind, though smaller in degree, are continually occurring. Example: […] Soviet ideology itself may be more productively viewed as the result of conscious attempts to explicate and rationalize assorted discursive strategies, or mechanisms, of newspeak, in much the same way as grammatical rules are invented to describe diverse linguistic practices.
Word: nulla nulla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nulla-nulla. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: z.l. Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A transliteration of Hebrew ז״ל (Z.L.). 1. Of blessed memory, may he/she/they rest in peace; used after a reference to one or more people who died. Labels: Hebrew Example: Yitzhak Rabin (z"l) was a warrior turned peace-maker.
Word: housebreaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + breaking. 1. The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: breaking and entering Example: The accused was charged with housebreaking and theft.
Word: housebreaking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From house + breaking. 1. present participle and gerund of housebreak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: housebreaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English breaker English housebreaker From house + breaker. 1. A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime. Example: […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […] Example: [H]e is dressed in such a rapscallion manner that the people would think you were talking to a house-breaker.
Word: Mambwe Part of Speech: noun 1. a tribe of people in northern Zambia Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Mambwe Part of Speech: name 1. the language of these people
Word: Manda Part of Speech: name 1. a Dravidian language of southern India. 2. an aboriginal language of Australia. 3. a Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: Manda Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Amanda.
Word: Manda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मन्दा (mandā). Also from a Czech derivative of the female personal name Magdalena. 1. A surname.
Word: mandarin fish Part of Speech: noun 1. A carnivorous freshwater fish, Siniperca chuatsi, from China. 2. A colorful saltwater fish in the dragonet family, Synchiropus splendidus, from the Pacific Ocean.
Word: mangel beet Part of Speech: noun 1. the mangelwurzel
Word: mangelwurzel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Mangold (“chard”) + Wurzel (“root”), with the first part reinterpreted as Mangel, whence the archaic English name "root of scarcity". 1. A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed. Example: I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel? Example: Wheat and barley, oats and hay, Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels
Word: mannikin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. 1. Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World. 2. Alternative spelling of manikin (little man). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: maquillage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French maquillage. Pronunciation: /makiˈ(j)ɑːʒ/ 1. Makeup, cosmetics, or its application, especially in theatrical or excessive use. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The ladies of his court – and plenty of the men too – adapted their maquillage to take advantage of artificial lighting to draw attention to their rosy cheeks, white bosoms, jet black eyebrows and scarlet lips.
Word: Maragoli Part of Speech: name 1. A dialect of the Luhya language of western Kenya.
Word: Maragoli Part of Speech: noun 1. A subdivision of the Luhya tribe. The Maragoli speak Luragooli, a language belonging to the Luhya group and very similar to Luganda, Kikuyu, Gishu and several languages in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: marriageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English marriage 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 marriageable From marriage + -able. 1. Suitable for marriage; nubile. Example: Marry money, thought I to myself, who will he marry? then in my own mind I made a review of all the marriageable heiresses, and heiresses apparent, not only in Silveryville, but likewise, in a circuit several miles around it, and I could not find one among them all, who was not already engaged to be married to somebody else.
Word: marriageable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English marriage 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 marriageable From marriage + -able. 1. One who is suitable for marriage.
Word: Lady McLeod Part of Speech: noun 1. A local stamp inscribed "L. MCl." to represent the ship Lady McLeod, produced by David Bryce, the owner of the ship, in Trinidad in 1847. It was the first stamp produced in a British colony, but is considered by many to be a Cinderella. Labels: informal
Word: mastercraftsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastercraftsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mastercraftsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From master + craftsman. 1. Alternative form of master craftsman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: truthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From truth + -y. In colloquial sense, back-formation from truthiness. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːθi/ 1. Faithful; true. Labels: humorous, obsolete Example: You […] are afraid Theodore your sweetheart shouldn't prove truthy. Example: Mindy Lahiri is never one to mince words, and most of the things that come out of her mouth are rife for a gospel. But her sheer overwhelming emotion at her doughnut craving is one of the truthiest truthisms she's ever truthed. Preach, girl. 2. Only superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Historians today point out that each of these ringing assertions was, at best, truthy. 3. Evaluating to true in a Boolean context. Example: In JavaScript, any expression or statement that expects a boolean value will work with a truthy or falsy value, so the fact that && does not always evaluate to true or false does not cause practical problems. Example: In JavaScript, as well as the true or false Boolean values, other types of variables can be said to be truthy or falsey.
Word: Mcleod Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of McLeod. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: urban boarding Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport that involves a board similar to a skateboard but without wheels or trucks. The rider simply flips the board around using the feet or runs and grinds on objects. Duct tape can be put on objects to make them easier to grind on. Labels: uncountable
Word: precocity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French précocité. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkɒsɪti/ 1. The state of being precocious. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1817 William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, New York: M'elrath, Bangs & Co., 1834, Section I, pp. 23-4, https://books.google.ca/books?id=5vE5AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false I cannot learn that he gave in his youth, any evidence of that precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. Example: By the side of many tall and bouncing young ladies in the establishment, Rebecca Sharp looked like a child. But she had the dismal precocity of poverty.
Word: corn crib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: corn + crib 1. A slatted bin or crib for drying corn (maize).
Word: obstreperousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English obstreperous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English obstreperousness From obstreperous + -ness. 1. The quality of being obstreperous. Labels: uncountable
Word: brazen-faced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brazen + faced. Compare typologically French front d’airain, Russian ме́дный лоб (médnyj lob). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪ.zənˌfeɪst/ 1. Impudent; open and without shame. Example: It is rude, madam, To intrude, madam, With your brood, madam, Brazen-faced!
Word: nemorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nemus (“grove”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛməɹəs/ 1. Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves. Labels: rare Example: Even Paradise itself, says Evelyn, was but a kind of ‘nemorous temple or sacred grove,’ planted by God himself.
Word: galvanise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798). By surface analysis, galvano- + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of galvanize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: "We have completely rejuvenated the project. Everyone is galvanised. We will get it open - and open means open. [...]."
Word: deasil Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From 1771, from Scottish Gaelic deiseil, deiseal (“southward, sunward; clockwise”) (adjective and adverb), from Old Irish dessel (“sunwise”), from dess (“right, south”) and sel (“turn”). Pronunciation: /ˈdjɛʃəl/, /ˈdɛsəl/ 1. Clockwise, sunwise. Labels: not-comparable Example: In Strathfillan, Perthshire, people are cured of insanity by being made to go three times deasil round a certain pool and then being plunged headlong into it. Example: Our clocks and watches turn deasil, and it would seem odd, almost contrary to nature, to have them turn widdershins. We read deasil, and Macaulay's widdershins writing ‘traced from the right on pages white’ was a conscious oddity of priests. Port was circulated deasil; to send it round widdershins was extremely unlucky. Playing cards are dealt deasil; we turn screws deasil. It is possible to trace our right-handedness to the perception of deasil as the normal direction, and widdershins as abnormal, topsy-turvy, unlucky.
Word: deasil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 1771, from Scottish Gaelic deiseil, deiseal (“southward, sunward; clockwise”) (adjective and adverb), from Old Irish dessel (“sunwise”), from dess (“right, south”) and sel (“turn”). Pronunciation: /ˈdjɛʃəl/, /ˈdɛsəl/ 1. A motion towards the right, in the direction of the hands of a clock or of the apparent motion of the sun (in the northern hemisphere); a turning in this direction. Labels: uncountable Example: It consists, as is well known, in the person who makes the deasil walking three times round the person who is the object of the ceremony, taking care to move according to the course of the sun.
Word: misinformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + information. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fəˈmæɪ.ʃən/ 1. Information that is incorrect, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Labels: uncountable Example: spread misinformation on the internet Example: My intent is not to criticize an unpublished biology paper, but only to demonstrate the ease with which misinformation can creep into popular literature.
Word: slatted Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a slat 2. having slats.
Word: slatted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: biserial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English serial English biserial From bi- + serial. 1. Arranged in two series Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a correlation between one series and another that is divided into two types Labels: not-comparable
Word: bedsheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bedeschette, bedshete, bed shete, equivalent to bed + sheet. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdʃiːt/ 1. A sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen.
Word: crib sheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crib + sheet. 1. A bedsheet, usually nowadays fitted, that fits a crib mattress. 2. Synonym of cheat sheet.
Word: do a number on Part of Speech: verb 1. To damage, especially to a significant extent; to treat harshly; to produce ill effects in. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Last night, Harris went the distance and did a number on the Falcons, running for a career-high 141 yards while carrying the ball more often than he ever has. Example: Hopes have faded lately on Wall Street. . . . "This market is really doing a number on both professionals and the public alike," said Sam Weinstein in his investment advisory letter.
Word: SCRAM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See scram; the use of uppercase letters may be because the word is thought to be an acronym of phrases like “safety control rod actuator mechanism”, “safety control rod axe man”, and “safety control rods activation mechanism”, but these are most likely backronyms. 1. Alternative letter-case form of scram. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: She watched as the Marine technical team leader pressed the red SCRAM buttons for each reactor, setting off a chorus of alarms. Example: Although fission stops almost immediately with a SCRAM, fission products in the fuel continue to release decay heat, initially about 6.5% of full reactor power. [...] Corresponding with the SCRAM, emergency generators were automatically activated to power electronics and cooling systems.
Word: SCRAM Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See scram; the use of uppercase letters may be because the word is thought to be an acronym of phrases like “safety control rod actuator mechanism”, “safety control rod axe man”, and “safety control rods activation mechanism”, but these are most likely backronyms. 1. Alternative letter-case form of scram. Labels: alt-of Example: Raising group eight rods and brining a nuclear reactor fully to life for the first time in nearly ten years—everyone was so ready they were all ready to pee in their pants. Andrews did not know he could do it without SCRAMing the reactor—in other words, pushing it into an automatic shutdown that might be too little too late. Example: Immediately after the earthquake, following government regulations, the remaining reactors, 1–3, automatically SCRAMed; control rods shut down sustained fission reactions.
Word: gussie up Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of gussy up. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: No one in the house had seen her in a dress yet, but if she couldn't gussie up for her party, why call it a party? She bent over and gave her hair a good brushing, then straightened and pushed the bangs to one side.
Word: slosh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic; compare splash, splosh. Pronunciation: /slɒʃ/, /slɑʃ/ 1. To shift chaotically; to splash noisily. Labels: intransitive Example: The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran. 2. To cause to slosh. Labels: transitive Example: The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath. 3. To make a sloshing sound. Labels: intransitive Example: His boots were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked. 4. To pour noisily, sloppily or in large amounts. Labels: transitive Example: The coffee was nice and hot, so she sloshed some into a cup and went back to her desk. Example: He really sloshed on the sauce- they were a bit strong for my taste. 5. to move noisily through water or other liquid. Labels: intransitive Example: The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school. 6. To punch (someone). Labels: UK, colloquial, transitive Example: She greeted me with a bright smile, and said: “Back already? Did you find it?” With a strong effort I mastered my emotion and replied curtly but civilly that the answer was in the negative. “No,” I said, “I did not find it.” “You can't have looked properly.” Again I was compelled to pause and remind myself that an English gentleman does not slosh a sitting redhead, no matter what the provocation.
Word: slosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic; compare splash, splosh. Pronunciation: /slɒʃ/, /slɑʃ/ 1. A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash. Labels: countable Example: We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce. 2. A sloshing sound or motion. Labels: countable 3. Slush. Labels: uncountable Example: Shoes and socks, soaked and frozen in the mud and icy slosh, did little to protect their feet. 4. Inferior wine or other drink. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: In the Midi, Grenache dominates most of the traditional appellations. Corbières, Minervois, Fitou, Faugères — these were once bywords for rough-and-ready red slosh. 5. A game related to billiards. Labels: uncountable Example: Finally they retired, did you not? said Tetty. We did indeed, said Goff, we retired to the billiard-room, for a game of slosh.
Word: slosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with slash. Pronunciation: /slɒʃ/, /slɑʃ/ 1. backslash, the character \. Labels: slang
Word: expectorant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expectorate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English expectorant From expectorate + -ant. 1. An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs. Example: The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular. Example: The bedside table is littered with both OTC and prescription expectorants and pertussives and analgesics and Vitamin-C megaspansules[…]
Word: expectorant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English expectorate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English expectorant From expectorate + -ant. 1. Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm. Labels: not-comparable Example: an expectorant preparation Example: ‘Matchett says there’s old Mr P. who made all the money with ’is cought mixture—’ ‘Not Parkinsons ex . . . something?’ asked Jessamy. ‘That’s it,’ nodded Sarah, ‘ “Hexpectorant Posset”.’
Word: crib mattress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: crib + mattress 1. A mattress that fits a standard-sized baby crib. Labels: US
Word: baksheesh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish bahşiş, from Persian بخشیش (baxšiš, “present; an honorary or pecuniary gratuity; drink-money”) or بخشش (baxšeš), from بخشیدن (baxšidan, “to give, grant, bestow”). Pronunciation: /bækˈʃiːʃ/ 1. In the Middle East or southwest Asia: a bribe or tip. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: What an honour to think that I am to be elevated to the throne, and to bring the seat in Parliament as backsheesh to the sultan! Example: As we rode into Magdala not a soul was visible. But the ring of the horses' hoofs roused the stupid population, and they all came trooping out—old men and old women, boys and girls, the blind, the crazy, and the crippled, all in ragged, soiled and scanty raiment, and all abject beggars by nature, instinct and education. […] [O]ut of their infidel throats, with one accord, burst an agonizing and most infernal chorus: "Howajji, bucksheesh! howajji, bucksheesh! howajji, bucksheesh! bucksheesh! bucksheesh!" I never was in a storm like that before. As we paid the bucksheesh out to sore-eyed children and brown, buxom girls with repulsively tattooed lips and chins, we filed through the town […] 2. A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: When we had made the boys as comfortable as possible and given them fags, of which our Padre seemed to have an inexhaustable^([sic]) supply, they were quite cheerful, and joked about “backsheesh” wounds. Example: Clearly the preferred wound, it ranked in seriousness between a 'buckshee' or 'baksheesh', a slight would that merely took a man out of the line for a short time, and a 'N.Z. smack', which meant being invalided back to New Zealand, usually disabled for life.
Word: baksheesh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Turkish bahşiş, from Persian بخشیش (baxšiš, “present; an honorary or pecuniary gratuity; drink-money”) or بخشش (baxšeš), from بخشیدن (baxšidan, “to give, grant, bestow”). Pronunciation: /bækˈʃiːʃ/ 1. To bribe with a baksheesh. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: glued Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡluːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of glue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unsupportive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English supportive English unsupportive From un- + supportive. 1. Not supportive. Example: When college campuses closed in March because of the pandemic, having to return home to an unsupportive space was not a safe option for some students.
Word: bandeau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bandeau, from Old French bandel, diminutive form of bande. Doublet of bendel. Pronunciation: /ˈbændəʊ/, /ˈbandəʊ/ 1. A band for the hair. Example: She wore a bandeau in her hair. Example: You dress with a square glass before you, and a long glass behind you; your hair trusts to its own brown or black attractions, either curled or braided,—or you put on a wreath, a bunch of flowers, or a pearl bandeau;... 2. A band. Example: 1998, AANS Publications Committee: Setti S. Rengachary, MD, and Edward C. Benzel, MD, Calvarial and Dural Reconstruction: Neurosurgical Topics The frontal bandeau is then elevated en bloc. A Bi on BC1 (Midas Rex) bit is used to create the osteotomies circumferentially. Example: The supraorbital bandeau is fixed to the nasal structure by a titanium [...] This bandeau is fixed by microplates. The median bone strip is fixed to the [...] 3. A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric. Example: At Paris fashion week, a few weeks later, Kim’s sister Kendall wore a minimalist black bandeau top that echoed Kim’s look.
Word: kohl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”). Doublet of alcohol and alcool. Pronunciation: /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/, /koʊl/ 1. A dark powder, usually powdered stibnite (an antimony ore), used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries. Labels: uncountable
Word: kohl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”). Doublet of alcohol and alcool. Pronunciation: /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/, /koʊl/ 1. To decorate one's eyes with kohl. Labels: transitive Example: A plain, big woman with heavily kohled eyes and pudgy arms.
Word: baccalaureat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French baccalauréat or its source, Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, an alteration of baccalarius (“young man aspiring to knighthood”) to resemble bacca lauri (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory). Compare bachelor. Pronunciation: /bækəˈlɔːɹɪət/, /bækəˈlɔːɹiæ/ 1. Alternative form of baccalaureate (“bachelor's degree”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of baccalaureate (“International Baccalaureate”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deaf-mute Part of Speech: adj 1. Unable to hear or speak. Labels: not-comparable, offensive
Word: deaf-mute Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is unable to hear or speak. Labels: offensive Example: This buckling was first noticed by a deaf-mute who was walking over a bridge across the line and he pointed it out to the driver of a steamroller which happened to be passing. Example: Andrew was studying to become a teacher of deaf-mutes.
Word: firs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtil Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of subtle. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: brusquerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brusquerie. 1. Brusqueness; abruptness, bluntness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Yes? But then the Frenchman is a marquis, and the cleverer of the two,” remarked Polina imperturbably. “Is that so?” I repeated. “Yes; absolutely.” Polina was not at all pleased at my questions; I could see that she was doing her best to irritate me with the brusquerie of her answers. But I took no notice of this. Example: Dorothea looked straight before her, and spoke with cold brusquerie, very much with the air of a handsome boy, in amusing contrast with the solicitous amiability of her admirer.
Word: wooley backs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wooley back. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radgie gadgies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radgie gadgie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: come up Part of Speech: verb 1. To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week. 2. To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status. Labels: intransitive Example: The movie didn't come up to our expectations. Example: Hey look Ma, I made it / Hey look Ma, I made it / Everything's comin' up aces, aces / If it's a dream, don't wake me, don't wake me 3. To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear. Labels: intransitive Example: At some point in the conversation my name came up, and I readily agreed to their proposition. Example: Be ready for when your turn comes up. 4. To appear (before a judge or court). Labels: intransitive Example: He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars. 5. To draw near in time. Labels: intransitive Example: The summer holidays are coming up. 6. To approach a time or scheduled event. Labels: intransitive Example: We're coming up on the interview in the last half-hour of the program. Example: In 1883, the contract came up for renewal, the L.N.W.R. received it, and the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was set aside. But there was a certain miasma of secrecy about the affair, so that many, especially in Ireland, looked for information and insisted on getting it. 7. To reach in height. Labels: intransitive Example: You have to come up to here to ride this roller-coaster. Example: He only comes up around this high. 8. To rise (above the horizon). Labels: intransitive Example: It'll be warmer once the sun comes up. 9. To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug. Labels: UK, intransitive, slang Example: I could tell from her expression that she was coming up already. 10. To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.) Labels: UK, intransitive 11. To happen or occur. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: His shift came up, so he had to go to work. 12. To grow up; to experience a childhood. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: I came up in Baltimore. 13. To do well or be successful. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Watch out for him, he's been coming up lately. 14. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up. Example: I came up the ladder carefully, holding the bucket in my right hand. 15. To come towards; to approach. Labels: intransitive Example: I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette. Example: Racing around to come up behind you again
Word: come up Part of Speech: noun 1. An opportunity Example: I'm gonna pop some tags Only got 20$ in my pocket I'm, I'm, I'm huntin', lookin' for a come up This is fucking awesome
Word: vuvuzela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make. Pronunciation: /vuːvuːˈzɛlə/, /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/ 1. A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound. Example: When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time. Example: I’m talking, of course, about the vuvuzela. Essentially, a metre-long blowhorn, which you may struggle to get past a steward at an English football ground.
Word: coming up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of come up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Coming up on the left is a historical building worth noting. Example: The conference is coming up soon and she hasn't finished preparing her presentation for it yet.
Word: doilems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doilem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take to the hills Part of Speech: verb 1. To flee or vanish; to run away. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: run for the hills, take to one's heels, get out of Dodge, take a powder Example: He often took to the hills when his mother-in-law was in town.
Word: stone deaf Part of Speech: adj 1. Utterly deaf. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Years of working under such noisy conditions ultimately left him stone deaf.
Word: bokmakierie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans bokmakierie. 1. A shrike endemic to Southern Africa, with olive upper parts, a yellow underside, and a deep black gorget. Example: The remarkable Bokmakierie is endemic to the Southern African region, and is found on broken ground in the cooler parts of the country. It has adapted to the urban environment, and is a common garden bird in many towns and cities. The Bokmakierie has a wide range of ringing duets.
Word: Sangamon Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋ(ɡ)əmən/ 1. A river originating in central Illinois, United States, a tributary to the Illinois River. 2. A township in Piatt County, Illinois. 3. An unincorporated community in Oakley Township, Macon County, Illinois.
Word: alee Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + lee. Pronunciation: /əˈliː/ 1. On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather)
Word: Teesside Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Tees Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English Teesside From Tees (“River Tees”) + -side. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː(z)ˌsaɪd/ 1. A conurbation in North East England encompassing the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and surrounding settlements. 2. A county borough of North Riding of Yorkshire which had a brief existence between 1968 and 1974, being absorbed into the County of Cleveland.
Word: khanjar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Persian [Term?] Classical Persian خَنْجَر (xanjar)bor. Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar)bor. English khanjar Borrowed from Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar). Doublet of kindjal. Pronunciation: /ˈkand͡ʒə/ 1. A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries. Example: The small khanjar is a curved dagger, and it was with this very one Nuri had killed in single combat a minor chieftain of the Muntefiq.
Word: normalized yield Part of Speech: noun 1. the mᵗʰ root of the rolled throughput yield
Word: obscurification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obscure + -ification. 1. The act of making something obscure, or (in computing) obfuscating source code etc. Labels: colloquial, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: tilleth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of till Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: firstling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From first + -ling. 1. The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring. Example: And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: Example: The seasons bring the flower again, ⁠And bring the firstling to the flock; ⁠And in the dusk of thee, the clock Beats out the little lives of men. 2. The first of a class or kind. 3. The thing first thought or done. Example: From this moment the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand.
Word: firstling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From first + -ling. 1. Firstborn. Labels: not-comparable Example: All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
Word: shy bairns get nowt Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Literally “shy children get nothing”, a reference to the shyness of children when making requests. Pronunciation: /ʃaɪ bɛənz ɡɛt naʊt/, [ʃaɪ bɛːnz ɡɛʔ naʊʔ], [nəʊʔ] 1. If you're too shy, or don't ask, you will not get what you want. Labels: Geordie Example: A' forgot te ask 'er fo' me money back! Wye, shy bairns get nowt. Example: Aye, Mary, we heard you. How could we not? Ah well, shy bairns get nowt. Will we let her at the microphone and give me a bit peace?
Word: bearded vulture Part of Speech: noun 1. a long-winged vulture, of species Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.
Word: bairns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bairn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bairns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bairn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shy bairns get noot Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative spelling of shy bairns get nowt. Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: lammergeyer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlaməɡaɪə/ 1. Alternative form of lammergeier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: doest Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈduːɪst/, /ˈduːəst/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of do Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Word: tenderest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of tender: most tender Labels: form-of, superlative Example: This intimacy did not decrease with further acquaintance. I found Lischen the tenderest of nurses.
Word: punishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of punish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ichneumon fly Part of Speech: noun 1. ichneumon wasp
Word: ichneumon wasp Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of family Ichneumonidae of parasitic wasps whose larvae feed on other live insect larvae.
Word: flieth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fly Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
Word: rideth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ride Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
Word: crowneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crown + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crown Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies
Word: redeemeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redeem Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Word: clotheth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From clothe + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate.