nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: husting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English husting, from Old English hūsting, borrowed from Old Norse húsþing (“house assembly”), from hús (“house”) + þing (“council, meeting”), equivalent to house + thing. Cognate with Icelandic húsþing (“assembly”). 1. A platform where candidates in an election give speeches. 2. An assembly, especially one of the retainers of a ruler. Labels: historical Example: In the Anglo-Norman period we hear of a sale of land taking place ‘in the presence of the whole husting of London, in the House of Alfwin son of Leofstan’ and of land deraigned ‘by judgment of the husting’.
Word: conformative Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to conform; abiding by rules, laws, or social conventions. Labels: nonstandard Example: A true individual is not conformative but formative. 2. Of or pertaining to a conformation. Labels: nonstandard
Word: elephant's trunk Part of Speech: adj 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, -'s, trunk. 2. Drunk. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: elephant's Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Cockney rhyming slang, from elephant's trunk where trunk rhymes with drunk. 1. drunk (intoxicated with alcohol) Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: elephantoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elephant + -oid. 1. Any mammal of the superfamily Elephantoidea
Word: elephantoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From elephant + -oid. 1. Resembling an elephant in form or appearance Labels: not-comparable
Word: sandier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sandy: more sandy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sandiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sandy: most sandy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: delimiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of delimit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: delimiting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or point of something being delimited. Example: The age span implicit in these delimitings of the onset and end of adolescence is fairly variable.
Word: delimiting Part of Speech: adj 1. That serves to delimit.
Word: immemorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French immémorial. By surface analysis, im- + memorial. Pronunciation: /ɪ.məˈmɔːɹi.əl/ 1. That is beyond memory; ancient. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes Example: The rocks had stood overlooking the valley since time immemorial. Example: We will ride this morning to what we call the grove of Daphne. It is a real laurel grove. Some of the trees must be immemorial, and deserve to have been sacred, if once they were not so.
Word: creditable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English credit Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English creditable From credit + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl/ 1. Credible or believable. Example: Before receiving his testimony, the officer is required to ascertain from his own knowledge or by a creditable witness that he is a subscribing witness to the deed. Example: A more creditable rumour concerned Valentino's hallmark killer glance ... 2. That brings credit or honour; respectable. Example: The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr. Allen adds, as it spent many months last winter in open store. 3. That can be assigned; assignable.
Word: bobbies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bobby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coccyges Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑk.sɪˌd͡ʒiːz/ 1. plural of coccyx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cochleae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cochlea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cochlear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cochlea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English cochlear From cochlea + -ar. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.li.ə/, /ˈkoʊ.kli.ɚ/, /ˈkɑ.kli.ɚ/, /ˈkɔk.li.ə/, [ˈkɔ̟k.li.ə] 1. Of or pertaining to the cochlea. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: cockcrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a suppletive variation of Old English hancrǣd (“cockcrow, dawn”, literally “cock-crowing”), from hana (“cock, rooster”) + crǣd (“crowing”). 1. The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The unfortunate shepherd that approaches them must dance their rounds with them till cock-crow; and the instances are not few of persons thus ensnared who have been found next morning dead with exhaustion and fatigue. Example: I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow.
Word: cockfight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + fight. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/, /ˈkɑkˌfaɪt/ 1. A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs Example: This was a very hard problem; and the Rajah thought and thought, as hard as a Malay Rajah can be expected to think, but could not solve it; and so he was very unhappy, and did nothing but smoke and chew betel with his favourite wife, and eat scarcely anything; and even when he went to the cock-fight did not seem to care whether his best birds won or lost.
Word: cockfight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cock + fight. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/, /ˈkɑkˌfaɪt/ 1. To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event. Example: I watched through to the triumphant ending, in which Chicken George cockfought his way to freedom and came back with gold to buy his family out of postwar sharecropping.
Word: chores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chores Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cockspur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock + spur. 1. A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock. Labels: countable 2. Grass of species (Echinochloa crus-galli). Labels: uncountable 3. A hawthorn of species (Crataegus crus-galli). Labels: countable 4. Orchard grass, a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass (Dactylis glomerata) of Eurasia. Labels: uncountable 5. A small West Indian tree (Pisonia aculeata). Labels: countable 6. Any of several spiny trees, formerly all of the genus Acacia, such as Vachellia cookii (cockspur acacia). Labels: countable 7. Burgrass of species Cenchrus echinatus. Labels: uncountable 8. An annual European weed of species Centaurea melitensis, naturalized in North and South America. Labels: uncountable 9. Any plant of species Casearia aculeata, of the tropical Americas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: collard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Syncopic form of colewort (“cabbage, cabbage greens”), from Middle English colewort, coolwort, coulwort (“colewort”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlɑː(ɹ)d/, /ˈkɒlə(ɹ)d/ 1. A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala.
Word: instructive case Part of Speech: noun 1. noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.
Word: collectivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English collectivism From collective + -ism. Pronunciation: [kəˈlɛk.tɪ.vɪ.zm̩], [kəˈlɛk.tə.vɪ.zm̩] 1. An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: collectivist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective 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 collectivist From collective + -ist. Pronunciation: /kəˈlɛktɪvɪst/ 1. Of or pertaining to collectivism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: collectivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective 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 collectivist From collective + -ist. Pronunciation: /kəˈlɛktɪvɪst/ 1. An advocate of collectivism.
Word: colossi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colossus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compendia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɛn.di.ə/ 1. plural of compendium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concordat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French concordat, from Latin concordatum. Pronunciation: /kənˈkɔːdæt/ 1. A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government. Example: That eminent and independant statesman, Count Louis of Medicis, concluded a concordat with cardinal Gonsalvi, at Terracina, on the 16th February, 1816, probably the most humiliating instrument to which the Roman court has been forced to submit since the fall of the Bonapartes. Example: The Concordat of the See of Rome with King Diniz is the most interesting ecclesiastical epoch […].
Word: confute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French confuter, from Latin confūtō. Pronunciation: /kənˈfjuːt/ 1. To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Procatalepsis is a forme of speech by which the Orator perceiving aforehand what might be objected against him, and hurt him, doth confute it before it be spoken […]. Example: bad books [...] to a discreet and judicious Reader serve in many respects to discover, to confute, to forewarn, and to illustrate.
Word: ecomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + -morph. 1. A local variety of a species whose appearance is determined by its ecological environment.
Word: forkytails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forkytail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English congre, from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑŋɡɚ/ 1. Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters Example: The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep. 2. A chain of booksellers. Labels: historical
Word: incoterms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incoterm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comitative case Part of Speech: noun 1. Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.
Word: Highlanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Highlander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of er Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of er Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arse Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of arsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ejaculating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ejaculate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: evangelise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French évangéliser, equivalent to evangel + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of evangelize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: Incoterm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of international + commerce + term, a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 1. Any of a series of international sales terms that divide transaction costs and responsibilities between the buyer and seller.
Word: parasail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + sail. 1. A wing-shaped parachute that lifts a rider in a harness when towed by a motorboat etc
Word: parasail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From para- + sail. 1. To take part in the recreational activity of parasailing.
Word: match-up Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of matchup. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: matchup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from match up. Pronunciation: /ˈmæt͡ʃʌp/ 1. A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition Example: It's not an arcade game—there is no crack of the bat or roar of the crowd or even much in the way of a screen display—but for the true fan, there is the excitement of mathematically structured matchups of real current and past teams with a more-than-passing resemblance to real-life outcomes. Example: That’s broadly consistent with the Real Clear Politics average of all general election matchups between the two; RCP shows Biden with an average of a 6-point lead over Sanders.
Word: see you later, alligator Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the song See You Later, Alligator (1955), chosen for the rhyme. 1. Au revoir, see you soon. Labels: slang Example: Didn't know you were sick, Whitey, thought you were like […] some of the other times. From the top stair, See you later, alligator.
Word: Aleksandra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra). 1. A transliteration of the Pannonian Rusyn or Russian female given name Александра (Aleksandra) Example: Aleksandra Skochilenko, b. 1990
Word: Conger Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unexplained. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: forsee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forseen, forsen, from Old English forsēon (“to look down upon, despise”), equivalent to for- + see. Compare Old Saxon farsehan, Old High German farsehan (Middle High German versehen). 1. To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Example: Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life? 2. Alternative spelling of foresee. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The reasone why the Commissioner did so muche presse the reading of the declinator was, because he forsaw that they meant to putt him to a dilemma which still should bring ane inconvenience along with it … 3. To oversee; superintend; direct. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: consomme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of consommé. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: consortia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consortium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consumerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume 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 consumer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English consumerism From consumer + -ism. Pronunciation: /kənˈsumərɪzm̩/, /kənˈsjumərɪzm̩/ 1. A materialistic attachment to possessions with a heavy use of consumables; a lifestyle based on such tendencies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The fear of corporatism, consumerism, middle-browism and a mass reading public has driven twentieth-century cultural hierarchists. Example: Insatiable consumerism has blinkered our vision and left us unable to distinguish between what we need and what we merely want. 2. An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A policy or social movement of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, as well as improved safety standards, among other measures. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: consumerist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume 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 consumer 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 consumerist From consumer + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic. Example: consumerist society Example: In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.
Word: consumerist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume 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 consumer 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 consumerist From consumer + -ist. 1. A proponent of consumerism.
Word: contextualize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English context English -ual English contextual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English contextualize From contextual + -ize. 1. To place something or someone in a particular context. Example: Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
Word: contortionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- Proto-Italic *torkʷeō Latin torqueō Latin contorqueō Latin contortus Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin contortiōder. Middle French contortionder. English contortion 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 contortionist From contortion + -ist. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɔː(ɹ)ʃənɪst/ 1. An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions. 2. One who twists words and phrases.
Word: contractile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French contractile. 1. Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
Word: coonskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coon + skin. 1. The pelt of a raccoon Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: cornbread Part of Speech: noun 1. Bread made from cornmeal. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: corncob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + cob. The Internet slang sense emerged from a 2011 absurdist tweet by Weird Twitter personality dril in which a man furiously denies being owned as he transforms into a corncob. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːn.kɒb/, /ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/, /ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/ 1. The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows. Example: London is like a shelled corncob on the Derby day, and there is not a clerk who could raise the money to hire a saddle with an old hack under it that can sit down on his office-stool the next day without wincing. Example: Six years of persistent research at the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, has resulted in establishing the fact that a number of interesting and useful by-products can be derived from the humble corncob. 2. A yokel. Labels: informal
Word: corncob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From corn + cob. The Internet slang sense emerged from a 2011 absurdist tweet by Weird Twitter personality dril in which a man furiously denies being owned as he transforms into a corncob. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːn.kɒb/, /ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/, /ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/ 1. To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis Labels: intransitive 2. To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat. Labels: Internet, US, transitive Example: “Do you enjoy being corncobbed?” Example: Trump had lost but was denying that this was the case. He had been corncobbed.
Word: corned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corn + -ed. Piecewise doublet of grained. 1. Consisting of grains; granulated. Labels: not-comparable 2. Preserved in salt. Labels: not-comparable Example: Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies. 3. Drunk. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, slang Example: A year ago last Fo'th July / A lot of the boys was here. / We all got corned and signed the pledge / For to drink no more that year.
Word: corned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From corn + -ed. Piecewise doublet of grained. 1. simple past and past participle of corn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coronae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈɹəʊniː/, /-aɪ/, /-eɪ/, /kəˈɹoʊniː/ 1. plural of corona Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cortices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cortex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosmetician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cosmetics + -ician. 1. A person skilled at applying cosmetics. Example: Is that like a cosmetician? "A cosmetician can refer to a person with little training," she explained, "who works, say, in a department store to sell and apply makeup." Example: And interestingly, many cosmeticians predict that high-def could actually reduce the amount of plastic surgery in Hollywood, because the tiny seams look Frankensteinian at such high resolution. 2. A person who manufactures or sells cosmetics.
Word: cosmogonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cosmogony 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 cosmogonist From cosmogony + -ist. 1. a person who studies cosmogony
Word: cotton-picking Part of Speech: noun 1. The harvesting of cotton Labels: uncountable Example: The season of cotton-picking commences in the latter part of July, and continues without intermission to the Christmas holidays.
Word: cotton-picking Part of Speech: adj 1. An intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value. Labels: US, colloquial, dialectal, idiomatic Example: "Now hold up here just a cotton-picking minute," Example: "Oh, wait one damn cotton-picking minute," Andy said. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cotton, picking. Example: "...are not entitled to anything, Mrs. Wright, (referring to one of the appellees), because your son (referring to the deceased, F.A. Wright, Jr.), was a cotton picking Negro."
Word: cottonseed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cotton + seed. 1. Seed of the cotton plant. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of genus Micropus. Labels: countable
Word: cottonseed meal Part of Speech: noun 1. The residue of ground cottonseed after extraction of cottonseed oil; used as a constituent of oilseed cake. Labels: uncountable
Word: cottonseed oil Part of Speech: noun 1. A pale yellow vegetable oil extracted from cottonseed; used in salad dressings, margarine, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rootlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English root Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English rootlet From root + -let. 1. One of the smallest roots, hair roots. Example: She can almost hear them pushing up through the soil, their rootlets sniffing for nutrients and crowding the rootlets of their neighbours, their leaves releasing clouds of airborne chemicals.
Word: oilseed cake Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various varieties of animal feed manufactured from the meal remaining after vegetable oil has been extracted from seeds such as cottonseed and groundnut Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rosebush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rose + bush. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊzˌbʊʃ/ 1. The shrub that roses grow on: a rose plant.
Word: romantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English romantically From romantic + -ally. 1. In a romantic way. Example: Sing romantically Example: She began asking the question, “Were you friends with your partner before you became romantically involved?” in her other research and conducted a meta-analysis for this paper.
Word: roomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From room + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 2). 1. A person who rents a room. Example: Near-synonyms: boarder, tenant Example: She took in two roomers to make ends meet. 2. A residence having the specified number of rooms. Labels: in-compounds Example: one-roomer Example: four-roomer
Word: roomer Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From room + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 2). 1. At a greater distance; farther off. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The Captaine in a Shippe of warre, is a iollie fellowe, and thinketh himselfe a lyttle God, because hee speaketh prowdlie to the Souldiors, and maketh them quayle at the shaking of his lockes: […] If any be vnrulie, hee casteth him ouerboorde, or if any be fearefull, hee bindes him to the Maste: if hée crie aloofe, the Helmes man dares not goe roomer: and if hée bidde shoote, the gunner dares not but giue fyre. Example: 1607, John Harington (translator), Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, London: John Norton and Simon Waterson, Book 41, stanza 17, p. 343, Yet did the master by all meanes assay, To steare out roomer, or to keepe aloofe, Or at the least to strike sailes if they may, As in such danger was for their behoofe.
Word: answerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English answer 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 answerer From answer + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɚ/, /ˈæn.sə.ɹɚ/ 1. A person who, or thing that, answers or responds. Example: 1714, Jonathan Swift, The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, London: John Morphew, in Bertrand A. Goldgar and Ian Gadd (eds.), English Political Writings 1711-1714, The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift, Cambridge University Press, 2008, p. 256, It is a very unfair Thing in any Writer to employ his Ignorance and Malice together, because it gives his Answerer double Work […] Example: 1892, Walt Whitman, “Song of the Answerer” in Leaves of Grass (abridged reprint of the 1892 edition), New York: Modern Library, 1921, p. 141, Now list to my morning’s romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer, To the cities and farms I sing as they spread in the sunshine before me.
Word: roofless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English roof Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English roofless From roof + -less. 1. Without a roof, open to the sky. Labels: not-comparable Example: Before the tornado we had a dining room with a skylight; after it we had a roofless home with too much ventilation. 2. Having no house or home; unsheltered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roomie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: romancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French romanceour. By surface analysis, romance + -er. 1. One who romances another; one who attempt to win another's affections via romance. Example: Once I used to believe I was such a great romancer / then I came home to a woman that I did not recognize. 2. A person who writes romance or adventure stories, especially stories relating to chivalry, knights, heroes, quests, etc. Labels: dated Example: [W]hat was once taught by sages, and believed by monarchs, has shared the fate of everything human and has sunk from its pristine rank to become the material and the machinery of poets and romancers. Example: No nightmare dreamed by man, no wild invention of the romancer, can ever equal the living horror of that place, and the weird crying of those voices of the night, as we clung like shipwrecked mariners to a raft, and tossed on the black, unfathomed wilderness of air.
Word: romancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English romance 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 romancer From romance + -er (“Variety -er”). 1. A romantic film or television show. Example: Barbara Cartland scratched out this trusty 19th-century romancer concerning the scrumptious Serena Staverly (Diana Rigg), who has the dreadful misfortune to be lost in a game of cards to the flint-hearted Lord Justin.
Word: cowgirls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cowgirl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roofing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roof + -ing (“material, collection”). 1. Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. 2. The process of constructing a roof or roofs. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: roofing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of roof Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: roper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roper, ropere; equivalent to rope + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊpə(ɹ)/ 1. Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso. Labels: agent, form-of Example: Instead of taking to the open and falling a prey to a roper, the calf lunged sideways and went under the horse-pasture fence. Example: I'm a roper — mostly tie-down, but I do some team, too. 2. A ropemaker (a maker of ropes). Labels: dated Example: But Gideon Giles was no common man, although a roper. Example: A roper's wife, for instance, was able to fool her incredibly gullible husband while having an affair with a prior literally right under the roper's nose, the guilty pair having sex while they lay together in the same bed as the sleeping roper. 3. One who ropes goods; a packer. Example: I have seen 50 to 60 men doing this work, and the men vied with each other to see which could cap or rope the best; and if a bale was turned off from the capper that did not look well, some of the others would criticise it, and the same with ropers. Example: About thirty per cent of all the women employed in the packing plant are in the sausage department. They work as linkers, tie-ers, ropers and hangers; help in the preparation of the raw materials, mix spices, and wash pans. 4. Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”). Labels: slang Example: The "roper" will inform the mark that such horses can't be picked out of the Form; what one needs is inside information. Example: Here's how it usually goes: You're forced to rely on the only tow truck driver in the entire county, who turns out to be a roper for the local inbred family of serial killers. 5. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in. Example: Any person who, in this city, lives idly and is a gambler, or roper, steerer or capper for any gambling house or room, or any gambling game, or who lives idly and has the reputation of being a gambler, or roper, steerer or capper for any gambling house or room, or any gambling game, shall be considered and treated as a vagrant. Example: Ropers like the one he'd sent packing would never steer him to such a highclass joint. So he kept giving the ropers the shove while he watched to see arriving customers point the way. 6. An undercover informer. Labels: slang Example: Supposing in a plant on a job a roper roped a man, who was, let us say, employed by the company, and maybe a member of the union, how much would he get after he was roped? Example: Such an operative might also be the contact for one or more "missionaries" or labour spies. The roper who was sent for was Louis M. Wendell. 7. Any of a variety of monsters with tentacles that they use to capture victims. Example: The party ran into a statue of a roper, which somehow attacked them. Example: Stone ropers are distant relatives of the common roper though the two races are do not (as far as sages know) associate with one another.
Word: rootless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, root + less. 1. Of a plant or another thing, having no roots. 2. Being a wanderer; having no ties to a particular locale. 3. Without (the use of) a root user account.
Word: rosewater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rose + water. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊzˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/ 1. A liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water, used as a coloring agent and a flavoring ingredient in certain foods. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: roguishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English roguish 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 roguishness From roguish + -ness. 1. The property of being or appearing roguish. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: His dark black beard accentuated his roguishness.
Word: rocketry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rocket + -ry. 1. The making and launching of rockets, its science and practice. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Sustained research in rocketry had at last succeeded in attaining one of its objectives. It had sent up a missile which stayed up. It was, in fact, possible to fire a rocket far enough up for it to fall into an orbit. Example: Businesses he wants to invest in when Grandma Lorna dies and makes him rich: Jaglion hybrids, ostrich farming to produce eggs with low cholesterol, Nap World where business people can power nap, and rocketry to thrust garbage barges into outer space for quasars and solar flares to fry.
Word: roamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roam + -er. 1. One who roams.
Word: roadwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + work. 1. The construction or maintenance done to roads. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The traffic jam was caused by roadwork being done during rush hour. 2. Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The athlete needed to get home early to do his roadwork before it got too dark to be safe. 3. The taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the Beatles had resigned from roadwork in the summer of '66 (much like Brian Wilson)—their tour ending, appropriately enough, in the hippie utopia of San Francisco—and turned Abbey Road Studios into their very own musical sandbox […]
Word: roarer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roar + -er. 1. One who roars. 2. One of a group of young men who would carouse in taverns, then pick brawls on the street for entertainment. Labels: archaic 3. A broken-winded horse. Labels: archaic, slang Example: He had never before been so much struck with the fact that this unfortunate bay was a roarer […]
Word: roadbed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + bed. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊdˌbɛd/ 1. The prepared location for a road, including its foundation. 2. A trackbed. Example: Holonym: right of way Example: It is obvious that mere training in mechanical skill, in technical knowledge of the locomotive, or even a thorough knowledge of the road bed from one end of the line to another, will not of themselves make a man a fit person to have charge of a locomotive.
Word: counterculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English counterculture From counter- + culture. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.tə(ɹ)ˌkʌl.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to Western culture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I suspect that just about everything we still consider valuable and interesting from the Victorian decades will turn out to have belonged to the Victorian counterculture. Example: Seneca's literary contemporary, Petronius, reflected the " seamy " side of city life by representing Roman "counterculture" in his racy and imaginative farce the Satyricon.
Word: counterculture Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English counterculture From counter- + culture. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.tə(ɹ)ˌkʌl.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A cultural movement most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s, associated with peace, free love and opposition to commercialism; the hippie movement. Example: The concert was a cultural happening for members of the counterculture in the St. Louis area. Example: The sexual revolution has wreaked havoc on the American family: increasing rates of divorce, illegitimacy, and single-parent families. The glorification of recreational drug use, from which the wealthy and middle class have only recently begun to recoil, has contributed to the emergence of a permanent urban underclass. The self-indulgent notions of no-fault living, the cult of victimization, the futility of work, and the inherent injustice of American society, which the counterculture promoted, have corroded the respect for merit and personal striving, which are the human virtues surest to help individuals grow, develop moral codes, and achieve success.
Word: counterespionage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English espionage English counterespionage From counter- + espionage. 1. All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy. Labels: uncountable
Word: counterintelligence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English intelligence English counterintelligence From counter- + intelligence. 1. counterespionage Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: counterfeiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counterfeit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌfɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who counterfeits. Example: Sensations abound in this exciting melodramatic production dealing with the life of a French adventureress, madly in love with a counterfeiter, whom she betrays when she learns he has secretly wedded a famous female detective, only to aid him to escape when the officers are about to arrest him. Example: Early offerings--many of them packaged in sultry covers featuring buxom women in silk pajamas--were huge sellers. But when copycats and counterfeiters drove down margins, Chan switched to real estate, snapping up 200 acres of land in the city of Guigang and erecting dozens of office towers and residential developments. Among his most ambitious recent projects: a luxury Guigang housing complex dubbed "Wealthy Persons' New Town."
Word: counterfoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English foil English counterfoil From counter- + foil. 1. the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
Word: bookmarklet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bookmark Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English bookmarklet From bookmark + -let. 1. A small piece of JavaScript code stored as a URL within a bookmark. Labels: Internet
Word: counterrevolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English revolution English counterrevolution From counter- + revolution. 1. A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The military leaders behind the original coup were executed in the aftermath of the counterrevolution. Example: Egypt's spring 2014: is the counter-revolution now complete? [title] 2. in Tycoon, to undo a revolution, setting the card hierarchy back to normal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: propwash deflection unit Part of Speech: noun 1. A device placed over or behind the propeller of a boat to deflect its prop wash downward as a very effective form of agitation dredging, primarily used by salvors to remove mud or sand from shallow-water shipwrecks.