nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fixed air Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Scottish chemist Joseph Black in 1756 because it can be absorbed, or fixed, by strong bases. 1. Carbon dioxide; carbonic acid. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The wild gas, the fixed air is plainly broke loose: but we ought to suspend our judgement until […] we see something deeper than the agitation of a troubled and disturbed surface. Example: Lavoisier then elucidated the exchange of gases in the lungs: the air inhaled was converted into Black's fixed air, whereas the nitrogen (‘azote’) remained unchanged.
Word: fluoro acid air Part of Speech: noun 1. silicon tetrafluoride Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: hepatic air Part of Speech: noun 1. hydrogen sulfide Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: inflammable air Part of Speech: noun 1. Hydrogen. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Mr. Cavendish has shewn, that the gas called inflammable air, is at least ten times lighter than common air; Mr. Lavoisier contends, that it is one of the component parts of water, and is by him called hydrogene.
Word: mephitic air Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various gases considered noxious to humans, including carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: nitrous air Part of Speech: noun 1. Air thought to be charged with nitre. Labels: historical, uncountable 2. Nitric oxide, NO. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: phlogisticated air Part of Speech: noun 1. nitrogen gas Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: pure air Part of Speech: noun 1. oxygen Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: vital air Part of Speech: noun 1. oxygen Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: vitriolic acid air Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vitriolic acid + air. 1. Sulfur dioxide. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: artifical Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of artificial. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: shakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃeɪks/ 1. plural of shake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃeɪks/ 1. Delirium tremens; typically due to alcohol withdrawal. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 2. A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: [Recovering video game addicts] also have sleep disorders, the shakes and numbness in their hands. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/china_net_addicts/ Example: When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes. http://apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_sugarAddiction 3. A fit of trembling or shivering. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: "I remember having the shakes sometimes and thinking 'why am I doing this?', and then remembering the vision. Very few of us were extroverts and happy to go on stage.
Word: shakes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃeɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: butter of antimony Part of Speech: noun 1. antimony trichloride Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: butter of arsenic Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound arsenic trichloride. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: segments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of segment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: segments Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of segment Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: butter of tin Part of Speech: noun 1. Tin tetracholride pentahydrate. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: butter of zinc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because of its oily texture. 1. zinc chloride Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: short leash Part of Speech: noun 1. A strict set of rules, or great scrutiny or oversight which limit one's freedom of action. Labels: idiomatic Example: The employee was put on probation after her latest mistakes and given a short leash. Example: Their supervisors keep the workers on a short leash.
Word: dog's life Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1528. See cite below. 1. A miserable, wretched existence. Labels: idiomatic Example: Mr. Ford afterwards had a dogs life among them. 2. A life of indolence where the individual may do as they please, just like a pampered dog. Labels: idiomatic
Word: spit the dummy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Referring to a baby having a tantrum and spitting out its dummy. 1. To overreact (as an adult) to a situation, in an angry and childish manner. Labels: Australia, idiomatic, informal Example: He'll really spit the dummy when he hears that he's not going on that trip.
Word: monotheistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English monotheistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English monotheistically From monotheistic + -ally. 1. In a monotheistic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: valorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French valeureux. Pronunciation: /ˈvælərəs/ 1. Having or displaying valour. Example: c. 1490, William Caxton (translator), The Boke of Eneydos, Westminster, Preface, this present booke compyled by virgyle ryght subtyl and Ingenyous oratour & poete Intytuled Eneydos hath be translated oute of latyn in to comyn langage In whiche may alle valyaunt prynces and other nobles see many valorous fayttes of armes. Example: […] he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England.
Word: Hertford Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːtfəd/, /ˈhɑːfəd/, /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/ 1. A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212). 2. A town, the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States. 3. Ellipsis of Hertford College, Oxford. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Word: regretful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English regretful From regret + -ful. 1. Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets. Example: But, as their flowery garland was wreathed of the brightest roses that had grown there, so, in the tie that united them, were intertwined all the purest and best of their early joys. They went heavenward, supporting each other along the difficult path which it was their lot to tread and never wasted one regretful thought on the vanities of Merry Mount. Example: I continued also the wish to be with you, and experienced a strange, regretful consciousness of some barrier dividing us. 2. Sorrowful about what has been lost or done. Example: feel bitterly regretful Example: feel deeply regretful
Word: Valladolid Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌvaɪ.ə.dəˈliːd/ 1. A city in Castile and León, Spain. 2. A province in Castile and León, Spain. 3. A municipality of Negros Occidental, Philippines. 4. A barangay of Loboc, Bohol, Philippines. 5. A barangay of Carcar, Cebu, Philippines.
Word: recurrent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkʌɹənt/, /ɹɪˈkɝənt/ 1. Recurring; happening time after time. Labels: not-comparable Example: The patient complained of recurrent chest pain. 2. Non-transient. Labels: not-comparable 3. Running back toward its origin. Labels: not-comparable Example: a recurrent nerve or artery 4. Turned back toward the base. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Pretoria Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Andries Pretorius (1798–1853). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɔːɹi.ə/ 1. The administrative capital of South Africa. Example: Following the health department’s findings, the company temporarily closed the factory, located in the city of Polokwane north of Johannesburg, as well as two other sites in Germiston and Pretoria. It also recalled its ready-to-eat meat products, pledging to address any “valid claims which may be made against it in due course.” 2. the South African government Labels: metonymically
Word: Magdeburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Magdeburg, from Middle Low German Māgedeborch, Mēgedeborch. Since the Middle Ages interpreted as “maiden-borough”, sometimes specifically related to the Virgin Mary. However, the first component may originally have been the plant name “mayweed”, compare Middle Low German mēgede(blōme) and Old English mæġþe. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɡdəbɜːɡ/, /ˈmæɡdəbɝɡ/ 1. The capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, on the River Elbe. 2. The historic German realm centered on the city. Labels: historical Example: Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
Word: screeches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of screech Labels: form-of, plural
Word: screeches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of screech Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Southerner Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsʌðᵊnə/, /ˈsʌðᵊnəɹ/, /ˈsʌðɛnəɹ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of southerner (native or inhabitant of the south of any region). Labels: alt-of 2. A resident of the American South, often specifically a white resident of the American South. Labels: US Example: Lee, known through life as "Roony," was a Virginian of the eighteenth century... Tall, largely built, handsome, genial, with liberal Virginian openness towards all he liked, he had also the Virginian habit of command and took leadership as his natural habit. No one cared to contest it. None of the New Englanders wanted command. For a year, at least, Lee was the most popular and prominent young man in his class, but then seemed slowly to drop into the background... No one knew enough to know how ignorant he was; how childlike; how helpless before the relative complexity of a school. As an animal, the Southerner seemed to have every advantage, but even as an animal he steadily lost ground. Strictly, the Southerner had no mind; he had temperament. He was not a scholar; he had no intellectual training; he could not analyze an idea, and he could not even conceive of admitting two; but in life one could get along very well without ideas, if one had only the social instinct. Example: Strike the average of all I have said, and you get as the basic Southerner... an exceedingly simple fellow—a backcountry pioneer farmer or the immediate descendant of such a farmer... In some respects, perhaps as simple a type as Western civilization has produced in modern times... The Southerner, however, was primarily a direct product of the soil, as the peasant of Europe is the direct product of the soil. His way of life was his, not—John Crowe Ransom to the contrary notwithstanding,—as one "considered and authorized," not because he himself or his ancestors or his class had deliberately chosen it as against something else, not even because it had been tested through centuries and found to be good, but because, given his origins, it was the most natural outcome of the conditions in which he found himself. 3. Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America. Labels: US, historical
Word: disputatious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disputation, equivalent to disputati(on) + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs/, /ˌdɪspjəˈteɪʃəs/ 1. Of or relating to something that is in question as to its intent or value. 2. Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate. Example: He was followed by a disputatious gentleman, who had the temerity to maintain before the royal misocapnist (the Counterblast had not as yet issued from the monarch's lips, but his anti-nicotian prejudices were well known,) the thesis, that "tobacco must needs be good;" proceeding to his proof "by enumeration or induction, because Kings, Princes, Nobles, Earles, Lords, Knights, Gentlemen of all Countries and Nations, reckoning a number, loved it." Example: Certainly there have been bitterly contested elections in this country before. Party spirit is always rife, and in such vivid, excitable, disputatious communities as ours are, and I trust always will be, it is the very soul of freedom.
Word: low blows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of low blow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *aluþhūsą Old English ealuhūs Middle English alehous English alehouse From Middle English alehous, alehuse from Old English ealuhūs. By surface analysis, ale + house. 1. A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold; (loosely) any beerhouse. Example: Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) beerhouse, beer parlour, beer bar, pub, saloon; (overlapping) brewpub Example: Find him in a pulpit but twiſe in the yeare, And Ile find him fortie times in the ale-houſe taſting ſtrong beare.
Word: Malaga Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk /⁠Málaka/ or /Malake⁠/) of uncertain origin but possibly derived from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). The American places are from the Spanish city. The surname is also sometimes derived via Polish Malaga. Pronunciation: /ˈmæləɡə/, /məˈlɑːɡə/ 1. A port city, the capital of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: southerner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From southern + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Southerner (someone from one of the southeastern United States). Labels: alt-of
Word: darkling Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English derkelyng. By surface analysis, dark + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/, /ˈdɑː(ɹ)k(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. In the dark; in obscurity. Labels: not-comparable Example: So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. Example: As the wakeful bird sings darkling.
Word: darkling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Irish poet Mary Tighe in 1805, likely as an extension of the adverbial sense, and popularized by John Keats. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/, /ˈdɑː(ɹ)k(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Dark; growing dark; darkening. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: She still pursued its flight, with all the speed / Her fainting strength had hitherto supplied: / What pathless wilds she crossed ! What forests darkling wide ! Example: May thine autumn calm, serene, / Never want some lingering flower, / Which Affection's hand may glean, / Though the darkling mists may lower ! 2. Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: darkling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From darkle + -ing, darkle itself a backformation from Tighe's adjectival sense. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/, /ˈdɑː(ɹ)k(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Darkness. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: She carried some rugs for me through the shrubbery in the darkling. "They'll think we've gone mooning," she said, jerking her head at the household. "I wonder what they make of us – criminals."
Word: darkling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From darkle + -ing, darkle itself a backformation from Tighe's adjectival sense. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/, /ˈdɑː(ɹ)k(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of darkle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: darkling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dark Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English darkling From dark + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/, /ˈdɑː(ɹ)k(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. A child of darkness; someone dark by nature or who has grown dark in character. Labels: obsolete 2. A creature that lives in the dark. 3. A demon. Labels: poetic
Word: senorita Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of señorita, the character ñ being very rarely used in English. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lizzy Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth. Example: And upon Elizabeth's seeming really, with vexed and embarrassed looks, about to escape, she added, “Lizzy, I insist upon your staying and hearing Mr. Collins.”
Word: Lizzy Part of Speech: noun 1. Money (in reference to Queen Elizabeth II featuring on British and other Commonwealth coins during her reign) Labels: UK, slang, uncountable Example: AJ Tizzy from T-H-E Lizzy And I'm all out for the Lizzy Example: On my grind tryna chase this Lizzy What do you know about airing a strap Bang off and you walk home with your ears ringing
Word: aftershock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English shock English aftershock From after- + shock. Pronunciation: /ˈæftɜɹʃɔk/ 1. An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock"). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was not a peace that brought joy – it was one that created an oppressive tension like the calm between a major earthquake and the aftershock. Example: As aftershocks of 3.0 magnitude or higher continued to rock the area, rescuers transported over 50,000 people from the hardest-hit Luding county, according to local media 2. By extension, any result or consequence following a major event. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The collapse of the financial market sixty days later was the aftershock. Example: Set in the 1950s, Badlands looks back to that period of malaise in American culture which was defined by the aftershock of world war, the fears engendered by the Cold War, and the questioning of both cultural and individual identity. 3. Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Far from being an emotional aftershock following an event that upsets our whole world, horror is what first discloses to us the upsetting possibility that our world as a whole can cease to be. Example: Aftershock is my own term for post-traumatic reactions experienced by activists.
Word: couché Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French couché, past participle of coucher (“to lay, to lay down”). Doublet of couchant and collocate. 1. Inclined at an angle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Azure, semé of tratti or billets couché or, two lions passant in pale of the same. Example: 3rd, to sinister—on a shield couché a lion rampant within a bordure charged with eight roses, behind the shield a pastoral staff in pale, for Bishop Columba de Dunbar, being his arms and "baculum pastorale." […] Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn, said to be a son or grandson of George, tenth Earl. Seal, 12th December 1452,—on a shield couché, a lion rampant within a bordure charged with eight roses or stars; […] 2. Couched: issuing from the side of the shield rather than the bottom or top. Labels: not-comparable Example: A chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point. Example: Gules, a chevron couché (or issuant from the dexter flank) argent, is the coat of MARSCHALCK. (Plate VII., fig. 5.) Gules , a chevron reversed argent, is the coat of the Bavarian Barons RUMLINGEN DE BERG; and of[…]
Word: in bed Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. While on a bed. Example: Reading in bed and breakfasting in bed are two of my three favorite activities. 2. Regarding sexual activities. Labels: idiomatic Example: She wasn't kind or smart, attractive or even funny. Her only redeeming feature was that she was fantastic in bed. 3. Regarding sexual activities. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: You've been in bed with the opposite party all year and that's why you keep saying we need to compromise.
Word: respirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From respire + -er. 1. An organism that respires.
Word: xxx Part of Speech: noun 1. An abbreviation for kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter or text message, often alongside ooo (hugs). Labels: uncountable Example: [written on a letter] Dear Chip — See you tonight. Love xxxx Clarice
Word: couchant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English couchant, from Middle French couchant. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊtʃənt/ 1. Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching. Labels: not-comparable Example: The dogs, with eager yelp, / Are struggling to be free; / The hawks in frequent stoop / Token their haste for flight; / And couchant on the saddle-bow, / With tranquil eyes, and talons sheath’d, / The ounce expects his liberty. Example: There were the tawny rocks, like lions couchant, defying the ocean, whose waves incessantly dashed against and scoured them with vast quantities of gravel. 2. Represented as crouching with the head raised. Labels: not-comparable Example: His crest was covered with a couchant Hownd, / And all his armour seem'd of antique mould […]
Word: prevailing parties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prevailing party Labels: form-of, plural
Word: troubler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trouble + -er. 1. One who, or that which, troubles; a disturber. Example: They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and permit not others to unite those dissever'd peeces which are yet wanting to the body of Truth.
Word: Yellowstone Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Germanic *gelwaz Proto-West Germanic *gelu Old English ġeolu Middle English yelow English yellow Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone English Yellowstone From yellow + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛləʊstəʊn/ 1. A national park of the USA, located in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Example: Yellowstone itself remains the biggest headache, with noncamping accommodations limited to a handful of pricey lodges or cookie-cutter cabins... Example: Everything about China is super-sized: The five new parks, which in some cases stitched together an older patchwork of conservation zones, sprawl across more than 88,800 square miles of territory—a protected area more than 25 times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. 2. A river that rises in the park before flowing through Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota, where it empties into the Missouri River. 3. A nickname for the 2-8-8-4 locomotive configuration.
Word: evil laugh Part of Speech: noun 1. A signature laugh associated with villains in films and acting, sometimes represented as muahahaha or bwahaha.
Word: evil laughter Part of Speech: noun 1. The stereotypical laughter produced by a villain, frequently represented as muahahaha or bwahaha. Labels: uncountable Example: There was evil laughter coming from the villain's lair as he was contemplating how he was going to defeat his heroic foe.
Word: mache Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mâche. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The ballotine[…] came bathed in a light dill cream and garnished with mache leaves and arugula.
Word: mache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Mache, surname of Heinrich Mache. 1. A former unit of volumic radioactivity: the quantity of radon (ignoring its daughters) per litre of air which ionizes a sustained current of 0.001 esu. Labels: dated
Word: mache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Tagalog matse, Cebuano masi, Kapampangan mutsi (“moche”). See also buchi, muah chee, Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî). 1. Glutinous rice balls flavoured with coconut and pandan. Labels: Philippines
Word: cesser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cess Middle English -er English -er English cesser From cess + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛsə(ɹ)/ 1. A termination or cessation. 2. A neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.
Word: ooo Part of Speech: phrase 1. hugs (usually placed at the end of a letter or in text messaging, sometimes alongside xxx meaning kisses)
Word: JV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of joint venture. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: "This new JV complements our wider commercial development programme, which will see us deliver thousands of new and affordable homes in London, develop our estate to support small businesses, and train the next generation entering the construction industry," said TTLP Head of Property Development Scott Anderson. 2. Initialism of junior varsity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: auxiliaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auxiliary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Athenians Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈθiː.ni.ənz/ 1. plural of Athenian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: call center Part of Speech: noun 1. A communications facility where phone calls are handled; especially, a commercial one for customer service, sales and telemarketing.
Word: forgiveth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of forgive Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He it is who accepteth repentance from his servants, and forgiveth their sins and knoweth your actions. Sura XLII.
Word: bogosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -osity. 1. The state or degree of being bogus. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable Example: When they both had commented sourly and at length about the inflated bogosity of tourist hotel food and particularly the mendacious misuse of the English language to describe materials which had certainly been in various deep-freezes for at least six months, they settled down on the balcony to discuss Bond’s findings of the morning. 2. Something that is bogus. Labels: countable, humorous
Word: wiener roast Part of Speech: noun 1. An activity in which people use a ground fire (e.g., a campfire) to cook hot dogs. Labels: US Example: The campers decided to have a wiener roast before singing songs around the campfire.
Word: quick time Part of Speech: noun 1. A fast marching pace of 120 thirty-inch steps per minute.
Word: Lidia Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Lydia.
Word: Grenoble Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Grenoble. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈnoʊbəl/, /ɡɹəˈnəʊbəl/ 1. A commune in the French Alps in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Word: Yvonne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the French feminine form of Yvon, variant of Yves, from a Germanic root for "yew" (see Old English iw). It might have originally been used of an archer, since yew wood was used to make bows. Pronunciation: /iːˈvɒn/, /ɪˈvɒn/ 1. A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century. Example: In your mother's apple orchard When the world was left behind: You were shy, so shy, Yvonne! But your eyes were calm and kind.
Word: sayeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From say + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of say Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Love thy neighbor, sayeth the Lord.
Word: Valenciennes Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌvælənsiˈɛn/, /ˌvælənsiˈɛnz/, /vəˌlɛnsiˈɛn/ 1. A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Word: Valenciennes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌvælənsiˈɛn/, /ˌvælənsiˈɛnz/, /vəˌlɛnsiˈɛn/ 1. A fine bobbin lace having the design made with the ground and of the same thread. Labels: uncountable Example: For morning fetes is worn with this dress a small white muslin paletot, without sleeves, split up the back, trimmed with two gauffred frills, edged with Valenciennes, and a narrow puffing, lined with satin ribbon. Example: Rosamond contented herself without the very highest style of embroidery and Valenciennes.
Word: where'er Part of Speech: conj 1. Contraction of wherever. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic Example: Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch. Example: As flowers beneath her footstep waken, / As stars from night's loose hair are shaken, / As waves arise when loud winds call, / Thoughts sprung where'er that step did fall.
Word: RICE Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of rest, ice, compression, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Example: The care manager greeted Beth and Jim as they prepared to leave, […] and offered to give them brochures about RICE and physical therapy […] After the RICE therapy, Dr. Meredith recommended rehab for strengthening the ankle so that Beth could return to her physical fitness […] Example: The RICE method is a simple self-care technique that aims to reduce swelling, ease pain, and speed up healing. 2. Acronym of rest, immobilization, cold, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable 3. Acronym of reaction, initial, change, equilibrium (“a tabular system for keeping track of changing concentrations in an equilibrium reaction”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable 4. Acronym of reciprocating internal combustion engine. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: couldn't care less Part of Speech: verb 1. To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic. Labels: idiomatic Example: I used to be so careless / As if I couldn't care less Example: Less than 48 hours after Kirk was shot in broad daylight on the campus of Utah Valley University, Trump replied: “I tell you something that is going to get me in trouble, but I couldn’t care less.”
Word: couldn't care less Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of couldn't-care-less. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: swordsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sword English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English swordsman From sword + -s- + man. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːdsmən/, /ˈsɔɹdsmən/, /ˈsoɹdsmən/ 1. A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer. Example: He is a remarkable swordsman. 2. A person who fights with a sword. Example: Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman. 3. A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse. Labels: informal Example: Jennifer Aniston is in control . . . and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior.
Word: deadliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of deadly: most deadly Example: It was the deadliest plane crash since 1988. 2. superlative form of deadly: most deadly Example: The black mamba is one of the deadliest snakes.
Word: May-September romance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the metaphor of a year being the lifespan of a person, May being a time of relative youth and September being late in maturity. 1. A romantic relationship where one partner is significantly older than the other. Example: The 40-year-old man and his 20-year-old girlfriend were involved in a May-September romance. Example: And, any hope for nurturing a May to September-style romance at my age would require me to stalk a geriatric ward.
Word: drunkards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drunkard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dwellings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dwelling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dénouement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French dénouement (“resolution”, literally “unknotting”). Pronunciation: /deˈnuːmɑ̃/, /ˌdeɪ.nuˈmɑnt/, /ˌdeɪ.nuˈmɑ̃/ 1. The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Emily was a great favourite with him; and he had always viewed the attachment, at whose dénouement between her and Lorraine, Lady Mandeville meant to preside, as a somewhat foolish romance. Example: At last this affair is moving towards the explosive dénouement he has been craving — the revelation, the release of tension, that will shake the universe in one fierce convulsion, and then allow everything to fall back into its rightful place, restored to normality!
Word: to-do list Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /təˈduː.lɪst/ 1. A list of errands and other tasks – often written on a piece of paper as a memory aid – that one needs or intends to accomplish. Example: Mowing the lawn and chopping the weeds topped his to-do list of chores. Example: Back in his workshop in the barn, Mr. Scheel refined his to-do list: In addition to putting in the slide, he could cross off restoning the quarter-mile driveway, repairing the windmill-powered watering system and building an arbor gate for the vegetable garden .
Word: grocery list Part of Speech: noun 1. A written or mental list of grocery items one intends to purchase at a supermarket or similar business. Example: The man put milk, bread and eggs at the top of his grocery list. Example: Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.
Word: brimful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brim + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪmfʊl/ 1. Filled to maximum capacity. Labels: not-comparable Example: So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up. Example: And better still come back cried Sydney (how often she remembered that valediction later on!). And then she hovered, as blithe as a bee, about the doctor, beguiHug him into tales of when he and his Moll were young, and what a pretty woman she was, till by-and-by Mary came smiliug back, reporting her mother gone off looking better already, and an eloquent clasp of Sydney's fingers sent the girl away so brimful of contentment she could almost have cried for gratitude over her golden thousands.
Word: brimful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brim + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪmfʊl/ 1. The maximum amount a container can hold. Example: If the glass is cracked, it cannot contain a brimful of water; and if and only if the water is calm enough, it can reflect the moon in the sky without distortion. Example: As I listened to the words as they were coming out of my mouth, I realized that I sounded like Ozzy Osborne after three brimfuls of Merlot and a handful of Vicodin . 2. A large amount. Labels: figuratively Example: Brimful of Asha on the forty-five / Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five Example: Such a suggestion—even a timid one in her own head—would have been met with a brimful of scorn.
Word: Islington Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɪzlɪŋtən/ 1. An inner district of north London, England. 2. A London borough of Greater London. 3. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. 4. A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: adorably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English adorable Middle English -ly English -ly English adorably From adorable + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈdɔɹəbli/ 1. In an adorable manner. Example: She always said that preschoolers danced adorably, so it was no wonder that she opened a dance school for them.
Word: fowls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faʊlz/ 1. plural of fowl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fowls Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /faʊlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fowl Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: odalisk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of odalisque. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boudin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French boudin. Doublet of pudding. Cf. also poutine. Pronunciation: /buːˈdæ̃/, /ˈbuː.dæ̃/, /buˈdæ̃/, /ˈbudæ̃/ 1. A kind of blood sausage in French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and related cuisines. Example: Eurohucksters will find it difficult to wean the sausage lovers of Liége away from their bursting black Belgian boudins and toward Birmingham's humble bangers. Beer hawkers should fare no better. Example: The principal French boudin competition is held every year at Mortagne-au-Perche in Normandy, attracting hundreds […] 2. A sausage in southern Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine, made from rice, ground pork (occasionally crawfish), and spices in a sausage casing. 3. A structure formed by boudinage: one or a series of elongated, sausage-shaped section(s) in rock. Example: Formation of boudins Although the shape of the greenstone bodies resembles in many ways that of boudins as described elsewhere (Cloos, 1946, 1947; Ramberg, 1955; Jones, 1959), the shape of the greenstone bodies is believed to be ... Example: However, discordant dykes, locally disrupted in boudins, attest to both late dykes and post-crystallization movement of the carbonate rocks. Some of those boudins are interpreted as immiscible silicate blebs in carbonatitic melt […]
Word: Pitt Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /pɪt/ 1. An English topographical surname for someone who lived by, or operated a pit or mine. Labels: countable 2. University of Pittsburgh Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 3. A hamlet in Hursley parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4528). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: extended playing time Part of Speech: noun 1. In a one-sided sporting contest, when junior varsity players (i.e., second- and third-string players) play a majority of a varsity game. Labels: uncountable Example: Once the No. 1 team football built an early 56-0 lead in the game against their weak opponents, the coach - wanting to spare the opponent further embarrassment, to keep his top players from being injured and sensing his own younger players needed experience - decided to give his reserves some well-deserved extended playing time.
Word: theisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theism Labels: form-of, plural Example: It is for this reason that theisms which, like belief, [are] a notion embodied in Pascal's esprit de finesse or Newman's illative sense. Example: There is a multitude of theisms, many understandings of God, even within the same religious tradition.
Word: affordable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English afford 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 affordable From afford + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈfɔː(ɹ).də.bəl/, /əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/ 1. Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced. Example: an affordable vacation in the local area Example: The bill seeks to make IVF treatment more affordable by mandating coverage for fertility treatments under employer-sponsored insurance and certain public insurance plans.
Word: aeronautic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English aeronaut Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aeronautic From aeronaut + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɛəɹəˈnɔːtɪk/ 1. Having to do with aerial navigation
Word: attention whore Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈtɛn.ʃən ho(ː)ɹ/ 1. A person who routinely solicits attention through inappropriate tactics and provocation. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, vulgar
Word: attention whore Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtɛn.ʃən ho(ː)ɹ/ 1. To seek attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree. Labels: vulgar Example: Her [Ann Coulter’s] toxicity is more about salesmanship than citizenship, more high-decibel attention whoring than true ideology.
Word: aeronaut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + -naut, from the French aéronaute; compare the Italian aeronauta. Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹəˌnɔːt/, /ˈɛɹəˌnɔt/, /ˈɛɹəˌnɑt/ 1. A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon. Example: Mr. Gale, the aeronaut, witnessed a phenomenon during one of his aerial voyages, which is said to be unprecedented.... Example: "Well, what is it that he does that I don't do? Just say the word, - teetotal, vegetarian, aeronaut, theosophist, superman."
Word: aeronauts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aeronaut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clock watcher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of clock-watcher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clock-watcher Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is eager for time to pass (e.g., at work or school), especially when faced with an undesirable task. Example: The teacher had a heart-to-heart talk with the student who was a clock-watcher, stressing the importance of putting his mind to his schoolwork.
Word: the hell with it Part of Speech: intj 1. Forget about it; a disgusted or frustrated dismissal of something. Example: I can't understand these directions to building this doghouse because they're so poorly written. The hell with it! Example: “The hell with it,” the world’s richest man wrote on Twitter. “Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.”
Word: Yukon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Gwich'in ųųg han, contraction of chųų gąįį han (“white water river”). See Wikipedia's name section for details. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.kɑn/, /ˈjuː.kɒn/ 1. A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Whitehorse. 2. A river in northwest Canada and Alaska. 3. A number of other places in the United States 4. A number of other places in the United States:
Word: Yukon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gwich'in ųųg han, contraction of chųų gąįį han (“white water river”). See Wikipedia's name section for details. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.kɑn/, /ˈjuː.kɒn/ 1. A GMC Yukon automobile. Labels: US
Word: montant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒntənt/ 1. An upward cut with a blade. Labels: archaic Example: HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.
Word: montant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mountant, from Old French montant. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒntənt/ 1. An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile. 2. The first scent of a cognac. Example: Instead, let the montant meet your nose just above the rim of the glass.
Word: montant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French montant. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒntənt/ 1. Ascending toward the chief of the escutcheon. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] as it is usually designated, the 'crescent montant,' has long been a symbol of the Turkish empire, which has thus[…] Example: The eagle montant, to borrow a term from falconry, is understood to typify the mythical phœnix, and may be regarded as alluding to the vicissitudes of that illustrious and ever-resurgent family.[…]
Word: manqué Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Existing in English from the eighteenth century. Borrowed from French manqué, past participle form of manquer (“to lack, to be lacking in”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒŋkeɪ/, /mɑnˈkeɪ/, /mɑŋˈkeɪ/ 1. Unfulfilled due to the vagary of circumstance, some inherent flaw or a constitutional lack. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: “[…] and all things considered, I don't much regret that this affair with Miss Amory is manquée, though I wished for it once—in fact, all things considered, I am very glad of it.” Example: The rivals now were but rival nurses; and never did a lot of women make more fuss over a child than all these bloodthirsty men did over this Amazon manquée.
Word: worthiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of worthy: most worthy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: ye gods Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Seventeenth-century British variant of oh my God, probably intended to avoid blasphemy. Compare Danish I guder. 1. Used to express surprise or incredulity. Labels: dated, euphemistic, idiomatic Example: Ye Gods, what Havock does Ambition make Among your Works! Example: Would he not far rather lay him down lengthwise along the line of the equator; yea, ye gods! go down to the fiery pit itself, in order to keep out this frost?
Word: poussin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French poussin. 1. A chicken reared to be eaten at a few weeks of age. 2. A Cornish game hen.
Word: miasmal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English miasma Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English miasmal From miasma + -al. 1. Having a noxious atmosphere. Example: A plain, seemingly graceless stylist, his rather unpalatable movies, full of rabid, sloggingly orchestrated physical pain and psychic damage, picture crime as a monstrous, miasmal evil, divesting it of any glamour it ever had.
Word: year-end Part of Speech: adj 1. On or happening at the end of the year (e.g., late December). Labels: not-comparable Example: His year-end taxes were supposed to be postmarked by December 30. Example: The 21 January FUJIAN DAILY reports that the average income for the peasants from the year-end distribution on (Paijiang) [Paichiang] No 12 team of (Xinan) [Hsinan] commune in Xiapu [Hsiapu] County reached 220 yuan, and that (Jukou) [Chukou] commune in Jianyang [Chienyang] County has abolished its erroneous decision on limiting the size of peasants' incomes, with the result that on more than 20 production teams the average income per person exceeds 130 Yuan.
Word: call off the dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. To ease up on after inflicting great punishment. Labels: idiomatic 2. During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent. Labels: idiomatic Example: Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56-0.
Word: Achaz Part of Speech: name 1. The New Testament form of Ahaz. Example: And Osias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: rare
Word: gentiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gentile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sporadically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sporadic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English sporadically From sporadic + -ally. 1. At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency. Labels: not-comparable Example: Valencia threatened sporadically in the first half with Miguel having a decent effort deflected wide by Ashley Cole, while Jordi Alba's near-post cross was flicked into the sidenetting by Pablo Hernandez.