nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: breakup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from break up. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/ 1. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division. Example: Several factors led to speculation that the accident might have been caused by a bomb or missile strike, including heightened safety and security concerns because of the 1996 Olympics then being held in the United States, the fact that TWA flight 800 was an international flight, and the sudden and catastrophic nature of the in-flight breakup. 2. The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship. Example: "Eventually, I just pieced it together, figuring your butting heads could probably be explained by a break up. Years of anime shipping trained me for this." 3. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown. 4. The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring. Labels: Canada, Northern
Word: breast-fed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of breast-feed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: breast-fed Part of Speech: adj 1. Suckled at one's mother's breast. Labels: not-comparable
Word: breathalyze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from breathalyzer. 1. To estimate the alcohol content of a person's blood by using a breathalyzer
Word: briber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bribe + -er. 1. A person who bribes.
Word: bridgeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bridge Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bridgeable From bridge + -able. 1. Able to be spanned by, or as if by, a bridge. 2. Possible to reconcile. Labels: figuratively
Word: bridgework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bridge + -work. 1. A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Just think. If you were some big shot like a casting director or something, I'd be staring into your bridgework, saying, 'Yes, Mr. Smearkase; no, Mr. Smearkase; not really, Mr. Smearkase. Oh! Mr. Smearkase, that's my knee!' Example: She called us by all our names, and when she grinned she revealed two minute gold prongs clipped to her eyeteeth. When I admired them and hoped I would have some eventually, she said, “Look here.” With a click of her tongue she thrust out her bridgework, a gesture of cordiality that cemented our friendship. 2. The construction or repair of bridges. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Of these Stable Creek bridge, 16 miles from Westport, with ten 40 ft. spans and one 20 ft. span, set on a curve of 20 ch. radius, has been completed, and forms part of 2,290 ft. of bridgework now in position on the new route, which is expected to be in service early in 1941. Example: British Railways have plans to build a loop from the down side of the station to burrow under the Ipswich main line and enable down through trains to reach the Clacton line without having to cross the path of up Ipswich trains at Colchester Junction, but the Essex County Council has objected to the scheme on the grounds that the bridgework involved would interfere with its road improvement plans. 3. The component parts of a bridge. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brigandage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French brigandage. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪɡ.ən.dɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈbɹəɡ.ən.dəd͡ʒ/ 1. The lifestyle of a brigand. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The criminal acts of brigands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Honan authorities do not appear to have been successful in maintaining order and suppressing brigandage. Amongst the innumerable acts of lawlessness reported, one of the most daring occurred in the early part of December when a band of 500 mounted robbers attacked the district city of Hsi-hua Hsien, and after looting the town departed unmolested, taking with them some of the leading inhabitants for whose release they demanded a ransom.
Word: brightener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brighten + -er. 1. One who or that which brightens. Example: Country air in the fields, or in gardens, when breathed at proper hours, is an excellent bracer of the nerves, and a sure brightener of the complexion. Example: Chirol's own advice was simple: get the Russian agreement signed. March, month of change, brightener of days and moods, brought that action notably closer. 2. A chemical agent that absorbs ultraviolet and violet light and re-emits blue light by fluorescence, used to make fabric or paper look whiter. 3. Any substance added to an electrolytic bath to yield a brighter electroplated surface.
Word: bright-eyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bryht yhed, equivalent to bright + eyed. 1. eager and alert
Word: brimless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English brim Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English brimless From brim + -less. 1. Having no brim. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) rimless, lipless, ledgeless
Word: brindle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century. 1. A streaky colouration in animals. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An animal so coloured. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I snatch at the puppy closest to me, the brindle, which is limp in my hand, and shove it down my shirt.
Word: brindle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century. 1. Having such a colouration; brindled. Example: It is brindle. Stripes of black and brown ride its ribs like a zebra’s.
Word: brindle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century. 1. To form streaks of a different color. Example: Sorely too as I laboured and toiled, the reward of toil would not come ; already my back began to curve, and my hair to brindle itself with gray, yet I saw no luck before me. Example: It is the perfect opposition of dark and light that brindles the tiger with gold flame and dark flame.
Word: bringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bring 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 bringer From bring + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪŋɚ/ 1. A person or a thing which brings something. Example: Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news / Hath but a losing office. Example: And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 2. Someone who supplies or identifies potential recruits for the military in exchange for payment. Labels: historical, specifically Example: Hancox's recruitment would have gone something like this. In Conventry, where he may have been selling food or livestock at the town's market, he would have been intrigued by the recruiting party, especially the 'bringer', usually a sergeant, no doubt a tall man in scarlet with gold stripes on his sleeve.
Word: brogan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan). 1. A heavy working shoe; a brogue. Example: The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet. Example: Whoever's idea it was to depict Eddie Kendricks wearing an oversized orange sweater, baggy pants, and dull brown brogan loafers on the cover should have been fired.
Word: brokenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English broken Middle English -ly English -ly English brokenly From broken + -ly. 1. In a broken manner. Example: —Something I said, But faint and brokenly of former days, When in the paths of science and of hope, We walk'd, twin-hearted.—Then there came a peal Of vacant laughter from those bloated lips, And the swoll'n hand with trembling haste was stretch'd For friendship's grasp. Example: It split and melted and splayed its contents brokenly. 2. with gaps between words so that normal flow or fluency is affected, as due to emotion; disjointedly. Example: It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly. Example: Upon which, you slink out, bathed in shame and confusion, and Upjohn thanks me brokenly and says if there is anything he can do for me, I have only to name it.
Word: bronc Part of Speech: noun 1. A bronco. Example: Yet, some broncs will be rebels for a lifetime. A lifetime for a horse is usually under thirty years.
Word: bronchitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bronchitis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bronchitic From bronchitis + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to bronchitis.
Word: bronchitic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bronchitis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bronchitic From bronchitis + -ic. 1. A person who has bronchitis.
Word: Kristina Part of Speech: name Etymology: A modern Scandinavian spelling variant of Christina 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina. Example: "Kristina Castleberry," she told him. "That's Kristina with a K, and Castleberry just like it sounds." 2. A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, or Russian female given name Кристина (Kristina)
Word: broncobuster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bronco + buster. 1. A person who breaks horses so that they can be ridden with a saddle. Labels: US
Word: brooder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brood + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːdə/, /ˈbɹudɚ/ 1. A person who broods. Example: Ah! our poor simple fathers should rise up Out of their graves, and come to get advice And comfort from the brooders that are now. 2. A heated box used for chicks or premature babies. Example: [E]verybody worked hard to get the chicks safely into the brooders.
Word: broodingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English brooding Middle English -ly English -ly English broodingly From brooding + -ly. 1. In a brooding manner. Example: But he was broodingly unable to see even the most ivied tower as anything but a pile of stones till, inexplicably, the miracle of recovered hope and courage transformed him.
Word: brooklet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English brook 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 brooklet From brook + -let. 1. A little brook. Example: Vast forests have disappeared from mountain spurs and ridges;[…] rivers famous in history and song have shrunk to humble brooklets; […] Example: There was a very light off-shore wind and scarcely any breakers, so that the approach to the shore was continued without finding bottom; yet though we were already quite close, we saw no indication of any indention in the coast from which even a tiny brooklet might issue, and certainly no mouth of a large river such as this must necessarily be to freshen the ocean even two hundred yards from shore.
Word: brothers-in-law Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brother-in-law Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jinn. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Each grasped a musket in one hand and searched for his hijab with the other, for each carried several of these amulets, and that in demand this night was the one written against the jin, for certainly none but a jin could have done this thing.
Word: jin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 神 (jin). 1. A portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
Word: browbeaten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From brow + beaten. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊbiːtən/ 1. past participle of browbeat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: browbeaten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brow + beaten. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊbiːtən/ 1. intimidated or subjugated
Word: brown-bagger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of brownbagger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brownbagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brown bag + -er. 1. A person who brings their own lunch to work. Labels: US, colloquial 2. Synonym of butterface. Labels: US, colloquial, derogatory
Word: lings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown-nose Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brownnose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brown-nose Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of brownnose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brownnose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brown (“a scatological reference”) + nose. 1. One who sucks up; a bootlicker or sycophant. Labels: figuratively Example: A workmate reported the matter, "which is why the worker threatened to beat up the latter," calling him a "brownnose" and threatening to "wipe the floor with him." Example: 'I know, he's a natural brownnose. I guess he does have some talents.'
Word: brownnose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From brown (“a scatological reference”) + nose. 1. To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion. Labels: intransitive
Word: bucksaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buck + saw. 1. A saw in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood.
Word: buckskins Part of Speech: noun 1. trousers and other clothing made from buckskin Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: budgetary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English budget Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English budgetary From budget + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪ.tə.ɹi/, /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪ.tɹi/, /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.əˌtɛɹ.i/ 1. Of or pertaining to a budget. Labels: not-comparable Example: Japan's revolutionary New Tokaido Line, the 310-mile, 150 m.p.h. route between Tokyo and Osaka that is due to open for passenger traffic in October, has run into the same kind of budgetary trouble that held up our own LMR electrification, though the Japanese Government, unlike our own, has apparently gritted its teeth and allowed the project to go ahead to planned completion.
Word: buffered Part of Speech: adj 1. Using a buffer. Example: a buffered video stream Example: a buffered railway siding 2. Dissolved in a buffer solution.
Word: buffered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of buffer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: buffer solution Part of Speech: noun 1. A solution, containing a buffer, that maintains a relatively constant pH
Word: buffoonish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English buffoon Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English buffoonish From buffoon + -ish. 1. Characteristic of a buffoon. Example: Sisi once joked that he was a spy, drawing laughter from the rest because Segun with his habitual look of buffoonish imbecility, his mouth constantly hanging open, hands flailing, does not look smart enough to be a spy.
Word: built-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other. Example: Built-up weights in the wheels balance the revolving and 50 per cent of the reciprocating weight. Example: Lyness' built-up pilings were not high enough to keep the ground floor above water during this flood. 2. Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated. Example: The stained-glass windows were cleaned; years of built-up soil removed from the murals; the wooden pews sanded and refinished, the kneeling benches covered with soft new carpeting. Example: His analytical method gradually strips away built-up defensive layers of the personality until we are able to see our true selves. 3. Constructed or enhanced. Example: She picketed the skewbald paint with the others, then filled the coffeepot at the creek and started a fresh batch brewing on the built-up fire. Example: World society, as Williams puts it, 'is something of which we need to be suspicious because of the risks that its pursuit may create for the painfully built-up and relatively fragile structures of order that exist among states. 4. Having buildings, especially having residences and high population density. Example: It was all more built-up, she claimed, more busy; and there were objects around which were new and unidentifiable. Example: As they left the built-up centre of Glasgow the buildings gradually thinned out, and there was a feeling of light and space that she had never experienced before. 5. (of an area of land) Having street lights and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit. Labels: UK 6. (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit. Labels: Europe Example: He contended that the speed limit of 80 km/h on motorways, outside a built-up area, which concerns inter alia goods vehicles did not apply to such a vehicle, which is subject to the limits relating to passenger cars. Example: Contra-flow cycling is most often applied on basic cycle network links in low-speed local access roads, both within and outside the built-up area.
Word: bulgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bulge Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bulgy From bulge + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌld͡ʒi/ 1. Having one or more bulges; bulging Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I took Mama Tips to State St Animal Hosp. cuz her right eye was so swollen, plus I'd run out of medication. So I told the vet I'd like him to try & do something bout the one bulgy eye. Example: She decides that she desperately needs a new pair of jeans. She has a pair, but they make her look bulgy.
Word: annexational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English annexation Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English annexational From annexation + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to annexation
Word: bull's-eye Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bullseye. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The door, under the pressure of a human battering-ram, burst open with a crash. On the threshold the intruders—four or five in number—stopped starkly for a moment, held in astonishment by the extraordinary scene that the light from the hall, and of their own bull's-eyes, revealed.
Word: bummed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʌmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bum Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bummed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bʌmd/ 1. Synonym of bummed out. Example: I'm really bummed that we didn't get a company dinner this summer.
Word: Baltic herring Part of Speech: noun 1. A subspecies of Atlantic herring, (Clupea harengus membras), living in the Baltic Sea, smaller than Atlantic herring, with leaner flesh. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bunchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bunchy, bonchy, equivalent to bunch + -y. 1. Having, or growing in bunches.
Word: buncombe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bunkum. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, uncountable Example: (1926) "There's a lot of sort of sentimental buncombe talked the Silver King": "The Theatre in Australia (Sydney)". The Triad : a journal devoted to literary, pictorial, musical and dramatic art. 11 (10): 58. 1 August 1926.
Word: bunkhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bunk + house. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs/ 1. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting. Example: The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
Word: burbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bureaucratize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie French bureaucratebor. English bureaucrat 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 bureaucratize From French bureaucratiser or bureaucrat, bureaucracy + -ize. Pronunciation: /bjʊəˈɹɒkɹətʌɪz/ 1. To bring under the control of a bureaucracy; to make bureaucratic. Labels: transitive Example: Measures aiming to centralize and bureaucratize the state's central finances […] were also introduced, bringing greater economy and rationality to the Treasury.
Word: burled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of burl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: burnable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European *bʰrénuh₁e-? Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-West Germanic *brinnan Old English biernan ▲ Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *brannijaną Proto-West Germanic *brannijan Old English bærnan Old Norse brennabor. Middle English brennen English burn Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English burnable From burn + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝnəbəl/ 1. Able to be burned; combustible
Word: burnable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European *bʰrénuh₁e-? Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-West Germanic *brinnan Old English biernan ▲ Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *brannijaną Proto-West Germanic *brannijan Old English bærnan Old Norse brennabor. Middle English brennen English burn Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English burnable From burn + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝnəbəl/ 1. Anything that can be burned. Example: The lower chamber consumes the burnables. The upper chamber consumes gases, smoke, and odor.
Word: burrower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English burrow 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 burrower From burrow + -er. 1. Someone or something that burrows. Example: Near-synonym: tunneler 2. Someone or something that burrows. Example: We are walking south-west, down a gently increasing slope, with the old farm buildings of the tiny hamlet of Villemiers [in the department of Charente] visible on the other side of the valley a kilometre away. The Transon [a tributary of the river Charente] meanders in the bottom of the valley below, a lazy trickle of a stream with small muddy pools at intervals, home to numerous coypu, a South American rodent that escaped from fur-farms long ago and has found a home-from-home in the many rivers and lakes of the Charente. They are semi-aquatic, resembling beavers in all but their long, rat-like tails. They can be something of a nuisance, as they are great burrowers, creating huge holes in the banks just on the waterline, which does little harm in a stream, but can be disastrous in a man-made lake, since their burrows can puncture the dam.
Word: busgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bus + girl. 1. A female busser; one who clears plates from and cleans tables; one who buses. Labels: US
Word: bush-league Part of Speech: adj 1. Minor-league; second-rate. Labels: US
Word: bushmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to Dutch bosmeester. 1. A venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, from tropical America.
Word: Atlantic herring Part of Speech: noun 1. Clupea harengus, an abundant species of herring and an important food fish living in the North Atlantic.
Word: butternut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butter + nut. 1. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The wood or bark of this walnut tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The nut of this walnut tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The souari nut. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Butternut squash. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He made a delicious butternut soup.
Word: dairyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dairy Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English dairyman From dairy + -man. 1. A man who works in a dairy, as: Labels: usually 2. A man who works in a dairy, as: 3. A man who delivers dairy products.
Word: dairywoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dairy Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English dairywoman From dairy + -woman. 1. A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products. Example: Near-synonyms: dairymaid, milkmaid, dey, dairygirl Example: The above is worthy the attention of every dairy woman.
Word: dairymen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈder-ē-mən/ 1. plural of dairyman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dairywomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dairywoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milkmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milkman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milkwomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milkwoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milkwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English milk Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English milkwoman From milk + -woman. 1. A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
Word: 2-4-4-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.
Word: 2-6-6-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.
Word: 2-8-8-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck. Example: The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, […] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.
Word: 2-10-10-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of ten driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.
Word: 0-8-8-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and no trailing truck.
Word: 0-6-6-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and no trailing truck.
Word: masonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mason Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English masonic From mason + -ic. Pronunciation: /məˈsɒnɪk/, /məˈsɑnɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to freemasonry. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a sign or signal, arcane and secretive. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Without attempting to disturb the harmony of this profitable discussion, Quin, by a masonic gesture to the barmaid, had had three glasses filled up again, and Cripps, Bunson and himself were busy emptying them when Limpet awoke to the fact that treachery was being done.
Word: despairingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English despairing 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 despairingness From despairing + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being despairing. Labels: uncountable
Word: desperateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desperate 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 desperateness From desperate + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being desperate. Labels: uncountable
Word: despisableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English despisable 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 despisableness From despisable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being despisable. Labels: uncountable
Word: despisedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English despised 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 despisedness From despised + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being despised. Labels: uncountable
Word: despisingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English despising 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 despisingness From despising + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being despising. Labels: uncountable
Word: despitefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English despiteful 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 despitefulness From despiteful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being despiteful. Labels: uncountable
Word: despoticalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English despotical 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 despoticalness From despotical + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being despotical. Labels: uncountable
Word: destituteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English destitute 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 destituteness From destitute + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being destitute. Labels: uncountable
Word: destructiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English destructive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English destructiveness From destructive + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being destructive. Labels: uncountable Example: Would Helen’s face-seductiveness have wrought as much destructiveness, Would Antony have followed Cleopatra like a lamb, Unless those ladies’ vanities for snaring male humanities Had been associated with a quantum suff. of glam.?
Word: desultoriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desultory 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 desultoriness From desultory + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being desultory. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: detachableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English detachable 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 detachableness From detachable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being detachable. Labels: uncountable
Word: detachedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English detached 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 detachedness From detached + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being detached. Labels: uncountable
Word: determinateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English determinate 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 determinateness From determinate + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being determinate. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] his determinateness and his power, seemed to make allies unnecessary; […] Example: It cannot be expected that our classifications should vie in accuracy and determinateness with those of natural science.
Word: determinativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English determinative 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 determinativeness From determinative + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being determinative. Labels: uncountable
Word: determinedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English determined 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 determinedness From determined + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being determined. Labels: uncountable
Word: detestableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English detestable 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 detestableness From detestable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being detestable. Labels: uncountable
Word: devilishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English devilish 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 devilishness From devilish + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being devilish. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chalcanthite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chalcanthum (“flowers of copper”) + -ite, from Ancient Greek χάλκανθον (khálkanthon). Pronunciation: /kælˈkæn.θaɪt/, [kʰæɫ(l)ˈkʰæn.θʌɪt̚], [~θɒ͡ɪt̚], [kæwˈkæn.θɒ͡ɪʔ], [kʰæɫˈkʰɛ͡ən.θʌɪt̚] 1. A mineral form of copper sulfate, CuSO₄. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: devoutness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dēvoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtusbor. Old French devotbor. Middle English devout English devout 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 devoutness From devout + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being devout; religiosity. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dewiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dewy 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 dewiness From dewy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being dewy. Labels: uncountable
Word: dexterousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱs Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terósder. Proto-Italic *deksteros Latin dexter Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English dexterous 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 dexterousness From dexterous + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being dexterous. Labels: uncountable
Word: diabolicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English diabolical 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 diabolicalness From diabolical + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being diabolical. Labels: uncountable
Word: dictatorialness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dictatorial 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 dictatorialness From dictatorial + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being dictatorial. Labels: uncountable
Word: differentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēnsder. Old French differentbor. Middle English different English different Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English differentness From different + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being different. Labels: uncountable Example: Only recently […] have biographies incorporated an analysis of an individual's sexuality, not in some vulgar Freudian sense, but as helping to explain someone's internal sense of differentness or specialness — or, as I suspect in Lowenstein's case, aloneness — that becomes a springboard for a special life. 2. The result or product of being different. Labels: countable
Word: chalcopyrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chalco- (“copper, ore”) + pyrite. Named by Johann Friedrich Henckel 1725. Pronunciation: /ˌkæl.kəˈpaɪˌɹaɪt/ 1. A yellow mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and iron, with the chemical formula CuFeS₂.
Word: difficileness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English difficile 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 difficileness From difficile + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being difficile. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: difficultness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English difficult 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 difficultness From difficult + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being difficult. Labels: uncountable
Word: diffidentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English diffident 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 diffidentness From diffident + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being diffident. Labels: uncountable
Word: somatoform disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A psychiatric disorder in which physical symptoms are experienced, but for which no apparent physical cause can be found
Word: somatoform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From somato- + -form. 1. Having no physical or organic cause Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypochondriasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin; by surface analysis, hypochondr(ium) + -iasis. See also hypochondria, hypochondrium, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪːpɔ.kanˈdɹaɪːəsɪs/, [ˌhəɪːpɔʊ.kanˈd͡ʒɹaɪːəsɪs] 1. A mental disorder (in some classifications of such disorders, including ICD-11) that is characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: hypochondria Example: Most individuals who previously would have been diagnosed with hypochondriasis in DSM-IV [1994] (preoccupation with having a serious disease based on the individual’s misinterpretation of bodily symptoms) are now classified as having somatic symptom disorder; however, in one-third of cases, the diagnosis of illness anxiety disorder applies instead.
Word: perfector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perfect + -or. 1. One who perfects.
Word: perfectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perfector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dallier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dally + -er. 1. One who dallies; a procrastinator.
Word: dalliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dallier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dallies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dally Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dallies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dally Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dallying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dally Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dallying Part of Speech: noun 1. dalliance Example: Nevertheless, you must know (if I am to speak honestly to you) that I do not repent me those dallyings in enchanted fields.
Word: dallied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dally Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: procrastinator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From procrastinate + -or. 1. One who procrastinates; one who delays working on things. Example: Live a procrastinator, likely die a procrastinator.
Word: procrastinator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from Spanish Procratalamacion (“midnight snack”) and Old Norse Astinatar (“puckered cheeks”) 1. One who sits on a sandwich in the dark
Word: procrastinators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of procrastinator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: procrastinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of procrastinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: procrastinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of procrastinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: traversal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From traverse + -al. 1. The act of traversing; a crossing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His traversal of the mountains allowed him a view from the peak. Example: The Stephenson Locomotive Society (North Western Area) and the Manchester Locomotive Society are co-operating in running a special corridor train, to be worked by an 0-6-0 locomotive of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday, May 12, over a route which includes visits to four historic stations, ascent of the 1 in 27 Werneth Incline, and traversal of lines normally closed to passenger traffic. 2. The product or result of traversing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of following a path or route. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bulldog gravy Part of Speech: noun 1. A Depression-era foodstuff associated with American coal miners, consisting of a mixture of water, flour, and grease, often eaten with beans. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Now, Emma stood in front of the hot coal stove in Clayton's kitchen, stirring water, lard, and flour in a cast[-]iron skillet with a battered wooden spoon—her first attempt at making bulldog gravy.