nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: snowdrop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + drop. Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/, /ˈsnoʊ.dɹɑp/ 1. Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia. Example: A flower that first in this sweet garden smiled, / To virgins sacred, and the Snow-drop styled. Example: Tufts of primroses grew under the still leafless trees; the hepatica had succeeded the snowdrop. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”). Labels: alt-of
Word: snowdrop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From snow + drop. Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/, /ˈsnoʊ.dɹɑp/ 1. To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline. Labels: Australia, ambitransitive, slang Example: MS: There was a lot of snowdropping in those days? / SL: Oh, I've never actually stooped to snowdropping; I used to go into shops. Boosting, man, boosting. But you learn how to survive. Example: ‘Snowdropping’ is the business of some poor sods who, often from laundry drying on a clothes line, pinch items of ladies’ underwear, take them away and sniff them.
Word: spiderwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spider + wort. 1. A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow. Example: One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed. If that doesn't sound like the makings of a witch's brew, then I'm the queen of England.
Word: sweet pea Part of Speech: noun 1. A flowering plant, Lathyrus odoratus, grown for its bright colours and sweet fragrance. Example: No one had such pinks as he had; his sweet-william was unrivaled,—he had only half a dozen geraniums, but then they were such geraniums,—the cottage, once an unsightly little mass of lath and plaster, was now besprinkled with roses; and then, his sweet peas were in blossom, and, fortunately for him who had not much to do, they required a great deal of sticking and tying. 2. A term of endearment for something sweet or lovely; a child or an intimate partner, for example. Labels: colloquial Example: He was a nice enough fellow, the boyfriendo. Sweet pea with Jo.
Word: tiger lily Part of Speech: noun 1. A bulbous flowering plant, Lilium lancifolium, with a large spectacular flower and an edible bulb.
Word: wallflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wall + flower. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlˌflaʊ.ə/, /ˈwɔlˌflaʊ.ɚ/, /ˈwɑlˌflaʊ.ɚ/ 1. Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers. Example: A polypetalous corolla is either cruciform, as in a wall-flower, rosaceous, papilionaceous, as in the pea kind, or incomplete, when some parts found in analogous flowers are wanting. 2. Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia. 3. A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place. Example: Mrs. Galbraith shook all over with laughter as she replied, "Hear that boy, asking me to dance ! I'm content to be a wallflower, now-a-days." Example: And now, by virtue of his office, he is entitled to a seat in the Grand Lodge. Is it any wonder he is a wall-flower there […] 4. Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved. Labels: informal Example: I've always been a wallflower, even in my own home. But, I'm willing to learn to be a part of your world. I would like to. I have already told my parents that I want to go to soirées.
Word: wallflower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wall + flower. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlˌflaʊ.ə/, /ˈwɔlˌflaʊ.ɚ/, /ˈwɑlˌflaʊ.ɚ/ 1. To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in. Labels: intransitive Example: […] the idea that a full tango experience is impossible without the presence of wallflowers and without the threat of wallflowering as the potential dancers enter the tango club.
Word: water lily Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various members of the Nymphaeaceae family that are tuberous plants, rooted in soil with leaves (lily pads) and flowers floating on the water surface. Example: The seeds and roots of the water lily are likewise considered a preventative against lechery. 2. Species of genus Nymphoides, fringed water lily and similar plants. 3. Species of genus Nelumbo.
Word: interesting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From interest + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/, /ˈɪn(t)əɹɛstɪŋ/ 1. Of concern; affecting, important. Labels: obsolete Example: He indeed had good reason to be offended; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good, he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy, which had been entrusted to him in conference […]. 2. Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone. Example: Cricket is not interesting to watch. Example: Comics were just another form of entertainment to me, but it got to be more and more interesting every day. 3. Pregnant. (used with situation and condition) Labels: euphemistic Example: I found myself in a fair way of being a mother; and that I might be near my own relations, in such an interesting situation, I and my dear companion departed from H—n, not without great reluctance […]. Example: Mrs Lenville (who, as has been before hinted, was in an interesting state) rushed from the rear rank of ladies, and uttering a piercing scream threw herself upon the body.
Word: interesting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From interest + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ/, /ˈɪntɹɪstɪŋ/, /ˈɪn(t)əɹɛstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of interest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: polyorchid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English orchid English polyorchid From poly- + orchid. 1. Possessing more than two testes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lemming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek. Sense 2 derives from a longstanding myth that they exhibit so much herd mentality that populations jump off cliffs to their deaths together. Pronunciation: /lɛm.ɪŋ/ 1. A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini. Example: The well-known lemmings, in severe winters, at long intervals, move down from the mountains of Scandinavia in immense numbers, crossing lakes and rivers, eating their way through haystacks, and surmounting every obstacle till they reach the sea, whence very few return. 2. Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff. Labels: figuratively Example: Lemmings are strongly cohesive, but could be, in organisational terms, highly destructive for the business. Example: Like a lemming, I followed the crowd, got to the right line and was concentrating hard when queried by the customs officer.
Word: assholery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English asshole Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English assholery From asshole + -ery. 1. Patterns of behavior consistent with those of an asshole. Labels: countable, uncountable, vulgar Example: Near-synonyms: assclownery, asshattery, assholedom, assholism, douchebaggery, douchery Example: As the War's front moves away from them, and the Casino becomes more and more a rear area, as the water grows more polluted and the prices rise, so the personnel coming down on leave get noisier and more dedicated to pure assholery—none of Tantivy's style about them, his habit of soft-shoe dancing when drunk, his make-believe foppishness and shy, decent impulses to conspire, however marginally, whenever possible, against power and indifference.
Word: chunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌŋk/ 1. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone. Example: The statue broke into chunks. Example: a chunk of granite 2. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone. Example: I'd be willing to bet a chunk of my retirement that the number hasn't decreased. Example: […] she'd be willing to bet a chunk of change this would be one of the nicest rooms Kate-Lynn Bowers had ever slept in: it was the sort of place you'd think twice about running away from. 3. A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic. Example: In fact, some linguists suggest that 45 percent to 60 percent of what you produce in your L1 is functional chunks of language. These chunks of language also give you some sense of fluency. 4. A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block. Example: The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file. Example: Each peer downloads the desired file, in chunks, from a multitude of other peers. While downloading missing chunks, peers upload to other peers in the same torrent the chunks they have already obtained. 5. A segment of a comedian's performance. Example: You begin gathering two hours of dependable comedy by developing that first three-minute chunk. When you're satisfied with it, you create another three minutes of laughs, then another three minutes. Example: If you're gigging outdoors for the Society of Catholic Gardeners, don't close your set with your "Papa Beelzebub" chunk (no matter how life affirming you think it is!).
Word: chunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌŋk/ 1. To break into large pieces or chunks. Labels: transitive 2. To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size. Labels: transitive Example: These results offer tentative evidence that suggests that certain components of computer-mediated instruction (in this case, access to and control over syntactically chunked, captioned video) are not necessarily beneficial for certain learners […] 3. To throw. Labels: Southern-US, slang, transitive Example: Calpurnia said it was hard on Helen, because she had to walk nearly a mile out of her way to availed the Ewells, who, according to Helen, “chunked at her” the first time she tried to use the public road. 4. To add wood to a fire or to stoke it. Labels: Appalachia, intransitive 5. To deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent. Labels: transitive Example: He's chunked right before the next battle so he has to regen HP. 6. To remove a chunk from. Labels: transitive Example: "Mind you keep very still," he said, "or I might chunk a bit out of you with the spade."
Word: chunk Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌŋk/ 1. Archaic form of chank (“type of spiral shell”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: comic book Part of Speech: noun 1. A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.
Word: malnutrition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nutrition English malnutrition From mal- + nutrition. Pronunciation: /ˌmæl.nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ 1. A lack of adequate nourishment. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is predictable that some of these infections occur in individuals immunocompromised by malnutrition or underlying disease (notably cancer or AIDS) or by immunosuppressive therapy.
Word: starvation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English starve Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English starvation From starve + -ation. Pronunciation: /stɑɹˈveɪʃən/, /stɑːˈveɪʃən/ 1. A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?" Example: Meanwhile, Mr. Netanyahu’s orders to resume delivery of food aid, an abrupt about-face under intense U.S. and international pressure, came as warnings of mass starvation intensify, including from within Israel’s own security establishment. 2. Severe shortage of resources. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Fuel starvation has several causes. Example: However, if the ASE application is paged out because of memory starvation, the entire process is blocked and no useful work can be done until the required pages are brought into memory. 3. A state where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to process its work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whenever multiple threads compete for a scarce resource, there is the danger of starvation, a situation in which the thread never gets the resource.
Word: pregnancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pregnant + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/ 1. The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this. Labels: countable Example: News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness. Example: Viable non-malformed singleton pregnancies were selected for cerebellar measurements; transcerebellar diameter, (TCD), left and right cerebellar diameters (LCD, RCD). 2. The period of time this condition prevails. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The progression of stages from conception to birth. Labels: uncountable
Word: landing strip Part of Speech: noun 1. A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary. Example: a jet landing strip Example: As Discovery headed towards the landing strip in the Mojave desert, radio contact between Mission Control and the shuttle was kept to a minimum. 2. A cultivated pubic hair pattern in which much of the pubic hair is removed, leaving only a central vertical line or rectangle. Labels: idiomatic 3. A rectangular piece of slightly thicker plastic on the top rise (front part) of a diaper, especially a disposable one, to which the tapes or tabs can be fastened; usually has print designs on it.
Word: impregnate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɹɛɡneɪt/, /ɪmˈpɹɛɡneɪt/ 1. To cause to become pregnant. Labels: transitive Example: I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is. Example: A speech impregnated with references to the Constitution. 2. To fertilize. Labels: transitive 3. To saturate, or infuse. Labels: transitive Example: To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a. To impregnate with tartar. Example: We find those charæ which secrete the largest quantity of calcareous matter in their stems to abound near springs impregnated with carbonate of lime. 4. To fill pores or spaces with a substance. Labels: transitive Example: It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left. 5. To become pregnant. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: Were they, like Spanish Jennets, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention.
Word: impregnate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmprɛɡnət/, /ɪmˈprɛɡnət/ 1. Impregnated (all senses). Labels: obsolete, rare 2. Pregnant, with child. Labels: obsolete, rare 3. Rendered fruitful, prolific. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, rare 4. Imbued, saturated, permeated or filled with. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: There Juno stopped, and, her fair steeds unloosed, Of air condensed a vapour circumfused: For these, impregnate with celestial dew, On Simoïs' brink ambrosial herbage grew. 5. Impregnable. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: wormwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wormwode, a folk etymology (as if worm + wood) of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English wermōd (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of vermouth. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːm.wʊd/, /ˈwəːm.wɵd/, /ˈwɚm.wʊd/, /ˈwøːm.wʊd/, /ˈwʌɾm.wʉd/ 1. An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But as I said, / When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple / Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, / To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug! Example: Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 2. Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The irony of this reply was wormwood to Zeluco; he fell into a gloomy fit of musing, and made no farther inquiry […]. Example: Yet I think the Archdeacon, a "new man," to whom the aristocratic Canon's popularity was wormwood, did dislike him.
Word: OPEC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpɛk/, /ˈoʊpɛk/ 1. Acronym of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Yes there are analogs in Dune of today’s events—corruption and bribery in the highest places, whole police forces lost to organized crime, regulatory agencies taken over by the people they are supposed to regulate. The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC. Example: It was obvious that, if Opec was going to survive much longer, it had to be taken seriously by the world’s major oil companies. So Yamani decided, if the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, Opec had somehow to impose its presence on the oil companies.
Word: fellow traveller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For sense 2: calque of Russian попутчик (poputčik). 1. One who travels together with another. Example: The arrangement of some seats facing and some one behind the other, bus fashion, seems a sensible compromise; I am one of those who do not enjoy staring at my fellow travellers for perhaps hours on end. 2. One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer. Example: Near-synonym: camp follower Example: Earlier in the year, Ohio Senator Robert Taft charged that Democratic congressional proposals "bordered on communism," while Joe Martin called for Republican victories in order to oust the Communists and fellow travelers from the federal government.
Word: sputnik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Balto-Slavic *san? Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm? Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) Russian с- (s-) Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s Proto-Balto-Slavic *pántis Proto-Slavic *pǫtь Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Proto-Indo-European *-eykos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-eikas Proto-Slavic *-ikъ Proto-Slavic *-ьnikъ Proto-Slavic *pǫtьnikъ Russian пу́тник (pútnik) Russian спу́тник (spútnik)bor. English sputnik From Russian спу́тник (spútnik, “satellite”, literally “fellow traveller”), from с- (s-, “with, together”) + пу́тник (pútnik, “traveller”), from путь (putʹ, “way, journey”) + agent suffix -ник (-nik). Pronunciation: /ˈspʊtnɪk/, /ˈspʌtnɪk/ 1. Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957. Labels: historical Example: Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon. The science wasn't even there yet. NASA didn't exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn't just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs. This is our generation's Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race. And in a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal. 2. Any artificial satellite. Labels: dated Example: BEFORE school rocketed into his tiny world with about as much warning as a sputnik, my son knew only little hates. Example: With this program, we could bring water to the Middle East. We could rebuild some of our sagging esteem in that part of the world; we could insure that in this area at least we would have our sputniks abreast the Russians', and we could do our own economy a priceless good turn. 3. The currency sign ¤. Labels: slang
Word: attrib Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of attributive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: deep cover Part of Speech: noun 1. A fielding position on the off side, about 30° forward of square and near the boundary; a fielder in that position. Labels: uncountable 2. The cover of a spy who penetrates a target for an extended time by embedding committedly into the surrounding culture and operating under a long-term false identity. Labels: uncountable
Word: deep midwicket Part of Speech: noun 1. A fielding position on the leg side, about 30° forward of square and near the boundary; a fielder in that position.
Word: deep point Part of Speech: noun 1. A fielding position on the off side, square of the batsman's wicket and near the boundary Example: Buttler was the more fluent, scooping and driving, but when he was caught at deep point for 59, England still needed 46 from 31 balls. 2. a fielder in that position.
Word: deep square leg Part of Speech: noun 1. A fielding position on the leg side, square of the batsman's wicket; a fielder in that position. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: square leg Part of Speech: noun 1. A fielding position on the leg side, square of the batsman's wicket, between leg gully and midwicket; a fielder in that position. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: square leg umpire Part of Speech: noun 1. The umpire who stands at or near square leg to rule on decisions at the batsman's end of the wicket.
Word: unhappy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unhappy; equivalent to un- + happy. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhæpi/ 1. Not happy; sad. Example: I am unhappy. Example: A moment of time may make us unhappy forever. 2. Not satisfied; unsatisfied. Example: An unhappy customer is unlikely to return to your shop. 3. Not lucky; unlucky. Labels: dated Example: The doomed lovers must have been born under an unhappy star. Example: The pointed shaft of the cart had entered the breast of the unhappy Prince like a sword, and from the wound his life's blood was spouting in a stream, and falling with a hiss into the road. 4. Not suitable; unsuitable. Labels: dated Example: The people, if they are not strangely bent Against our welfare, never will consent To this unhappy match, foreboding ill: What's it to us, if th' adverse nation will?
Word: unhappy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unhappy; equivalent to un- + happy. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhæpi/ 1. A person who is not happy. Example: Leduc, as is true of many other unhappies, is largely a confessional writer: her subject is herself, and her gift is a driving, vivacious power that turns her incurable, inveterate unhappiness into a series of dramas […]
Word: unhappy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unhappy; equivalent to un- + happy. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhæpi/ 1. To make or become unhappy; to sadden. Example: A happy gentleman in blood and lineaments, By you unhappied and disfigured clean Example: In the greate desire I have unto your grace's service, nothing has more unhappied me than the wante of opportunitie in which I might expresse the character of my harte that onlie takes of your impressions.
Word: papers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪpɚz/, /ˈpeɪpəz/ 1. plural of paper. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: papers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪpɚz/, /ˈpeɪpəz/ 1. Official documents or identification, as a passport. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home. Example: Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid. 2. A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. cigarette papers Labels: Australia, plural, plural-only Example: "All right, if you happen to be over that way, just get me some fags. No, wait a shake, get me a tin of cigarette tobacco and some papers."
Word: papers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪpɚz/, /ˈpeɪpəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paper Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plans Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /plænz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plans Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /plænz/ 1. plural of plan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suppose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose. Pronunciation: /səˈpəʊz/, [səˈpʰəʊz], /səˈpoʊz/, [səˈpʰoʊz] 1. To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution. Example: I won't be back before midday, I don't suppose. 2. To theorize or hypothesize. Labels: transitive Example: Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C. Example: Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. 3. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. Labels: transitive Example: How easy is a bush supposed a bear! Example: Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead. 4. To reckon to be, to account or esteem as. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [He] keeps you from the honors of a Queene, Being ſuppoſde his worthleſſe Concubine. 5. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature. Labels: transitive Example: Purpose supposes foresight. Example: One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. 6. To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: A Water-monster, called the Nickard, does enter by night the chamber, where a woman is brought to bed, and stealeth when they are all sleeping, the new-born child and supposeth another in its place, which child growing up is like a monster and commonly dumb. Example: ... that they when the queen is in child-birth, be present and warily observe lest the la-dies should privily counterfeit the inheritable sex, by supposing some other male, when the true birth is female,[…]
Word: Maximilian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Maximilian, ultimately of Latin origin. Pronunciation: [ˈmæksɪmɪljən] 1. A male given name from Latin, rare in English. Example: It is as well certainly not to call a parcel of idle and ragged young rogues by the titles of Augustus, Orlando, and Theodore: nor does it sound very fitting and heroical to hear a father cry out pompously to his little boy, as we did once, - "You, Sir, there, - Maximilian,- come out of the gutter."
Word: Maximillian Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Latin, variant of Maximilian, a modern spelling of Maximilian, taken from films and video game characters.
Word: Gillian Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪliən/, /ˈd͡ʒɪljən/, /ˈɡɪl-/ 1. A female given name from Latin; Medieval variant of Julian and Juliana, revived and quite popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century. Example: Dromio of Ephesus. Maud, Bridget, Marian, Cicely, Gillian, Ginn! Dromio of Syracuse. Mome, malt-horse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch! - - - Dost thou conjure for wenches, that thou call'st for such a store Example: "Just Jill, I'm afraid." "Would you prefer if it was Gillian?" "Oh, I think so. Gillian sounds so much fancier." "Fancy?" Terrence said. He smiled at her. "Or perhaps it sounds flashy?" "Royal," Richard said. "Flowery," Terrence added. "You could say Gillian was more flowery. That would fit. What about you, Corrie, what does it sound like to you?" "Rich," Corrie glanced at Jill. "Gillian sounds richer than Jill."
Word: gillion Part of Speech: num Etymology: From gi(ga)- + -illion. Modelled after million, billion etc. Compare also jillion. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪljən/, /ˈd͡ʒɪljən/ 1. A thousand million, proposed as an alternative to the (now little used) British milliard and the (ambiguous, in the UK) US billion. Labels: UK, rare Example: The internationally agreed symbol for 10^6 is M and this is the initial letter of million. Would it not be logical and convenient to turn this happy accident into a principle and use G, the internationally agreed symbol for 10^9, as the initial letter of the word for 1,000,000,000? That number would thus be called a gillion. Whether the g should be hard or soft is a matter of opinion. I incline to hard because of the derivation from giga.
Word: gillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gi(ga)- + -illion. Modelled after million, billion etc. Compare also jillion. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪljən/, /ˈd͡ʒɪljən/ 1. An unspecified large number (of). Labels: excessive, slang Example: At Guy's school there had been an outdoor pool, in use from April to October, a watery grave for a billion insects, or quite possibly a gillion or a squillion. The bright turquoise lining had wrinkled under the children's feet. Example: I looked down to see my dog, Roof, short for Rufus, curled in sleep below the window, unworried by the wings of hummingbirds whirring at speeds of a gillion miles an hour as they flitted in and out of the trumpets of honeysuckle growing on the side of the house.
Word: squillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See -illion. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪljən/ 1. A very large, unspecified number (of). Labels: slang Example: The word million was adequate for most things, billion came in handy on occasions, but if you wanted to use a word for a very, very large number, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion. Example: You thinks to yourself, ‘There’s a billion, trillion squillion of them, no one’s going to notice.’ But that’s where professionalism comes in, sort of thing.
Word: Stilton Part of Speech: name Etymology: Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪltən/ 1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: Stilton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪltən/ 1. A type of blue-veined cheese made in England. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is needed or wanted; the very thing; the ticket. Labels: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable Example: That's the Stilton!
Word: gazillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See -illion Pronunciation: /ɡəˈzɪljən/ 1. An unspecified large number (of). Labels: excessive, slang Example: Even if you are not a transistor collector, it is still pretty neat seeing that many early transistors. Wowzers...yes indeed...wowzers! Ok...it is not a gazillion but sure is a bunch. Example: First, he is merely following laws written by nativist Republicans. This is a cop-out. As president he sets priorities for the executive branch, which cannot catch and prosecute everyone who breaks any of the gazillions of federal rules.
Word: zillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See -illion. An arbitrary coinage, appearing by 1916, on analogy of million, billion, trillion. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪljən/ 1. An unspecified large number (of). Labels: excessive, slang Example: Low Man: 'Thanks again, Woody. I'll see you next time the world needs saving.' / Woody: 'Pfft, yeah. Only if we sell a zillion units!' Example: "We are certainly not blaming lower socioeconomic families for not talking to their kids - there are probably a zillion reasons why that happens."
Word: hyperbolically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hyperbolic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hyperbolically From hyperbolic + -ally. 1. In a hyperbolic manner.
Word: hyperbolically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hyperbolic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hyperbolically From hyperbolic + -ally. 1. In a hyperbolic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Wilton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪltən/ 1. A number of places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A number of places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance. 7. A number of places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A parish of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A small town in New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A village in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472) in western Saskatchewan, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues. 18. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 27. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 28. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 29. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: Wilton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪltən/ 1. A type of carpet, originally made in the town of Wilton.
Word: classifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English classify 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 classifier From classify + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/, /ˈklæsɪfaɪə/ 1. Someone who classifies. Example: He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler. 2. A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as CJKV languages and sign languages), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs. 3. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density. 4. A program or algorithm that classifies. 5. A metaclass used to group other entities having common features. Example: A classifier can have several types of extra information attached to it via a UML mechanism called adornments. Example: The owner scope of a feature specifies whether the feature appears in each instance of the classifier or whether there is just a single instance of the feature for all instances of the classifier.
Word: Nile Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos). Pronunciation: /naɪl/ 1. A large river in Africa, usually considered to be the longest river in the world; its basin covers Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt, flowing north through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea. Example: The seven mouths of the Nile then, from east to west, are the Pelusian, the Mendesian, the Bucolic, the Sebennytic, the Saïtic, the Bolbitine, and the Canopic. Such is the account of Heredotus. Example: A river you think so little about, you don’t even realize that’s not the Nile, this is the Nile. 2. A township in Ohio, United States, named after the river; in full, Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio. 3. A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Word: riding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ride Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: riding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/ 1. A path cut through woodland. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings. 3. The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order. Example: A maximum of 80 m.p.h. was quickly reached on the 1 in 264 down through Three Bridges and at this pace the riding was exemplary. 4. A festival procession. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: It was sung from the top of the oldest house in the burgh every June at the Common riding, which served both for a perambulation of the bounds of the common pastures or Haughs and to commemorate the young men of Harwick[.]
Word: riding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From trithing (initial /t/ absorbed into preceding north, south, east, west, inner ⟨th⟩ already sometimes /d/ in Middle English), from Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriþing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”), from Proto-Germanic *þridjô (“third”) (English third). Equivalent to third + -ing; compare with farthing (“fourth part”). Cognate with English trithing. The folk etymology that connects the term to the area a horse-rider could cover in a single day is incorrect, but may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/ 1. Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England. Labels: historical 2. Electoral district or constituency. Labels: Canada Example: Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act[…]
Word: permit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”). Pronunciation: /pɚˈmɪt/, /pəˈmɪt/ 1. To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. Labels: transitive Example: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda. Example: Last week the decision on two points was conclusive: the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. will not permit ordination of women as ministers, but will permit their election as ruling elders, permission which makes possible a woman as moderator. 2. To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. Labels: transitive Example: He was ultimately cleared, but during that period, Mr. Ackman said, his lawyers would not permit him to defend himself publicly. 3. To allow for, to make something possible. Labels: intransitive Example: What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted. Example: For snackage there's a 1950s-themed diner plus a barbie on the terrace, weather permitting. 4. To allow, to admit (of). Labels: intransitive Example: "You English are always so frivolous," said the Princess. "In Russia we have too many troubles to permit of our being light-hearted." Example: "As an instrument of economic policy, incantation does not permit of minor doubts or scruples." 5. To grant formal authorization for (something). Labels: transitive Example: The Building Department permitted that project last week. Example: […] they have not expanded so far federal permitting authority to site and permit transmission lines that are important for interstate commerce. 6. To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). Labels: transitive Example: We've been busy permitting the State Street development. 7. To hand over, resign (something to someone). Labels: archaic, rare Example: Let us not aggravate our sorrows, / But to the gods permit the event of things.
Word: permit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”). Pronunciation: /pɚˈmɪt/, /pəˈmɪt/, /ˈpɝmɪt/, /ˈpɜːmɪt/, /ˈpər.mɪʈ/ 1. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. Example: A construction permit can be obtained from the town offices. Example: Go over to the park office and get a permit for the #3 shelter. 2. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. 3. Formal permission. Labels: obsolete
Word: permit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, “young tuna”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɝmɪt/, /ˈpɜːmɪt/ 1. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
Word: flummox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily. [OED]. First use appears c. 1837 in the writings of Charles Dickens. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌməks/ 1. To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast. Labels: transitive Example: With United's movement flummoxing the visitors, Berbatov saw his low shot saved well by Ben Foster on his first return to Old Trafford. 2. To give in, to give up, to collapse. Labels: intransitive, uncommon
Word: mum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative form of mam, or an abbreviation of mummy. Compare mom, mama. Pronunciation: /mʌm/ 1. Mother. Labels: Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New-England, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, UK, informal Example: From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly. Example: 'Ooh Mum, Auntie don′t allow smokin’ - Pat′s eyes were round with awe as Mum struck a match.
Word: mum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of chrysanthemum. Pronunciation: /mʌm/ 1. A chrysanthemum. Labels: US Example: I don't know whether that's true or whether New Yorkers are being enjoined from watering the mums in their window boxes or whatever, but I do know that there hasn't been one rain-delay in the whole tournament so far […]. 2. A decoration traditionally made of chrysanthemums and ribbons, worn by girls at high school homecoming celebrations, marked with indicators such as the wearer's name, school, the year, and so on. Labels: US
Word: mum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mum or mom (“silent”), reminiscent of the sound made when gagged or with a hand over one's mouth. Perhaps related to dated German Mumme (“mask”). Pronunciation: /mʌm/ 1. Silent. Labels: archaic, colloquial, not-comparable Example: The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. Example: [Vladimir Putin] has serious climate problems. And he has been mum on his willingness to do anything. 2. Secret. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: “Come here, friend,” sternly from the doctor. “Now I give you the way inside if you’ll promise to keep it mum.”