nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: decelerator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decelerate + -or. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛləɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. someone or something that decelerates.
Word: decelerators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decelerator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draftsmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English draftsman Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English draftsmanship From draftsman + -ship. 1. The art or craft of a draftsman. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The skill of drawing. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: troubleshooting Part of Speech: noun 1. The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature. Labels: uncountable Example: When it comes to computer problems, his troubleshooting is first-rate.
Word: troubleshooting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of troubleshoot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: draftswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English draft English -s- Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English draftswoman From draft + -s- + -woman. 1. A woman employed in making drawings. 2. A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
Word: draftswomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draftswoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disallowance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + allowance and disallow + -ance; may be analyzed as dis- + allow + -ance. 1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the 'disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric. 2. A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the British monarch disallowing colonial legislation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disallowances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disallowance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pocket pool Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of manipulating one's genitalia through a trouser pocket; masturbation. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: ‘[…]I don't give a damn if your messengers end up giving fuck shows for horny old men snarfing nose candy and playing pocket pool.’ 2. Synonym of pocket billiards. Labels: uncountable Example: In this book I'm going to share with you some of the things I've learned along the way. I'm assuming that you've already mastered the fundamentals of pocket pool and possibly some of the other games […]
Word: pocket-pool Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pocket pool. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Before he could even begin to understand introductory algebra, he had to re-learn the fractions that he and Teddy and Vern had played pocket-pool through in the fifth grade.
Word: fice Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faɪs/ 1. Alternative form of feist (“a feist dog”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: 1805 October 3, Lorenzo Dow, journal, in Orrin Scofield (ed.), Perambulations of Cosmopolite; or Travels and Labors of Lorenzo Dow, in Europe and America, Orrin Scofield (1842), page 178, He wrote a letter to Bob Sample, one of the most popular A-double-L-part preachers in the country, who like a little fice, or cur dog, would rail behind my back. Example: a'''1849, James W. C. Pennington, The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States, Second Edition, Charles Gilpin (1849), pages 33–34, Besides inflicting upon my own excited imagination the belief that I made noise enough to be heard by the inmates of the house who were likely to be rising at the time, I had the misfortune to attract the notice of a little house-dog, such as we call in that part of the world a “fice,’ on account of its being not only the smallest species of the canine race, but also, because it is the most saucy, noisy, and teasing of all dogs.
Word: believability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *laubō Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laubijaną Proto-West Germanic *laubijan Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan Old English belīefan Middle English bileven English believe Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English believability From believe + -ability. 1. The state or quality of being believable. Labels: uncountable
Word: comble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French comble. Doublet of cumulus. 1. A band along the top part of the shield, half the height of the chief.
Word: juke joint Part of Speech: noun 1. An informal drinking establishment featuring blues music and dancing; primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States. Labels: slang Example: "She's black as tar... nappy-headed... She got legs like baseball bats. Her own daddy won't have nothing to do with her. She's no more than a jook-joint Jezebel. She ain't even clean."
Word: jook joint Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of juke joint. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bell-ringer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bell ringer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: præclude Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of preclude. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Yeſterday I called ane counſell of warre, where we moſt ſeriouſlie weighed and fullie debated everie thinge relating to his majeſtie’s ſervice, and having found that the treacherie and deſertion of many of thoſe, who had joyned in it, and were eminently conſiderable, have reduced the buſines to ſuch a condition, that we were forced to conclude it impoſsible now to carie it on with the meaneſt hope of advantage; and withall finding it very improbable, if not altogether impoſsible, to gett the advice of yourſelfe, and all the noblemen and officers, which we moſt earneſtly wiſhed in this ſad exigent, that everie man’s judgment might have gone along with ours, without manifeſt prejudice in many reſpects: it was unanimouſly concluded neceſsarie to ſend for a paſse for ſome perſons, to treat for the laying doune of armes with Monke, and to deſire a ceſsation rather than fooliſhly to ſacrifice the lyves and fortunes of thoſe, who have moſt loyallie and noblie reſiſted and contemned all difficulties, temptations, and diſcouragements, and ar yet moſt willing to ſpend their laſt blood in this caus; and ſo in human appearance præclude as farre as in us lyes all future hopes of this kingdome’s libertie.
Word: dopy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of dopey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dorky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dork Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dorky From dork + -y. 1. Like a dork. Example: I entitled the piece "Dorky", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky. Example: Anyway this dorky guy asks Sallyfrass to dance and she kind of likes him...
Word: præ- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Ligatural form of Latin pre-. Pronunciation: /pɹaɪ/, /pɹiː/, /pɹɛ/ 1. Alternative form of pre-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, morpheme
Word: dinnerware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dinner Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English dinnerware From dinner + -ware. 1. The dishes used for serving dinner. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: puellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hæresy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹəsi/, /ˈhaɪɹəsi/ 1. Alternative spelling of heresy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And Epiphaniusᵉ reports it to be a hæresy of the Osseni, that they sayd it was no sin etiamsi simulachra ipsos adorare contingat persequutionis tempore instante, si solum in Conscientiâ non adorent; to adore with their bodyes though their soules detested it was Idolatry, and to deny it was hæresy.
Word: hæresies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hæresy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of hæresie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English polyculture From poly- + culture. 1. The planting of two or more crops in the same place. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A multiculture; a polycultural society, sometimes especially one in which multiple cultures exist without one dominating. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: What we have here is not a 'multiculture' as it is represented in multiculturalism, not a pluralist order of discrete patches of culture, all somehow, 'equally valid' within the polity, but—to form a Greek/Roman Creole—a polyculture, or at any rate a collection of cultural entities that are not (a) discrete and complete in themselves; (b) that are not in any sense 'intrinsically' 'equal'; and (c) are active together and hence bound up with change. Example: Marsdsen, R. (1993) 'Global Monoculture, Multiculture and Polyculture', Social Research 60 (3): 493–523.
Word: campane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French campane, ultimately from Late Latin campāna. 1. A bell, or bell-shaped thing. Labels: rare
Word: coon cat Part of Speech: noun 1. A Maine Coon Labels: US
Word: chromosomally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English chromosomal Middle English -ly English -ly English chromosomally From chromosomal + -ly. 1. With reference to chromosomes. Labels: not-comparable Example: chromosomally abnormal
Word: nuked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nuke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: liquid mirror Part of Speech: noun 1. A mirror made from a layer of reflective liquid.
Word: liquid mirror telescope Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of reflecting telescope employing a parabolic liquid mirror made by spinning a pool of reflective liquid.
Word: decidable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English decide Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English decidable From decide + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈsaɪdəbəɫ] 1. capable of being decided. 2. describing a set for which there exists an algorithm that will determine whether any element is or is not within the set in a finite amount of time. Example: It is easy to show that the set of even numbers is decidable by creating the relevant Turing machine. 3. in intuitionistic logic, a proposition P is decidable in a given theory if it can be proven from the theory that "either P or not P", i.e. in symbols: P∨¬P.
Word: falls by the wayside Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fall by the wayside Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dimethylfuran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dimethyl + furan. 1. Any of four isomers of the heterocyclic compound formed by substituting two methyl groups for hydrogen in furan; but especially 2,5-dimethylfuran obtained by catalytic reduction of fructose from biomass for use as a biofuel
Word: immunoblotting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English blotting English immunoblotting From immuno- + blotting. 1. The use of immunoblots to analyse proteins. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immunoblot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English blot English immunoblot From immuno- + blot. 1. A blot used in western blot analysis.
Word: immunoblot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English blot English immunoblot From immuno- + blot. 1. To perform such an analysis.
Word: emboldens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embolden Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: emboldening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embolden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: emboldening Part of Speech: noun 1. A making bold. Example: They do not fear shameful fears, nor are they emboldened by shameful emboldenings. Example: Ruling in the immunity case, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to serenely arrogate to the Court an immense power to determine whether the president might ever face criminal consequence without worrying whether the emboldening of a rampaging executive might at some point place the authority of the judiciary in danger.
Word: sea snake Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several snakes, of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, that live in the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. 2. Any snake that lives in the sea. 3. A sea serpent.
Word: blancos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blanco Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: French pox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French + pox; attested from the 16th century. More at French disease. Pronunciation: /fɹɛnt͡ʃ pɑks/ 1. Syphilis. Labels: archaic, slang, uncountable
Word: fices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decentralize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English centralize English decentralize From de- + centralize. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/, /diˈsɛntɹəˌlaɪz/, /diːˈsentɹəlɑez/, /diːˈsentɹəlaɪz/, [diːˈsentɹəlɑe̯z] 1. To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several. Labels: transitive Example: decentralize operations 2. To reduce the authority of (a governing body) by distributing that authority among several bodies. Labels: transitive Example: decentralize authority Example: decentralize decision-making 3. To become decentralized. Labels: intransitive 4. To bring (a suspect) to the ground by use of directed force; to tackle. Labels: US
Word: decentralizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decentralize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decentralizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decentralize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decentralized Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛntɹəlaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of decentralize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decentralized Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛntɹəlaɪzd/ 1. not centralized; having no center or several centers
Word: decentralise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English centralise English decentralise From de- + centralise. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/, /diˈsɛntɹəˌlaɪz/, /diːˈsentɹəlɑez/, /diːˈsentɹəlaɪz/, [diːˈsentɹəlɑe̯z] 1. To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points. Labels: UK 2. To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
Word: decentralised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decentralise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decentralising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decentralise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decentralises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decentralise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: point bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A ridge, formed from the accretion of sand or gravel, on the inside curve of a meander
Word: hungriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hungry Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English hungriness From hungry + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being hungry; hunger. Labels: uncountable
Word: immaculateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English immaculate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English immaculateness From immaculate + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness. Labels: uncountable
Word: magnifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós Proto-Italic *magnos Latin magnus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Latin magnificus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin magnificāre Middle French magnifierbor. Middle English magnifien English magnify 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 magnifier From magnify + -er. 1. That which magnifies. 2. That which magnifies.
Word: magnifiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magnifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: needlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English needless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English needlessness From needless + -ness. 1. The state or characteristic of being needless.
Word: haught Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English haut, hault, from Old French haut. Pronunciation: /hɔːt/, /hɔt/, /hɑt/ 1. Haughty. Labels: obsolete
Word: objectiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English objective Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English objectiveness From objective + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being objective; neutrality. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: competence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French compétence, from Late Latin competentia. Doublet of competency. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.pə.təns/, /ˈkɑm.pə.təns/, /ˈkɔm.pə.təns/ 1. The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role. Labels: uncountable Example: Teachers are now required to teach intercultural communicative competence. 2. The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill. Labels: countable 3. The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A sustainable income. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, / Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence. Example: “money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Beyond a competence, it can afford no real satisfaction, as far as mere self is concerned.” 5. the legal authority to deal with a matter. Labels: countable Example: The bill was denied royal assent because the Scottish Parliament does not have legislative competence on the bill's matter. Example: K C Wheare's definition of federalism requires that two governments be independent and co-ordinate within their own spheres, generally set out by the division of competences codified in a constitution, which is supreme. 6. The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grassiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grassy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English grassiness From grassy + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being grassy. Labels: uncountable
Word: rubber ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A ring or tube made of rubber, in particular a circular air-filled tube used as an aid to swimming.
Word: in terrorem clause Part of Speech: noun 1. A provision in a will that disinherits any beneficiary who raises a challenge against the will.
Word: in terrorem clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of in terrorem clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: negativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English negative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English negativity From negative + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/ 1. The characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Negative sentiment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers. 3. The characteristic of having a negative charge. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: negativities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negativity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aquarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Aquarius + -an. Pronunciation: /əˈkwɛə.ɹi.ən/, /əˈkwɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the astrological sign of Aquarius. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the Age of Aquarius and its associations in New Age culture of the 1960s and 1970s. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Boomers had been the ones who'd ushered in an era of inclusiveness, diversity, and Aquarian dreams for a more humane society.
Word: Aquarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Aquarius + -an. Pronunciation: /əˈkwɛə.ɹi.ən/, /əˈkwɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. A person born under the astrological sign of Aquarius. Example: Thus I read in the newsprints that "fortune" favors Scorpions this month but extravagance and rashness should be avoided Aquarians and Sagittarians should live quietly. 2. Hippie, New Ager. Labels: dated Example: His [Walt Disney's] Fantasia was revived recently at a New York theater and, overnight, there they were, lined up outside, the beaded and bearded Aquarians, making such a box-office hit of the 30-year-old film that it is now being booked into cities and college towns all across the country.
Word: lost property Part of Speech: noun 1. A help desk or department in a store, mall, or other such facility where customers who have lost an item can inquire as to whether it has been found and turned in; a lost and found. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually Example: Lockwood is the junction for the picturesque branch to Meltham, where an old lost-property book recorded the finding of a "bow with two arrows" in a train, in 1873. Example: So far this year, SWR's lost property team has been looking after 19 soft toys (and counting) at London Waterloo station. The operator shared images and details of the toys on social media. 2. Property that is found in such a state as to make it likely that the original owner unintentionally ceased to be in possession of the property, and would be unable to locate the property. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: mislaid property Part of Speech: noun 1. Property that is found in such a state as to make it likely that the original owner intentionally placed it somewhere, but then forgot to retrieve it from that place, and would be able to locate the property. Labels: uncountable
Word: lost properties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lost property Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tremolando Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian tremolando (past participle of tremolare). 1. A tremolo section of a piece. Example: […] Mr. Osorio offered Albéniz’s “Suite Española” No. 1 in a reading notable for its high-energy performances of “Granada,” with its lilting melody weaving through guitarlike figuration, and “Asturias,” in which a serpentine theme is wrapped in a hypnotic tremolando figure. Example: Wolf's own Wagner paraphrases (c. 1882) often presage the piano parts of his later songs, both in their part-writing and in their transcription of orchestral effects such as string runs or tremolandos.
Word: tremolando Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Italian tremolando (past participle of tremolare). 1. Played with a tremolo effect. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decimosexto Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɛsɪməʊˈsɛkstəʊ/ 1. having sixteen leaves to a sheet Labels: not-comparable Example: a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size
Word: decimosexto Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdɛsɪməʊˈsɛkstəʊ/ 1. a book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves
Word: shoulder to cry on Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone offering emotional support to another in distress. Labels: idiomatic Example: And when you need a shoulder to cry on / When you need a friend to rely on / When the whole world is gone / You won't be alone, 'cause I'll be there / I'll be your shoulder to cry on
Word: global cooling Part of Speech: noun 1. Global climate change in the form of declining average temperatures; which was conjectured in the 1970s. Labels: uncountable Example: Some point out that global temperatures peaked in 1998 and have been falling since then. Indeed, several argue that a period of global cooling is on the way. Example: Many climate contrarians have seized upon these studies and magazine articles to argue that since climate scientists supposedly got their global cooling predictions wrong in the 1970s, they could be getting their global warming predictions wrong now.
Word: start-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of start-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tricoteuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tricoteuse Labels: form-of, plural Example: Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
Word: tutorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tutorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eavesdroppings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eavesdropping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reissues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reissue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reissues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reissue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reissuing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reissue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: In fact, the BBC was really in some doubt as to whether it was worth reissuing the programs. And I suppose to some extent my colonial interest swayed the decision a bit.
Word: reissuing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something being reissued; a new publication of something. Example: One reason may be that the original publication occurred before the paradigm of behaviorism and the reissuings have occurred again as the paradigm shifted from behaviorism to cognitivism and a renewed desire to study cognitive aspects of reading […]
Word: reissued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reissue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: EPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of engineering, procurement, and construction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of electron-phonon coupling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of energy performance certificate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: EPC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Political Community. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: drug running Part of Speech: noun 1. The illegal drug trade. Labels: uncountable
Word: transnationals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transnational Labels: form-of, plural
Word: particularities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of particularity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinecones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pinecone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinecones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pinecone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: portal veins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of portal vein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prejudges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prejudge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prejudging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prejudge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prejudged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prejudge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: presoaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of presoak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: presoaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of presoak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presoaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of presoak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: presoaking Part of Speech: noun 1. The soaking of something in advance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Flatware should not be allowed to dry between presoaking and washing. It should be washed with the handles down and stored with the handles up.
Word: presoaked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of presoak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overachiever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overachieve + -er or over- + achiever. 1. One who overachieves; one who has too much success. Example: It is the portrait of one of the great teacher-parents, a zealot of European high culture self-confidently at work before the time that turned such a parent into a selfish tyrant and such a child into an "overachiever," to use the philistine label which conveys the contemporary disdain for precocity and intellectual ardor. Example: But none of those is true for Mr. de Rothschild, who belongs instead to a multihyphened class of overachievers: eco-adventurer and green-evangelist.
Word: over-achiever Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of overachiever. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pronks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pronk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doggy-paddle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of doggy paddle. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pronking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pronk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pronked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pronk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: capos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoot one's mouth off Part of Speech: verb 1. To make reckless or exaggerated statements. Labels: slang Example: George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise-cracks. Example: I never shot my mouth off, I was quiet and I listened.
Word: hemispheric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hemisphere Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hemispheric From hemisphere + -ic. 1. Pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere. 2. Having the shape of half a sphere. Labels: uncommon
Word: the night is young Part of Speech: phrase 1. It's not very late (at night) and there's plenty of time. Example: The night is young, and full of possibilities / Well come on, and let yourself be free
Word: six-shooter Part of Speech: noun 1. A revolver which holds six cartridges. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: He drank a quart of whisky a day; was almost never drunk, but on rare occasions when the liquor fumes bested him he would invariably select a hapless victim and, whipping out the pair of mother-o’-pearl-handled six-shooters he always wore at his belt, would force him to dance by shooting at his feet—a pleasing fancy brought with him from Texas and the Cimarron. Example: Five or six of them youngsters, weren’t but two of them upwards of twelve or thirteen, they outs with their six-shooters and had me covered.
Word: triffid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin -fidus Latin trifidusbor. English trifid English triffid Coined by John Wyndham for his 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids, by alteration of the botanical term trifid (“having three lobes”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪfɪd/ 1. A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger Example: But this should not lead to complete avoidance, as if it is like some dire incursion of triffids or ents. 2. Any of the sea anemones of the genus Aiptasia with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria. Labels: colloquial Example: The plant is also very rare (related to triffids ... be wary) as it acts like a venus fly trap except it gives its catches to the fish, a truly symbiotic relationship Example: I too suffer from the dreaded Triffids !!! If you want a safer method of removal : I use boiling hot water and the syringe method. 3. Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub Chromolaena odorata. Example: Perhaps the BBC could get the Radio 2 King of the Tomatoes to come back and tell us what programmes to play to discourage rampant growth in minor forests of giant bindweed, monster nettles and apprentice triffids. Example: But some of them are multiplying fast, and those dismissed as trivial today, because they only infest a few road verges, may well turn into triffids tomorrow.
Word: sickbay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sick + bay. 1. A place used as a hospital on board a ship, or on a spaceship (in science fiction). 2. A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school. Example: It was the piano lesson again—an orange-tiled floor, one high window, a new upright in a bare room close to the sickbay,
Word: excrudescence Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbolic abnormal outgrowth. Example: "His beard seemed to bristle like an excrudescence of pain." Example: "To complicate the Apillonian allusion in this well-centered landscape, Apollo's relationship to water remains complex: to establish the oracle at Delphi, Apollo kills the Python, a giant (female) excrudescence raised from the mud of the flood, as it lies by a clear spring."
Word: anele Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English anelen, anelien, from Middle English an- (“on”) + Middle English elen (“to anoint”), from Old English ēle (“oil”). Compare English anoil. 1. To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. Labels: obsolete
Word: pariesis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paresis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: indefeasible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English defeasible English indefeasible From in- + defeasible. 1. Not liable to being annulled or declared void.
Word: lornly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lorn Middle English -ly English -ly English lornly From lorn + -ly. 1. In a forlorn manner. Example: "Ach, mein pauvre Genro," she said lornly. "Words there are not. You seek truly, but you know not what. You seek what I have found, but where I go, you cannot." Example: My 25-year-old heart felt a happy pride in reflecting that I had been chosen to preside in one of the noblest traditions of the House in which, a humble assistant, I was wandering lornly among wealthy invalids.
Word: deboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English board English deboard From de- + board. Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɔː(ɹ)d/ 1. To exit a form of transportation such as a boat, ship, airplane, trolley, streetcar or spaceship. Example: President Ford fell as he deboarded Air Force One. Example: He was detained late Tuesday after deboarding a British Airways flight from London.
Word: jerrid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jereed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: condignly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English condign Middle English -ly English -ly English condignly From condign + -ly. 1. Appropriately. Labels: especially
Word: traceability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trace + -ability, also analyzable as traceable + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹeɪsəˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The ability to trace (identify and measure) all the stages that led to a particular point in a process that consists of a chain of interrelated events Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: visa versa Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of vice versa. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: playbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + book. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ.bʊk/, /ˈplebʉk/, /ˈpleɪ.buːk/ 1. A book containing the text of a play or plays. Example: Near-synonym: play 2. A book of games and amusements for children. Example: Near-synonym: gamebook 3. A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines). Labels: US 4. A book or (especially) any set of commonly employed tactics, strategies, and tips. Labels: figuratively Example: Near-synonyms: cookbook, run book Example: A Look at Satan's "Playbook"
Word: outplace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English place English outplace From out- + place. 1. To terminate a person's employment, but help the former employee to obtain another post. 2. To move to a new location; displace; remove; oust. Example: At the same time, the District of Columbia and the Department of Health and Human Services are under the 1976 Federal court decision, Dixon versus Sullivan and Dixon to outplace patients residing in St. Elizabeths Hospital into community residential facilities. Example: Most will have to outplace the student to a private alternative school with more intensive special education than the public school can offer.
Word: outpoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English point English outpoint From out- + point. 1. To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent). Example: It was clear that the Queen, if she indeed proved to be the target, would be outpointed for grooming and hauteur. Example: Speaking from the Philippines, where he easily outpointed Argentine Angel Hugo Ramirez in front of a sellout crowd of almost 10,000 on Saturday night, Katsidis said he was ready to fight in front of Australian fans after an absence of two years. 2. To sail closer to the wind than (another ship).
Word: outpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English point English outpoint From out- + point. 1. The closing portion of an edited sequence of audio or video. Example: Edit the clip in to the sequence by making the outpoint of the source clip the first frame of the reverse motion.
Word: outproduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English outproduce From out- + produce. 1. To produce more than (another person or entity). Labels: transitive Example: Aaron disarms his rivals by outproducing them; his staff sends forth sprouts and blossoms, whereas the staffs of the other tribes cannot flower.
Word: outrace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race English outrace From out- + race. 1. To travel faster than another in a competitive event. Labels: transitive
Word: outrider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outridere. 1. A guide or escort, especially one who rides in advance. Example: Then they went from farmhouse to farmhouse, two little girls walking at the head of the procession as bridesmaids, and six or eight outriders galloping ahead on hobby-horses to announce their coming. 2. One who rides out on horseback to inspect a ranch etc. 3. A forerunner. Labels: figuratively Example: The Winchester MP is something of an outrider for a new project now: moving his party into the space vacated by the Conservative shift to the right under Iain Duncan Smith.
Word: outshout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English shout English outshout From out- + shout. 1. To shout louder or longer than. Labels: transitive Example: Ordinarily, sheʼd resort to outshouting the man. 2. To gain more attention than. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: This advertising campaign will outshout the competition.
Word: outstation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English station English outstation From out- + station. 1. A station or post in a remote position; an outpost. Example: It is proposed also to provide two Regional stores, one at Doncaster and one at Stratford, to supply outstations and the main works with diesel locomotive spares.
Word: outstation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English station English outstation From out- + station. 1. Out of town. Labels: India, Malaysia, Singapore, not-comparable
Word: outstation Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English station English outstation From out- + station. 1. Out of town. Labels: India, Malaysia, Singapore, not-comparable
Word: outstretch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outstrecchen, equivalent to out- + stretch. Cognate with West Frisian útstreekje (“to outstretch”), Dutch uitstrekken (“to outstretch”), German Low German utstrecken (“to outstretch”), German ausstrecken (“to outstretch”), Danish udstrække (“to outstretch”), Swedish utsträcka (“to outstretch”). Pronunciation: /aʊtˈstɹɛt͡ʃ/ 1. To extend by stretching. Labels: transitive Example: She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.
Word: outvote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English vote English outvote From out- + vote. 1. To cast more votes than another Labels: transitive 2. To defeat another by obtaining more votes Labels: transitive
Word: outwear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English outwear From out- + wear. 1. To outlast; to survive longer than: to outlive. Labels: transitive 2. To wear out. Labels: nonstandard, transitive, uncommon Example: Crushed impotent beneath this reign of terror, Dazed with mysteries of woe and error, The soul is too outworn for wondering. Example: According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.