nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bad-tempered Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily. Example: His bad-tempered outburst caught his friends by surprise. Example: Jack is the most bad-tempered and violent man I know.
Word: headpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + piece. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌpis/ 1. The head; the brain; the head as the seat of intellect. 2. The head; the brain; the head as the seat of intellect. Example: He was going about pondering deeply, but in vain, how he might get out of his dilemma, when it came into his head to ask the advice of the boy that kept his pigs, who was a great head-piece, and had often helped him before. 3. Something covering the head. 4. Something covering the head. 5. A headset. Example: Meronyms: mouthpiece, earpiece 6. A headstall. 7. A headboard of a bed. Example: Wooden beds were made as replicas of large ones, some carved in walnut, others in magohany and with elaborate head-pieces. There were four-posters draped with curtains to pull and bedspreads to match, much beautiful hand-sewing and embroidery going to their manufacture. 8. A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters. Example: A view of a Wenford train headed by this locomotive forms the headpiece to the present article. 9. The top piece or part of any of various things. Example: Near-synonym: head
Word: teammate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From team + -mate. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/ 1. One who is on the same team. Example: Pass the ball to your teammate.
Word: conservator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conservatour, from Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin cōnservātor (“one who conserves”), agent noun from cōnservō (“to preserve”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɝ.və.tɚ/, [kənˈsɝ.və.ɾɚ] 1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East. Example: the great Creator and Conservator of the world 2. A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee. Example: The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms. Example: The Governor [of Missouri] is […] the conservator of the peace 3. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff. 4. A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process. 5. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
Word: claimant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French and Anglo-Norman clamant, present participle of the verb clamer and its variants, from Latin clāmō (“to cry out”), equivalent to claim + -ant. Compare clamant. Pronunciation: /ˈkleɪ.mənt/ 1. One who claims; one who makes a claim. Example: “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]” 2. A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar. Labels: UK 3. The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.
Word: consignment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English consign Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English consignment From consign + -ment. Pronunciation: /kənˈsaɪnmənt/ 1. A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To E. M. McVicker and Co., Southampton, England. "We undertake no guarantee for goods damaged in transit. As soon as the consignment was taken on board we drew your captain's attention to the fact that the vessel was unsuitable for the transport of Robots, and we are therefore not responsible for spoiled freight. We beg to remain for Rossum's Universal Robots. Yours truly." Example: In order to provide for a large measure of rail participation in countrywide collection and delivery of small consignments—a task they were never particularly well suited to do, and which they did only because the horse and cart were worse—the railways sacrificed their main advantages. 2. The act of consigning. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: in transit Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In the process of being transported. Example: It is important to maintain the correct temperature for perishable goods in transit.
Word: colorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color 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 colorer From color + -er. 1. One who colors.
Word: colorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color 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 colorist From color + -ist. 1. One who colors; an artist with a talent for coloring. Example: Political colorists can be promiscuous in calling states purple, but my state is true to that hue. I speak of North Carolina, and I have receipts: While our junior senator, Ted Budd, is a Republican who won election to a first term in 2022 by about three percentage points, our governor, Roy Cooper, is a Democrat who won election to a second term in 2020 by more than four. 2. A hairdresser who is a specialist in coloring and tinting hair. 3. One who believes in or subscribes to colorism. Labels: broadly
Word: brigadier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brigadier. Equivalent to brigade + -ier. Pronunciation: /bɹɪɡəˈdɪɚ/ 1. An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade. 2. A field officer of the highest grade, below general officers, NATO grade OF-7. Labels: UK 3. Ellipsis of brigadier general. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. The head of a workforce in the Soviet Union. Labels: historical Example: The supervisory staff of the farm did their work well, according to the source. All the brigadiers were old, experienced workers who knew their business.
Word: dessertspoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dessert + spoon. 1. A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately ten millilitres; a dessertspoonful. 2. More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon. 3. An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert. Labels: rare
Word: uncaring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + caring. 1. Characterized by a lack of care; not caring. Example: His uncaring attitude did not win him many friends.
Word: uncaring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + caring. 1. Lack or absence of caring Labels: uncountable Example: To accomplish this end, each of the three components contains two levels: verbal caring and uncaring, nonverbal caring and uncaring, and technically competent and incompetent behavior.
Word: neckline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neck + line. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkˌlaɪn/ 1. The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.
Word: springy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spring + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋi/ 1. That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc. Example: The soft peat was springy under her feet. Example: The hard woods were used for pegging, the soft woods for cradling the load and the springy woods for carrying it. 2. Lively; bouncy. Example: Shangrila and Linda is an outstandingly uneven book -- sometimes it's fun and springy, and other times it's irritating and boring. Example: Every step—a light click of the heel and then a springy step, optimistic, perhaps a bit contemptuous. 3. Characteristic of the spring season. Example: It was springy weather after Easter, and she wore a pale lavender silk dress with myriad little ruchings down the front, each edged with a narrow band of real lace. Example: We had a blizzard, a thaw, a spell of springy weather, and James baked me a heart-shaped white clam pizza for Valentine's Day. 4. Of land, having many springs (of water).
Word: springiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English springy 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 springiness From springy + -ness. 1. the property of being springy. Labels: uncountable
Word: picker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pikere, pykare, equivalent to pick + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkə(ɹ)/ 1. Agent noun of pick; one who picks. Labels: agent, form-of Example: The apple picker climbed the tree. Example: That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls. 2. Agent noun of pick; one who picks. Example: Already at Amazon warehouses, ‘pickers’—the workers who locate purchased items and transport them to the shipping station within the warehouse—are issued a hand-held device that tracks their every move. Example: "Farmers can't get sufficient fruit pickers," he said. "It is the same pool of labour, agency staff [who are] largely eastern European [and] a huge number of them Polish." 3. Any user interface control that selects something. Example: date picker Example: file picker 4. A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre. 5. The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp. 6. A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance. 7. A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up. Labels: slang 8. One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates. Labels: historical 9. A pilferer. Labels: archaic
Word: coryza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin corȳza, from Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza, “nasal mucus”). Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɑɪ.zə/, /kəˈɹɑi.zə/ 1. Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In his writing on coryza, Celsus repeats the belief of Hippocrates that some cases of phthisis owe their origin to catarrh of the nasal passages; so far as coryza is concerned, he says, there is nothing pestiferous about it unless it ulcerates […] Example: Frequent sneezing and fluent coryza, during the day (second day),⁴.^([sic])—Obstruction of left nostril, in evening […] After pain in the head, which continued ten days, coryza, sore throat, and extension to bronchial mucous membranes[…] 2. Rhinitis or rhinosinusitis; cold or coldlike illness; common cold. Labels: broadly, countable, metonymically, uncountable
Word: charnel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English charnel, from Old French charnel, carnel, from Late Latin carnāle (“graveyard”), from Latin carnālis, or possibly an alteration of Anglo-Norman charner, from Medieval Latin carnārium (“charnel”). Displaced Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs. Pronunciation: [tʃɑːɹnəl], [tʃɑːnəl] 1. A chapel attached to a mortuary. 2. A repository for dead bodies. Example: When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, ⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d, ⁠Was this demanded—if he yearn’d To hear her weeping by his grave?
Word: charnel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English charnel, from Old French charnel, carnel, from Late Latin carnāle (“graveyard”), from Latin carnālis, or possibly an alteration of Anglo-Norman charner, from Medieval Latin carnārium (“charnel”). Displaced Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs. Pronunciation: [tʃɑːɹnəl], [tʃɑːnəl] 1. Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral. Example: He murmured to himself with dull despair, Here Faith died, poisoned by this charnel air.
Word: charnel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French charnel, from Latin cardinālis (“relating to a hinge”); related to French charnière. Pronunciation: [tʃɑːɹnəl], [tʃɑːnəl] 1. Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate. Labels: historical Example: The knight did as he was desired, and broke his spear twice on the very charnel of his helmet. It being now Sir William Cecil's turn, each knight charged his spear directly towards the other's head, and galloping on, both lances[…] Example: 1 Are these the charnels, or pinnacles of helmets? See Meyrick, […]
Word: enchanter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English enchantour, from Old French enchanteor (Modern French enchanteur), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), from incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”). Doublet of incantator. Equivalent to enchant + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtʃɑːntə/, /ənˈtʃɑːntə/, /ɛnˈtʃɑːntə/, /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/ 1. One who enchants or delights. Example: Robert Morse brings back to life the author, wit, bon vivant, self-pitier and true enchanter that was Truman Capote in this Tony-winning one-man performance […] 2. A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments. Example: 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book One, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006, Canto VII, stanza 35, p. 113, No magicke arts hereof had any might, / Nor bloody wordes of bold Enchaunters call, / But all that was not such, as seemd in sight, / Before that shield did fade, and suddeine fall: Example: He was indeed as bitter an enemy to the savage authority too often exercised by husbands and fathers, over the young and lovely of the other sex, as ever knight-errant was to the barbarous power of enchanters; nay, to say truth, I have often suspected that those very enchanters with which romance everywhere abounds were in reality no other than the husbands of those days; and matrimony itself was, perhaps, the enchanted castle in which the nymphs were said to be confined.
Word: repression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English repression From repress + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈpɹɛʃən/, [ɹəˈpɹɛʃn̩] 1. The act of repressing; state of being repressed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited. 2. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: repressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repressing Part of Speech: noun 1. A second or subsequent pressing. Example: repressings of a vinyl record
Word: resale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sale English resale From re- + sale. Pronunciation: /ˈriːseɪl/, /ˈriˌseɪl/ 1. Sale of something previously bought. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They bought the contents of the locker for resale. Example: The resale value was high as the items were quite rare. 2. The sale by the original seller to another purchaser of goods due to non-payment by original purchaser, often with the original purchaser liable for any shortfall between the original sale price and the price realized by the original seller. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: selling on Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of selling something previously purchased. Labels: uncountable Example: She did not buy them for her own use but always intended to make a profit by selling on.
Word: sour cream Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkɹiːm/, /ˌsaʊ.ə(ɹ)ˈkɹiːm/ 1. Cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium to turn it slightly sour, often used as a condiment, or a topping for baked potatoes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carrots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carrot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carrots Part of Speech: noun 1. A redhead. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang
Word: lobscouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Yorkshire dialect lob (“boil”, literally “bubbling up”) + scouse, a word of unknown origin. Compare lapskaus, Dutch lapskous, Norwegian Bokmål lapskaus, German Labskaus, Danish skipperlabskovs/labskovs; also English loblolly. 1. A dish of meat stewed with vegetables and ship biscuit. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [A] dish of hard fish swimming in oil appeared at each end, the sides being furnished with a mess of that savoury composition known by the name of lob's course […].
Word: unbeliever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + believer, perhaps a corruption of earlier wanbeliever (“unbeliever”). 1. One who does not believe, particularly in a deity (used by believers to describe people who do not believe in the same deity or deities as themselves). Example: `Well, I suppose that we must try it,' I said; and the others assented in their various ways - Leo, as though it were the best joke in the world; Job, in respectful disgust; and Mahomed, with an invocation to the Prophet, and a comprehensive curse upon all unbelievers and their ways of thought and travel. Example: I tried to persuade some of the men to come and save you, but they would not do it, saying: ‘Let the unbelievers kill one another if they wish. It is none of our affair, and if we go and interfere with Ali-ben-Ahmed’s plans we shall only stir up a fight with our own people.’
Word: lobscouser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lobscouse + -er. 1. A sailor. Labels: dated
Word: brise Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹaɪz/ 1. A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Afterward let him draw a Brise or two made fast in the yoke.
Word: untilled 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 tilled English untilled From un- + tilled. 1. Of land, having not been tilled. Labels: not-comparable Example: Spring was upon us and the ground remained untilled. Example: The Emerald City was soon left far behind. As they advanced the ground became rougher and hillier, for there were no farms nor houses in this country of the West, and the ground was untilled.
Word: ship's biscuit Part of Speech: noun 1. hardtack Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I found nothing else to do but to offer him one of my good Swede’s ship’s biscuits I had in my pocket. Example: I found a ship's biscuit and a wizened apple in my sketch sack. They smelled of turpentine and revolted my appetite. At dusk I ate them greedily.
Word: outcrop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English crop English outcrop From out- + crop. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊt.kɹɒp/, /ˈaʊt.kɹɑp/, /ˈæɔt.kɹɔp/ 1. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding. 2. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground. 3. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
Word: outcrop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English crop English outcrop From out- + crop. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊt.kɹɒp/, /ˈaʊt.kɹɑp/, /ˈæɔt.kɹɔp/ 1. To come out to the surface of the ground.
Word: lobscousers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lobscouser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reciprocally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin reciprocusder. English reciprocal Middle English -ly English -ly English reciprocally From reciprocal + -ly. 1. In a reciprocal manner; by way of returning (e.g. a favour, insult, etc). Example: In the process of production, human beings work not only upon nature, but also upon one another. They produce only by working together in a specified manner and reciprocally exchanging their activities. Example: When younger brother calls [his elder brother's wife] his "co-wife" and reciprocally, when she calls him co-husband," rights in sexuality are being satirized.
Word: hardtack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hard + tack. 1. A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: reefer's nut Example: Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
Word: mannered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English manered; equivalent to manner + -ed. 1. Having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms. Labels: in-compounds, often Example: His upbringing had led him to act in an overly mannered way. Example: ill-mannered.
Word: well mannered Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of well-mannered. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ill-mannered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare Middle English ille-ymanerite. 1. Having bad manners; impolite. Example: He was extremely ill-mannered and caused offence wherever he went.
Word: bad-mannered Part of Speech: adj 1. Having bad manners; impolite. Example: He was extremely bad-mannered and caused offence wherever he went.
Word: imbalance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Latin lanx Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English imbalance From im- + balance. 1. The property of not being in balance. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The growing imbalances between the rich and poor first lead to more crime. Example: Ross Barkley, a second-half substitute, almost marked his debut with a goal but by that stage England were playing at half-pace. A team can do that when the imbalance of talent is this considerable.
Word: think the world of Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a very high opinion of; to have a strong attachment to or affection for; to think highly / a lot of. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: "I was so pleased I wanted to cry, for the children do love me, and run to me for everything now, and think the world of Sister." Example: Those little souvenir spoons she sent up with the chocolate yesterday are perfect darlings. I think the world of mine.
Word: barnyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barn + yard. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹnˌjɑɹd/ 1. The yard associated with or surrounding a barn. Example: It has a coat of stiff hairs rather than the soft fleece of the barnyard animal, and it is much more agile.
Word: barnyard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From barn + yard. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹnˌjɑɹd/ 1. Vulgar; scatological. Labels: figuratively Example: Henderson too barnyard for Casa Loma, so they are rejecting further arrangements by him. Example: The bad part was that Thor and Chief, with their vivid and clever imaginations, had made up a whole cast of characters, some of them with very barnyard names, and soap-opera lives. 2. Of food or drink, having an earthy flavor. Labels: figuratively Example: Mr. Oliver, the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, has a quirky way of describing his creations. He refers to the more complex ones as “a little bit barnyard,” “having a funky nose” or “like a good sourdough bread.” Example: Cheeses made from goat’s milk tend to have a more barnyard and tangy taste than cow’s milk.
Word: insurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English insure 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 insurer From insure + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈʃʊ.ɹə/, /ɪnˈʃʊɹ.ɚ/, /ɪnˈʃɝ.ɚ/ 1. One who insures. Example: After the accident I contacted the insurer who paid for the repairs. Example: Federal law mandates that at least one nongroup insurer in your state must provide coverage to everyone, regardless of health issues.
Word: insures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of insure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pronouncement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento. 1. An official public announcement. Example: The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict. 2. An utterance. Example: Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment. Example: His pronouncements carried great authority, but his physical difficulties often caused them to be enigmatic in their brevity.
Word: apportioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of apportion Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: apportioned Part of Speech: adj 1. Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Here indeed was the witch wife's chance; and she was the more keen, for her master had warned her that this was her last chance. Either Ailie's soul would be his, or her auld wrunkled body and black heart would be flung from this pleasant world to their apportioned place.
Word: apologized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of apologize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: circulatory system Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From circulatory + system. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜːk(j)uːlətəɹi ˈsɪstəm/, /-tɹi-/, /ˌsɝkjələˌtɔɹi ˈsɪstəm/ 1. The parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body. 2. The parts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid.
Word: devotional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devotion + -al. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvəʊʃənəl/, /dɪˈvoʊʃənəl/ 1. A brief religious service. Example: To prepare for leading a devotional, select a theme appropriate to the occasion. 2. A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion. Example: Each page of the book offers a short devotional that inspires thought and self-reflection.
Word: devotional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From devotion + -al. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvəʊʃənəl/, /dɪˈvoʊʃənəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to devotion or worship. Example: She spent much time playing devotional music. Example: Because of her love for Robert […] the Resistance leader, Willie undertakes dangerous missions for the anti-fascist groups. She doesn't seem however to have the slightest idea why she is doing it, it is a devotional, not a political action.
Word: monarchical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monarch + -ical, perhaps after Middle French monarchique. Pronunciation: /məˈnɑːkɪk(ə)l/ 1. Of or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although a socialist he did have monarchical leanings 2. Having sole or undivided authority. Labels: not-comparable Example: But in this contest of martyrs, it was Ignatius's passionate account of a monarchical episcopal ministry which set the pattern for the future.
Word: ship biscuit Part of Speech: noun 1. hardtack
Word: unanswered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unansuered, unanswerd, equivalent to un- + answered. 1. That has not been answered or addressed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The flashing light on the answering machine bore testimony to the unanswered call. Example: The timing of the incident raised the question, almost certainly destined to remain unanswered, of whether, having allowed the escapers to pass by unhindered, the culprit had waited specifically for the yellow jersey group before sowing his mischief.
Word: sprightliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sprightly 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 sprightliness From sprightly + -ness. 1. The property of being sprightly. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: ‘Nothing’s the matter, bless you, Master Davy dear!’ she answered, assuming an air of sprightliness.
Word: forfeiture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forfeture, from Old French forfaiture. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːfɪtʃə/, /ˈfɔɹfɪt͡ʃɚ/ 1. A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The loss of forfeit property. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The property lost as a forfeit. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any loss occasioned by one's own actions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We conclude that the government has forfeited any claim of forfeiture, so we proceed to consider the merits.
Word: relinquishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of relinquish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fidgety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fidget Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fidgety From fidget + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/ 1. Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless. Example: I did not feel sea-sick at all. But as the days passed, I became fidgety. I felt shy even in speaking to the steward. […] Example: A fidgety child can easily knock over the drink and burn the two of you.
Word: procurator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“to procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor and procurer. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/, /ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/, /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. A tax collector. 2. An agent or attorney. 3. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator 4. The governor of a small imperial province. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: head man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heed man, from Old English hēafodmann (“leader; captain, head of a group”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann, equivalent to head + man. Cognate with Dutch hoofdman (“chief; chieftain”), German Hauptmann (“captain”), Swedish huvudman (“chief; principal; leader”). Compare also English headsman. Doublet of hetman. 1. The person in charge of an organization, clan, tribe, or other group. 2. The leader of a village.
Word: revocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English revocacioun, revocation, from Old French revocacion, from Latin revocationem (accusative of revocatio); equivalent to revoke + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən/ 1. An act or instance of revoking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] Due to the safety issues identified, ORR has revoked WCRCL's Exemption Certificate.[…] WCR-operated charter trains are unaffected by the revocation, which RAIL understands nominally runs until November, immediately after the 'Jacobite' season is due to end on October 27. The 'Jacobite' is treated separately because it is a timetabled service rather than a charter.
Word: revoking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of revoke Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: revoking Part of Speech: noun 1. A revocation. Example: […] after grantings, revokings, and re-grantings, of the liberty of Yarmouth […]
Word: one legged Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of one-legged. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: habituate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English habituat(e) (“physically established or present”), borrowed from Late Latin habituātus, perfect passive participle of habituō (“to bring into a condition or habit of body”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /həˈbɪtju.eɪt/, /həˈbɪt͡ʃu.eɪt/ 1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize. Example: 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises, Paris, “The First Treatise declaring the nature and operations of bodies,” Chapter 36, p. 311, […] it was the custome of our English doggs (who were habituated vnto a colder clyme) to runne into the sea in the heate of summer […] Example: [B]y often praying in ſuch manner and in all circumſtances, vve ſhall habituate our ſouls to prayer, by making it the buſineſs of many leſſer portions of our time: and by thruſting in betvveen all our other imployments, it vvill make every thing reliſh of Religion, and by degrees turn all into its nature. 2. To settle as an inhabitant. Labels: obsolete Example: After the Conquests made by Caesar upon Gaul, and the nearer Parts of Germany […] great Numbers of Germans and Gauls resorted to the Roman Armies and to the City it self, and habituated themselves there, as many Spaniards, Syrians, Graecians had done before upon the Conquest of those Countries.
Word: habituates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of habituate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: habituating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of habituate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: habituating Part of Speech: adj 1. habit-forming Labels: not-comparable
Word: habituated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of habituate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unfruitful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful. 1. Not bearing fruit. Labels: figuratively Example: Despite going on for two hours, her search was unfruitful.
Word: bear fruit Part of Speech: verb 1. Of an effort, endeavor, etc., to produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit. Example: The House should, I think, take formal cognisance of the liberation of Rome[…]. This is a memorable and glorious event, which rewards the intense fighting of the last five months in Italy. The original landing, made on January 22nd at Anzio, has, in the end, borne good fruit. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, fruit. Example: After several barren years it was good to see the trees bearing fruit.
Word: flatly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat Middle English -ly English -ly English flatly From flat + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈflætli/ 1. In a physically flat or level manner. Example: He bent over the old woman again, with his ear turned flatly to her lips and then to the region of her heart. Example: Rabbit country, the working man's uncultivable terrain. Half a mile away, square open patches of yellow sand flatly glittered, and far on the horizon cranes and vast silver cylinders stood about, ghostly shining inhabitants of the marsh. 2. In a definite manner; in a manner showing complete certainty. Example: It was an accusation that he flatly denied. Example: In 2017 in Zimbabwe, a military takeover brought Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule to and end. But one of the leaders, Maj Gen Sibusiso Moyo, appeared on television at the time, flatly denying it was a military takeover. 3. In a manner that shows no emotion. Example: He replied flatly to the policeman's questions. Example: "Sure you never heard of him?" he asked incredulously. "Never," I said flatly.
Word: homewards Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”). 1. Leading toward home. Labels: not-comparable Example: At the end of the day we gratefully set off in a homewards direction.
Word: homewards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”). 1. towards home Example: We're now heading homewards.
Word: complice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French. 1. An accomplice; a supporter. Labels: obsolete Example: The lives of all your loving complices / Lean on your health; the which, if you give o’er / To stormy passion, must perforce decay. Example: VVell, the VVeſt-Saxon King vvas quickly overcome, and all his Complices either killed, or conquered, and yet King Edvvine demurred to embrace Chriſtianity.
Word: derangement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dérangement, equivalent to derange + -ment. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/, /-mɪnt/ 1. The property of being deranged. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His [James Stewart's] postwar roles, full of myopic obsession, stalkerish derangement, and a desire for vengeance, don't seem like ground Hanks is willing to cover. 2. An act or instance of deranging. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Young as he was at the time, he had seen the imprudence of Mr. Granard's way of living; he had often remonstrated, and the death of his father, with the subsequent derangement of his affairs, had alone prevented his following up his advice with such assistance as would have made it effectual. Example: 8-1. On 21 April 1943, while operating off the Malay Peninsula during her sixth war patrol, GRENADIER sustained heavy damage to the after portion of the ship as the result of a Japanese aircraft depth bomb attack. The most serious casualty which occurred, and which directly caused GRENADIER'S loss, was the complete immobilization of her propulsion plant due to derangement of the main control cubicle and severe misalignment of the propeller shafting. All efforts by ship's force to effect emergency repairs were unsuccessful. Early the next morning, GRENADIER was abandoned and scuttled by her own crew to prevent imminent capture by an approaching Japanese merchant ship. 3. A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bazar Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of bazaar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: perfidious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin perfidiōsus (“treacherous”), from perfidia. Pronunciation: /pɚˈfɪdi.əs/, /pəˈfɪdi.əs/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. Example: TRINCULO (speaking about Caliban): By this light, a most perfidious and drunken / monster: when his god's asleep, he'll rob his bottle. Example: The perfidious Ricimer soon became dissatisfied with Anthe'mius, and raised the standard of revolt.
Word: Platonism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s) Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn) Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn) 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 Platonism From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”) + English -ism. 1. The philosophy of Plato.
Word: desludging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of desludge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: desludging Part of Speech: noun 1. the process of removing sediments by draining and cleaning a tank. Labels: uncountable
Word: southeastern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *southesterne, from Old English sūþēasterne, equivalent to south + eastern. 1. Of or pertaining to the southeast. Example: The southeastern part of the country is the most affluent. Example: Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.
Word: brickwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brick + -work. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/ 1. A structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks. Labels: uncountable Example: The two lower rows of tubes at each end pier were then drilled through to the extrados of the brickwork to act as weep holes and assist in the drainage from the backs of the arches. Example: The chimney, built in brickwork, was to be plastered on the inside several feet from where the fireplace was to be. 2. The quality of the construction of a brick structure. Labels: uncountable
Word: brickworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brick + works. 1. A place where bricks are made. Example: In addition the Marquess built a brickworks adjacent to the colliery, and also greatly improved the harbour to encourage coastal shipping. A new tramway was laid from the colliery and brickworks to the harbour, using many of the materials from the earlier, now abandoned, railway. […] A short branch ran northwards from the brickworks to an extensive clay pit in which there was a considerable network of sidings.
Word: calcium oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A white powderous substance, CaO, normally made by heating calcium carbonate. Labels: uncountable Example: When calcium oxide is combined with CO2, it naturally forms calcium carbonate over time due to thermodynamic equilibrium, explains the researcher.
Word: department store Part of Speech: noun 1. A large store containing many different departments, each of which deals in the sale of different goods or services.
Word: corrective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French correctif, equivalent to correct + -ive. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛktɪv/, /kəˈɹektɪv/ 1. Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct. Labels: not-comparable Example: As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes. Example: Since the accident I've had to wear a corrective brace. 2. Qualifying; limiting. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The Psalmist interposeth a caution in this corrective particle, Yea, Happy. It hath the force of a revocation, whereby he seems to retract what went before, not simply and absolutely, but in a certain degree […]
Word: corrective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French correctif, equivalent to correct + -ive. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛktɪv/, /kəˈɹektɪv/ 1. Something that corrects or counteracts something. Example: alkalies are correctives of acids Example: penalties are correctives of immoral conduct 2. Limitation; restriction. Labels: obsolete Example: What Correctives there may be supposed that may check and restrain that Increase of Mankind, that otherwise according to the ordinary course of Nature would have obtained in the World. Example: It is a maxim established upon good reason, that every thing exceeding its just bounds, is hurtful to nature. The best of things are not excepted in this general rule. Even the necessary supports of life, if not qualified and made wholesome by this corrective, may prove the procurers of death.
Word: nasal mutation Part of Speech: noun 1. An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: soft mutation Part of Speech: noun 1. An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aspirate mutation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæs.pɪ.rət mjuˈteɪ.ʃən/ 1. An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taiga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)), or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”). Doublet of Tayga. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɡə/, /taɪˈɡɑː/ 1. A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere. Example: The mountains run from the Arctic Island of Novaya Zemlya southwards, dividing the endless wastes of the Siberian taiga and the steppes from the Russian platform in the west. Example: Like the taiga, he was everywhere, and mysterious—a heroic being with unearthly gifts.
Word: tall oil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish tallolja (“pine oil”). 1. A dark yellow resinous acidic oil obtained as a byproduct during the pulping of pine; it is used in the manufacture of soaps and lubricants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taper pin Part of Speech: noun 1. A tapered self-holding peg or pin used to connect parts together
Word: equaliser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English equal English -ise English equalise 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 equaliser From equalise + -er. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of equalizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.
Word: tektite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τηκτός (tēktós, “molten”), from τήκειν (tḗkein, “to melt”). 1. A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts.