nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: flagman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + -man. 1. A man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling. Example: At the approach to Southampton Terminus, double track branches off to the left, runs alongside the platforms and then cuts across Canute Road on an open crossing under the protection of a flagman. 2. A man who raises a flag. Example: "The Bands played the National Anthem and the Royal Standard was cracked by the Flagman and flown beside the clocktower at the top of the Horse Guards building."https://www.army.mod.uk/news/splendour-and-precision-from-the-british-army-for-the-japanese-state-visit/
Word: flareup Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flare-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: All the legendry, of course, white and Indian alike, died down during the nineteenth century, except for occasional atavistical flareups.
Word: flare-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from flare up. 1. A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion). Example: But what I do think is that there's likely to be a regular flare-up soon. And how can one tell where that may end? If only I could get Ambrose to take me away somewhere! But he won't budge. Example: The disadvantage of the underfired grill is the potential for flareups, which can cause a burned spot or carbonization. Not only do these taste bad, but they are also carcinogenic. 2. A sudden intensification in activity. 3. An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis). Example: Although Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic, they are characterized by periods of remission that last for varying amounts of time, interrupted by flare-ups, when symptoms of the disease become more evident.
Word: flashbulb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flash + bulb. Pronunciation: /ˈflæʃbʌlb/ 1. A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph. Labels: historical Example: When Christine Jorgensen's plane touched down carrying her home from Denmark […] 300 reporters surged forwards, shouting questions as flash bulbs popped.
Word: flashgun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flash + gun. 1. An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb. 2. Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.
Word: flatfoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + foot. Piecewise doublet of platypus. 1. A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground. Labels: in-plural 2. A person having the above condition. 3. (plural typically flatfoots) A policeman. Labels: archaic, colloquial, derogatory 4. A sailor. Labels: US, informal, slang
Word: flatfoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flat + foot. Piecewise doublet of platypus. 1. To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating. Example: And even if they didn't know about her they might know this was his old neighborhood and go flatfooting around asking. Example: Meanwhile, a bobby placidly flatfooting his beat a few feet away recognized Marlene under the street lamp and naturally assumed the girls had too, and were merely trying to get her autograph. 2. To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging. Example: Casewell, George, and Steve had the crowd flatfooting across the floor in no time. 3. To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows. Example: “Thanks, Kate,” Bill Bingley said, laying down a screw gun and flatfooting the Coke she handed him. 4. To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly. 5. To wrong-foot. Example: In the event they lacked a proper midfield bolt, with Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira huffing around in pursuit of the whizzing green machine. The centre-backs looked flustered, left to deal with three on two as Mexico broke. Löw’s 4-2-3-1 seemed antiquated and creaky, with the old World Cup shark Thomas Müller flat-footed in a wide position.
Word: flatfeet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flatfoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flatfooted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flat (adjective) + footed (adjective). 1. Alternative form of flat-footed. Example: He claimed that Jews walk flatfooted like a camel—including me. 2. Alternative form of flat-footed. Example: The figure came up and squatted flatfooted on his haunches next to Patsy. In the dim glow of starlight and streetlight he saw a wrinkled face and a silvery goatee. Example: Hit take-off board flatfooted in a hard stamp; take-off feet under body with slight dip at knee. 3. Alternative form of flat-footed. Example: This flatfooted sketch of how experience provides us with reasons has two nodes. Example: I have many top ranked sectional and national level kids come to my program and I cannot even believe how flatfooted they are—not because they lack the talent—simply because no coach ever demanded the extra footwork effort from them. 4. Alternative form of flat-footed. Labels: US, figuratively Example: To those who are younger, perhaps still building a career, I say to you, plan for it! No one should be caught flatfooted by the lengthening of middle age Example: Caught mentally flatfooted, Anne couldn't think of a response. She was guilty as charged. She didn't deserve to defend herself. 5. Alternative form of flat-footed. Labels: dated, figuratively, informal Example: Proficient drinkers could spill out an ounce, or an ounce and a half, or two, from the neck of a Solo Soda bottle in the dark, measured to the very dram, refill it with corn whisky, turn it upside down with the thumb placed carefully over the bottle's lip—for a good mix, and luck—and drink it down, flatfooted.
Word: flatfooted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flatfoot + -ed (suffix forming past tense forms of regular verbs). 1. simple past and past participle of flatfoot (Alternative form of flat-footed). Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: take a bath Part of Speech: verb 1. To bathe. Example: She told the children to take a bath and wash off the mud and grime. Example: Take a bath with fragrant herbs. 2. To lose a large amount of money in an investment. Labels: idiomatic Example: Shareholders took a bath when the company went bankrupt. Example: 1983 December, ‘Look before you leap into a commodity pool’, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 74, In the high-risk world of futures contracts, pooling the risks could be just another way to take a bath.
Word: go bankrupt Part of Speech: verb 1. To become bankrupt; to go into liquidation. Labels: intransitive Example: Several thousand companies go bankrupt in the UK each year. Example: "How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."
Word: swings and roundabouts Part of Speech: noun 1. Gains and losses that offset each other. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only Example: If, in order to save money, you never buy a parking ticket, you are more likely to get fined, so it's all swings and roundabouts really. Example: Whether we pick up Mary first and then John or John first and then Mary is a matter of swings and roundabouts.
Word: customership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English customer Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English customership From customer + -ship. 1. The state of being a customer. Labels: uncountable
Word: mapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English map 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 mapper From map + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmæpɚ/ 1. One who produces a map. 2. A designer of levels for video games. Example: As he churned out early versions of the Quake III engine, the mappers and artists felt adrift, with no direction on what to pursue. 3. A software or hardware component that performs a mapping. Example: Throughout the Famicom's life span, Nintendo produced several ASIC mappers, which grew in capability and specialty, allowing the Famicom to break many of its own hardware rules.
Word: turns down Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turn down Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turning down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turn down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: turned down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of turn down Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of turn down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: myosotis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin myosōtis, from Koine Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís, literally “ears of a mouse”), from genitive of μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) and nominative plural of οὖς (oûs, “ear”). Pronunciation: /mʌɪəˈsəʊtɪs/ 1. Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots. Example: Cut all the myosotis there is. Example: How would he, then, describe Tilly's manner and appearance at breakfast ? Peregrine shrugged and said it was much as usual; she was gay and very pretty in her dirndl skirt and blue and yellow silk apron embroidered with myosotis.
Word: doating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of doat; doting Labels: form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present Example: "Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.
Word: doating Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of doting. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] infinite love, and grace, and condescension, and fatherly yearnings, and conjugal doatings […]
Word: enfant de coeur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French enfant de chœur. 1. A child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved. Labels: obsolete Example: "Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.
Word: flatland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + land. Pronunciation: /ˈflatlənd/, /ˈflatland/ 1. Synonym of plain (“land of relatively constant altitude”). Example: After crossing the flatlands Lincoln, with its magnificent hilltop cathedral, comes into view before we pull into the station, with its lovely Tudor revival-style buildings. 2. An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent. Labels: Ireland, colloquial Example: Back then, at eighteen, in her humble bed-sit, in Dublin's 'flatland', she was lonely.
Word: coxcombically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English coxcombical Middle English -ly English -ly English coxcombically From coxcombical + -ly. 1. in the manner of a coxcomb Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: "Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.
Word: flat-out Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of flat out. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flat-out Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of flat out. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Unlike Bing, GPT-4 usually flat-out refused to take the bait when I tried to get it to talk about consciousness, or get it to provide instructions for illegal or immoral activities, and it treated sensitive queries with kid gloves and nuance.
Word: flatware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English flatware From flat + -ware. 1. Eating utensils; cutlery, such as forks, knives and spoons. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: A girl without a nightgown or bathing suit. Who had never used two pieces of flatware to eat. Example: Flatware should not be allowed to dry between presoaking and washing. It should be washed with the handles down and stored with the handles up. 2. Plates, dishes and other relatively flat crockery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The artsy set can now go to a Made By You—one of those places where you pay six times more to decorate your own mugs and dishes than it would cost to buy flatware that other people have decorated
Word: language barrier Part of Speech: noun 1. A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.
Word: flavorful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flavor + -ful. 1. Full of flavor. Example: Guokui, a Chinese flatbread, stars at this new Greenwich Village spot. A big, crisp, nicely burnished oval that’s baked in a clay oven, this style of guokui comes with an improbably thin layer of filling that packs a flavorful punch.
Word: flavourful Part of Speech: adj 1. UK standard spelling of flavorful.
Word: utility room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room that contains typically washing machine, tumble dryer, and other appliances which, in houses without such a room, would be in the kitchen or laundry.
Word: flavorsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flavor + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪvɚsəm/, /ˈfleɪvəsəm/ 1. Characterised or marked by flavor(s); flavorful. Labels: US Example: Why do you prefer full‐bodied, smooth wines? I prefer them because they are flavorsome and rich.
Word: flavoursome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flavour + -some. 1. UK standard spelling of flavorsome.
Word: fleabag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flea + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈfliˌbæɡ/ 1. A bed or sleeping bag. Labels: slang 2. A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment. Labels: slang Example: ‘[E]veryone knows that Charlie […] takes little girls up to a room in that horrible flea-bag; but he's a respectable man just the same.’ Example: [W]hat Olin could do was take himself on out of the agent's office at a rapid hike and thank God all the way back to the fleabag where he worked that Mike Enslin had decided not to sue either the hotel or Olin for negligence. 3. An unkempt mammal. Labels: slang Example: He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath! 4. A mammal whom the speaker dislikes. Labels: slang Example: Get out of the way, you fleabag!
Word: meadowrue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meadow + rue. 1. A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
Word: flea-bitten Part of Speech: adj 1. Infested with fleas 2. Decrepit or dilapidated
Word: orchis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.kɪs/, /ˈɔɹ.kɪs/ 1. An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis. Example: [T]heir maid has dreſſed their hats with cowſlips, orchiſſes, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups—[…] Example: In spring, what a place it was for wild flowers!―as Lucy Raymond and her brothers well knew, having often brought home thence great bunches of dielytras and convallarias and orchises; and at any time some bright blossoms were generally to be found gleaming through the shade. 2. A testis.
Word: fleecer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fleece + -er. 1. A person who fleeces; a swindler
Word: unregenerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + regenerate. 1. Which cannot be transformed in mind and spirit. Example: The unregenerate human state. 2. Stubborn.
Word: fleshed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flɛʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of flesh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fleshed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /flɛʃt/ 1. Having flesh; corpulent. 2. Having a specified form of flesh or body. Labels: in-compounds
Word: multipurpose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English purpose English multipurpose From multi- + purpose. Pronunciation: /mʌltipɝpəs/ 1. Designed or intended to fit more than one type of function or application; having multiple uses. Labels: not-comparable Example: Arguably the most potent version of that meme merges the heatmaps with a multipurpose version of the IQ bell curve, populated with three “wojaks” on the stupid, middlebrow, and supersmart bits of that curve. The liberal heatmap is paired with the figure in the meaty middle of the graph, while the conservative one fits with the narrower extremes of the IQ spectrum.
Word: Karelian pasty Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional pasty from Karelia, usually with a rye crust and now most often eaten with a mixture of boiled eggs and butter. Example: William Jones, How to Move to Finland: A Step-by-Step Guide Finnish cuisine, often influenced by its natural surroundings, is a celebration of local flavors. From hearty Karelian pasties to the renowned squeaky cheese, you'll find a variety of dishes […]
Word: fleshly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fleschly, from Old English flǣsċlīċ; equivalent to flesh + -ly. 1. Of or relating to the body. Example: […] in the body of this fleshly land, This kingdom, this confine of blood and breath, Hostility and civil tumult reigns Between my conscience and my cousin’s death. Example: […] to unfold What Worlds, or what vast Regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook: 2. Of, relating to or resembling flesh; composed of flesh; having a lot of flesh. Example: […] lay on load enough vpon e’m, and spare e’m not, for the’re good plump fleshly Asses, and may well enough beare it: Example: 1793, uncredited translator, The Natural History of Birds by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell and J. Murray, Volume 2, pp. 52-53, In almost all birds, except the carnivorous kinds, the male seems to have more power of development, which appears in their greater height, the strength of their muscles, and in certain excrescences, as fleshly membranes, spurs, &c. […] 3. Of or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations. Example: […] abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. Example: A wave of desire for furious fleshly enjoyments went through him, making him want steaming dishes of food drenched in rich, spice-flavored sauces; making him want to get drunk on strong wine; to roll on thick carpets in the arms of naked, libidinous women. 4. Of or relating to non-spiritual or non-religious matters. Example: […] in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world […] Example: Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution: a self-obtrusive, over-hasty reformer complacently disclaiming all merit, while his friends call him a martyr, has not in reality a career the most arduous to the fleshly mind.
Word: fleshly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fleschly, from Old English flǣsċlīċe; equivalent to flesh + -ly. 1. In a sensual way; in a sexual way; carnally. Labels: archaic Example: Syr said Launcelot ye saye that that good knyȝt is my sone That ouȝtest thow to knowe and no man better said the good man / For thow knewest the doughter of kyng Pelles flesshely / and on her thow begattest Galahad / And that was he that at the feest of Pentecost satte in the sege peryllous Example: And the drunkard is with drink. And the ploughman is with his oxen. And the inhabitant of Ulverton doth loll fleshly abed.
Word: long-span Part of Speech: adj 1. Spanning a long period of time.
Word: fleshpot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flesh + pot. Earliest known use is from 1548 by Philip Nicolls in its literal sense, referring to a passage from Exodus 16:3, where the Israelites complain to Moses and Aaron about their current situation, reminiscing about the abundance of food they had while in captivity in Egypt; and thus it is a calque from Hebrew הַבָּשָׂ֔ר (“flesh, meat”) + סִיר (“pot”). Pronunciation: /ˈflɛʃ.pɒt/, /ˈflɛʃ.pɑt/, /-pɔt/ 1. A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature. Labels: slang Example: 1884, Henry James, "A New England Winter" in The Century Magazine 28 (4–5) (August–September 1884). "This was absurd for a person who... had never before had such unrestricted access to the fleshpots. The fleshpots were full, under Donald Mesh's roof, and his wife could easily believe that the poor girl would not be in a hurry to return to her boarding-house in Brooklyn." Example: The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue. 2. A very attractive woman considered a sex object. Labels: US, derogatory, slang Example: "Mere slip. Serpent of old Nile. Doesn't matter in the least," says Mr. Browne airily; "because she couldn't hear me as it happens. My dear girl, follow out the argument. Cleopatra, metaphorically speaking, was a fleshpot, because the world hankered after her. And—you're another." Example: Sue Ellen, Pam, Jenna--the mistresses and wives--come and go; in a male-dominated society every woman is a fleshpot unless she has the virtues of Miss Ellie and assumes the role of benevolent matriarch. 3. A pot or vessel of flesh. Labels: literally Example: We would be againe in Egypt, and ſit by the greaſy fleſhpots, to eate againe our Garlike, Onions, and Leeks. Example: Some theorists, again, would have us live solely on animal food, and assert, that the human viscera bear vegetables " only in a grumbling way ;" while others would reduce us to the diet of Nebuchadnezzar, and not leave a fleshpot in our kitchens.
Word: fleurs-de-lis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fleur-de-lis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contract killer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who contracts to kill a specified person for an agreed sum of money.
Word: flied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fly (hit a fly ball) Labels: US, form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of fly Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: Indeed, fans love the fact that characters in the songs goed somewhere rather than went, or flied instead of flew. “Some people have said that the songs touch them because they were never deeply listened to as a child,” says [Stephen] Spencer.
Word: flimflam Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɪmflæm/ 1. Alternative form of flim-flam. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t.
Word: flimflam Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflɪmflæm/ 1. To swindle or cheat.
Word: ragged robin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ragged + robin, probably because of the untidy appearance of its petals. 1. A type of wild campion (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi), in the family Caryophyllaceae, which grows across Europe and has pink flowers. Labels: UK Example: Paul came back and threaded daisies in her jet black hair, big spangles of white and yellow, and just a pink touch of ragged robbin. Example: He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
Word: script supervisor Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a film crew responsible for maintaining the film's internal continuity and for marking the production unit's daily progress in shooting the film's screenplay.
Word: Ostrobothnia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ostrobothnia, from Swedish Österbotten, from öster (“eastern”) + botten (“bottom, basin”). 1. A region of Finland, on the east coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. 2. A historical province of Finland. Labels: historical 3. A historical province of Sweden. Labels: historical
Word: voluntary work Part of Speech: noun 1. Work done voluntarily. Labels: uncountable
Word: bombasine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bombazine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: I begin now to wish I'd worn my little bombasine
Word: turns off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turn off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turning off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turn off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: turned off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of turn off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hickup Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of hiccup. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: hickup Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of hiccup. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: turns up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turn up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turning up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turn up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of stimulation or stimulate. Pronunciation: /stɪm/, /stəm/ 1. Sensory stimulation. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: “Electric therapy has been used in medicine for thousands of years,” says Ken Rusche, director of Wellington Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, a physical therapist and athletic trainer. “[…] Electrical stim is being used in the field of medicine for rehabilitation and strengthening after injuries. […]” 2. Any repetitive self-stimulatory behavior (e.g. hand flapping, head banging, repeating noises or words), frequent in autistic people. Example: Autistic people often stim with the help of technologies such as music and stim toys or tools to mediate between inner worlds and outer environments that may over/underwhelm us. […] At the beginning of March 2020, I discovered that many of the stims I regularly turned to were no longer accessible. 3. Any drug that stimulates a woman's ovaries to produce eggs. Labels: countable
Word: stim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of stimulation or stimulate. Pronunciation: /stɪm/, /stəm/ 1. To perform such a repetitive self-stimulatory action. Labels: intransitive Example: Autistic people often stim with the help of technologies such as music and stim toys or tools to mediate between inner worlds and outer environments that may over/underwhelm us.
Word: stim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of stimulant. Pronunciation: /stɪm/, /stəm/ 1. Synonym of stimulant (“drug”). Labels: slang
Word: stim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely related to Scots stime; both perhaps from Old English scima (“shine”). Pronunciation: /stɪm/, /stəm/ 1. A whit or jot; the least amount. Labels: Ireland, rare Example: That boy hasn't a stim of common sense. Example: [I]f she wishes to see them at their sport, she has only to make a ring out of a thraneen, and look at them through it, and she will see them in all their bravery with their fox-glove caps and green jerkins, capering to the sound of a bag-pipe, with a lurikeen playing it, and he sitting on a fairy mushroom; but she will never see a stim with that eye again.
Word: turned up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of turn up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anagogical Part of Speech: adj 1. anagogic
Word: anagogic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anagoge Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anagogic From anagoge + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or employing an anagoge
Word: ascetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀσκητῐκός (askētĭkós)der. Medieval Latin asceticusbor. English ascetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ascetical From ascetic + -al. 1. ascetic
Word: chrysolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crisolite, from Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). By surface analysis, chryso- (“pertaining to gold”) + -lite (“pertaining to rocks, minerals”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/ 1. Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fran. Rueus[…]say as much of the chrysolite, a friend of wisdome, an enemy to folly. Example: And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM.
Word: Cistercian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cistercien, from Latin Cistercium (“Cîteaux”), after the place where the order was founded. Pronunciation: /sɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)ʃən/, /sɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)ʃi.ən/ 1. A member of a monastic order which follows the Benedictine rule and emphasizes silent contemplative prayer.
Word: Cistercian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French cistercien, from Latin Cistercium (“Cîteaux”), after the place where the order was founded. Pronunciation: /sɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)ʃən/, /sɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)ʃi.ən/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Cistercian Order and its members. Example: At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'.
Word: Mannerist Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Mannerism.
Word: Mannerist Part of Speech: noun 1. An artist who works in the style of Mannerism.
Word: Mannerism Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of art developed at the end of the High Renaissance, characterized by the deliberate distortion and exaggeration of perspective and especially the elongation of figures. Labels: uncountable
Word: overluxuriant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English luxuriant English overluxuriant From over- + luxuriant. 1. Excessively luxuriant
Word: patristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patri- + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings. Labels: not-comparable Example: The word modern was a term of reproach used by patristic humanists against the medieval schoolmen who developed the new logic and physics. 2. Relating to a lineage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sardius Part of Speech: noun 1. sard Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Word: Schoolmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Schoolman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schoolman Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of schoolman. Labels: alt-of
Word: schoolman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scoleman (attested in names), from Old English scōlman, scōlmann (“student, scholar”), equivalent to school + -man. 1. A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic. Labels: historical Example: 1597, Francis Bacon, Essays, London: John Jaggard, 1613, “Of Studies,” So if a mans wit be wandering, let him study Mathematicks; if his wit be not apt to distinguish, or finde difference, let him study the Schoole-men; if it be not apt to beat over matters, and to find out resemblances, let him study Lawyers cases. So every defect of the mind may have speciall receit. Example: 1764, James Murray, The History of Religion, 2nd edition, London: C. Henderson et al., Volume 1, Chapter 1, p. 65, Purgatory was a device of St. Austin’s in this century; but he both said and unsaid it, and at last, like a wise schoolman, left it doubtful.
Word: cyberterrorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreur French terreur 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 -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French terrorisme English terrorism English cyberterrorism From cyber- + terrorism. 1. The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc. Labels: uncountable Example: Youths from California, Michigan and Israel were also found to have discussed cyberterrorism in some chat rooms and are suspected of trying to inject a malicious computer code into the Web servers that form the communications backbone of the Internet, Mr. McLaughlin said.
Word: wheel of fortune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wheel of Fortune, referring to the spinning of the Roman goddess Fortuna’s wheel which determined people’s fortunes. Pronunciation: /ˌwiːl‿əv ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/, /ˌʍiːl-/, /ˌwil‿əv ˈfoɹt͡ʃun/, /-t͡ʃən/, /ˌʍil-/ 1. A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally to determine, by its stopping position, whether a gambler will receive one of the prizes marked around its circumference.
Word: wheel of fortune Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Wheel of Fortune, referring to the spinning of the Roman goddess Fortuna’s wheel which determined people’s fortunes. Pronunciation: /ˌwiːl‿əv ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/, /ˌʍiːl-/, /ˌwil‿əv ˈfoɹt͡ʃun/, /-t͡ʃən/, /ˌʍil-/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Wheel of Fortune (“the mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable”). Labels: alt-of Example: The vvheel of fortune turns inceſſantly round, and vvho can ſay vvithin himſelf I ſhall to day be uppermoſt. Example: As a medievalist Ignatius believed in the rota Fortunae, or wheel of fortune, a central concept in De Consolatione Philosophiae, the philosophical work which had laid foundation for medieval thought. […] Was his wheel rapidly spinning downward?
Word: true-love-knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A bracelet which partners both wear to show their love. Example: As in a stupor, forging headlong forward she was overtaken in the vicinity of Valopolis by the evening voiture of Madame Mimosa, the lady's monogram, "Kiki," wreathed in true-love-knots, emblazoning triply the doors and rear.
Word: prelatial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English prelate Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English prelatial From prelate + -ial. 1. Pertaining to a prelate Labels: not-comparable Example: From the pulpit festooned fancifully in prelatial purple the benediction of Cardinal Doppio-Mignoni would shortly fall.
Word: in between Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Univerbation of in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc. 1. Between them. Labels: not-comparable Example: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
Word: in between Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Univerbation of in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc. 1. Between. 2. In the space between.
Word: in-between Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between From in- + between. 1. Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.
Word: in-between 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 in- English between English in-between From in- + between. 1. An interval or intervening time. 2. One who intervenes. 3. Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”). Example: “They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t have ‘em because they’re half white; white folks won’t have ’em cause they’re colored, so they’re just inbetweens, don’t belong anywhere.[…]”
Word: plex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from -plex, from Latin plectere 1. A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside. Labels: Canada Example: Most new housing has taken the form of single-family dwellings, not plexes, and levels of home ownership have risen steadily. Example: English-style terraced houses or the cheaper type of Montreal plexes that opened directly onto the street made such a way of life possible, but just barely. 2. A designated portion of a disk, usually set up to mirror some of the contents. Example: Striped volumes of mirrored plexes can survive failure of up to half of their disks. 3. A tree-like structure in which each child can have multiple parents. Example: If a child in a data relationship has more than one parent, the relationship cannot be described as a tree or hierarchical structure. Instead it is described as a ... plex structure. 4. Clipping of multiplex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: attacking zone Part of Speech: noun 1. From one team's point of view, the area between the blue line of the other team's half of the rink and the end board behind the other team's goal.
Word: alls Part of Speech: det Pronunciation: /ɔːlz/ 1. All. Labels: dialectal Example: 'cause alls it really does is make our love grow stronger
Word: alls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɔːlz/ 1. plural of all Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aversive Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to repel; causing avoidance. Example: "I say—Nora, you, really you?" he cried, transported in turn, and to do him justice he did not seem to notice anything aversive in her disorder—or, indeed, to notice anything but her excited young face. Example: If it is aversive to the animal and discourages behavior, it is a punishment. If it seems aversive to you but is not aversive to the animal, then it is not an effective punishment. In fact, technically, it's not even a punishment.
Word: aversive Part of Speech: noun 1. A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case. 2. An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour. Example: For general training purposes, opportunities to engage in reproductive acts are not a practical reinforcer, and using aversives that generate fear is fraught with side effects.
Word: -icity Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English -icity From -ic + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɪs.ɪ.ti/ 1. Used to form nouns, denoting a quality or condition, from adjectives, especially ones ending in -ic (in which case "ic" is not duplicated (see -ity)). Labels: morpheme Example: Italian + -icity → Italianicity Example: electric + -icity → electricity
Word: 180 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 180-degree turn. 1. An instance of spinning 180 degrees, so that one is facing in the opposite direction. Example: He did a 180 off the diving board. 2. The exact opposite. Labels: figuratively Example: The friendly welcome was a 180 from what she had been expecting. Example: As a result of his refusal, the employee was subsequently canned in 2015 on the basis of […] being boring […] In other words, it was a complete 180 from most employees who get fired for being too wild. 3. A complete change of direction or opinion. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: She used to like turnips, but she did a 180 and now hates them. Example: Got so sick of crying, so just lately / When I catch myself, I do a 180
Word: caïquejee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French caïquejee, ultimately from Turkish kayıkçı (“boatman”). 1. A person who rows a caique. Example: Having risen so early, by eleven o'clock I begin to feel tired, and generally enjoy a sound sleep on the cushions under the fig-tree; the caïquejees slumbering profoundly meanwhile in the 'Edith Belina', and my tiny guard Johannachi either discussing melons and figs, or playing in the garden with the old man's dogs...
Word: below average Part of Speech: adj 1. Worse or lower than average. Example: Near-synonym: subnormal Example: Fewer than half of all drivers consider themselves to be below average.
Word: meanie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mean + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːni/ 1. A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy. Labels: childish, informal Example: Teacher kept me in after school again. What a meanie! Example: That meanie wouldn't even lend me the bus fare. 2. A villain. Labels: informal Example: If you like your wrestling rough, we've had besides such old and revered roughies as Lisowski, Schmidt, Herman, etc., some great new meanies. Example: More energy for Bliss to pursue the depraved denizens of Gotham, the meanies who lurked in the shadows, who left the messes and spills he and his partner Ward were constantly cleaning up.
Word: caïque Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caique. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: top 40 Part of Speech: noun 1. A list of the current 40 songs that are most popular with the general public (variously measured). Labels: countable 2. A radio format for popular music, usually including the 40 most popular songs at a given time. Labels: uncountable Example: I was listening to a top 40 radio station. Example: Nearly every history of Top 40 launches from an anecdote about how radio station manager Todd Storz came up with the idea sometime between World War II and the early 1950s, watching with friends in a bar in Omaha as customers repeatedly punched up the same few songs on the jukebox.
Word: evolvable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English evolve 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 evolvable From evolve + -able. 1. Capable of evolving. Example: First, an evolvable system can respond quickly to change. In other words, a new system satisfying changed requirements is released onto the market quickly. 2. That can be drawn out.
Word: amethystine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English amethyst Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amethystine From amethyst + -ine. 1. Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple. Example: His cubic forms phosphoric Fluor prints, / Or rays in spheres his amethystine tints. Example: Certainly […] no spot more dazzlingly becircled with blue seas, amethystine peaks, and islets magically scattered on pellucid water, could have been chosen for the greatest naval battle of modern times.
Word: enfantement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French enfantement. 1. The act of giving birth. Labels: obsolete Example: "Which? She's expecting a second enfantement, you know, immediately...Oh, she's such a quick puss."
Word: flowerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flower + -less. Piecewise doublet of flourless. 1. Without flowers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foreknow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forknowen (since Chaucer), a calque from praescio equivalent to fore- + know. Replaced Old English fōrwitan, fōrewitan (“to foreknow”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːˈnəʊ/, /ˌfɔɹˈnoʊ/ 1. To have knowledge of beforehand. Example: God hath not reiected his people vvhich he foreknevve. Example: 1652, Eugenius Philalethes, The Fame and Confeſſion of the Fraternity of R: C: Commonly, of the Roſie Croſs; with a Præface annexed thereto, and a ſhort Declaration of their Phyſicall Work (London, Printed by J. M. for Giles Calvert, at the black ſpread Eagle at the Weſt end of Pauls), pages 1–2 of “The Epiſtle to the Wiſe and Underſtanding Reader” Wiſdom…is to a man an infinite Treaſure, for ſhe is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ſhe is the Brightneſs of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Majeſty of God, and an Image of his Goodneſs; ſhe teacheth us Soberneſs and Prudence, Righteouſneſs and Strength; ſhe underſtands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ſentences; ſhe foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ſhall happen in time to come.
Word: foreperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English foreperson From fore- + person. 1. A leader of a work crew. 2. The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf. 3. A forefather, predecessor. Labels: uncommon Example: The capsule was buried before the Free Genitals Act of 1990, so there was much memorabilia from our pioneering forepersons: Chief Justice Elaine Noble's gavel, a program from Lillian Tomlin's one woman performance of The Brothers Karamazov, and former Sgt. Leonard Matlovich's honorable discharge.
Word: fortifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fortify 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 fortifier From fortify + -er. 1. One who fortifies.
Word: fuehrer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Führer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: maroquin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, an alteration of marocain (“Moroccan”), where the leather was first produced. Doublet of marocain. 1. Leather made from goatskin. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Oscillating freely a long chair incense swinger, a youthful server, magnificent in white silk stockings and Neapolitan-violet maroquin shoes, presented himself on the threshold in a fragrant veil of smoke.
Word: frontwards Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From front + -wards. 1. Oriented towards the front. Example: He leaned back in the pew and twisted his hat to the frontwards position.
Word: frontwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From front + -wards. 1. Towards the front.
Word: frontward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English front Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English frontward From front + -ward. 1. Frontwards.
Word: frontward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English front Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English frontward From front + -ward. 1. Frontwards.