nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: workaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -oholic English -aholic English workaholic From work + -aholic. 1. A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home. Example: All workaholics should move to Hong Kong, where working hours average over 50 per week. Example: We're not looking to become workaholics who don't know how to rest or vacation, or who never hang it up long enough to go to a movie.
Word: workaholic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -oholic English -aholic English workaholic From work + -aholic. 1. In the nature or manner of a workaholic.
Word: flipping burgers Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flip burgers Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: piri-piri Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of peri-peri. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chile pepper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chili pepper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: arachnephobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of arachnophobia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: catch someone's eye Part of Speech: verb 1. To capture someone's attention. Labels: idiomatic Example: The window display really catches my eye.
Word: motorcycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of motorcycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: motorcycles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of motorcycle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: never ever Part of Speech: adv 1. never Labels: emphatic, not-comparable
Word: sendal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French cendal. 1. A light silk cloth. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: In sangwyn and in pers he clad was al, Lyned with taffata and with sendal. Example: And how in sendal wrapt away he bore / That head with him hung at his saddle-bow.
Word: greataunt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of great-aunt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: greatuncle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English great- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os Latin avunculus Old French unclebor. Middle English uncle English uncle English greatuncle From great- + uncle. 1. Alternative spelling of great-uncle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: joyance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently coined by Edmund Spenser, from joy + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪəns/ 1. Enjoyment, joy, delight. Labels: archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable Example: So forth they marchen in this goodly fort, / To take the ſolace of the open aire, / And in freſh flowring fields themſelues to ſport; / Emongſt the reſt rode that falſe Lady faire, / The foule Dueſsa, next vnto the chaire / Of proud Lucifer’, as one of the traine: / But that good knight would not ſo nigh repaire, / Him ſelfe eſtraunging from their ioyaunce vaine, / Whoſe fellowſhip ſeemd far vnfitt for warlike ſwaine. Example: So dreadfully he towardes him did pas, / Forelifting vp a loft his ſpeckled breſt, / And often bounding on the bruſed gras, / As for great ioyaunce of his newcome gueſt.
Word: aviophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from French avion (“airplane”) + -phobia 1. Fear of flying. Labels: uncountable Example: I'd love to come and visit you but aviophobia means that it'd have to be by boat, and that just takes too long!
Word: ensonify Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill with sound. Labels: transitive Example: The mechanism of landmine detection is to ensonify the ground with an acoustic source and measure the intensity of the returning sound waves.
Word: ornithophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ornitho- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌɔɹnɪθəˈfoʊbiə/, /ˌɔːnɪθəˈfəʊbɪə/ 1. Fear of birds. Labels: uncountable
Word: great-uncle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- + uncle. 1. An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
Word: ultramafic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + mafic. 1. Describing igneous rocks that contain magnesium and iron and only a very small amount of silica, such as are found in the Earth’s mantle.
Word: ultramafic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + mafic. 1. A rock with such properties.
Word: son of a gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Euphemistic variant of son of a bitch. There are folk etymologies suggesting nautical origins, such as a reference to the disputed parentage of a child born aboard a ship (between the guns), or a child fathered by a soldier (also referred to as a "gun"). However, these etymologies are not supported by evidence. 1. son of a bitch Labels: euphemistic Example: That son of a gun stole my wallet! Example: A plaugue tauke dee, dou damn’d Shon of a Gun, de Deevil carry dee away alive for me; […] 2. Used encouragingly or to compliment. Example: You son of a gun, you did it!
Word: son of a gun Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Euphemistic variant of son of a bitch. There are folk etymologies suggesting nautical origins, such as a reference to the disputed parentage of a child born aboard a ship (between the guns), or a child fathered by a soldier (also referred to as a "gun"). However, these etymologies are not supported by evidence. 1. Used to express anger, contempt, disgust, astonishment, disappointment, etc. Labels: euphemistic Example: Son of a gun! I just got stung by a wasp!
Word: curse word Part of Speech: noun 1. A word that is a vulgarity.
Word: gave birth Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of give birth Labels: form-of, past
Word: grandpappy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grand- + pappy. 1. A grandfather. Labels: informal Example: Come and say hello to your old grandpappy Cranky.
Word: mothers-in-law Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mother-in-law Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mitochondrial DNA Part of Speech: noun 1. The genetic material, typically inherited from one's mother, contained within the mitochondria of each of one's cells. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mitochondria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mitochondrion + -a. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪ.toʊˈkɑn.dɹi.ə/, /ˌmaɪ.dəˈkɑn.dɹi.ə/, /ˌmaɪ.tə(ʊ)ˈkɒn.dɹi.ə/ 1. plural of mitochondrion Labels: form-of, plural Example: Muscles contain many mitochondria so that they can have large energy supplies.
Word: mitochondria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See above. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪ.toʊˈkɑn.dɹi.ə/, /ˌmaɪ.dəˈkɑn.dɹi.ə/, /ˌmaɪ.tə(ʊ)ˈkɒn.dɹi.ə/ 1. mitochondrion. Labels: proscribed, sometimes Example: The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
Word: caustic sulphite caramel Part of Speech: noun 1. A material manufactured by heating sugars with a sulphite and, normally, caustic soda. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ammonia caramel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of ammonia + caramel. 1. A material manufactured by heating sugars with ammonia or ammonium compounds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sulphite ammonia caramel Part of Speech: noun 1. A material manufactured by heating sugars with a sulphite and ammonia or ammonium compounds. Labels: uncountable
Word: vegetable carbon Part of Speech: noun 1. food-grade carbon black Labels: uncountable
Word: ABS brake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Antiblockiersystem. 1. Antilock brake.
Word: -ative Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative From -ate + -ive. 1. of, related to, or associated with the thing specified Labels: morpheme
Word: antilock brake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antilock + brake. 1. A brake fitted to modern road vehicles to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking.
Word: -ator Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ātor or -ate + -or. 1. Used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate. Labels: morpheme
Word: vehicles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈviː.ɪ.kl̩z/, /ˈvi.ə.kl̩z/, /ˈviˌ(h)ɪ.kl̩z/ 1. plural of vehicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skidding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of skid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skidding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskɪdɪŋ/ 1. The motion of something that skids. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When an automobile, for instance, traveled that road, it was with many skiddings in the sand on the turns, which it must take circumspectly if the driver did not care for the rocky, uneven floor of the desert itself. 2. The logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: -atory Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From -ate + -ory. 1. forms adjectives of, relating to, or connected with the thing specified Labels: morpheme 2. forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place Labels: morpheme
Word: -biont Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Probably from German, modification of Ancient Greek βῐούντ- (bĭoúnt-), βιῶν (biôn, “living”), present participle of βῐοῦν (bĭoûn, “to live”), from βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “mode of life”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.ɒnt/, /ˈbaɪ.ɑnt/ 1. Forms nouns for a discrete living organism that has a specified mode of living. Labels: morpheme
Word: halobiont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From halo- + -biont. 1. an organism that lives in a salty environment
Word: symbiont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sym- + -biont. Pronunciation: /sɪmˈbaɪ.ɒnt/, /sɪmˈbaɪ.ɑnt/ 1. An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship. Example: The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology. Example: It had been known that sponges somehow took in dissolved organic matter, but it remained unclear whether they could do it on their own or needed help from their bacterial symbionts.
Word: -biosis Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: By back-formation from the earliest relevant terms such as symbiosis (which see). 1. A specified way of living. Labels: morpheme
Word: -caine Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree German Kokain German -kainbor. English -caine From German -kain, extracted from the word Kokain (“cocaine”), because cocaine was formerly used as a local anaesthetic. 1. A synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic. Labels: morpheme
Word: -cele Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ewl-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂u-l-eh₂ Ancient Greek κήλη (kḗlē)der. English -cele Derived from Ancient Greek κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour, hernia”). 1. A tumour. Labels: morpheme 2. A hernia. Labels: morpheme
Word: -cele Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: See -coel. 1. Alternative form of -coel (“cavity”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme, nonstandard, possibly
Word: -cene Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Cenozoic. From Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”). 1. Related to the geologic era called the Cenozoic, the current one. Labels: morpheme
Word: -centric Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric Representing a combining form of Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós, “central”). Cognate with Bengali -কেন্দ্রিক (-kendrik) Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntrɪk/ 1. Having a specified number of centres. Labels: morpheme 2. Having a specified object at the centre, or as the focus of attention. Labels: morpheme Example: When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts. Example: Decades of road-centric planning and policies have tilted the playing field strongly against public transport use.
Word: turf bank Part of Speech: noun 1. an area in a peat bog from which turf is cut as fuel. Labels: Ireland
Word: Hiberno-English Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hiberno- + English. Pronunciation: /hɪˈbɜːnəʊ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/, /haɪˈbɜːnəʊ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/, /haɪˈbɝnoʊ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ 1. The set of English dialects native to the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Word: customizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English customize Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English customizable From customize + -able. 1. Able to be customized.
Word: pizza man Part of Speech: noun 1. A man who delivers pizzas.
Word: Stefanie Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Stephanie, from the French Stéphanie, feminine form of Stephen. Example: But for Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Highsmith, the husband-and-wife co-founders of the Brooklyn-based design firm Workstead, the recent revamp of an 1850s residence in upstate New York not only presented them with a thrilling challenge, it also marked a celebratory homecoming after a few years spent living in the South.
Word: objected Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əbˈd͡ʒɛktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of object Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: novels Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɑvl̩z/, /ˈnɒvl̩z/ 1. plural of novel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: threats Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /θɹɛts/ 1. plural of threat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teams Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tiːmz/ 1. plural of team Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teams Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tiːmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of team Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: farms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɑɹmz/, /fɑːmz/ 1. plural of farm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farms Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɑɹmz/, /fɑːmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of farm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: texts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɛksts/, /tɛks/ 1. plural of text Labels: form-of, plural
Word: texts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɛksts/, /tɛks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of text Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hides Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haɪdz/ 1. plural of hide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hides Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /haɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lesions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lesion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lesions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lesion Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: toodles Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːd(ə)lz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of toodle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: toodles Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of toodle-oo + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈtuːd(ə)lz/ 1. Goodbye. Labels: informal
Word: soulmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soul + mate. First attested as soul-mate in an 1822 letter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Not in common usage before the 1980s. 1. Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection. Example: Finding your wonderful soulmate is very similar to the process of sowing a seed and nurturing it into a beautiful blossoming plant. Example: I'm all over the place, I can't sit in one place / I'm not ashamed at all / Still findin' myself, let alone a soulmate, I'm just sayin'
Word: sixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of six Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sixes Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of sixes. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 2. Ellipsis of six of one, half a dozen of the other. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only
Word: scry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old French escrier (“to cry out”). Influenced by Middle English descrien (“to descry”). Pronunciation: /skɹaɪ/ 1. To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects. Example: The fortune teller claimed she could scry [into] the future. 2. To use magical means to see or look into (something that is happening outside one's sight, e.g. inside a building or far away, or in the distant past, or future, etc). Example: Scrying spells can simply toggle the state of hidden objects to the revealed state, […] Example: […] with the loss of Mekha, the shields and wardings on the temple had weakened. That meant Alonnen could now scry inside directly, albeit with a fuzzy view and no real hope of clear sound. On hearing that, Guardian-apprentice Pelai had suggested he could send in a whole series of clever, Mendhite-style scrying nodes. 3. To descry; to see. Labels: obsolete Example: […]two ſhepheards curres, had ſcryde A rauenous Wolfe amongſt the ſcattered flockes.
Word: scry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ascry, ascrie, escrie, from Anglo-Norman ascri, from Old French escri. Pronunciation: /skɹaɪ/ 1. A cry or shout. Labels: obsolete
Word: scry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ascry, ascrie, escrie, from Anglo-Norman ascri, from Old French escri. Pronunciation: /skɹaɪ/ 1. To proclaim. Labels: obsolete
Word: rekindle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English kindle English rekindle From re- + kindle. 1. To kindle again. Labels: transitive 2. To be kindled or ignited again. Labels: intransitive 3. To revive. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket. Example: It was rekindled this summer when going through the all-time football scores for St. Mary’s of Stockton and Oakdale (two of the top programs in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section) and I discovered that both of them can still count their worst losses as being to Stockton High at 78-0 and 90-0, respectively.
Word: rekindle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English kindle English rekindle From re- + kindle. 1. Synonym of reflash.
Word: pssst Part of Speech: intj 1. Elongated form of psst.
Word: perfectionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perfection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English perfectionist From perfection + -ist. Pronunciation: /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ 1. Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. 2. Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life. Labels: archaic Example: I have read in some of our perfectionists enough to make a better man than myself either run into madness or despair about the grace you mention […]. 3. One of the Bible Communists or Free-lovers, a small American sect founded by J. H. Noyes (1811-86), which settled at Oneida in 1848, holding that the gospel if accepted secures freedom from sin. Labels: US, historical
Word: perfectionist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English perfection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English perfectionist From perfection + -ist. Pronunciation: /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ 1. Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards. Example: perfectionistic parents Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:perfectionist. 2. Inclined or related to perfectionism.
Word: pecking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of peck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pecking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛkɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is pecked. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the peckings of hungry chickens 2. The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The game of throwing pebbles at birds. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: paralegal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin lēgālislbor. English legal English paralegal From para- + legal. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹəˈliːɡl̩/, /ˌpɛɹəˈliɡ(ə)l/ 1. One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant.
Word: outback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out + back. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtbæk/ 1. The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. Labels: Australia, uncountable, usually Example: 1951 June, W. J. Banks, Flying Doctors of the Outback, The Rotarian, page 23, Communication like this is making a big change in the lives of Australia′s “outback” people. Example: In the outback, many people live and work on sheep and cattle ranches.
Word: outback Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From out + back. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtbæk/ 1. Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas. Example: […]the Civil Service Association is not particularly happy with the decision of the Government in regard to rents and the way they will be levied on its members in the more outback country areas. Example: In the Northern Territory, arguably the most outback of Australian states, police are still not armed.
Word: outback Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From out + back. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtbæk/ 1. To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia. Labels: not-comparable Example: If we want this country to develop, we have to depend on men who are prepared to go outback and try to discover new shows. Example: This has allowed Australians really to go outback in some reasonable comfort to see the attractions of this country.
Word: outback Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out + back. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtbæk/ 1. To travel or stay in the outback
Word: husky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From husk + -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk". Pronunciation: /ˈhʌs.ki/ 1. Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty. Example: Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; all these were points against him, but not all of these together could explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fear with which Mr. Utterson regarded him. Example: Her voice was boy-husky, sounding as though strained through some rough material ... 2. Burly, stout; sometimes as a modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest. Labels: US, euphemistic Example: You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […] Example: Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […] 3. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. Example: Some swains have sown before: but most have found A husky harvest from the grudging ground. 4. Belligerent; hostile and uncooperative. Labels: archaic, slang Example: “Well, here it is,” said Silver. “We want that treasure, and we’ll have it — that’s our point! You would just as soon save your lives, I reckon; and that’s yours. You have a chart, haven’t you?” “That’s as may be,” replied the captain. “Oh, well, you have, I know that,” returned Long John. “You needn’t be so husky with a man; there ain’t a particle of service in that, and you may lay to it. What I mean is, we want your chart. Now, I never meant you no harm, myself.”
Word: husky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌs.ki/ 1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs. Example: The White House posted a cartoon to X on Wednesday of two Greenlandic mush teams with three huskies each, pointing towards the choice of the white pillars and the South Lawn or a tempestuous scene by the Great Wall of China and Red Square in Russia.
Word: hind Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hinder Old English hindan Middle English hinde English hind From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), German hinter (“behind, beyond”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary. Pronunciation: /haɪnd/ 1. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts). Example: Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie! / Your native ſoil was right ill-willie; / But may ye flouriſh like a lily, / Now bonilie! / I'll toaſt ye in my hindmoſt gillie, / Tho' owre the Sea! Example: When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail. 2. Backward; to the rear.
Word: hind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hind, hinde, hynde, from Old English hind, Proto-West Germanic *hindu, from Proto-Germanic *hindō, *hindiz, from a formation on Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (“hornless”). Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind. Pronunciation: /haɪnd/ 1. A doe (female deer), especially a red deer at least two years old. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox. Example: The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator. 2. A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hynd, hine, from Old English hī(ġ)na, genitive plural of hīġa (“servant, family member”), in the phrase hīna fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound). Compare Old Frisian hinde (“servant”). Pronunciation: /haɪnd/ 1. A servant, especially an agricultural labourer. Labels: archaic Example: Attilius Regulus […] writ vnto the common-wealth, that a hynde, or plough-boy whom he had left alone to over-ſee and husband his land (which in all was but ſeaven acres of ground) was run away from his charge[…]. Example: The farmers ſervants who have families, and engage by the year, are called hinds, and receive 10 bolls oats, 2 bolls barley, and 1 boll peas, which two laſt articles are called hummel corn, […]
Word: henchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of henchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goosebumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goosebump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forefathers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːˌfɑːðəz/, /ˈfɔɹˌfɑːðɚz/ 1. plural of forefather Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faraway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Univerbation of far + away. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑɹəweɪ/ 1. Distant. Labels: not-comparable Example: She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land. 2. Not mentally present, as when daydreaming. Labels: not-comparable Example: There was a faraway look on his face. Example: Suddenly it occurred to Mala why the unsaddlings and the faraway looks. All four of them were expecting something of a fairly long wait.
Word: faraway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Univerbation of far + away. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑɹəweɪ/ 1. One who lives a great distance away. Example: The Neighbors, the enviros, the real and the want-to-be cowpokes, the locals and the faraways, the rich and the wishful, the purported miners all said they wanted to buy out Braden.
Word: don'ts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /doʊnts/ 1. plural of don't Labels: form-of, plural Example: With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos." David wondered sometimes why all the pleasant things were "don'ts" and all the unpleasant ones "dos." Example: 1998, M.T., A Sponsorship Guide for 12-Step Programs http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0312181825&id=Dp6qNakZB4wC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=don%27ts&sig=mtjEdxGprrddoWAZp8PypObyAng I don’t like “don’ts.” I like “dos.” I think “don’ts” have a way of being self-defeating.
Word: curtsy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of curtsey. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A Signora Rossinuola, with the face of a goddess, and the voice of an angel, made her first curtsy that evening to the Neapolitans. She was received with the most rapturous applause.
Word: curtsy Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of curtsey. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He made a salutation, or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at curtsy.
Word: bondage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bondage (“serfdom”), from British Medieval Latin bondagium (“an inferior tenure held by a bond or husbandman”), from Middle English bond (“tenant farmer, serf”), from Old English bonda (“householder, husband, head of a family”), of Old Norse origin. Sense development influenced by the unrelated terms bond and bind. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒn.dɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈbɔn.dɪdʒ/, /ˈbɑn.dɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: debt bondage Example: In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades. 2. The state of lacking freedom; constraint. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose. 3. The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym. 4. Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: bondage trousers; bondage jeans; bondage pants
Word: suavity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English suavite, suavitee, suavyte, from Middle French suavité and its etymon Latin suāvitās. 1. The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; pleasantness Labels: countable, uncountable Example: suavity of manners Example: suavity of language, conversation, or address 2. The quality of being suave. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity, There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity. 3. Sweetness or agreeableness to the senses, especially of taste and odour. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite.
Word: twitchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twitch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃi/ 1. susceptible to twitching a lot. Example: For the most part, however, his hunched, twitchy, wide-eyed take doesn’t seem like a believable portrait of social awkwardness so much as just a forced, awkward performance. 2. irritable, cranky, nervous, anxious, worried Labels: figuratively Example: Johnson's contract expires in November, and four weeks as memorable for scandals off the pitch as any achievements on it will do little to appease the notoriously twitchy committee-men at the Rugby Football Union. Example: Railways don't normally feature, but Conservative MPs are getting twitchy about this nationwide local issue.
Word: starlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English starlet From star + -let. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑɹlɪt/, /ˈstɑːlɪt/ 1. A young actress with a promising career ahead of her. Example: There were other flapper-era starlets, of course—Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo—but they were poseurs by comparison. 2. An accomplished and important supporting player in a sports team. Example: As Mourinho also entered the press room while most journalists were still watching the players’ lap of honour, nothing could be confirmed about the condition of Pogba, who scored United’s second goal and the Portuguese declined a chance to praise some fine performances from his starlets, with Josh Harrop scoring on his debut. 3. A small star. Labels: poetic Example: It e'en the semblance of sound's softest echo Were to compare the faintest starlet's beam, Struggling through angry clouds its misty Ray, With the all-powerful Sun's meridian ray, Dazzling the gaze of nature — doth pervade The atmosphere, as 'twere a whisper's shadow Or breathing soft disembodied souls; Example: As I saw the love-light beam From her radiant eyes, more glorious far Than the starlet's nightly gleam :
Word: starlet Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of starlit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: Through the starlet night, under the moon, they dreamed and loved. Example: King's single file column made good time as they took turns riding their horses in the crisp starlet night and leading their mounts by the reins while they walked over extremely rough terrain.
Word: scrunch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch. Pronunciation: /skɹʌnt͡ʃ/ 1. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact. Labels: transitive Example: He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl. Example: […] and the scrunching of ashes under our feet I have often observed to be disagreeable to many. 2. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact. Labels: transitive Example: He scrunched his face at his wife's confounding request. 3. Alternative form of scranch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scrunch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch. Pronunciation: /skɹʌnt͡ʃ/ 1. A crunching noise. Example: The watchers knew already that the door was fastened and looked for the unknown to produce a key. Instead, there was a sudden scrunch of iron, a splintering of wood, and the door swung loosely open.
Word: primetime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prime + time. 1. Alternative form of prime time. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Even mainstream, primetime narratives in the domestic sphere, for instance, now provide unremarkable reflections on the now naive and overly optimistic promises of cybertech, the high-techs, and dotcoms.
Word: novitiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1517; either borrowed from Middle French noviciat, novitiat or from Medieval Latin noviciātus, novitiātus (“a novitiate”), from Latin novicius, novitius + -ātus (see -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank or office)), from novus (“new”). Sense 1 is not attested in cognates. Pronunciation: /nəˈvɪʃi.ət/ 1. A novice. 2. The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training. Example: Three weeks after the departure of the Mandevilles, all Naples flocked to witness the profession of a young Englishwoman, a dispensation having been obtained for the novitiate. 3. The place where a novice lives and studies.
Word: overreaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English reaction English overreaction From over- + reaction. 1. A reaction that is excessive. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had every right to dump you, but cutting up all your clothes after she did so was an overreaction. Example: This whole fear over swine flu was unfounded; it was clearly an overreaction.
Word: crackers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cracker + -s. The South African sense is from their sound and its status as a plurale tantum by association with trousers. The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers". 1. plural of cracker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crackers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cracker + -s. The South African sense is from their sound and its status as a plurale tantum by association with trousers. The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers". 1. A kind of noisy leather pants or trousers. Labels: South-Africa, plural, plural-only Example: Sheepskin trousers—which, from the sound they make at every movement of the wearer, are called ‘crackers’. 2. Testicles. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: crackers Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cracker + -s. The South African sense is from their sound and its status as a plurale tantum by association with trousers. The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers". 1. Crazy, insane. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: “I will call up Demons to destroy thee!” “You're crackers,” said Carrot, backing away. Example: He acknowledges that it must seem "a crackers thing to say", but given the substantial progress which has been made in other areas of the business, his optimism isn't without foundation.
Word: judge advocate Part of Speech: noun 1. A commissioned officer acting as a lawyer to advise a court martial on points of law or to act as prosecutor. Labels: US
Word: bendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *bandijaną Proto-West Germanic *bandijan Old English bendan Middle English benden English bend Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bendable From bend + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛndəbəl/ 1. Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. Example: It was quite a shock to find when one stroked her that the China Cat, though alive, was still china, hard, cold, and smooth to the touch, and yet perfectly brisk and absolutely bendable as any flesh and blood cat. Example: The father scorned stooping. Neither his body nor his mind was bendable.
Word: lock and load Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Attested since at least 1793, when a document describes flintlock weapons that are ready to fire as "well locked and loaded". The variant "load(ed) and lock(ed)" is found since at least 1815. The phrase may have originated from the use of gunlocks on naval artillery (in use by the Royal Navy since 1745); as gunlocks were not required for firing (a lintstock could be used) it may have been necessary to specify cannon was "locked" as well as loaded. As an imperative, used since at least 1940, in the U.S. Army Field Manual for the M1 Rifle. Compare e.g. German "laden und sichern" ("load and secure"). Popularized in culture after being used by John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949). 1. A command to prepare a weapon for battle. Labels: US, slang Example: 1949 — John Wayne in the film Sands of Iwo Jima Lock and load, boy, lock and load. 2. Prepare for an imminent event. Labels: US, slang
Word: lock and load Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since at least 1793, when a document describes flintlock weapons that are ready to fire as "well locked and loaded". The variant "load(ed) and lock(ed)" is found since at least 1815. The phrase may have originated from the use of gunlocks on naval artillery (in use by the Royal Navy since 1745); as gunlocks were not required for firing (a lintstock could be used) it may have been necessary to specify cannon was "locked" as well as loaded. As an imperative, used since at least 1940, in the U.S. Army Field Manual for the M1 Rifle. Compare e.g. German "laden und sichern" ("load and secure"). Popularized in culture after being used by John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949). 1. To prepare one's weapon. Labels: US, slang 2. To prepare for an imminent event. Labels: US, slang Example: It's great to know that city and town governments, all up and down the East Coast, were ready, locked and loaded, to provide bailouts, and this time it was the literal kind.
Word: bewilderment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bewilder + -ment. Pronunciation: /bɪˈwɪldəmənt/, /bɪˈwɪldəɹmənt/ 1. The state of being bewildered. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She looked around in bewilderment. 2. A confusing or perplexing situation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her flutter--pale disconcerted ghost as she actually was, a broken white flower tied round, almost grotesquely for his present sense, with a huge satin "bow" of the Boulevard--her flutter had been mainly that of ribbons, frills and fine fabrics; all funny, pathetic evidence, for memory, of the bewilderments overtaking them as a bridal pair confronted with opportunity.
Word: firelog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + log. 1. A log that is burned in the fireplace or log-burner (woodstove).
Word: death row Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθ ɹoʊ/ 1. The section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.
Word: Planck Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Planck. Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋk/, [ˈpʰl̥æŋk], /ˈplɑ(ː)ŋk/, [ˈpʰl̥ɑŋk] 1. A surname from German. Example: As Dr. Feynman noted, there are still shorter scales of time and distance to go before we reach the ultimate limits imposed by quantum physics: the Planck length, 10^-33 of a centimeter, and the Planck time, 10^-43 of a second. Both are named for the German physicist Max Planck, who made the breakthrough that led to quantum mechanics.
Word: Planck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Planck. Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋk/, [ˈpʰl̥æŋk], /ˈplɑ(ː)ŋk/, [ˈpʰl̥ɑŋk] 1. Used attributively in the names of various units, formulae etc. first devised or worked on by the German physicist Max Planck (1858–1947), chiefly in the realm of quantum theory. Example: As Dr. Feynman noted, there are still shorter scales of time and distance to go before we reach the ultimate limits imposed by quantum physics: the Planck length, 10^-33 of a centimeter, and the Planck time, 10^-43 of a second. Both are named for the German physicist Max Planck, who made the breakthrough that led to quantum mechanics. 2. A Planck unit.
Word: grunt work Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb grunt. Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌ̃nʔwɝk/ 1. Work (especially that which is heavy, repetitive or mindless) that is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: He plans to hire somebody to do the grunt work of digging the trenches for the pipes. Example: She has not only participated in the left as a star, even though she came into the role quite young. When Holly was between entertainment jobs, she volunteered for grunt work in anti-war organizations.
Word: muskellunge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French masque allongé (literally “long mask”), a corruption of Ojibwe maashkinoozhe (literally “ugly pike”) or Algonquin maskinunga. Not related to German Muskel (“muscle”) or Lunge (“lung”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌskəlʌnd͡ʒ/ 1. A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.
Word: Forro Part of Speech: name 1. A creole language spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe.
Word: camomile tea Part of Speech: noun 1. A beverage made by infusing the leaves of the camomile plant (either Matricaria recutita or Chamaemelum nobile) in hot water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unflagging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + flagging. 1. Never tiring or lacking energy; without rest; without slowing. Example: His unflagging efforts have not gone unnoticed. Example: He went on kissing her with unflagging industry, while she remained limply in his arms, in a species of satisfied trance.
Word: freedom of religion Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiː.dəm əv ɹɪˈlɪ.dʒən/ 1. The fundamental human right to hold, adopt, change, or abandon any religion or belief, without the fear of harm or prosecution. Labels: uncountable