nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: arpeggio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian arpeggio, from arpeggiare (“to play a harp”). Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.oʊ/ 1. The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest. Example: He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.
Word: arpeggio Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian arpeggio, from arpeggiare (“to play a harp”). Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.oʊ/ 1. To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios. Labels: transitive Example: 1819, Abraham Rees (ed.), The Cyclopædia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 14, entry “Fingering on Keyed Instruments,” In practising quick passages, the fingers should be lifted up with a spring, and not allowed to hang on the keys, till wanted again, unless in arpeggioing chords, or in passages of expression. Example: […] I could see a man with his head buried forward towards a key-board, and his body swaying from side to side amid the storm of huge arpeggioed harmonies that came crashing overhead and round. 2. To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios. Labels: intransitive Example: Herr Schlitz seated himself on the piano chair, pushed it a little back, drew it a little forward to the original place, looked under the piano at the pedals, took out his handkerchief and wiped his face and hands, and after arpeggioing up and down the keyboard, swung into a waltz of Chopin’s […] Example: The soaring sound [of the whistling] rippled and trilled and arpeggioed as the songs of wild birds do not; 3. To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: Her hand was still arpeggioing softly on his arm. Example: the prickle of horripilation which arpeggioed my spine as I came barrelling down the hill from that ghost house
Word: oki Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of OK. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial Example: Udit: […] U can go if u want. We can do something on Sat. As long as I don’t destroy my self^([sic]) on Fri night. Me: Oki, good to know! Saturday it is! (If we aren’t destroyed=) Example: The buffalo hides were then placed over the entire structure and, after several hours of work, Billy said, “Oki, looking good. Now I need you to gather up a bunch of rocks about the size of my head.”
Word: pull teeth Part of Speech: verb 1. To extract teeth, usually because they are decayed or damaged. 2. To do something that is especially difficult or effortful. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: You will probably have to pull teeth to get a straight answer from a car salesman. Example: “We thought there would be a mad rush of students participating in these events, and it was like pulling teeth to get students to come out,” she recalled.
Word: pulling teeth Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pull teeth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sun shower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + shower. 1. A rain shower which occurs while the sun is shining.
Word: catchall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of catch-all. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home. Example: Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business in a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation as Capitol Hill prepared to close the books on the year. The bill goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, which is expected in the coming days.
Word: indiscriminately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English indiscriminate 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 indiscriminately From indiscriminate + -ly. 1. In an indiscriminate manner. Example: Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors. Example: It was a very private thing, they felt, and not to be tossed indiscriminately about.
Word: gingerly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The second element is -ly; the first element may be Anglo-Norman gençur or Old French gençor, gensor, comparative forms (also attested as positives) of gent (“beautiful, noble, pleasant, courteous”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes, however, that there is a gap of a few centuries between the last appearance of gençor, etc., and the first appearance of gingerly. The adjective is derived from the adverb, possibly because -ly is also a suffix forming adjectives. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəli/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚli/ 1. In a cautious and delicate manner; (very) carefully or cautiously. Example: He placed the glass jar gingerly on the concrete step. Example: In an other corner, Mistris Minx, a marchants wife, that will eate no cherries, forsooth, but when they are at twentie shillings a pound, that lookes as simperingly as if she were besmeard, and iets it as gingerly as if she were dancing the canaries, […] 2. Chiefly of dancing or walking: done with small, dainty steps; daintily; also, with excessive delicacy; affectedly, mincingly. Labels: obsolete Example: Oh! ſhe lookes ſo ſugredly, ſo ſimpringly, ſo gingerly, ſo amarouſly, ſo amiably. […] [She] is ſuch an intycing ſhee-vvitch, carrying the charmes of your Ievvels about her. Oh!
Word: gingerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The second element is -ly; the first element may be Anglo-Norman gençur or Old French gençor, gensor, comparative forms (also attested as positives) of gent (“beautiful, noble, pleasant, courteous”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes, however, that there is a gap of a few centuries between the last appearance of gençor, etc., and the first appearance of gingerly. The adjective is derived from the adverb, possibly because -ly is also a suffix forming adjectives. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəli/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚli/ 1. Often of movements: very careful, cautious, or delicate. Example: We can honestly commend the Atlantic Monthly as the most able and spirited of American periodicals, at the present time, and we like it, moreover, because it dares have opinions and to express them in unmistakable terms, on subjects which when referred to at all, by most of the current magazines, are mentioned in the gingerliest namby-pamby style of common place neutrality. Example: But, ther's somethin' in the very look and voice of Jeems Strebling, even in his gingerly walk, that riles all the black drop in me. 2. Often of a person or the way they move: dainty, delicate; also, excessively delicate; affected, mincing. Labels: obsolete Example: All yᵉ rest of my trimmest, tricksiest, gingerliest ioyes, / But very tædious and most odious toyes?
Word: start off on the wrong foot Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin badly.
Word: demantoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Demantoid, from archaic/obsolete Demant (“diamond”) + -oid, from Middle High German diemant, from Old French diamant. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmæntɔɪd/, /dɪˈmænˌtɔɪd/, /diˈmænˌtɔɪd/, /ˈdɛmənˌtɔɪd/ 1. A green garnet. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Jack Ketch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jack Ketch, the public executioner during the reigns of both Charles II of England and his brother James II. 1. a public executioner 2. the gallows 3. death 4. the devil
Word: fondu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fondu (“melted”). Compare fondue. 1. The graded shift from one color into another. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Alternative spelling of fondue. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 3. A lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tramp iron Part of Speech: noun 1. Stray metallic particles or objects (such as staples, baling wire, and nails) that contaminate foodstuffs, animal feed, or silage. Labels: uncountable 2. Stray metal objects (such as drill bits, anvils, and hardware) in the feed material as it applies to the process of aggregate production, i.e. rock crushers. Labels: uncountable
Word: usurper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English usurper, usurpour, usurpur, from Middle French usurpeur; equivalent to usurp + -er. Pronunciation: /juˈsɜɹ.pəɹ/, /juˈzɜː.pə/ 1. One who usurps. Example: The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.
Word: grass-green Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grasgrene, from Old English græsgrēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + green. 1. A bright green color, like that of grass. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grass-green Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grasgrene, from Old English græsgrēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + green. 1. Of a bright green color, like that of grass. Labels: not-comparable
Word: WWU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Western Washington University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WWU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of weighted work unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: New World Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /n(j)u wɝld/, /njuː wɜːld/ 1. The Americas and Oceania. Example: In the 16th century, a "creole" was a person of European ancestry born in the New World. Example: The Terraqueous Globe comprehending Sea and Land, Rivers and Lakes, ſtands divided by modern Geographers into two Semi-Orbs, viz. the Old, and New World.
Word: New World Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /n(j)u wɝld/, /njuː wɜːld/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the New World.
Word: Indian Ocean Part of Speech: name 1. The ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica. Example: In the west, the outer periphery of the Inner Zone is the great divide separating Pacific Ocean and South China Sea drainage on the one hand, from drainage oriented towards Hsin-chiang in the northwest and towards the Indian Ocean in the southwest, on the other.
Word: homesick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from homesickness, equivalent to home + sick. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ̯m.sɪk/, [ˈhəʊ̯m.sɪk], /ˈhoʊ̯m.sɪk/, [ˈhoʊ̯m.sɪk] 1. Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic. Labels: often Example: feel homesick Example: become homesick
Word: homesickness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Heimweh (“homesickness”, literally “home-woe”), equivalent to home + sickness. 1. The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ice blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A very pale blue colour. Example: It is finished in the standard ice blue adopted by BR for refrigerated vehicles.
Word: ice blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a very pale blue colour.
Word: iron gray Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark gray colour, with a tint of green, like iron freshly cut or broken.
Word: iron gray Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a dark gray colour, with a tint of green. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pester power Part of Speech: noun 1. Children's ability to make their parents buy something or do something for them by continually asking until the parents agree to do it. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: namaskar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra), from नमस् (namas, “bow, obeisance”) + कार (kāra, “action”). Pronunciation: /naməˈskɑː/ 1. The use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: To every one I met I made my namaskar, and on entering my village, I made namaskar to a bowri, (a man of low caste.) Example: I bowed down, did namaskar and said a prayer.
Word: Kendal green Part of Speech: noun 1. A coarse green woolen cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green? 2. A light greyish-green colour, like that of the cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kendal green Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a light greyish-green colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lapis lazuli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin. Pronunciation: /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/, /ˈlaz.jʊ.li/, /ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/, /ˈlæz.(j)ə.laɪ/, /ˈlæʒ.ə.li/ 1. A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He saw the amber silk curtains wave to and fro: the middle window was open; in it stood a pillar of lapis lazuli, which supported an alabaster figure, Canova's Dansatrice. 2. A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lapis lazuli Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin. Pronunciation: /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/, /ˈlaz.jʊ.li/, /ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/, /ˈlæz.(j)ə.laɪ/, /ˈlæʒ.ə.li/ 1. Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone. Example: I cannot convey to you the sheer and surreal scale of everything: the towering ship, the ropes, the ties, the anchor, the pier, the vast lapis lazuli dome of the sky.
Word: iridology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From irido- + -logy. 1. A form of alternative medicine involving the diagnosis of body ailments through the examination of the iris of the human eye. Labels: uncountable
Word: alternative medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various nonscientific or pseudoscientific medical methods and practices used either in place of or in addition to conventional (scientific) medicine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unlike their conventional counterparts, practitioners of alternative medicine often excel at harnessing the placebo effect, says Dr Ernst. Example: “Such courses involve so-called 'complementary or alternative medicine' masquerading as, and sitting side-by-side with, evidence-based health-related science courses,” the letter said. It added that universities were risking their reputations by teaching courses like chiropractic, homeopathy, iridology and reflexology.
Word: haz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of has, now as a lolspeak corruption: compare cheezburger, hai, kitteh, and teh. 1. Eye dialect spelling of has. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Our daddy waz mad! He haz a big spaceship on toppa hiz stereo speaker. Dylan an' me wanted to 'xplore new wurlds when he waz at werk, so we klimbed up da speaker (he hatez dat, too, picky hoomin!) an' tryed to go fer a spin 'round da yew-niverse while Mommy an' Daddy waz gone. Example: Keith ODonnell iz n0t with0ut rezpect in the hallz of the great. He haz t0lerated y0u, but d0ez n0t have t0. He d0ez s0 becauze he iz a g00d man.
Word: haz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of has, now as a lolspeak corruption: compare cheezburger, hai, kitteh, and teh. 1. Alternative form of have. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-past, no-present-participle, participle, past, pronunciation-spelling Example: I hain’t much on ceremony nohow, an’ asides, I haz a lot ov other bizness ter tend to ter-day. Example: At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite?
Word: magnolia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Magnolia, from French Magnol + -ia. Named after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638–1715). The surname is a form of the male given name Magne, from Latin magnus, which in turn from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s (“great”). . Pronunciation: /ˌmæɡˈnəʊ.li.ə/, /ˌmæɡˈnoʊ.li.ə/ 1. A tree or shrub in any species of the genus Magnolia, many with large flowers and simple leaves. Labels: countable Example: There are clusters of magnolias that are so tall and green and glossy, they are impossible to climb, and the air around them always smells like peaches. 2. The flower of a magnolia tree. Labels: countable 3. A native or resident of the American state of Mississippi. Labels: countable 4. A creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: magnolia Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Magnolia, from French Magnol + -ia. Named after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638–1715). The surname is a form of the male given name Magne, from Latin magnus, which in turn from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s (“great”). . Pronunciation: /ˌmæɡˈnəʊ.li.ə/, /ˌmæɡˈnoʊ.li.ə/ 1. Of a creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lucifer Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of lucifer match, sulfur or phosphorus friction matches. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The invention of the Lucifer Match has brought with it many dangers. In one year, in London, there were published thirty-nine accounts of serious conflagrations through children playing with lucifers, the igniting of the matches, and the careless use of them... To guard against the recurrence of these sad results has been invented "the Safety Match," or a match which cannot ignite by friction with ordinary substances... Example: While you’ve a lucifer to light your fag, Smile, boys, that’s the style
Word: settler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English settle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English settler From settle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛt.lɚ/, /ˈsɛt.l̩.ɚ/, /ˈsɛt.lə/, /ˈsɛt.l̩.ə/ 1. Someone who settles in a new location; especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place. Example: the first settlers of New England Example: The law, which let settlers stay on private land if they had built there without knowing the property belonged to Palestinians or had done so at the state’s direction, was backed by Israel’s most right-wing governing coalition to date. 2. Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute. 3. That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest. Labels: colloquial 4. The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings. Labels: UK 5. A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap. Example: [H]aving got out the rum bottle for a quiet “settler” just as the victim of his fascinations glided through the carefully adjusted door, he had been persuaded to go on drinking. 6. A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle. Example: First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor.
Word: uninhabited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + inhabited. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tɪd/ 1. Not inhabited; having no inhabitants. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not having a term. Labels: not-comparable Example: This is not a contradiction since an uninhabited type has no complete terms and a probability distribution over an empty type is ill defined anyway. Example: Unlike Null, Nothing has no instances. We say the type is uninhabited.
Word: inhabited Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ 1. Having inhabitants; lived in. 2. Containing at least one element. 3. Having a term. Example: It is, however, certainly desirable that the above type is inhabited, […] 4. Obsolete form of uninhabited. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Others[…]have frequented desarts and inhabited provinces. Example: We met no one on the road, but presently began to pass deserted farms in varying stages of ruin. Then I noticed a few inhabited houses with rags stuffed in the broken windows and shells and dead fish lying about the littered yards.
Word: hanker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative. Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/ 1. To crave, want or desire. Example: If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe. Example: “O ’tis true enough, faith. I cannot understand Farmer Boldwood being such a fool at his time of life as to ho and hanker after thik^([sic]) woman in the way ’a do, and she not care a bit about en.”
Word: betting shop Part of Speech: noun 1. The premises of a bookmaker, where people may place bets, watch horse races etc on television, and collect their winnings. Labels: UK
Word: change of heart Part of Speech: noun 1. A change of one's opinion, belief or decision. Labels: idiomatic Example: He quit work on Friday, but on Monday he had a change of heart and decided to come back. Example: We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row / We could stay inside and play games, I don't know / And you could have a change of heart
Word: chola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chola. 1. A female cholo (Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics).
Word: leery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1718, “untrustful, suspicious”, either from leer (“sideward look”) + -y, lear (“learning, knowledge”) + -y. More at leer, lear. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪəɹi/, /ˈlɪɹi/, /ˈlɪɚi/, /ˈliɹi/, /ˈliɹɪ/ 1. Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns. Example: Since he was bitten by a dog when he was young, he has always been leery of animals. Example: “[…]He was one of their top gun-fighters—always up to his ears in the thick of any fightin' that was goin' on. He never was leery of anything on two feet, I'll say that much for'm.” 2. Sly; artful; knowing. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang 3. Leering; lecherous or unpleasant. Example: And there was a particularly brutal villain with leery eyes, ugly mouth, with one tooth gone, and an iron jaw like a hull-dog's.
Word: hesitant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin haereō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō ▲ Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin -titō Latin haesitō Latin haesitānsbor. English hesitant Borrowed from Latin haesitans, present participle of haesitare (“to stick fast, to hesitate”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛzɪtənt/ 1. Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation. Example: I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.
Word: zulu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of
Word: mop head Part of Speech: noun 1. The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened. 2. A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop. Labels: US 3. A type of thick rounded haircut similar to that worn by the Beatles in the early 1960s. 4. A person with unkempt hair that stands away from the head. Labels: derogatory
Word: zeitgeist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Zeitgeist (literally “spirit of the age”). Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/, /ˈtsaɪtˌɡaɪst/ 1. The spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period. Example: She was anchored to that seat by the accumulated indignities of days gone by and the boundless aspirations of generations yet unborn. She was a victim of both the forces of history and the forces of destiny. She had been tracked down by the Zeitgeist—the spirit of the time. Example: After quickly summarizing the zeitgeisten of the Greek, Elizabethan, and early modern periods and their effects on the theatre, Rice turns to the contemporary world.
Word: mop up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: mop + up 1. To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device. Example: Please mop up the spilled milk. Example: And though Fightville, an MMA documentary from the directors of the fine Iraq War doc Gunner Palace, presents it more than fairly, the sight of a makeshift ring getting constructed on a Louisiana rodeo ground does little to shake the label. Nor do the shots of ringside assistants with spray bottles and rags, mopping up the blood between rounds 2. To fix problems; to correct or repair. Labels: informal Example: After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up. Example: They learned nothing in their lives to prepare them for this time period; they were choosing to mop up the silliness of their past and shape it into something to promote survival. 3. To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them. Labels: transitive Example: He mopped up the sauce with the bread and scarfed it down like he had been raised by wolves. Example: Don't forget to mop up the gravy with your bread, there's a good husband 4. To consume or get rid of an excess of something. Example: The function of the weak acid component of a buffer is to act as a source of H⁺ ions which can mop up any added OH⁻: HA + OH⁻ → A⁻ + H₂O Example: The war, legitimised as it was by the coalesced decision makers, was intended to 'mop up' terrorism. 5. To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity. Example: Crew members or leaders of a 20-person organized inter-agency hotshot suppression crew build firelines, conduct burnout operations, and mop up after the fire using chainsaws and hand tools such as Pulaskis and shovels. Example: Nobody wanted to join the 'Cardigan Squad' – so-called because Child Protection officers were seen as woolly, glorified social workers that mopped up after domestics. 6. To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch Example: They patch up, mop up, neaten up the halfcooked and unsatisfactory ideas they find lying around in their head. Example: So what you brought us together for is to tell us we're gonna turn Billy Gold over to them, mop up our operation, and go back to having normal lives again. 7. To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area. Example: No good trying to charge with them. They'd just squeal and bolt, and there are more than enough of these filthy horse-boys to mop up our lot on the flat. Example: One battalion was to mop up the Japanese on Hill Xray-Yoke and in the gulch to the south of it while the other two were to move up the ridge itself. 8. To win a competition decisively. Example: John Willment, a Ford distributor in Middlesex, imported a Holman & Moody-prepared Galaxie and – you may recall – let it loose among the 3.8 Jaguar racing contingent. WHAM! It mopped up everything in sight. Example: As more and more Red Sox drew walks and hit singles, our once insurmountable lead diminished. So, Joe Torre came out to call in his bullpen to mop up. 9. To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
Word: piscatorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin piscātor (“fisherman”), from piscis (“fish”). 1. Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing. Labels: not-comparable Example: There should be no plea put in by him in his absences, that he had only gone to catch a few fish, when his intentions had been other than piscatorial. Example: That a lucy or luce is the mature pike, every piscatorial schoolboy knows. 2. Of or pertaining to fish; piscine. Labels: not-comparable Example: The tropical boxfish may not look the sleekest or sexiest of piscatorial creatures, but the Mercedes team knew better. Example: There are dozens of photographs, but it is not the piscatorial pornography that makes this book so exciting so much as the stories Mr Buller has unearthed.
Word: leave someone in the lurch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See entry for left in the lurch 1. To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave them in a difficult situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself. Example: And though th'art of a diff'rent Church, / I will not leave thee in the lurch.
Word: unobtainium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unobtain(able) + -ium (suffix typical of names of atomic elements), modelled after uranium and titanium. Compare also the origin of dysprosium. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ʌn.ɒbˈteɪ.nɪ.əm/, /-əb-/, /ˌʌn.əbˈteɪ.ni.əm/ 1. A fictional material or component which, if it existed, would enable one to easily solve a hard problem. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable Example: Thus the invention of high temperature fuels will enable us to consider cores which are radiation cooled; such cores would be surrounded by large tanks (cooled by water) which in turn would be penetrated by beam holes. The beam holes themselves would probably have to be made of "unobtanium". (This "unobtanium" is a word coined at Atomics International to describe the material needed to make reactor projects feasible.) In between the radiation cooled reactors and the water cooled reactors is a regime suitable for liquid metal (including boiling liquid) cooled reactors. Once again "unobtanium" is needed. Example: In order to illustrate some of the features of data processing under ideal conditions, a set of simulated data was generated and is presented in the last four columns of Table II. The hypothetical material is called Unobtainium. 2. An especially rare material or component that is outrageously expensive or otherwise almost impossible to get hold of. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable Example: The vacuum furnace has been greatly improved and today we are melting titanium, zirconium, high alloy steels and other materials which are remarkably free of impurities and possess improved properties. These high performance metals are used in turbojet engines, missiles and atomic reactors. […] We call it "unobtainium." Example: Bikes made of titanium, once known as "unobtainium" because of its high price, are down from the stratosphere. 3. A high technology component that is extremely expensive. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable Example: [D]oes our device require any technologies that we're not likely to be able to develop, buy, or otherwise obtain? This unobtainable content is sometimes called unobtanium, and can take various forms: [...] Things that exist, but don't exist for us. If Acer needs a beautiful custom 15″ LCD panel that costs less than $50, they can get it, because they'll buy millions and millions of them. But for the vast majority of us, asking an LCD panel vendor for such a thing will yield little more than a chuckle.
Word: bronchial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bronchiālis. By surface analysis, bronchium + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɑːn.ki.əl/ 1. Of or relating to the bronchia, bronchi or bronchioles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hit the trail Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave or depart. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: It's time for me to hit the trail and be on my way.
Word: hit home Part of Speech: verb 1. To be especially memorable, meaningful, or significant; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated. Labels: idiomatic Example: Do you think the message really hit home with him? Example: Baked goodies can really hit home with a crowd. 2. To strike its target with damaging effect. Example: This revised situation doesn't go well for poor old Nagato. Whilst curls of smoke and scorch marks along the hulls and superstructures of Washington and Alabama do tell of some Japanese shells hitting home, neither of them seem particularly perturbed by this. Instead, their fire begins to overhaul the Japanese battleship, and, sooner or later, another salvo of 16-inch shells - no one's quite sure whether it comes from Alabama or Washington - smashes into the base of the superfiring aft turret.
Word: hit up Part of Speech: verb 1. To visit with or contact someone, especially with a definite purpose. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Why not hit him up for some assistance on the rebuilding project? 2. To eat or drink; to buy a round of drinks. Labels: transitive Example: Jerry will hit up a round for us all. 3. To embark on or devote oneself to (an activity); to perform or do (something). Labels: transitive Example: I hit up the computer to find the answer. 4. To take (an intoxicating drug). Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: He hit up with the heroin Jake brought him. 5. To request or demand; to confront verbally. Labels: slang, transitive Example: He hit me up for twenty bucks.
Word: hit up Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of taking a pass from the dummy half and running straight into the opposition's defensive line without looking to pass.
Word: hole in one Part of Speech: noun 1. A hole that is completed by sinking the ball in a single shot or attempt, with one hit. 2. Any rare, wonderful, or remarkable accomplishment. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: If we can get the entire thing moved over in a day, it'll be a hole in one with the customer.
Word: toughie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tough + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌfi/ 1. Something that is tough, or difficult. Labels: informal Example: His question is a toughie. I might have to do some more research. 2. Someone or something that is strong and resilient. Example: Sansevieria and aspidistra are two old houseplant toughies that make good indoor choices. Example: With typical courage she had taken hold of her life and changed it for the better. She always was a brave little toughie, and now her courage had paid off. 3. A tough; Someone or something that acts as a thug or bully. Example: The liberal states, in the present situation, are the "softies"; the Fascist states are the "toughies". And the toughies are always able to get away with "murder" until the softies become tough. Example: But we knew she would follow how and why my student and I would immediately detect the similarity in our situation from the studied calmness we had both displayed toward the havoc roused by the toughies to intimidate the new female temporary teacher.
Word: on a roll Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Having a streak of good luck or good progress or success. Labels: informal Example: He was on a roll with the answers that day and didn't want to stop. Example: You're on a roll and now you pray it lasts
Word: toughy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toughie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bronchiole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bronchial + -ole. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɒŋ.kiˌəʊl/, /ˈbɹɑŋ.kiˌoʊl/ 1. Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
Word: herrenvolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Herrenvolk, from Herr (“lord, master, gentleman”) + -en- + Volk (“folk, people”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹənfəʊk/, /ˈhɛɹənfɒlk/, /ˈhɛɹənfoʊk/, /ˈhɛɹənfɔlk/ 1. A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology. Example: In their position halfway between the blacks and the white Herrenvolk, they are bound to be unstable, they are petty bourgeois to the core, all of them. Example: The political system that was emerging has been aptly described as a 'Herrenvolk democracy', a formally democratic political system in which voting and office holding is limited to members of a dominant ethno-racial group.
Word: scots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: head-on Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd ˌɒn/, /ˈhɛd ˌɔn/, /ˈhed ˌɔn/, /ˈhed ˌɒn/, [ˈhe̝d ˌɔ̟n] ~ [ˈhɪd ˌɔ̟n] 1. Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating; uncompromising Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: a head-on approach to a problem Example: In what way do we benefit from speaking of things indirectly? How does such a distancing allow us to better discover - and describe - people and objects? How does distancing produce an effect? Westerners find it natural and normal to meet the world head-on. But what can we gain from approaching the world obliquely? 2. Of a collision, from the front or in the direction of motion. Labels: not-comparable Example: Getting into a head-on collision is dangerous. Example: This secondary collision, head-on with a closing speed of 142mph, caused the DVT to veer off to the left. Many of the coaches behind it overturned and careered into an adjacent field.
Word: head-on Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd ˌɒn/, /ˈhɛd ˌɔn/, /ˈhed ˌɔn/, /ˈhed ˌɒn/, [ˈhe̝d ˌɔ̟n] ~ [ˈhɪd ˌɔ̟n] 1. With the front of a vehicle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored. 2. With direct confrontation. Labels: not-comparable Example: During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast. Example: And there is little research to address the issue head on. A previous study, published in 2000, surveyed doctors and found that three quarters of them said some patients addressed them by their first name.
Word: head-on Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd ˌɒn/, /ˈhɛd ˌɔn/, /ˈhed ˌɔn/, /ˈhed ˌɒn/, [ˈhe̝d ˌɔ̟n] ~ [ˈhɪd ˌɔ̟n] 1. A collision from the front. Example: He was injured in a head-on with a larger vehicle.
Word: head on Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of head-on. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: head on Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of head-on. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: While he is reasonably effusive about inter-city travel, he is heavily disparaging of all types of stopping service, including those on otherwise busy main lines. His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.
Word: satan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Satan: from Latin Satān, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (Sātān, “adversary, accuser”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.tən/, /ˈseɪ.tn̩/, [ˈseɪ.ʔn̩] 1. Alternative form of Satan (especially in the sense "a demon follower of Satan; a fallen angel"). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: According to Wahb b. Munnabih, Muhammad b. Ka‘b, and other authorities: Solomon was led to this [test of her intelligence] because the satans feared that he would marry her and make her desirous of having his offspring. She would then disclose to him the secrets of the jinn, and they would never rid themselves of their subservience to Solomon and his offspring to follow. Example: He tells them to go away, calling them ‘You little satans!’ and then the children′s faces become ghoulish and they begin snapping at him, trying to bite him. A short time later, we see Judas being chased by about a dozen of these children; he falls and they kick and hit him. Twice, we see the figure of Satan (recognizable from the opening scene) standing among the demon-children.
Word: satan Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.tən/, /ˈseɪ.tn̩/, [ˈseɪ.ʔn̩] 1. Obsolete form of satin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: oxter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“joint of the shoulder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). See also axis and axon. Pronunciation: /ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/ 1. The armpit. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland Example: And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, […] Example: ‘It's a small beast,’ he said. ‘I could carry it under my oxter.’
Word: oxter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“joint of the shoulder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). See also axis and axon. Pronunciation: /ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/ 1. To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of. Labels: transitive Example: They oxter him into the building.
Word: EDM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electrical discharge machining. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of electronic document management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of entity data model. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of engineering data management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of electronic dance music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days). 6. Initialism of early day motion. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: On Tuesday, the SNP lodged an early-day motion (EDM) to formally remove Prince Andrew’s title as Duke of York, which he has said he will no longer use. […] EDMs rarely have any effect apart from generating publicity for a cause, but if a significant number of cross-party names were to sign the SNP motion it would act as a method for piling pressure on the government.
Word: EDM Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Edmonton. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: brevity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in English in 1509; either: * Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or * from Anglo-Norman brevité, from Old French brieveté, from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, brief + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛvɪti/, /ˈbɹɛvəti/, [ˈbɹɛvəɾi], [ˈbɹɛvɾi], /ˈbɹevəti/ 1. The quality of being brief in duration. Labels: uncountable Example: Thanks to Global Positioning Systems we can see that Europe and North America are parting at about the speed a fingernail grows—roughly two yards in a human lifetime. If you were prepared to wait long enough, you could ride from Los Angeles all the way up to San Francisco. It is only the brevity of lifetimes that keeps us from appreciating the changes. 2. Succinctness; conciseness. Labels: uncountable Example: [B]revity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes[.] Example: Whenever a public question comes to such a crisis that the opportunities for individual intervention are reduced to the smallest possible compass, Mr. Roebuck is sure to step in with a formula, summing up the case with indignant brevity, censuring somebody, or panegyrizing somebody. 3. A short piece of writing. Labels: countable, rare
Word: Aleshia Part of Speech: name Etymology: One of the modern variations of Alicia, meaning "of noble kind". 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Word: joe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the proper name Joe. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊ/, /d͡ʒoʊ/ 1. A male; a guy; a fellow. Labels: informal Example: I'm just an ordinary joe. 2. A spy, especially a double agent. Labels: UK, slang Example: Name me a joe in a bad country ... who doesn't fall for a pretty face if she's on his side against the world. Example: Soviet troops were permitted to enter the American sector, where they could easily capture and torture an agent to confirm the existence of a Joe house, then cripple American espionage efforts by kidnapping a nest of spies in one fell swoop. 3. Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”). Labels: historical Example: I have seen doubloons before now in my voyagings; your doubloons of old Spain, your doubloons of Peru, your doubloons of Chili, your doubloons of Bolivia, your doubloons of Popayan; with plenty of gold moidores and pistoles, and joes, and half joes, and quarter joes. Example: Guineas, joes, half joes, doubloons, and pistoles of various origin constituted the gold currency, while the silver was mostly the Spanish American dollar and its fractions: the half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth, with the pistareen and half pistareen.
Word: joe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. See cup of joe for more. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊ/, /d͡ʒoʊ/ 1. Coffee. Labels: US, countable, informal, uncountable Example: In olden times, you'd wander down to Mom's Cafe for a bite to eat and a cup of joe, and you would feel right at home. Example: 45 have some joe Week's almost over—now bring it home. Austrian researchers found that a cup of java resulted in a 45-minute boost of brain activity in the regions responsible for attention, concentration, and short-term memory.
Word: joe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊ/, /d͡ʒoʊ/ 1. Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”). Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative Example: 1836 Joanna Baillie The Phantom, Act 2. Provost, to a maidservant. I fear, my joe, the good that I can do him, Or ev'n the minister, if he were here, Would be but little. Example: My tantie Kate sits at her wheel, / And sair she lightlies me; / But weel ken I it's a' envy, / For ne'er a joe has she.
Word: joseph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably in allusion to Joseph's coat of many colours in Genesis 37:3. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊsəf/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊsəf/ 1. A woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century with a long cape and buttons running down the front. Labels: capitalized, sometimes Example: Some women, I grant, would not appear to advantage seated on a pillion, and attired in a drab joseph and a drab beaver-bonnet . . . travelling on pillions in snowy weather was unpleasant, though a joseph was a great protection . . . these ladies were so taken by surprise at finding such a lovely face and figure in an out-of-the-way country place, that they began to feel some curiosity about the dress she would put on when she took off her joseph
Word: oral availability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being efficacious when taken by mouth (usually of a medicinal drug). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 2002, Daniel F. Veber, Stephen R. Johnson, Hung-Yuan Cheng, Brian R. Smith, Keith W. Ward, and Kenneth D. Kopple, "Molecular Properties That Influence the Oral Bioavailability of Drug Candidates". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 45(12):2615-2623. Retrieved July 9, 2005. An analysis of the measured oral availability in rats for over 1100 compounds studied at SmithKline Beecham has revealed the unexpected positive influence of increasing molecular rigidity as measured by the rotatable bond count and the more expected negative impact of increasing polar surface area.
Word: small molecule drug Part of Speech: noun 1. A medicinal drug compound having a molecular weight of less than 1000 daltons, and typically between 300 and 700 daltons.