nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: squeezer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English squeeze Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English squeezer From squeeze + -er. 1. Someone or something that squeezes. Example: I made juice with a lemon squeezer. Example: Although it is possible to argue that the ogler's, pincher's, or squeezer's sexual misconduct is coercive, it is difficult. 2. A piece of foundry apparatus for shaping a ball of puddled iron. 3. A playing card that has its value shown in a corner such that a closely arranged hand may be studied (originally designed for poker but now standard). 4. Someone or something that coerces; one who puts the squeeze on someone. Example: Upstairs the stakes are higher. [The vagina] can be used as a come-on for financial, marital, or other entrapments, as a squeezer by women who want to swindle a man out of his semen for dishonest or desperate impregnation, and as an impotent constrictor by those who want to deprive a man of his virile organ by violence, instead of caressing it into humility as an honest trophy-thief would do. Example: Not all squeeze tactics rely on overt coercion, of course, as a squeezer's scheme sometimes can be achieved by lulling his squeezee into a false sense of security. 5. A hand job, an instance of male masturbation, or manual sex performed on a man. Labels: Canada, US, slang Example: You were playing Buckhunter at the bar last night and your game was so tight a gal offered to give you a squeezer in the parking lot. Example: Twenty-five one-armed squeezers sounds like a lot of unnecessary strain on the heart.
Word: squelchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squelch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɛl.t͡ʃi/ 1. That squelches, or makes a squelching sound. Example: Extremely stupid but extremely catchy, with the squelchiest synth I’ve ever heard, it slaps in the simplest way a song can slap.
Word: squirmy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English squirm Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English squirmy From squirm + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɝmi/, /ˈskwɜːmi/ 1. That squirms, writhes or wriggles. Example: Over a tense 83 minutes, Sweeney and Satter present a complex and contradictory image of Reality Winner: not as a lefty firebrand or a noble whistle-blower, but as a squirmy, self-deprecating over-achiever[…]
Word: syllabicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1654; back-formation from syllabication. Pronunciation: /sɪˈlæbɪkeɪt/ 1. To syllabify. Labels: rare Example: To Syllabicate, which is to find out a word by its syllables.
Word: syllabify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1799–1802; back-formation from syllabification; compare the Old French sillabifier. Pronunciation: /sɪˈlæbɪfaɪ/ 1. To divide a word into syllables; to syllabicate; to syllabize. Example: A method alſo of teaching the learners “to ſyllabify with the counters” is pointed out. Example: syllabicate 2 syllabication 1 syllabify 2 syllabification 1 syllabize 1 syllabization 3 One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.
Word: syllabication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1631; from the Medieval Latin sillabicātio, syllabicātio, noun of action of the verb syllabicō, from syllaba (“syllable”). Pronunciation: /sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of syllabifying; syllabification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters.
Word: syllabification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see -fication) of a hypothetical etymon of the form *syllabificātiō, *syllabificātiōn-, formed regularly on the base of the Latin syllabificō, itself from syllaba (“syllable”). Pronunciation: /sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The division of a word into syllables. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our author has eſtabliſhed clear practicable rules for articulation, and conſequently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ſyllabification of the Engliſh language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages. Example: syllabicate 2 syllabication 1 syllabify 2 syllabification 1 syllabize 1 syllabization 3 One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.
Word: syllogistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English syllog(ism) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English syllogistic From syllog(ism) + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to a syllogism. Example: Ganymede was once a girlishly handsome precocious youth. That one cannot for any considerable number of years go on being youthful, girlishly handsome, and precocious, seems on consideration to be a statement as worthy of credit as the famous syllogistic conclusion, "Socrates was mortal."
Word: sylphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sylph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sylphic From sylph + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a sylph 2. Slender and graceful
Word: sylphlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sylph Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English sylphlike From sylph + -like. 1. Resembling (that of) a sylph; slender and graceful. Example: Soon advancing through the hall, he saw the sylphlike figure of the lovely Olympia […] Example: […] the thin robes Floating like light clouds ’twixt our gaze and heaven; The many-twinkling feet so small and sylphlike, Suggesting the more secret symmetry Of the fair forms which terminate so well—
Word: symbioses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symbiosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symbioses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of symbiose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mantelet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmæntlət/ 1. Alternative form of mantlet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood like a dark cloud before a hailstorm.
Word: symbolization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From symbol + -ization or symbolize + -ation. 1. The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: symmetrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English symmetry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English symmetrical 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 English -ly English symmetrically From symmetrical + -ly. 1. In a symmetrical manner; so as to show symmetry Example: diagonals symmetrically intermediate between the horizontal axes, terminate in the interaxal basal angles Example: The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards, which may result in the accumulation of an unidentified leftness determinant, which flows into the node symmetrically, on the left side of the node.
Word: sympathetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sympathetical Middle English -ly English -ly English sympathetically From sympathetical + -ly. Pronunciation: /sɪmpəˈθɛtɪk(ə)li/ 1. Owing to or showing evidence of sympathy, or affinity; happening through or demonstrating correspondences, whether occult or physiological. Example: I feel sure that here before me were assembled those, in whose unhealing hearts the sight of those bleak tablets sympathetically caused the old wounds to bleed afresh. 2. In a manner which demonstrates a sharing in the feelings of others; compassionately. Example: Still she didn't stir, so he patted her shoulder and added sympathetically, 'Come now, don't take it so much to heart.'
Word: sympathizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sympathize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sympathizer From sympathize + -er. 1. A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter. Labels: derogatory, often Example: His reputation was ruined when it was revealed that he had been a Nazi sympathizer before the war. Example: […] she exposed herself to the fury of the sympathizers with slavery, without fear, and suffered their blows without flinching. 2. A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another. Labels: archaic Example: […] it is a sad case when the truly godly, who are cordial sympathizers, and earnest intercessours in the straits of a Nation, are stricken dumb in a day of calamity […] Example: […] I am a sympathizer in every part of thy distress, except (and yet it is cruel to say it) in That which arises from thy guilt.
Word: symposia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symposium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synagog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of synagogue. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: I drove to the synagog where a swastika had been painted on the wall. Example: The musical traditions of the synagog are closely allied to the unique experiences of the Jewish people.
Word: synagogal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English synagog or synagogue Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English synagogal From synagog or synagogue + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a synagogue. Example: Although the writing of the prayers was later permitted (seventh century) and the assistants therefore became superfluous, the institution none the less continued and became the nucleus of the synagogal choir-singers.
Word: synagogical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a synagogue.
Word: syndicated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of syndicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: syndicated Part of Speech: adj 1. published in multiple newspapers or magazines simultaneously via an agency. Labels: usually Example: Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.
Word: evanescently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English evanescent Middle English -ly English -ly English evanescently From evanescent + -ly. 1. In an evanescent manner
Word: syndication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb syndicate (1925). Pronunciation: /ˌsɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of syndicating a news feature by publishing it in multiple newspapers etc, simultaneously Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: natheless Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English natheles, equivalent to no + the + less. Compare netheless. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪθlɪs/ 1. Nevertheless. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Would'st thou revive the deep Despair, / The Anguish, that unutter'd nathless wrings / My inmost Heart? Example: And if he doth not return, this Wilfred may natheless repay us our charges when he shall gain treasure by the strength of his spear and of his sword, even as he did yesterday and this day also.
Word: synergism Part of Speech: noun 1. synergy Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The theological doctrine that salvation is brought about by a combination of human will and divine grace Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: synergistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English synergy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English synergistic From synergy + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to synergy or synergism; synergic; co-operative, working together, interacting, mutually stimulating. Example: Farber and Lasker struck up a synergistic partnership that would stretch over decades.
Word: hungering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hunger Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hungering Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of one who hungers. Example: [H]e findeth moreover revealed in him the Saviour of the World and the absolute neceſſity of cloſing with him, for life at the which he findeth hungerings and thirſtings after him, to which hungerings, &c., the promiſe is made.
Word: synfuel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of synthetic + fuel. 1. Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: President Jimmy Carter was proposing a major effort to increase U.S. energy independence by developing “synfuels”—liquid fuels made from coal, oil shales, and tar sands—and scientific experts had warned that this could accelerate CO₂ accumulation. 2. Any of several fuels created by chemical synthesis from simple feed stock inputs, of power, energy, heat, water, carbon dioxide, or simple compounds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: synthesized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of synthesize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: synthesized Part of Speech: adj 1. produced by synthesis 2. produced by a synthesizer
Word: systematization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English systematize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English systematization From systematize + -ation. 1. The act of systematizing Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A systematic organization Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: systematize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English systematic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English systematize From systematic + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪstəməˌtaɪz/ 1. To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US Example: And it will be observed, that the intermediate kinds now, for the first time, systematized, are the most refined, and more closely resemble those which constitute the beauty of pictorial colouring. Example: In this book Nietzsche elaborated and systematized his criticism of morals, and undertook to show why he considered modern civilization degrading.
Word: systemically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English systemic 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 systemically From systemic + -ally. 1. In a systemic manner. 2. In a manner that affects an entire system. Example: Puri et al demonstrated that intravesically administered apaziquone is well tolerated locally and systemically, and it has ablative activity for superficial bladder cancer marker lesions.
Word: worthing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of worth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: anti-predator Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English predator English anti-predator From anti- + predator. 1. That provides a defence against predation or predators. Labels: not-comparable
Word: typewrote Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of typewrite Labels: form-of, past
Word: typicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English typical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English typicality From typical + -ity. 1. typicalness Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: typicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English typical Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English typicalness From typical + -ness. 1. The state of being typical or of a type. Labels: uncountable
Word: typification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From type + -ification. 1. The act of typifying. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something which typifies: which serves as a type. Labels: countable Example: Near-synonym: exemplar
Word: tyrannically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tyrannical 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 English -ly English tyrannically From tyrannical + -ly. Pronunciation: /təˈrænək(ə)li/ 1. In a tyrannical or oppressive manner; as by a tyrant.
Word: slot-hound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slot (“track”) + hound. Pronunciation: /ˈslɒthaʊnd/ 1. Alternative form of sleuthhound. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Thou seest, maiden, what an ill-fated wretch thou dost labour to assist; be wise, and let me go, ere the misfortunes which track my footsteps like slot-hounds, shall involve thee also in their pursuit.
Word: tyrannosaurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra) Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)bor. Translingual -saurus Translingual Tyrannosaurusbor. English tyrannosaurus From translingual Tyrannosaurus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). Doublet of tyrannosaur. Pronunciation: /tɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/, /taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/ 1. Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.
Word: arblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English arblast, from late Old English arblast, from Old French arbaleste (modern French arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːblɑːst/, /ˈɑɹblæst/ 1. A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones, etc. Labels: historical Example: “[…] Here be two arblasts, comrade, with windlaces and quarrells—to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain.”
Word: cannery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English can English can Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English cannery From can + -ery. 1. A factory that produces canned goods. Example: Jim had a summer job cleaning and packing salmon at the fish cannery.
Word: canneries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cannery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stone cold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The literal sense reflects the archetype of stone: it is usually cold to the touch and often quite cold. The figurative senses emphasize the high degree of coldness or of certainty. 1. Very cold (literally); lacking any semblance of warmth. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: ice-cold, cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, frigid, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold Example: I forgot to turn on the burner under the soup and found it sitting there, still stone cold, twenty minutes later. 2. Lacking emotion or compassion. Labels: idiomatic Example: a stone-cold demeanor Example: a stone-cold killer 3. Certain; definite; obvious. Labels: idiomatic Example: a stone cold certainty Example: a stone cold guarantee
Word: stone cold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The literal sense reflects the archetype of stone: it is usually cold to the touch and often quite cold. The figurative senses emphasize the high degree of coldness or of certainty. 1. Certainly; definitely; obviously. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable, usually Example: It is stone cold guaranteed that that guy will get his clock cleaned if he shows up here today.
Word: cardsharp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From card + sharp (“cheater, dishonest person”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːdʃɑːp/, /ˈkɑɹdʃɑɹp/ 1. A professional cheater at card games. Example: One of Tim’s great-grandparents was a cardsharp in the Wild West, and was shot dead during a game. Example: While thus running on, the knavish card-sharp was slowly, and with apparent fairness, cutting the pack, which was prepared by having every card but the honours of each suit cut at the ends, in so slight a degree, however, as not to shorten them enough to be detectible by an ordinary eye, though sufficiently to be felt by a fine and practised finger, which could thus ensure a court-card, while the red cards of the pack (or deck of cards, as they were then commonly called) were deprived of their proper size by a similar process of shaving off the sides, so as to make the turn-up either red or black at will of the player.
Word: cardsharps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardsharp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, “drum”). Doublet of nacre. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪkə/ 1. A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum. Example: the Norman trumpets from the battlements […], mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettle-drum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy.
Word: cardsharper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From card + sharper. 1. Synonym of cardsharp. Labels: rare Example: I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
Word: cardsharpers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardsharper Alternative form of cardsharps. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burn one's bridges Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally in the military sense of intentionally cutting off one's own retreat (burning a bridge one has crossed) to commit oneself to a course of action, later used primarily to mean alienate former friends. 1. To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't you burn your bridges behind you / You might wanna turn and come back again / The bridge you burn today, you may need it again for tomorrow / Might bring sorrow
Word: assoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from a- (intensifying prefix) or ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, toward’, or indicating an addition or tendency) + soil (“to make dirty”), perhaps influenced by assoil (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /əˈsɔɪl/ 1. To make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully. Labels: archaic, obsolete, transitive Example: Is it that the world has assoiled my soul? Yet I have not tasted of worldly joys; all that I have known of it has been suffering and tears.
Word: assoilzie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A Scottish variant of assoil, from Scottish Middle English assolyhe, assolȝe, retaining the -le- or -li- sounds of Anglo-Norman as(s)oilier and Old French as(s)oille which were dropped in modern English spoken in England. Pronunciation: /əˈsɔɪl(j)ɪ/ 1. Synonym of assoil. Labels: Scotland, archaic, transitive Example: There is more than mere strength, there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to every blow which he deals upon his enemies. God assoilzie him of the sin of bloodshed!—it is fearful, yet magnificent, to behold how the arm and heart of one man can triumph over hundreds. Example: "Cousin," replied Desmond, "one son of York made my father, whose soul God assoilzie! Lord Deputy; another chopped off his head—so much for the White Rose![…]" 2. Synonym of assoil. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: The verdict, when in writing, is authenticated by the subscriptions of the chancellor and clerk of the jury, and accompanied with a list of the names of the jurors, and a state of the vote of each individual, "whether condemning or assoilzieing;" Regulations 1672, No. 9. Example: In these circumstances, I will uphold the defender’s fourth plea-in-law […] and assoilzie the defender from the craves of the initial writ.
Word: call it even Part of Speech: verb 1. To declare debts resolved or favors or other exchange equitable. Example: Since you paid for dinner last time, I'll pay this time, and we'll call it even.
Word: close shave Part of Speech: noun 1. A shave that is very short or near the skin. Example: He used a new razor blade for a good close shave. 2. A near accident or mishap; a dangerous or risky encounter or incident. Labels: figuratively Example: I had a close shave with somebody who pulled out in front of me on the road, but I swerved and managed not to hit him.
Word: tirelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tireless Middle English -ly English -ly English tirelessly From tireless + -ly. 1. In a tireless manner; without tiring, flagging, or ceasing. Example: The volunteers worked tirelessly to improve the content.
Word: carpeting Part of Speech: noun 1. Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As part of the restoration of the house, they took up the carpeting and left the hardwood floors exposed. 2. Cloth or materials for carpets. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A severe reprimand or telling-off. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: She got a carpeting from the boss.
Word: carpeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of carpet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: She considered carpeting her bedroom floor to cover the blood stains in the floorboards.
Word: appetites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of appetite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: petals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: petals Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of petal Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hangings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hanging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Castile Part of Speech: name Etymology: From (possibly through a Middle French form) Spanish Castilla from Old Spanish Castiella from Medieval Latin Castella from the plural of Latin castellum (“castle, fort, citadel”), diminutive of castrum (“fortress”); supposedly derived from the many castles constructed in the region. Pronunciation: /kasˈtiːɫ/, /kəsˈtiːl/ 1. A medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain. Labels: historical 2. A vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile. 3. A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, United States, named after Castile in Spain.
Word: País Vasco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish País Vasco (literally “Basque Country”). 1. Basque Country
Word: Navarra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Sephardic Jewish surname, from the region Navarre. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: Moldavia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɒlˈdeɪvi.ə/ 1. A former principality in Eastern Europe, which occupied a region now made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania. Labels: historical 2. Moldavia, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova). 3. Nonstandard form of Moldova. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: In Moldavia, a young Leonid Brezhnev orchestrated the postwar subjugation of the newly annexed Romanian territory, ordering thousands of executions and shipping off 30,000 people to Siberian labor camps.
Word: ogreish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ogre + -ish. Piecewise doublet of orcish. 1. Resembling an ogre; cruel and wicked.
Word: okey-doke Part of Speech: intj 1. OK Labels: colloquial Example: Okeydoke, well, I 'preciate yer time, Ms. Jolene. Example: ETHAN: (To DEVON.) Okey-doke, here's what you and I are gonna do. We're gonna put that little bitcharoo on a toddler timeout over there, and we're going to have ourselves some Schramsburg.
Word: okey-doke Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of okie-doke. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: okey-dokey Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Reduplication and modification of okay. First attested in the 1930s. 1. An exclamation of accordance; okay, OK. Labels: colloquial Example: “Ensign, the bridge is yours. Be gentle but attentive. Get her where she needs to be. Guide her home.” “Okeydokey. (chuckles) Uh, maintain course.” (all screaming) (alarm blaring) Example: “Okey dokey. I just got off the phone with Gizmo and gave him our locaysh.”
Word: okey-dokey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Reduplication and modification of okay. First attested in the 1930s. 1. Okay, OK. Labels: colloquial Example: “Hi, Maria. How are you?” “Okey-dokey and Clarissa’s okey-dokey too!” Example: Feeling okey-dokey, Audrey? Why don’t you hop in?
Word: Chihuahua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Chihuahua. The dog is named after the state. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪˈwɑwɑ/, /t͡ʃɪˈwaʊ(w).ə/ 1. A city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico. 2. A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico. 3. A state of Mexico.
Word: Chihuahua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Chihuahua. The dog is named after the state. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪˈwɑwɑ/, /t͡ʃɪˈwaʊ(w).ə/ 1. The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears. Example: The first time I saw a Chihuahua, I thought it was a battery-powered toy. Eyes too big for the face, ears of a large dog, took tens of steps to keep up, squeaked like a two-month-old pup.
Word: occlusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin occlūsīvus. Pronunciation: /əˈkluːsɪv/ 1. That tends to occlude.
Word: occlusive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin occlūsīvus. Pronunciation: /əˈkluːsɪv/ 1. A speech sound produced by obstructing airflow in the oral vocal tract, but not necessarily into the nasal cavity. 2. A product that forms a protective film and traps moisture against the skin.
Word: occupationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English occupation English -al English occupational 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 English -ly English occupationally From occupational + -ly. 1. As part of an occupation.
Word: oceanology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)der. Latin Ōceanusder. Old French occeanbor. Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan English ocean Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English oceanology From ocean + -ology. 1. oceanography Labels: uncountable
Word: odds-on Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a chance of winning that is better than even. Example: The trophy had barely been lifted before the first press release went out from the bookmakers announcing Norwich as odds-on to go down next season. Example: Trump described the man odds-on to take the keys to Gracie Mansion in November as a “Communist” who “is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.” 2. In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked. 3. Very likely. Labels: colloquial Example: Name a light entertainer and its odds-on that he - or even she (think of Cilla Black) – learned the trade of laughter and song in Liverpool.
Word: odiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English odious Middle English -ly English -ly English odiously From odious + -ly. 1. In an odious manner. Example: some odiously incestuous marriages, which, even by the relation of our diurnalists, have, by this means, found a damnable passage, to the great dishonour of God and shame of the Church. Example: He may make a shift to sow lettuce, raise melons, and water a garden-plat; but otherwise, a very filthy fellow: how odiously he smells of his country garlick!
Word: odored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From odor + -ed. 1. Having an odor, especially having a specified odor. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oiliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English oily Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English oiliness From oily + -ness. 1. The quality of being oily. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: During his retirement, Deeley devised a method for testing the oiliness of lubricants, which he communicated to the Physical Society in 1919; […].
Word: oilskins Part of Speech: noun 1. A waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The place had the empty and musty feel and smell usual to a dwelling no longer inhabited. Everywhere was a thick litter of discarded and ragged garments, old sea-boots, leaky oilskins -- all the worthless forecastle dunnage of a long voyage.
Word: oafishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English oafish Middle English -ly English -ly English oafishly From oafish + -ly. 1. in an oafish manner
Word: oafishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English oafish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English oafishness From oafish + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly. Labels: uncountable
Word: oarswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English oar English -s- Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English oarswoman From oar + -s- + -woman. 1. A female oarsman.
Word: oatcake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oat + cake. 1. Any of many flat biscuits, or cakes, made from oatmeal. 2. Any of many flat biscuits, or cakes, made from oatmeal.
Word: Erdős number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős. 1. A number describing the degree of collaboration between a mathematician and Paul Erdős, defined such that a mathematician who has written a paper with Erdős has an Erdős number of 1, a mathematician who has written a paper with somebody having an Erdős number of 1 has an Erdős number of two, and so on.
Word: turtle hull Part of Speech: noun 1. The trunk of a car; a storage compartment under the hood. Labels: US 2. A rumble seat.
Word: hee Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of laughter. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: "Good evening, Kristen," said I; "what are you telling that creates such fun?" "Hee, hee, hee!" screamed the youngsters, with great glee depicted in their faces; "Kristen has told us about the smith and the devil, and then about the lad who got him into the nut, and now he says he's going to tell us about Peter Sannum, whose horse the fairies stopped on the Asmyr hill." 2. Said accompanying a vigorous attack. Labels: rare Example: Hyde: (Leaps from desk. LADY BUGG runs behind the sofa. HYDE follows.) Hee, hee, hee! LADY BUGG: Help! Murder! Police! Example: Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!
Word: hee Part of Speech: pron 1. Obsolete spelling of he (sometimes emphatic). Labels: alt-of, obsolete, personal, pronoun Example: He ended, and the Son gave signal high To the bright Minister that watchd, hee blew His Trumpet
Word: foot feed Part of Speech: noun 1. The accelerator or gas pedal, so called when the throttle control was moved from the column to the floor. Labels: archaic
Word: quandry Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of quandary. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Interlaken Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Interlaken. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəˌlɑːkən/, /ˈɪntɚˌlɑkən/ 1. A town in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. 2. A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. 3. A locality in Central Highlands council area, Northern Midlands council area and the Southern Midlands council area, central Tasmania, Australia.
Word: bayamo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish bayamo, from Bayamo, the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba. 1. A violent storm in the Caribbean. Example: There was a bayamo upon the Sea. 2. A violent force. Labels: figuratively
Word: Labor Day Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlej.bɚ dej/ 1. The holiday marking the unofficial end of summer, held on the first Monday in September. Labels: US Example: The Conception caught fire around 3:14 a.m. on Labor Day off Santa Cruz Island, about 20 miles away from the coast of mainland California. It was the last day of a three-day diving trip. 2. An annual holiday held on May 1 to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers.
Word: Knights Templar Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Knight Templar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Knights Templar Part of Speech: name 1. A chiefly military order of medieval knights that existed for nearly two centuries during the Crusades. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only 2. Any of several branches of Freemasonry that claim descent from the medieval order. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: riflip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pronunciation of the acronym RFLP. 1. A section of DNA whose length varies among individuals and which is delimited by a base which does not occur within it.
Word: RFLP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of restriction fragment length polymorphism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: Erdos number Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Erdős number. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trade winds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trade wind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: like a bat out of hell Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. With crazy or excessive intensity or speed. Example: He came tearing around the corner like a bat out of hell and nearly ran us over. Example: Appellee testified that "the train came through like a bat out of hell," and while this language is probably highly figurative, it nevertheless might tend to indicate that the train was running at a very high speed.
Word: have a bun in the oven Part of Speech: verb 1. To be pregnant; to be expecting a baby. Labels: informal Example: Her parents were surprised to learn that she had a bun in the oven. Example: You really think it's cool for you to hit the sauce with a bun in the oven?
Word: blow chunks Part of Speech: verb 1. To vomit chunks of undigested food. Labels: idiomatic, slang 2. To suffer from explosive diarrhea. Labels: idiomatic, slang 3. To be very bad, inadequate, unpleasant, or miserable; to thoroughly suck. Labels: idiomatic, slang, stative Example: The old version was okay, but the new version blows chunks.
Word: blow out of proportion Part of Speech: verb 1. To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I don’t think we need to blow it out of proportion. There’s a problem, and we should fix it.
Word: overreact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English react English overreact From over- + react. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/, /ˌəʊvəɹiˈækt/ 1. To react too much or too intensely. Example: Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning. Example: overreact to bad news
Word: overstate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English overstate From over- + state. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt/, /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt/ 1. To state or claim too much. Labels: transitive 2. To exaggerate; to state or claim to a greater degree than reality. Labels: transitive Example: I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer. Example: He was suggested not to overstate at the interview.
Word: overstatement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overstate + -ment or over- + statement. 1. An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts. Example: It would hardly be an overstatement to describe Drummond's next design as an outstanding British locomotive class, and possibly his masterpiece. 2. The tendency to overstate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had a knack for overstatement.
Word: friend of mine Part of Speech: noun 1. A personal friend of the speaker/writer who is not a member of the Mafia. Labels: US, slang Example: ' 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see friend, of, mine.
Word: peptone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye- Proto-Hellenic *péťťō Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf. Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō) Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der. German Peptonbor. English peptone From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛptoʊn/ 1. Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.
Word: friend of ours Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Mafia in another town or district, but not a direct rival. Labels: US, slang
Word: eucalypti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eucalyptus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eugenically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English eugenic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English eugenically From eugenic + -ally. 1. In terms of, or by means of, eugenics. Labels: not-comparable Example: The controversial U.S. Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell, a 1926 ruling that upheld the rights of states to eugenically sterilize, without consent, those it considered "unfit".
Word: eulogistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English eulogy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English eulogistic From eulogy + -istic. 1. Conveying praise or admiration, as in a eulogy. Example: But on one fatal occasion I happened to change my tactics and warmly praised a work[…] my eulogistic review of the hated individual, unfortunately for me, appeared, with the result that private spite outweighed public justice and I was immediately dismissed. Example: He writhed for twenty minutes under the flowery and eulogistic periods of the president, and rose himself in the state of confused indignation which the Briton feels when he is publicly approved.
Word: eulogizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eulogize + -er. 1. A person who eulogizes.
Word: euphoniously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English euphonious Middle English -ly English -ly English euphoniously From euphonious + -ly. 1. in a euphonious manner Example: Then there are flowers to be painted on velvet—the new romance to be read—or some invention of novel embellishment to be discussed with your Mlle. Jacinthe, Hyacinthe, or whatever poetic name may euphoniously designate your Parisian priestess of the mirror.
Word: euphorically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English euphoric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English euphorically From euphoric + -ally. 1. In a euphoric manner.
Word: eggbeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From egg + beater. 1. A kitchen utensil that uses rotating blades to beat eggs. 2. A (wire) whisk. Labels: dated, possibly, uncommon Example: With a wire eggbeater, lower the oysters into this three or four at a time. Example: Bleeding.—Bleeding for therapuetic sera are made with trocar and rubber tube into 2-liter Erlenmeyer flasks having a large flat wire eggbeater to support the clot. After the flask is about half-full, it is tilted on the side where the wire is inserted. 3. A swimming stroke involving alternating kicks. 4. A helicopter. Labels: slang Example: He scanned the horizon to the south, searching in vain for the eggbeater. 5. An outboard motor. Labels: slang