nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fossas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fossa (“catlike mammal”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fostresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fostress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fougasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fougasse. Doublet of focaccia. 1. A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence. 2. An old-fashioned type of land mine, in the form of a foxhole filled with explosives or projectiles.
Word: fountaineer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fountain + -eer, modelled on mountaineer. 1. Someone who makes fountains. 2. Someone interested in fountains.
Word: fountainlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fountain Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English fountainlet From fountain + -let. 1. A small fountain
Word: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Part of Speech: name 1. Four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each embodied as a horseman riding a different-colored horse that represents a different aspect of the Apocalypse. Example: At the opening of the New Testament Book of Revelations, the end of the world is heralded by the four horsemen of the apocalypse, symbolising sickness, hunger, war and death. 2. Harbingers of doom; several signs which combine to imply the imminence of literal or figurative destruction. Labels: idiomatic Example: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,... Here and now those dread specters are: Divorce, Illness, Unemployment and Overspending. These are now the harbingers of economic doom […] Example: [One authority] has identified four types of communication, which he calls the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," that are signs of a marriage having problems […]
Word: buzz-phrase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buzz + phrase. 1. A phrase drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject.
Word: fanaticising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fanaticise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fanaticised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fanaticise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: volved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of volve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: geobotany Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English botany English geobotany From geo- + botany. 1. The branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species. Labels: uncountable
Word: gluteus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin glūtæus, from Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”). 1. Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur. 2. Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, slang Example: I'm going to kick your gluteus.
Word: glutamates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glutamate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: natural rubber Part of Speech: noun 1. Rubber derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene. Labels: uncountable
Word: white English bulldog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English, from English Butcher's Alaunt, a name given the breed by early English settlers in southern Georgia in reference to the old Butcher's Alaunt of England, a predominantly white dog of similar type and function. 1. A dog of a medium to large, predominantly white breed with short, coarse coat, squarish flat skull, and powerful jaws and hind legs, originally bred as a protection and defense dog against the hostile frontier of early Spanish Florida. They are the closest descendants of the old Spanish guard and war dogs brought by settlers and conquistadors to Argentina and Spanish Florida. 2. A type of farm utility dog. Labels: UK
Word: tindora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ટીંડોરું (ṭī̃ḍorũ). 1. An ivy gourd, a tropical vine of species Coccinia grandis, grown for its edible young shoots and for its small, edible fruits that are used in some curries.
Word: snowslide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + slide. Compare landslide. 1. An avalanche of snow Example: The particular type of avalanche against which this shelter has been designed to guard is of landslides rather than snowslides, and the G.W.R. has good reason to remember the happenings which prompted its construction. Example: For instance, on 27 January 1993, on the Trans-Caucasian Highway, 17 people were buried under a snowslide.
Word: diuturnal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin diūturnus, + -al. 1. durable, long-lasting
Word: impinguate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin impinguatus, past participle of impinguare (“to fatten”); prefix im- (“in”) + pinguis (“fat”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪŋɡweɪt/ 1. To fatten; to make fat. Labels: obsolete Example: Frictions also do more fill and impinguate the body than exercise Example: Rhenish Wines (I mean these small wines, Bachrach and Deal) doth accidentally impinguate by helping the digesture, removing obstructions, and rendring the blood fluid and digestible
Word: scotch egg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Scotch egg. Labels: alt-of
Word: bica Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of bicalutamide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
Word: fitas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Buddyroll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly originating from Boudreaux or Budreaux, a common family name in Louisiana (US). 1. An aggressive informal term of address to a stranger. Labels: US, slang Example: Hey, Buddyroll, who you looking at?
Word: kitschier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of kitschy: more kitschy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: kitschiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of kitschy: most kitschy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: quintillionfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quintillion + -fold. 1. By a multiple of one quintillion; by a quintillion times as much or as many. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: quintillionfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From quintillion + -fold. 1. By a factor of one quintillion. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: follicular dendritic cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of follicular dendritic cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ochlagogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀχλαγωγός (okhlagōgós), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “mob”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading, guiding”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒkləɡɒɡ/ 1. A manipulator of a mob who holds sway by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; an extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogue; one who practises ochlagogy. Labels: rare Example: Ochlagogue! What a name for an Irish horse! EVOK.
Word: ochlagogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ochlo- (“mob”) + -agogy (“leading, leadership”), on the pattern of demagogy. Pronunciation: /ˈɒkləˌɡɒd͡ʒi/, /ˈɒkləˌɡɒɡi/, /ˈɑkləˌɡɑd͡ʒi/, /ˈɑkləˌɡoʊd͡ʒi/ 1. Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: One can imagine what Epicurus would have thought of the ochlagogy of Herodes Atticus and his contemporaries, and the noisy demonstrations which it evoked.
Word: hold sway Part of Speech: verb 1. To have the greatest influence (over someone or something); to be pre-eminent; to dominate. Labels: idiomatic Example: Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs. Example: Not only is Jon’s claim to the Iron Throne stronger than hers, thanks to a patriarchal society, but her heroic deeds—and the attendant risks—hold no sway in the North.
Word: burleycue Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of burlecue. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Flapper days and bootleg hootch hysteria / Vaudeville and burley-cue and ooh, la - la / Let yourself go back to days of wah-wah-wah (Singing tune of "Some of These Days" from wings OFF STAGE RIGHT.) Example: The more rarefied world of vaudeville was a considerable step up from this, but even there, as Mae herself noted [...] Secured from unwanted 'Pom Tiddley Om Pom' by her marriage with Wallace, Mae toured the burley-cue circuits[…]
Word: butanethiol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butane + thiol. 1. The thiol, derived from butane, that is the sulfur equivalent of butanol; it is partly responsible for the smell of skunk
Word: cahow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of its cry. 1. An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda. Example: The cahow was known to colonists in Bermuda during the early part of the seventeenth century, and these people relied on it quite heavily for food.
Word: cash instrument Part of Speech: noun 1. A financial instrument that is marketable at close to par under almost all circumstances. Example: In a liquidity crisis, some securities lose their claim to being cash instruments.
Word: cellulolytic Part of Speech: adj 1. That causes the hydrolysis of cellulose
Word: cellulolytic Part of Speech: noun 1. Any such material
Word: cete Part of Speech: noun 1. A cetacean. Labels: rare
Word: cete Part of Speech: noun 1. A company of badgers. Labels: obsolete
Word: chachalaca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 19th century. From South American Spanish chachalaca, from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”), from chāchalāni (“to make a hubbub, create an uproar”). Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɑ.t͡ʃəˈlɑ.kə/ 1. Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.
Word: dereligionize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English religionize English dereligionize From de- + religionize. 1. To render nonreligious; to transform (something) from religious into secular. Labels: transitive
Word: dereligionise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + religion + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of dereligionize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cracid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to birds of the taxonomic family Cracidae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cracid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bird of the family Cracidae. Example: Indeed, if anything it^([the chachalaca]) is further from the Galliformes than the duck; but because of the slight uncertainties in the method Prager and Wilson argued for a three-way split between ducks, cracids, and non-cracid galliforms. Example: Cracraft (1973b, p. 507) asserted that Gallinuloides was closer to phasianids than cracids, but never presented evidence to substantiate his claim.
Word: Aesop Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos). Pronunciation: /ˈiːsɒp/ 1. An Ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him. Example: I'll win them by politeness, and... and... show them that I've nothing to do with that Aesop, that buffoon, that Pierrot, and have merely been taken in over this affair, just as they have.
Word: blitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blit + -er. 1. A software or hardware mechanism that blits. Example: Not only is the Amiga blitter fully integrated with and supported by the system as a whole, it also has access to its own direct memory channel […] Example: Using the hardware blitter to move bitmaps from VRAM to VRAM is much faster than moving them from system memory to VRAM.
Word: bush telegraph Part of Speech: noun 1. A system used by undeveloped societies in remote regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds, word-of-mouth relay, or smoke signals. Labels: idiomatic Example: When I was born, family and friends came from all over, thanks to the bush telegraph. There were very few telephones where I grew up, so my father mentioned my birth to someone at the market. And that woman told a man who was delivering rice to a place up the road. He told someone there, who was taking a herd of cattle south, toward the villages. And pretty soon the news of my birth had spread far and wide. 2. A gossip network. Labels: idiomatic Example: I suppose you've received information, by bush-telegraph, that that third assistant understrapper and ex-sailorman at Tulagi is going to deport me as an undesirable immigrant.
Word: bush-telegraph Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bush telegraph. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: miner's canary Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of canary in a coal mine.
Word: jungle telegraph Part of Speech: noun 1. A system used by primitive cultures in remote tropical regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds or a relay of runners. Labels: idiomatic Example: Working both sides of the stream, they got native chieftains to pass the word by jungle telegraph. 2. A gossip network; an informal communication system within a group or organization. Labels: idiomatic Example: And the jungle telegraph at Bryant Park is alive with rumors that the show's biggest name, Lauren Conrad, will be here any day.
Word: sniffers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sniffer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xylokastro Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Ξυλόκαστρο (Xylókastro), from ξύλον (xýlon) + κάστρο (kástro), literally “wooden castle”. 1. A town in the northern part of Corinthia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece.
Word: Erymanthos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐρύμανθος (Erúmanthos). 1. A mountain in the southcentral part of the Achaia prefecture in southwestern Greece 2. A river in the southwestern Peloponnese in southwestern Greece, it flows into the Achaia and the Ilia prefectures
Word: Aroania Part of Speech: name 1. A mountain the southeastern part of the Achaia prefecture, in southwestern Greece. 2. A village and municipality in southern Achaia prefecture, in southwestern Greece.
Word: Leonidi Part of Speech: name 1. A town in the eastern part of the Arcadia prefecture in southern Greece.
Word: Xylokastron Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Xylokastro. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Xilokastron Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Xylokastro. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Erymanthus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Erymanthus. 1. Alternative form of Erymanthos. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Leonidio Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Leonidi. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Leonidion Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Leonidi. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Megalopolis Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Megalopoli. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Xilokastro Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Xylokastro. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rumor mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: For months the Washington rumor mill has ground out gossip about who might replace U.S. Ambassador Frederick E. Nolting Jr. Example: Unofficial results instead traveled through the rumor mill, passed along on mobile phones from one part of the country to another.
Word: rumour mill Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rumor mill. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fidelities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fidelity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nuclein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Nuclein, corresponding to nucleus + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.klɪ.ɪn/, /ˈn(j)u.kli.ɪn/ 1. A phosphorus-rich protein found in the nucleus of a cell, later specifically nucleohistone or nucleoprotamine; also, any similar compound present in the cell nucleus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While delving microscopically through the pus in surgical bandages, Miescher found a substance he didn't recognize and called it nuclein (because it resided in the nuclei of cells).
Word: tonofilament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. English tono- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament English tonofilament From tono- + filament. 1. A structural filament of keratin present in the cytoplasm
Word: tonofibril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. English tono- English fibril English tonofibril From tono- + fibril. 1. A structural fibril of tonofilaments found in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells
Word: Haumea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hawaiian hau (“ruler”) (archaic) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler". Pronunciation: /ˌhɑː.uːˈmeɪ.ə/, /haʊˈmeɪ.ə/ 1. The goddess of fertility and childbirth. 2. A dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto. Example: Deep searches for regular satellites around Kuiper belt objects are difficult due to observational limitations, but Haumea is one of the few for which sufficient data exist.
Word: fourbery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fourberie. 1. deceit, an unprincipled action. Labels: archaic
Word: four-by-four Part of Speech: noun 1. A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a four-speed transmission. 2. A four-wheel vehicle with four-wheel-drive. 3. any four-wheel-drive vehicle. Labels: broadly 4. A four-inch per four-inch gauze or similar material. 5. A woman who has had four children by four different fathers. Labels: British, slang
Word: four-eyed fish Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a genus Anableps of fish in the family Anablepidae having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided in two different parts, so that they can see below and above the water surface at the same time, inhabiting fresh and brackish waters of Mexico, Honduras, and northern South America.
Word: Fourier series Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier (1768-1830), who pioneered research into such series and their application to problems of heat transfer and vibration. 1. Any series resulting from the decomposition of a periodic function into terms involving cosines and sines (or, equivalently, complex exponentials). Example: 1951 [Blackie & Son], R. C. H. Young (translator), Konrad Knopp, Theory and Application of Infinite Series, [1947, Konrad Knopp, Theorie und Anwendung der unendlichen Reihen, 4th Edition], 1990, Dover, Unabridged unaltered reprint of 2nd English Edition, page 493, As we have seen (pp. 369—370), the question of the necessary and sufficient conditions under which the Fourier series of an integrable function converges and represents the given function is one which presents very great difficulties. Example: 2001, David Cruz-Uribe (translator), Javier Duoandikoetxea Zuazo, Fourier Analysis, [1995, Javier Duoandikoetxea Zuazo, Análisis de Fourier], American Mathematical Society, page 20, There are excellent discussions of Fourier series and integrals in Katznelson [10] and Dym and McKean [4]. The book by R. E. Edwards [5] is an exhaustive study of Fourier series from a more modern perspective.
Word: parro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paralytic + -o (“diminutive suffix”). 1. Very drunk, intoxicated. Labels: Australia, colloquial, slang Example: I was so parro that I pissed in the sink. Example: I've made better web pages when I've been parro.
Word: fowlery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fowl Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English fowlery From fowl + -ery. 1. A place where fowl are raised.
Word: foxery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foxerie, equivalent to fox + -ery. 1. cunning behavior; trickery; deceit Labels: uncountable
Word: charet Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of charette (“chariot”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The sprete sayde unto Philip: Goo neare and ioyne thysilfe to yonder charet. Example: His cruell wounds with cruddy bloud congealed, They binden vp so wisely, as they may, And handle softly, till they can be healed: So lay him in her charet, close in night concealed.
Word: charette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French charrette (literally “small cart”). In the modern sense popularized by the US design supply chain Charrette (1969–2009). Pronunciation: /ʃɑːˈrɛt/, /ʃəˈɹɛt/ 1. A small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot. Example: He was in fierce wrath, because Patrasche had been a strong and much-enduring animal, and because he himself had now the hard task of pushing his charette all the way to Louvain. Example: A shaggy Indian pony came ambling around the corner between the long shafts of a charette. 2. A period of intense work, especially group work undertaken to meet a deadline. Labels: US Example: Today's charrette is basically a community planning process designed to arrive at implementable plans and solutions to community concerns in a very short time period.
Word: fpm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By initialism. 1. Initialism of feet per minute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cheekpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheek + piece. 1. A piece of armour, or the bridle of a horse, that protects the cheek.
Word: fraudulency Part of Speech: noun 1. fraudulence Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: choristodere Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the order Choristodera of extinct reptiles
Word: free alongside ship Part of Speech: phrase 1. A situation in which the seller pays for transportation to the port, and the buyer pays for the rest of the transportation.
Word: cost and freight Part of Speech: noun 1. A scheme whereby the seller pays for transportation to the port of loading, cost and freight, and the buyer pays for the insurance and the rest of the transportation. Labels: uncountable
Word: cost, insurance and freight Part of Speech: noun 1. Goods, transportation to the port of destination, and marine insurance (as paid for by a seller). Labels: uncountable
Word: Carriage Paid To Part of Speech: noun 1. The seller pays for the freight to the named destination, but the buyer pays for the insurance during the transportation. Labels: uncountable
Word: Delivered At Frontier Part of Speech: noun 1. A previously used Incoterm meaning the seller pays for the transportation of the goods, usually to a place on a border or frontier, and the buyer pays for the transportation from the frontier. Labels: uncountable
Word: Delivered Duty Paid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a seller, paying for all the costs and risks of transportation to a named place in the country of import. Labels: not-comparable
Word: T-bill Part of Speech: noun 1. A Treasury bill. Labels: US
Word: Delivered Duty Unpaid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a seller, delivering the goods to the named destination, and paying for all transportation except for the unloading, duty and the further transportation to a named place in the country of import, which is the responsibility of the buyer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Delivered Ex Quay Part of Speech: phrase 1. The seller pays for all transportation and insurance until the goods have been unloaded at the port of destination.
Word: Delivered Ex Ship Part of Speech: phrase 1. The seller pays for all transportation and insurance until the transporting ship has arrived at the port of destination.
Word: Ex Works Part of Speech: noun 1. Meaning the buyer pays for all insurance and transportation from the seller's premises, and the seller's only responsibility is making the goods available at the seller's premises. Labels: uncountable
Word: Free Carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. Meaning the seller incurs all costs of transportation up to a named carrier, after which the responsibility is with the buyer. Labels: uncountable
Word: cerebrotonia Part of Speech: noun 1. In the somatotype theories of William Herbert Sheldon, an intellectual personality type characterised by emotional restraint and alertness correlated with the ectomorph body type.
Word: INCO term Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Incoterm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: croaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English croak 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 croaker From croak + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹoʊkɚ/ 1. Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound. 2. Any of certain fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds they make. 3. A frog. Labels: informal Example: Frogs are also sensitive to vibrations through the ground, a footfall usually being sufficient to instil silence in a pond full of croakers. 4. A doctor. Labels: slang Example: "Lungs," said McGuire comprehensively. "I got it. The croaker says I'll come to time for four months longer—maybe six if I hold my gait.[…]" Example: He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script. 5. One who will soon die; a goner. Labels: slang Example: Mrs. Burke had […] bought a bottle […] to comfort him in his dying struggles (she was sure he must be a 'croaker'). 6. A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer. Labels: dated Example: There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin. Example: It is thought by many, and said by some, that this Republic has already seen its best days; that the historian may now write the story of its decline and fall. Two classes of men are just now especially afflicted with such forebodings. The first are those who are croakers by nature – the men who have a taste for funerals, and especially national funerals. They never see the bright side of anything, and probably never will.
Word: free lunch Part of Speech: noun 1. Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort. Labels: idiomatic Example: He had also been under some pressure from up the hill (Murray MacLehose) to spend more, on social welfare, on public housing, on medical and health, on law and order — an endless list of highly desirable causes as well as a few free lunches.
Word: there's no such thing as a free lunch Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: In use since the 1930s. Popularized by the American economist Milton Friedman through the title of a 1975 book, and frequently misattributed to him. 1. Nothing is free; even things that appear free often have to be paid for in the end.
Word: there ain't no such thing as a free lunch Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of there's no such thing as a free lunch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tacks up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tack up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: takes on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tears away Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tear away Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tees off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tee off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: throws away Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of throw away Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: throws down Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of throw down Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: throws up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of throw up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Frenchism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *frankô Proto-West Germanic *Frankō Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *Frankisk Old English Frencisċder. Middle English Frensch English French Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Frenchism From French + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪzəm/ 1. A custom peculiar to France. 2. A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of French. Labels: rhetoric
Word: teeing off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tee off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tearing away Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tear away Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: taking on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tacking up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tack up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tacked up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tack up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Fresno Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵósder. Proto-Italic *frā̆ksinos Latin fraxinus Old Spanish fresno Spanish fresnobor. English Fresno Borrowed from Spanish fresno (“ash tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛznoʊ/ 1. A city, the county seat of Fresno County, in central California, United States. Example: Desperate family members and authorities in central California are searching for a mother and her 8-month-old daughter, who haven’t been seen in almost two weeks since departing Fresno to return to their home near Sacramento. 2. A census-designated place in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. 3. A census-designated place in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. 4. A town and municipality in Tolima department, Colombia.
Word: throwing away Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of throw away Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: throwing down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of throw down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: friendess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frendesse, equivalent to friend + -ess. 1. A female friend. Labels: archaic
Word: Friendly Islands Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named as such because of the friendly reception Captain James Cook received on his first visit to Tonga in 1773. 1. The kingdom of Tonga.
Word: tore away Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of tear away Labels: form-of, past
Word: took on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take on Labels: form-of, past
Word: threw away Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of throw away Labels: form-of, past
Word: threw down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of throw down Labels: form-of, past
Word: torn away Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of tear away Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: taken on Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thrown away Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of throw away Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thrown down Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of throw down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: free lunches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of free lunch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turns on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turn on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turning on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turn on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: turned on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of turn on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: turned on Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been switched on or placed in the on position. 2. Sexually aroused. Labels: slang
Word: organocatalytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From organo- + catalytic. 1. Of or pertaining to organocatalysis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hedgehog signalling pathway Part of Speech: noun 1. A key regulator of animal development present in many organisms from flies to humans. Labels: uncountable
Word: Cetti's warbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Italian zoologist Francesco Cetti Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛtiz/ 1. A small, Old World passerine bird, Cettia cetti, of the warbler family (Sylviidae).
Word: hypovolemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English volemia English hypovolemia From hypo- + volemia. Pronunciation: /haɪpoʊvəˈliːmiə/ 1. A state of decreased blood plasma volume. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gatecrashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gatecrash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gatecrashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gatecrash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gatecrashing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gatecrash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gatecrashing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gatecrash. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: cirl bunting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicized form of Latin name Emberiza cirlus, probably originally from Italian zirlare (“to whistle”). Pronunciation: /səːl ˈbʌntɪŋ/ 1. A small Old World passerine bird, Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family (Emberizidae), very similar to the yellowhammer. Example: A minute or two later, a female cirl bunting dropped down into the field in front of us, soon followed by a male.
Word: gatecrashed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gatecrash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: geckos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gecko Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geckos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gecko Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: imponent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin impōnēns (“laying aside”), present active participle of impōnō (“to put upon”), from im- + pōnō (“put, place”). 1. That imposes a rule. Labels: not-comparable
Word: imponent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin impōnēns (“laying aside”), present active participle of impōnō (“to put upon”), from im- + pōnō (“put, place”). 1. One who imposes a rule.
Word: geckoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gecko Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gelatinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelāre Italian gelareder. Italian gelatinabor. French gélatinebor. English gelatin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English gelatinize From gelatin + -ize. 1. To cause to become gelatinous. Labels: transitive 2. To become gelatinous. Labels: intransitive Example: We allow that to cook long enough to gelatinize so we can mix it easily. 3. To coat or treat with gelatin. Labels: transitive
Word: gelatinise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelāre Italian gelareder. Italian gelatinabor. French gélatinebor. English gelatin English -ise English gelatinise From gelatin + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of gelatinize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gelatinizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gelatinize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: touches up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of touch up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: touching up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of touch up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: touched up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of touch up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tries on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of try on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trying on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of try on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tried on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of try on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tries out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of try out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trying out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of try out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tried out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of try out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tucks in Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tuck in Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tucking in Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tuck in Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tucked in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tuck in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: turns around Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turn around Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turning around Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turn around Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Mr. Petraeus’s admission and resignation represent a remarkable fall from grace for one of the most prominent figures in America’s modern military and intelligence community, a commander who helped lead the nation’s wartime activities in the decade after the Sept. 11 attacks and was credited with turning around the failing war effort in Iraq.
Word: yaffingale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English dialect yaffle (and under the influence of nightingale), from the sound. Pronunciation: /ˈjæfɪŋɡeɪl/ 1. the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis Labels: archaic
Word: turned around Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of turn around Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coelutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coelute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yaffler Part of Speech: noun 1. the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis Labels: archaic 2. A loud-mouthed, obnoxious person Labels: Tasmania, archaic, slang
Word: coeluting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of coelute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coeluted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of coelute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: threw up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of throw up Labels: form-of, past
Word: thrown up Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of throw up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: turn arounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turn around Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scotch eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scotch egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tank engines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tank engine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gas syringes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gas syringe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yagona Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Fijian yaqona. Pronunciation: /jɑˈɡoʊnə/ 1. The kava plant. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The drink made from the kava plant. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Indo-Fijians have taken to drinking yagona or kava, the traditional drink in Fiji.
Word: electron capture detectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electron capture detector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liquid scintillation counters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liquid scintillation counter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-ray diffractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of X-ray diffraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microtiter plates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microtiter plate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yaguarondi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jaguarundi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jaguarondi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jaguarundi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: assay plates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assay plate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yagouarondi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jaguarundi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural, rare
Word: yagouarundi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jaguarundi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural
Word: sampling straws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sampling straw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scintillation cocktails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scintillation cocktail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yah boo Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of derision or scorn. Labels: UK Example: I don't care about your stupid party anyway, so yah boo to you.
Word: yah boo Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterised by derision or scorn. Labels: not-comparable Example: People are fed up with yah-boo politics.
Word: yaguarondis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yaguarondi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jaguarondis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jaguarondi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chromatographing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chromatograph Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncheatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cheat Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English uncheatable From un- + cheat + -able. 1. Not subject to cheating, impossible to cheat (at). Labels: not-comparable Example: Amoz Zahavi^([sic]) argued, however, that natural selection should favor signals that cannot be cheated.³² Uncheatable signals carry a cost, a handicap. Example: We show that the signer can disavow any valid signature to the verifier. In other words, we show that the disavowal of their scheme is not uncheatable.
Word: Yahtzee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trademarked by the Milton Bradley Company in 1956, as an alteration of Yatzie, derived from yacht (see Yacht (dice game)). Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːtsi/ 1. A probability game where players amass scores depending on the values of the five dice they roll.
Word: Yahtzee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Trademarked by the Milton Bradley Company in 1956, as an alteration of Yatzie, derived from yacht (see Yacht (dice game)). Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːtsi/ 1. In the game of Yahtzee, a five-of-a-kind, where all dice show the same value, which is the highest-scoring combination. 2. A Nazi. Labels: Internet, euphemistic
Word: yajna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajñá). Doublet of Yasna. Pronunciation: /ˈjʌdʒnə/, /jʌdʒnjə/ 1. A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas. Labels: Hinduism, countable, uncountable Example: The visit to Pushkar is, however, a little more than the obligatory obeisance done at the site where Brahma carelessly dropped a lotus blossom as he was wondering where to perform a yagnya.
Word: Yalie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yale + -ie. 1. A student at Yale University; a Yale University graduate. Labels: informal Example: The neons and spandex of the “Safety Dance” lend Yalies a fleeting escape from their normal selves, the self who un-tags Facebook photos that may hurt their future electability. Example: Hart, on the other hand, was a cool young Yalie whose 1974 Senate campaign stump speech was actually called “The End of the New Deal.”
Word: yamboo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jæmˈbuː/ 1. Obsolete form of yuanbao Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: yampee Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of yam, Dioscorea trifida, smaller than a regular yam. Labels: Jamaica
Word: yamstchik Part of Speech: noun 1. In 19th-century Russia, someone who delivered post by means of a horse-drawn carriage. Labels: historical
Word: could have done with Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of could do with Labels: form-of, past 2. simple past of can do with Labels: form-of, past
Word: guard station Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of guardhouse.
Word: yamun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Irregular romanization of Mandarin 衙門／衙门 (yámen). 1. Alternative form of yamen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [The] Hai Ie district yamun has a department whose sole business is the rental of fields alloted to resident troops.
Word: yangban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 양반(兩班) (yangban). Pronunciation: /ˈjaŋban/ 1. A member of the ruling class of male Confucian intellectuals in Korea at and before the time of the Korean Empire. Labels: historical Example: One yangban, Yi Sŭng-hun, provided a new answer to this crisis of authority: while in Beijing serving as a diplomat, he was baptized a Catholic Christian and went home to propagate his faith.
Word: yanggona Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yagona. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yangona Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yagona. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yangpan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yangban. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Yanomamö Part of Speech: noun 1. A population of native people living in the Amazon rainforest. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Yanomamö Part of Speech: name 1. Their language.
Word: yapock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yapok. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yapok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from the Oyapok River in French Guyana. Pronunciation: /ˈjæpɒk/ 1. The water opossum (Chironectes minimus). Example: Yapoks are carnivorous, eating small fish, crabs, crustaceans, insects, and frogs.
Word: water opossum Part of Speech: noun 1. A marsupial found in Central and South America, Chironectes minimus
Word: gelatinizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gelatinize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gelatinized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gelatinize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gelatinises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gelatinise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gelatinising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gelatinise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gelatinised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gelatinise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: giveaways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giveaway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gilds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɪldz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gild Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: globalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from globalisation, equivalent to global + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of globalize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard