nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cushat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cowshott, cowschote, quyshte, from Old English cūsċeote (literally “cow shoot”), although it is difficult to understand why such a name would be given to these birds (see cūsċeote for more). Doublet of quist. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌʃət/, /ˈkʊʃət/ 1. A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove. Labels: Geordie, Scotland, literary Example: The cushat crouds, the corbie cries, The cuckoo cuks, the prattling pyes, Example: Thro' lofty groves the Cuſhat roves, The path of man to ſhun it
Word: rolling stop Part of Speech: noun 1. An automobile driving maneuver in which a driver slows down, but does not completely stop, at a stop sign.
Word: sourcing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɹsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of source Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sourcing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɹsɪŋ/ 1. The process by which something is sourced, or obtained from another place. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But even such specific sourcings of ideas from string theory presuppose a certain cultural currency of string theory as a whole. 2. The supply of resources needed by a business process. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: po-faced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain, probably from po, abbreviated slang based on French pot de chambre (“chamber pot”), after the distasteful expression anyone would adopt upon being presented with a full one. Perhaps similarly from pooh; perhaps influenced by poker-faced. Also possibly “poor-faced”. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.feɪst/ 1. Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish. Labels: UK Example: Nae hassle man . . . I'll git oaf the skag, and Saughton's barry fir hash. It'll be a piece ay pish likesay . . . he sais, as he's escorted away by a po–faced labdick. Example: I mean, you would never guess if you came up from the South to Edinburgh in August that it is such a po-faced, humourless place, now would you? 2. Poker-faced. Labels: UK
Word: poker-faced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the attitude necessary in the game of poker, since one is ill-advised to reveal delight at being dealt a winning hand lest other players decline to bet (or contrariwise, show disappointment at a poor hand if one is inclined to bluff). 1. Wearing a poker face: studiously neutral in facial expression; giving nothing away. Example: John, in his most poker-faced manner, continued to explain the rules. Example: Harold Lloyd had had one or two minor comic brushes with railway trains, but the first man to produce real comedy from locomotives was the great poker-faced clown, Buster Keaton.
Word: poker faced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of poker-faced. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: subordinates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subordinate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subordinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subordinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subordinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of subordinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: subordinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of subordinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: field marshal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From field + marshal, calque of German Feldmarschall or its source, Middle French maréchal de camp. 1. In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now mostly disused, being reserved for wartime or post-wartime use, and having become ceremonial in some countries.
Word: canzone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian canzone (“song”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of cantion and chanson. 1. An Italian or Provençal song or ballad. 2. A canzona (mediaeval Italian instrumental composition).
Word: field of honor Part of Speech: noun 1. A battlefield; any place where a fight, battle, duel, etc., is fought. Example: Neither had ever mentioned the duel or the cause of it since that morning upon the field of honor.
Word: -ile Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -īlis. 1. Tending to, or capable of. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme 2. Any of the values in a sorted data set that splits it into a specified number of equally sized groups. Labels: morpheme Example: quint- + -ile → quintile 3. Any of the values in a sorted data set that splits it into a specified number of equally sized groups. Labels: morpheme Example: quint- + -ile → quintile
Word: fire marshal Part of Speech: noun 1. A public official with police powers responsible for enforcing fire safety regulations, and sometimes, who also investigates suspicious fires. Labels: Philippines, US
Word: Skinnerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Skinner + -ian, after Burrhus Frederic Skinner, American experimental psychologist. 1. The techniques and theories of B. F. Skinner. Labels: uncountable
Word: skirmisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English skirmish 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 skirmisher From skirmish + -er. 1. An infantry soldier used for skirmishing. Example: A skirmisher had fired three shots at the Captain -- the third striking his horse. He dismounted to see how much the animal was injured, and had just placed one foot in the stirrup to remount when the same man fired again. The ball this time struck the Captain in the back -- he raised one hand and fell to the ground dead. Example: The action was commenced by emulous skirmishers, who crawled from the woodsides, and annoyed each other from coverts of ridge, stump, and stone heap.
Word: slashed velvet Part of Speech: noun 1. Velvet with slits that reveal a differently coloured lining. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: slavering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslævəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of slaver Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slavering Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈslævəɹɪŋ/ 1. drooling saliva Labels: not-comparable
Word: slavering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈslævəɹɪŋ/ 1. saliva dropped from the mouth Example: This Ra was not willing to divulge, but he was old at this time, and Isis got him into her power, for she formed a serpent from his slaverings and the earth and set it in the path of the god, who was bitten and brought near death […]
Word: fireboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + boat. 1. A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
Word: embellishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embellishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fire ship Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fireship. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slaver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slaveren, from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Doublet of slabber. Pronunciation: /ˈslævə/, /ˈslævɚ/ 1. To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber. Labels: intransitive 2. To fawn. Labels: intransitive 3. To be drooled out of someone’s mouth. Labels: intransitive Example: A fearsome sight it was to behold how he swelled in his wrath, and his eyes blazed like disastrous stars at midnight, and being wood with anger he gnashed his teeth till the froth stood at his lips and slavered down his chin. 4. To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth. Labels: transitive 5. To be besmeared with saliva. Example: should I, damn'd then, / Slaver with lips as common as the stairs / That mount the Capitol
Word: slaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slaveren, from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Doublet of slabber. Pronunciation: /ˈslævə/, /ˈslævɚ/ 1. Saliva running from the mouth; drool. Labels: uncountable Example: Of all mad Creatures, if the Learn'd are right, / It is the Slaver kills, and not the Bite. Example: He went over to it, held it in his hands awhile, feeling its coolness, smelling the clammy slaver of the lather in which the brush was stuck.
Word: slaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English -er English slaver From slave (“enslave, traffic in slaves”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsleɪvə/, /ˈsleɪvɚ/ 1. A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves. Example: The continued fight between abolitionists and slavers in Missouri caused slave owners to refuge slaves to the Confederate interior. But some Union forces that made salients into rebel territory insisted that the slaves were “contraband” […] 2. A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves. 3. A ship used to transport slaves. Example: The Gulnare was a fast sailer, built for a slaver originally[.] Example: Somewhat unsurprisingly, unleashing the most powerful navy on the planet with carte blanche to exterminate slavers on sight saw a dramatic and sudden collapse in slaver numbers in the late 1840s and early 1850s.
Word: slowmatch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of slow match. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fire station Part of Speech: noun 1. The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.
Word: slow match Part of Speech: noun 1. A slow-burning fuse used to ignite a matchlock musket or fire a cannon.
Word: small-scale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From small + scale. 1. Concerning a lower order of magnitude rather than a higher one. Example: small-scale aspects of fluid dynamics 2. Having a modest scope or extent. Example: small-scale business operations 3. Drawn or constructed at a small size (at low scale), without much detail. Example: a small-scale inset orienting the viewer, implying "you are here"
Word: smells and bells Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the use of incense and altar bells. 1. The characteristics of the Anglo-Catholic or "high" Anglican Church. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: Angelus bell Part of Speech: noun 1. a bell rung to show the time when the Angelus should be recited.
Word: altar bell Part of Speech: noun 1. A bell rung at significant times during the Mass.
Word: snack bar Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsnækbɑɹ/, /ˈsnækbɑː/ 1. A small restaurant serving light meals. 2. A counter in some other establishment having the same function. 3. A bar-shaped snack, such as a chocolate bar.
Word: snaphaan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch snaphaan. 1. A flintlock. Labels: historical
Word: sneak thief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sneak + thief. Compare Danish snigtyv (literally “sneak thief”). 1. A thief who steals without being noticed and without using violence. Example: […] travelling gangs of Moorish artisans, heavy armed Templars on their way to the Sepulchre, wandering minstrels, sneakthieves, bawds, rowdy strings of knights and foot-soldiers setting out with wine-skins at their saddlebows to cross the passes towards the debatable lands of Extremadura, […]
Word: sneered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /snɪə̯d/, /snɪɹd/, /snɪə̯ɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of sneer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: snowshoe rabbit Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of snowshoe hare.
Word: snowshoe hare Part of Speech: noun 1. A North American hare (Lepus americanus) that has large, furry feet; its fur is white in winter and brown in summer.
Word: snuffled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of snuffle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: softhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From soft + hearted. 1. Gentle; kind; sympathetic. 2. Easily moved to sorrow or pity. 3. Willing to accept criticism.
Word: honey do list Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From "Honey, could you do...", punning on honeydew. 1. A collection of requests, usually a list of household tasks assigned by a partner. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: compote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French compote. Doublet of composite, compost, and kompot. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpəʊt/, /ˈkɒmpɒt/, /ˈkɑmpoʊt/ 1. A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup. 2. A dish used for serving fruit.
Word: Sonjo Part of Speech: noun 1. A Bantu ethnic group of Tanzania. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Sonjo Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: honey-do list Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of honey do list. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: soon to follow Part of Speech: adj 1. Expected, or promised to arrive or be produced in the near future. Labels: not-comparable
Word: soothingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English soothing Middle English -ly English -ly English soothingly From soothing + -ly. 1. In a soothing manner.
Word: sopor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sopor (“sleep”). Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊpə/, /ˈsoʊpɚ/ 1. An unnaturally deep sleep.
Word: soured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soured Part of Speech: adj 1. That has become or been made sour.
Word: soured cream Part of Speech: noun 1. A cream that has been soured and thickened by using Lactobacillus bacteria; used in soups, salads and meat dishes such as beef Stroganoff. Labels: Australia, Canada, UK, uncountable, usually
Word: video card Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of hardware installed into a personal computer to allow it to send video signals to an external output device such as a monitor or projector.
Word: spasmodically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English spasmodic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English spasmodically From spasmodic + -ally. 1. In a spasmodic manner; intermittently.
Word: spats Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of spatterdashes. Pronunciation: /spæts/ 1. A stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A similar device for horses. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. Long hair on front of lower legs of heavier horses (over the hooves), especially draft horses, notably the Clydesdale breed. Labels: plural, plural-only 4. Form-fitting shorts covering the waist to mid- or lower thigh usually worn for athletic events; compression shorts. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: spats Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of spatterdashes. Pronunciation: /spæts/ 1. plural of spat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spats Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of spatterdashes. Pronunciation: /spæts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: specialities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speciality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speech impediment Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of speech disorder.
Word: speech disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. Any mental or bodily malfunction that makes expressing oneself by speech difficult.
Word: spendest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English spend Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English spendest From spend + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of spend Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: spime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Bruce Sterling in 2004, as a blend of space + time. Pronunciation: /spaɪm/ 1. An object that could be remotely tracked through space and time. Example: Critically, from an environmental point of view, product disposal can be controlled because of the spime's history. Armed with the complete log of its birth and life, the spime can be destroyed, dismantled and recycled efficiently.
Word: cocksure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from cock (“rooster”) + sure, early 16th c. 1. Too confident; overconfident. Labels: informal Example: I thought myself cocksure of his horse, which he readily promis'd me. Example: The persistence of the Past is one of those tragicomic blessings which each new age denies, coming cocksure on to the stage to mouth its claim to a perfect novelty.
Word: victorie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of victory. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Hieronimo, it greatly pleaſeth vs, / That in our victorie thou haue a ſhare, / By vertue of thy vvorthy Sonnes exployt. Example: VVhy ſo: then am I ſure of Victorie. Novv therefore let vs hence, and loſe no hovvre, / Till vvee meet VVarvvicke, vvith his forreine povvre.
Word: kinsfolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kynsefolke, after kynnesman (modern English kinsman), equivalent to kin + -s- + folk. 1. Alternative spelling of kinfolk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: When you become a great man, you meet kinsfolk you never knew you had.
Word: kindliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English kindly 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 kindliness From kindly + -ness. 1. The state of feeling kindly towards someone or something, or the actions inspired thereby. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Elmo looked upon his only granddaughter with kindliness, and often relented to her demands for chocolate. Example: A father: no: In kynde a Father, but not in kyndlynes. 2. Favourableness; mildness. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: To the end that Kindliness of Nature may endure, chafing with Oyl in a moderate Quantity and Quality is very good for Men of decrepit Age, and for those that are growing Old. Example: 1798, Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, Canterbury: W. Bristow, 2nd edition, Volume 6, “Newington,” p. 42, […] great part of it […] was formerly planted with orchards of apples, cherries, and other kind of fruit, but these falling to decay, and the high price of hops yielding a more advantageous return, many of them were displanted, and hops raised in their stead, the scite of an old orchard, being particularly adapted for the purpose, which, with the kindliness of the soil for that plant, produced large crops of it […] 3. Naturalness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: photocopying Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which photocopies are made. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The forms became almost illegible after multiple photocopyings.
Word: photocopying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of photocopy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: photocopies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photocopy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photocopies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of photocopy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: protract Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō. By surface analysis, pro- + tract. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɹakt/, /pɹoʊˈtɹækt/, /pɹəˈtɹækt/ 1. To draw out; to extend, especially in duration. Example: Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. Example: 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, London: J. and P. Knapton et al., Volume 1, Preface, I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave […] 2. To use a protractor. 3. To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. Example: This is a synopsis of our marches, which, protracted on Burckhardt’s map, gives an error of ten miles. 4. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer. Example: to protract a decision or duty Example: […] Let us bury him, And not protract with admiration what Is now due debt. To the grave! 5. To extend; to protrude. Example: A cat can protract and retract its claws.
Word: First World War Part of Speech: name 1. World War I. Example: 1920, Charles à Court Repington, title of book The First World War.
Word: feis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish feis. Pronunciation: /fɛʃ/ 1. An Irish festival, usually including folk music, dancing, and sports. Labels: Ireland 2. An Irish gathering at which new laws were decreed, as well as folk music, dancing, and sports. Labels: Ireland
Word: Central Powers Part of Speech: name 1. The countries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and Bulgaria, all of whom fought against the Allies in World War I. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: sticharion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek στιχάριον (stikhárion). 1. The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches. Example: a little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion. Example: The sticharion, which is held by the zone, or girdle, corresponds to the alb.
Word: spinette Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of spinet (“musical instrument”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: splenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin splēnicus, from Ancient Greek σπληνικός (splēnikós, “of the spleen”). By surface analysis, splen- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈspliːnɪk/, /ˈsplɛnɪk/, /ˈsplinɪk/ 1. Of, related to, or located near the spleen. Example: The Liuer by the splenike branch, transferreth them to the Serjeant of the scullery the Splene.
Word: sprauncy Part of Speech: adj 1. smart and showy
Word: squandermania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squander + -mania. 1. Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project. Labels: uncountable Example: A third statement which appeared April 15 in a Communist Chinese newspaper "Red Guard" disclosed serious corruption, theft and squandermania among Communist cadres.
Word: squinted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squirmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squirm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stableman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stableman From stable + -man. 1. A person employed to take care of horses in a stable. Example: Near-synonyms: stablehand, stable boy, groom (all traditionally loosely synonymous) Example: In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing.
Word: stage mother Part of Speech: noun 1. The mother of a child actor. Labels: US
Word: Hakka Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hakka 客家 (Hak-kâ). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑkə/ 1. Of or relating to the Hakka (Kejia, 客家 (Kèjiā)), an ethnic group of the Han Chinese. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hakka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hakka 客家 (Hak-kâ). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑkə/ 1. A person of Hakka descent.
Word: Hakka Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hakka 客家 (Hak-kâ). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑkə/ 1. A Chinese language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi), Taiwan, Hong Kong, and by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia. Example: The first county centre gone through, that of Tsengcheng, was full of new construction. After it, the language on the road right on into the Meihsien prefecture was Hakka. Example: We passed through a large Hakka town (Hakka is a Chinese language, one of the three official languages in Taiwan; more on that in later posts) and then began to pitch and roll through a series of white-knuckling switchbacks up Hsinchu County Road 22.
Word: advertiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From advertise + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɚ/ 1. One who advertises. Example: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained. 2. A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
Word: preload Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English load English preload From pre- + load. 1. To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale). Labels: transitive Example: My computer came preloaded with wordprocessor software. 2. To drink (cheaper) alcohol at home before going out socially. Labels: UK, intransitive, slang Example: That nightclub is so expensive. Let's preload at your flat.
Word: preload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English load English preload From pre- + load. 1. The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The internal application of stress to certain mechanical systems. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The preload itself should be tightened gradually. Many older threadless headsets suspend their preload bolts within soft plastic caps; they sink right through easily enough.
Word: pot-pourri Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of potpourri. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: predeterminism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French prédéterminisme, equivalent to pre- + determinism or predetermine + -ism. 1. The belief that all events that occur have already been determined. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Bumblefuck Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of bumfuck (“isolated, backwards location; literally, anal intercourse”), replacing vulgar (in this context) bum (“buttocks”) with gentler, more humorous bumble (“move clumsily”). 1. An isolated or backward location; the middle of nowhere. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Rives jumped to his feet, the veins bulging from his temples. "I can have you on a C-130 to Bumblefuck by this afternoon, Sergeant. You're not messing with the sheriff's daughter here. The Crown Prince of Thailand already hates the US..." Example: "What the fuck were you doing with your crazy fucking family out in the middle of west bumblefuck Pennsylvania?"
Word: prisonhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prison + house. 1. The main building of a prison.
Word: firing squad Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
Word: footsy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of footsie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: force de frappe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, literally, “striking force”. 1. The French nuclear deterrence force developed by Charles de Gaulle. Labels: uncountable
Word: forced march Part of Speech: noun 1. A movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively. Example: I did not believe this possible because of the distance and the condition of the roads, which was bad; besides, troops after a forced march of twenty miles are not in a good condition for fighting the moment they get through. Example: [M]any of their leaders could not yet wholly believe that Jackson and his army, making a forced march in the dead of winter, were at hand.
Word: foreign minister Part of Speech: noun 1. The cabinet official in charge of relationships with foreign nations.
Word: smoke test Part of Speech: noun 1. A test for leaks involving blowing smoke into a tube or pipe. 2. A preliminary test on a newly-constructed piece of electronic equipment, consisting simply of the application of electrical power, to make sure that no egregious wiring errors exist which would cause the circuitry to emit smoke, catch fire, explode, etc. 3. Such an initial test on some other (not necessarily electronic) system, such as a computer program, again, not to perform any exhaustive tests of functionality, but simply to make sure that the system will not catastrophically fail on activation. Labels: broadly 4. A test to make sure that theatrical smoke will not set off the smoke alarms in a building.
Word: smoke test Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform any of the above tests. Labels: transitive
Word: fornicator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fornicatour, from Medieval Latin fornicātor. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).nɪ.keɪ.tə(ɹ)/ 1. An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature. Example: Know yee not that the vnrighteous ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abuſers of themſelues with mankinde, Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor reuilers, nor extortioners, ſhall inherit the kingdom of God. Example: (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
Word: sniff test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sniff (noun) + test (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪf tɛst/, /ˈsnɪf ˌtɛst/ 1. An inspection of an object by smelling it, as for cleanliness of clothing or freshness of food. Example: Let wood dry overnight so solvent evaporates. Mr. [Hugh] Fite uses the sniff test: when he no longer smells solvent, the surface is likely dry enough. Example: Spices properly kept can last for months. To be sure the flavor hasn't weakened, give them the "sniff test" (check for a pungent aroma) and look for vibrant color. 2. An inspection of an object by smelling it, as for cleanliness of clothing or freshness of food. Labels: figuratively Example: Near-synonyms: reality check, sanity check, sanity test Example: But does it pass the sniff test? 3. A medical procedure involving a person taking quick, short sniffs which cause contraction of the diaphragm during a fluoroscopy, enabling abnormalities of the diaphragm to be detected; diaphragm fluoroscopy. Example: The most reliable radiographic maneuver to detect paradoxical movement is the sniff test, consisting of rapidly repeated inspirations through the nostrils during fluoroscopy. Normally, both hemidiaphragms descend sharply during a sniff, but with unilateral disphragmatic paralysis there is paradoxical upward motion of the affected side.
Word: unqualified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English qualified English unqualified From un- + qualified. 1. Not qualified: ineligible; unfit for a position or task. Example: His lack of a high school diploma renders him unqualified for the job. Example: An obvious characteristic of a kakistocrat is inserting unqualified loyalists into positions of power. Nepotism and kakistocracy go hand-in-hand. 2. Not elaborated upon; undescribed; unrestricted. Example: The right to free speech is well established as not being an unqualified right to violent incitement nor to free amplification. Example: Obviously, we must reject the existence of an unqualified or unspecified right to know. If the right to know did not require disclosure of only specific (types of) data or information, a person could be said to have a right to know just anything whatsoever. 3. Outright; thorough; utter; unhampered. Example: an unqualified success Example: Gibson is an unqualified fool, and only fit to mix with beasts of the same calibre; […]
Word: unqualified Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unqualify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foursquare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English foure square; equivalent to four + square. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːskwɛː/ 1. Having four equal sides; square. Example: From the foursquare royal tower on the city's eastern edge to the Dominican monastery of the Blackfriars in the west, its skyline was a forest of spires and belltowers. Example: Out there in the dark the city looked foursquare and massive. 2. Solid, robust. Labels: broadly Example: Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire […]. Example: It is surprising to find white wine of apparently low acidity keeping well at all. Yet at ten years (a good age for it today) it has a haunting combination of foursquare breadth and depth with some delicate, intriguing, lemony zest. 3. Pertaining to a four-square cipher. 4. Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
Word: foursquare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foure square; equivalent to four + square. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːskwɛː/ 1. Alternative form of four square. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 2. A four-square cipher. Labels: countable 3. A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall. Labels: US, countable
Word: fox grape Part of Speech: noun 1. The native eastern North American grape, Vitis labrusca, with many cultivars, of which the Concord grape is the most important. 2. Vitis vulpina.
Word: foxglove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fox-glove, foxes glove, from Old English foxes glōfa (“foxglove”). By surface analysis, fox + glove. 1. Any of genus Digitalis of about twenty species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant. Example: Jemima alighted rather heavily, and began to waddle about in search of a convenient dry nesting-place. She rather fancied a tree-stump amongst some tall fox-gloves. Example: I wonder whether the witches would be wearing on their fingers their ornaments of foxglove blossoms, often called witches' bells or harebells, sometimes known as witches' thimbles.
Word: hypermobility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English mobility English hypermobility From hyper- + mobility. 1. An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The practice of taking frequent trips, usually by air. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: monstrosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English monstruosite, from Middle French monstruosité and its etymon Late Latin mōnstruōsitās, mōnstrōsitās (“monstrousness”), from Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus; by surface analysis, monstrous + -ity. Pronunciation: /mɒnˈstɹɒsɪti/ 1. An organism showing abnormal development or deformity. Example: Geoffroy St. Hilaire's experiments show that unnatural treatment of the embryo causes monstrosities; and monstrosities cannot be separated by any clear line of distinction from mere variations. 2. A monstrous person, thing, or act. Example: St Enoch Centre (1989) - a glass-domed monstrosity of a shopping centre - stands on the site of the station today. 3. The state of being monstrous.
Word: towing bitt Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the vertical posts on a vessel to which towlines or mooring lines are secured.
Word: free state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + state, probably a calque of German Freistaat. 1. A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State. 2. A Federal state, with allegiance to a larger entity, as currently with Germany, and earlier, the relationship between the states of the Holy Roman Empire and the Emperor, and later, the states of the German Empire under the Hohenzollerns. 3. An independent or autonomous political entity whose formal status and relationship to other states is undefined. 4. A republic or commonwealth, as with the former Orange Free State, and especially as used for the current United Kingdom to refer to the Commonwealth period under Cromwell. 5. A condition of not being supported or constrained by outside forces. Example: The steel ring is required by the engineering drawing to have roundness within .25mm TIR while in the free state. Its diameters may be measured in the constrained state while the part is still chucked or fixtured. 6. Before the American Civil War, any of the states in which slaveownership was illegal. Labels: US, historical 7. A noun form in Afroasiatic languages contrasting with the construct state by the noun not being dependent (more commonly called absolute state, or indeterminate state if the specific language contrasts a determinate state with the construct state).
Word: tidal current Part of Speech: noun 1. The flow of water caused by the rise and fall of the tide.
Word: freestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːstəʊn/, /ˈfɹiːstoʊn/ 1. Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr Allworthy […] died immensely rich and built an hospital […] but had he done nothing more I should have left him to have recorded his own merit on some fair freestone over the door of that hospital. Example: It might, under all the circumstances above stated, have been a question with other builders, whether to import one shipload of costly jaspers, or twenty of chalk flints; and whether to build a small church faced with porphyry and paved with agate, or to raise a vast cathedral in freestone. 2. A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that is relatively free of the flesh. Labels: countable
Word: frogman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frog + man, due to the fact that frogs are amphibious. 1. A Open Water Certified Diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one not in scuba gear). 2. A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL. 3. A member of a naval special operations unit. Labels: broadly
Word: fulgurate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fulgurātus, perfect passive participle of fulgurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. To flash or emit flashes like lightning. Labels: intransitive 2. To cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize. Labels: transitive
Word: fulgurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fulgurātus, perfect passive participle of fulgurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Fulgural, fulgurant. Example: ... the fulgurate dazzle of light along the filament of an incandescent bulb.
Word: fulguration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fulguratio (“sheet lightning”), fulgurationis, from fulgurō, from fulgur (“lightning”). Pronunciation: /ˌfʌl.ɡjʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌfʊl.ɡjəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌfʊl.ɡəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ 1. A flash of lightning Labels: countable, uncountable 2. cauterization with electricity; electrocautery Labels: countable, uncountable 3. blick (The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process) Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: taxonomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taxonomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ring dove Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of ringneck dove.
Word: funny book Part of Speech: noun 1. A comic book.
Word: furosemide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from fur(yl) + -o- + -semide (“alteration of s(ulfon)amide”). Pronunciation: /fjʊˈɹoʊ.səˌmaɪd/ 1. A diuretic (trademark Lasix) used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and edema. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Barbary dove Part of Speech: noun 1. A domesticated dove with an unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as, Streptopelia risoria, sometimes as a subspecies of either the Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto, or the African collared dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea, and sometimes not as a separate accepted taxon at all, freely breeding with the above species.
Word: ringneck dove Part of Speech: noun 1. A domesticated dove with an unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as, Streptopelia risoria. Other sources place it in a subspecies of either Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian collared dove), or Streptopelia roseogrisea (African collared dove).
Word: plodge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare dialectal English plud (“puddle”), from Middle English pludde (“small pool, puddle”). Pronunciation: /plɒdʒ/ 1. To wade or splash around especially in the sea, or in puddles or mud. Labels: Geordie, Wearside
Word: plodge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of porter's + lodge. Pronunciation: /plɒdʒ/ 1. Contraction of porter's lodge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: The college system protects you, but it is very unfair to say that people at Oxbridge are not living in the real world. They do have some odd slang. ‘I'll p-hole you in the plodge’ meaning ‘I will leave a note for you in the porter’s lodge’ is just one example.
Word: leathery jacket Part of Speech: noun 1. The grub of the mayfly and similar insects. Labels: Geordie
Word: stagey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of stagy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stagy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stag(e) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪd͡ʒi/ 1. theatrical 2. unnaturally showy 3. melodramatic; sensationalized
Word: stamping ground Part of Speech: noun 1. A habitually frequented place; a haunt or hangout. Labels: figuratively Example: Em and Mat keep the corridor without their room beautifully clean, and so it has become an especial favourite stamping ground for these vagrants. Example: Had I been out on the adventure-path, I should as a matter of course have been drinking. For that is the pity of the adventure-path, which is one of John Barleycorn's favourite stamping grounds.
Word: stanchless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stanch Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English stanchless From stanch + -less. 1. Incapable of being stanched or stopped. Example: A stanchlesse hart, dead-wounded, euer bleeding, On whom that nere-fild vulture Loue sits feeding. Example: 1819, Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, “Aspley Wood” Canto 2, stanza 26, in Aonian Hours and Other Poems, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 2nd edition, 1820, p. 82, We see, but cannot heal the stanchless wound, We share its gushing sorrow, still it bleeds; 2. Incapable of being satisfied. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: With this there grows In my most ill-composed affection such A stanchless avarice that, were I king, I should cut off the nobles for their lands, Example: This loosness to their spoyle the Troians did allure, Who fiercely them assail’d: where stanchlesse furie rap’t The Grecians in so fast, that scarcely one escap’t:
Word: standover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from stand over. 1. The height above ground of the top horizontal tube of the frame of a bicycle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The standover should be less than the height above ground of the rider's groin. 2. The use of intimidation or threats of force to coerce others into submission or compliance. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: standover tactics Example: a standover man
Word: standardized Part of Speech: adj 1. Designed or constructed in a standard manner or according to an official standard.
Word: standardized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of standardize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Stark effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Johannes Stark, German physicist and chemist. 1. The splitting and shift of a spectral line into several components in the presence of an electric field.
Word: steadiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English steady 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 steadiness From steady + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛdinəs/ 1. The state of being steady. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He brimmed with deep feeling as he replied in a steady voice, the steadiness of which was spoilt by the palpableness of his great effort to keep it so:— […] 2. The degree of stability. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: step up to the plate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to taking one's turn at bat in baseball. 1. To initiate action; to assume or take a responsibility. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Surround yourself with good people who can reliably step up to the plate and solve problems when they occur. Example: When you introduce a new and very important issue, you are likely to inspire some of those who have been sitting back to step up to the plate and take on the new role of promoting ethical practice.
Word: stick it to the man Part of Speech: verb 1. To take some action intended to defy a source of oppression such as globalization, commercialization, big business or government (on a large scale) or individual leaders and authorities like teachers, bosses, police, or politicians. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: Paula not only told her boss that she quit but also told him to shut up. Way to stick it to the man! Example: What could be more delightful than a trip to Greece to meet Yanis Varoufakis, the charismatic leftwing firebrand who tried to stick it to the man, AKA the IMF, EU and entire global financial order?
Word: yarndie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Wiradjuri nyaandi (“thingamajig, what's-its-name”). 1. Marijuana. Labels: uncountable Example: 1984, L. Fogarty, Ngutji Yarndi = grass. Example: 1990, Davis et al., Paperbark He made enough to ... keep himself in Nyandi (herb).
Word: buglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English buglet From bugle + -let. 1. A small bugle.