nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ringbark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ring + bark. 1. To remove the bark, phloem, and cambium from a tree in a ring all the way around its trunk, thereby normally killing the tree. Labels: ambitransitive Example: After the passing of this Act no lessee of Crown Lands shall ringbark any trees on Crown Lands unless he be the holder of a permission to ringbark under the hand of the Minister.
Word: dressing stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A block of silicon carbide or aluminium oxide used to dress diamond tools by removing the build-up of metal etc. 2. Any of several sticks, often with a hook, used by the elderly or infirm to help put on clothes.
Word: explosives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of explosive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milkbar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of milk bar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pork sword Part of Speech: noun 1. The penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: 'Yes,' screamed the patient hysterically, 'I mean penis, prick, pork sword, knob, the lot. What's it matter... Example: I wanted to make it very clear I wasn't 'interested in only one thing', i.e., 'burying my pork sword'. Basically, I didn't want to be judged/attacked for wanting sex.
Word: Taj Mahal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindustani ताज महल / تاج محل (tāj mahal, “crown of palaces”), from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic, corresponding to English taj + mahal. Pronunciation: /t̪ɑd͡ʒ mɛhɛl/, /ˌtɑːʒ məˈhɑːl/, /ˌtɑːdʒ məˈhɑːl/ 1. A monument in Agra, India, constructed between 1631 and 1654, considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in the world.
Word: Dieri Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪəriː/ 1. An indigenous people of the South Australian desert. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Dieri Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdɪəriː/ 1. A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language spoken by the Dieri people in the Lake Eyre region of South Australia.
Word: Taïwan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Taïwan, from Mandarin Chinese. 1. Alternative form of Taiwan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Taïwan is the largest producer of first quality preserved mushrooms in the world. The second largest producer is France. Example: The final 1.08 BIOS version (not a beta!!) for the TX97 MoBo series is now available on the Asus Taïwan FTP site.
Word: Viet Nam Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Vietnam. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: One man who had received two purple hearts and a bronze star while serving as a medic in Viet Nam told us that he had been dishonorably discharged "for loving a man".
Word: cocky's joy Part of Speech: noun 1. Golden syrup. Labels: Australia, informal, uncountable Example: There are, incidentally, few things more Australian than damper with ‘cocky′s joy’, which is the bushman′s name for golden syrup. Example: Tradition has it that their main meal in later colonial times consisted chiefly of salt meat, potatoes and pumpkin stewed in a camp oven all day,¹³⁹ with damper and golden syrup (cocky′s joy) for pudding, and no fruit at all. Tasmanian jam was available from the 1860s onwards, but it was up to four times as expensive as the cocky′s joy,¹⁴⁰ which consisted entirely of caramelised sugar.
Word: boughten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bought + -en (past participle ending of some verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːtən/ 1. Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade), storebought. Labels: Canada, Cornwall, US, West-Country, archaic, dialectal, not-comparable, rare Example: Is that a boughten chair? Example: “Well, it’s nothin’ at all in the world,” said she, “only I strongly expect Miss Niles drinks boughten tea, and if I knew she did, I’d never set my foot in her house again.”
Word: boughten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bought + -en (past participle ending of some verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːtən/ 1. past participle of buy Labels: US, archaic, dialectal, form-of, participle, past, rare Example: He has boughten that brand of cereal before. Example: Lumber has been boughten for the sawhorse table. Woo!
Word: cetology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, cet(acean)- + -o- + -logy. 1. The branch of zoology concerned with the infraorder Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pedanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Balinese pedanda, padanda, ultimately from Sanskrit. 1. In Bali, a Hindu priest or priestess. Example: There are records of bitter village conflicts in which Pande families were denied the right to bury their dead in the village cemetery because the families did not obtain holy water from pedandas, and the villagers said the unpurified bodies would contaminate the cemetery. Example: The only people who are conversant with all the rituals of agama Hindu are the high priests, or pedanda, men and a few women of the Brahman caste who spend years studying the complex theology.
Word: imperatrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin imperātrīx. By surface analysis, imperate + -trix. Doublet of empress. 1. Female equivalent of imperator: empress. Labels: archaic, feminine, form-of, historical Example: When I went back, years and years later, she was a drunken, painted sham, still thinking herself the imperatrix of Mareshank, pretending sweet in that broken-down big house. I'd gone north, married, traveled the world.
Word: postface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + (pre)face with pre- replaced by post-. 1. A piece of text, containing information normally included in a preface, placed at the back of a publication.
Word: kiore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori. Pronunciation: /kiˈɔːɹeɪ/, /ˈkiːɒɹɛ/, /kiˈoɹeɪ/, /kiˈoɹi/, /kiːˈoːɹe/ 1. The Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans. Labels: New-Zealand Example: The only means of transport available to kiore was Polynesian vessels.
Word: one foot Part of Speech: noun 1. A trick with one foot free from the bindings; instead it is placed beside the rear binding and boned far away from the board during airtime. Example: Dude, doing one foots is suicidal.
Word: UNEP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United Nations Environment Programme. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The UNEP report said about a third of climate-heating emissions came from the global food system and these were set to double by 2050.
Word: hardbitten Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hard-bitten. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sounder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *soundere, from Old English ġesundra, from Proto-Germanic *sundizô, equivalent to sound + -er (comparative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɚ/ 1. comparative form of sound: more sound Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The Northern Division Traffic Manager has said that there is no present intention of terminating the service, but the hopes previously entertained of expanding it cannot be entertained until it is operating on a sounder economic basis.
Word: sounder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English soundar, sownere, equivalent to sound + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɚ/ 1. Something or someone who makes a sound. Example: a telephone with an electronic sounder 2. An instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound. 3. A stethoscope. Labels: dated, plural, plural-only 4. Synonym of sting (“brief musical sequence in television etc.”).
Word: sounder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sonder. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɚ/ 1. A device for making soundings at sea. 2. A person who takes soundings. 3. A fishfinder.
Word: sounder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English soundre, from Anglo-Norman soundre, Old Northern French sondre, from a Germanic language, probably Old English sunor (“herd of swine”), from Proto-West Germanic *suniʀu, plural of *sun (“swine, boar”), from Proto-Germanic *sunaz (“boar”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bring forth, bear, give birth”). Cognate with Dutch zeunie (“trough, drinking bowl”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɚ/ 1. A group of wild boar. Example: It was not only that there were wild boars in it, whose sounders would at this season be furiously rooting about, nor that one of the surviving wolves might be slinking behind any tree, with pale eyes and slavering chops. 2. A young boar.
Word: psychopathology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English psychopathology From psycho- + pathology. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/ 1. The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mental or behavioral disorder. Labels: countable Example: Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology. Example: The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction.
Word: hearted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English herted, hertid; equivalent to heart + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːtɪd/, /ˈhɑɹtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of heart Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English herted, hertid; equivalent to heart + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːtɪd/, /ˈhɑɹtɪd/ 1. Having a specified kind or number of heart. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: a hard-hearted woman Example: It is said that she is "two-hearted," which means that she now has to nourish and fulfill the desires of both her baby and herself. 2. Seated or fixed in the heart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: javazon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of javelin + Amazon. 1. An Amazon character focusing on javelin skills.
Word: alkalimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alkali + -meter. 1. A device used to measure alkalinity.
Word: ammeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ampere Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English ammeter From ampere + -meter. 1. A device that measures the magnitude of an electric current, especially one calibrated in amperes. Example: The engineman and fireman who would take the great train on the first two hundred mile lap into the south lolled in the spotless aluminium cabin, twelve feet above the track, watching the ammeter and the air-pressure dial, ready to go. Example: The controllers of these diesels do not move round in notches, so that the driver's only sure guide to the way in which he is working his locomotive is his ammeter, corresponding in a way to the steam-chest pressure gauge of a steam locomotive. When the diesel was being worked full out, the ammeter normally showed about 1,500-1,600 amps, with occasional surges of current at starting or up the steepest gradients to 1,700 or even 1,800 amps.
Word: atmometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English atmo- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English atmometer From atmo- + -meter. 1. An instrument that measures the rate of evaporation of a liquid.
Word: evaporimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. An atmometer
Word: kage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of cage, q.v. 1. Obsolete form of cage, now chiefly (archaic) a chantry chapel enclosed with latticework or screenwork. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bathometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From batho- + -meter. 1. An instrument that measures the depth of water, used especially to measure the depth of ocean water.
Word: greets Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of greet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: greets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːts/ 1. Greetings sent to other demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: greets to […] Example: I was just considering the term 'lamer' (because of all these ROM D00DZ who I think of as 'emulamers') and I was wondering: is 'lamer' a term that is unique to the C64 scene? I haven't seen in used it other circles, but it sure used to crop up a hell of a lot in demos, cracktro greets, etc.
Word: bolometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω (bắllō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek βολή (bolḗ) Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English bolometer Coined in 1878 by Samuel Pierpont Langley from Ancient Greek βολή (bolḗ, “a strike, a throw”) + -meter. 1. A sensitive device for detecting and measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation.
Word: grat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /ɡɹæt/ 1. A gratuity or tip. Labels: slang
Word: bolometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bolo- + -metric. 1. Of or pertaining to bolometry 2. as measured using a bolometer
Word: autostereogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + stereogram. 1. A single-image stereogram, designed to trick the human eye and brain into seeing a three-dimensional scene in a two-dimensional image. Example: To see a random dot autostereogram correctly, draw the eyes (and face) towards, say, within one inch of the image, and then slowly pull away, until the central 3D shape coalesces into view. Example: If you stared at the pattern long enough, your brain would trick itself into seeing a hidden 3D image. It was called an autostereogram, and it was easy to make one if you were a moderately skilled programmer.
Word: foreseeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foresee + -able. Pronunciation: /fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/, /fɚˈsi.ə.bəl/, /fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/, /fəˈsiː.ə.bəl/ 1. Able to be foreseen or anticipated. Example: This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future. Example: “At current and foreseeable oil prices, the industry’s appetite to drill in ANWR will be exceptionally low and quite possibly will be zero,” Pavel Molchanov, energy analyst at Raymond James, told CNN Business.
Word: larikin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of larrikin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: calorimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin calor (“warmth, heat”) + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˌkæləˈɹɪmɪtɚ/ 1. An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.
Word: calorimetric Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to calorimetry, or measured by a calorimeter Labels: not-comparable Example: The climax was reached in the 1880's and 1890's through the meticulous work of the German physiologist Max Rubner. His calorimetric measurements of living organisms showed beyond any doubt that the law of conservation of energy held in living tissue as well as in the non-living universe.
Word: ceilometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that measures the altitude of the cloud base, especially above an airfield.
Word: haughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haugh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cloud base Part of Speech: noun 1. The altitude of the base of a mass of cloud; measured by a ceilometer.
Word: cephalometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cephalo- + -meter. 1. Synonym of cephalostat. 2. Synonym of craniometer.
Word: cephalometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cephalo- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English cephalometry From cephalo- + -metry. 1. The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: stots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stottin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of stot; Alternative spelling of stotting. Labels: Geordie, form-of, participle, present
Word: stotted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stot Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of stott Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tynes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tyne Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First coined 1789, from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē, “substance that gathers in the corner of the eye; rheum”). 1. The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: craniometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cranio- + -meter. 1. A device used to measure the size of the skull.
Word: cryometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + -meter. 1. A thermometer used at very low temperatures.
Word: verbalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English verbalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English verbalization From verbalize + -ation. 1. An instance of verbalizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: verbalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verbalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + -metry. 1. The measurement of very low temperatures; the body of science and technology that facilitates it. Labels: uncountable
Word: cryometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cryo- + -metric; also, by surface analysis, cryometr(y) + -ic. 1. Of or relating to cryometry, or measured using a cryometer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: versifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English versifiour, from Old French versifieor; equivalent to versify + -er. 1. One who versifies. 2. An inferior poet. Labels: derogatory
Word: versifiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of versifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cytophotometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English -meter English cytophotometer From cyto- + photo- + -meter. 1. An optical device which measures the light passing through a stained section of tissue in order to analyze the compounds within its cells.
Word: cytophotometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English cytophotometry From cyto- + photo- + -metry. 1. The analysis of the chemical composition of cells using a cytophotometer Labels: uncountable
Word: cytophotometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- English photometric English cytophotometric From cyto- + photometric. 1. Of or relating to cytophotometry, or measured using a cytophotometer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: venturesomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English venturesome Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English venturesomeness From venturesome + -ness. 1. The degree or quality of being venturesome. Labels: uncountable Example: Somebody must lead the way. I just showed that the thing could be done; but you men brought up to the use of steam cannot conceive the vast importance of my bit of venturesomeness to the Eastern trade of the time.
Word: dekameter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəmiːtə(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative form of decametre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dekametric Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of decametric. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decametric Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɛkəˈmɛtɹɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or measured using a decameter/decametre; especially of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between one and ten decameters. Labels: not-comparable
Word: densimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dense Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English densimeter From dense + -i- + -meter. 1. A densitometer.
Word: densitometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: density + -o- + -meter 1. A device that measures the optical density of a material; especially to test film and print quality. 2. A device that measures the specific gravity of a substance; a densimeter.
Word: dilatometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dilate Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English dilatometer From dilate + -o- + -meter. 1. An instrument used to measure the expansion of solids and liquids when heated, or when subjected to some other physical process.
Word: dioptometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Ancient Greek ὀπτός (optós)der. English opto- English -meter English dioptometer From di- + opto- + -meter. 1. An instrument used to measure ocular refraction, in order to prescribe corrective lenses.
Word: venturous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English venture Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English venturous From venture + -ous. 1. Adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk. Example: [H]e ſhewed me a ſtately Palace, and how the People were clad in Gold that were in it; and how there came a venturous Man and cut his way through the armed men that ſtood in the door to keep him out; and how he was bid to come in, and win eternal Glory. Example: Let Prudence yet obſtruct thy venturous way; / And take good heed, what men will think and ſay: / That beauteous Emma vagrant courſes took; / Her father's houſe and civil life forſook; / That, full of youthful blood, and fond of man; / She to the wood-land with an exile ran.
Word: venturously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English venturous Middle English -ly English -ly English venturously From venturous + -ly. 1. In a venturous manner; daringly; in a fashion displaying boldness, or an enterprising spirit.
Word: bios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bio Labels: form-of, plural 2. A vitamin essential for the growth of yeast, since found to be several B vitamins. Labels: obsolete
Word: bios Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life, the good life”), first distinguished in this particular sense by Giorgio Agamben. Doublet of jiva and quick. 1. A particular mode of life, a qualified life.
Word: venturousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English venturous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English venturousness From venturous + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being venturous; mettle; one's willingness to undertake potentially hazardous endeavours. Labels: uncountable
Word: like a hawk Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. With particular vigilance or attention, implying sharp vision. Example: If you find one you like, plan to guard it like a hawk until the purchase is finalized.
Word: rami Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ramus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pervicacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pervicāx + -ious. 1. Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate. Labels: possibly, rare Example: You are recommended, Miss, to the practice of your private devotions. May they be efficacious upon the mind of one of the most pervicacious young creatures that ever was heard of!
Word: leave for dead Part of Speech: verb 1. To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow. Labels: transitive Example: He stood in the middle of a narrow part of the road, stopped the horse, and struck Fyot with a heavy cudgel, leaving him for dead in the ditch. Example: The Writer having received two wounds, is left for dead on the field 2. To disregard or bypass as unimportant. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.
Word: sprong Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spring Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: Like to the cruel brothers of the earth, Sprong of the teeth of Dragons venemous, Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow. Example: And the whole family, therewith adredd, Rashly out of their rouzed couches sprong
Word: left for dead Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of leave for dead Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Minneapolis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Minnehapolis proposed in 1852 by Charles Hoag as a (misspelt) blend of Dakota mníȟaȟa (“waterfall”) (mní (“water”) + ȟaȟa (“curling”)) + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). Amended to Minneapolis at a town meeting the same year. Pronunciation: /mɪniˈæpəlɪs/ 1. The largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. Example: On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced last summer. 2. A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Kansas, United States.
Word: Minneapolitan Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone from the city of Minneapolis.
Word: Minneapolitan Part of Speech: adj 1. From, or pertaining to, Minneapolis.
Word: Saint Paul Part of Speech: name Etymology: The places are named after Paul the Apostle. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪnt ˈpɔːl/ 1. Saint who spread Christ's teachings in the early Christian era. 2. Any saint named Paul. 3. The capital city of Minnesota, United States and the county seat of Ramsey County. Example: Dozens of people rushed into Cities Church in St. Paul Sunday morning, interrupting the church service and leading to tense confrontations, videos posted by activists and content creators show. The Saint Paul Police Department said it responded after receiving multiple calls reporting up to 40 protesters in the church. 4. A river in western Africa, flowing from southern Guinea, through Liberia, and into the Atlantic Ocean. 5. A parish of Antigua and Barbuda. 6. A parish of Dominica.
Word: putting green Part of Speech: noun 1. The area of a golf course nearest the hole, with a smoother surface to make putting easier.
Word: sand wedge Part of Speech: noun 1. A golf club (an iron) with a heavy flange on the bottom, ideal for bunker shots.
Word: golf club Part of Speech: noun 1. In golf, the implement used to hit the golf ball. Example: Once the tough job is done for Prosser, he says he can then get his golf clubs back out - they have been in the cupboard untouched for a decade. 2. A club (organization and its campus) where golf is played. Example: Meronyms: golf course, putting green, clubhouse
Word: double bogey Part of Speech: noun 1. A score of two over par (for one hole).
Word: triple bogey Part of Speech: noun 1. A score of three over par (for one hole)
Word: tap in Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple, short putt very close to the hole. 2. A simple shot into the goal from close range, and without opposition.
Word: tap in Part of Speech: verb 1. To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close range into the goal. Example: Bent was again left with the simplest of finishes when Rooney picked out Young and he unselfishly crossed for Bent to tap in from inside the six-yard area. 2. To enter a public transport system (especially the London Underground) by tapping a travelcard on the card-reader 3. To contact (someone); to call (someone) on the phone. Labels: slang, transitive 4. To switch places with someone. Labels: slang
Word: tee off Part of Speech: verb 1. To hit the first shot of the hole, from the tee. Example: I always check the wind direction before I tee off. 2. To hit the ball very hard, especially for a home run. Labels: broadly Example: Reyes teed off on a hanging curve to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead. 3. To irritate, vex, or annoy. Labels: idiomatic, slang, transitive Example: Boy, do his jibes ever tee me off!
Word: palude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English palude, from Anglo-Norman palude, palud, palu, from Old French palu, from Latin palūs, palūdem. Reinforced (and with pronunciation influenced) by French palude, palud and Italian palude. 1. A marsh or swamp. Labels: uncommon Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palude.
Word: sterna Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sternum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pitching wedge Part of Speech: noun 1. An iron designed for pitch shots
Word: LPGA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Ladies Professional Golf Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: approach shot Part of Speech: noun 1. Any shot, normally not when teeing off, aimed to land on the green, hit for accuracy more than power. 2. A shot intended to allow the player hitting it to get to the net.
Word: self-assurance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English assurance English self-assurance From self- + assurance. 1. Synonym of self-confidence: the state or quality of being confident in oneself. Labels: uncountable
Word: astore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English astoren, from Old French estorer, from Latin instaurare. 1. To store; to furnish with stores. Labels: transitive
Word: Golden Retriever Part of Speech: noun 1. A breed of dog, originating in Britain, notable for its golden coat and gentle, affectionate nature.
Word: Azawakh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zarma, meaning land of the north. 1. A sighthound bred in Western Africa around Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
Word: whistle-stop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the train whistle that is frequently blown before stopping in small towns. 1. A small train station. Labels: idiomatic 2. A brief stop on a campaign tour to make a speech or perform some other type of public electioneering.
Word: whistle-stop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named for the train whistle that is frequently blown before stopping in small towns. 1. Extremely brief and hurried. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: We've only got 30 minutes at the stadium, so I'll give you a whistle-stop tour.
Word: whistle-stop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named for the train whistle that is frequently blown before stopping in small towns. 1. To make a brief stop on a campaign tour to make a speech or perform some other type of public electioneering. Labels: intransitive
Word: walloping Part of Speech: adj 1. Whopping, large in size. Labels: slang 2. Of exceptional, impressive quality. Labels: slang
Word: walloping Part of Speech: adv 1. Used to emphasize the size or extent. Example: a walloping big lie
Word: walloping Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of wallops or blows; a beating. Example: And your father really believes that you're a decorous, well-trained young business man, and whenever you don't live up to that standard you get on his nerves and he thinks you need a walloping. 2. Verbal abuse. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: For forgetting to pick up the package again, my boss gave me a walloping. Example: But it might better be applied to Trump’s social media spat with Elon Musk. It’s hard to think of two pueri aeterni who are more deserving of a verbal walloping. 3. A thrashing, serious defeat. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: walloping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wallop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: perogative Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of prerogative. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: more cry than wool Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Derived from the practice of shearing sheep, in which the sheep may "cry" as their wool is removed. The earliest recorded variation appears to be by 15th century English lawyer John Fortescue, who wrote "Moche Crye and no Wull" in De laudibus legum Angliae (c. 1470), ch. x. 1. Dramatic assertions that are backed by little evidence. Labels: idiomatic Example: Theſe are the Crimes of which we are guilty, before any Law to prohibit us: it were more allowable to plant Poiſon than to Manufacture with us, and we lie, it ſeems, under ſuch an Obloquy and Clamour, (which, as far as I can judge by your Letter, you alſo liſten to) that, as to import our Cattle to you is a Nuſance, and to export our Wools is Felony ; ſo, by Gradation, to erect here a Manufacture ought to be no leſs than Treaſon. And yet there is more Cry than Wool in all this Matter : For I dare, and do aſſure you, that, modeſtly ſpeaking the whole Quantity of what we work up in Ireland, amounts not to the Half of what any one Clothing-County in England does. Example: In rebuttal, the petitioner offers more cry than wool. He points first to the vague threats that his family and friends relayed to him during his 1990 return to El Salvador, and speculates that members of the FMLN still sought to harm him at that time. This is unabashed surmise.
Word: Pekingology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Peking + -ology. 1. The study of the behavior of the government of the People's Republic of China. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Pekingologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Peking Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy 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 -logist English -ologist English Pekingologist From Peking + -ologist. 1. One who studies Pekingology.
Word: Pekingologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pekingologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sand wedges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sand wedge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: veraciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English veracious Middle English -ly English -ly English veraciously From veracious + -ly. 1. In a veracious manner; honestly; truthfully. Example: ...take the following pages, as you do some long and gossippy letter written for you by a relative or friend traveling through distant scenes and incidents, and jotting them down lazily and informally, but ever veraciously ...
Word: verdantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English verdant Middle English -ly English -ly English verdantly From verdant + -ly. 1. In a verdant manner; in a fashion indicating greenness (green color.) Example: Let thy loveliness fade as it will; / And, around the dear ruin each wish of my heart / Would entwine itself verdantly still! Example: With that she left me, and soon returned with a volume, verdantly bound, and garnished with a curious frontispiece in green,—nothing less, than a fragment of real moss cunningly pressed to a fly-leaf. 2. In a verdant manner; in a fashion indicating greenness (naivety.)
Word: veritably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From verity + -ably. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹɪtəbli/, /ˈvɛɹətəbli/ 1. In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and accurately describes something. Example: My comfort was, that it happened a long time ago, and that he had doubtless been transported a long way off, and that he was dead to me, and might be veritably dead into the bargain. Example: A book with veritably no shading or subtlety
Word: null infinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the physics concept of "at infinity" or "far", where fields are small, and the math concept of null set. Ironically, a null infinity may be neither far nor a null set. 1. In a closed space-time, especially for an Einstein cylinder, null infinity for a given point is the limit of convergence of the light cone most distant from the given point. That is, it is the limit of a set of points that each have a time-like separation from every point that has a space-like separation from the given point.
Word: Bharat Army Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Barmy Army, and Bharat. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Bharat, Army. An Indian army. 2. The group composed of Indian cricket fans who travel, sporadically, around the world to watch and support the Indian cricket team in action. Example: The Bharat Army—with around 30 in Gandhi topis, 51 tricolour T-shirts and Sachin Tendulkar posters—continually cheered the Indians […] Example: Every Barmy Army chant was countered by the British Bharat Army. India batted first. […]
Word: light cone Part of Speech: noun 1. In special relativity, the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This is modeled in 3-space using the two horizontal axes as spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time. Example: This gives the future light cone of the event. Similarly, you can define the past light cone—as the history of a spherical shell of light converging in on the event. All these spatial spheres, past and future, represent cross-sections through the space–time light cone, […] 2. A (realized or imagined) data visualization of possible sets of future outcomes that is analogous to such a cone. Labels: broadly, figuratively 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see light, cone.
Word: satguru Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit सत्गुरू (satgurū), from सत् (sat, “true”) + गुरु (guru, “teacher”). 1. In Hinduism and Buddhism, a great teacher; a supremely wise guide. 2. In Sikhism, God.
Word: patronus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Patronus. Labels: alt-of Example: Black women are my patronus, and surrounding myself with villages of black women has been my biggest form of self-care. Example: For my dear, dear #Witchlanders, you are my patronus. Real talk here: you are my guardians against the darkness. You’re the reason I keep writing every day, the reason I didn’t give up even when this book almost killed me, the reason I want to tell this story at all.
Word: endmill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From end + mill. 1. A type of milling machine: a cutter (cutting tool used in machining) with cutting edges on both the end and sides.
Word: bulrush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bulrish, perhaps from bule (“bull”) (in the sense of "large") + rish (“rush”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlɹʌʃ/ 1. A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus). 2. Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha. 3. Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets. 4. Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. Labels: Australia Example: Explorers Eyre, Kreft, and George Moore all refer to the importance of bulrush starch in different parts of the continent.
Word: marsh harrier Part of Speech: noun 1. A raptor in species Circus aeruginosus, which inhabits swampy ground. 2. Any member of the raptor genus Circus of similar appearance and habit to Circus aeruginosus. 3. Any member of the raptor genus Circus of similar appearance and habit to Circus aeruginosus. 4. Any member of the raptor genus Circus of similar appearance and habit to Circus aeruginosus. 5. Any member of the raptor genus Circus of similar appearance and habit to Circus aeruginosus. 6. Any member of the raptor genus Circus of similar appearance and habit to Circus aeruginosus. 7. Any member of the raptor genus Circus of similar appearance and habit to Circus aeruginosus. 8. Any member of the raptor genus Circus of similar appearance and habit to Circus aeruginosus.
Word: embitter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From em- (variant of the suffix en- with the sense ‘to become’) + bitter. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɪtə/, /ɛm-/, /əmˈbɪtəɹ/, [-ɾəɹ] 1. To cause (something) to be or taste bitter; to bitter. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To cause (a positive quality such as happiness, or a thing such as an activity or one's life) to become less good or pleasurable; also, to make (a negative quality, or thing such as a disagreement) worse or more unpleasant. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: He imbitters not a diſtaſtfull meſſage to a forrein Prince by his indiſcretion in delivering it. Example: [I]t is our fond conceits, our froward humors, our perverse behaviors, which do create the trouble, which seemeth adherent to any condition, and embittereth every state; which from any slight occasion doth create vexation, and turneth every event into disaster. 3. To cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly; to envenom. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Sometimes it [pride] ſtirreth vp men, and imboldeneth them to offer vvrongs: ſometimes imbittereth men; and maketh them vvayvvard againſt the right: […] Example: And hovv farre the like cenſurings and deſpiſings have embittered the ſpirits, and vvhetted both the tongues and pens of learned men one againſt another in our ovvne Church; […]
Word: secret-sacred Part of Speech: adj 1. In Australian Aboriginal culture, restricted to initiated men, or to women; not public knowledge. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2001, Moira G. Simpson, Making Representations: Museums in the Post-Colonial Era Most major Australian museums now hold secret/sacred material in a separate storage area, with access restricted to specified curatorial staff and to those members of the relevant Aboriginal community who have the right to view such material. Example: 2004, Robert Tonkinson, Individual Creativity and Property-Power Disjunction in an Australian Desert Society, in Property and Equality: Ritualization, Sharing, Egalitarianism While it is true that, in some areas, women possessed secret-sacred knowledge and rituals, nowhere was this corpus considered more important for social reproduction than that held by mature men, who claimed they exercised their responsibilities for the society as a whole.
Word: blew a gasket Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of blow a gasket Labels: form-of, past
Word: hit the roof Part of Speech: verb 1. To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper. Labels: idiomatic Example: When he found out I wrecked his brand-new car, he hit the roof. Example: Half a year of profits gone and now there's hell to pay / The cops say they know who, but there's no proof / The banker hit the roof / and damn near took the car. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, the, roof. Example: Snider’s dad slipped. He hit the roof with a thump, letting go of Snider to throw his arms out and catch himself.
Word: refocus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English focus English refocus From re- + focus. 1. to focus on something else Labels: intransitive Example: Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government. 2. to change the focus of Labels: transitive Example: to refocus a microscope Example: These two sets of questions are interrelated in such a way that they often actually work to prevent productive discussion of the movie's politics. Just a few observations might make this point clear, and help to refocus the debate that has surrounded the film since its opening earlier this summer. 3. to change one's priorities Labels: intransitive 4. to come back into focus Labels: intransitive Example: Presently the white, broken stumps, the split sticks and the tangle of the thicket refocused.
Word: aperçus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aperçu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: BOGO Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˈboʊ.ɡoʊ/ 1. Acronym of buy one, get one (free). Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: greasiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of greasy: most greasy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: angriest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi.əst/, /ˈeɪŋ.ɡɹi.əst/ 1. superlative form of angry: most angry Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: long-tailed tit Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many subspecies of small passerine birds with long tails, Aegithalos caudatus, found throughout Europe and Asia
Word: bluest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbluːɪst/, /ˈbluːəst/ 1. superlative form of blue: most blue Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: maddest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mad: most mad Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: go awry Part of Speech: verb 1. To become twisted, or turned to one side. Labels: intransitive 2. To depart from the correct course. Labels: intransitive 3. Of a situation, to fall apart or unravel; to fall into disorder; to hit the fan. Labels: intransitive
Word: asphyxiophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English asphyxia Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English asphyxiophilia From asphyxia + -philia. Pronunciation: /æsˌfɪksiəʊˈfiːliə/, /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/ 1. A paraphilia involving an attraction to breathplay. Labels: uncountable
Word: slowest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊɪst/, /ˈslaːɪst/, /ˈsloʊɪst/, /ˈsloʊəst/ 1. superlative form of slow: most slow Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: slowest Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊɪst/, /ˈslaːɪst/, /ˈsloʊɪst/, /ˈsloʊəst/ 1. superlative form of slow (adverb): most slow Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: sedge warbler Part of Speech: noun 1. A small European warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, family Acrocephalidae, that winters in sub-Saharan Africa Example: A nearby sedge warbler competes, blaring out its more hurried, chaotic whirrs, chatters and whistles from the top of a small tree.