nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: walm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English walmen (“to surge, bubble forth, pour forth”), from walm, walme (“a gush, surge”), from Old English wælm, welm, wylm, wielm, wilm (“that which wells, a fount, stream, spring, source, surge”), from Proto-West Germanic *walmi, *walmu, from Proto-Germanic *walmiz, *walmuz. Pronunciation: /wɔːm/, /wɑ(ː)m/ 1. To roll; to spout; to boil up. Labels: obsolete Example: The waters boile, and walme to our desire. Example: It serveth the inhabitants with fresh water walming out of springs, though itself be on all sides circumpassed about with the sea.
Word: uncalibrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + calibrated. 1. Not calibrated Labels: not-comparable
Word: unprettified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prettified. 1. Not prettified. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prettifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prettify + -er. 1. One who or that prettifies.
Word: præscription Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of prescription. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, chapter 26: Of Civill Lawes; excerpt-reprinted in: Example: If the Soveraign of one Common-wealth, subdue a People that have lived under other written Lawes, and afterwards govern them by the same Lawes, by which they were governed before; yet those Lawes are the Civill Lawes of the Victor, and not of the Vanquished Common-wealth. For the Legislator is he, not by whose authority the Lawes were first made, but by whose authority they now continue to be Lawes. And therefore where there be divers Provinces, within the Dominion of a Common-wealth, and in those Provinces diversity of Lawes, which commonly are called the Customes of each severall Province, we are not to understand that such Customes have their force, onely from Length of Time; but that they were antiently Lawes written, or otherwise made known, for the Constitutions, and Statutes of their Soveraigns; and are not Lawes, not by vertueof the Præscription of time, but by the Constitutions of their present Soveraigns. But if an unwritten Law, in all the Provinces of a Dominion, shall be generally observed, and no iniquity appear in the use thereof; that Law can be no other but a Law of Nature, equally obliging all man-kind.
Word: præscriptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of præscription Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prophecize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From prophecy + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒfəsʌɪz/ 1. Rare form of prophesize. Labels: form-of, intransitive, rare, transitive
Word: cordebeck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cordebec. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cordebec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Norman town name Caudebec, from earlier Caldebeck, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Danish kald bekkr (“cold brook”) (modern kold bæk). 1. An old kind of felt hat, made from wool, down or hair, and mostly worn by boys.
Word: braggadocian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From braggadocio + -an. 1. Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart. Labels: obsolete Example: neither Greeks nor Romans ever had the fifteenth part of the now known world, nor half of that which was then described. What braggadocians are they and we then!
Word: braggadocians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of braggadocian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abbot of the people Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Italian abate del popolo. 1. A high magistrate's title under the doge of independent Genoa.
Word: urva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nepali [Term?]. 1. A crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva, syn. Herpestes urva).
Word: white-bellied nothuras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white-bellied nothura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lesser nothuras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lesser nothura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spotted nothuras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spotted nothura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pao2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of PaO2. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: great tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of great tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: highland tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of highland tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tawny-breasted tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tawny-breasted tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hooded tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hooded tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -tude Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -itude. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: undulated tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undulated tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tepui tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tepui tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cinereous tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cinereous tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: little tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of little tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pale-browed tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pale-browed tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grey-legged tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grey-legged tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-legged tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-legged tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yellow-legged tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellow-legged tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black-capped tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black-capped tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thicket tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thicket tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slaty-breasted tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slaty-breasted tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: browed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brow + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɹaʊd/ 1. Having a brow of the specified kind. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable
Word: variegated tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of variegated tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rusty tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rusty tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: small-billed tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of small-billed tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barred tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barred tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tataupa tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tataupa tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-winged tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-winged tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Taczanowski's tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Taczanowski's tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ornate tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ornate tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brushland tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brushland tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curve-billed tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curve-billed tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dwarf tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dwarf tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Patagonian tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Patagonian tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puna tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puna tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Quebracho crested tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Quebracho crested tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elegant crested tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elegant crested tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Swiss Army knives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Swiss Army knife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prophecise Part of Speech: verb 1. To prophesy. Labels: uncommon
Word: prophecises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prophecise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prophecising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prophecise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prophecised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prophecise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chassepots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chassepot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abbots of the people Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abbot of the people Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cordebecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cordebeck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no-shows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of no-show Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no-shows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of no-show Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: champian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of champaign. 1. Synonym of champaign.
Word: champian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant form of champaign. 1. Synonym of champaign. Labels: not-comparable Example: An hundred horeſmen of my companie Scowting abroad vpon theſe champion plaines, Haue view’d the army of the Scythians, Which make report it far exceeds the Kings. Example: Him selfe out of the forest he did wynd, / And by good fortune the plaine champion wonne […].
Word: champians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of champian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kalpak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of calpack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: section automatic weapons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of section automatic weapon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complemental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From complement + -al. Piecewise doublet of complimental. 1. Of the nature of a complement; completing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Complementary. Labels: not-comparable 3. Additional; supplemental, accessory; ancillary. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: [I]t is an errour worſe than hereſie, to adore the complementall and circumſtantiall piece of felicity, and undervalue thoſe perfections and eſſential points of happineſſe, wherein we reſemble our Maker. 4. Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 5. Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 6. Alternative form of complimental (“complimentary”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, obsolete Example: I vvill make a complementall aſſault vpon him for my buſineſſe ſeeth's. Example: I have no skill in ceremonious letters which have no other ſubſtance, but a faire contexture of complementall phraſes and curteous wordes.
Word: throttle body Part of Speech: noun 1. A part of the air intake system of a fuel injected engine, responsible for regulating the airflow into the engine.
Word: presentism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From present + -ism. 1. The view that neither the future nor the past exist (events and entities that are wholly past or wholly future do not exist at all). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The belief that only current phenomena are relevant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Despite the breathless presentism of the current discourse, scholarly debate on the nature of community did not originate with the introduction of new computer technologies, but arose out of earlier concerns about the transition from agrarian to urban industrial societies. Example: Many people lost their perspective in their euphoria and became parochial and presentist. In their presentism, they forgot that long distance ties had been flourishing for generations, using automobiles, telephones, airplanes, and even postal (snail) mail. 3. The ahistorical interpretation of past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the driving ideas on the left right now is presentism: the notion that figures from the past can legitimately be judged by contemporary mores and values. So the Founding Fathers are cast less as architects of the new Republic, and more as slaveholders and white oppressors.
Word: presentist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From present + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to presentism; viewing the past with a perspective limited to present-day attitudes and beliefs. Example: Many people lost their perspective in their euphoria and became parochial and presentist. Example: To read him as defensively fashioning what we now call a "black identity" is presentist.
Word: presentist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From present + -ist. 1. A follower of presentism.
Word: turkeyburger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turkey + -burger. 1. A burger made with turkey instead of beef.
Word: turkeyburgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turkeyburger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ditchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ditch + -y. 1. Having ditches.
Word: labbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sned Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English snid (attested only in the sense of saw and slaughter), from Old English snid, snide (“a cut, incision; cutting implement, saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *snidi; merging with Middle English snede (“a morsel, bite; scythe”), from Old English snǣd (“something cut off, morsel, bit; scythe handle”). 1. A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning. Labels: Scotland 2. snathe (scythe part)
Word: sned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English snid (attested only in the sense of saw and slaughter), from Old English snid, snide (“a cut, incision; cutting implement, saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *snidi; merging with Middle English snede (“a morsel, bite; scythe”), from Old English snǣd (“something cut off, morsel, bit; scythe handle”). 1. To lop; lop or chop off. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, transitive
Word: leoninity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leonine + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being leonine; the nature of a lion. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: scrobbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scrobble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scrobbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scrobble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scrobbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scrobble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scrobbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrobble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rocketplanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rocketplane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prettifiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prettifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unprettiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unpretty + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being unpretty; ugliness. Labels: uncountable
Word: adlib Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ad lib. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: adlib Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ad lib. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toughing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tough Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cordebecs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cordebec Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goroutine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Go (“programming language”) + routine, to rhyme with coroutine. 1. A lightweight communicating process in the Go programming language. Example: Exercise 14.8: Starting from the Fibonacci-program in Listing 6.10, make a solution which isolates the calculation of the Fibonacci-terms in a goroutine, which sends these results on a channel. Close the channel when finished.
Word: goroutines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goroutine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gorsedds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gorsedd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpunishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + punishable. 1. Not punishable; unable to be punished. Labels: not-comparable Example: If she had claimed that offenders were unpunishable she would, of course, have come into conflict with the provisions of most modern legal codes...
Word: unpublishably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unpublishable + -ly. 1. In an unpublishable manner; unsuitably for publication. Example: They were doubtless innocent and happy creatures, but some of their ways were unpublishably singular, and were reserved for a scientific book by Herschel.
Word: peever Part of Speech: noun 1. a small stone or other small object, used in hopscotch. Labels: Scotland
Word: peevers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peever Labels: form-of, plural 2. hopscotch (the children's game) Labels: Scotland
Word: hunch cuddy hunch Part of Speech: noun 1. A children's game involving piling up on people's backs. Labels: Scotland, uncountable
Word: at long last Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At last. Labels: idiomatic Example: [Miss Rachel] returned the hug at long last bestowed upon him. Example: At long last, the referee's whistle was mercifully blown. It had been a sobering and underwhelming tournament, but one that must now fuel the future, with a changing of the guard needed ahead of next year's Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.
Word: peg out Part of Speech: verb 1. To mark (a territory or area) with pegs. Labels: transitive Example: I was soon the proud possessor of a miner's right, and my claim was pegged out for me away on the reefs. Example: After the plans have been approved, the company [Railway Survey Company, Royal Engineers] will peg out the work on the ground, and give levels during the construction period. 2. To die. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: I don't know what they went to ask her for; but Percy and Harold didn't peg out. 3. To finish a game of croquet. Labels: intransitive 4. To move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. 5. To hang up (washing) using pegs. Labels: transitive
Word: PEGylated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From PEGylate + -ed. 1. Treated or reacted with polyethylene glycol (PEG) Labels: not-comparable
Word: PEGylated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From PEGylate + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of PEGylate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cumdumpsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cumdumpster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overcoddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + coddle. 1. To coddle too much; to treat with too much care. Labels: transitive Example: If we're anxious adults, it's probably not because we were overcoddled as toddlers, but that a particular gene on chromosome 17 — one that regulates serotonin transmission — is quite different from the one found in folks who are preternaturally laid-back.
Word: overcoddling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overcoddle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overcoddled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overcoddle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcoddles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overcoddle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: platinumlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From platinum + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of platinum.
Word: sliverlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sliver + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a sliver. Example: a sliverlike fragment of bone
Word: silverlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From silver + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the metal silver.
Word: goldlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gold + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the metal gold, as Example: There is the Hang Ken cave with its waterfalls spilling into large lagoons, shimmering goldlike mineral deposits and soaring columns created over thousands of years when stalactites hanging from the cave roof met stalagmite formations building from the cave floor. 2. Resembling or characteristic of the metal gold, as: Example: Although the major part of its popularity may have been its goldlike color, brass was superior to the metals from which it was formed. 3. Resembling or characteristic of the metal gold, as: Example: These coins are generally inspired by older virtual currency systems like Bitcoin or Ethereum, with a cap on the number of coins that will exist — to provide a sense of goldlike scarcity — and a structure that allows them to operate entirely outside the existing financial and regulatory ecosystem.
Word: salivalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From saliva + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of saliva.
Word: nonsalivary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + salivary. 1. Not of or pertaining to the salivary gland. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonsalivary tumour
Word: unarched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + arched. 1. Not arched. Labels: not-comparable
Word: peg down Part of Speech: verb 1. To fasten something to the ground using pegs. 2. To identify clearly. Labels: idiomatic
Word: unarchived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + archived. 1. Not archived. Labels: not-comparable Example: However, in the age of the internet, most newspapers, aside from the legacy media giants, have largely gone unarchived recently.
Word: nonarchived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + archived. 1. unarchived Labels: not-comparable
Word: rehabilitee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rehabilitate + -ee. 1. One who is being or has been rehabilitated.
Word: rehabilitees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rehabilitee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kajk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kaj. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: slippering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slipper + -ing. 1. A spanking with a slipper.
Word: slippering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From slipper + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of slipper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slipperings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slippering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pencil in Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill in or write in using pencil. Labels: transitive 2. To provisionally schedule. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I'll pencil you in for tomorrow at noon. Example: A decision on the DCO [Development Consent Order] is pencilled in for April 2021, with physical work beginning in 2022 and construction completed in 2027.
Word: pencil tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Euphorbia tirucalli, a tree found in semi-arid tropical climates.
Word: naked lady Part of Speech: noun 1. Euphorbia tirucalli, a tree found in semi-arid tropical climates 2. Colchicum autumnale, the meadow saffron. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see naked, lady.
Word: naked ladies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naked lady Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pencil trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pencil tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paperlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paperless + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being paperless. Labels: uncountable Example: One problem is the cost involved in converting to paperlessness.
Word: pen friend Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of penfriend. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unmarshalled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of unmarshaled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unmarshalled Part of Speech: adj 1. Not marshalled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: penghulu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay penghulu. 1. A local chief or governor in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. Example: As soon as she graduated, Anwar Sadat dragged her and the classmate said to be responsible to a penghulu, who could officiate at the wedding. Example: Outdated provisions such as the appointment of forest rangers and penghulus to carry out duties, which are no longer relevant to modern Singapore, will also be removed.
Word: performing arts Part of Speech: noun 1. The arts involving performance, such as dance, theatre, music, etc. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: perinatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around or about”) + Latin natus + -ology. 1. A branch of obstetrics focusing on the medical and surgical management of high-risk pregnancies. Labels: uncountable
Word: Persepolis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Persepolis, from Ancient Greek Περσέπολις (Persépolis), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs, “Persian”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa, “Persis, Persia, a Persian, Persepolis”) although ancient Greek writers relate a folk etymology that derived the city, country, and people's name from Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, to kill”). Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛpəlɪs/, /pɜːˈsɛpəlɪs/, /pɚˈsɛpəlɪs/ 1. The ceremonial capital city of Achaemenid Persia; its ruins in the present day. Labels: historical Example: In The Shah's Party, Templer narrows the lens to the extraordinary moment of the 1971 celebrations at Persepolis, where the shah staged a lavish commemoration of 2,500 years of Persian monarchy.
Word: Nkinora Part of Speech: name 1. A village in the Tiankoura department of Bougouriba province in south-western Burkina Faso.
Word: Tarica Part of Speech: name 1. A district in Huaraz, Peru.
Word: pick out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pick + out. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpikke (“to pick out”), Dutch uitpikken (“to pick out”). 1. To remove by picking. Labels: transitive Example: But lering and lurking here and there like ſpies, / The devil tere their tunges and pike out their ies! Example: Madame Defarge herself picked out the pattern on her sleeve with her toothpick, and saw and heard something inaudible and invisible a long way off. 2. To select. Labels: transitive Example: Theſe broken fragments, John de Fordun, vvho lived in the fourteenth century, collected vvith a pious induſtry, and from them picked out materials, vvhich he formed into a regular hiſtory. Example: Very often husbands would patronise my boutique and pick out something for the little lady and, in passing, pick out something for themselves. 3. To distinguish; discern. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The young birds cry out for food, and the parents returning from the sea manage to pick out their own amid a mass of lookalikes. 4. To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour. Labels: transitive Example: a dark green carriage body picked out with red Example: Away on the farthest cape or headland of the long islet, on a strip of turf beyond the last rank of roses, the duellists had already crossed swords. Evening above them was a dome of virgin gold, and, distant as they were, every detail was picked out. 5. To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste). Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. 6. To send a long pass or cross to. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Ameobi skipped away down the left in the 39th minute and tried to pick out Shearer with a cross but his delivery was cut out by goalkeeper Jussi J... 7. To play music slowly, such as when practicing. Labels: transitive
Word: picturegoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From picture + goer. 1. Someone who watches a film at a cinema; filmgoer
Word: pigswill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pig + swill. 1. swill: slops fed to pigs Labels: uncountable Example: He came down the slope towards the church at speed, holding his breath against the smell of warmed pigswill from the sty. 2. nonsense, rubbish Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: ‘With respect, Professor . . .’ ‘Pigswill! You don’t respect me. You fear me, are irritated by me, envy me . . . you everything me, but you do not respect me.[…]’
Word: picturegoers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picturegoer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yehuda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judah and Judas. 1. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: PEGylating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of PEGylate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unprophesied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prophesied. 1. Not prophesied; unforetold. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Yitzchak Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew יִצְחָק 1. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: box and whiskers plot Part of Speech: noun 1. A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics — median, upper quartile, lower quartile, and upper extreme and lower extreme values — by depiction as a box with its edges at the quartile marks and an internal line at the median and with lines protruding from the box as far as the extremal values.
Word: cong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 琮 (cóng). Pronunciation: /tsɔŋ/ 1. A type of carved jade tube made in China starting in the Neolithic.
Word: nü Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Likely back-formation from nü-metal; originally an alteration of nu with heavy metal umlaut. 1. New, especially used of remakes seen as a travesty or pale imitation of the original. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable, slang, usually Example: Simultaneously, his thoughts could be inverted as a positive assessment of the successful format Nü Who showrunners have applied to encode more than one original Time Lord: counterpointing the characterization of successive Doctors to keep audiences intrigued with the ongoing evolution of the show. Example: I’ve always found accusations that I hate Star Trek weird, since I make my love of Trek clear enough every time I write one of these reviews. Every time I watch a nü-Trek episode that I’m fortunate enough to do as part of my day job, I hope that I can genuinely talk about it with a sense of love.
Word: diatomaceous earth Part of Speech: noun 1. A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material or microabrasive. Labels: uncountable
Word: pretextuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pretextual + -ity. 1. The quality of being pretextual. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: driving van trailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of driving van trailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draughtboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From draught + board. 1. A checkerboard on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
Word: draughtboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draughtboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keys to the kingdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originating from the concept of resources that were the means of obtaining control over an actual kingdom, i.e., a realm under the rulership of a king. Compare also King James Bible Matthew 16:19, "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven." 1. A resource, usually information or knowledge, the possession of which gives the possessor access to power. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: This fortress, from its strong position, was considered as one of the keys to the kingdom, and had belonged to the Earl of March, a disappointed candidate for the crown, who had now attached himself to the banner of England. Example: The passwords they control are the keys to the kingdom, so what protections should be taken?
Word: anal bead Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of anal beads. Labels: form-of, singular
Word: synthetic lethality Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of genetic interaction in which two (or more) mutations which are not lethal when occurring singly in a cell are lethal when they occur together in the same cell. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: schout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch schout. 1. A municipal officer in the North American Dutch colonies. Labels: historical
Word: linking verbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linking verb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wattle-and-daub Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wattle and daub. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: It was manned entirely by negroes. They went to work and cut a stairway in the rock face of the island and erected on the summit a number of low-lying shacks in the fashion known in Jamaica as 'wattle-and-daub'.
Word: use one's head Part of Speech: verb 1. To think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions. Labels: idiomatic Example: He never—so they agreed—uses his head. He never—I think I have their phrase correct—stops to think. Example: When a girl falls in love, after first using her head to find a suitable mate to fall in love with, it is such a wonderful feeling. 2. To headbutt. Labels: humorous
Word: use one's noggin Part of Speech: verb 1. To think, especially in a careful or clever manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: The investor is advised to use his noggin considerably when investigating different superannuation programs.
Word: square centimetres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of square centimetre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asylee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From asylum + -ee. Pronunciation: /əsaɪˈli/ 1. A non-citizen of a country who has been granted asylum in that country. Example: At the same time, we must insure adequate legal authority to establish control over immigration: to enable us, when sudden influxes of foreigners occur, to decide to whom we grant the status of refugee or asylee; to improve our border control; […] Example: "It is quite a novel technique to teach a lesson to any would-be asylees, and also to send a message to the foreign missions."
Word: squad automatic weapons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squad automatic weapon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pikeperch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pike + perch. 1. Alternative form of pike-perch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mainframelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mainframe + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a mainframe computer. Example: These systems typically come with multiple high-speed processors and redundant subsystems, offer data storage in the hundreds-of-gigabytes range, and use mainframelike restoral and security techniques.
Word: flaglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flag + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem). Example: On a single bush of Warai-gishi one usually can find some few normal single flowers, flowers with flaglike appendages to the otherwise normal anthers, petaloid filaments with traces of anther left, and completely transformed stamens.
Word: pilled-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Intoxicated on pills. Labels: slang Example: The truth is, Johnny wrote that song, while pilled up and drunk, about a certain private female body part. Example: People are amazed I didn’t say anything to Elvis but what would I have said? ‘Hey, you’re as pilled up as me’?”
Word: drapelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From drape + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a drape or curtain.
Word: pilliwinks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pirewinkes (“instrument of torture for squeezing the thumbs, thumbscrew”) [and other forms]; further origin unknown. It has been suggested that the word is a variant of Middle English pervink, pervinke (“periwinkle (plant; Vinca minor or Vinca major); (figuratively) evil man”), but the Oxford English Dictionary doubts this due to the difference in meaning. Compare Swedish pille-, related to pilla (“fiddle with the fingers”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlɪwɪŋks/, /ˈpɪlɪˌwɪŋks/, /ˈpɪliˌwɪŋks/ 1. A torture device for squeezing the fingers; a thumbscrew. Labels: Scotland, historical, plural, plural-only Example: [H]er maiſter to the intent that he might the better trie and finde out the truth of the ſame, did with the help of others, torment her with the torture of the Pilliwinkes upon her fingers, which is a grieuous torture, [...] Example: On the 24th June 1596, John Stewart, Maſter of Orkney, was indicted for conſulting with Aliſon Balfour, a witch, for the deſtruction of Patrick Earl of Orkney, his brother, by poiſon.— [...] No regard can be had to it, in reſpect the ſaid confeſſion was extorted by force of torment; [...] her little daughter, about ſeven years old, put in the pilniewinks; all in the poor woman's preſence, to make her confeſs. [...] It was pleaded for Alaſter Grant, who was indicted for theft and robbery 3d Auguſt 1632, "That he cannot paſs to the knowledge of an aſſize, in respect he was twice put to the torture, firſt in the boots, and next in the pilliewinks or pinniewinks; [...]"
Word: pillow talk Part of Speech: noun 1. Conversation shared by bedmates, particularly intimate conversation after sexual intercourse. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Hal's not gonna know. You know, unless you tell him, you know during pillow talk or something. You know, you guys probably don't have pillow talk, he probably has sex with you while he's on the cellular phone. Example: I was drinkin' coffee / Smokin' weed on the jet / Probably wit' your wifey / In the back for pillow talk
Word: pikkie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɪki/ 1. child, infant Labels: South-Africa
Word: piccy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pic + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪki/ 1. picture Labels: colloquial Example: […] the first player views the action from immediately behind his car through the letterbox-shaped slot at the top, while player two uses the bottom half of the screen. (When there's only one player the bottom half gets filled up by a nice big piccy of the car.)
Word: pineland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pine + land. 1. A forested area with an abundance of pine trees. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: pinewood
Word: pisciculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Italic *piskis Latin piscisder. English pisci- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English pisciculture From pisci- + culture. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsɪˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. The rearing or cultivation of fish. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: piss about Part of Speech: verb 1. To joke or play. Labels: idiomatic, vulgar 2. To misbehave; to act foolishly. Labels: idiomatic, vulgar
Word: piss around Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of piss about. Labels: idiomatic, vulgar
Word: Pitcairn Island Part of Speech: name 1. The main island of Pitcairn
Word: pizza wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of pizza cutter (knife)
Word: placement test Part of Speech: noun 1. A test done before a course, to determine the students' level of ability or knowledge.
Word: pladdy Part of Speech: noun 1. an islet or bank in the middle of a channel. Labels: Ireland
Word: plankter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Plankter, from Koine Greek πλαγκτήρ (planktḗr, “wanderer; one who leads another astray, beguiler”), modelled after German Plankton (“plankton”). Πλαγκτήρ (Planktḗr) is derived from Ancient Greek πλάζομαι (plázomai) (the mediopassive of πλᾰ́ζω (plắzō, “to turn away from (something); to roam, wander”)) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine agent nouns from verbs). By surface analysis, plankt- + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋ(k)tə/, /ˈplæŋ(k)təɹ/ 1. A single organism of plankton.
Word: plank spanker Part of Speech: noun 1. guitarist; someone who plays the guitar Labels: slang
Word: acoustic guitarist Part of Speech: noun 1. someone who plays, or performs on, the acoustic guitar
Word: bass guitarist Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who plays, or performs on, the bass guitar.
Word: electric guitarist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electric guitar + -ist. 1. Someone who plays, or performs on, the electric guitar.
Word: plastic surgeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of plastic surgery + surgeon. 1. A surgeon who performs plastic surgery.
Word: plat du jour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French plat du jour (literally “dish of the day”). See du jour. Pronunciation: /ˌplɑː duː ˈʒʊə/, /ˌplɑ də ˈʒʊɹ/, /ˌplɑ du ˈʒʊɹ/ 1. The special dish for the day in a restaurant.
Word: plater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plate + -er. 1. Someone who plates metal. 2. Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items. 3. A machine for calendering paper. 4. A device for depositing cells on a plate. 5. A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.
Word: vanpooling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vanpool Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vanpooled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vanpool Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rideshare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ride + share. 1. A ridesharing arrangement in which people travel together. Example: The neighbors decided on a rideshare to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day. 2. A taxi or minicab hired through a ridesharing app. Example: He took an Uber rideshare to the other side of town. Example: Like a sleepwalker, he got into the rideshare and sat in the back seat, his arms folded around the envelope.
Word: rideshare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ride + share. 1. To participate in ridesharing. Labels: intransitive 2. To work or gig as a rideshare driver. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: rideshares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rideshare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rideshares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rideshare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cardstock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of card stock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: coverstock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cover stock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: cardstocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardstock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coverstocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coverstock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: card stock Part of Speech: noun 1. A paper stock that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: playschool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + school. 1. a nursery school, kindergarten
Word: cover stock Part of Speech: noun 1. card stock Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: weird-ass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From weird + -ass. 1. Very strange. Labels: slang Example: And my older brother, he gave me the acronym Weird-Ass Kiddo because, you know, I was a weird-ass kid.
Word: strange-ass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From strange + -ass. 1. very strange Labels: US, slang
Word: crazy-ass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crazy + -ass. 1. Very crazy. Labels: Canada, US, slang
Word: playschools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of playschool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ridesharer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ride + sharer. 1. One who takes part in ridesharing.
Word: ridesharers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ridesharer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pledgee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pledge + -ee. 1. someone who receives a pledge
Word: pledger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pledge + -er. 1. someone who gives a pledge
Word: pledgees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pledgee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pledgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pledger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pledgor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pledge + -or. 1. Alternative spelling of pledger. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. One who engages in or makes a pledge to a pledgee.
Word: plonko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plonk + -o. See also wino. 1. someone addicted to cheap wine. Labels: Australia, informal Example: Then there's the mob of plonkos who sleep down at the dockside, less than 700 yards from the city's Town Hall.
Word: pledgors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pledgor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plowman's lunch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ploughman's lunch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plum tomato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its resemblance to a plum. 1. A type of large tomato.
Word: cherry tomato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its resemblance to a cherry. 1. A type of small tomato, the cultivar Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme.
Word: plum tomatoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plum tomato Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plonkos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plonko Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plow on Part of Speech: verb 1. To continue with a menial, tedious, or time-consuming task. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you want to get good grades in the exam, you have to plow on with the book.
Word: pneumectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pneum- + -ectomy. 1. Synonym of pneumonectomy.
Word: pile on the pounds Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a person: to gain weight quickly. Labels: informal Example: The line is single track as far as Halesworth, but many of the stations retain their original buildings - including refurbished Beccles, which boasts a station cafe and community rooms. The same is true of Wickham Market and Woodbridge stations. You could easily pile on the pounds with a 'cafe crawl' along this line!
Word: let oneself go Part of Speech: verb 1. To relax and enjoy oneself without restraint. Labels: idiomatic Example: 2010, Bradley W. Kuhns, Investigative Hypnosis for Investigators Fill your lungs up, and let it out slowly. Let it out slowly and relax as you exhale. […] Just let yourself go, (name), and relax. 2. To cease to care about one's appearance, allowing oneself to become unkempt, overweight, etc. Labels: idiomatic Example: To be frank, you are an appalling sight at this very moment; you have let yourself go — but I have known you look quite ravishing.
Word: pocket-sized Part of Speech: adj 1. Small enough to fit into a pocket. Labels: not-comparable 2. Small-scale, downsized. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: pneumectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pneumectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polish up Part of Speech: verb 1. To polish something to make it shiny. Labels: literally 2. To hone (one's skills). Labels: figuratively
Word: catproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cat + -proof. 1. Resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
Word: catproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cat + -proof. 1. To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats. Labels: transitive
Word: dogproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dog + -proof. 1. Resistant to damage caused by dogs.
Word: dogproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dog + -proof. 1. To make resistant to damage caused by dogs. Labels: transitive
Word: mouseproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mouse + -proof. 1. Resistant to damage caused by mice.
Word: ratproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rat + -proof. 1. Resistant to damage caused by rats.
Word: pollen count Part of Speech: noun 1. the measurement of the number of grains of pollen in a cubic meter of air
Word: unwinkingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unwinking + -ly. 1. Without winking; with one's full attention. Labels: not-comparable Example: Certainly Miss Mann had a formidable eye for one of the softer sex: it was prominent, and showed a great deal of the white, and looked as steadily, as unwinkingly, at you as if it were a steel ball soldered in her head; […] Example: But Miss Marley had dispensed with the inspirations of reverie, and now composed herself for some rational conversation with Jasper, who sat very erect, with his black beads of eyes fixed unwinkingly on Miss Marley.
Word: deindividuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + individuation, first described in 1952 by Leon Festinger and colleagues. 1. The situation where antinormative behaviour is released in groups in which individuals are not seen or paid attention to as individuals; immersion in a group to the point at which the individual ceases to be seen as such. Labels: uncountable Example: Digital media allow almost unlimited opportunity for wilful deindividuation. They almost require it. The implications of those liberties, of the ubiquity of anonymity and the language of the crowd, are only beginning to be felt.
Word: pollenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pollen + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of pollen. Example: The cake was finished with a fine, pollenlike dusting of icing.
Word: up someone's street Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Perfectly suitable to someone; matching someone's interests and abilities. Labels: UK, idiomatic, informal Example: This new album should be just up your street.