nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: chèvre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chèvre (“goat cheese”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛvɹə/ 1. Cheese from goat’s milk, especially Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My cheese of the month for October is goat’s milk cheese, most frequently call^([sic]) chevre, the French word for goat. […] Pure chevre on the label ensures that t he^([sic]) cheese is made entirely from goat’s milk. Some goat’s-milk cheeses not so labeled may have cow’s milk added and lack the delightfully tart flavor that easily distinguishes chevre from other cheeses. Even real chevre can range in texture from moist and creamy to dry and semi-firm. Chevre comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, […] Example: […] you will see a few recipes in this book that make use of goat cheese, also known as chèvre. […] This delicious (though not dairy-free) dessert provides the rich flavor of chèvre, the coolness of ice cream, the tanginess of fresh blueberries and the crunch of crust. 2. Cheese from goat’s milk, especially: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Today, Woolwich’s 36 varieties of goat’s-milk cheese, from feta to cheddar to the best-selling chèvre, are sold through grocery chains, supermarkets and food service companies across Canada and the U.S., both under the Woolwich name and private labels. Example: The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.
Word: pinacol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx) German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pinacone Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English pinacol From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”) + -ol. Actualized from pinacone. 1. any tetra-substituted derivative of ethylene glycol, of general formula R₂C(OH)-C(OH)R₂, especially the simplest example where R is methyl
Word: coq Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. 1. A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat. Example: […] with a flat Tam crown of heliotrope velvet, a drapery under the brim, and two flat coq feathers. Example: A smart all-black model has just arrived from Jeanne Due. It is turban-trimmed with black coq which forms a bow drape.
Word: plumbylene Part of Speech: noun 1. plumbylidene, a divalent lead organometallic compound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: plumbylidene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any lead analogue of a carbene; R₂Pb
Word: polyhedrane Part of Speech: noun 1. any polycyclic hydrocarbon, of general formula (CH)ₙ, having a skeleton that corresponds to a polyhedron
Word: prismane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă)bor. Late Latin prismalbor. English prism Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English prismane From prism + -ane. 1. a polycyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₆, having the shape of a regular triangular prism; any derivative of this compound
Word: polyion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English polyion From poly- + ion. 1. any multiply charged ion; a polycation or polyanion.
Word: polycation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cation English polycation From poly- + cation. 1. any cation having more than one positive charge
Word: polyanion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ῐ̓όν (ĭón) Ancient Greek ἀνῐόν (anĭón)lbor. English anion English polyanion From poly- + anion. 1. Any anion having more than one negative charge. 2. Any compound having multiple anion moieties, especially one based on a polymer.
Word: polyprenol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English prenol English polyprenol From poly- + prenol. 1. any prenol having more than four isoprene units
Word: prenol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from isoprene. 1. Any alcohol composed of multiple isoprene units; they are the biogenetic precursors of the isoprenoids
Word: tolong Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Malay tolong. Pronunciation: [ˈtɔlɔŋ] 1. please Labels: Singapore, colloquial, not-comparable Example: ‘Tolong, please don’t use the word ‘haunt’ in this context. It’s too creepy,’ said the Wife, smoothing away her goosebumps.
Word: polyquinane Part of Speech: noun 1. Any polycyclic saturated hydrocarbon consisting of fused five-membered rings.
Word: polyquinene Part of Speech: noun 1. any polycyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon consisting of fused five-membered rings
Word: polysulfane Part of Speech: noun 1. any compound, of general formula HSₙH (n > 2), having an unbranched chain of sulfur atoms
Word: polysulphane Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of polysulfane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mustangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mustang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mustangs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mustang Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jigsaw puzzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: jigsaw + puzzle 1. A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces. 2. An alphabetical jigsaw; a crossword in which the clues are not numbered and the solver must work out where each solution fits in the grid. Example: The grid is designed so as to make this a genuine challenge: there are six words each of four to nine letters, and nothing longer – normally it’s the long lights that are the key to a jigsaw puzzle. Example: There is also the restriction with alphabeticals that the online interactive program for solving puzzles cannot cope with them, because the software is written on the basis that every numbered clue corresponds to the matching numbered slot in the grid. As this cannot be the case with a jigsaw puzzle, when it is faced by one the system has a nervous breakdown.
Word: lion's den Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the story of Daniel in the lions' den in chapter 6 of the Book of Daniel. 1. Any dangerous or frightening place. Labels: idiomatic Example: Mrs. Bowls cautioned her lodger against venturing into the lion's den, "wherein you will rue it, Miss B., mark my words, and as sure as my name is Bowls." Example: Despite the girl's assurance, we knew that proximity to the sinister Chinaman must be fraught with danger. We stood, not in the lion's den, but in the serpent's lair. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lion, den.
Word: herds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of herd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of herd Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: necks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: necks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of neck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eyelids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyelid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: physicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleeves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sliːvz/ 1. plural of sleeve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleeves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sliːvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sleeve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tenants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tenants Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tenant Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: patients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of angle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: castles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of castle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: castles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of castle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: glaring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, glare + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/, /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/ 1. Reflecting with glare. 2. Blatant, obvious. Example: How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!
Word: glaring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, glare + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/, /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of glare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glaring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, glare + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/, /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/ 1. The act of giving a glare. Example: Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare! 2. A group of cats. Labels: rare Example: 2010, Chuck Lorre et al., The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution” Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats. Sheldon: Clowder. Leonard: What? Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.
Word: girders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of girder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crumpling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something crumples. Example: Watt saw the little movements of the stuff, the little bulgings and crumplings, and the sudden indrawings, where it was nipped, between forefinger and thumb probably, for those are the nippers. 2. A crumpled shape or structure. Example: When strata are so unsymmetrically and abundantly folded that it becomes difficult or impossible to trace out the individual flexures and crumplings — the whole forming an irregular complex of folds — they are said to be contorted […]
Word: crumpling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crumple Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gurgling Part of Speech: noun 1. A gurgling sound. Example: […] the cries of the natives, the moanings and gurglings of camels, the trumpetings of elephants, the buglings of neighbouring regiments […]
Word: gurgling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gurgle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Karnack Part of Speech: name 1. A town in eastern Texas.
Word: earthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.θi/, /ˈɝθi/ 1. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth). Example: The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me. 2. Composed, or largely composed, of soil. Example: Beyond here the tides are not felt, and we now entered upon a district of elevated forest, with a finer vegetation. Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants. 3. Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural. Labels: figuratively Example: She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization. Example: Meekly thou didſt reſign this earthy load / Of Death, call'd Life; 4. Coarse and unrefined, crude. Labels: figuratively Example: earthy humour 5. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth. 6. Covered with earth (mud, dirt). Example: He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.
Word: portraits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of portrait Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dali Part of Speech: noun 1. A timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.
Word: retreated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retreat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: storeroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From store + room. 1. A room used for storage. Example: It was truly one of the most horrific filming experiences of my career there, contrasting neatly with some of the best of my career - filming in various off-limits storerooms at LTM's Acton Depot.
Word: storerooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of storeroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horrors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horror Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supplier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Italic *plēō Latin pleō Latin supplērebor. Old French souploierbor. Middle English supplien English supply 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 supplier From supply + -er. Pronunciation: /səˈplaɪə/ 1. One who supplies; a provider. Example: A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone. 2. Someone who assists (sets up) a goal. Example: Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.
Word: suppliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supplier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mottled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1670-80 mottle + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑt əld/ 1. Colored in patches; spotted. Example: The mottled skin of the snake was a camouflage that helped it blend in with the shadows.
Word: mottled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1670-80 mottle + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑt əld/ 1. simple past and past participle of mottle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nobly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nobeliche, nobely, nobilliche, nobilly, nobliche, noblike, nobly, noblye, equivalent to noble + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊbli/, /ˈnoʊbli/ 1. In a noble manner. Example: In the end he died nobly, trying to save the lives of others.
Word: hailed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /heɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of hail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rightful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rightful, ryghtfull, riȝtful, from Old English *rihtfull (suggested by derivative unrihtfull (“unrightful”)), equivalent to right + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtfəl/ 1. By right; by law. Example: rightful owner Example: rightful heir
Word: rustling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *rustlynge, rustland, from Old English hrīstlende, *hrȳstlende, present participle of Old English *hrȳstlan (“to rustle”), equivalent to rustle + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of rustle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rustling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *rustlynge, rustland, from Old English hrīstlende, *hrȳstlende, present participle of Old English *hrȳstlan (“to rustle”), equivalent to rustle + -ing. 1. The rounding up and theft of animals, cattle in particular. Labels: uncountable Example: And if you would like one more fact about this worthy, he was responsible for an Act on the statute book abolishing the death penalty for cattle rustling.
Word: rustling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rusteling, roustlyge, equivalent to rustle + -ing. 1. A series of rustles. Example: I hear a rustling in the bushes off to my right, and my trigger finger spasms. Example: The time in the paintings is also deepened by furtive movements and rustlings, mostly thanks to Bonnard’s figures.
Word: rustler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rustle + -er. 1. One who rustles; a cattle (or other livestock) thief. Example: Two years have now passed since Hayward’s farm in north Wales was raided, leading to the loss of tens of thousands of bees. But the rustlers have continued to be active. Most recently they have targeted the property of one of her Anglesey neighbours, where around 40,000 bees were taken last month. 2. A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances. 3. An alert, energetic, driving person. Labels: US, Western, dated, especially, slang 4. That which makes a rustling noise. Example: Like this weekend, with moderate temperatures, the sky a bowl of blue, and the wind not a cold curse or a hot furnace, but a bit of a leaf-rustler, a cooling refreshment.
Word: falsely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English falsly, falsliche, equivalent to false + -ly. 1. In a false manner. Example: He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted. Example: This could not be more falsely stated.
Word: defeatist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfiːtɪst/ 1. Of or relating to defeatism. Example: You may look ruefully at your poor red hands and think that just because they have got that way through the extra work you are doing there’s just nothing that can be done about it. Of course, this is a deafeatist attitude—and a lazy one too!
Word: defeatist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfiːtɪst/ 1. Someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude.
Word: gurgle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɜː.ɡl̩/, /ˈɡɝ.ɡl̩/ 1. To flow with a bubbling sound. Example: The bath water gurgled down the drain. Example: Pure gurgling rills the lonely deſart trace, / And vvaſte their muſick on the ſavage race. 2. To make such a sound. Example: The baby gurgled with delight.
Word: gurgle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɜː.ɡl̩/, /ˈɡɝ.ɡl̩/ 1. A gurgling sound. Example: Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.
Word: thumper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English thump 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 thumper From thump + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌmpə/, /ˈθʌmpɚ/ 1. One who thumps. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A single-cylinder engine, especially four-stroke engines or those with large engine displacements. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 3. A drinking game wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others banging on a table. Labels: uncountable 4. Something big, such as a lie; a whopper. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 5. A kind of slam-door train introduced in the late 1950s. Labels: UK, countable, slang, uncountable 6. The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report). Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 7. A short rope for beating disobedient sled dogs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This [argument] was about the use of the thumper to control dog teams, and perhaps the unique living conditions of a polar base caused both sides to shift from an initial disagreement to positions more extreme than the ones they would have reached in the wider world outside. 8. A strong adherent to a religion or ideology. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: But in spite of the antics of its Bible thumpers and its boobocracy, my father was unable to stay mad at the United States for long. Example: Putin’s closest electoral competitor is the Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov – a serial election loser. This would be his fourth defeat. Two other candidates, right-wing table thumper Vladimir Zhirinovsky and left-leaning Sergey Mironov have also run and lost spectacularly in the past. 9. A track with a thumping beat. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: This late-1979 disco thumper is set to a driving beat with a memorable refrain that proved so enduring that American icon Madonna sampled it for her 2005 hit 'Hung Up', from her album Confessions on a Dance Floor.
Word: sawers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sawer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sawer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sawer, sagher, equivalent to saw + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɔː.ɹə(ɹ)/ 1. One who saws; a sawyer.
Word: mudsleds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mudsled Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sawyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːjə/, /ˈsɔɪ.ə/, /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/, /ˈsɔ.jɚ/ 1. One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit. 2. A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current. Labels: US Example: ‘A’most used-up I am, I do declare!’ she observed. ‘The jolting in the cars is pretty nigh as bad as if the rail was full of snags and sawyers.’ 3. A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber. 4. The bowfin. Labels: US, dialectal
Word: Sawyer Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English occupational surname, from sawyer (“one who saws”). Senses loaned from various languages include Jewish/German Seger and Sager, Slovene Žagar. * As a French surname, variant of Seguin. 1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: racialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From racialize + -ation or racial + -ization. 1. The act or process of racializing, that is, of treating (a relationship, practice, person or group) in racial terms or of constituting (that person or group) as racial or as a race.
Word: radiclib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. The coinage is generally attributed to US vice president Spiro Agnew. It was used by the Nixon administration to attack the political opposition, implying that the liberals in the Senate were subversive. Several people on Nixon's Enemies List were identified as radiclibs. 1. A radical liberal. Labels: US, slang Example: 1970. September 12, H. R. Haldeman, Haldeman's Diary, Next, a front that sounds like SDS to support the Democratic candidates and praise their liberal records, etc, publicize their 'bad' quotes in guise of praise. Give the senators a 'radiclib' rating.
Word: lesbigay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of lesbian + bisexual + gay. Pronunciation: /ləzˈbaɪ.ɡeɪ/ 1. Of or relating to lesbian, bisexual, and gay people or the LGB community. Labels: informal
Word: lesbigay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of lesbian + bisexual + gay. Pronunciation: /ləzˈbaɪ.ɡeɪ/ 1. A lesbian, bisexual, or gay person. Labels: informal
Word: rat run Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes. Labels: idiomatic Example: This week Wykeham Street in Scarborough was named as the worst rat run in Britain. […] A ‘rat run’ sounds like some sort of charity jog by rodents keen to improve their image, but it is of course a side street that suffers from being heavily used by through-traffic as a short-cut.
Word: rat run Part of Speech: verb 1. To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads. Labels: idiomatic
Word: RSN Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of real soon now. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism, not-comparable
Word: RSN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Republic of Singapore Navy. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bathetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bathos + -etic, based on the form of pathos and pathetic. Pronunciation: /bəˈθɛtɪk/ 1. Characterized by or pertaining to bathos. Example: The fall is indeed the archetypal bathetic motion, a sudden, surprising downward rush degrading the pretensions of posture and man's bipedal pride. Example: To ask what it is that Don Quixote himself believes is to enter the visionary centre of his story. This curious blend of the sublime and the bathetic does not come again until Kafka, another pupil of Cervantes, would compose stories like "The Hunter Gracchus" and "A Country Doctor".
Word: reformulated gasoline Part of Speech: noun 1. Gasoline with additives, such as MTBE and ethanol, to help prevent air pollution. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rehypothecation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rehypothecate + -ion, alternatively re- + hypothecation. 1. The pledge of hypothecated client-owned securities in a margin account to secure a bank loan; usually used for mortgages. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ritesh Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from India, common amongst people from India, meaning "god of seasons".
Word: rivet counter Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially in military and technology history. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items. Labels: idiomatic Example: For the rivet-counters, there were 10,036 Lightnings produced, including 113 built by Consolidated-Vultee... Example: Peter Hodges' survey will certainly be of interest to naval rivet-counters and ship-modellers but, unfortunately, probably to few others.
Word: ropewalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rope + walk. 1. A place where rope is made, a rope factory. 2. A long straight narrow lane, or a covered pathway, where long strands of material were laid before being twisted into rope. 3. Any narrow walkway that has rope handrails.
Word: runout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from run out. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌnaʊt/ 1. Something that has been run out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The landslide had a long runout. Example: The freeway guardrail runout around this object is shorter than recommended. 2. The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed. 5. The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is a lot of trouble in Petticoat Lane. In fact, the mock auction boys have muscled in to such an extent on the bomb damaged ground that there is a danger that Petticoat Lane may lose its good name by the boys coming in now with the "runouts" to make quick profits and then get out. 7. Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout. 8. A sudden tension between two coupled railcars when the fore one is moving faster than the hinder one. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Researchers noted no unusual events (e.g., knuckle breaks) or notable instances of significant slack action or run-ins/run-outs at the lead locomotive during the test.
Word: making waves Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of make waves Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: makes waves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of make waves Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: made waves Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of make waves Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: strong interaction Part of Speech: noun 1. The kind of interaction caused by the strong force.
Word: trampolines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trampoline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brunoise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brunoise. Pronunciation: /bɹʊˈnwɑːz/, /bɹuːˈnwɑːz/, /bɹuˈnwɑz/, /bɹunˈwɑ/ 1. A very fine dice. A method of cutting vegetables, usually to the dimensions of 2 mm or less, by julienning and then cutting many times at a 90-degree angle to the julienne. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Grapefruit sorbet with brunoise of citrus fruits. Example: Gerard de Luc had been screaming at her in French, something she didn't understand, and Marguerite, who was aiming (or a perfectly uniform brunoise of carrots, put the knife through her second and third fingertips to the tune of fifteen stitches. 2. A mixture of leeks, celery, carrots and sometimes turnips chopped in this way. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: (Brunoise Soup). — A clear gravy soup with finely minced carrots, turnips, leeks, and onions.
Word: brunoise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French brunoise. Pronunciation: /bɹʊˈnwɑːz/, /bɹuːˈnwɑːz/, /bɹuˈnwɑz/, /bɹunˈwɑ/ 1. To cut (vegetables) very finely by julienning and then cutting many times at a 90-degree angle to the julienne. Labels: transitive
Word: calm wind Part of Speech: noun 1. Wind that is slower than 3 knots. Labels: US
Word: ideologic Part of Speech: adj 1. ideological Example: One midrash, perhaps influenced by later Israelite encounters with Esau's biologic and ideologic descendants.
Word: Wotan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Wotan. Doublet of Woden and Odin. 1. Odin, especially in his continental Germanic form. Labels: Germanic Example: Wotan, finding that there is no escape, turns for help and advice to Loge, the God of Evil, the spirit of flickering, treacherous fire, the master of cunning and deceit; and he introduces to gods and giants the lust for gold. Example: In Anglo-Saxon mythology, kings were descended from Wotan, or Odin, the high god of the Teutonic pantheon.
Word: polysulfide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English sulfide English polysulfide From poly- + sulfide. 1. Any compound of general formula RSₙR having a chain of more than two sulfur atoms; any derivative of a polysulfane.
Word: spitchcock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English spiche-coke (“eel split lengthwise and broiled”). The further etymology is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From Middle English *speche, *spiche (“to split”) + cock, coken (“to allow (something) to cook; to cook”) (from cok (“person who cooks food, cook”), from Old English cōc (“a cook”)). * From spik (“animal fat, especially lard”) (from Old English spiċ (“bacon; lard”)), spik, spike (“large nail; pointed stud”) (possibly from Old Norse spík, spíkr (“nail”)), or spit, spite (“rod for cooking meat, spit; pointed object”) (from Old English spitu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point; stick”)) + cok (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”) (from Old English coc, cocc). The verb is probably derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪt͡ʃkɒk/, /ˈspɪt͡ʃˌkɑk/ 1. A method of cooking an eel (or occasionally some other fish) by splitting it along the back, cutting it into pieces, and broiling or frying it. Labels: obsolete 2. An eel (or other fish) prepared in this way. Labels: archaic, broadly, obsolete
Word: spitchcock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English spiche-coke (“eel split lengthwise and broiled”). The further etymology is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From Middle English *speche, *spiche (“to split”) + cock, coken (“to allow (something) to cook; to cook”) (from cok (“person who cooks food, cook”), from Old English cōc (“a cook”)). * From spik (“animal fat, especially lard”) (from Old English spiċ (“bacon; lard”)), spik, spike (“large nail; pointed stud”) (possibly from Old Norse spík, spíkr (“nail”)), or spit, spite (“rod for cooking meat, spit; pointed object”) (from Old English spitu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point; stick”)) + cok (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”) (from Old English coc, cocc). The verb is probably derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪt͡ʃkɒk/, /ˈspɪt͡ʃˌkɑk/ 1. To cook (an eel, or occasionally some other fish) by splitting it along the back, cutting it into pieces, and broiling or frying it. Labels: archaic, obsolete, transitive
Word: polysulphide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of polysulfide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prostaglandin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Prostaglandin. Equivalent to prosta(te) + gland + -in. So called because it was originally believed to be secreted by the prostate. Pronunciation: /pɹɒstəˈɡlændɪn/ 1. Any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C₂₀ acid prostanoic acid; they have a number of physiological functions and may be considered to be hormones. Example: This enzyme generates an inflammatory mediator known as prostaglandin, which triggers pain and other aspects of inflammation. Example: Indeed, it’s possible to create the full storm of cold symptoms with no cold virus at all, but only a potent cocktail of the so-called inflammatory mediators that the body makes itself[,] among them, cytokines, kinins, prostaglandins and interleukins, powerful little chemical messengers that cause the blood vessels in the nose to dilate and leak, stimulate the secretion of mucus, activate sneeze and cough reflexes and set off pain in our nerve fibers.
Word: prostanoic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prostaglandin + heptanoic acid. From prost(ate) + -ane + -oic. 1. a C₂₀ fatty acid, containing a cyclopentane ring, that is the basis of the prostaglandins
Word: sunshine agenda Part of Speech: noun 1. A public agenda. 2. An agenda on which an item has been placed for which the decision-making body will not entertain discussion or commentary. Labels: US 3. A public agenda on which an item for decision has been placed for which the decision-making body will not entertain commentary, discussion or influence during a certain defined time-frame prior to the decision, in order to give the body "a period of repose" in which to make decisions. Labels: US
Word: drifting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/ 1. Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces. Labels: not-comparable Example: The drifting seaweed went wherever the currents carried it. 2. Without direction, focus, or goal. Labels: not-comparable Example: [Lionel] Johnson was stern by nature, strong by intellect, and always, I think, deliberately picked his company, but [Ernest] Dowson seemed gentle, affectionate, drifting. Example: There is nothing more expressive of a barbarous and stupid lack of culture than the half-unconscious attitude so many of us slip into, of taking for granted, when we see weak, neurotic, helpless, drifting, unhappy people, that it is by reason of some special merit in us or by reason of some especial favour towards us that the gods have given us an advantage over such persons.
Word: drifting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something drifts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: True, there had been some heavy falls of snow and some of the roads had become blocked, while north of Inverness there was drifting that held up traffic here and there, but things were no worse than are expected in January. Example: Still, she did not regret him, for nothing Ernest could have given her would have equalled the delight of those romantic driftings on the lake with Eden. 2. That which drifts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [W]ith hollow eyes / Many all day in dazzling river stood, / To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood. 3. A driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: drifting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of drift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Japanification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 /Ji̍t-púnbor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan English -ification English Japanification From Japan + -ification. 1. The process of making or becoming Japanese. Labels: derogatory, informal, sometimes, uncountable 2. Persistent stagnation and deflation. Labels: uncountable
Word: jazz mag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jazz + mag, from the otherwise largely obsolete senses of jazz meaning "semen" or "sexual activity" — possibly via a euphemistic alteration of jizz. 1. A pornographic magazine. Labels: UK, slang
Word: jitty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gitty (“type of passageway”). Labels: Midlands, alt-of, alternative, colloquial Example: You could still see some of the cobbles of the jitty mouth, where it had run behind the terrace down on Andrew's Road, but it was pretty much all gone.
Word: compressing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of compress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: joganosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ojibwe zhaaganaash/ᔖᑲᓈᐦᔑᐝ (“white person”). 1. White people or (more recently) any non-native people. Labels: derogatory, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: juice monkey Part of Speech: noun 1. A steroid or testosterone abuser. Labels: slang
Word: junkware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English junk Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English junkware From junk + -ware. 1. Any malicious or unwanted software. Labels: uncountable Example: Most personal computers come bundled with junkware from the manufacturer.
Word: Canadian football Part of Speech: noun 1. A game similar to American football played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide (with two 20 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory. Labels: uncountable
Word: luxuriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English luxurious Middle English -ly English -ly English luxuriously From luxurious + -ly. 1. In a manner that involves luxury; in an expensive or indulgent manner. Example: Edward the Fourth reclining luxuriously upon his tottering throne, like a child lulled by its rocking, displaying that rare combination of deep duplicity and heartless gaiety which so seldom exist together, the reckfulness of the one being like a noxious vapour to the recklessness of the other: […] Example: 2007, Travel & Leisure, Volume 37, American Express Publishing, page 92, Couples celebrating second marriages and honeymooning with kids enjoy the luxuriously spacious suites of the oceanfront ResortQuest Waikiki Beach Tower.
Word: lyings-in Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lying-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: luxuriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English luxurious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English luxuriousness From luxurious + -ness. 1. The state or property of being luxurious, of being expensive or indulgently pleasant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The luxuriousness of the spa was present even in the expensive paper fittingly used for the bill.
Word: loyalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loyal + -ism. Piecewise doublet of legalism. 1. The property of being a loyalist. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And still there is about him a hint of the ingenu; a Tiggerish quality of enthusiasm for the [Tony] Blair vision that has nothing to do with fawning loyalism. Example: In December, the province made it optional for elected officials to swear an oath of allegiance to the king. But Quebec was once also a bastion of loyalism to the monarchy, one with a 200-year history of staunch attachment to the crown, said Damien-Claude Bélanger, a history professor at the University of Ottawa who is writing a book on the subject.
Word: low-lying Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈləʊˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. Lower than nearby areas. Example: Coastal defences were breached at many places from the Humber right round to the outskirts of London, and the inundation of low-lying lands caused damage on a scale unequalled within living memory. Example: The route passes over low-lying land, the only item of note being the Cerebos salt works at Greatham, where one may catch a glimpse of the smart black diesel locomotive emblazoned with the firm's name writ large. 2. Located or situated below or near a sea level. Example: low-lying islands 3. Of a person, lying low; concealed; hidden. Labels: idiomatic
Word: low-keyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Relaxed, unstressful, not pressured. Example: His low-keyed sales technique worked more often than high-pressure tactics, and won him many repeat customers. Example: The conversation was totally civilized and low keyed. There was no throwing up of hands in horror. There was no throwing up.
Word: underwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English wood English underwood From under- + wood. 1. Underbrush, undergrowth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1670, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber, London, Chapter 3, Of the Oak, pp. 16-17, What improvement the stirring of the ground about the roots of Oaks is to the Trees I have already hinted; and yet in Copses where they stand warm, and so thickn’d with the under wood, as this culture cannot be practis’d, they prove in time to be goodly Trees. Example: […] the Country near the Sea-side, and some few Miles further is full of short Under-wood, and thorny Shrubs, which tore our Cloaths to Rags […]
Word: long-faced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From long face + -ed. 1. Displaying sadness. Example: He was long-faced so we knew she'd turned down his proposal. Example: "[…] So many people find the world a dreary residence," Mr. Calverley sighed, "that it is really a pity some one of these long-faced stolidities cannot die now instead of me. For I have found life wonderful throughout." 2. Having a long face. Labels: literally Example: The majority did not give forth very flattering portraits of him, certainly; nor were they by any means unanimous in their reflections; as some made him very long-faced, others very broad-faced, some tolerably well-looking, others vastly ill-looking, according to their several manners of reflecting: […] Example: “Aha!” he cried. “So he has found the extra coffee-cup. That is good. He has more intelligence than would appear, this long-faced Monsieur Lawrence of yours!”
Word: lordly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lordly, lordlich, from Old English hlāfordlīċ (“lordly; heroic; noble”), equivalent to lord + -ly (forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /lɔːdli/, /loːdlɪj/, /loɹdli/, /loːdli/, /lɔɾdle/ 1. Of or relating to a lord. Example: Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey. Example: But they are the peers of the Queensland Parliament, and, having no lordly robes, must approach the Old Country model as closely as possible. 2. Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble Example: Deep, indeed, / Their debt of thanks to her who first had dared / To leap the rotten pales of prejudice, / Disyoke their necks from custom, and assert / None lordlier than themselves but that which made / Woman and man. 3. Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious. Example: He asked water, and she gaue him milke, shee brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Example: It had also its Hall, called the Priory—an older, a larger, a more lordly abode than any Briarfield or Whinbury owned; […] 4. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. Example: Lords are Lordlieſt in thir wine; […]
Word: lordly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English lordly, lordely, lordliche, equivalent to lord + -ly (forming adverbs). Pronunciation: /lɔːdli/, /loːdlɪj/, /loɹdli/, /loːdli/, /lɔɾdle/ 1. In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility. Example: 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation, Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56, […] / And Herod's painted pinnaces, ablaze / With lamps, and brazen shields and spangled slaves, / Came and went lordly at Tiberias; / […] Example: Look at man, then, walking lordly amidst the gigantic flora and fauna of long ago; and see if seven, eight, nine hundred years do not sit serenely on his mighty brow.
Word: actors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of actor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quarrels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quarrel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quarrels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quarrel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gophers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gopher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colouring Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coloring. Labels: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The seven hampers for four boys and three girls were personalised to each patient, including overnight hotel stays, colouring books and self care items. Example: In 2008, British health ministers agreed to phase out six artificial food colourings by 2009, while the European Union bans some colourings and requires warning labels on others.