nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: optate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin optātus, perfect passive participle of optō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of opt. Pronunciation: /ɒpˈteɪt/ 1. To choose, settle on, opt. Labels: literary, rare Example: While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give.
Word: Abzug Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German.
Word: leucocyanides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leucocyanide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draggable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English drag 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 draggable From drag + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæɡəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being dragged. Labels: not-comparable Example: Without a doubt, many programs would benefit if their listboxes and listviews supported dragging-and-dropping. Such listviews with draggable items are commonly used to gather items in a desired set for the user.
Word: draggable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drag 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 draggable From drag + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæɡəb(ə)l/ 1. An item that can be dragged by the user.
Word: repressible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English repress Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English repressible From repress + -ible. 1. Capable of being repressed, controlled, suppressed or limited.
Word: soddenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sodden 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 soddenness From sodden + -ness. 1. The property of being sodden. Labels: uncountable Example: His soddenness after being caught in the downpour argued against going out until he had dried out. 2. The state of being completely drunk. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: subsidizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From subsidize + -er. 1. One who subsidizes.
Word: subsidizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsidizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arboreols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arboreol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: not a pretty sight Part of Speech: noun 1. Something visually unappealing, ranging from mildly unattractive to utterly disgusting in appearance. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, sometimes, uncountable Example: The navvy was certainly not a pretty sight. His muscular arms and legs were all a-sprawl and his head hung back at a strange angle to his body. Example: Bud was not a pretty sight. Four days and nights of trying to see how much whisky he could drink, and how long he could play poker without going to sleep or going broke, had left their mark on his face. 2. Something disappointing, disquieting, disreputable, or otherwise unworthy of admiration. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Her lover, cheek by jowl with Maria, at the head of that army of Portuguese ragamuffins, was not a pretty sight. Example: The Tariff Bill was rounded into shape for final passage by the House last week. It was not a pretty sight for soft-hearted political theorists.
Word: reparational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English reparation Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English reparational From reparation + -al. 1. Relating to, or serving as, reparation. Labels: not-comparable Example: His reparational acts were considered sufficient atonement.
Word: octane numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octane number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duplicitously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English duplicitous Middle English -ly English -ly English duplicitously From duplicitous + -ly. 1. In a duplicitous, two-faced manner
Word: smokies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smokie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recombining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recombine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recombining Part of Speech: noun 1. The exchanging of genetic material
Word: recombining Part of Speech: adj 1. That undergoes recombination
Word: ravishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ravish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rabidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin rabidusbor. English rabid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English rabidity From rabid + -ity. 1. rabidness Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ragweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ragweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: regressing Part of Speech: adj 1. Undergoing regression Labels: not-comparable
Word: regresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recuperates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recuperate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recuperated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recuperate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rhapsodizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rhapsodize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rhapsodizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rhapsodize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rhapsodizing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who rhapsodizes; lyrical expression. Example: For all his rhapsodizings about the education of the soul through contact with nature, W. H. Cobb expected his ballplaying son to master lots of printed pages.
Word: rhapsodized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rhapsodize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: refinishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of refinish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: refinishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of refinish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: refinished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of refinish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: roves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gadders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gadder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: replayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of replay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rustles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rustle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rustles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rustle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: riverbanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riverbank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temporizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of temporize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Tagalogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tagalog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fast backward Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause the playout of (a video, audio, or other digital media file) to move very fast backwards in time, so that when the device is played, it will start at an earlier point. Labels: transitive 2. Of a digital media file, to be so moved. Labels: intransitive
Word: uvulopalatopharyngoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uvulo- + palato- + pharyngo- + -plasty 1. A surgical procedure used to remove tissue in the throat in order to widen the airway of the patient, typically carried out as treatment for sleep apnea.
Word: uvulopalatopharyngoplasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leukapheresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English leuko- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-der.? Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō) Ancient Greek ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσῐς (aphaíresĭs)der. Latin aphaeresisder. English apheresis English leukapheresis From leuko- + apheresis. Pronunciation: /ˌluˈkʌfɜːriːsɪs/ 1. A laboratory procedure where white blood cells are separated from a sample of blood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lipotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lipo- + -tomy. 1. A technique of human aesthetic medicine which aims at dissolving unwanted greasy clusters without any surgical acts.
Word: morning-afters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morning-after Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morning afters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morning after Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boy crazy Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a great romantic or sexual attraction to boys of one’s age group. Labels: informal
Word: cantala Part of Speech: noun 1. Cebu maguey; a fiber from the leaves of Agave cantala. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boy crazier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of boy crazy: more boy crazy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: boy craziest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of boy crazy: most boy crazy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Camulodunum Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Camulodūnum. 1. An ancient city in Britannia, Roman Empire; modern Colchester.
Word: Stansted Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the nearby village of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex. 1. An airport to the north of London, in Essex, England.
Word: highpriest Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of high priest. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: renunciate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin renuntiātus, past participle of Latin renūntiāre. Doublet of renounce. 1. That renounces. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: renunciate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin renuntiātus, past participle of Latin renūntiāre. Doublet of renounce. 1. One who has renounced.
Word: woo hoo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of woohoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Woo hoo!" yelled Sue and David. "It's the weekend!"
Word: existential crisis Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence. Example: The existential crisis is, however, a crisis of our existence, our whole being. When we do find ourselves at that crossroad, everything we have and everything we are is on the scales.
Word: arval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse arfr Old Norse öl Old Norse erfiǫlder. Middle English arvellder. English arval From Middle English arvell, from Old Norse erfiǫl (“a funeral feast”), from arfr (“inheritance”) + öl (“ale”). Cognate with Danish arveøl (“a wake, funeral feast”). More at erf, ale. 1. A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic Example: It was customary in the north to have an arval or funeral dinner after an interment. Example: Only one better feast do I remember, and that was when we gave the arval for the old master when he died of the dropsy. That was a feast if you like. Such a one had never been heard of in the Valley. 2. The ale served at such a wake, the drinking of which was a ritually significant act in Norse culture. Labels: historical, rare Example: […] Then quoth Hamtheow, etc.: 'We shall never come back to our mother [when we have slain the King of Goths]. Thou shalt drink the arval for us all together, for Swanhild and thy sons.' Example: Now for a sealing and making fast of this solemn covenant between you I see no likelier rede than that ye all join with me here this day in good friendship to forget your quarrels in drinking of the arvale of King Gorice XI., than whom hath reigned none mightier nor more worshipful in all this world, and thereafter depart in peace to your native lands. 3. The money given to hunters, at the death of a fox, in order to buy ale.
Word: arvel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of arval. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brachiovaginal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brachio- + vaginal. 1. Of or pertaining to a sexual practice (brachiovaginal insertion) wherein a hand or arm is inserted into a vagina. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: brachioproctic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English brachio- English proct- Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English brachioproctic From brachio- + proct- + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a sexual practice (brachioproctic insertion) wherein a hand or arm is inserted into the rectum. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: 1986, B Donovan, B Tindall, title, Genitourinary medicine Brachioproctic eroticism and transmission of retrovirus associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Example: Further Indian men did not practice analingus, brachioproctic acts, or sex under the influence of drugs other than alcohol.
Word: brachio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin bracchium. 1. Arm. Labels: morpheme
Word: MRDD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of mental retardation and developmental delay/disabilities. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: MRDD Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of mentally retarded and/or developmentally delayed/disabled. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: MR/DD Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of MRDD. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: MR/DD Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of MRDD. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Tokaj Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Hungary.
Word: benchmarketing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In both senses, blend of benchmark + marketing; but the two appear to have formed independently. 1. The misleading use of unrepresentative benchmark software results in marketing a computer system. Labels: derogatory, uncountable 2. The imitation of an aspect of another business where it is seen to excel, such as in supply-chain management or customer service. Labels: uncountable
Word: limier Part of Speech: noun 1. A limer; a bloodhound. Labels: obsolete
Word: arval-bread Part of Speech: noun 1. A bread made of pure wheat (as opposed to oats) and traditionally eaten at arvals. Labels: uncountable
Word: bourguignon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French bourguignon. Pronunciation: /ˌbɔɹɡinˈjoʊn/ 1. Beef bourguignon, or a similar dish replacing beef with some other ingredient. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They ordered a nice red to go with their bourguignon. Example: […] he brought it all up in one of those ice boxes, along with clams and scallops and bread, shortbread even. The guy would freeze his arm if he thought he could make a nice bourguignon with it.
Word: bourguignon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French bourguignon. Pronunciation: /ˌbɔɹɡinˈjoʊn/ 1. In a style typical of Burgundy (whether the administrative region, the earlier duchy, or both). Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: Near-synonym: Burgundian Example: vegetable bourguignon
Word: bonnetier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bonnetier. 1. A hosier or maker of garments of similar material.
Word: serious-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Solemn.
Word: candy man Part of Speech: noun 1. A drug dealer. Labels: US, euphemistic, slang Example: “So your friend was into drugs, is that what you’re saying. He’s a Candy Man. That’s some friend to have, I don’t think.” She looked puzzled. “Candy Man,” she repeated. “I don’t understand.” A Candy Man is a slang term for a drug dealer,” I explained. 2. A person who sells sweets, especially a sidewalk or street vendor. Labels: dated Example: "There comes the candy-man!" exclaimed a little fellow, pressing up to the side of the lady. "Quick, ma! Here, candy-man!" calling after an old man with a tin cylinder under his arm.
Word: candy-man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of candy man. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nervosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nervosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: navarins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of navarin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: offerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From offer + -er. 1. One who offers. Example: The offerer must wait to learn if the offeree accepts the offer or rejects it. Example: The sacrifice also is a black lamb, which the offerer must present with averted head, and on Thursday evening.
Word: offerers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of offerer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nearsightednesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nearsightedness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: needleworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of needlework Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onagri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bigger picture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation." 1. An understanding of a situation that includes more than what is immediately apparent. Example: look at the bigger picture Example: Highly anticipated as any meeting between these neighbouring nations might be, the bigger picture for Wales was always the Belgium match.
Word: bigger pictures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bigger picture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pointlessnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pointlessness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pointlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pointling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poke salads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poke salad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: koulan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кулан (kulan, “Asiatic wild ass”), ultimately from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish قولان (kulan, “wild ass”), Kyrgyz кулан (kulan), Kazakh құлан (qūlan), Karakalpak qulan, Nogai кулан (kulan), Bashkir ҡолан (qolan), Tatar колан (qolan), Uyghur قۇلان (qulan), Chagatai قولان (qwlān /⁠qulan⁠/) and Mongolian хулан (xulan), a Turkic borrowing. 1. A subspecies of onager (Equus hemionus), Equus hemionus kulan.
Word: businesspeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of businessperson. Labels: form-of, plural Example: Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
Word: sound out Part of Speech: verb 1. To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks. Labels: transitive Example: You'll have to ask them—sound them out. 2. To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence. Labels: transitive 3. To speak or sing loudly, to call out. Labels: intransitive Example: Sound out, voices of young men! loudly and musically call me by my nighest name!
Word: nis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Danish nisse. 1. A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house. Example: No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him. Example: The people of the Feroes call the Nisses or Brownies Niagruisar, and describe them as little creatures with red caps on their beads, that bring luck to any place where they take up their abode.
Word: nis Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of ne is Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete
Word: koulans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of koulan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terrazo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of terrazzo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wireless adapter Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several devices that allow connectivity from a PC or PDA to a wireless network.
Word: bêtes noires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bête noire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: virginal membrane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because the membrane is usually damaged by sexual intercourse. 1. The hymen
Word: joiners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joiner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: favoris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of favori Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of favor Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural Example: God grant that the wreitter have no more socht the favoris of this present estait, no less the glorie of God, and the stable commoditie of his countrey, then did he quho enterprysed in that 'Blast' to utter his conscience.
Word: political economy Part of Speech: noun 1. Interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science in explaining how political institutions, the political environment, and the economic system—capitalist, socialist, mixed, etc.—influence each other. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Arguing for a limit on the power of money, [John Maynard Keynes] was faithful to a long tradition of political economy that was concerned with the balance of interests and the dangers of financial domination. Example: Ten years ago, David Simon's iconic TV series The Wire portrayed contemporary Baltimore as wracked by illegal drug use, violent crime and failing institutions. But underneath the symptoms were the structures of political economy. As the show's tagline had it, "everything is connected". 2. Synonym of economics (“the study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production”). Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: toupet Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of toupee. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: provisorium Part of Speech: noun 1. something provisional; a provisional solution or a preparation for a better future Example: Our life is always a provisorium, a preparation for a better future.
Word: destructor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From destruct + -or. 1. One who destructs. 2. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse. 3. A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.
Word: lande Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lande, londe (dative form), from Old English lande, dative singular of Old English land (“land”). 1. Obsolete form of land. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: lande Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lande, from Middle French lande, from Old French lande (“clearing in a wood, leigh; remote wooded area”). Doublet of lawn and land. 1. An uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.
Word: perforati Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perforatus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knowledge is power Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: See Scientia potentia est. Often incorrectly attributed to Francis Bacon. 1. Scientia potentia est; with knowledge and/or education, one's potential or ability to succeed in the pursuit of one's objectives will certainly increase.
Word: personificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from personification. For its use by non-native speakers, compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish personificar and Italian personificare. 1. To personify. Labels: nonstandard, transitive Example: What about the GOP asians,^([sic]) personificated by former GOP Rep Kim of the Inland Empire... Example: I guess it is most reasonable to imagine the I-E [Indo-European] tribes as having a form of animism originally, personificating any force of nature as a deity, as the early Romans did also, among them the bright sky of the day, which was commonly imagined as a cosmic father, and also the earth, as a mother.
Word: turkis Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of turquoise. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: penultima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, from pēnultimus, paenultimus (“the last but one”). 1. the next to last syllable in a word
Word: HzRG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of high-redshift radio galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LINER Part of Speech: noun 1. low ionization nuclear emission line region Labels: initialism
Word: annual leave Part of Speech: noun 1. Amount of time expressed as the number of days per year that an employee is entitled to be away from work. Labels: uncountable Example: If you're already thinking ahead to next year's holidays you can double your break and get a whopping 52 days off using just 26 days of annual leave. 2. The use of such days to be away from work; on holiday or vacation. Labels: uncountable Example: The European Working Time Directive, brought into UK law in 1998, says workers should receive their 'normal' pay when they go on annual leave. Example: Recruitment firm Glassdoor has similarly alarming statistics: 23% of employees who took annual leave in 2018 regularly checked their emails, while 15% continued working throughout their holiday because of fear of falling behind and the consequences of not hitting their targets.
Word: squiggled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squiggle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: periodontology Part of Speech: noun 1. Periodontics.
Word: fatele Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of traditional song and dance in Tuvalu.
Word: FTFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Filipino Task Force on AIDS. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: fartene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fart + -ene. 1. an alkene derived from flatulence. Labels: uncountable
Word: kajal Part of Speech: noun 1. Kohl. Labels: South-Asia, uncountable Example: She had thick black kajal on her eyes, unbecoming lipstick, and a wristful of bangles.
Word: superdense Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English dense English superdense From super- + dense. 1. Denser than ordinary matter. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having an information density of two classical bits per qubit, made possible by a shared entanglement state between sender and recipient. Labels: not-comparable
Word: palsa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa. 1. A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos. Example: Peat plateaux are larger landforms formed by the coalescence of palsas. String bogs, also called patterned fens, occur in muskeg. They are alternations of thin, string-like strips or ridges of peat, mainly Sphagnum moss, which may[…] Example: These basin bogs are generally associated with Picea mariana or are treeless. Species in these wetlands are similar to those found in other palsas in Canada.
Word: kandi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of candy (“rave accessory”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: overthrower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overthrow + -er. 1. One who overthrows.
Word: overthrowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overthrower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: masterwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From master + wort. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːstəwəːt/ 1. Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The root of Masterwort is hotter than Pepper, and very available in all cold griefs and diseases both of stomach and body, dissolving very powerfully upward and downward. 2. Astrantia spp., such as the great masterwort. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pahus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pahu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori patu (“beating, hitting; a club, a weapon”). 1. A Maori club or pounder.
Word: taus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: every once in a while Part of Speech: adv 1. Synonym of once in a while. Labels: not-comparable
Word: denominates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of denominate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: denominating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of denominate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crumbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crumble + -er. 1. Agent noun of crumble: one who crumbles. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: crumblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crumbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twiddler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twiddle + -er. 1. One who twiddles. Example: These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens.
Word: twiddlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twiddler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muddler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muddle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌd.lə/, /ˈmʌd.lɚ/ 1. A person or thing that muddles. 2. A tool used in muddling, used to mash and mix.
Word: muddlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muddler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fudger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fudge + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌd͡ʒɚ/ 1. Agent noun of fudge: one who fudges. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: fudgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fudger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: HVPT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hyperventilation provocation test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of high-variability phonetic training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: racoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of racoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radicalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From radical + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Let us dwell briefly on the threefold requisites for an equal association between the sexes for achieving socially-directed goals. At the threshold, mark you, this is part of a way by the weak against the strong; this is re-reading religion, re-writing literature and history, re-building economics and politics, and radicalising sex sociology. This is a grim battle, not won by stray queens and prime ministresses and fortunate women of letters of science. It is a massive campaign not carried on by sophisticated ‘hen conventions’ or ‘gentle ladies’ organisations. Example: But whatever the truth, the fateful journey that Abedi made to the Manchester Arena last Monday started long ago. “He’s not been radicalised by Isis,” Rafiq said. “His life story is all about being radicalised from birth and then Isis cherrypicked him.”
Word: countify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English countify From count + -ify. 1. To use as a count noun. Labels: rare, transitive Example: We can, for instance, “countify” mass nouns which come to be associated with a standard counter or container. […] Also in distinguishing some particular kind or type of the mass noun substance (by a limiting modifier of some kind), it is possible to readily countify: […] Example: Any stuff for which there are standard portions used for whatever purposes will immediately become countified: three beers, an ice cream, an entertainment, etc.
Word: massify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English mass Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English massify From mass + -ify. 1. To become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality. Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To use as a mass noun. Labels: rare, transitive Example: 1992, James F. Allen and Lenhart K. Schubert, “Language and Discourse in the TRAINS Project”, in Andrew Ortony, John Slack, and Oliviero Stock (editors), Communication From an Artificial Intelligence Perspective: Theoretical and Applied Issues, NATO ASI Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences, Volume 100, Springer, →ISBN, page 104, Under deviant vocabulary we include “verbing” of nouns (He tricycled away), and perhaps “massifying” of count nouns and “countifying” of mass nouns. (Note that the preceding sentence itself contains instances of deviant vocabulary in scare quotes.) “Massifying” and “countifying” are illustrated respectively by A year ago they started digging the hole for his house; A year later, there's still more hole than house; and How many orange juice will that give us?.
Word: epic fail Part of Speech: noun 1. An utter failure, especially where success should have been reasonably expected. Labels: Internet Example: Bzzt! Wrong answer! That's what the kids call "epic fail." Example: Maybe next the cloud overhead would open up and a huge cartoon hand emerge from below, pointing at him, accompanied by a thunderous, authorial voice: TOM MERCER. EPIC FAIL.
Word: crashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English crash Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crashy From crash + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæʃi/ 1. Tending to crash. Labels: informal
Word: contrasexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrābor. English contra- English sexual English contrasexual From contra- + sexual. 1. Of part of the psyche, having characteristics of the opposite gender. Example: Another contemporary scholar of Gnosticism, C. G. Jung, has taken this notion of the twin ray and applied it to his own model of the contrasexual nature of the self. Example: If one rigidly keeps one's inner contrasexual side unacknowledged, no psychic growth can occur.
Word: contrasexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrābor. English contra- English sexual English contrasexual From contra- + sexual. 1. A person having personality characteristics usually associated with the opposite gender. Example: Another prominent characteristic of the contrasexuals is that, in contrast to the other working women, they are more likely to go off on adventurous vacations as well as more inclined to take out mortgages and purchase their own homes […]
Word: cousinette Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of soup containing chard and sorrel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another soup is cousinette, a vegetable broth made with beet greens, spinach, lettuce, sorrel, and cousine (a wild member of the mallow family). Sometimes cousinette is thickened with cornmeal, in which case it is called jerbilhou. 2. A young female cousin. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: But his wants are really few; his tastes were naturally simple; he had been becoming blase/ on everything, when he found his occupation as an artist gone; and he is consoled besides by the love of the cousinette, who has proved that her giddiness was only skin-deep by giving him a marvellous proof of disinterestedness. Example: Pa made much of me—ma made much of me ; so did her brothers and sisters, and uncles and aunts, and cousins and cousinettes, and cousiniculings.
Word: cooption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coopt 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 cooption From coopt + -ion. 1. A cooptation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cooptation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coopt 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 cooptation From coopt + -ation. 1. A co-opting: a commandeering, appropriation, or taking over. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A co-opting: an absorption or assimilation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This book is a study of co-optation rather than counterculture, an analysis of the forces and logic that made rebel youth cultures so attractive to corporate decision-makers rather than a study of those cultures themselves. In doing so, it risks running afoul of what I will call the co-optation theory: faith in the revolutionary potential of "authentic" counterculture combined with the notion that business mimics and mass-produces fake counterculture in order to cash in on a particular demographic and to subvert the great threat that "real" counterculture represents.
Word: co-optation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cooptation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: co-option Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cooption. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quota-hopping Part of Speech: noun 1. The circumvention of a trade quota by registering a business (or a fishing vessel) in a foreign country in order to benefit from its quota Labels: uncountable
Word: quote-driven Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing any market system in which prices are established by quotations given by market makers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: market maker Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or company that undertakes to quote both a buy and a sell price for a financial instrument.
Word: jeerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jeer + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪəɹə/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɹɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈd͡ʒiɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈd͡ʒiəɹə/ 1. One who jeers; a mocker. Example: 1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News, Act V, Scene 2, in The Works of Ben Jonson, London: G. & W. Nicol, Volume v, p. 305, Fitton. Pox o’ these true jests, I say! Madrigal. He’ll turn the better jeerer. Example: […] what good will my vanities do, when death says he will have no nay? What good will all my companions, fellow-jesters, jeerers, liars, drunkards, and all my wantons do me? Will they help to ease the pains of hell?
Word: jeerers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jeerer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lirate Part of Speech: adj 1. Having fine thread-like lines or grooves.
Word: abecedism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Roughly a + b + c + d + -ism; compare abecedarium. 1. An initialism. Labels: rare Example: 1949 April 17, editorial in The Denver Post, quoted in Levette J. Davidson, “Folklore in Modern Speech”, in Louise Pound, “Miscellany”, in American Speech, Volume 25, Number 4, Duke University Press (December 1950), page 303, The tampering with our language, like so many other things, can be blamed on the Roosevelt new deal which created WPA, NRA, FDIC and so many other abecedisms. Example: Contents: A key to over 45,000 acronyms (or initialisms or abecedisms), contractions, and similar condensed appellations.
Word: abiturient Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Abiturient. Labels: alt-of
Word: half-open Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From half- + open. 1. partially open; ajar Labels: not-comparable Example: Between the fixed, full-height ends run flexible covers, carried on tubes running in guides, which can be locked in the closed, half-open or fully open positions; [...]. 2. (referring to an interval on the real line) containing only one of its endpoints Labels: not-comparable
Word: ablow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow English ablow From a- + blow. Pronunciation: /əˈbloʊ/ 1. Blossoming, blooming, in blossom. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, postpositional Example: [...] The flower breaks from its sheath and is ablow / And gives its richest perfumes. [...] Example: You know, the year's not always May — Oh, once the lilacs were ablow ! 2. Blowing or being blown; windy. Labels: dated, not-comparable, postpositional
Word: ADHD-PI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-primarily inattentive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: ADHD-PH/I Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-primarily hyperactive/impulsive Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: ADHD-C Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-combined. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: LIRG Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of luminous infra-red galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: ULIRG Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of ultra-luminous infra-red galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: BLRG Part of Speech: noun 1. broad emission-line radio-galaxy
Word: NLRG Part of Speech: noun 1. narrow emission-line radio-galaxy
Word: WLRG Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of weak emission-line radio-galxy Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ELG Part of Speech: noun 1. emission-line galaxy
Word: NELG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of narrow emission-line galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: traverse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /tɹəˈvɝs/, /tɹəˈvɜːs/, /ˈtɹævɚs/, /ˈtɹævəs/ 1. A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent. 2. A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work. Example: At the entrance of the king, the first traverse was drawn, and the lower descent of the mountain discovered, which was the pendant of a hill to life, with divers boscages and grovets upon the steep or hanging grounds thereof. 3. A screen or partition. Labels: obsolete Example: Than sholde ye see there pressynge in a pace / Of one and other that wolde this lady see, / Whiche sat behynde a traves of sylke fyne, / Of golde of tessew the fynest that myghte be […] Example: At the entrance of the king, / The first traverse was drawn. 4. Something that thwarts or obstructs. Example: He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control. 5. A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building. 6. A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows). 7. The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course. 8. A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal. 9. In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade. Example: At night, when the Federal guns slowed their fire, the men created new traverses and bombproofs. 10. A traverse board. Example: The whole care of the vessel rested, therefore, upon me, and I was obliged to direct her by my former experience, not being able to work a traverse.
Word: traverse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /tɹəˈvɝs/, /tɹəˈvɜːs/, /ˈtɹævɚs/, /ˈtɹævəs/ 1. To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions. Labels: transitive Example: He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side. Example: What seas you travers'd, and what fields you fought! / Your country's peace how oft, how dearly bought! 2. To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly. Labels: transitive Example: to traverse all nodes in a network 3. To lay in a cross direction; to cross. Example: The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by the flowing of the folds. 4. To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target. Example: to traverse a cannon 5. To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope). 6. To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate. Example: the road traversed the face of the ridge as the right-of-way climbed the mountain Example: The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge. 7. To act against; to thwart or obstruct. Example: The well meaning Prieſt ſuffered him to deceive himſelf, fully determined to traverſe his views, inſtead of ſeconding them. Example: I cannot but […] admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse. 8. To pass over and view; to survey carefully. Example: My purpose is to […] traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice—ingratitude. 9. To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood. Example: to traverse a board 10. To deny formally. Example: Without their coſt, you terminate the cauſe; / And ſave th' expence of long litigious laws: / Where ſuits are travers'd; and ſo little won, / That he who conquers, is but laſt undone: […] 11. To use the motions of opposition or counteraction. Labels: intransitive
Word: traverse Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /tɹəˈvɝs/, /tɹəˈvɜːs/, /ˈtɹævɚs/, /ˈtɹævəs/ 1. athwart; across; crosswise
Word: traverse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /tɹəˈvɝs/, /tɹəˈvɜːs/, /ˈtɹævɚs/, /ˈtɹævəs/ 1. Lying across; being in a direction across something else. Example: paths cut with traverse trenches Example: Oak […] being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work.
Word: Vasthy Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Persian, variant of Vashti.
Word: ElG Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of elliptical galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: IrG Part of Speech: noun 1. irregular galaxy
Word: koloa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian koloa, from Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”). 1. The Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana. Example: The Hawaiian duck or koloa (Anas wyvilliana) has never been reduced to anything like the pitiful remnant that once represented its relatives on Laysan.