nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: contour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French contour, from contourner, equivalent to con- + tour. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɔː/, /ˈkɒntʊə/, /ˈkɑntɔɹ/, /ˈkɑntʊɚ/, /ˈkɑntʊɹ/ 1. To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon. Labels: transitive 2. To mark with contour lines. Labels: transitive 3. To practise the makeup technique of contouring. Labels: intransitive Example: What is the French-preferred method to add dimension to the skin, if not to contour? 4. To shape conditions regarding salient points. Labels: figuratively Example: But the bill will exact a heavy cost — one that will complicate its prospects even if it passes the full House this week and will contour the political climate ahead of 2026 midterm elections.
Word: Messing Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”). 1. A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
Word: Messing Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Metzger Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Metzger (“butcher”). 1. A surname.
Word: sotto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Ellipsis of sotto voce. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊtəʊ/, /ˈsɒtəʊ/, [ˈsotːo] 1. Ellipsis of sotto voce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, not-comparable Example: Jimi’s guitar plays flat against the major chord, giving a strange, almost discordant effect. Mitch on drums is behind the bass sotto. Example: Wolowitz: Énchanté, mademoiselle. Howard Wolowitz, Cal Tech department of applied physics. You may be familiar with some of my work – – it’s currently toodling around the surface of Mars. Penny: Hi. Penny. Wolowitz: You smell wonderful. What is that scent you’re wearing? Penny: It’s called b.o. Wolowitz: Ah. Hence the shower, of course. Leonard, where have you been hiding this one? She’s charming. Sheldon: (SOTTO, TO LEONARD) Oh, he’s good.
Word: sotto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ellipsis of sotto voce. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊtəʊ/, /ˈsɒtəʊ/, [ˈsotːo] 1. Ellipsis of sotto voce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, not-comparable Example: Playing against the effect, Wood plays single sotto lines with a variation on the key that sustains a minor mode against the finely tuned feedback effects stroked in pinks against the upper canvas. Example: ‘Assuming these board scores are accurate reflectors of true capacity in this case,’ Academic Affairs says, his high voice serious and sotto,[…]
Word: scants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scants Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of underwear worn by men. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: hot-dip Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of galvanizing iron or steel by passing it through a bath of molten zinc.
Word: hot-dip Part of Speech: verb 1. To galvanize (metal objects, especially steel ones) by using this method. Labels: transitive
Word: hot-dipped Part of Speech: adj 1. Galvanized by use of the hot-dip process. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hot-dipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hot-dip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hot dipping Part of Speech: noun 1. galvanising by means of the hot-dip process Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hot favourite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hot favorite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ober Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Ober. 1. A surname from German. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unincorporated community in Starke County, Indiana, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hot favorite Part of Speech: noun 1. The one of a group that is favored greatly above any of the others. Labels: informal
Word: hot flash Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hot flush. Labels: Canada, US Example: Wooh! I am getting positively warm thinking about that. Oh, wait. Maybe it's a hot flash. Or the fact that it's ninety-leven degrees in my corner of Atlanta.
Word: hot flush Part of Speech: noun 1. A sudden, but brief, sensation of heat over the entire body; a common symptom of the menopause. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK
Word: hotfoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot. 1. The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. Labels: US
Word: hotfoot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot. 1. Moving with haste or zeal. Example: Half the populace are idle, / Half are busy in a room; / All are gravebound from the cradle, / All are hotfoot for their doom.
Word: hotfoot Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot. 1. Hastily; without delay. Labels: UK
Word: hotfoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot. 1. To run (a distance). Labels: transitive Example: He hotfooted the four-and-a-half blocks across town to the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and checked out the books Patterson had mentioned—and everything else about China he could quickly think of. Example: The Ford was shot up heavily, so Larkin hotfooted the last mile to Ewa. Once there, he took cover beneath a truck as unchallenged Zeros strafed the neatly parked MAG-21 aircraft and the base facilities.
Word: hotfoot it Part of Speech: verb 1. to hasten; to move rapidly Labels: informal, intransitive Example: My writing all took place over weekends, and because I only lived about ten miles away, Peter would hot-foot it to my home on a Monday morning to collect a large parcel of hand-typed sheets of copy, for despatch to the typesetters.
Word: hot off the press Part of Speech: adj Etymology: In hot-metal printing, newly printed material is warm 1. freshly printed 2. so interesting or sensational that its publication cannot be delayed Labels: broadly
Word: hot from the press Part of Speech: adj 1. hot off the press
Word: hot gospeler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hot gospeller. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot gospeller Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who proclaims religious faith in a loud or dynamic manner
Word: hot gospeling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hot gospelling. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot gospelling Part of Speech: noun 1. The activities of a hot gospeller. Labels: uncountable
Word: hot hatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipped compound of hot hatchback, from hot + hatchback. From being a hatchback-configuration small car, compact, subcompact that has some zip. 1. A high-performance hatchback small motor car. Labels: informal
Word: Universal Time Part of Speech: name 1. A measure of time that conforms, within a close approximation, to the mean diurnal rotation of the Earth and serves as the basis of civil timekeeping.
Word: Pfeil Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Pfeil. 1. A surname from German.
Word: cooties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkuːtiz/ 1. plural of cootie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pfingsten Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Pfingsten. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Universal Postal Union Part of Speech: name 1. A worldwide postal organization, part of the United Nations.
Word: Four-Corner Part of Speech: name 1. A method of encoding Chinese characters using four numerical digits per character (in some situations, an additional digit is used).
Word: time out Part of Speech: intj 1. To call for a time-out. 2. To call for a suspension of activity or conversation. Labels: idiomatic 3. Used to announce the end of time in and the beginning of time out.
Word: time out Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of time-out. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. The period of a live action roleplaying event when players are out of character. Labels: uncountable 3. The point at which such a period begins. Labels: countable
Word: time out Part of Speech: verb 1. To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit. Labels: transitive 2. Of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit. Labels: intransitive Example: The download timed out because your Internet connection was disrupted. 3. To record the end of one's day or shift at work. Labels: transitive 4. To declare (the batsman) out for having taken longer than two minutes to appear on the field. Labels: transitive
Word: Hawthorne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Hawthorn. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/, /ˈhɔ.θoɹn/, /ˈhɑ.θoɹn/, /ˈhɒ.θɒn/, /ˈhoː.θoːn/ 1. A topographic or habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge or in a place with such a name. 2. Numerous places: 3. Numerous places: 4. Numerous places: 5. Numerous places: 6. Numerous places: 7. Numerous places: 8. Numerous places: 9. Numerous places: 10. Numerous places: 11. Numerous places: 12. Numerous places: 13. Numerous places: 14. Numerous places: 15. Numerous places: 16. Numerous places:
Word: easy does it Part of Speech: phrase 1. Relax; do something gently, lightly or carefully; slow down; calm down. Labels: idiomatic Example: Easy does it on the salt. I'm trying to cut down. Example: Easy does it! That thing is heavy and fragile.
Word: Dante Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Dànte, a reduced form of Durànte. Pronunciation: /ˈdænti/, /ˈdænteɪ/, /ˈdɑnteɪ/ 1. A male given name from Italian, presumably in honor of the poet Dante Alighieri. Example: Scattered around the contemporary city are thirty other plaques with passages from the Comedy , evoking a range of places Dante had known and moments and persons he had known or heard about in his thirty-five years of Florentine life:
Word: immobilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French immobiliser, equivalent to immobile + -ize. 1. To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving. Labels: transitive Example: It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it. Example: […]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy forces there. 2. To render incapable of action. Labels: transitive Example: It's clear from these [budget] cuts that the MCAD is virtually immobilized as an effective organization for at least the next year. 3. To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it Labels: transitive 4. To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable. Labels: transitive Example: Don't immobilize your capital in aging accounts.
Word: par for the course Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally a phrase used in golf. Ironically, completing a golf course in par (or even net par) is actually unusually good for most golfers and is not a typical result. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː fə ðə ˈkɔːs/, /ˈpɑɹ fɚ ðə ˈkɔɹs/, /-ˈkɔəɹs/ 1. To be expected; normal; common. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable, usually Example: It took a long time to finish, but that's par for the course on a project like this. Example: […] Nigella Lawson and Ralph Fiennes, we were told, might pop by later. The Gopniks smiled calmly: this was all par for the course for them.
Word: briefs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹiːfs/ 1. plural of brief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: briefs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹiːfs/ 1. A very short, close-fitting type of underpants. Labels: plural, plural-normally, plural-only Example: [S]he learned not to iron my footy briefs and leave creases in them - the blokes bagged my creases for weeks[.] Example: Briefs for men and women were not popular in America until the 1930s. 2. Swimming briefs. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I fetched my briefs, pulled them on, and we left the changing room. 3. Male underpant bikini briefs. Labels: Australia, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Galvanised, I jumped--the clatter of keys rang clear as I thrust the knife, handle down, into the back of my briefs. 4. An adult diaper. Labels: euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Word: briefs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹiːfs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brief Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: switch off Part of Speech: verb 1. To stop or disable a device by turning a switch or a lever. Labels: transitive Example: To switch off the instrument when the clockwork is not wound up, and to remind the subscriber of doing so, there is provided an indicator, x, which is worked in the following manner. Example: We have found that a patrolman in the central section of the city can switch on, and later switch off, 100 signs with ease. 2. To lose interest, and start thinking about something else. Labels: idiomatic Example: Fulham switched off as Giggs took a quick corner to Valencia. He played it back to Giggs, whose cross was headed in by Nani with the lurking Rooney unable to add a touch. Example: While you are pregnant with the desire for the car, the house or anything, try to switch off your mind to avoid brainstorming any solutions. 3. To alternate between; to trade. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Do you eat all your peas and then all your potatoes, or do you switch off between them as you go? Example: "We haven't a musket, and Tommy's crowd are well armed. They have the inside track" "Then we can switch off." "Switch off?" "Yes, and take the inside track."
Word: desmond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Desmond (“given name”); abbreviation of Desmond Tutu (South African archbishop); from Tutu (“surname”) which sounds like 2.2 (two-two). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛz.mənd/ 1. A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree. Labels: UK, slang
Word: Ásatrú Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɑ.sɑ.tɹu/ 1. Alternative form of Asatru. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: That so widely known and highly diverse an issue has escaped the notice of Christian ACMs speaks volumes for the quality of research—and the degree of attention—which the Ásatrú/Odinist community has drawn in these circles. Example: Neopagan Odinism, a belief system centered on the reconstruction of the pre-Christian Norse/Germanic pantheon, has in recent years taken on an increasingly important role in the wilderness of the radical right as well; the existence of a nonracialist counterpart, Ásatrú, provides an interesting contrast.
Word: miscellanea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/ 1. A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany. Example: Bright copper utensils, strings of onions, and gigantic sausages, wine-skins, chillies, and castanets hung with a miscellanea of all kinds from the roof and walls. Example: Long tables of statistics from the Census Reports, extracts from books, and sometimes whole books reappear in the Record, jumbled into a miscellanea that includes a flamboyant discourse on “The Outlook for Prosperity,” […]
Word: miscellanea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/ 1. plural of miscellaneum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Æsir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus Proto-Germanic *ansuz Proto-Norse *ᚨᛊᚢᛉ (*asuʀ) Old Norse æsirbor. English Æsir Borrowed from Old Norse æsir (nominative plural of áss), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus, from *h₂ems- (“to engender, beget”); cf. Old English ēse, Sanskrit असुर (ásura). Doublet of Asura and Ahura. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪsɪə/, /ˈaɪsɪə/, /ˈiːsə/, /ˈeɪ(ˌ)sɪɹ/, /ˈeɪ(ˌ)siɚ/ 1. The principal group of benevolent deities in the Norse pantheon, representing power and war; opponents of the Vanir.
Word: Vanir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse vanir. Doublet of Wanes. 1. The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir. 2. Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.
Word: switch on Part of Speech: verb 1. To start or enable a device by turning a switch or a lever. Labels: transitive 2. To change one's expression or appearance as if by turning a switch. Labels: idiomatic 3. To arouse, to excite (sexually). Labels: slang
Word: posilutely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Blend of positively + absolutely. 1. Positively and absolutely. Labels: childish, humorous, informal, not-comparable Example: “Anyway, we're not trespassing now,” Hunt put in. “Posilutely not,” I said. Example: “Absotively, Admiral Dewey?” “Posilutely, General Grant.”
Word: hot-house Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hothouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I curl his perriwig, paint his cheeks, perfume his breath; I am his froterer or rubber in a hot-house
Word: hothouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot + house. 1. A heated greenhouse. 2. An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed. Labels: figuratively Example: This had given him the strength to leave cadet school at seventeen and volunteer for active service, reach the rank of second lieutenant no later than his hothouse-bred contemporaries, begin his military studies in the General Staff Academy itself, and, still only twenty-five, graduate not only with top marks but with promotion out of turn for special excellence in military science. Example: In 1906 and 1907 defeat was not yet total, society was still on the boil, spinning around the rim of the maelstrom. Lenin had sat in Kuokkala, waiting in vain for the second wave. But from 1908, when the reactionary rabble had tightened its grip on the whole of Russia, the underground had shriveled to nothing, the workers had swarmed like ants out of their holes and into legal bodies—trade unions and insurance associations—and the decline of the underground had sapped the vitality of the emigration too, reduced it to a hothouse existence. Back there was the Duma, a legal press—and every émigré was eager to publish there. 3. An environment full of conflict or plots. Example: As with much of Carsley's reign, England entered this Athens hothouse with sub-plots in the background, this time the nine withdrawals from the squad which was met with a critical public response from the normally strictly-on-message captain Harry Kane. 4. A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel. Labels: obsolete Example: Let a man ſweat once a weeke in a Hothouſe, and be well rubd and froted with a good plumpe juicie wench, and ſweet linnen, he ſhall ne’re ha’ the Poxe. Example: and now she professes a / hot-house, which I think is a very ill house too. 5. A heated room for drying greenware. 6. A hot state in global climate. Example: Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.
Word: hothouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot + house. 1. To provide (a child) with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development. Labels: transitive Example: she had such an exceptional grasp of maths in her first two years at the school theyʼd been hothousing her to sit her GCSE Maths two years early
Word: hot iron test Part of Speech: noun 1. A supposed test for witchcraft in which a hot iron was applied to the skin or the tongue: the skin of a witch would be unharmed.
Word: hot key Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hotkey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hotkey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hot + key. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtkiː/ 1. A keyboard shortcut.
Word: hotkey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hot + key. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtkiː/ 1. To navigate by means of a keyboard shortcut. Labels: intransitive Example: All of the sales talk about hotkeying between 3270 sessions and DOS applications sounds great until you try to squeeze the DOS applications into the PC while it's emulating a terminal.
Word: keyboard shortcut Part of Speech: noun 1. A key, or more usually a combination of keys, on the keyboard of a personal computer that activates a specific, predefined function; a press (pressing) of such key(s).
Word: hot laboratory Part of Speech: noun 1. A laboratory designed for use with radioactive substances.
Word: hotly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English *hotly, *hatliche, from Old English hātlīċe (“ardently, fervently”); equivalent to hot + -ly. 1. With great amounts of heat. 2. In a heated manner; intensely or vehemently. Example: In my excitement I had not been taking notice of other things, and I looked up to see the lord of the harem charging down upon me. Again I fled to the boat, hotly pursued; but this time Maud made no suggestion of turning back. Example: "You are really intolerable!" said I, hotly.
Word: hot melt adhesive Part of Speech: noun 1. A solvent-free, solid adhesive that is melted by heating for use.
Word: hot melt glue Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hot melt adhesive. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hot property Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sense hot (“illegal, stolen”) – compare hot check (“fraudulent check”). 1. Stolen goods. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Something that is highly sought after. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There was Nimmi (pronounced Neemi), a honey-coloured, nymph-like beauty. She had done a lascivious mating dance in an Indian technicolour epic called Aan, and she was hot property at the box office.
Word: hotplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hot Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *platta Old French platebor. Middle English plate English plate English hotplate From hot + plate. 1. A semiportable stove. 2. The element of a stove. 3. A low-powered heating device for keeping food warm.
Word: hottest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of hot: most hot Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Aside from the Turfan depression in Hsin-chiang (Sinkiang) province, the hottest part of China lies in the middle and lower Yangtze Valley. Maximum temperatures of 43°–44°C (110°–112°F) have been recorded in Ch'ang-sha and Nan-ching.
Word: hot bed Part of Speech: noun 1. A mass of organic matter decomposing and giving off heat from microbial metabolic action. 2. A garden bed using such a heat-generating mass; a hotbox. 3. A central point of activity, relating to a specific task. Labels: broadly, figuratively 4. A bed shared by workers, sailors, or soldiers operating in shifts or watches (named for the idea that it is still warm when the next occupant gets into it). 5. A heated print bed, so as to help the lower levels of extruded filament stick together.
Word: hot bed Part of Speech: verb 1. To share sleeping accommodations with one or two others serially (in shifts), as on a ship or a submarine or other operation with round-the-clock staffing. Labels: transitive Example: The crew of the submarine quickly got used to hot bedding. 2. To farm using hotbeds for season extension. Labels: transitive
Word: hot-tempered Part of Speech: adj 1. Becoming very vocal or even violent when angered or frustrated. Example: Near-synonyms: quick-tempered, short-tempered
Word: Avar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Avar аварал (awaral) Pronunciation: /ˈævɑɹ/ 1. A North Caucasian language spoken mainly in Avaria (Republic of Daghestan) as its official language, and in parts of Azerbaijan.
Word: Avar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Avar аварал (awaral) Pronunciation: /ˈævɑɹ/ 1. A person belonging to this people of Caucasus, mainly of Daghestan, in which they are the predominant group.
Word: Avar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Avar аварал (awaral) Pronunciation: /ˈævɑɹ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Avar language or people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Avar Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈævɑɹ/ 1. The extinct language of the Eurasian Avars, probably belonging to the Oghur branch of the Turkic language family.
Word: Avar Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈævɑɹ/ 1. A member of a group of equestrian nomads who established an empire spanning considerable areas of Central and Eastern Europe from the late 6th to the early 9th century; also called Eurasian Avars or Pannonian Avars, to distinguish them from the Avars of the Caucasus. Labels: historical
Word: Avar Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈævɑɹ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Eurasian Avar language or people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hot-wired Part of Speech: adj 1. Stolen by the hot-wire technique. Labels: slang
Word: hot-wired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hot-wire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: more than one can shake a stick at Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. American English, in use since about 1800. 1. Occurring in abundance; of a large quantity; many. Labels: comparative-only Example: Q: How many units did they complete last month? A: Almost two hundred, which is more than you can shake a stick at. Example: Q: How much grain did they harvest last month? A: Almost six thousand tons, which is more grain than you can shake a stick at.
Word: hot glue Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hot melt adhesive. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flashpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flash + point. 1. Alternative form of flash point. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Chances came and went at both ends before the flashpoint involving Vardy and Nasri, who took an age to leave the pitch after Daniele Orsato, the Italian referee, brandished a red card. Example: In a match which contained several flashpoints in the crowd, including loud jeering when England's players took the knee before kick-off, objects being thrown and racist chanting, they came through a mediocre first half to take total control after the break and run out easy winners.
Word: MGTOW Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɪɡtaʊ/ 1. Initialism of maximum gross takeoff weight (“the maximum gross weight of a given aircraft, including its own weight and that of everything it is carrying, beyond which it would be unable to take off”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MGTOW Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɪɡtaʊ/ 1. Acronym of Men Going Their Own Way (“a male separatist, pro-off-grid and anti-feminist manosphere movement”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, attributive, neologism, sometimes Example: This is my command - to spread this Declaration to all MGTOW and never surrender it to outsiders for they have no knowledge or wisdom in living well and free forever. Example: The MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) movement began as a way for desperate men to avoid exploitation by women.
Word: unstressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English stressed English unstressed From un- + stressed. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈstɹɛst/ 1. not stressed or accentuated Example: Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear. 2. not subject to stress
Word: calibrated focal length Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjusted value of the equivalent focal length, so computed as to equalize the positive and negative values of distortion over the entire field used in a camera.
Word: dazzled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dazzle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dazzled Part of Speech: adj 1. Experiencing dazzlement; overcome by light or brilliance. 2. Painted in dazzle camouflage. Labels: not-comparable Example: a dazzled ship
Word: verifiability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English verify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English verifiability From verify + -ability. 1. The state or property of being capable of being verified; confirmability. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Mill distinguished between hypotheses which rest on mere analogy and such as are capable of "being ultimately brought to the test of actual induction," claiming for the latter a verifiability which he denied to the former. Example: 1973 , James C. McKeown, "Comparative Application of Market and Cost Based Accounting Models," Journal of Accounting Research, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 99, The verifiabilities of the other measurement systems were very similar.
Word: dazzles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dazzle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: confirmable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English confirm 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 confirmable From confirm + -able. 1. Capable of being checked, verifiable.
Word: satiation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /seɪʃɪˈeɪʃən/ 1. The state of being satiated or sated, of being full, of being at maximum capacity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unattested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + attested. 1. Not supported by attestation; lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority. Example: The plural form of this noun must surely have existed in the speech of medieval farmers, although it is unattested in surviving books from the period.
Word: descender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English descend 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 descender From descend + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/ 1. A person or thing that descends. 2. The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters). 3. A letter that has such a portion, such as g, j, or in some fonts Q. Labels: uncommon 4. A cyclist who excels at fast descents. 5. A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
Word: distributive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French distributif, from Latin distribūtīvus. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɹɪbjʊtɪv/ 1. Relating to distribution. 2. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each. Example: [I]t is worth obſerving the diſtributive Juſtice of the Authors, which is conſtantly applied to the Puniſhment of Virtue, and the Reward of Vice; […] 3. A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation. Example: If function f is distributive with respect to function g, then f(a,g(b,c))=g(f(a,b),f(a,c)). Example: If the operation ⋆ is distributive with respect to the operation ∘, then a⋆(b∘c)=(a⋆b)∘(a⋆c). 4. Assigning the species of a general term. 5. Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively. Example: a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as "each", "either", or "every" Example: a distributive numeral, such as Latin "bini" (two by two)
Word: distributive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French distributif, from Latin distribūtīvus. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɹɪbjʊtɪv/ 1. distributive case 2. A distributive adjective or pronoun. 3. A distributive numeral.
Word: identifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English identify 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 identifiable From identify + -able. 1. Capable of being distinguished and named. Example: I don't know where he was from because he had no identifiable accent. Example: We acknowledge that the tidal volume utilized for the SHVT group is far from the one utilized in the clinical setting, however, this choice was based on our previous studies supporting that 20 ml/kg was the minimal level of overdistention in healthy rats causing an identifiable injury comparable to that experienced by ALI patients.
Word: sightseer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sight + seer. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɪtˌsiːə/ 1. One who goes sightseeing; one who goes around to look at sights or see things of interest; a tourist.
Word: poised Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɔɪzd/ 1. Possessing poise, having self-confidence. 2. Ready, prepared. Example: He stood there, poised to act, and then suddenly he drew his gun in a smooth arc. Example: Amir stated that Rabin was a "pursuer" who was poised to spill the blood of many Jews by giving up control over part of the West Bank 3. Balanced, in position, in equilibrium. Example: The Titanic stands on end, poised briefly for the plunge.
Word: poised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɔɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of poise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Sunday driver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sunday + driver, Sunday being a popular day for leisure driving. 1. One who drives slowly or inexpertly, as for leisure or sightseeing. Labels: idiomatic Example: I was eager to get there, but I got stuck behind one Sunday driver after another on that trip. Example: Wallace is hardly your typical Sunday driver out on a jaunt in the countryside. 2. One who drives infrequently, and often poorly. Labels: dated
Word: readability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From readable + -ity or read + -ability. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːdəˈbɪlɪti/, /ˌɹiːdəˈbɪləti/, /ˌɹidəˈbɪləti/, [ˌɹidəˈbɪləɾi], [ˌɹiːdəˈbɪləɾi] 1. The property of being capable of being read; legibility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings. Example: Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause. 2. The property of being easy or engaging to read. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The book had a clever plot, but lacked readability.
Word: stoker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literally “to poke, jab, thrust”), ultimately equivalent to stoke + -er. More at stoke. Compare typologically Russian кочега́р (kočegár) (akin to кочерга́ (kočergá, “poker”)). Pronunciation: /ˈstoʊkɚ/, /ˈstəʊkə/ 1. A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers. Example: For this was a line so little frequented, especially at this hour, when the driver, the stoker, the guard and the station staffs all along the line, were anhelating towards their wives, after the long hours of continence, that the train would hardly draw up, when it would be off again, like a bouncing ball. Example: He held strongly to the black-ganger's philosophy - what is the use of all the radar and guns and torpedoes if you don't have the engineers and stokers to put them in the right position? 2. A device for stoking a fire; a poker. 3. A device that feeds coal into a furnace, etc., automatically. Example: As we reported was to occur, two of Saltley's stoker-fitted 2-10-0s, Nos. 92165/7, have been stripped of their stokers at Crewe works. 4. A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.
Word: speckled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈspɛkəld/ 1. Marked with dots or spots, spotted. Example: The bird's eggs were speckled as camouflage. 2. Sporadically and irregularly marked.
Word: headset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + set. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdsɛt/ 1. A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone. 2. Any electronic device worn on the head. Example: If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters. 3. On a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame. 4. A mindset. Labels: uncommon Example: One member has this whole collection of 50s rockabilly by women. Like the blues, the lyrics reflect the headset of the time, so of course it's not all "non-sexist." But it's a great record, really connected to the roots of rock 'n roll.
Word: decoupage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”). Pronunciation: /ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/ 1. An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An artwork made by this technique. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: decoupage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”). Pronunciation: /ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/ 1. To perform or use the art technique of decoupage. Labels: transitive
Word: hot metal Part of Speech: noun 1. Printing type cast from molten metal; hot metal typesetting. Labels: uncountable Example: A Fleet Street veteran of the hot-metal days, he had moved to the Mediterranean and spotted an anglophone niche among the marinas and yacht brokers. Example: In the mid-80s, most British newspapers were still produced using hot metal, despite the widespread use elsewhere of modern offset litho technology.
Word: hot metal typesetting Part of Speech: noun 1. Any method of typesetting that involves injecting a molten metal alloy into a matrix to form a relief printing surface. Labels: uncountable
Word: hot money Part of Speech: noun 1. Money, or other financial instruments, that moves regularly between different markets in search of the best interest rate. Labels: slang, uncountable 2. Stolen currency. Labels: slang, uncountable 3. The largest total of money staked on a race, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: The hot money is on Fishface to win the 3:30.
Word: hot on Part of Speech: adj 1. Enthusiastic for. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: He is hot on white-water rafting. 2. Knowledgeable about. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: He is hot on Anglo-Saxon history. 3. Skilled at. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: He is hot on mental arithmetic.
Word: hot-panted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hot-pantsed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hotpanted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hot-pantsed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot panted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hot-pantsed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot-pantsed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hot pants + -ed. 1. Wearing hot pants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hot pint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots het pint. 1. a drink made from boiling beer to which is added nutmeg, eggs, sugar and whiskey; drunk during first footing. Labels: Scotland
Word: scaled question Part of Speech: noun 1. A question, usually part of a questionnaire, in which the response is chosen from a range of values
Word: hotpress Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hot-press. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She remembered, when a girl, seeing a short poem written by the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire, for which her papa gave three guineas; she did not suppose there was a single copy sold in the city or the country, so that her grace had really the satisfaction of knowing that her beautiful hotpressed folio was opened alone by courtly hands.
Word: hotpressed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hot-pressed Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hotpressed Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hot-pressed Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hotpresser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hot-presser Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hotrodder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hot rod + -er. 1. A person who has an enthusiasm for hot rods.
Word: hot-rodder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hotrodder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot rodder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hotrodder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot saw Part of Speech: noun 1. A saw with a continuously rotating circular blade, used for cutting trees. Example: The 445-E is matched with a Quadco 22-inch hot saw and works a roadside logging system. Example: Finally, she showed me the "hot saw." These are not machines so much as bulky beasts of destruction: souped-up chainsaws with snowmobile or motorcycle engines, some of which run on airplane fuel, that weigh forty to sixty pounds and kick like a rifle when started. 2. A saw used for cutting hot metal. Example: When double length rails are rolled, the piece is divided in the middle by the hot saw only, and the two fag ends are made the exact length by the cold saw. Example: The ordinary hot saw, for sawing iron at a blight red heat, differs but little from a common circular wood-saw.
Word: hot set Part of Speech: noun 1. A film set in which furniture and props have been positioned for an imminent shoot, so labeled to prevent said items from being moved and thus compromising continuity in the finished product
Word: Inver- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“river mouth, confluence”), from Old Irish *in(d)ber, from Proto-Celtic *endo-ber-o (“carrying in”), from *endo (“in”), from Proto-Indo-European *en-do-, from *h₁én. Analogous to Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”), from Old Welsh oper, aper, from Proto-Brythonic. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.və-/, /ˈɪn.vɚ-/ 1. mouth of a river; confluence Labels: morpheme
Word: film set Part of Speech: noun 1. The enclosure in which a film scene is shot; includes scenery and props.
Word: kleptocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English klepto- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English kleptocracy From klepto- + -cracy. 1. A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed. Example: Quevedo, no ordinary person, is very amusing. His Visions of Hell in particular, though of a very different kind from Dante's, are more edifying. But our business at present is with his "History of Paul the Spanish Sharper, the Pattern of Rogues and Mirror of Vagabonds." We do not know that he deserves these appellations so much as some others but they are to be looked upon as titular ornaments, common to the Spanish Kleptocracy. Example: WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
Word: nuff Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /nʌf/, /nɐf/, /nʊf/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of 'nough, shortening of enough, Labels: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: glazing agent Part of Speech: noun 1. Any food additive added to produce a shiny protective coating.
Word: candelilla wax Part of Speech: noun 1. a yellow-brown wax obtained from leaves of several plants of the Euphorbia genus Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carnauba wax Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellow-brown wax obtained from the leaves of the Brazilian carnauba palm (Copernicia prunifera); used in cosmetics, polishes etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shellac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shell + lac, calque of French laque en écailles (literally “lac in scales/shells”). Pronunciation: /ʃəˈlæk/, /ʃɛˈlæk/, /ˈʃɛlæk/ 1. A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released. Example: At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material. 2. A beating; a thrashing. Labels: US, countable, informal, uncountable
Word: shellac Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From shell + lac, calque of French laque en écailles (literally “lac in scales/shells”). Pronunciation: /ʃəˈlæk/, /ʃɛˈlæk/, /ˈʃɛlæk/ 1. To coat with shellac. Labels: transitive 2. To beat; to thrash. Labels: US, informal, transitive 3. To inflict a heavy defeat upon. Labels: US, informal, transitive Example: In 1964 Goldwater ran rambunctiously, flat-out against government. He got shellacked. Example: In another the Mets were shellacked, 9-1, with a stray ninth-inning home run by Strawberry after two outs, preventing a shutout.
Word: mineral oil Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.(ə).ɹəl ɔɪl/, /ˈmɪn.ɚ.əl ɔɪl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl ɔɪl/ 1. Any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: microcrystalline wax Part of Speech: noun 1. a wax produced by removing oil from petrolatum; used in cosmetics etc Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: penumbrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English penumbra Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English penumbrous From penumbra + -ous. Pronunciation: /pɪˈnʌmbɹəs/ 1. Partially shaded. Example: the penumbrous calm of the cathedral interior 2. Vague; ill-defined; unclear. Example: Yet such Commissions were awarded, and far more frequently than might be supposed in view of the infinitely wider gulf—both social and educational—which divided the eighteenth-century Officer from the rank and file, than the penumbrous border line which separates them today. Example: Everyone knows God in his penumbrous knowledge of common esse.
Word: analysis situs Part of Speech: noun 1. Topology. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: constituencies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈstɪtjuənsiːz/, /kənˈstɪt͡ʃʊənsiːz/ 1. plural of constituency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: countered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntəd/, /ˈkaʊntəɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of counter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Silicon Fen Part of Speech: name 1. The area of high-tech businesses around Cambridge, <.
Word: Silicon Forest Part of Speech: name 1. The area of high-tech businesses around Portland, Oregon.
Word: choroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin choroides, from Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), from χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.ɹɔɪd/, /ˈkɒɹ.ɔɪd/, /ˈkɔɹˌɔɪd/ 1. Resembling the chorion, particularly in containing many blood vessels. Labels: not-comparable
Word: choroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin choroides, from Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), from χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.ɹɔɪd/, /ˈkɒɹ.ɔɪd/, /ˈkɔɹˌɔɪd/ 1. The pigmented vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera.
Word: Silicon Glen Part of Speech: name 1. The area of high-tech businesses in central Scotland.
Word: Silicon Hills Part of Speech: name 1. The area of high-tech businesses around Austin, Texas.
Word: Silicon Prairie Part of Speech: name 1. The area of high-tech businesses around Schaumburg, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; or Ames, Iowa.