nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dowser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dowse + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊzə/ 1. A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod. 2. One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner. Example: Interestingly enough, John Mullins, the celebrated English dowser, was able to do this experiment using a forked twig, rather than a pendulum. He claimed to be able to locate nothing but water with his dowsing rod. Example: The instrument a dowser uses is called a dowsing rod, dowsing stick, doodlebug (when used to locate oil), or divining rod. Almost any item can be used for this purpose: a birch twig, a whalebone, and even a hanger.
Word: imposters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imposter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unilateral contract Part of Speech: noun 1. An agreement in which an offeror's offer can be accepted only by the performance of an act by the offeree; a "promise for a performance".
Word: gate receipts Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of money earned by selling tickets for a concert or a sports event. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: grinding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gryndynge. By surface analysis, grind + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪnd.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grinding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gryndynge. By surface analysis, grind + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪnd.ɪŋ/ 1. The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles; the sound of this action. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine. 2. The action of grinding a workpiece to change its size, shape, and surface finish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Grinding sometimes involves tight tolerances on the order of a few microns. 3. A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No grinding is allowed on the dance floor at the junior prom: it isn't age-appropriate. 4. Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I really hate the grinding to get that 1% chance item. 5. The act of doing the daily grind. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: A: Hey Bob, how's it goin? B: Meh, I'm tired of grinding, man.
Word: grinding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gryndynge. By surface analysis, grind + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪnd.ɪŋ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the act or gratingly sound of grinding. Labels: not-comparable Example: The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree. 2. Relentlessly taxing; burdensome; exacting to the point of exhaustion. Labels: not-comparable Example: A week of filled with grinding toil. Example: I saw none of the grinding poverty to which I had become inured, no beggars, no one passed out in the streets or homeless people forced to camp out in parks and doorways. 3. Crushing; oppressive; overwhelming. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: cleaned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kliːnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of clean Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cleaned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kliːnd/ 1. Having been made clean. Labels: not-comparable
Word: right on Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪt ˈɑn/ 1. Correct and apropos; perfectly true. Example: That's just so right on. It's so true. Example: Joseph was right on. New York was what Jaylene wanted. 2. Alternative form of right-on. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The folks at VAWA were kickass, their politics were completely right on and it's total West Wing. People are there trying to affect change in this certain context. And it was so heartening in this way seeing people being so right on. It was also kind of scary to see people being so right on and this was the best completely right on people could do in the system at this point (SFA). Example: The whole underground scene where we come from is just so right on and maybe that's the way we justify why we've pursued this so far on this level is to maybe open doors, some doors that have been opened for us, by bands who've made dents, who've preceded us.
Word: right on Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪt ˈɑn/ 1. An expression of enthusiasm or encouragement. Labels: US, dated, idiomatic Example: I knew you could do it. Right on! Example: Right on to Jean Segaloff and her Speaking Out column, "The Myth of the 'Feminist Male!" A man who calls himself a "feminist" is akin to a white civil rights worker who calls him or herself a "black activist."
Word: replay attack Part of Speech: noun 1. An attempt to subvert security by recording legitimate communications and repeating them to try to impersonate a valid user.
Word: impersonate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English impersonate From im- + person + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/ 1. To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive. Labels: transitive Example: The conman managed to impersonate several executives. Example: Evil can and will always impersonate goodness. 2. To operate with the permissions of a different user account. Labels: transitive 3. To manifest in corporeal form; to personify. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The shepherds were impersonated, then the Magi, finally Herod himself. In course of time all the elements of a fully developed Nativity play had thus been introduced.
Word: diagnosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of diagnose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yeehaw Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From gee and haw, words used to instruct a horse to turn in different directions. Pronunciation: /ˌjiːˈhɔː/, /ˌjiˈhɑː/ 1. An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys. Labels: Southern-US, US, Western
Word: yeehaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gee and haw, words used to instruct a horse to turn in different directions. Pronunciation: /ˌjiːˈhɔː/, /ˌjiˈhɑː/ 1. To shout yee-haw, or exclaim in a similar manner.
Word: yeehaw Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gee and haw, words used to instruct a horse to turn in different directions. Pronunciation: /ˌjiːˈhɔː/, /ˌjiˈhɑː/ 1. Of or relating to cowboys or the southern United States.
Word: directorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From director + -ate. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛktəɹət/, /daɪˈɹɛktəɹət/ 1. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department. 2. A body of directors. Example: Meronym: managing director Example: The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.
Word: oba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yoruba ọba. 1. A king of a Yoruba polity.
Word: pak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pussies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pussy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pussies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pussy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rostrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rōstrum (“beak, snout”), from rōd(ō) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- + *-trom. The pulpit sense is a back-formation from the name of the Roman Rōstra, the platforms in the Forum where politicians made speeches. The Rōstra were decorated with (and named for) the beaks (prows) of ships from naval victories. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒstɹəm/, /ˈɹɑstɹəm/, /ˈɹɔs-/ 1. A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer. Example: He saw a crowd listening to a man who was talking from the rostrum of a kitchen-chair. 2. A platform for a film or television camera. 3. The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme. 4. The beak. 5. The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils. Example: I once saw two males fighting together; each had a fore-leg laid across the neck of the other, and the rostrum bent quite in an attitude of defiance, and looking most ridiculous. Another time, two were fighting for a female, who stood close by busy at her boring. They pushed at each other with their rostra, and clawed and thumped, apparently in the greatest rage, although their coats of mail must have saved both from injury. 6. The snout of a dolphin. 7. The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral). 8. Any beak-like extension. 9. The inner segment of the coronal lobes in asclepiads.
Word: tuk Part of Speech: noun 1. A Barbadian musical style, based on British regimental music of the colonial era, but accompanied by costumed performances based on African characters. Labels: uncountable
Word: xenolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -lith. 1. Any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.
Word: Vulgate Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Vulgāta. Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlɡeɪt/, /ˈvʌlɡət/ 1. A particular Latin translation of the Bible made by Saint Jerome in the late 4th century CE.
Word: vulgate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vulgātus, past participle of vulgō (“publish, make common, cheapen”). Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlɡeɪt/, /ˈvʌlɡət/ 1. Made common, published for common use. Labels: archaic 2. In or pertaining to the common version or edition. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vulgate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vulgātus, past participle of vulgō (“publish, make common, cheapen”). Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlɡeɪt/, /ˈvʌlɡət/ 1. The language of a people, especially the commoners. Example: The linguistic and socio-historical evidence herein examined suggests that the development of Coptic occurred in Ptolemaic Egypt, not only as a spoken vulgate in the Delta, but as a script produced through […] Example: They might speak the local vulgate among themselves, and certainly among those they were trying to reach outside of the monastery, but read and spoke Latin for religious and official events. 2. A common version or edition.
Word: vulgate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin vulgātus, past participle of vulgō (“publish, make common, cheapen”). Pronunciation: /vʌlˈɡeɪt/ 1. To publish, spread, promulgate to the people. Example: Ordinary and vulgated sources will usually give all that is needed for a broad outline Example: we have seen this in the way in which the affair of Capri has been everywhere vulgated, amid endless perversion and distortion
Word: pysmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pysma Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)bor. English -tic English pysmatic From pysma + -tic. 1. questioning Labels: obsolete
Word: pythiad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πυθίας (Puthías), from Πυθία (Puthía, “Pythia”). 1. The interval of time between the Pythian Games of Ancient Greece: either four or eight years, depending on the historical period. Labels: historical
Word: i- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English i-, y-, ȝe-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱó-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with, near, by, along”). Cognate with Dutch ge-, Low German ge-, je-, e-, German ge-. 1. Used to form past participles of verbs. Alternative spelling of y-. Labels: morpheme, obsolete
Word: i- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin i-, assimilated form of in- used before gn-. 1. A form of the prefix in-, used before gn, as in ignoble, ignominy, and ignore. Labels: morpheme
Word: i- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Used to transform English words into words used by Rastafarians with a special meaning. Labels: Jamaica, morpheme
Word: i- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree English internetwork English Internet English i- From Internet. Popularized in the name of the iMac line of computers (1998). 1. Pertaining to the Internet. Labels: morpheme 2. Pertaining to digital devices and computer programs, especially those that are cutting-edge or fashionable, and those from Apple. Labels: morpheme Example: i- + pod → iPod Example: i- + phone → iPhone
Word: i- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From intelligent 1. Pertaining to computerized, electronic, digital, intelligent controls in products Labels: morpheme
Word: langdebeef Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French langue (“tongue”) + de (“of”) + boeuf (“ox”). 1. bristly oxtongue, a type of daisy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ectopic pregnancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum is implanted in any tissue other than the uterine wall. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: walk around Part of Speech: verb 1. To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
Word: admirers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ədˈmaɪ.ɹɚz/, /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɚz/ 1. plural of admirer Labels: form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:admirers.
Word: aldermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alderman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autumnal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin autumnāl(is). By surface analysis, autumn + -al. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtʌm.nəl/, /ɑˈtʌm.nəl/, /ɔˈtʌm.nəl/, /ɔːˈʈɐm.nɐl/, /ˈɔː.ʈɐm.nɐl/ 1. Of or relating to autumn. 2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage. Example: "The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful over-much,--that is a truth," added a third autumnal matron.
Word: cosily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cosy 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 English -ly English cosily From cosy + -ly. 1. In a cosy manner. Labels: UK Example: This brought them to the fireside, where the easy chair was drawn cosily up, and the tea things stood ready to the sitter’s elbow, the very sugar in the cup. Example: It's hard to put your hands into the pockets of a suit coat. Mine were tucked away cosily in the deep pockets of my zipped-up leather jacket.
Word: cod's wallop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of codswallop. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: If you all want a word together in private you may have it, but you'll be silly if you use the opportunity to cook up a dish of cod’s wallop.
Word: mackinaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Respelling of Mackinac, a strait between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, an island in the strait, and an important trading-post on the island; ultimately from Ojibwe mishinii-makinaang (“at the place of many snapping turtles”). Pronunciation: /ˈmakɪnɔː/, /ˈmækənɔ/ 1. A heavy woolen cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government. Labels: countable 3. Synonym of mackinaw boat. Labels: countable
Word: mackinaw skiff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ojibwe. 1. A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere). 2. A shooner-rigged boat once used on the Great Lakes.
Word: mackinaw boat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ojibwe. 1. A flat-bottomed cargo boat, resembling a canoe, often schooner-rigged, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere). Labels: historical
Word: mackinaw coat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ojibwe. 1. A mackinaw coat.
Word: mackinaw trout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ojibwe [Term?]. 1. The lake trout or North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).
Word: mpret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Albanian mbret. Doublet of imperate. 1. An Albanian monarch.
Word: mpreg Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of male pregnancy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang, uncountable
Word: yaoi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese やおい (yaoi), an acronym of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”), 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”), and 意味(いみ)無(な)し (imi nashi, “no meaning”), originally mocking those who criticised early yaoi works for being too focused on sex scenes instead of storylines. Pronunciation: /ˈjaʊ̯.i/, /ˈjɑ.ɔɪ̯/ 1. A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between two or more men. Labels: Japanese, countable, especially, uncountable 2. A form of hentai involving two or more men in a gay relationship. Labels: Japanese, countable, uncountable Example: I have a ton of gay porn, actually. He knows. I'm a major yaoi freak. But only if it's manga and anime. Because I'm just a pervert like that.
Word: drawish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English draw Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English drawish From draw + -ish. 1. Being a game, or a particular position in a game, deemed likely to end in a draw. Example: The Petroff is considered a very drawish opening.
Word: ineffective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective English ineffective From in- + effective. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.ɪˈfɛk.tɪv/, /ˌɪn.əˈfɛk.tɪv/, /ˌɪn.əˈfek.tɪv/ 1. Not having the desired effect; ineffectual; otiose. 2. Lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate. Example: Fire ants circumvented the problem of an ineffective sting by having an unusual and highly effective venom that when daubed or sprayed on other ants penetrates their waxy protective integumental barrier and kills or disables them. Example: Their use was “impermissible not because it is unwise or ineffective, but because [federal law]^([sic]) does not allow it”, the decision explained.
Word: wood pussy Part of Speech: noun 1. A skunk.
Word: yaourt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French yaourt, from Turkish yoğurt. Doublet of yogurt. 1. Obsolete form of yogurt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: Yaourt is simply the milk turned sour and somewhat resembles curds only that it is thicker in consistency. The milk is originally turned by introducing a few drops of the milk of the fig into a bowl of sheep or goat's milk gently heated and then allowed to cool. A spoonful of the yaourt is kept as a kind of leaven and is sufficient to convert a large bowl of milk into yaourt. Eaten with sugar yaourt is very palatable and refreshing in warm weather and is said to be a preventive of fever.
Word: yaourt Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of yurt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] yaourts with their felt covering are very draughty, and it is hard to keep warm even wrapped in fur […]
Word: yabber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Dating back to 1855. Most likely a modification of Woiwurrung yaba (“to speak”). Pronunciation: /ˈjæb.ə(ɹ)/ 1. To talk, jabber. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Fair dinkum! Will you stop yabbering at me? Example: They yabbered excitedly and edged towards the bank.
Word: yali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یالی (yalı), from Greek γιαλός (gialós). 1. A type of house, particularly found on the Bosporus.
Word: yahrzeit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *yóh₁r̥ Borrowed from Yiddish יאָרצײַט (yortsayt), from Middle High German jārzīt (“anniversary; Christian commemoration of a person’s death”); from Middle High German jār (“year”) (from Old High German jār (“year”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yéh₁-r/n- (“year”)) + Middle High German zīt (“time”) (from Old High German zīt (“time”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂ítis (“part; time”), from the root *deh₂-, *deh₂-y- (“to chop up, divide; to distribute (pieces)”), whence also time and, via Ancient Greek, daemon). The Yiddish word is cognate with German Jahreszeit (“season”), which heavily influenced the spelling and pronunciation once the word was borrowed into English. Piecewise doublet of yeartide. Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːtsaɪt/, /ˈjɑɹtsaɪt/ 1. The anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent's, often marked by the lighting of a memorial candle and other rituals. Labels: Judaism Example: "Yahrzeit" (year's time) is the anniversary of the parent's death. On the evening preceding, a light is kindled in the house, and kept burning until the following sundown. Synagogue service in the morning and evening is also attended, and the kaddish recited. "Nahala" (inheritance) is the poetic equivalent of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews for the Teutonic Yahrzeit. Example: Sad to say, the Yahrzeit of every-Jew is fading away from the memory of the average Jew in America.
Word: the fuck Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Perhaps modelled after the hell, short for in the hell as in "What in the hell, ...". 1. Used with an interrogative pronoun as an intensifier to express anger, frustration, incredulity, or other strong emotion. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: So the man didn't like publicity; so the fuck what? Example: "Let me get you a glass!" she beams, then drags me to the adjacent room to see her press officer, hairdresser and makeup artist tucking into food and fizz. "Look at this!" she says, mock-appalled at the scene. "Seriously, what the fuck is this about?" 2. Used after verbs forming a part of a phrasal verb as an intensifier to imply aggressive emphasis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Shut the fuck up! Example: Get the fuck out! 3. Used as a shortened form of the common interrogative phrases. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: The fuck did you come from? Example: The fuck do you know all of this!? 4. Used to emphatically express that something isn't true. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: —Mom, I'm going out with my friends tonight. —The fuck you are! Example: ‘You're not a self-respecting person.’ ‘The fuck I ain't,’ the kid said. 5. Used to emphasize an adjective; fucking. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I'm feeling the fuck good today. Example: "Not really. It was okay. Fucking Natalie's cousin was down there thinking she was the fuck cute. That bitch came up! She met a fucking dude that play for the damn NFL," I said as I sat down.
Word: railcar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rail + car. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪlˌkɑɹ/ 1. A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus. Example: The semi-streamlined contour of the earlier G.W.R. railcars has been given up in favour of a more utilitarian blunt-nose end, and effective floor space gained thereby. Example: Profitable operation is being made possible by the widespread introduction of capacious diesel railcars, which for their comfort and speed are very popular with the travelling public. 2. A powered single railway vehicle designed for passenger transport, with a driver's cab in both ends; Not to be confused with motor coach/motorcar, which is a powered railway vehicle capable to haul a train. 3. Any unpowered railway vehicle.
Word: Annam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese An Nam, from Chinese 安南 (Ānnán). Pronunciation: /əˈnæm/, /ˈænæm/ 1. A former colonial province of China, now part of Vietnam's present-day Tonkin.
Word: Annam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Annam, from Vietnamese An Nam, from Chinese 安南 (Ānnán). Pronunciation: /əˈnæm/, /ˈænæm/ 1. One the French protectorates in Vietnam, located in Central Vietnam.
Word: Annamite Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Annam Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Annamite From Annam + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈmaɪt/ 1. The Vietnamese language. Labels: dated
Word: Annamite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Annam Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Annamite From Annam + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈmaɪt/ 1. An inhabitant or resident of Annam.
Word: Annamite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Annam Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Annamite From Annam + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈmaɪt/ 1. Of or from Annam. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Annamese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Annam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Annamese From Annam + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈmiz/ 1. A former name of the Vietnamese language. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: […]These are bilingual dictionaries of major civilised languages which have technical literature and technical vocabulary. For example, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian in the West and Arabic, Persian, Chinese and Japanese in the East. We have not ignored smaller languages like Finnish in Europe and Annamese in Asia.
Word: Annamese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Annam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Annamese From Annam + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈmiz/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Annam (or Vietnam). Labels: countable
Word: Annamese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Annam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Annamese From Annam + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈmiz/ 1. Pertaining to Annam. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Jefferson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jeffrey + -son. The placenames in the United States are named for Thomas Jefferson. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛfəsən/, /ˈd͡ʒɛfɚsən/ 1. A two-dollar bill. Labels: US, slang Example: "Gambling's not my form of masochism," said Carl. "Huh?" "So how much?" "The wad's mostly ones. Some Jeffersons. Two or three Abes."
Word: dental calculus Part of Speech: noun 1. A hard crust of calcium salts and food particles on the teeth, developing from plaque.
Word: tief Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of thief. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: tief Part of Speech: verb 1. To steal, to thieve. Labels: dialectal
Word: Bruch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Bruch. 1. A surname from German.
Word: preferably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English preferable 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 English -ly English preferably From preferable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛf.ɹəˌbli/, /pɹəˈfɜː.ɹəˌbli/ 1. In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner. Example: The nondegerming system grinds corn, preferably white dent corn, into meal with little, if any, separation of germ. Example: He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.
Word: gluttonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English glotenose, glotenouse, glotonos, glotonous, glotounius, glotynous, from Middle French glotonos; equivalent to glutton + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/ 1. Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating. Example: Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. 2. Greedy. Example: Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts, / And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws. Example: ["]The voracious caterpillar when transformed into a butterfly," … "and the gluttonous maggot when become a fly," content themselves with a drop or two of honey or some other sweet liquid.
Word: sausage fest Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sausagefest. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hemline theory Part of Speech: noun 1. The informal theory that stock market prices move in the same direction as the hemline of women's skirts, short skirts being considered bullish and long skirts bearish. Labels: uncountable Example: I also like the hemline theory better than the freight-car-loading theory, on the grounds of aesthetics. The former theory, you will recall, relates stock booms to periods in which hemlines are higher.
Word: omophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From omo- + -phagy. Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈmɒfədʒi/ 1. The eating of raw flesh. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Omophagy, ritual eating of raw flesh, is the assimilation and internalization of godhead.
Word: revertant Part of Speech: adj 1. That has reverted to its former genotype or to the original phenotype by means of a subsequent mutation.
Word: revertant Part of Speech: noun 1. A revertant cell or organism.
Word: roll rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The rate at which an aircraft can change its roll attitude, typically expressed in degrees per second
Word: menophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meno- + -phobia. 1. The fear of menopause. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Until her courageous effort, Sheehy suggests, menopause was a word seldom uttered aloud, certainly not in mixed company. She attributes this silence to "menophobia," fear of menopause. Example: Therefore, in this book, we have chosen to talk not just about menopause, but about independent, intelligent, menophobia-free aging — aging with dignity.
Word: livraison Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French livraison. 1. A part of a serial issued from time to time.
Word: litho- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek λῐ́θος (lĭ́thos). 1. Alternative form of lith-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: limnivore Part of Speech: noun 1. Any animal that consumes mud.
Word: kheema Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of keema. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: giddy up Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of giddyup. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: traduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnis (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“to lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, traduce + -ion. Pronunciation: /tɹʌˈdʌkʃən/, [tʃɹɐˈdɐkʃən] 1. The act of converting text from one language to another. Labels: uncountable 2. A malign or defamatory statement. Labels: countable 3. An act of defaming, maligning or slandering. Labels: uncountable 4. Act of passing on to one's future generations. Labels: uncountable
Word: ration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæʃən/, /ˈɹeɪʃən/, /reːʃən/ 1. A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period. Example: Jack gathered his meager ration of food. Example: The town's ration of gasoline had to go to necessary vehicles.
Word: ration Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæʃən/, /ˈɹeɪʃən/, /reːʃən/ 1. To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something. Labels: transitive Example: We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued. 2. To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to. Labels: transitive Example: By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water. Example: But as our urban lives have grown more pressed for time, we have diced our opportunity costs finer and finer; from budgeting days or slabs of hours, we have come to rationing minutes. 3. To restrict (an activity etc.) Labels: transitive Example: I've rationed myself to one cup of coffee a day. Example: Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.
Word: jorden Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jordan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was then you might have heard a clutter: pots, pans and pitchers, mugs, jugs and jordens, all put themselves in motion at once[…]
Word: dangerously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dangerous Middle English -ly English -ly English dangerously From dangerous + -ly. 1. In a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger. Example: It was found that it took about two years for the lost sting to be dangerously replaced, so that an annual pruning assured that they were in a state of safety where they could provide vast amusement for the children. Example: Add in nominations for Django Unchained, The Master and Moonrise Kingdom, and the Academy Awards look dangerously close to being about rewarding the actual best films of the year. Don't tell anyone.
Word: diarrhoea Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of diarrhea. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: have sex Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage in sex. Example: You do not need much space to have sex. That was the feisty rejoinder from Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo […] to a question on whether young people are not getting their flats early enough to have children. 2. To engage in any sexual act. Example: Two Eagles fans were arrested for having sex in the restroom stall.
Word: Old World monkey Part of Speech: noun 1. Any primate of the family Cercopithecidae. 2. A member of a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini.
Word: cryptogam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”). 1. Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts. Example: 1956, George A. Llano, Botanical Research Essential to a Knowledge of Antarctica, A. P. Crary, L. M. Gould, E. O. Hulburt, Hugh Obishaw, Waldo E. Smith (editors), Antarctica in the International Geophysical Year, Geophysical Monograph Number 1, American Geophysical Union, page 124, In the absence of phanerogams, the cryptogams — principally the algae, mosses, and lichens — are the dominant forms of plant life. Example: Not only were bromeliads and orchids covering the exposed bark of the trees, the dominant diminutive cover (known as epiphylls) was composed of cryptogams, small plants that lack true flowers and reproduce with spores.
Word: adversaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adversary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bestride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bestriden, from Old English bestrīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistrīdan; equivalent to be- + stride. Compare Dutch bestrijden, German bestreiten. Pronunciation: /bɪˈstɹaɪd/, /bəˈstɹaɪd/ 1. To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse. Labels: transitive Example: & thou were the truest frende to thy louar that euer bestrade hors "And thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrad horse" Example: But fleeter far the pinions of the Wind, / Which from Siberian caves the monarch freed, / And sent him forth, with squadrons of his kind, / And bade the Snow their ample backs bestride, / And to the battle ride. 2. To stride over, or across. Labels: transitive 3. To dominate. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world / Like a Colossus[…]. Example: He looked up again at the portrait of Big Brother. The colossus that bestrode the world!
Word: bestrode Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bestride Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: liquor store Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that sells liquor, usually principally hard liquor, to be consumed off the premises. Labels: Canada, US 2. A convenience store. Labels: California
Word: boletus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bōlētus. 1. An edible mushroom of genus Boletus.
Word: bestriding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bestride Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: daintily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English deyntely; equivalent to dainty + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪntɪli/ 1. In a dainty manner, delicately. Example: SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred. Example: Has he beſpoke, what will he have a brace, / Or but one Partridge, or a ſhort-leg'd Hen, / Daintyly carbonado'd?
Word: dimpled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dimple Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English dimpled From dimple + -ed. 1. Having dimples. Example: On each ſide her, / Stood pretty Dimpled Boyes, like ſmiling Cupids, / VVith diuers coulour'd Fannes vvhoſe vvinde did ſeeme / To gloue the delicate cheekes vvhich they did coole, / And vvhat they vndid did.
Word: dimpled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English dimple Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English dimpled From dimple + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of dimple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disbeliever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disbelieve + -er or dis- + believer. 1. One who disbelieves; one who does not believe. Example: How was it possible that I, a rational man, not unacquainted with the leading scientific facts of our history, and hitherto an absolute and utter disbeliever in all the hocus-pocus which in Europe goes by the name of the supernatural, could believe that I had within the last few minutes been engaged in conversation with a woman two thousand and odd years old?
Word: huso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Hausen and English isinglass. 1. A large European sturgeon (Huso huso), inhabiting the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; the beluga. 2. The huchen, a large salmon.
Word: disbelieve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined circa 1640, from dis- + believe. Compare misbelieve. Pronunciation: /dɪsbɪˈliːv/ 1. To not believe; to exercise disbelief. Example: If you disbelieve such people, then keep disbelieving them for as long as you live or want. Example: And the Lisbonites did not more disbelieve in, and dream less of their coming ruin, than Cecil did his, […] 2. To actively deny (a statement, opinion or perception). Example: He chose to disbelieve the bad news as inconceivable. 3. To cease to believe. Example: And so far as this opinion prevails, we have reason to fear that the important doctrine, of the real Divinity and even of the humanity of Christ, will be gradually disbelieved. Example: Elfrida walked slowly upstairs, reviewing what had happened and not happened in the last three, not to say six weeks, and gradually disbelieving the good case that she had made out.
Word: disbeliefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disbelief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indistinctness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English indistinct 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 indistinctness From indistinct + -ness. 1. The property of being indistinct. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An indistinct thing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The two Martians halted, the nearer to us standing and facing Sunbury, the remoter being a gray indistinctness towards the evening star, away towards Staines.
Word: brut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French brut (“raw”), from Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“heavy”). 1. very dry, and not sweet
Word: potentiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From potent + -i- + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after German potenzieren. 1. To endow with power. Labels: transitive 2. To enhance. Labels: transitive 3. To increase the potency (of a drug or biochemical agent). Labels: transitive Example: These antidepressants potentiate the analgesic action of opiates.
Word: kickball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kick + ball. 1. A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit. Labels: uncountable 2. The ball used in the above sport. Labels: countable Example: They bounced their kickball against the wall, flinging it at one another’s heads. It ricocheted between their bodies. Their sneakers squeaked through the silence.
Word: humpback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hump + back. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmpbæk/ 1. A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine). Example: […] the Stone in my Fathers Body was so immense, that I’ve wonder’d it did not bunch up behind, and make him have a Hump-back, or at least overpoise him in walking, and drag him backward with its incredible weight. Example: In the Male Line, there happened an unlucky Accident in the Reign of Richard the Third; the eldest Son of Philip, then Chief of the Family, being born with an Hump-back and very high Nose. 2. A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine). Labels: broadly Example: […] the cows stood about with gloomy eyes and hump-backs, surly and dangerous […] Example: On the bare hills one begins to see unfamiliar silhouettes of animals against the sky. […] the peaked humpbacks of gnu on a ridge […] 3. A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine). Labels: figuratively Example: 1858, Royal B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls, San Francisco: [for the author], Chapter 4, p. 134, On either side were the high, irregularly sloped mountains, with their foot hills robed in the same bright green as the valley, and with their bald hump-backs and sharp peaks, treeless, verdureless, and desolate […] Example: The Goons kept appearing and disappearing in different places, always closer to them, as they worked their way over the humpback of the terrain. 4. A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis. Labels: derogatory, offensive Example: […] Tom’s more specific and kindly impressions gradually melted into the old background of suspicion and dislike toward him as a queer fellow, a humpback, and the son of a rogue. Example: […] I stared up at the raw spots on his cheek and thought, there is no safety anywhere: a humpback, a cripple—they all have the trigger that sets love off. 5. A humpback whale. 6. A humpback salmon.
Word: humpback Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hump + back. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmpbæk/ 1. To hunt humpback whales. Example: The captain of the James Rodgers […] was an old hand at humpbacking […] Example: […] the Alice Knowles […] did her whaling in the south Atlantic, by turns humpbacking off the African coast and cruising around Tristan in season.
Word: handstand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + stand. Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌstænd/ 1. The act of standing on one's hands, most often in an inverted way. 2. The position of standing on one's hands. 3. Synonym of headstand.
Word: handstand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + stand. Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌstænd/ 1. To perform a handstand. Labels: intransitive Example: My student Jon for example is a juggler, wanting to add another string to his circus bow, he decided to learn to handstand; not wanting to ruin his wrists, he sought out some professional help in learning to handstand.
Word: shifting Part of Speech: noun 1. A shift or change; a shifting movement. Example: I remember the last time I saw Macbeth played, the discrepancy I felt at the changes of garment which he varied, the shiftings and reshiftings, like a Romish priest at mass. Example: But shiftings and readjustments ensued, as they are sure to do with a walking-party. Cope presently found himself scuffling through the thin grass and the briery thickets alongside the young business-man. 2. The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.
Word: shifting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: doof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”). Pronunciation: /duːf/ 1. A simpleton. Labels: US, slang
Word: doof Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound of an electronic bass drum. Pronunciation: /dʊf/ 1. Imitating an electronic drum sound.
Word: doof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound of an electronic bass drum. Pronunciation: /dʊf/ 1. A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable 2. An outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Example: Dynamics of play and creativity are a prominent catalyst of social relations at both doofs and raves. Example: Similar themes emerged in the ‘doofs’ of Australian rave culture.
Word: chirpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chirp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English chirpy From chirp + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)pi/ 1. In a good mood; happy and energetic. Example: He's surprisingly chirpy for someone who just lost his father. Example: Judging by the new voice over the PA, we've had a crew change in Plymouth - the warning about masks and the apology for lack of catering is made in a chirpy Cockney twang rather than a West Country burr. 2. Making chirping noises.
Word: chirpy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chirp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English chirpy From chirp + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)pi/ 1. An electronic device which uses a piezoelectric transducer to make chirping noise, often designed to be hidden and function as an annoyance 2. Specifically, a version of the above designed to be thrown for placement. Similar to a throwie.
Word: chanteuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chanteuse (“female singer”). Pronunciation: /ʃɒnˈtɜːz/, /ʃɑnˈtuːz/ 1. A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer. Example: Smith could easily be lumped in with expressive chanteuses like Norah Jones and Alicia Keys, but she has a broader palette than either. On the soulful torch song "Dream," which Smith wrote, she conveys a sophisticated allure that would seem well beyond her twenty-seven years.