nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: social life Part of Speech: noun 1. An individual's interpersonal relationships with people within their immediate surroundings or general public. 2. Those public activities performed in association with others for the purpose of pleasure. Example: Its place in the social life of Derby and of the railway world is well assured, [...]. Example: While I was blithely putting my safety at risk and ignoring my social life in the name of exercise, my friends were going out, dating, getting married, getting pregnant, getting divorced. 3. Dating; romantic courtship. Example: And it is ruining my social life. face keeps breaking out with pimples and I know I look repulsive, so how can I ever expect to have boy friends? Example: My social life is in ruins. / How is it possible for me to find a woman who will accept me as I am.
Word: slice and dice Part of Speech: verb 1. To cut and chop to pieces. Labels: transitive Example: To slice and dice: Place the onion on a chopping board, and slice it in half lengthwise. 2. To rearrange or analyze in a number of different ways, often arbitrarily. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: To demonstrate how to create an OLAP report, here's a chance to slice and dice some data from a cube based on the Xtreme database and see what it can tell you.
Word: trough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dóru From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”). See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree. Pronunciation: /tɹɒf/, /tɹɔf/, /tɹɑf/, /tɹɔθ/, /tɹɑθ/ 1. A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. Example: One of Harriet's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening. 2. Any similarly shaped container. Example: Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair. Example: It just clips on the front of the stage without any special trough, has no great power and occupies only one dimmer, […] 3. Any similarly shaped container. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Ernest threw his paint brushes into a kind of trough he had fashioned from sheet metal that he kept in the sink. 4. A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates. Example: There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae. 5. An undivided metal urinal (plumbing fixture) Labels: colloquial 6. A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough. Labels: Canada Example: The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing. 7. A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand 8. A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle. Example: The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay. Example: The neurologist pointed to a troubling trough in the pattern of his brain-waves. 9. A low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle. 10. A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
Word: trough Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *dóru From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”). See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree. Pronunciation: /tɹɒf/, /tɹɔf/, /tɹɑf/, /tɹɔθ/, /tɹɑθ/ 1. To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough. Example: He troughed his way through three meat pies.
Word: symbolic speech Part of Speech: noun 1. An action that expresses an opinion without writing or speaking, such as marching in a political parade or burning a flag. Labels: uncountable
Word: table cloth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tablecloth (A cloth used to cover a table) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trigger guard Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin loop surrounding the trigger of a weapon to keep it from accidental discharge.
Word: terrace chant Part of Speech: noun 1. A phrase or song chanted at a football match or other sports event.
Word: toteless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tote 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 toteless From tote + -less. 1. Without a tote or totes (in any sense). Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The #22 and #24 (toteless) smoothing planes are nice, as are the #35 and #36 (toted) smoothing planes. These are readily obtainable. Example: Steve mentioned that most of his scrub orders are toteless (traditional I guess you'd say). In purchasing the Jack I had always assumed I'd get it with the tote because I do like the additional control it gives me with the scrub when I'm planing around grain that's changing direction (knots and such) to avoid massive tearout you can get with a scrub.
Word: thrash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thrasshen, thresche, threschen, threschyn, threshen, thresshen, tressyn, þreisshe, þresshe, (whence the modern English thresh), from Old English þerscan, þrexan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh; to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn; to drill, pierce”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch dorsen (“to thresh; to thrash”), German and Luxembourgish dreschen (“to thresh; to thrash”), Yiddish דרעשן (dreshn, “to thresh”), Danish tærske (“to thresh”), Faroese treskja (“to thresh”), Icelandic þreskja (“to thresh”), Norwegian Nynorsk treska, treske, treskja, treskje (“to thrash”), Swedish tröska (“to thresh”), Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (þriskan, “to thresh”), Finnish rehkiä (“to drudge; to toil”); also Welsh taradr (“auger, wimble; awl, borer; drill”), Latin terō (“to rub or triturate; to wear away or wear out, consume; to tread; to press with a mill; to pass, spend”), Greek τρίβω (trívo, “to grate; to rub”), Albanian tjerr (“to spin”), Belarusian це́рці (cjérci, “to rub; to polish; to pinch; to grind”), Bulgarian три́я (tríja, “to rub; to chafe; to grind”), Czech třít (“to rub; to spawn”), Polish tarć, treć, trzeć, trzyć (“to rub; to shred; to cut; to chafe; to crush; to spawn”), Russian тере́ть (terétʹ, “to rub; to polish; to grind”), Serbo-Croatian тр̏ти, tȑti (“to rub; to cause friction; to scour; to break, crush”), Slovak trieť (“to rub”), Slovene treti (“to crack open; to rub”), Ukrainian те́рти (térty, “to rub; to scrub”), Armenian թուր (tʻur, “sword”), Sogdian ܕܣܦܪܛܪ (dsprtr, “hand towel”), Hittite 𒋻𒌑𒍣 (tar-ú-zi, “to perform a round dance, to dance in twisting manner”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B tärk- (“to allow, let; to let go”), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarku, “spindle”). Pronunciation: /θɹæʃ/ 1. To beat mercilessly. Example: But in the town it was well known, when they got home at night, their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives. Example: The rural Midland & Great Northern backwaters from Norfolk to Leicester closed in February 1959 before they could be used there, and thrashing them on the GN main line instead resulted in a memorably poor ride and rattling windows, caused by vibration from their engines and suspect suspension. 2. To defeat utterly. Example: Pardew made five changes to the side that thrashed West Ham 5-0 on Wednesday - with players such as James Perch and Alan Smith given the chance to underline their case for a regular starting berth. 3. To thresh. 4. To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour. Example: I rather would be Maevius, thrash for rhymes, / Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Example: As performers, we girls have our hair. That's the real thing guys want to see. They love to see the long hair move. They want you to thrash it. 5. To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result. 6. In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
Word: acroamatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acroamatic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Middle English -es English -s English -ics English acroamatics From acroamatic + -ics. 1. esoteric lectures. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Derridean "messianicity without messianism" that marks so much of post-modernist educational theorizing today, and that makes use of esotericism, sigetics, acroamatics, proleptics, and illocutionary and perlocutionary acts in the disguise of a new pedagogy of the unknowable, wasn't the answer ten years ago.
Word: almighty dollar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Most sources hold this to be a coinage of Washington Irving, alluding to "Almighty God", although a Philadelphia newspaper also used the phrase at approximately the same time and Ben Jonson had used "almighty gold" in 1616 in Epistle to Elizabeth, Countess of Rutland. 1. The dollar, satirically characterized as a god. Labels: US, derogatory, idiomatic, singular, singular-only Example: The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages; and unless some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking houses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing how long the inhabitants may remain in their present state of contented poverty.
Word: amicable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English amicable (“agreeable; pleasant”), from Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”). Doublet of amiable. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.mɪ.kə.bəl/ 1. Showing friendliness or goodwill. Example: They hoped to reach an amicable agreement. Example: He was an amicable fellow with an easy smile.
Word: agricultural surplus Part of Speech: noun 1. An agricultural production that exceeds the needs of the society for which it is being produced, and may be exported or stored for future times. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ambient device Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple wireless object that unobtrusively presents information.
Word: apostolate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin apostolātus. By surface analysis, apostle + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). Doublet of apostolado. 1. The office, or responsibilities of an apostle. 2. A group of people that exists for the spreading of religious doctrine.
Word: amniotic fluid embolism Part of Speech: noun 1. A complication of pregnancy characterized by movement of amniotic fluid past the placenta.
Word: menial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːni.əl/ 1. Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant. Example: She hung round him, watching his every look as if she grudged the veriest menial offices from the servants; and she almost scolded him for not eating, when he had done justice enough to the good things set before him to have satisfied even the cook herself. Example: She was not proposing to go out again, so he got her slippers and took off her boots. It delighted him to perform menial offices. 2. Of or relating to unskilled work. Example: menial job Example: Father Brown took the paper without a word, and obediently went to look for the coat; it was not the first menial work he had done in his life. 3. Servile; low; mean. Example: a menial wretch
Word: menial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːni.əl/ 1. A servant, especially a domestic servant. Example: “Nay, Dame Mary,” answered the Knight, “it is enough you desire such an attendant.—Yet I have never loved to nurse such useless menials—a lady's page—it may well suit the proud English dames to have a slender youth to bear their trains from bower to hall, fan them when they slumber, and touch the lute for them when they please to listen; […]” Example: But the young man was conscious, at the same moment, that it had ceased to be a matter of serious regret to him that the little American flirt should be “talked about” by low-minded menials. 2. A person who has a subservient nature.
Word: apothem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπόθεμα (apóthema, “deposit”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, away”) + θέμα (théma, “that which is laid down”). Pronunciation: /ˈæp.ə.θɛm/ 1. The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle. 2. The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).
Word: archdevil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der. Latin archi-bor. Old English arċe- Middle English arch- English arch- Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diabolusbor. Proto-West Germanic *diubul Old English dēofol Middle English devel English devil English archdevil From arch- + devil. Pronunciation: /ɑɹt͡ʃˈdɛvəl/, /ɑɹt͡ʃˈdɛvɪl/ 1. A chief or reigning devil. Labels: rare Example: From the context and other parts of the work, we are to understand that the demons here described are the personal friends of our sovereign, and that the archdevil was the mother of our sovereign. Example: In short, it is purely the work of the devil that they are doing, and especially that of the archdevil, who presides at Muhlhausen, and directs nothing but robbery, murder and bloodshed.
Word: beef Wellington Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after an unknown person. There is no definite connection to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. 1. A fillet of beef tenderloin steak coated with pâté de foie gras and a duxelles of mushrooms, wrapped in puff pastry and baked. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The charges against Ms. Patterson stemmed from a lunch party nearly two years ago in the rural town of Leongatha, at which she cooked and served beef Wellington.
Word: binnekill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch binnen (“inside”) + kil (“creek, kill”). 1. The backwater portion of a stream or remnant of an old stream bed.
Word: CAVOK Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /kævˌoʊˈkeɪ/ 1. Acronym of ceiling (or clouds) and visibility [are] OK, a weather term, specific to an airport, used when conditions at the airport include visibility of at least 6 statute miles, no clouds below 5000 feet or minimum sector altitude (whichever is higher), and no hazardous weather conditions (cumulonimbus clouds, thunderstorms, precipitation, shallow fog, or low drifting snow) near the airport. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: chatterati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of chatter + literati, attested since 1990. 1. People who chat, argue and debate. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: 2002, Annabelle Sreberny, “Trauma talk,” in Journalism After September 11, Barbara Zelizer and Stuart Allan edd. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0415287995&id=zHs5FsL2pAIC&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&sig=xCPKCNE7rqbp3yj9eDEhIlq_94o The newspaper the Guardian, together with its Sunday sister the Observer, are the liberal papers of choice among the middle-class chatterati. Example: Perhaps some Anatolian Leigh Fermor had a bestseller among the chatterati of Topkapi with his Travels in the Egripos.
Word: chemoautotrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English autotrophic English chemoautotrophic From chemo- + autotrophic. 1. obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.
Word: choke price Part of Speech: noun 1. The minimum price of a good or service that would result in zero quantity being demanded.
Word: chronotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chrono- (“referring to time”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”), from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɒn.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/, /ˌkɹɒn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/, /ˌkɹɑn.əˈtɹɑp.ɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or affecting the rate of muscular contraction, especially of the heart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: claptrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Theater slang, c. 1730, from clap + trap, referring to theatrical techniques or gags used to incite applause. Pronunciation: /ˈklæpˌtɹæp/ 1. Empty verbiage or nonsense. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions. 2. A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 3. A device or trick to gain applause; a humbug. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There had been a suggestion that the child should be with her [while she answers the door], but the mother herself had rejected this. "It would be stagey," she had said, "and clap-trap. There is nothing I hate so much as that."
Word: clean code Part of Speech: noun 1. Non-redundant software code comprising of focused task-specific modules and functions, written in a systematic manner so that another coder can easily interpret or modify it. Labels: uncountable
Word: wahlau Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of wah lau. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: WWWWW Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of which was what we wanted. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, humorous
Word: ichthyology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ichthyo- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌɪkθiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. A branch of zoology that studies fish. Labels: uncountable
Word: ichthyic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰχθυϊκός (ikhthuïkós). By surface analysis, ichthy- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈɪkθiːɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or like fish; piscine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ichthyological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ichthyologic + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to ichthyology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vircator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. virtual cathode oscillator
Word: triskaidekaphobic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triskaideka- + -phobic. 1. Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia
Word: triskaidekaphobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From triskaideka- + -phobic. 1. Suffering from triskaidekaphobia
Word: clover clamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps likening the inside of the clamp, typically featuring four bumps, to a four-leafed clover. 1. A metal clamp, usually joined to another by a chain, meant to be worn on the nipples to cause pain.
Word: college-ruled Part of Speech: adj 1. Being a notebook with 10½" × 8" paper size with thirty-two evenly spaced lines with enough space to write reasonably neatly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: colourfast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English colour Proto-Germanic *fastuz Proto-West Germanic *fast Old English fæst Middle English fast English fast English colourfast From colour + fast. 1. Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: commercial off-the-shelf Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a system: manufactured commercially and then tailored for specific uses. Labels: not-comparable
Word: comprimario Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian comprimario. 1. A secondary singer, often in opera.
Word: concrete noun Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun that denotes something tangible or material, such as a person or place.
Word: condyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French condyle, from Latin condylus, from Ancient Greek κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndɪl/, /ˈkɒndaɪl/ 1. A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone. Example: “It's the upper condyle of a human femur,” said I.
Word: cost centre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cost center. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: curtainwall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curtain + wall. 1. Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
Word: da kind Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of da kine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: da kind Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of da kine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: darning mushroom Part of Speech: noun 1. A mushroom-shaped device to darn a sock on. The sock can be stretched over the top of the (curved) mushroom, and gathered tightly around the stalk.
Word: deadweight Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dead weight. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The bridge has been designed for a total dead-cum-live load of 5,750 tons, the deadweight of the new structure excluding station buildings and permanent way being some 3,000 tons.
Word: declinometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English decline Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English declinometer From decline + -o- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛklɪˈnɒmətə(ɹ)/ 1. An instrument for measuring magnetic declination.
Word: decubitis Part of Speech: noun 1. Inflammation caused by a reclined position of the body, especially the complications of bed-ridden patients, such as bedsores. Labels: uncountable
Word: decubitis Part of Speech: adj 1. A reclined position of the body. Labels: not-comparable
Word: deviation ratio Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of maximum permitted frequency deviation, σₘₐₓ to the maximum permitted modulating frequency, fiₘₐₓ.
Word: tragic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/ 1. Causing great sadness or suffering. Example: Her father's early death was tragic. Example: Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept? 2. Relating to tragedy in a literary work. 3. Having been the victim of a tragedy. 4. Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness. Labels: informal, predicative Example: That dress is tragic. Example: He's pretty tragic these days, hanging out with people half his age.
Word: tragic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/ 1. An obsessive fan, a superfan Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: Within the club itself, Crowe is regarded not only as a benefactor but as a fanatic -- a Rabbitohs tragic. Example: I'm a fan of rugby league. I'm a tragic of rugby league. 2. A writer of tragedy. Labels: obsolete 3. A tragedy; a tragic drama. Labels: obsolete
Word: revolver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From revolve + -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/ 1. A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading. 2. Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism. Labels: broadly 3. Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money. Example: The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver. 4. Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: fester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English festre, festur, borrowed from Old French festre (cognate with Italian fistola, Occitan fistola, Spanish fístula), from Latin fistula. The verb is derived from the noun, while the “condition of something that festers” noun sense is derived from the verb. Doublet of fistula. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɛstɚ/ 1. A fistula. Labels: obsolete 2. A sore or an ulcer of the skin. Example: The larger the Spider, the warmer the climate or season of the year, and the more susceptible the wounded individual, so much worse will the effects be; and it is no therefore no wonder that people who would have a fester from a simple prick with a needle, should feel more violent effects from the bite of a Spider. Example: While to the fingers and toes, which are frequently the seat of spontaneous festers, &c., irritation is kept up [if a hot poultice is applied], the skin is thickened, and rendered less liable to be permeated by matter; the heat is driven down the soft structures to the very bones and joints, and a portion of them may be lost in consequence. 3. The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment.
Word: fester Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English festre, festur, borrowed from Old French festre (cognate with Italian fistola, Occitan fistola, Spanish fístula), from Latin fistula. The verb is derived from the noun, while the “condition of something that festers” noun sense is derived from the verb. Doublet of fistula. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɛstɚ/ 1. To become septic; to become rotten. Labels: intransitive Example: and she for the despyte of her sones dethe wrought by her subtyl craftes that syr Vrre shold neuer be hole but euer his woundes shold one tyme feyster & another tyme blede "and she, for the despite of her son’s death, wrought by her subtle crafts that Sir Urre should never be whole, but ever his wounds should one time fester and another time bleed" Example: [W]ounds immedicable / Ranckle, and feſter, and gangrene, / To black mortification. 2. To worsen, especially due to lack of attention. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester. Example: All this time hatred, kept down by fear, festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. 3. To cause to fester or rankle. Labels: transitive Example: For which I burnt in inward sweltring hate, / And festred rankling malice in my breast, / Till I might belke revenge upon his eyes: […]
Word: prizefighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prize + fighter or prizefight + -er (“person, agent”). See prizefight for sense development. 1. A professional boxer. Example: “Champion Victory Wreath No. III,” a watercolor by Richard Yarde in which he applies his inventiveness to the prizefighter Jack Johnson. Example: The Bed-Stuy Boxing Center, the Brooklyn gym that is the center of Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen's wrenching documentary "On the Ropes," is much more than a neighborhood training facility for aspiring prizefighters.
Word: superorder Part of Speech: noun 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 order English superorder From super- + order. 1. A taxonomic category below subclass and above order.
Word: cartoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card. Pronunciation: /kɑːˈtuːn/, /kɑɹˈtun/ 1. A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings. 2. A drawing satirising current public figures. Example: The newspaper published a political cartoon mocking the mayor. 3. An artist's preliminary sketch. 4. A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc. 5. An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous. Example: The children watched a funny cartoon on TV. 6. A cartoon series. Example: 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled. 7. A diagram in a scientific concept.
Word: cartoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card. Pronunciation: /kɑːˈtuːn/, /kɑɹˈtun/ 1. To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing. 2. To make a preliminary sketch.
Word: no way Jose Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Uncertain. Probably invented for the rhyme. First attested in 1978. Pronunciation: /nəʊ ˈweɪ həʊˌseɪ/, /- həʊˌzeɪ/, /noʊ ˈweɪ hoʊˌseɪ/, /- hoʊˌzeɪ/ 1. No way; absolutely not. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable
Word: toon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of cartoon. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːn/ 1. A cartoon, especially an animated television show. Labels: informal Example: Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months? 2. A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Labels: informal Example: Proxemics are very important, however, as the positioning of an agent's toon in anon-combat grouping or in the environment can show place within a social group. 3. An animated cartoon character. Labels: informal Example: In 1947 Los Angeles, animated cartoon characters, or "toons", co-exist with humans, often employing their skills to entertain as film stars.
Word: toon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi तून (tūn), from Sanskrit तुणि (tuṇi, “Cedrela toona”). Pronunciation: /ˈtuːn/ 1. A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each plot held 10 cull trees so that 60 Australian toon and 40 tropical ash trees were treated. 2. The wood of this tree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After 7 years, all paint combinations except the self-primed latex are showing some failure on all species of wood except Australian toon.
Word: toon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Standard spelling for a dialectal phonological preservation of Middle English toun, town, towne (and other forms), which was pronounced the same as this dialectal form, with the now-standard form town having diverged therefrom by action of the Great Vowel Shift. See town for further etymology. See also me (dialectal form of my), hoose (“house”), thoo (“thou”), and oot (“out”), for similar cases. Pronunciation: /tuːn/, /ˈtuːn/ 1. Alternative form of town. Labels: Northumbria, alt-of, alternative Example: Whan I was a callan, I took the play to mysel' for a week, or maybe twa, and gaed wi' a frien' i' the same trade's mysel', to see what was to be seen alang a screed o' the seacoast, frae toon to toon. Example: Sic changes owre oor toon hae passed Since Mungo placed thee there — A wee bit slender fragile stem, That needed watchfu' care.
Word: toon Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtuːn/ 1. Eye dialect spelling of tune. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: But why dress me in bloo? Why not in gray, ef I play Confedrit toons? Example: Hark at the way them wires plays toons, as if all the imps of wickedness, and—never mind where—was fiddling dismal toons on purpose to drive a man out of his wits, or to scare him so that he couldn't do his work.
Word: hangman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hangman, hongman, hangeman, equivalent to hang + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋˌmæn/, /ˈheɪ̯ŋˌmeə̯n/, /ˈhɛ̃ŋˌmɛə̯n/ 1. An executioner responsible for hanging criminals. Labels: countable Example: One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other, As they had seen me with these hangman's hands. 2. Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I also asked some Royal Academicians to view it, viz. Northcote, Cosway, &c. who approved of it much: it is well composed, and beautifully coloured; but the hangmen at the Exhibition have not hung it in a conspicuous situation; it is placed in an ante-room, and pretty high […]. 3. A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows. Labels: uncountable
Word: no way, Jose Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of no way Jose. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hangman's noose Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging.
Word: proselytism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English proselyte Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English proselytism From proselyte + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑsəlɪˌtɪzm/ 1. The practice of proselytizing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being a proselyte. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:proselytism.
Word: criterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French critérium (“competition”), from Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion). Pronunciation: /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/ 1. A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
Word: criterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion). Pronunciation: /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/ 1. Alternative form of criterion. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There is no criterium of truth.
Word: Jose Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph. Pronunciation: /hoʊˈzeɪ/, /həʊˈzeɪ/, /ˈdʒəʊz/, /ˈdʒoːs/ 1. A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José. Example: Some Rizaliana collectors deem the blue 1959 Jose Rizal Definitive to be the most attractive Rizal stamp. Example: Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a legitimate Democratic candidate in a state Senate race in South Florida’s 37th District. The candidate has the same last name as then-Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez but did not actively campaign for the seat and has since admitted being recruited as a spoiler. 2. A surname transferred from the given name, derived from the given name.
Word: Jose Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally as a diminutive form of Josephine, later also appearing as a given name. Pronunciation: /hoʊˈzeɪ/, /həʊˈzeɪ/, /ˈdʒəʊz/, /ˈdʒoːs/ 1. A female given name. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
Word: pulp fiction Part of Speech: noun 1. The kind of shocking and sensational fiction found in a pulp magazine. Labels: uncountable
Word: undergarments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undergarment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Marie Part of Speech: name Etymology: The French Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Middle English Marie. Doublet of Mary. Pronunciation: /məˈɹiː/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: We are going to call her Marie. For once we are in agreement about something, if for different reasons. I just happen to like the name, it's my second favourite girl's name after Swanhild, it has such a pretty sound. Rasmus, of course, likes it because it can be English and all things English he adores. 'The English can pronounce it,' he says, by which he means they pronounce it "Maar-rie", as in Marie Lloyd whom we've seen on the stage. 'The French can pronounce it too,' I said in my way, 'for what that's worth,' but he doesn't mind what I say at the moment.
Word: you're welcome Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From 1907 (as reply to thank you). 1. Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”. 2. Used (often preemptively) to imply that the speaker ought to be thanked. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you're, welcome. Example: No, I didn’t cook, but you’re welcome to try out the new kitchen.
Word: bitte Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of bit. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: belle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella. Pronunciation: /bɛl/ 1. An attractive woman. Example: In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball. Example: Another style of necklace among these Papuan belles is to wear two, each hanging on one side of the neck and under the opposite arm, so as to cross each other. 2. A fellow gay man. Labels: dated
Word: pigsty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pig + sty. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ̯/, [ˈpʰɪɡˌstaɪ̯] 1. An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one. Example: The lower pasture also contains a pigsty. 2. A dirty or very untidy place. Labels: colloquial Example: This room is a pigsty. When are you going to clean it? Example: "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.
Word: maccheroni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian maccheroni. 1. Macaroni. Labels: plural, singular Example: Large kettles stand full of dressed maccheroni, with cheese scattered over it, and decorated with small pieces of love apple. Example: Part of the supper, consisting of boiled and fried fish; French beans, and different kinds of fried vegetables, was quickly served; fried light pastes and a dish of maccheroni with cheese, were afterwards brought in.
Word: macaroni Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian maccaroni (plural of maccarone (archaic variant of maccheroni (“fool”))), of uncertain origin. Variously derived from late Byzantine Greek μακαρία (makaría, “food made from barley”), from Ancient Greek μάκαρ (mákar, “blessed; favored by the gods”), or from maccare (archaic variant of ammaccare (“to bruise; to crush”)), from Latin maccāre of the same meaning. Compare Sicilian maccarruni (“a single piece of macaroni”). * As a fop, apparently from the British Macaroni Club rather than from Italian use of maccarone for fools and bumpkins. * As a former form of currency, used to calque Spanish macuquino (18th-century colonial slang for a similarly clipped coin). Pronunciation: /mæk.əˈɹəʊ.ni/, /ˌmæk.əˈɹoʊ.ni/ 1. Chic, fashionable, stylish; in the manner of a macaroni. Labels: historical
Word: macaroni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French macaron. Doublet of macaron. Pronunciation: /mak.əˈɹəʊ.ni/, /ˌmækəˈɹoʊni/ 1. A macaroon. Labels: obsolete Example: Macaroni. It comes from Italy. It is a biscuit made of almonds, eggs, flower, and sugar.
Word: W⁵ Part of Speech: phrase 1. WWWWW
Word: punningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English punning Middle English -ly English -ly English punningly From punning + -ly. 1. In a punning manner; so as to form a pun. Example: Even though some names or words polysemically carry sexual meanings, this does not automatically mean that every usage of them in literary texts, even those of a pornographic nature, has a sexual meaning, either explicitly or punningly. Example: The film is an anthology of three whimsical short stories set in France in the mid-20th Century. The conceit is that they were all published in an English-language magazine which is edited in the punningly-named fictional French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, but which is attached to an American newspaper based in Kansas.
Word: TFN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tax file number. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TFN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Tsawwassen First Nation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Baird said the TFN has a strong, productive relationship with the City of Delta and have worked collaboratively on many projects with much success.
Word: ABN Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of airborne. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: ABN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Australian business number, a unique identifier used for tax purposes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of assumed business name. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PNR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of passenger name record: the complete details of a passenger's booking, including itinerary, contact details, and special requests; or the unique alphanumeric identifier for each booking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of point of no return. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of National Revolutionary Police Force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PNR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Philippine National Railways (“the main rail operator in the Philippines, particularly around Luzon”). Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: PNR trips were suspended at past 1 p.m. after the temblor struck Camarines Norte, but was felt in the city of Manila at Intensity 3.
Word: quad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense. Pronunciation: /kwɑd/, /kwɒd/ 1. Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Printing Plant Machinery, Type, Material, Fittings, Stock-in-Trade, Paper, &c., including QUAD-CROWN CYLINDER MACHINE, With Flyers, Riders, &c., by Miller & Richard. Example: Around the corner waits a Quad Damage rune, which you can activate before returning to the Teleporter and heading for the Gold Key. 2. Quadrille, marked with squares. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense. Pronunciation: /kwɑd/, /kwɒd/ 1. To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out. Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it. Labels: intransitive, transitive 3. To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together. Labels: transitive Example: Can you "quad" the cable? Example: The star quadding of the wires ensures a reduction in the diameters of cables and their weight […] 4. To ride a quad bike. Labels: intransitive Example: visibility was perfect and mud was plentiful for our quadding adventure.
Word: nebulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English nebulous, from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebulōsus (“full of mist, foggy, cloudy”), from nebula (“mist, vapour, cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, vapor, fog, moist, sky”). By surface analysis, nebula + -ous. More at neveling, nuel. Cognates * Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”) * German Nebel ** Old High German nebul (“cloud, fog”) * Old English nifol, neowol (“dark, gloomy, obscure, precipitous, prone”) Pronunciation: /ˈnɛbjʊləs/ 1. In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy. Example: An electric lantern flashed out and centred its circle of brilliance on the stairs opposite. Its radiance pierced the nebulous balloon of violet smoke that was rising to the roof and brought out every detail of the wall beyond. 2. Vague or ill-defined. Example: The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence. Example: The mothers in NaturalMoms discussed nebulous fears about potential harms from vaccines and their distrust of the medical professionals who promoted a universal immunization schedule. 3. Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Word: beat around the bush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the older form beat about the bush, replacing the preposition. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːt əˌɹaʊ̯nd ðə bʊʃ/, /ˈbit əˌɹaʊ̯nd ðə bʊʃ/, /ˈbiːt əˌɹæɔ̯nd ðə bʊʃ/, /ˈbiːt əˌɹæʊ̯nd ðə bʊʃ/, /ˈbit əˌɹʌʊ̯nd ðə bʉʃ/ 1. To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally. Labels: idiomatic 2. To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant. Labels: idiomatic Example: Just stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is! Example: "Look here," said Smith, menacingly, "if you think I cheated you, you might as well say so right out. I don't like beating around the bush."
Word: beat about the bush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From medieval English hunting practices. Some men would whack bushes with sticks to scare birds out so that others could hunt them. Beating the bush directly could be dangerous. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːt əˌbaʊ̯t ðə bʊʃ/, /ˈbit əˌbaʊ̯t ðə bʊʃ/, /ˈbiːt əˌbæɔ̯t ðə bʊʃ/, /ˈbiːt əˌbæʊ̯t ðə bʊʃ/, /ˈbit əˌbʌʊ̯t ðə bʉʃ/ 1. Alternative form of beat around the bush. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There is no use beating about the bush with a man like you. I know that. You are direct, and so am I. You know my position well enough to be assured that I am empowered to treat with you. Example: "Meanwhile, we are sitting here starving. Let's not beat about the bush - we are absolutely living hand to mouth now on TfL.
Word: recanting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recanting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who recants; a retraction. Example: Its victim focus and child centeredness, in the program's opinion, accounted for the significant numbers of client disclosures and four offender confessions and very few victim recantings.
Word: recanted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recant Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: -plex Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -plex (“fold”). Pronunciation: /-plɛks/ 1. Comprising a number of parts, as in duplex. Labels: morpheme 2. ten to the power of the number, as in googolplex. Labels: morpheme