nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tiddlywinks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tiddlywink + -s, possibly from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) + wink (“blinking of one eye”), perhaps borrowed from tiddlywink, etymology 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop; game played using dominoes”, etc.). The game was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name Tiddledy-Winks trademarked by him the same year. Tiddlywinks is the preferred modern spelling; the earliest known use of this spelling dates from 1894. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋks/, /ˈtɪdlɪ-/, /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋks/ 1. A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed. Labels: also, attributive, plural, plural-only Example: Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word "kiddlewink," or "tiddledy winks"? A friend tells me in the Midland Counties it denotes a house where beer is sold without a licence. Lately a game has been introduced here bearing the name of "Tiddledywinks." Example: Recreation rooms were provided for both boys and girl, and the long winter evenings were anything but dreary, for when school was done and work over the children gathered in the brilliantly lit, hot-pipe-heated rooms and played draughts, bagatelle, lotto, or tiddly-winks. 2. Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only
Word: tiddlywinks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tiddlywink + -s, possibly from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) + wink (“blinking of one eye”), perhaps borrowed from tiddlywink, etymology 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop; game played using dominoes”, etc.). The game was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name Tiddledy-Winks trademarked by him the same year. Tiddlywinks is the preferred modern spelling; the earliest known use of this spelling dates from 1894. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋks/, /ˈtɪdlɪ-/, /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋks/ 1. plural of tiddlywink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tiddlywinks Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tiddlywink + -s, possibly from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) + wink (“blinking of one eye”), perhaps borrowed from tiddlywink, etymology 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop; game played using dominoes”, etc.). The game was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name Tiddledy-Winks trademarked by him the same year. Tiddlywinks is the preferred modern spelling; the earliest known use of this spelling dates from 1894. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋks/, /ˈtɪdlɪ-/, /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tiddlywink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati જાળી (jāḷī, “net”). 1. A stone screen, perforated or latticed, usually with a geometrical ornamental pattern, used in Indian and Islamic architecture as a climate-controlling element. Example: The main purpose of jali is to control light, air flow, visual privacy, aesthetic and social role, and spatiality. The central technical aspect of the jali's construction is its function as a climate-controlling element, where the distances between the interstices, the size, and the volume of the balusters all have a direct effect on glare, temperature, humidity, and airflow inside the structure (Fathy, 1986).
Word: jali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bambara [Term?]. 1. A praise-singer or griot in Western Africa. Labels: uncommon Example: The plucked instrument's harplike sound accompanies the jali's song—praise for patrons, histories and genealogies, satire, political commentary, and poetic recitation. Example: The social status of jalis is complex. They are important keepers of cultural knowledge, and their dalilu gives them the sole right and power to perform certain types of music.
Word: Tiddledy Winks Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks This is the spelling originally trademarked in the UK. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tidley winks Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: Tiddley Winks Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: handguns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handgun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squidger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪd͡ʒə/ 1. The round disk used to play winks in the game of tiddlywinks. 2. Someone who squidges a wink in the game of tiddlywinks. Labels: rare
Word: squidger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪd͡ʒə/ 1. A squirrel. Labels: UK, colloquial 2. Someone who walks in wet, muddy patches of mire or bogland to cultivate water-based herbs and plants. Historically referred to as gatherers of seaweed for lime or moss for medical treatment. Certain plants are good for fish and sewage treatment, so people would 'squidge' for reeds and similar plants for these purposes. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: kangaroo rat Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many different species in genus Dipodomys, rodents that move about by hopping.
Word: subtropical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English tropic English -al English tropical English subtropical From sub- + tropical. 1. Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subtropical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English tropic English -al English tropical English subtropical From sub- + tropical. 1. A subtropical plant.
Word: weirder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of weird: more weird Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: argumentum ad populum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin: argūmentum (“argument”, “proof”) + ad (“to”, “toward”) + populum (accusative singular of populus, “people”, “nation”) ≈ “appeal to the people” Pronunciation: /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntəm æd ˈpɒpjʊləm/ 1. A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that “if many believe so, it is so”. Labels: rhetoric Example: The appeals to the public were also expressed differently: that is to say, much less by fallacious argumenta ad populum that played on the fears of the addressees, than by an appeal to rational insights, humanity and democracy.
Word: vang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang. 1. To take; undertake for. Labels: dialectal, obsolete 2. To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to. Labels: dialectal
Word: vang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch vang, from vangen (“to catch”), under influence of earlier English fang. Ultimately a doublet of Etymology 1 above. 1. A line extended down from the end of a gaff to regulate its position. Example: Having the vang and the Cunningham in the right spot can be beneficial.
Word: vang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch vang, from vangen (“to catch”), under influence of earlier English fang. Ultimately a doublet of Etymology 1 above. 1. To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line. Example: On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc. Example: The Patented Hoyt Jib Boom adds to offwind speed by vanging the jib and acting as a built in whisker pole.
Word: bandwagon fallacy Part of Speech: noun 1. argumentum ad populum.
Word: argumentum ad numerum Part of Speech: noun 1. argumentum ad populum. Labels: rhetoric
Word: bandwagon effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: bandwagon + effect 1. the observation that people often do or believe what they think many other people do.
Word: herding instinct Part of Speech: noun 1. A social tendency in humans to identify with and model many behaviors and beliefs after a larger group of individuals with whom they identify.
Word: herd behaviour Part of Speech: noun 1. the tendency of a group of individuals (a herd) to react coherently without there being any coordination between them. The term may be applied to animals, or to human phenomena such as stock market bubbles and behaviour in political demonstrations. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: herd instinct Part of Speech: noun 1. herding instinct. Example: But as we've seen at Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves.
Word: gamay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Gamay. Labels: alt-of
Word: brass knuckles Part of Speech: noun 1. A weapon consisting of a metal reinforcement for the clenched fist, with finger holes molded in. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Jacob always carried a set of brass knuckles, just in case he ever got caught up in a bar fight.
Word: knuckles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnʌkəlz/ 1. plural of knuckle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knuckles Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnʌkəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of knuckle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: argumentum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentumlbor. English argumentum Learned borrowing from Latin argūmentum. Doublet of argument. Pronunciation: /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntəm/, /ɑɹɡjuˈmɛntəm/, /ɑɹ.ɡuːˈmeɪn.tum/ 1. An argument or appeal, especially as used in various Latin phrases. Labels: formal Example: Argumentum anti-Normannicum: or, An argument proving, from ancient histories and records, that William, Duke of Normandy, made no absolute conquest of England by the sword...
Word: superinfection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English infection English superinfection From super- + infection. 1. An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cobwebsite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cobweb site. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pestles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛsəlz/ 1. plural of pestle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pestles Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛsəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pestle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: confessions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confession Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rankism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rank + -ism, probably by analogy with words like racism and sexism. It was coined by American physicist, author and social reformer Robert Works Fuller (1936–2025). Pronunciation: /ˈɹæŋkɪz(ə)m/, /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋkɪz(ə)m/, /ˈɹɛ̃ŋkɪz(ə)m/ 1. Abuse, discrimination, or exploitation based on rank. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The grading system is behind most forms of overt rankism in the schools. Many people blame the school entrance examinations, saying that rankism cannot be eliminated as long as the so-called examination hell remains. Example: Rankisms cannot be merely legislated away by an authoritarian system, although legislative efforts can help because they introduce and solidify a third-party socio-cultural role that is watching, judging, and may take action.
Word: round the bend Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Crazy, mad or insane. Labels: idiomatic Example: The sixth phone call drove him round the bend. Example: You're bloody berko, Koko! And who's driving? Manny? He's more round the bend than you! 2. Close to or in close proximity to another location. Labels: idiomatic Example: Down the hill and round the bends, Thomas and his friends. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see round, bend. Example: I had travelled one morning down to Aylesbury, and had left my train, and was about to cross the footbridge, when I heard the imperious whistle of a "B1." I paused, and round the bend came the "Master Cutler" with its engine working absolutely flat out.
Word: endotracheal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂gʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰréh₂gʰ-us Proto-Hellenic *tʰrākʰús Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor. Late Latin trāchīa Medieval Latin trāchēader. Middle English English trachea English -al English tracheal English endotracheal From endo- + tracheal. 1. Within, or through the trachea. Example: endotracheal anesthesia Example: endotracheal intubation
Word: endotrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endo- + -trophic. 1. obtaining nourishment from within another organism Labels: not-comparable
Word: ectocommensal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós) Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós)der. English ecto- English commensal English ectocommensal From ecto- + commensal. 1. A commensal organism that lives on the surface of another organism
Word: ectogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ecto- + -genous. 1. Able to survive outside of its host Labels: not-comparable
Word: ectomere Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms
Word: ectomeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ectomere Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ectomeric From ectomere + -ic. 1. of, or relating to an ectomere. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ectosarc Part of Speech: noun 1. The ectoplasm of an amoeba and similar protozoa.
Word: ectothermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ectotherm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ectothermic From ectotherm + -ic. 1. Of or relating to an ectotherm; having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.
Word: blastoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blast + off. 1. The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft
Word: kshatriya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “(the warrior or military caste or a member of this caste”), from क्षत्र (kṣatra, “rule, dominion, authority”). Akin to satrap. Pronunciation: /ˈkʃat.ɹi.ə/ 1. A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste. Example: The kshatriya could only hope to become a monk in his next life, but given the nature of his daily karma, it seemed unlikely that he could achieve even this limited goal. Example: "Bṛhannaḍā said, 'It is not the habit of a kṣatriya to flee like this; death in battle is preferable to flight in fear.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")
Word: bruxomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek βρυγμός (brugmós, “grinding [teeth]”) + -o- + -mania. 1. Compulsive grinding of the teeth. Labels: uncountable
Word: boanthropy Part of Speech: noun 1. The delusion that one is an ox or cow. Labels: uncountable Example: Many scholars have diagnosed Nebuchadnezzar's illness as a form of insania zoanthropica, such as boanthropy or lycanthropy, where a human being thinks himself or herself an ox or a wolf.
Word: Naberezhnye Chelny Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Tatarstan, Russia.
Word: pulmonate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin pulmōnātus (“having lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ātus. 1. Having lungs or similar organs. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, relating to, or belonging to the gastropod order Pulmonata (slugs and snails). Labels: not-comparable
Word: pulmonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin pulmōnātus (“having lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ātus. 1. A gastropod of the order Pulmonata.
Word: impune Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin impūnis. 1. Unpunished. Labels: obsolete
Word: impune Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin impūnis. 1. Misspelling of impugn Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: jerry-built Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown; there are many theories. I was led to believe it referred to houses built by German pow’s See jerry (possibly etymologically related). 1. Built cheaply and shoddily. Example: 1832, Liverpool Mercury, ‘…members of the Bluebell Club, the Jerry-Building society, &c…’ (via https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/jerry-builder-origin-of-the-term/) Example: He had tried other building speculations, had run up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly.
Word: aalii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻaʻaliʻi (“name of any of the hardwood shrubs of the genus Dodonaea”). Pronunciation: /ɑːˈliːiː/, /ɑˈliˌi/ 1. A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.
Word: aaliis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aalii (Dodonaea viscosa). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aasvogels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aasvogel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abacas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abaca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abamp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæbˌæmp/ 1. Alternative form of abampere. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abamperes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æbˈæmpɛə/ 1. plural of abampere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abamps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abamp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abandoners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abandoner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smithsonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after James Smithson (1754-1829) in 1832. 1. A mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO₃, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: snap ring Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of circlip. 2. Catachresis for lockring.
Word: snowfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + field. 1. A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier.
Word: soapstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soap + stone; so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of Nehemiah Grew. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/ 1. A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To have a reliable fire, you'll need to carve a lamp from soapstone (you know what soapstone looks like, right?), render some oil for the lamp from blubber, and make a wick out of a particular species of moss. 2. Synonym of saponite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: soapstone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From soap + stone; so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of Nehemiah Grew. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/ 1. To scrub with soapstone. Labels: transitive
Word: social insect Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect that shares shelter, defence and food, and reproduces cooperatively
Word: sociobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From socio- + biology, popularized by E. O. Wilson's Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975). Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊ.si.əʊ.baɪˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌsəʊ.ʃ(i.)-/, /ˌsoʊ.si.oʊˌbaɪˈɑ.lɑ.d͡ʒi/, /ˌsoʊʃ(i.)-/ 1. The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Sociobiology forms a unifying theory of the social interactions in the human and in the animal world. Its principle unifying human and animal societies is the maximisation of genetic fitness by the individual.
Word: solar cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A semiconductor device that converts the radiant energy of sunlight into electrical energy.
Word: firn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Firn, from Alemannic German firn (“last year's”), from Old High German firni (“old”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *firnijaz, *fernaz (“foregoing, previous”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, forward, across, through”); cognate with Old English fyrn (“former”), Old Norse forn (“old”), and Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (fairneis, “old”). Pronunciation: /fɪə(ɹ)n/, /fɪɹn/, /fɪəɹn/ 1. A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sceptical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, sceptic + -al. 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of skeptical. Example: But regardless of what they made of phrenology, those who saw craniometry as a means of measuring the relative weight of intelligence and emotion in psychological makeup were generally sceptical as to whether, as Blumenbach and Camper believed, humanity had branched from one ancestral pair into varietal types as a result of colonising different continents. Example: And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation."
Word: oscilloscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oscilloscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boa constrictor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from taxonomic name Boa constrictor. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊə kənˌstɹɪktɚ/ 1. A large tropical American snake, Boa constrictor, that kills its prey by squeezing them. Example: After him followed a blesbok, then an impala, then a koodoo, then more goats, and many other animals, including a girl sewn up in the shining scaly hide of a boa-constrictor, several yards of which trailed along the ground behind her. 2. Any large boa or python. Labels: broadly Example: We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]
Word: quenchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English quench Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English quenchable From quench + -able. 1. Able to be quenched.
Word: leeches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈliːt͡ʃ.ɪz/ 1. plural of leech Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leeches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈliːt͡ʃ.ɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of leech Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: leeching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of leech Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: leeching Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical treatment using leeches.
Word: leeched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /liːt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of leech Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bonehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bone + head. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/, /ˈboʊnˌhɛd/ 1. Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn. Labels: slang Example: Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot Example: Musical Potterism, for example, is everywhere rampant. It bobs up in music criticisms and peeps forth in daily intercourse. "Give me good old Mozart," cries the classical Potterite, "and keep your modern kickshaws. Mozart is good enough for me!" Alas, we think Mozart is too good for this bonehead, who no doubt prefers a Broadway comic opera to The Marriage of Figaro. 2. A member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture. Labels: slang
Word: pasodoble Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paso doble (“dance; music”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In “Triana” (named after the Gypsy quarter in Seville), Albéniz conjures guitars and castanets and the dance forms pasodoble and Sevillana with music so evocative that you feel as if you’d just wandered into a fragrant Andalucian (sic; Andalusian) courtyard.
Word: paso doble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pasodoble, from paso doble (“double step”). 1. A fast Spanish ballroom dance in double time. 2. The music for such a dance, or for a march; used especially at bullfights.
Word: cacodyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κακώδης (kakṓdēs, “evil-smelling”) 1. The dimethylarsine radical (CH₃)₂As- Labels: countable, uncountable 2. tetramethyldiarsine formally derived from two of these radicals; an evil-smelling liquid that spontaneously combusts in air Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dimethyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl English dimethyl From di- + methyl. Pronunciation: /daɪˈmiː.θɪl/, /daɪˈmɛθ.ɪl/, /daɪˈmɛ.θəl/ 1. Two methyl groups in a molecule. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable Example: By analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18b. The planet is 124 light-years away; one light-year is equivalent to nearly 6 trillion miles.
Word: tetramethyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl English tetramethyl From tetra- + methyl. 1. (in combination) Four methyl groups in a molecule. Labels: uncountable
Word: trimethyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl English trimethyl From tri- + methyl. 1. Three methyl groups in a molecule. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: pentamethyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl English pentamethyl From penta- + methyl. 1. five methyl groups in a molecule Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: hexamethyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl English hexamethyl From hexa- + methyl. 1. (in combination) six methyl groups in a molecule Labels: uncountable
Word: cacodyl oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong-smelling liquid, ((CH₃)₂As)₂O Labels: uncountable
Word: unvanquished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English vanquished English unvanquished From un- + vanquished. 1. Not vanquished; unbeaten or unconquered
Word: slip coach Part of Speech: noun 1. A coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination and is decoupled or "slipped" and left behind. (In bygone times the decoupling was done on the move; the rest of the train did not stop.) Example: Slip-coach workings on the Western Region, the last stronghold of this practice, are now reduced to two daily - at Didcot off the 7.0 a.m. Weston-super-Mare-Paddington; and at Bicester (Saturdays excepted) off the 5.10 p.m. Paddington-Wolverhampton. Example: Friday, September 9, saw the last of the slip coach in Great Britain; the location was Bicester, and the train was the 5.10 p.m. from Paddington to Wolverhampton, which from September 12 began to stop there instead.
Word: maintenance window Part of Speech: noun 1. A prescheduled time when a system can be taken off-line for maintenance, if necessary.
Word: high-maintenance Part of Speech: adj Etymology: According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the figurative sense was popularized by the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally.... 1. Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down. 2. Requiring a lot of attention or reassurance; emotionally needy Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: He has this incredibly high-maintenance girlfriend; if he doesn't tell her that he loves her every five minutes, she tends to break down into hysterical depressive weepy fits. Example: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.
Word: low-maintenance Part of Speech: adj Etymology: According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the figurative sense was popularized by the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally.... 1. Retaining proper functionality over long periods of time with little or no maintenance. 2. Of a person: self-sufficient and not requiring much attention. Labels: figuratively
Word: torches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of torch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: torching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of torch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: torching Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of arson. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His attempt to find the real arsonist leads him to wonder if one of his newly alcoholic parents could have committed the torchings. 2. A way of catching fish at night with torchlight and spear. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: torched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of torch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shampooing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃamˈpuːɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shampoo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shampooing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃamˈpuːɪŋ/ 1. The act of cleaning something with shampoo. Example: The foyer carpet needed regular shampooings. Example: 1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure In certain moments his hair looks like it could use a shampooing.
Word: thermite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Thermit, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “heat”) + -it; comparable to English therm- + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈθɜː(ɹ).maɪt/ 1. A mixture of a metal and a metal oxide capable of producing a thermite reaction, such as aluminium metal and ferric oxide; used in incendiary devices. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: off-line Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of offline. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Model T Part of Speech: noun 1. The first car made by the Ford Motor Company on an assembly line. Before the Model T, cars were mostly made painstakingly by hand. The Model T helped popularize automobiling for the masses; it is widely considered the model that most did so. Example: a Model T moment Example: the Model T of [device category X]
Word: MPV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of multipurpose vehicle: a minivan, station wagon/estate car, large car, or, small/minibus, designed to be used on- and off-road and easily convertible to facilitate either carrying people or loading goods. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Swedish maintenance vehicle manufacturer Railcare has developed what it claims is the world's first battery-powered Multi-Purpose Vehicle. [...] Railcare plans to replace some of its MPVs in the UK with the new trains. 2. Initialism of mean platelet volume. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of monkeypox virus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: precinct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English precinct, precincte, early 15th century, in sense of “district for government purposes”, from Medieval Latin precinctum, alternative form of praecinctum (“enclosure, boundary line”), neuter singular of praecinctus, perfect passive participle of Latin praecingō (“surround, gird”), from prae (“before”) + cingō (“surround, encircle”), from which also cinch. Cognate to Italian precingere (“to encircle”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹisɪŋkt/ 1. An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls. Labels: in-plural Example: For, by the fundamental Laws of the Realm, it is Capital in any Perſon, of what Quality ſoever, to make water within the Precincts of the Palace. 2. The general area surrounding a place, environs. Labels: in-plural 3. A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area. Labels: UK 4. A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district. Labels: US 5. A subdivision of a city or other locality for the purposes of voting and representation in local government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards. Labels: US 6. A district over which someone or some body of people has control in general; province, sphere of control. Labels: archaic Example: But ſince I loue to liue at libertie, As eaſily may you get the Souldans crowne, As any prizes out of my precinct. 7. A surrounding boundary or limit. Labels: archaic
Word: endlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English endelesly, from Old English endelēaslīċe; equivalent to endless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɛndləsli/ 1. In an endless manner; continuously without limit. Example: The artists are forced endlessly to carve figures of elephants and leographs of chinthes. Example: Endlessly I'm counting down the days When you will come my way Endlessly I fall asleep to dream And you're here again it seems, endlessly
Word: craftsmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English craftsman Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English craftsmanship From craftsman + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæfts.mən.ʃɪp/ 1. The quality of being a craftsman. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An example of a craftsman's work. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The craftsmanship on the antique chair was exquisite. Example: A helm of extraordinary craftsmanship, wroght with amber and gold, rested on his head.
Word: seeress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English seer Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English seeress From seer + -ess. 1. A female seer, soothsayer or diviner Example: Following the old pagan form she sits a moment upon him in token of surrender, like the Delphian seeress on Apollo’s tripod. After receiving the breath of his spirit, the sacrament of his love, she purifies herself with like formal solemnity. Thenceforth she is a living altar. Example: As the seeress stood irresolute the tall young secretary half rose and whispered something in her ear.
Word: argumenta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin argūmenta, nominative plural form of argūmentum. Pronunciation: /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntə/ 1. plural of argumentum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ernesto Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Spanish.
Word: occupier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English occupier, occupiour, from occupien + -er (equivalent to occupy + -er) or Middle French occupier, occupiour. 1. One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.
Word: occupiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of occupier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colewort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English coolwort, coulwort, cole-wort, caule worte, equivalent to cole + wort. 1. A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Fat coleworts, and comforting perseline , Cold lettuce , and refreshing rosmarine Example: [W]e may observe that water will more readily wet some woods then others; and that water, let fall upon a Feather, the whiter side of a Colwort, and some other leaves, or upon almost any dusty, unctuous, or resinous superficies, will not at all adhere to them, but easily tumble off from them, like a solid Bowl […].
Word: impresario Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendere Vulgar Latin *imprehendere Italian imprenderedeverb. Italian impresa Italian -ario Italian impresariobor. English impresario Borrowed from Italian impresario. Pronunciation: /ˌɪmpɹɪˈsɑːɹɪəʊ/ 1. A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre.
Word: bunnies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌniz/ 1. plural of bunny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prevocalically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English prevocalic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English prevocalically From prevocalic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹi.vəʊˈkæ.lɪk.li/, /ˌpɹi.vəʊˈkæ.lɪ.kə.li/ 1. Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prevocalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English prevocalic From pre- + vocalic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/, /ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/, /ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/, /ˌpɹiː.vɐʉˈkɛl.ək/ 1. Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound Labels: not-comparable Example: Examples that may be used to teach those with articulatory and phonological impairments the prevocalic /r/ sound are: run, race, rain, tree, and spray.
Word: collimator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From collimate + -or. 1. An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence. 2. A similar device that produces a parallel beam of particles such as neutrons. 3. A small telescope attached to a larger one, used to point it in the correct general direction.
Word: wheelbarrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheelbarrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheelbarrows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wheelbarrow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pray tell Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From pray (“ask (politely)”) + tell (“explain”). 1. Please explain (something the requester does not yet understand). Labels: archaic Example: Pray tell us, how will they fare while you are away? 2. Expressing incredulity, please explain (some claim or position the speaker doubts). Labels: idiomatic, sarcastic, usually Example: But how, pray tell, do you "notice" something that happens when you're asleep?
Word: pocketknives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pocketknife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: privates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of private Labels: form-of, plural
Word: privates Part of Speech: noun 1. The genitalia; those body parts that are not normally displayed; private parts. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: She was kicked in the privates! It must have hurt.
Word: privates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of private Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Europeans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of European Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guineas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guinea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spread out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Analytic form of earlier outspread. 1. Become further apart. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The police spread out to search a wider area. 2. To place items further apart. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Spread the cards out and then turn two of them over at random.
Word: spread out Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Analytic form of earlier outspread. 1. Far apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time. Example: In other words, space is very empty, and particles are very spread out. Example: It is extremely time-consuming to use public transportation and the restaurants and dining are very spread out. 2. Covering a wide area of space or long period of time. Example: The park is very spread out, with two core areas approximately 1.5 km apart, and the trailer dump station almost 2 km away near the park entrance. Example: As a result, U.S. cities have become very spread out and cover a great deal of land.
Word: mysteriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English misteriusly, equivalent to mysterious + -ly. 1. In a mysterious manner. Example: Fore-shadows, call them rather fore-splendours, of that Truth, and Beginning of Truths, fell mysteriously over my soul. Example: 'Are there any hares about here?' I asked. 'Well, there are some left to be sure,' answered the peasant; 'on the Sukkestad-moor there is an old jack-hare, which many a hound and sportsman have been after, but he is not so easily killed, it appears.' And the worthy peasant shook his head somewhat mysteriously.
Word: bidder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bidder, biddere, equivalent to bid + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bidder, German Bitter. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪd.ə/, /ˈbɪ.dɚ/, [ˈbɪ.ɾɚ] 1. Someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction. Example: The highest bidder shall get the house. Example: But that is changing; in the coming months, Mr. Gollinger said, his company will hold an auction in a suburban New York community where lenders will help preapprove bidders for mortgages. 2. One who commands or orders. 3. One who asks or invites. Labels: dated, rare 4. One who begs. Labels: archaic
Word: fac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of factotum. Pronunciation: /fæk/ 1. A factotum letter, or a similar kind of ornamentally bordered letter formerly used at the start of a chapter or section of a book. Labels: rare Example: If a Fac or Flowered letter be deeper than the Composing-stick we measure the exact width of it by Quotations, or common Quadrats; which we put into our Stick, and the Fac into the Galley, and then compose, and empty each time so many lines as our measure in the Stick will allow, till we have composed so many as reach something beyond the Depth of the Fac, that by justifying it up to the lines, its touching the letters underneath may be prevented. Example: This combination of art and accident may be continued to any given length, as punches for letter-press may be formed of steel broken as above, by cutting, drilling, punching, bending (and all their varieties upon the same principle) parts of the letters and leaving the grain of the steel, &c. to form the lines or strokes, with all its accidental irregularities, and in this way title letters and two-line letters, facs, and complex founts of types, might be cast, every letter of which would vary in its lines from every other, and in larger letters a little art might be combin'd with accident so as to make the distinctions from all others obvious to a common observer.
Word: fac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of faculty. Pronunciation: /fæk/ 1. A faculty within a university. Labels: colloquial Example: Here's to Hibben. We call him Jack The whitest man in all the fac. Of Princeton spirit he does not lack Example: I had my essay on a memory stick so it just needed to be printed out in the Arts Fac; I'd intended to re-read it for sense but meeting Liv seemed more important.
Word: take care of Part of Speech: verb 1. To look after, to care for. Labels: transitive Example: My elderly mother needs to be taken care of. 2. To deal with, handle. Labels: transitive Example: Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess? Example: People had time to think up some questions, including reporters who shouted “Are you going to shoot down the balloon?” at President Biden shortly before the dirigible came down. “We’re going to take care of it,” the president told reporters in Syracuse, N.Y., where he was visiting family. 3. To kill. Labels: euphemistic, slang, transitive Example: In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.
Word: sultana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1580s, Italian sultana (feminine of sultano). Displaced existing sultaness. Doublet of sultan and soldan. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/, /ˌsʌlˈtæ.nə/, /ˌsʌlˈtɑ.nə/, /ˌsɔlˈtɐː.nə/ 1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape. 2. A wife or mistress of a sultan. 3. A female ruler of a sultanate. 4. A type of viol, a cither viol. 5. An old form of necklace.
Word: sweats Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /swɛts/ 1. plural of sweat Labels: form-of, plural