nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: snollygoster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 19th-century American English. Possibly from snallygaster, a mythical beast that preys on poultry and children; possibly from Pennsylvania German schnelle geeschter, from German schnell (“quick”) + Geist (“spirit”). Largely obsolete, it briefly resurfaced in 2009 in Britain as part of a debate over MPs' expenses. 1. A shrewd person not guided by principles, especially a politician. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: […]I called for him to publish his expenses so that all Gloucester voters could see that he isn't a snollygoster (a 19th century term meaning a corrupt politician, the website later explains). Example: […] I recently discovered the word “snollygoster”: not a character from “Harry Potter”, but an unprincipled person in office motivated by personal rather than public gain.
Word: beneficial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”). Pronunciation: /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, [ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩], /ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/, [ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩], /ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ 1. Helpful or good to something or someone. Example: Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment. Example: Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. 2. Receiving a benefit from something. Example: the beneficial owner of a company 3. Relating to a benefice.
Word: beneficial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”). Pronunciation: /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, [ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩], /ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/, [ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩], /ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ 1. Something that provides a benefit. Example: Daytime temperatures may be too hot for just-released beneficials, and birds and other predators are out in full force during the day.
Word: sanguinivorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin sanguis (blood) + vorare (to devour). 1. Subsisting on a diet of blood. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonagenarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing ninety”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French nonagénaire, from nōnāgēnī (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, ninety”). Pronunciation: /ˌnɑnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/, /ˌnoʊnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/, /ˌnɒnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/, /ˌnəʊnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/ 1. Synonym of ninetysomething: a person between 90 and 99 years old.
Word: nonagenarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing ninety”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French nonagénaire, from nōnāgēnī (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, ninety”). Pronunciation: /ˌnɑnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/, /ˌnoʊnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/, /ˌnɒnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/, /ˌnəʊnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/ 1. Of or related to ninetysomethings. Labels: not-comparable Example: "But what’s that got to do with your health and longevity?" the neighbor inquired. "Why," said the nonagenarian, "I've spent most of my life in the open air."
Word: centenarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin centēnārius + -an, equivalent to centenary (“100 year, 100th anniversary”) + -an (“person”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛntəˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/ 1. One who or that which is at least 100 years old. Example: The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days. Example: With an estimated worldwide population of some 40,000 centenarians, only 22 percent are male.
Word: centenarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin centēnārius + -an, equivalent to centenary (“100 year, 100th anniversary”) + -an (“person”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛntəˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/ 1. Aged 100 years or more; extremely old. 2. Of or relating to centenarians or a centenary celebration.
Word: epopt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπόπτης (epóptēs, “initiate into mysteries”). 1. An initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia. 2. One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.
Word: epopteia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐποπτεία (epopteía). 1. The final initiation rite in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Word: oneirocritic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀνειροκριτικός (oneirokritikós, “fit for interpreting dreams”), from ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + κριτικός (kritikós, “fit for judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”). Pronunciation: /əʊˌnaɪə.ɹəˈkɹɪt.ɪk/, /oʊˌnaɪ.ɹəˈkɹɪt.ɪk/ 1. An interpreter of dreams.
Word: oneirocritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀνειροκριτικός (oneirokritikós, “fit for interpreting dreams”), from ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + κριτικός (kritikós, “fit for judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”). Pronunciation: /əʊˌnaɪə.ɹəˈkɹɪt.ɪk/, /oʊˌnaɪ.ɹəˈkɹɪt.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the interpretation of dreams. Labels: not-comparable
Word: jarrah Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæɹə/ 1. A eucalypt tree of species Eucalyptus marginata, occurring in the southwest of Western Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In contrast, resistance to root rot fungus in jarrah trees has a significant heritability (Box 5.1), so jarrahs can evolve to resist the introduced dieback. Example: Right here. At the foot of an enormous old-growth jarrah. 2. The wood of this tree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The walls were colonial ramparts—logs of jarrah spiked into masonry—with wings as strong as Church buttresses.
Word: wigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wig Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wigger From wig + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɡɚ/, /ˈwɪɡə/ 1. A maker of wigs. Example: I flounder about for my diplomacy and give up; it is simply one man against four wiggers, that much is clear, and they are going to fight me down to the wire. "This girl does not need a wig at all," I am forced to say yet once more.
Word: wigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of white + nigger. First use appears c. 1988. See cite below. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɡɚ/, /ˈwɪɡə/ 1. A white person, typically young and male, considered to be overly infatuated with African-American or (UK) Afro-Caribbean culture, a cultural appropriator. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slur Example: I have often heard the word "wigger" used to describe a white person who supposedly acts and talks "black," while the same type of taunting is put upon a black person who supposedly acts "white." Example: To some extent wiggers are simply the most visible examples of a very American brand of teenage rebellion. 2. A nonblack person of any race considered to be inauthentically appropriating black culture and behavior. Labels: broadly 3. A white person considered to be sincerely appreciative of black culture, as opposed to poseurs and wannabes. Labels: dated, uncommon Example: The Oprah people were on the phone with my mom. Someone had given them my name as an expert on wiggers. You know, Wiggers. White kids who identify themselves with hip-hop. I was an expert on that.
Word: peacemaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of peace + maker. First attested in the Tyndale Bible from 1526, as a translation of Koine Greek εἰρηνοποιοί (eirēnopoioí, “peacemaker”), a hapax legomenon found in the New Testament. (The Wycliffe Bible from 1395 instead uses "pesible men", to translate Latin pacifici from the Vulgate) Pronunciation: /ˈpiːsmeɪkə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes; one who engages in peacemaking. Example: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God. Example: Loke therfore, O mercifull God, not vpon the sinnes which we continually commit: but vpon our mediatour & peacemaker Jesus Christ; that by his intercession thy wrath may be pacified, and we againe by thy fatherly countenance relieved and comforted. 2. Catachresis for pacemaker. Example: Indeed, although the activity of the heart depends on the intrinsic rhythm of its peacemaker […] Example: The “heart’s peacemaker” is the node from which the electrical signal for heart beat are […]
Word: cap and ball Part of Speech: noun 1. An early loading system for handguns where the percussion cap, powder, and bullet were separate components loaded individually into the gun. Typically used in early to mid 1800s. Labels: uncountable
Word: sight radius Part of Speech: noun 1. The distance between the front and rear sights of a firearm.
Word: lock time Part of Speech: noun 1. The time, usually measured in milliseconds, from when the trigger is pulled until the firing pin strikes the primer.
Word: New York minute Part of Speech: noun 1. An instant; an extremely short time. Labels: informal Example: In a New York minute, everything can change / In a New York minute, you can get out of the rain
Word: SMLE Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛs ɛm ɛl ˈiː/ 1. Initialism of Short Magazine Lee Enfield: any of a series of bolt action rifles used by British and Commonwealth forces during the first half of the 20th century, normally made in .303 calibre. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: browning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/ 1. The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A brown-skinned person. Labels: Jamaica, countable Example: One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings
Word: browning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of brown Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: macchia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Corsican machja, related to Italian macchia and French maquis; ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macula, macule, and maquis. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːkiə/, /ˈmækiə/ 1. Any shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs. Labels: uncountable
Word: Saturday-night special Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from 1917, akin to Saturday-night pistol attested from 1915. Not entirely clear, but perhaps from phrases like “Saturday night pistol slaying” and “Saturday night pistol scrape” often found in early 20th century local crime reporting due to the fact that Saturday evening had been the peak time for homicides and similar crimes. Also likely to be enforced by the obsolete meaning of a cheap sale and usage of "Special" in the context of more powerful firearms like Colt Police Positive Special. 1. An inexpensive, easily obtained handgun. Labels: US 2. An overnight weekend train. Labels: US, historical 3. A seasonal (usually October to December) sale on Saturday evening. Labels: US, obsolete 4. A girl who can be dated easily on Saturday evenings. Labels: US, obsolete, slang 5. An unexpected takeover bid that gives its opponents little time to respond. Labels: dated
Word: solid slug Part of Speech: noun 1. shotgun cartridge with a single projectile
Word: blindfold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blyndefolde, blyndfuld, blynfold, blindfeld, blindfelt, yblynfeld, variants of y-blyndfalled, blyndfelled, etc. ("stricken blind, blindfolded"), past participle of Middle English blindfellen (“to strike blind”), from blind (“to blind”) and fellen (“to fell”), equivalent to blind + felled. Later influenced by the unrelated verb fold. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/, /ˈblaɪ̯ndfɔʊ̯ld/ 1. A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes. Example: I put a blindfold over my boyfriend's eyes and told him I had a surprise for him. 2. Anything that obscures the vision. Labels: figuratively, sometimes
Word: blindfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blyndefolde, blyndfuld, blynfold, blindfeld, blindfelt, yblynfeld, variants of y-blyndfalled, blyndfelled, etc. ("stricken blind, blindfolded"), past participle of Middle English blindfellen (“to strike blind”), from blind (“to blind”) and fellen (“to fell”), equivalent to blind + felled. Later influenced by the unrelated verb fold. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/, /ˈblaɪ̯ndfɔʊ̯ld/ 1. Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision Labels: not-comparable 2. Thoughtless; reckless. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blindfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English blyndefolde, blyndfuld, blynfold, blindfeld, blindfelt, yblynfeld, variants of y-blyndfalled, blyndfelled, etc. ("stricken blind, blindfolded"), past participle of Middle English blindfellen (“to strike blind”), from blind (“to blind”) and fellen (“to fell”), equivalent to blind + felled. Later influenced by the unrelated verb fold. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/, /ˈblaɪ̯ndfɔʊ̯ld/ 1. With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision. Labels: not-comparable Example: They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blind-fold, draws out a portion. Example: The commuters from the suburbs come unencumbered with luggage, children and prams, and can almost be relied upon to find their way blindfold to their trains. 2. Blindly; without due thought or caution. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: blindfold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blyndefolde, blyndfuld, blynfold, blindfeld, blindfelt, yblynfeld, variants of y-blyndfalled, blyndfelled, etc. ("stricken blind, blindfolded"), past participle of Middle English blindfellen (“to strike blind”), from blind (“to blind”) and fellen (“to fell”), equivalent to blind + felled. Later influenced by the unrelated verb fold. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/, /ˈblaɪ̯ndfɔʊ̯ld/ 1. To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see. Example: Children need to be blindfolded before they hit the piñata. 2. To obscure understanding or comprehension.
Word: tweaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tweak + -er; the drug addict sense derives from the slang term tweak for methamphetamines, in reference to the punding behavior of addicts. 1. A person who tweaks something. Example: That attack may damage the homosexual, but even as he is hurt, he also feels superior, because he is not a bull—a blind, stupid animal. Rather, he is an aesthete—a tweaker, not a charger. 2. A tool, especially a screwdriver, for making small adjustments. 3. A person addicted to methamphetamine. Labels: slang Example: I`ve seen it a lot with stimulant addicts. It`s exactly like tweakers and coke heads. When it gets into the, you know, the advanced stages of addiction of certain stimulants, it sounds exactly like it. Example: The Spunion: This is the broken wookie. Like Keller said, “there’s a tweaker by the speaker.” It’s not entirely his fault. He just tried to reach for the stars…too much, too soon. And he probably didn’t have a capable doctor to help him augment his prescription. It might just be time for a Jedi mind flip. One certainly doesn’t have to be a wook to be a tweaker. Even the guy who owns his own pressure washing company can eat too many mushrooms and end up in his tent like a little lost kitten. It’s some weird business to get so spun that you get lost in your own forest, but strange things do happen to good people. If it’s your first time at a location and you’re planning on rolling the dice, you can expect to wander around some place like Infinity Downs at five in the morning looking for high field camping. Welcome to the forgotten dance of the dablatures. That’s why God invented Spirit Aid. 4. A person addicted to methamphetamine. Labels: broadly, slang 5. A spin bowler. Labels: slang
Word: derringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American gunsmith Henry Deringer Junior (1786–1868). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛɹɪndʒə(ɹ)/ 1. A type of very small, concealable pistol with one or two barrels, but without any loading system or magazine. Example: “Afraid? Oh no! they never interfere with me. […] And look here,” and diving her little hand into the bodice of her dress she produced a double-barrelled nickel-plated Derringer, “I always carry that loaded, and if anybody tried to touch me I should shoot him[…]”
Word: rimfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rim + fire. 1. A type of firearm cartridge where the primer is in the back rim, rather than a central primer cap. They are cheap to produce but cannot be reloaded with powder.
Word: over and under Part of Speech: noun 1. A double-barreled shotgun (or infrequently a rifle), with one barrel placed on top of the other. 2. An obstacle in obstacle-course racing composed of multiple bars, with bars set at various heights, where the competitor must pass over high bars and pass under low bars. 3. Synonym of speedball (“type of illicit drug”). Labels: slang
Word: Gatling gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling. Pronunciation: /ˈɡætlɪŋ ˌɡʌn/ 1. A type of repeating firearm with several barrels on a rotating frame, in use from the 1860s to the 1910s, providing fully automatic fire similar to that of modern machine guns and autocannons. Example: They say that the Gatling who invented Gatling guns imagined that they would reduce the scale of human warfare, poor old chap. 2. Any of various later weapons with a similar concept of operation (spinning a rotating set of barrels). Labels: broadly, slang Example: Near-synonyms: minigun, autocannon Example: I stood in the door of an AC-130 and ran a Gatling gun. So it goes. What more is there to say about it?
Word: carbine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ca. 1600, from French carabine. Doublet of carabine. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.biːn/, /ˈkɑː.baɪ̯n/, /ˈkɑɹ.bin/, /ˈkɑɹ.baɪ̯n/ 1. A rifle with a short barrel. Example: "Caught at last, and by those rascally Roundheads, whom you call patriots and saints, in a few minutes more I shall be shot—that is, if their clumsy carbines take good aim—to be sure they can fire near enough their mark not to miss... Example: The lock-up was upstairs, a cage surrounded by six-inch wooden bars, guarded by a constable armed with a carbine.
Word: foxhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole. 1. The burrow in the ground where a fox lives. 2. A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire. Example: The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes” is absurd. Foxholes teem with atheists—who, to be sure, frequently infringe the Third Commandment in their desperation. Example: Four pilots from the St. Lo, returning from a strike, land at the Dulag Airstrip and are promptly handed carbines, given a foxhole, and told to help repel a Japanese infantry counterattack. With that job done, with the aid of some stacked boxes and buckets full of petrol, they rearm and repair their aircraft, and then head back out to land on other ships.
Word: foxhole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole. 1. To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging. Labels: transitive Example: Trogh and Charlie have started foxholing one corner of our tent, and I helped them a little. Example: The line was not foxholed in. This is one weakness of the Nungs. They resent digging and so they do not carry entrenching tools into the field. 2. To drive into a military foxhole. Labels: transitive Example: […] the vet recalled with terrible anguish a scene where he and his friend had been foxholed several dozen yards apart, with a small group of enemy soldiers (Viet Cong) coming toward them over the crest of a hill.
Word: -bloody- Part of Speech: infix 1. An intensifier. Labels: Australia, UK, morpheme, slang Example: Absobloodylutely! Example: "'Ere we are, gents one an' all. Piccabloodydilly Circus. The Center of the World. The 'Ub of the Universe."
Word: Twofish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of two + Blowfish. Pronunciation: /ˈtuˌfɪʃ/ 1. An encryption algorithm, related to the earlier Blowfish, used in modern cryptographic software.
Word: blowfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English blowfish From blow + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ/, /ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened. Example: Where the waves wish-wash, and the foghorn blows, And the blowfish nibble at your toes - oes - oes, The blowfish nibble at your toes. 2. A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins. Example: Fugu, the blowfish or globefish, offers taste, health and adventure in every bite.
Word: VoIP Part of Speech: name 1. Voice over Internet Protocol, a telecommunications system that uses the Internet or other Internet Protocol network to transmit telephone calls. Labels: Internet Example: The VoIP Forum is dedicated to enabling and promoting industry-wide interoperability between products that send telephony over the Internet and private IP enterprise networks. This interoperability will allow seamless transmission of Internet phone calls regardless of the telephony application used by callers and call recipients. At present, applications from different vendors are incompatible due to fundamental differences in voice coding, silence suppression, addressing and dialing plans, call management and other related functions. Example: VoIP "represents a group of competing companies who've gotten together to agree on standards," Pulver says. "It's very important," and is good news for users, because their co-operation will move Internet telephony forward, he says.
Word: shoo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”). Pronunciation: /ʃuː/ 1. To induce someone or something to leave. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them! Example: See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen. 2. To leave under inducement. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call. 3. To usher someone. Labels: informal, rare Example: Shoo the visitor in.
Word: shoo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”). Pronunciation: /ʃuː/ 1. Go away! Clear off! Labels: informal Example: Shoo, fly, don't bother me!
Word: shoo Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English scho, sheo, scheo, sȝheo, from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she. Pronunciation: /ʃuː/ 1. Alternative form of she. Labels: Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative Example: Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.
Word: embodiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English embody Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embodiment From embody + -ment. 1. The process of embodying. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A physical entity typifying an abstract concept. Labels: countable Example: You are the very embodiment of beauty. Example: The law is the true embodiment / Of everything that's excellent. / It has no kind of fault or flaw, / And I, my Lords, embody the law. 3. The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In many respects, the genre [science fiction] was exceptionally well suited to extrapolate from contemporary social concerns and promote visions of alternative societies, new forms of embodiment, and novel pathways for desire and pleasure.
Word: crackling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, crackle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæk(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens Labels: US, countable, in-plural, often, uncountable Example: For the first time in his life […]he tasted crackling. 2. The crispy rind of roast pork. Labels: countable, singular, uncountable Example: To make chicken crackling, use 500 g (1 lb 1V2 oz) chicken skin. Wash and remove excess fats. 3. A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork. Labels: countable Example: ... but often forgotten are the equally delicious chicken cracklings. In this recipe, baguette slices spread with a delicious maple and sea salt butter are baked, then topped with crispy pan-fried chicken skin, sweet soft dates,[…] 4. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the bangs and cracklings of fireworks 5. Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting. Labels: countable, obsolete, plural-normally, uncountable 6. Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crackling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, crackle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæk(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. Labels: not-comparable Example: —With wreathing spire Up went the crackling flame,—and that old man Forgetful of his anguish, boldly cried —"Courage, my brother!—we this day will light Such fire in christendom, as ne'er shall die."
Word: crackling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, crackle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæk(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crackle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: menagerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals. Pronunciation: /məˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪ/, /mɪˈnæʒəɹɪ/, /məˈnæd͡ʒəɹi/, /məˈnæʒəɹi/ 1. A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos. 2. The enclosure where they are kept. Example: In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness. 3. A diverse or miscellaneous group. Example: [Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets. 4. The orchestra of a theatre. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: phew Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Attested since the early 17th century. An onomatopoeia for rapid exhalation, as one may make when a trying situation is over, or in order to get rid of an unpleasant odour. Compare Scots feuch, Spanish fu, Czech fuj, and many more such forms. Pronunciation: /fjuː/, [ɸj̊u̥˥˩], /fɪu̯/ 1. Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise. Example: Phew, that took a long time to cook! 2. Used to show disgust. Example: Phew, it stinks in here!
Word: woohoo Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /wuːˈhuː/, /wʊˈhuː/, /wəˈhuː/ 1. Used to express sudden or exuberant joy, happiness, excitement, approval or delight. Example: Woohoo! It’s summer again! Example: She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.
Word: didgeridoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely onomatopoeic in reference to the sound made by the instrument, or the words spoken into the instrument to play it. The earliest known description of the instrument was in 1829 by Captain Collet Barker, in which it was described as making the sound didoggerry whoan. In 2002, Lonergan proposed that the term could derive from Irish dúdaire dubh (“black hummer”) or Scottish Gaelic dùdaire dùth (“native piper”), though the latter seems to be coincidental, since there is no corroborating evidence and the terms would refer to the player (rather than the instrument itself). Pronunciation: /ˌdɪd͡ʒ.əɹ.iˈduː/ 1. A musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythms.
Word: didgeridoo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely onomatopoeic in reference to the sound made by the instrument, or the words spoken into the instrument to play it. The earliest known description of the instrument was in 1829 by Captain Collet Barker, in which it was described as making the sound didoggerry whoan. In 2002, Lonergan proposed that the term could derive from Irish dúdaire dubh (“black hummer”) or Scottish Gaelic dùdaire dùth (“native piper”), though the latter seems to be coincidental, since there is no corroborating evidence and the terms would refer to the player (rather than the instrument itself). Pronunciation: /ˌdɪd͡ʒ.əɹ.iˈduː/ 1. To play the digeridoo. Labels: rare
Word: apoplectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληκτικός (apoplēktikós), from ἀπόπληκτος (apóplēktos), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō), from ἀπό (apó, “of, from”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “I strike”). Pronunciation: /ˌæp.əˈplɛk.tɪk/ 1. Of or relating to apoplexy. 2. Marked by extreme anger or fury. Labels: figuratively Example: Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic. Example: Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval. 3. Effused with blood. Labels: archaic
Word: apoplectic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληκτικός (apoplēktikós), from ἀπόπληκτος (apóplēktos), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō), from ἀπό (apó, “of, from”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “I strike”). Pronunciation: /ˌæp.əˈplɛk.tɪk/ 1. A person suffering from apoplexy.
Word: pufferfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English puff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English puffer Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English pufferfish From puffer + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌfɚˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Recently, however, a scientist in Britain proposed a short cut that would use the genome of the fugu, a pufferfish known as a dangerous delicacy among Japanese sushi eaters, to speed the search for human genes. 2. The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu. Labels: uncountable
Word: neurotoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English toxin English neurotoxin From neuro- + toxin. Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)ʊɹoʊtɑksɪn/ 1. A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety. Example: There were stretches of days when the lakes were closed because of the algae. It sometimes secreted neurotoxins that could be fatal. Example: Among those who think of fugu as merely a distant delicacy, knowledge rarely goes beyond the fish’s infamous trait: In the most delicious species, the innards are suffused with the neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX).
Word: fluffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluff + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌfə/, /ˈflʌfɚ/ 1. Someone or something that fluffs (in various senses). Example: Woe betide the camera-shy or the fluffers of lines. Example: To them, we were the dope-smuggling hippie liberals, the prisoner lovers, the pillow fluffers. To us, they were the sadistic, mean-spirited, right-wing thugs. 2. One who arouses male pornographic actors before filming. Example: "This isn't MGM. I don't do this full-time," she said. "During production, I'm the AD. Occasionally, I fill in as a fluffer." 3. One who is employed to clean the tracks in the tunnels of the London Underground. Labels: UK 4. One who promotes or publicizes, especially one who makes something seem better or more important than it is. Example: Thus it was only as I approached the table that I discovered Lafayette hovering behind the chair next to mine, accompanied by Easy Mather, as well as their new best friend and Lafayette's personal fluffer, Jillian Noble. Example: There is always a “fluffer” who will posture for “good girl, good boy” attention, who will bring up some off-topic item—“good food drive effort” or “great basketball game the other night.” 5. A fluffy animal. Labels: Internet Example: DoggoLingo, sometimes referred to as doggo-speak, "seems to be quite lexical, there are a lot of distinctive words that are used," says Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch. "It's cutesier than others, too. Doggo, woofer, pupper, pupperino, fluffer — those have all got an extra suffix on the end to make them cuter."
Word: refectory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Middle English refectori from Late Latin refectorium, from Latin reficere (“to remake, to rebuild”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɛkt(ə)ɹi/ 1. A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery. Example: t was like a train going in and out of tunnels and that was like the noise of the boys eating in the refectory when you opened and closed the flaps of the ears. Example: They compare very well with similar cafes elsewhere and the quality, for example, is far better and the price cheaper than in my college refectory.
Word: Führer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Führer, modelled after Italian Duce. Doublet of farer. Pronunciation: /ˈf(j)ʊə.ɹə/, /ˈfjʊɹ.ɚ/, /ˈfɪɹ.ɚ/ 1. Adolf Hitler, during his time as chancellor of Nazi Germany. Labels: Nazism, definite, historical Example: When the Führer says we is the master race We "Heil!" (Bronx cheer), "Heil!" (Bronx cheer) right in the Führer's face. 2. A leader, especially one exercising tyrannical power. Labels: broadly
Word: R&D Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of research and development, a department within a company (or governmental division) dedicated to that task, or the fiscal category that represents it in fiscal reporting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 2. Initialism of Receiving and discharge or receiving and dismissal, a department or office through which inmates arrive at and leave a prison. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
Word: lines Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /laɪnz/ 1. plural of line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lines Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /laɪnz/ 1. Words spoken by the actors. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I have yet to learn my lines. 2. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only 4. A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: If you don't behave I'll give you lines Example: I had to write out 200 lines 5. The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver. Labels: US, plural, plural-only 6. A certificate of church membership. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: lines Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /laɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of line Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: peachy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin persicus Latin persicum Late Latin persica Vulgar Latin *pessica Old French peschebor. Middle English peche English peach Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English peachy From peach + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːt͡ʃi/ 1. Resembling a peach, peach-like. Example: peachy cheeks Example: Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy. 2. Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration. Labels: colloquial Example: Oh, life is just peachy now that winter has come, it’s snowing all the time, and I’m freezing my backside off. Example: Everything's peachy as Apple restores emoji's 'bum' features [title]
Word: trundle along Part of Speech: verb 1. To move slowly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The old horse and cart trundles along the path.
Word: formal parameter Part of Speech: noun 1. An abstract representation, typically including a name and a type, of a parameter expected to be passed to a method or function.
Word: actual parameter Part of Speech: noun 1. A value supplied to a method or function, as opposed to a formal parameter.
Word: capitalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From capital + -ize, the first element ultimately from Latin capitālis (“of the head”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæpətəˌlaɪz/ 1. In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case. Labels: transitive Example: In German, all nouns are capitalized. 2. To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for. Labels: transitive Example: Some states require proof that a new venture is properly capitalized before the state will issue a certificate of incorporation. Example: To have any hope of success a new venture must be properly capitalized. 3. To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income. Labels: transitive Example: If we obtain a loan using the business as collateral, the effect will be to capitalize our next ten years of income, giving us cash today that we can use to buy out our competitor. 4. To treat as capital, not as an expense. Labels: transitive 5. To profit or to obtain an advantage. Labels: intransitive Example: The home team took several shots on goal but was unable to capitalize until late in the game. Example: In early morality plays, there appeared several vices representing some of the deadly sins, such as Covetousness, Lust, or Pride. Later plays, particularly those performed between 1560 and 1575, featured a single, composite character labelled as "the Vice" (Miyajima, 1977). The Vice, like the Devil, operated by capitalizing on observed human vulnerability. 6. To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable. Labels: intransitive Example: The home team appeared to have the advantage throughout the game, and finally capitalized on their opponents' weakness with just two minutes remaining, scoring several points in quick succession.
Word: dress code Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal specification of acceptable attire for a specific event or location. Example: The dress code for the funeral said dark - meaning white shirt, black suit, with a black necktie (no bowties permitted.)
Word: testy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Middle English testif (“headstrong”), from Old French testu, from teste (“head”) + -u. Compare modern French tête (“head”), têtu (“stubborn”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛsti/ 1. Easily annoyed, irritable. 2. Marked by impatience or ill humor. Example: He made testy remarks. Example: Otherwise, we could end up with a repeat of what happened with social media companies after the 2016 election — a collision of Silicon Valley power and Washington ignorance, which resulted in nothing but gridlock and testy hearings.
Word: irritable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis. Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being irritated. 2. Easily exasperated or excited. Example: an irritable old man 3. Responsive to stimuli.
Word: packed decimal Part of Speech: noun 1. A storage mode that places two decimal digits into one byte, each digit occupying four bits. The sign occupies four bits in the least significant byte. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: COBOL Part of Speech: name Etymology: Acronym of common business-oriented language, perhaps coined by American computer scientist and aerospace engineer Bob Bemer. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊbɒl/, /-bɔːl/ 1. A programming language developed in the late 1950s, especially for business applications. Example: The problem in COBOL is that, while there exists a standard COBOL, ANS (American National Standard) COBOL, no computer manufacturer offers a COBOL compiler that is both full and pure ANS. Example: Because COBOL does not have a date type, some implementations rely instead on a system whereby all dates are coded to a reference point. The most commonly used is May 20, 1875, as this was the date of an international standards-setting conference held in Paris, known as the Convention du Mètre.
Word: sisu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish sisu, documented in English since at least 1940. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsʉː/ 1. Strength of will in the face of adversity; grit, perseverance or determination, regarded as an integral part of Finnish culture. Labels: uncountable Example: Last week the Finns gave the world a good example of sisu by carrying the war into Russian territory on one front while on another they withstood merciless attacks by a reinforced Russian Army. Example: People living in northern climates need plenty of sisu.
Word: allodynia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + -odynia. 1. Pain produced by innocuous stimulation of normal skin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cacoepy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -ία (-ía, “-y”). Pronunciation: [kəˈkəʊɪpɪ] 1. The mispronunciation of words. Labels: uncountable
Word: cacoepist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cacoepy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English cacoepist From cacoepy + -ist. 1. One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently. Example: Autodidacts sometimes end up being cacoepists.
Word: cacoepistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cacoepy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English cacoepistic From cacoepy + -istic. 1. Of or relating to mispronounced words.
Word: orthoepy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀρθοέπεια (orthoépeia), possibly via Latin orthoepia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -ία (-ía, “-y”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.θəʊˌiː.pi/, /ˈɔː.θəʊˌɛ.pi/, /ˈɔː.θəʊ.ɨ.pi/, /ɔːˈθəʊ.ɨ.pi/, /ˈɔɹ.θoʊˌɛ.pi/ 1. The study of pronunciation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Accepted or customary pronunciation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: circumfluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin circumfluere, from circum- (“around”) + fluere (“flow”). 1. Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. Example: The deep, circumfluent waves.
Word: anaptyxis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin anaptyxis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis). Pronunciation: /ˌænəpˈtɪksɪs/ 1. The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inspissate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Formed from Late Latin inspissātus (“thickened, having been made thick or thicker”), the perfect passive participle of inspissāre (“to thicken”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈspɪ.seɪt/ 1. To thicken a fluid, in the sense of making it more viscous, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; to condense. Labels: transitive Example: Inspissate at 85°C (moist heat) for 45 min. 2. Of a fluid: to become more viscous. Labels: intransitive Example: Instead of allowing the juice after the incision to inspissate on the capsule, he collected it immediately, and dried it by artificial heat.
Word: distress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is from Middle English distressen, from Old French destrecier (“to restrain, constrain, put in straits, afflict, distress”); compare French détresse. Ultimately from Medieval Latin as if *districtiō, an assumed frequentative form of Latin distringō (“to pull asunder, stretch out”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”). The noun is from Middle English distresse, from Old French destrece, ultimately also from Latin distringō. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɹɛs/ 1. Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To heighten his distress, he is approached by his wife, and bitterly upbraided for his perfidy in concealing from her his former connexions (with that unhappy girl who is here present with her child, the innocent offspring of her amours, fainting at the sight of his misfortunes, being unable to relieve him farther), and plunging her into those difficulties she never shall be able to surmount. Example: At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight. 2. A cause of such discomfort. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Serious danger. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I immediately considered that this must be some ship in distress, and that they had some comrade, or some other ship in company, and fired these gun for signals of distress, and to obtain help. Example: At length they perceived a little cottage; two persons in the decline of life dwelt in this desert, who were always ready to give every assistance in their power to their fellow-creatures in distress. 4. An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If he were not paid, he would straight go and take a distress of goods and cattle. Example: The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for.