nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: MSRP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of manufacturer's suggested retail price. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “I’m calling across the entire country. I’m thinking this is not going to be possible. I’m not going to find a dealer selling at MSRP,” recalled Rathjen, a technical writer. “I kept calling further and further away until I hit Vermont.” Example: The credit is available to vans with a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $80,000, SUVs with a MSRP of $80,000, pickup trucks with a MSRP of $80,000, and other vehicles with a MSRP of $55,000. The credit is set to expire December 31, 2032.
Word: VIP Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌvi.aɪˈpi/, /vɪp/ 1. Initialism of very important person. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: VIP lounge Example: Nobody is allowed to contact me after 4pm. VIPs can call me on my home phone. 2. Initialism of vasoactive intestinal peptide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of ventilator-induced pneumonia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of variation in production: the remixing of one's own track. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of via in pad Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CYA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of cover your ass/arse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BYO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of bring your own. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: After I check into my single room—a rustic BYO-bed-sheets situation—I return to the common area and settle in for the afternoon’s presentations. 2. Initialism of buy your own. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GI Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of general issue, given to a soldier by the army (as an item), rather than brought from home; or used by the army (as a procedure), and different from its civilian counterpart. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Soldiers counted cadence by chanting: “GI brush / And GI comb / Gee, I wish that I was home!” 2. Initialism of gastrointestinal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: GI tract Example: Endometriosis, which involves tissue similar to uterine tissue growing elsewhere in the body, has myriad symptoms, including GI distress, migraines, discomfort during sex and abdominal pain that can range from debilitating to excruciating. 3. Initialism of government issue. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: GI Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the U.S. military. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One who is demanding and strict, in the manner of a stereotypical member of the military. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of galvanized iron. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of geographical indication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of glycemic index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of global illumination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: GI Part of Speech: verb 1. To clean aggressively. Example: Top, get the unit to GI this AO before the old man arrives. Example: Afterwards, a lifer noncom would go ape shit over his low-speed high-drag peons and plan a GI party, sometimes giving his half-stepping shamurai warriors instructions about dust bunnies and getting everything dress right dress while adjusting their headspace and timing in the front leaning rest position.
Word: NPA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Prescription Audit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of New People's Army. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of National Pharmacy Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of nonperforming asset. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: greeble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * A neologism that was originally coined and used by the prop-makers from Industrial Light & Magic while working on production of the original Star Wars film. * The objects in psychology were named by the American psychologist Robert Abelson. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːbliː/, /ˈɡɹiː.bl̩/ 1. A small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object and add visual interest, particularly in movie special effects. 2. Any of a set of invented novel objects used as stimuli in psychological studies of object and face recognition. Example: Because, compared to other objects, face recognition seems to be especially sensitive to stimulus orientation, Gauthier had subjects perform a matching task with upright or inverted faces and greebles in the scanner, hypothesizing that greeble expertise would be specific to viewing them in the trained, upright orientation. 3. (informal, whimsical) An imaginary or invisible creature, such as a bug or spirit, that a cat or other pet is perceived to be chasing or reacting to, often characterized by sudden, frantic movements as if hunting something unseen. Labels: collective, countable
Word: greeble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * A neologism that was originally coined and used by the prop-makers from Industrial Light & Magic while working on production of the original Star Wars film. * The objects in psychology were named by the American psychologist Robert Abelson. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːbliː/, /ˈɡɹiː.bl̩/ 1. To add greebles to a surface. Labels: transitive Example: We're going to greeble the surface of the model to give it a more convincing look.
Word: IAWTC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of I agree with this comment. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: thumbprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thumb + print. 1. A print, mark or impression made by a thumb.
Word: potshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pot + shot. 1858, shot taken for the (cooking) pot, namely for food; see pothunter. Sense “opportunistic criticism” from 1926. Sense “drunk” from obsolete pot (“cup used for drinking liquor”). 1. A shot taken at an easy or random target. Example: to take a potshot at Example: Bannister leaped up, ran lightly across the intervening space, and with his repeater took a potshot at the galloping horseman. 2. Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot. Labels: figuratively Example: He takes his share of potshots (mostly at the Da Vinci surgical robot), but the conscience of the film is in the stories of Essure, a procedure marketed to women as a hassle-free alternative to tubal ligation Example: And until recently, anyone could read his Facebook posts, which included vulgar potshots at Nancy Pelosi and her husband and a pronouncement that supporters of Joseph R. Biden Jr. suffered from a “mental affliction.”
Word: potshot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pot + shot. 1858, shot taken for the (cooking) pot, namely for food; see pothunter. Sense “opportunistic criticism” from 1926. Sense “drunk” from obsolete pot (“cup used for drinking liquor”). 1. To fire potshots. Example: Howard appeared in the doorway. “Say, Sig, go down to the corral and saddle up Teddy for Steve, will you? Some of his friends have been potshotting at him again. No damage done, except to my feelings, but there's nothing like being careful.”
Word: potshot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pot + shot. 1858, shot taken for the (cooking) pot, namely for food; see pothunter. Sense “opportunistic criticism” from 1926. Sense “drunk” from obsolete pot (“cup used for drinking liquor”). 1. Drunk. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: potshot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pot + shot. 1858, shot taken for the (cooking) pot, namely for food; see pothunter. Sense “opportunistic criticism” from 1926. Sense “drunk” from obsolete pot (“cup used for drinking liquor”). 1. simple past and past participle of potshoot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: psychometrics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English metrics English psychometrics From psycho- + metrics. 1. The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results. Labels: uncountable
Word: catabolic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or relating to catabolism. Example: Near-synonym: catabolytic (sometimes synonymous) Example: “This is the idea of catabolic collapse: that what we’re living through is a series of crises, sometimes followed by momentary resolution, but the long-term trend is downturn. It’s not going to be a sudden event that’s everything in a single day, which I think people like preppers are more accustomed to thinking.”
Word: switcheroo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From switch + -eroo. Pronunciation: /ˌswɪt͡ʃəˈɹuː/ 1. A sneaky, unexpected, or clever swap or exchange. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: In a corporate merger, it is usually the big company that buys a smaller one. Last week Boston's up & coming Tracerlab, Inc. pulled a switcheroo. Tracerlab, which grossed only $1,700,000 last year, bought the much bigger ($8,000,000 gross) Kelley-Koett Mfg. Co. Example: When you are dealing with American presidents, you always have to watch for the old switcheroo. Lyndon Johnson opposed Barry Goldwater's "extremism" on Vietnam, then proceeded to try to bomb Hanoi back into the stone age. Richard Nixon opposed price and wage controls, until he suddenly adopted them.
Word: switcheroo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From switch + -eroo. Pronunciation: /ˌswɪt͡ʃəˈɹuː/ 1. To swap or exchange surreptitiously. Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: Another day, the magic wind came and switcherooed Katie into a hairdresser named Sparkle.
Word: have a ball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely from ball in the sense of a dance. 1. To enjoy oneself thoroughly; to have lots of fun or excitement. Labels: idiomatic Example: The kids had a ball playing in the fountain. Example: Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall? / It's the time that every Santa has a ball / Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer? / Does a ton up on his sleigh / Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
Word: malarkey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922. Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes) Pronunciation: /məˈlɑːki/, /məˈlɑɹki/ 1. Nonsense; rubbish. Labels: informal Example: I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through. Example: Malachy—You said it—I wouldn't trust a lawyer no further than I could throw a case of Scotch.
Word: light infantry Part of Speech: noun 1. Ground combat soldiers who are not mechanized, and whose role is to harass the enemy in front of the main body of infantry. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Bedbugs or fleas. Labels: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Our bed was a waterproof sheet on the bare stone-floors, and as the convent swarmed with fleas of all sizes, from the heavy dragoon down to the light infantry, there was no fear of a sentry sleeping on his post. Example: The affair began by a skirmishing of the fleas, who acted as cavalry; then came the main body of lice, followed by the light infantry of bedbugs, to the number of forty thousand.
Word: freeloader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + load + -er, originally US 1930s. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːləʊdə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɹiloʊdɚ/ 1. One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share. Labels: colloquial 2. A person who takes expired unsold merchandise from the back of supermarket premises. Labels: Canada, New-Zealand, UK
Word: Fla Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Fla.: Abbreviation of Florida: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, alternative
Word: woah Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /woʊ/ 1. Alternative spelling of whoa. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Example: Woah, woah, woah, I have one more question.
Word: reg. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of register. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of regular. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: thrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from thrips 1. Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera. Example: S.^([Stenchaetothrips]) biformis is also known as rice leaf thrip, paddy thrip, or oriental rice thrip. Example: A pair of local pests, the thrip and white fly, made their way into the greenhouse through the air vents and hitchhiked into the conservatory on plants. Without controls in place, each female thrip can reproduce 200 offspring every week.
Word: haricot bean Part of Speech: noun 1. A herbaceous plant from the Americas, Phaseolus vulgaris, the bean of which is eaten as both a green bean and dried, when it is cooked slowly as Boston baked beans. Labels: UK 2. The bean of this plant.
Word: urogenital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uro- + genital. 1. Of, or relating to the urinary and the genital systems. Labels: not-comparable
Word: urography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -graphy. 1. Radiography of the urinary tract. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: urographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English urography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English urographic From urography + -ic. 1. of, or relating to urography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: urinary tract Part of Speech: noun 1. The continuous system involved in the production and excretion of urine; the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra.
Word: ureter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr). Pronunciation: /jʊəˈɹiːtə(ɹ)/ 1. Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
Word: urokinase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + kinase. 1. A protease, found in the urine, which converts plasminogen to plasmin, and is used in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: urology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English uro- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English urology From uro- + -logy. Pronunciation: /jʊəˈɹɒlədʒi/ 1. The surgical specialty of medicine that treats disorders of the urinary tract and the urogenital system. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: uropod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. English uro- English -pod English uropod From uro- (“tail”) + -pod (“foot”). Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹəˌpɒd/ 1. either of the two posterior abdominal appendages of the lobster, shrimp and some other crustaceans. 2. the hind part of polarized leukocytes, mostly involved in cell-to-cell interaction, cell activation and apoptosis.
Word: uroscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. English uro- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scopy English uroscopy From uro- + -scopy. 1. the visual diagnostic examination of urine during ancient and medieval Europe Labels: historical
Word: meatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”). Pronunciation: /miˈeɪ.təs/, /miˈeɪˌtus/ 1. A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body. Example: The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females. Example: The illness. It came out of nowhere. His breathing all of a sudden started hurting the back of his throat. Then that overfull heat in various cranial meatus. 2. Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: uroscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English uroscopy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English uroscopic From uroscopy + -ic. 1. of, or relating to uroscopy Labels: not-comparable
Word: vulviform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vulva English -i- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English vulviform From vulva + -iform. 1. Having the shape of a vulva; like a cleft with projecting edges. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diagnostic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”). Pronunciation: /daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/, /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɑ.stɪk/, /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/, /dɑe.əɡˈnɔs.tɪk/, /daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tək/ 1. Of, or relating to diagnosis. 2. Characteristic of a particular disease. 3. Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things. Example: Each language has its own distinct phonological qualities which a counter can tap into with effect. It is not necessarily specific phonemes (though these can sometimes be diagnostic), but rather the frequency and phonotactic distribution of each disparate set of phonemes that go together in the speech stream in certain recognisable ways. 4. Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught. Example: A diagnostic assessment 5. Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.
Word: diagnostic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”). Pronunciation: /daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/, /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɑ.stɪk/, /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/, /dɑe.əɡˈnɔs.tɪk/, /daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tək/ 1. Any technique used in medical diagnosis. 2. Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem. 3. That by which anything is known; a symptom.
Word: urticant Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing itching or stinging. Labels: not-comparable
Word: urticant Part of Speech: noun 1. Such a substance.
Word: meare Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mere. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete form of mare. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: meare Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of mere. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: use up Part of Speech: verb 1. To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust. Example: "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore." Example: The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way. 2. To take or occupy.
Word: insurance policy Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk. 2. Something that protects or safeguards. Labels: figuratively Example: Prince Harry may yet turn out to be the crown’s best insurance policy. By marrying Meghan Markle, he is linking royalty with a 21st-century celebrity who has a backstory that many people in Britain can identify with.
Word: underwriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From underwrite + -er. 1. An entity assuming a financial risk. 2. A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured. 3. An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities. Example: They were the underwriters of the company's shares, but only on a "best efforts" basis.
Word: used to Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From used, past participle of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to. Pronunciation: /juːs(t).tu/, /juːs.tə/, /jus(t).tu/, /jus.tə/, /juːzd/ 1. Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable, with-noun-phrase Example: I am very used to cleaning up other people’s mess. Example: I became/grew quite used to his ways.
Word: used to Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From used, past of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to (“infinitive marker”). Pronunciation: /juːs(t).tu/, /juːs.tə/, /jus(t).tu/, /jus.tə/, /juːzd/ 1. Formerly and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer, did. Labels: no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: You never used to like soap operas, did you? I used to like that band long ago, and I was surprised I still do. I used to know a guy from the UK who pronounced "mother" with the "r". It used to be me who ran the company. There used to be open fields here. Now it's a shopping mall. Example: I always used to go to the seaside in August as a child.
Word: atled Part of Speech: noun Etymology: delta spelled backwards, the symbol being an inverted delta: ∇. Pronunciation: /ətlɛd/ 1. Del.
Word: usher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier. Pronunciation: /ˈʌʃəɹ/, [ˈʌʃ.ə(ɹ)], [ˈʌʃ.ɚ], [ˈɐʃ.ə(ɹ)] 1. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats. 2. A male escort at a wedding. 3. A doorkeeper in a courtroom. 4. An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher. Labels: obsolete Example: [H]e defrayed the expence of his entrance, and left him in the particular care and inspection of the usher, who […] though obliged by the scandalous administration of fortune to act in the character of an inferior teacher, had by his sole capacity and application, brought the school to that degree of reputation which it never could have obtained from the talents of his superior. Example: He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school, ‘a man (said he) very skilful in his little way.’ 5. Any schoolteacher. Labels: dated, derogatory
Word: usher Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier. Pronunciation: /ˈʌʃəɹ/, [ˈʌʃ.ə(ɹ)], [ˈʌʃ.ɚ], [ˈɐʃ.ə(ɹ)] 1. To guide people to their seats. Labels: transitive Example: Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat, dropped a respectful curtsey, and shut the door; Example: Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage. 2. To accompany or escort (someone). Labels: transitive Example: [N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him who can[.] Example: Hee brought-in likewiſe the ancient cuſtome againe, that in what moneth hee had not the Knitches of rods with Axes borne before him, a publique Officer called Accensvs ſhould huiſher him before, and the Serjeants or Lictours follow after behinde. 3. To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence. 4. To lead or guide somewhere. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.
Word: nabla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew נֵבֶל (nḗḇel) or a Phoenician cognate. Doublet of nebel, which comes via the modern Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל. 1. A Hebrew stringed instrument. 2. The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.
Word: usher in Part of Speech: verb 1. To announce the arrival of something; to herald. Example: Defeat 12 months ago away to the same opponents signalled the end of John Toshack's reign as Wales manager, ushering in first caretaker Brian Flynn and then current boss Gary Speed. 2. To begin something with preparatory material; to introduce. Example: It ushered in a whole new era. Example: The war-torn first half of the 20th century, together with the railway grouping of 1923, ushered in further austerity in design.
Word: usherette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From usher + -ette. 1. A female usher. Labels: dated Example: It is such a tiny little place that at first I thought I had gone wrong, and was in an antechamber. Plain papered walls, ascetic chairs, a moldy piano, and a couple of usherettes seemed extremely bare. Example: And then the usherette opened the doors of this dark palace and with a flashlight held behind her took him to his seat.
Word: Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod Part of Speech: name 1. The sergeant-at-arms in the House of Lords. Labels: UK
Word: Black Rod Part of Speech: noun 1. Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. 2. An usher in the legislature of some British colonies. Canada still had them in 2025. Labels: also, historical Example: Soon after, the Scotch commissioners presented also to the upper house the charge against him, tending to prove him an incendiary: he was immediately committed to the custody of the black rod.
Word: Derek Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Middle Low German variant of Theodoric, and revived in the 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛɹɪk/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: "Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist." Example: We do not entertain as much anymore because of Derek. (He produces strain. We have to pretend he doesn't.) I used to like him when I still thought he was normal. I was fond of him. I used to call him Dirk, and Kiddo, Steamshovel, Dinky Boy, and Dicky Dare. Till I found out what he was. Now it's always formal: Derek. 2. A surname.
Word: vector algebra Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of mathematics that deals with vectors and operations on them. Labels: uncountable
Word: utterly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English utter Middle English -ly English -ly English utterly From utter + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈʌtəli/, /ˈʌtɚli/, [ˈʌɾɚli], /ˈʊtəli/, /ˈʌtəɾle/ 1. Completely; entirely; to the fullest extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Well, now we are utterly lost. Example: I have failed you utterly.
Word: table linen Part of Speech: noun 1. tablecloths and napkins Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: linear algebra Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of mathematics that deals with vectors, vector spaces, linear transformations and systems of linear equations. Labels: uncountable 2. an associative algebra Labels: uncountable
Word: tablecloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tabyllcloth, table cloth, tabylle clothe, a partial translation of earlier Middle English bord cloth, bordcloth (“tablecloth”), from Old English bordclāþ, equivalent to table + cloth. 1. A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table. Example: Just across the field stood a small house. In the yard the week's washing was hung out. Among the articles was a red tablecloth.
Word: table d'hôte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French table d'hôte (“table of the host”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɑːblə ˈdəʊt/, /ˌtɑːbəl -/ 1. A menu offering a complete meal, with little choice, at a fixed price. Example: The increases from December 4 in the prices of table d'hôte meals in British Railways restaurant cars were expected, in view both of a general upward trend in meal prices in the catering trade and of the fiat that train meals must pay for themselves. Example: It’s also possible to reserve a table d’hôte if you’re not actually staying there.
Word: table d'hôte Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French table d'hôte (“table of the host”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɑːblə ˈdəʊt/, /ˌtɑːbəl -/ 1. Of menu selections, offered at a fixed price. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tacking Part of Speech: noun 1. Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of changing tack. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The English doctrine of tacking was first solemnly established in Marsh v . Lee , under the assistance of Sir Matthew Hale , who compared the operation to a plank in shipwreck gained by the last mortgagee 4. The joining together of consecutive periods of possession of property, especially between squatters in cases of adverse possession. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Jovian planet Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the four gas giant planets in the Solar System: Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, or Neptune.
Word: square matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. A matrix having the same number of rows as columns.
Word: marches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɪz/, /ˈmɑːtʃɪz/ 1. plural of march Labels: form-of, plural Example: They settled in the border marches.
Word: marches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɪz/, /ˈmɑːtʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of march Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sperm whale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipping of spermaceti whale. 1. A whale, Physeter macrocephalus, the largest of the toothed whales. 2. Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.
Word: humpback whale Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmpbæk ˌweɪl/, /ˈhʌmpbæk ˌʍeɪl/ 1. A species of baleen whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Example: Humpback whales often display "inquisitive, friendly behavior" toward boats and humans, according to Jodi Frediani, a marine wildlife photographer and paper co-author.
Word: Beluga Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of beluga. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: maim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-Norman maheimer, mahaigner, of Germanic origin; see mayhem. Pronunciation: /meɪm/ 1. To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body. Example: He was maimed by a bear. Example: Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Word: maim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-Norman maheimer, mahaigner, of Germanic origin; see mayhem. Pronunciation: /meɪm/ 1. A severe, serious wound. Labels: obsolete Example: it ſequeſtred me from the woonted meanes of my maintenance, which is as great a maime to any mans happineſſe as can bee feared from the hands of miſerie, or the deepe pit of diſpaire wherinto I was falne, beyond my greateſt friendes reach to recouer mee
Word: PhD Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Ph.D.. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Xuankun Li, who named the bee fly Paramonovius nightking, is a PhD student at CSIRO and a huge fan of ‘Game of Thrones,’ proving that inspiration for new species names can come from anywhere,” entomologist Dr. Bryan Lessard said in a statement.
Word: Jovian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Iovis (“Jove, Jupiter”) + -an, analysable as Jove + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Zeusian. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vi.ən/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vi.ən/ 1. Pertaining to the planet Jupiter. 2. Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus); Jove-like; befitting Jupiter. Labels: Roman Example: Near-synonym: Zeusian Example: He did not admit of equals. But as a patron he was superb. With his Jovian air, his colossal condescension, his amused smile, his general suggestion of the god descending to the mortal, he could be quite overpowering in his amiability.
Word: Jovian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Iovis (“Jove, Jupiter”) + -an, analysable as Jove + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Zeusian. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vi.ən/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vi.ən/ 1. An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Jupiter.
Word: Jovian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the emperor’s name, Latin Ioviānus. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vi.ən/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vi.ən/ 1. Flavius Jovianus Augustus (331–364), a Roman emperor. 2. A male given name from Latin
Word: crème de la crème Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French crème de la crème (literally “cream of the cream”). 1. Best of the best; something superlative; the very best. Labels: idiomatic, singular, singular-only, uncountable Example: To be an astronaut you must be the crème de la crème. Example: ‘Plainly,’ said Miss Brodie, ‘you were not listening to me. If only you small girls would listen to me I would make of you the crème de la crème.’
Word: crème Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French crème. Doublet of cream and crema. Pronunciation: /kɹɛm/ 1. Synonym of cream. Example: I was still wearing Florsheim cordovan wingtip shoes, medium gray flannel slacks, with a broadcoth crème shirt that displayed pale green stripes setting off my dark green silk tie imprinted with light brown heads of horses. Example: He went through periods where he wore monochromatic outfits, and though he had begun to experiment with new combinations, he still liked to return to the blue suit with the blue shirt and the blue tie, or the creme colored suit with the creme shirt and the creme tie.
Word: crème Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French crème. Doublet of cream and crema. Pronunciation: /kɹɛm/ 1. A very sugary, fluffy white cream derivative or creamlike analogue. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Cream. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crème Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French crème. Doublet of cream and crema. Pronunciation: /kɹɛm/ 1. To whip into a thick creamy texture. Example: Cremed magnesia beautifies the skin in the same easy way that milk of magnesia purifies the stomach[…]Thousands of doctors now insist that their wives, patients and nurses use nothing but cremed magnesia on their faces. Example: Raspberries, usually souffléed or crèmed[…]
Word: cachette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cachette. 1. A hidden nook; a hiding place. Example: The dwarf plucked the bird from its cachette, throttled it with a twist of his knotty hands, and held it up for the gunman to admire. Example: A further twenty-six well-preserved statues were discovered in 1989 where they had been buried in a cachette under the floor of the temple.
Word: Kapingamarangi Part of Speech: name 1. An atoll in the Pacific Ocean. 2. The Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Kapingamarangi.
Word: Kapingamarangi Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Kapingamarangi atoll or the Kapingamarangi language.
Word: acroamatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin acroamaticus, acroaticus (“esoteric”), at first chiefly in reference to the “esoteric” and originally oral teachings of Aristotle, from Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός (akroamatikós, “for hearing only; esoteric”), from ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai, “to listen”). 1. Of or pertaining to hearing. Labels: archaic, rare Example: Prate they not cataracts of insensible noise, / That with obstreperous cadence cracks the organs / Acroamatick, till the deaf auditor / Admires the words he heares not? Example: I should prefer, therefore, to call the former acroamatic, or audible (discursive) proofs, because they can be carried out by words only (the object in thought), rather than demonstrations, which, as the very term implies, depend on the intuition of the object. 2. Esoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated. Example: How to begin such warfare against sovereign religion in times ruled by the very zealots against whom one must fight? How else but covertly, enigmatically, in the acroamatic manner practiced so beautifully in Holy War? Example: Repeatedly in the Gospels Jesus takes his disciples aside to offer them acroamatic teachings not intended for the mass of listeners or to explain a secret meaning to some parable with which he has entertained the larger crowd. 3. Based on lectures or exposition by monologue. Example: Coordinate term: erotematic Example: Up to that time the “acroamatic” method had been used in which the catechist gave a lecture, and the children were only listeners (ἀκροᾶσθαι).
Word: Tanger Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Tangier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reproach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reprochen, from Old French reprochier (Modern French reprocher). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹəʊtʃ/, /ɹɪˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/ 1. A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My father made no reproach in his letters and only took notice of my science by inquiring into my occupations more particularly than before. 2. Disgrace or shame. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An object of scorn. Labels: countable
Word: reproach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reprochen, from Old French reprochier (Modern French reprocher). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹəʊtʃ/, /ɹɪˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/ 1. To criticize or rebuke (someone). Labels: transitive Example: if ye be reproached for the name of Christ Example: this new commer, Shame, There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. 2. To disgrace, or bring shame upon. Labels: transitive Example: I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, / For that he knew you, might reproach your life.
Word: volte-face Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French volte-face. Pronunciation: /vɒltˈfæs/, /-ˈfɑːs/ 1. A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle. Example: Psychoanalysis has sprung many surprises on us, performed more than one volte face before our indignant eyes. Example: Then, on July 15, 1971, came Nixon's sudden announcement that Kissinger had just made a secret trip to Peking and that he himself had accepted Chou En-lai's invitation to visit the Chinese mainland sometime before May, 1972. This was instantly interpreted in chancelleries all over the world as a sign that the United States was about to execute a volte-face in its China policy. 2. A dramatic change in mood or tone. Example: Shakespeare often used volte-faces in the rhyming couplets at the end of his sonnets.
Word: rouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse. Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊz/ 1. An arousal. 2. The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse. Labels: Canada, UK
Word: rouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse. Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊz/ 1. To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy. Labels: transitive Example: John Hedley was Locomotive Foreman at Beattock. He was in bed, but they roused him, and he gave orders for one of his pilot engines to go up to the summit, get Mitchell's train, and take it to Carlisle. Example: Dubin slept through the ringing alarm, aware of Kitty trying to rouse him and then letting him sleep. 2. To be awoken from sleep, or from apathy. Labels: intransitive Example: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Night’s black agents to their preys do rouse. Example: As for the heat, with which he treated his other adversaries, ’twas sometimes strain’d a little too far, but in the general was extremely well fitted by the Providence of God to rowse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendome. 3. To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.). Example: to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions Example: […] their first Step in Dangers, after the common Efforts are over, was always to despair, lie down under it, and die, without rousing their Thoughts up to proper Remedies for Escape. 4. To provoke (someone) to action or anger. Example: He scarce had finisht, when such murmur filld Th’ Assembly, as when hollow Rocks retain The sound of blustring winds, which all night long Had rous’d the Sea […] Example: “A surgeon!” said Anne. He caught the word; it seemed to rouse him at once, and saying only—“True, true, a surgeon this instant,” was darting away, when Anne eagerly suggested— “Captain Benwick, would not it be better for Captain Benwick? […]” 5. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place. Example: to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase Example: Deformed creatures, in straunge difference, Some hauing heads like Harts, some like to Snakes, Some like wilde Bores late rouzd out of the brakes, 6. To pull by main strength; to haul. Example: Tom, you and the boy rouse the cable up—get about ten fathoms on deck, and bend it. 7. To raise; to make erect. Labels: obsolete Example: And ouer, all with brasen scales was armd, Like plated cote of steele, so couched neare, That nought mote perce, ne might his corse bee harmd With dint of swerd, nor push of pointed speare, Which as an Eagle, seeing pray appeare, His aery plumes doth rouze, full rudely dight, So shaked he, that horror was to heare, For as the clashing of an Armor bright, Such noyse his rouzed scales did send vnto the knight. Example: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. 8. To tell off; to criticise. Labels: slang Example: He roused on her for being late yet again.
Word: rouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the late 16th Century. From carouse, from rebracketing of the phrase “drink carouse” as “drink a rouse”. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊz/ 1. An official ceremony over drinks. Example: No jocund health that Denmark drinks to-day But the great cannon to the clouds shall tell, And the King’s rouse the heaven shall bruit again, Respeaking earthly thunder. 2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. Example: Fill the cup, and fill the can: Have a rouse before the morn: Every minute dies a man, Every minute one is born. 3. Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
Word: awoken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically awoke + -n. Pronunciation: /əˈwəʊkn̩/ 1. past participle of awake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: awoken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically awoke + -n. Pronunciation: /əˈwəʊkn̩/ 1. Misspelling of awaken. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, nonstandard, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:awoken.
Word: inclined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-der. Proto-Italic *kleināō Latin clīnō Latin inclīnāre Old French enclinerbor. Middle English enclinen English incline English -ed English inclined From incline + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈklaɪnd/ 1. At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped. Example: The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees. 2. Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition. Example: I am inclined to believe you. Example: She's inclined to lose her temper.
Word: inclined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-der. Proto-Italic *kleināō Latin clīnō Latin inclīnāre Old French enclinerbor. Middle English enclinen English incline English -ed English inclined From incline + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈklaɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of incline Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: merely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English mereli, equivalent to mere + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪəli/, /ˈmɪɹli/, /ˈmiəli/ 1. Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. Labels: focus, not-comparable Example: But let us not be unfair to the kibitzers. Not all players hate 'em. Some merely dislike 'em. Example: All these people, who have tried to set you against me out of envy and love of slander – and some too merely passing on what they have been told by others – all these are very difficult to deal with. 2. Wholly, entirely. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: It is not forgot, since the acute and distinct Arminius was perverted meerly by the perusing of a namelesse discourse writt'n at Delf, which at first he took in hand to confute. Example: I am sorry to say, that I doubt if there is a judge in Massachusetts who is prepared to resign his office, and get his living innocently, whenever it is required of him to pass sentence under a law which is merely contrary to the law of God.