nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sower Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊɚ/ 1. Archaic form of sour. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Pro. Then, as my gueſt, and thine owne acquiſition / Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter : But / If thou do'ſt breake her Virgin-knot, before / All ſanctimonious ceremonies may / With full and holy right, be miniſtred, / No ſweet aſperſion ſhall the heauens let fall / To make this contract grow; but barraine hate, / Sower-ey'd diſdaine, and diſcord ſhall beſtrew / The vnion of your bed, with weedes ſo loathly / That you ſhall hate it both : Therefore take heede, / As Hymens Lamps ſhall light you. Example: It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.
Word: misfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.faɪ(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪs.faɪ.ɚ/ 1. An act of misfiring. 2. A failure. Labels: figuratively Example: The fact is, Mr Carrados, Gertrude is a misfire. It was the surprise of her life (if I said "disappointment" you'd think me catty) when Mark married me, and she didn't set out to be pleasant to the interloper. Example: Amazon’s misfires with Alexa may have led Google astray, said a former manager who worked on Google Assistant.
Word: misfire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both). Pronunciation: /mɪsˈfaɪ(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪs.faɪ.ɚ/ 1. To fail to discharge properly. 2. To fail to ignite in the proper sequence. 3. To initiate an action potential without the proper stimulus. 4. To fail to achieve the anticipated result. Labels: broadly Example: His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.
Word: miss the mark Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a projectile, to fail to hit the target. Labels: literally 2. To fail to achieve the intended result. Labels: figuratively Example: The party's manifesto missed the mark and failed to attract people's attention. Example: In a statement provided to Ad Age, Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice president of marketing, said the company “missed the mark.”
Word: wide of the mark Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From archery and sports jargon. Sometimes corrupted to wide(ly) off the mark (as in far off the mark, way off base). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪd əv ðə ˈmɑːk/, /ˈwaɪd əv ðə ˈmɑɹk/ 1. Of a projectile: missing the target. Example: Each had a gun, and the three had been shooting at a number of rabbits. Only Werner had been successful, the others shooting wide of the mark. Example: In most duels, both men usually felt that honor was satisfied even when their shots went wide of the mark, and very often both duelists purposely shot into the air or the ground. But this time both men [Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson] meant to shoot to kill. 2. (Very) inaccurate. Labels: idiomatic Example: Well, I suppose you could say the weatherman was wide of the mark again then! Example: Prov[erb]. Acertadole ha Pédro a la cogujada, que el rabo lleva tuérto: Peter has hit the lark, for her tail is awry. An expreſſion in deriſion, when a man is wide of the mark.
Word: on the job Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. working; busy; at work. Example: Near-synonyms: on the clock; on the case, on it Example: Unlike your typical office drama, wherein characters’ lives intersect entertainingly both inside and outside work, the premise of Severance rests in the twisted implications of total compartmentalization: What if you could separate out your work memories (and thereby your work self), thereby forming a totally distinct identity while on the job? 2. Having sex. Labels: slang 3. Being a police officer, as contrasted with a civilian. Labels: jargon
Word: point of no return Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The expression originated in air navigation planning. The point along the planned flight path beyond which an aircraft will no longer be capable of returning to the takeoff airfield or an alternate airfield due to insufficient fuel is calculated before takeoff. This is mandatory for overwater flights or flights without alternates on route. 1. The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin. 2. The point in any process or sequence of events where some development becomes inevitable. Labels: figuratively Example: After Munich it became daily more evident that Hitler had passed the point of no return. With every burst of news from Europe the inevitability of war became more certain. Example: [...] this trickle of loss going on relentlessly week by week will gradually reduce miscellaneous merchandise loadings on the railways to a point of no return, where the entire business must be abandoned to cut steeply mounting losses.
Word: diæretic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dieretic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: phase in Part of Speech: verb 1. To introduce (something) little by little, either via discrete phases of increase or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to introduce in phases, or as if by phases (gradually); to begin (something) gradually. Labels: transitive Example: The government will phase in the new education system over a period of three years. Example: The program phased in last year.
Word: phase out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /feɪ̯z äʊ̯t/ 1. To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually). Labels: transitive Example: Leaded petrol was phased out in the course of the 1990s. Example: It [Greenpeace] also says that tax exemptions should be phased out for airlines, including the opt-outs that low-cost carriers currently have from paying VAT or fuel duty on kerosene.
Word: pool table Part of Speech: noun 1. A table used for playing pool.
Word: power broker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From power + broker. 1. A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business. Example: In France, a near-revolution by students and workers came close to toppling Charles de Gaulle in May; its economic aftermath in November almost certainly discredited forever Gaullism's vaunted role as the power broker of Europe. Example: Gen Ali Murtopo—vice chairman of Indonesia's Supreme Advisory Council, former information minister, a major power broker in and out of the army—declared after a meeting with the president that the killings were justified.
Word: rag-and-bone man Part of Speech: noun 1. A man who deals in scrap metal and recycled junk (originally including rags and bones, in earlier centuries). Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Horses and carts are never seen now and the rag and bone man is no more. In the fifties there were still those who made a living from old clothes, especially those made from natural fibres and suitable for felting.
Word: on the rampage Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. behaving violently or rioting Labels: idiomatic Example: The rioters went on the rampage and wrecked the town hall. Example: Stoke were on the rampage but their night was soured by the referee's decision to show Jerome a second yellow card on the stroke of half time.
Word: eat like a pig Part of Speech: verb 1. To chew noisily, with one's mouth open, especially while consuming large quantities greedily. Labels: colloquial
Word: relief agency Part of Speech: noun 1. A humanitarian organization trying to bring relief to the poor and needy.
Word: relief worker Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who works, often on a voluntary basis, in a relief agency.
Word: relief map Part of Speech: noun 1. A map that shows the three-dimensional topography of terrain, usually by use of contours but sometimes with colors or by hatching.
Word: many happy returns Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The earliest attributable use was by Lady Newdigate in a letter written in 1789 (and published in Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels in 1898): Many happy returns of ye day to us my Dr Love. 1. A greeting, usually for birthdays, in reference to the passing year; Happy birthday! Labels: idiomatic
Word: shot in the arm Part of Speech: noun 1. An injection of a drug into the arm, whether for medical or recreational purposes. 2. A stimulus; a boost in energy, morale, or well-being. Labels: broadly Example: By that agreement, President Roosevelt in 1941 gave Canada's war industry a shot in the arm. Example: Renzo Piano's skyscraper, which will be Europe's tallest building, may provide a shot in the arm for London.
Word: shop steward Part of Speech: noun 1. A local member of a trade union elected to represent his fellow workers in discussions with the management at a workplace. Example: It is understood that ScotRail made a revised offer of 2.5%, but the RMT national executive committee is likely to reject this following consultation with shop stewards.
Word: enactment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English enact Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enactment From enact + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈæktmənt/ 1. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The actors' powerful enactment of the play was breathtaking. 2. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The enactment of this law will be a great step backward for our country. 3. A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The enactments passed by the council that year included sweeping reforms.
Word: jojoba esters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jojoba ester Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ill-gotten Part of Speech: adj 1. Obtained improperly or illegally. Labels: not-comparable Example: The sultan's men got the message: he and his successors exiled out-of-favour amirs to Jerusalem where they were expected to spend their ill-gotten wealth on sumptuous complexes that contained palaces, madrassas and tombs.
Word: jojoba ester Part of Speech: noun 1. A wax obtained by interesterification of jojoba oil with long chain alcohols; used in cosmetics, etc.
Word: pool tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pool table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interesterification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + ester + -ification. 1. The reaction of an ester with an alcohol in order to obtain a different ester. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slush fund Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally in reference to money for miscellaneous uses that sailors made by selling slush (“a soft mixture of grease and other ingredients”). 1. Money stored for illegal or dishonest purposes. Example: He is said to have used his party’s slush fund to buy votes in the election. Example: 7: CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space. 2. Money that has not been hypothecated or dedicated to a particular purpose, or which is used for a different purpose than originally intended. Example: A slush fund is a sum of money that is set aside as a reserve. In accounting, a slush fund is a general ledger account of commingled funds that does not have a designated purpose. In more sinister cases, a slush fund may be used as a "black fund," which is unaccounted for and kept off the books.
Word: eer Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ɛə/, /ɛɚ/ 1. Unpunctuated contraction of ever. Labels: poetic
Word: slush funds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slush fund Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shop stewards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shop steward Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relief maps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relief map Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bas-relief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bas-relief, from Italian bassorilievo, compound of basso (“low”) + rilievo (“relief”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæs.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˈbɑː.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˈbɑs.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˌbɑ.ɹɪˈlif/, /ˌbæs.ɹɪˈlif/ 1. A low or mostly-flat sculpture which is carved into a wall, or is in the form of a tile mounted flat to a wall, rather than a fully three-dimensional, free-standing figure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: cavo-relievo, cavo-rilievo, intaglio-rilievo, sunken relief, cameo (jewelry)
Word: bas-relief Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French bas-relief, from Italian bassorilievo, compound of basso (“low”) + rilievo (“relief”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæs.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˈbɑː.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˈbɑs.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˌbɑ.ɹɪˈlif/, /ˌbæs.ɹɪˈlif/ 1. In the bas-relief style; low or mostly flat. Labels: not-comparable
Word: relief workers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relief worker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relief agencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relief agency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splinter group Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of members of a political party or of a similar organisation who have decided to create their own organisation. Example: Splinter groups in the centre Left or centre Right are often a shot in the arm for the Far Right or the Communist Party.
Word: spy ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A network of spies. Example: the Russian spy ring
Word: rubicons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rubicon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubicons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rubicon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: splinter groups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splinter group Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spy rings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spy ring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: power brokers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of power broker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stuffed like a turkey Part of Speech: adj 1. Very full from overeating. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: drunk as a skunk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom. 1. Highly inebriated. Labels: colloquial
Word: goldfinches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goldfinch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wave field synthesis Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of mathematics and a large number of loudspeakers to accurately reproduce a given field of sound. Labels: uncountable
Word: bungling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the verb bungle. 1. Incompetent or inept. Example: Harry made a bungling attempt to catch the ball. Example: Well, he then decided to manufacture everything as in the human body. I'll show you in the museum the bungling attempt it took him ten years to produce. It was to have been a man, but it lived for three days only. Then up came young Rossum, an engineer. He was a wonderful fellow, Miss Glory. When he saw what a mess of it the old man was making, he said: "It's absurd to spend ten years making a man. If you can't make him quicker than nature, you might as well shut up shop."
Word: bungling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb bungle. 1. An act of incompetence or ineptitude. Example: Your bungling nearly cost us our jobs.
Word: bungling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the verb bungle. 1. present participle and gerund of bungle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: manfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English manfully; equivalent to manful + -ly. 1. In a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination. Example: […] Apollyon wounded him in his head, his hand and foot; this made Chriſtian give a little back: Apollyon therefore followed his work amain, and Chriſtian again took courage, and reſiſted as manfully as he could. Example: She manfully struggled on, however - womanfully would perhaps be a stronger and more appropriate word. She had to calculate not only how to play her own hand correctly, but she had to calculate on her partner's probable errors.
Word: manful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English manful, manfull, equivalent to man + -ful. 1. Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly. Example: If Cousin wasn’t trying so hard to be manful, he’d be crying. 2. Courageous; noble; high-minded. Labels: broadly
Word: beechnut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beech + nut. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːt͡ʃˌnʌt/ 1. The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree. Example: The cultivated harvest in the fields was matched by the woodland ‘mast’ of beechnuts, acorns, chestnuts, and other fruits of the forest.
Word: bentwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bent + wood. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛntwʊd/ 1. Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.). Labels: attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable Example: About this time [Michael] Thonet received his first major public commission from the famous Cafe Daum in Vienna. From this point on, the bentwood chair would be known by many as the Cafe Chair[…]. The back is made of four layers of twisted mahogany laminates, while the front legs appear to be bent from solid stock with turned capitals, which act as shoulders for the tenon of the leg into the seat. The seat frames are made of five layers of mahogany, as they were in the Schwarzenburg chairs. Because of its lightness, durability and accommodating design, the bentwood chair was perfectly suited for public places. Example: Bentwood furniture is made by bending and nailing long, straight, fresh branches or suckers of trees around a frame. Unlike most stick work, bentwood furniture is carefully planned before it is made. 2. An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood. Labels: countable Example: The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods. Example: She started walking over to the trestle table and, about ten years later, sat down on one of the thirty-three bentwoods.
Word: bibliographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bibliography 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 bibliographer From bibliography + -er. 1. A person who compiles bibliographies, or who studies bibliography.
Word: bibliographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bibliography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bibliographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bibliography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bibliographic From bibliography + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to bibliography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bibliographical Part of Speech: adj 1. bibliographic Example: I enquired for the rooms of the librarian. Nobody seemed to be quite sure of his name, or upon whom the bibliographical mantle had descended.
Word: bibliographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bibliographical Middle English -ly English -ly English bibliographically From bibliographical + -ly. 1. Concerning bibliography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chanteur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin cantōrem Old French chanteor French chanteurbor. English chanteur Borrowed from French chanteur (“male singer”). Pronunciation: /ʃɒnˈtɜː/ 1. A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer. Example: Pyramid Records, he says, has just relesased ^([sic]) D.C. Larue's The Tea Dance. Larue is gay-dom's latest chanteur with no hints about it.
Word: work to rule Part of Speech: verb 1. To work slowly by strictly following all work rules, usually in a work-to-rule job action, as part of unionized labor protest. Labels: idiomatic
Word: work to rule Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of work-to-rule. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: work-to-rule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from work to rule. 1. A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.
Word: work-to-rule Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from work to rule. 1. Of or pertaining to such a protest. Labels: not-comparable Example: Disgruntled by chronic staff shortages, doctors threatened a “work-to-rule” action at the East London Hospital Complex by the end of this week.
Word: clàrsach Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of clarsach. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Thrice, with the same result, his hand / Upon the chords he laid— / He turned the keys, but harsher sound / The trembling clàrsach made: / In honor of the mother, then, / A planxty he composed, / And perfect was the harmony / Until the strain was closed. Example: In the sea-loch now known as that of Tarbert of Loch Fyne, but in the old far-off days named the Haven of the Foray, there was once a grianân, a sunbower, of so great a loveliness, that throughout all lands of the Gael the strings of the singing men’s clàrsachs ceaselessly stirred to it, as at a breath of the beauty of all beauty.
Word: beechnuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beechnut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outshined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outshine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: a stitch in time saves nine Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From the practice of mending a small tear in cloth when first noticed ("in time"), before it becomes a larger one requiring more stitches. 1. A little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring more effort to fix later.
Word: misfires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misfire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misfires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misfire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misfiring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misfire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misfiring Part of Speech: noun 1. The situation where something misfires. Example: He has written a book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.
Word: misfired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misfire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: barium arsenate Part of Speech: noun 1. The barium salt of arsenic acid, Ba₃(AsO₄)₂, formed as a precipitate when removing arsenic from water supplies. Labels: uncountable
Word: French inhale Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of expelling cigarette smoke from the mouth and simultaneously inhaling it through the nose.
Word: French inhale Part of Speech: verb 1. To exhale smoke from a cigarette, or any oral smoking device, through the mouth while simultaneously inhaling it through the nose.
Word: French inhales Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of French inhale Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: French inhaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of French inhale Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: French inhaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of French inhale Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pianofortes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pianoforte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rabbit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rabbitted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rabbit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: saddleback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saddle + back. 1. A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks. 2. A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end. 3. A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges. 4. Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back. 5. A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking. 6. An anticline. 7. A great black-backed gull. Labels: UK 8. A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus. Labels: New-Zealand Example: The young bird had the plumage of the saddleback, not the even chestnut of the jackbird, although its plumage was rather duller than that of the adult. 9. A variety of domestic goose. 10. A raccoon oyster. 11. A harp seal. 12. A larva of the bombycid moth.
Word: saddleback Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From saddle + back. 1. saddle-backed Labels: not-comparable
Word: saddleback Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From saddle + back. 1. saddle-backed Labels: not-comparable
Word: saddleback Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Saddleback Church of Lake Forest, California. Coined in a contest held by columnist Dan Savage, in response to its support for California Proposition 8. 1. To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity. (chiefly by Christian teenagers) Labels: slang Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:saddleback.
Word: Kemetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Kemet Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Kemetic From Kemet + -ic. 1. Pertaining to ancient Egypt's religion, culture, or language, whether Ancient Egyptian or the modern Coptic language and its dialects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hammer-ons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hammer-on Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megapenny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peny English penny English megapenny From mega- + penny. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.ɡəˌpɛ.ni/ 1. A million cents. ($10,000) Labels: humorous Example: Or megapenny ($10,000) and nanoacre (for measuring chip sizes). Example: If I could, there would probably be dozens of large software corporations banging on my door, offering 20 megapennies a year, company cars, ... 2. An indefinite amount of money, implied to be large. Labels: humorous Example: A megapenny for your thoughts, please. Example: Not a penny, but megapennies!!! ....
Word: marine biology Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of biology dealing with organisms that live in the sea. Labels: uncountable
Word: buttload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butt + load. Butt in this context may be possibly one or both of: * butt (“large wooden cask”) (Etymology 3) * butt (“two-wheeled cart”) (Etymology 5) Alternatively, the term may either be a corruption of English boatload or have been influenced by that term (except for the specific, West Country dialect sense). All senses above also synchronically reanalyzed as buttocksful. 1. A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons. Labels: UK, West-Country, obsolete Example: BUTT LOAD: about six seams. Example: The farmers near the fishing towns in the same district [Cornwall] likewise buy the refuse of bruised and small pilchards, which are rejected as unfit for curing or the market, and are called caff, four cart-loads of twelve bushels each being considered as the quantity proper for an acre. […] The butt-load formerly cost about 9s. or 10s. but they now fetch 15s. or 20s. the load. 2. A large amount carried in a butt. Labels: New-England, Southern-US, UK, dated Example: We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans. 3. Any large but unspecific amount. Labels: broadly, mildly, slang, vulgar Example: You can collect a metric buttload of data about user activity on your site without too much effort. Example: Anyway, they are paying me a buttload of money to do this series, and I want to share my good fortune with you and that's that.
Word: bethroth Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of betroth. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pimpmobile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1970–75 as an Americanism; pimp + -mobile. 1. An extravagantly large or ornate automobile, presumably suitable for a pimp. Labels: slang Example: “Enough of this crap! I'm catching the next pimpmobile out of here, but before I go, I have one thing to say. Bite my shiny... Metal... ” “Stop! You can't say the next word.” “Up yours, chump. I said it 906 times before lunch.” “Bend, if you say the "A" word you'll blow this whole planet straight to the "H" word.”
Word: pimpmobiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pimpmobile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nut ball Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nutball. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: saddle-backed Part of Speech: adj 1. Shaped or curved like a saddle. Labels: not-comparable Example: a saddle-backed fever, with two peaks where symptoms are most pronounced 2. Having a saddle-shaped marking; saddleback. Labels: not-comparable
Word: saddle-backed Part of Speech: adv 1. with a saddle, rather than bare-backed Labels: not-comparable
Word: bare-backed Part of Speech: adj 1. Without a saddle Labels: not-comparable 2. With a bare back Labels: not-comparable Example: Before I could answer, a ravishing creature in one of those long, bare-backed gowns which I’d gathered from advertisements were the modern woman’s evening dress, strolled past our table. Example: At the edge of the woods stood an Indian in worn buckskins and heavy furs; with him were what looked like two white men bundled up against the cold, and all three were staring at a bearded, bare-backed man who was tied to a small maple tree, the skin on his back already branded with sticky red welts.
Word: bare-backed Part of Speech: adv 1. Without a saddle Labels: not-comparable
Word: avatarhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English avatar Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English avatarhood From avatar + -hood. 1. The state of being an avatar. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bartlett Part of Speech: name Etymology: The pear was named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Massachusetts, after himself. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tlət/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name from a pet form of Bartholomew. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Bartlett Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The pear was named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Massachusetts, after himself. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tlət/ 1. A kind of English pear. Example: The first bite into those Bartletts was intoxicating. The juice met your teeth with a gush.
Word: stick one's oar in Part of Speech: verb 1. To meddle; to stick one's nose into (something) Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: I don't want her coming and sticking her oar in – she doesn't know anything about our financials. Example: He feels he must be [there] today. Not to stick his oar in, you understand, but to offer moral support.
Word: sporter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -er English sporter From sport + -er. 1. Someone who sports something. Example: But today, the mustache cannot shake its ties to the sexy-yet-buffoonish machismo of the mid-1970s, epitomized by Burt Reynolds, Sam Elliott and the Village People, 'stache sporters all. 2. A firearm suitable for sporting use. 3. One who takes part in sport or games. Labels: archaic Example: Charles Lack-wit will have it given out, he is retired into the country, only for the reputation of being thought a man of fashion, when all the while his retirement is to be incessantly hurried with the violence of a madman after a pack of yelping hounds; or brutally murdering whole months of delicious time in noisy laughter, wine, and ribaldry, with Sir Jolly Timberscull, 'Squire Humdrum, and the rest of the club of gentlemen sporters. 4. One who sports or plays with something; a trifler. Example: We have, however, good reason to suspect the Legislature will soon adopt means of rewarding the ingenuity of these indirect sporters with human life.
Word: fontanelles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fontanelle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: condenser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English condense 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 condenser From condense + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkʰəndɛnsɚ/ 1. A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine. 2. A capacitor. Labels: historical 3. A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism. 4. A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.
Word: eupsychian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Abraham Maslow, American psychologist, from eu- + psyche + -ian. 1. Having or moving toward a superior mind or soul
Word: bedlamite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bedlam + -ite, in reference to the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane. 1. A lunatic. Labels: obsolete Example: [S]he cursed him with the bitterest imprecations, and raved like a Bedlamite at the door, which she attempted to burst open. Example: Upon coming to the edge of the outer surf, the man at the stern of our boat, steering with a long oar, began to stamp his feet and roar like a bedlamite […] .
Word: womb envy Part of Speech: noun 1. The alleged unconscious desire of a man to possess a womb. Labels: uncountable
Word: vagina envy Part of Speech: noun 1. The theoretic counterpart to penis envy; the alleged unconscious desire of a man to possess a vagina. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: feverfew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feverfu, feverfeu, feverfugie, modified by folk etymology from either Old French fevrefue or Old English feferfuge, both from Latin febrifugia, from febris (“fever”) + fugō (“to drive away”). Doublet of febrifuge. 1. A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grow cold Part of Speech: verb 1. To wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Men grow cold as girls grow old / And we all lose our charms in the end.
Word: bidirectionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bidirectional Middle English -ly English -ly English bidirectionally From bidirectional + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪdɪˈɹɛkʃənəli/ 1. In opposite directions. Labels: not-comparable Example: The whole of the South Shields branch passed to the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1984 under the Tyneside Metropolitan Rail Act 1973, apart from a short section that was divided into two bi-directionally signalled lines (although interconnected by a series of loops that allow Metro trains to pass each other).
Word: delusion of grandeur Part of Speech: noun 1. The false belief that one is important or powerful, accompanying certain mental disorders. Labels: plural-normally 2. Conceitedness or overconfidence. Labels: plural-normally Example: [A]s Han Solo, always the voice of reason in the series, says, “I'm out of it for a little while, and everyone gets delusions of grandeur.”
Word: bifocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, bi- + focal, or, by surface analysis, bi- + foc(us) + -al. 1. Having two focal lengths. Labels: not-comparable Example: His hair is black and well greased, with individual strands of gray, and he wears wire-rimmed bifocals with a subtle brownish tint. 2. Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision. Labels: not-comparable
Word: biggish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English big Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English biggish From big + -ish. 1. Somewhat big.
Word: biographic Part of Speech: adj 1. biographical
Word: biographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English biographical Middle English -ly English -ly English biographically From biographical + -ly. 1. In the form of a biography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: birdbath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bird + bath. 1. A shallow basin, sometimes ornamental, filled with water for wild birds to drink from or in which to bathe. 2. Random, inconsequential amounts of residual water on a roof membrane. 3. A light or superficial wash of the body, using a sink or similar. Labels: slang Example: Hardly an hour had gone by, barely time to drink a cold sarsaparilla and take a birdbath in a bowl of water, but Kincaid had gotten into more trouble, Angie reflected. Example: “And if a person happens not to be on the block at shower time?” Ty pinched the bridge of his nose.“It’s birdbath time,” Ralph pointed at the sink before remembering Ty was blind.
Word: iritis Part of Speech: noun 1. An inflammation of the iris. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bird bath Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of birdbath. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: biyearly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English yearly English biyearly From bi- + yearly. 1. Occurring every two years; biennial. Labels: not-comparable 2. Occurring twice per year; biannual. Labels: not-comparable Example: At the end of the month when Ayah conducts her biyearly search for nits on our heads, she discovers we have each sprung one white hair!
Word: biyearly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English yearly English biyearly From bi- + yearly. 1. Every two years; biennially Labels: not-comparable 2. Twice per year; biannually Labels: not-comparable
Word: bloodcurdling Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing great horror or terror. Example: Out of nowhere, in the middle of the night, came a bloodcurdling scream. Example: Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and bloodcurdling incident devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.
Word: abscisic acid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌæbˈsɪz.ɪk ˈæ.sɪd/, /ˌæbˈsɪs.ɪk ˈæ.sɪd/ 1. A terpenoid best known as a plant hormone that inhibits seed germination and was once thought to be important in abscission. Labels: uncountable
Word: plant hormone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many substances, produced by plants, that control or regulate their germination, growth, metabolism etc.
Word: Muggles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Muggle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: celestite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin caelestis (“celestial, heavenly”), because of the usual blue shade, + -ite. 1. Alternative form of celestine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: acanthite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in 1855, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + -ite, because of the crystal shapes. Pronunciation: /əˈkæn.θaɪt/, /ˈæk.ənˌθaɪt/ 1. A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag₂S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms. Labels: uncountable
Word: far and away Part of Speech: adv 1. By a large degree or margin; greatly (used before comparative and superlative adjectives). Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Their coffee is far and away the best in town.
Word: for shame Part of Speech: intj 1. You should be ashamed of yourself! Example: Using that kind of language in mixed company, Mike? For shame!
Word: flatworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + worm, a calque of taxonomic name Platyhelminthes. Pronunciation: /ˈflæt.wəɹm/ 1. Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
Word: orpine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French orpin, Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːp(ʌ)ɪn/ 1. Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium. Example: Common Orpine rises up with diverse round, brittle stalks, thick set with fat and fleshy leaves without any order, and little or nothing dented about the edges; of a pale green colour. Example: A plant of orpine was often set by a young girl on her window sill on Midsummer Eve. 2. A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red.
Word: acoustooptics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English acousto- English optics English acoustooptics From acousto- + optics. Pronunciation: /əˌkuːstəʊˈɒptɪks/ 1. The science that studies the diffraction of light by ultrasonic sound. Labels: uncountable
Word: WaPo Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwɑpoʊ/ 1. Syllabic abbreviation of Washington Post, a newspaper from the United States. Labels: informal Example: It's quite impressive that the WaPo editorial board has come out with both barrels against <b₂> their own journalists <c₂>. (Black 2016)
Word: voodoo economics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by George H. W. Bush during the 1980 Republican primaries. 1. Supply-side economics, particularly in reference to policies based on the Laffer curve. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: Riot shields, voodoo economics / It's just business, cattle prods and the I.M.F / I trust I can rely on your vote
Word: microlending Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + lending. 1. Lending of small amounts of money per loan as part of a microcredit program. Labels: uncountable
Word: microcredit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + credit. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌkɹɛdɪt/ 1. The practice of making very small loans, especially to poor people to promote self-employment; microlending. Labels: uncountable 2. A microloan. Labels: countable
Word: haram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of harem and herem. Pronunciation: /həˈɹɑːm/ 1. A sin. Example: In case of necessity it is permissible to change one's madhhab or to do a few things according to another madhhab. It is haram to cheat in order to omit a fard or commit a haram. Example: In Arabic, haram is the noun derived from the verb hrm, the opposite of what it allowed.
Word: haram Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of harem and herem. Pronunciation: /həˈɹɑːm/ 1. Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful. Labels: not-comparable Example: I can’t speak about sex with my friends in Arabic. The words are too heavy and culturally loaded. It all sounds haram (sinful). Example: […] collateral assets must not be debt, cash or prohibited as haram (sinful activity) and must not be associated in any way with unethical or exploitative operations or with speculation and uncertainty (gharar) […]
Word: self-employed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English employed English self-employed From self- + employed. 1. Working for oneself, rather than for an employer. Labels: not-comparable Example: Police said Ko Sasaki, of no fixed address and who claims to be self-employed, took two packs of condoms, worth about 2,000 yen, and tried to leave the store without paying for them.
Word: eensy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from eensy-weensy. Pronunciation: /ˈiːn(t)si/ 1. Very small. Labels: childish Example: I was there for a reason and there I had agreed to stay. Blooming heck. “What if we want popcorn? We can't eat popcorn in your bed,” I told him, sounding maybe an eensy bit desperate.
Word: pop-science Part of Speech: noun 1. popular science Labels: uncountable
Word: popular science Part of Speech: noun 1. An interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students. Labels: uncountable Example: The priests who were, as I have said, the early students and inquirers, had worked out this astronomical side, and in that way were able to fix dates and to frame for the benefit of the populace myths and legends, which were in a certain sense explanations of the order of Nature, and a kind of "popular science." 2. Of, or having to do with science, but aimed at ordinary people as opposed to scientists; intended for general consumption. Labels: attributive, uncountable Example: It was published in a popular science magazine. Example: During the 19th century the need to make science more accessible to the public resulted in the emergence of a new type of written genre, the popular science article.
Word: duct-tape Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of duct tape. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: duct-tape Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of duct tape. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ectasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis). Pronunciation: /ˈɛktəsɪs/ 1. The dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The lengthening of a syllable from short to long. Labels: countable, uncountable