nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: colony collapse disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A mysterious and widespread phenomenon of the sudden disappearance of colonies of bees. Labels: uncountable Example: As many as a quarter of the nation's commercially kept bees went missing last year, presumed dead, in a phenomenon now called colony collapse disorder. Example: Interaction among multiple pathogens and parasites is the proposed cause for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a syndrome characterized by worker bees abandoning the hive. Here we provide the first documentation that the phorid fly Apocephalus borealis, previously known to parasitize bumble bees, also infects and eventually kills honey bees and may pose an emerging threat to North American apiculture.
Word: hill of beans Part of Speech: noun 1. Something of no importance. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: not worth a hill of beans Example: Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
Word: glomping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of glomp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: 2006 Dec: Jeffrey Reeves (translator), Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase, Volume 5, TOKYOPOP English version Luna, would you please quit glomping me like that?
Word: pitchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pitch + man. 1. A salesman, especially one who aggressively markets wares from a street stall, or a carnival or side show act. Example: The pitchman swept his cane in a slow acceleration over the heads of the crowd and then suddenly pointed the silver cap toward Billy and the shill.
Word: side show Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sideshow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aiglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French aiguillette (“needle”), diminutive of aiguille. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ɡlɛt/ 1. A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice. Example: Buckles and agglettes at vnwares, ſhall race his bowe, a thinge both euill for the fight, & perillous for freatinge. 2. An ornament worn on clothing, consisting of a metal tag on a fringe, or a small metallic plate or spangle. Example: a silken Camus […] Which all aboue besprinckled was throughout, / With golden aygulets, that glistred bright
Word: candlelight vigil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From candlelight + vigil. 1. An event that includes lighting candles, used to remember the victims of a tragedy.
Word: embarrassment of riches Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French embarras des richesses, from John Ozell's 1738 translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726) by Léonor Jean Christine Soulas d'Allainval. 1. An abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing. Labels: idiomatic Example: Roger was in the library, trying to choose, from an embarrassment of riches, the ten of his father's books which he was to be permitted to take to the city. Example: What might be an embarrassment of riches—a city with three independent and artistically distinct opera companies—may become a lose-lose-lose situation.
Word: lienholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lien + holder. 1. Used in instances of title of property (such as a vehicle) to refer to the person who has right of property, as opposed to the party that merely has right of possession. The party that only has right of possession is referred to as a registered owner, and in the event the registered owner fails to pay off the lien according to the agreed-to terms, the lienholder has the right to invoke repossession of the property (vehicle).
Word: emblema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin emblēma. Doublet of emblem. 1. An inlaid ornament.
Word: nondualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + dualism, to translate the Sanskrit term अद्बैत (advaita, “not two”). 1. The belief that dualism and dichotomy are illusory phenomena, that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate. Labels: uncountable
Word: flapdoodle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflæpˌduːdl̩/, /ˈflæpˌdud(ə)l/ 1. Nonsense. Labels: uncountable Example: ‘The gentleman has eaten no small quantity of flapdoodle in his lifetime.’ ‘What’s that, O’Brien?’ replied I. ‘Why, Peter,’ rejoined he, ‘it’s the stuff they feed fools on.’ Example: Fiddlesticks and flapdoodle 2. Thingamabob. Labels: countable Example: Then there was the noble but unseen army of perspiring heroes who wrestled with furniture and wings and other flapdoodles behind the curtain. Example: What other playwright would dare populate his plays with space aliens, dancing plates and spoons, vampires, girl huns, mystic furballs and bodacious flapdoodles? 3. A speaker or writer of nonsense. Labels: countable Example: Here, So-and-so ”—to some one on whose countenance a faint gleam of comprehension was discernible—“ tell these flapdoodles of the ages what I mean.” Example: As for the others, no one cares a brass farthing what Olcott and his "flapdoodles" may do or say.
Word: flapdoodle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflæpˌduːdl̩/, /ˈflæpˌdud(ə)l/ 1. To con; to deceive with nonsense. Example: Now, however the innocents may be flapdoodled by such jugglery the guilties remain undeceived. Example: Whilst acknowledging the accolade and honour, I wasn't happy and 'flapdoodled' to try and get out of it.
Word: nontheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + theism. Intended as a generalization of atheism, non-theist was coined in the 1850s. Nontheism is not recorded in notable dictionaries as of 2024. 1. Any of a range of concepts regarding spirituality and religion which do not include the idea of a deity in the form of a theistic god or gods. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is our conviction that piecemeal critiques of nontheisms will not suffice. The theist must enter the arena with a positive and comprehensive case of his own.
Word: stabilise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stable + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stabilize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Cristiana Paşca Palmer, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest was a grim reminder that a fresh approach needed to stabilise the climate and prevent ecosystems from declining to a point of no return, with dire consequences for humanity. Example: Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
Word: seacock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + cock. 1. A valve in the hull of a vessel used to let in water, either to clean the bilges, flood a ballast tank, or scuttle the vessel.
Word: etalon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French étalon (“measuring gauge, standard”). 1. An optical device containing parallel mirrors, used as a narrow band filter, often in laser design. Example: It will be shown that the simple theory outlined in the preceding paragraph, which is applicable to single-plate etalons, can be used to predict the main features of the spectral curve of a multi element etalon. Example: The laser output will be composed of longitudinal modes that fall inside the transmission band of the etalon, hence a narrowing of the laser line width is observed.
Word: epigeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπίγειος (epígeios, “on the earth”) + -al. 1. Living near the surface of the ground Labels: not-comparable 2. Emerging above the surface of the ground after being germinated Labels: not-comparable
Word: survival sex Part of Speech: noun 1. Prostitution of oneself in order to acquire funds for food, shelter or drugs. Labels: uncountable Example: Many programs have clients who engage in prostitution or "survival sex" to support their drug use. Example: Need for structural response to build capacity and livelihoods, to prevent survival sex and exploitative power relations.
Word: San Melchor Betaza Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish, from Zapotec. 1. A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Word: excentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ex- + -centric. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsɛn.tɹɪk/, /ɪkˈsɛn.tɹɪk/ 1. One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Example: excentric nucleus Example: excentric stalk 2. Alternative spelling of eccentric. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: excentric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ex- + -centric. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsɛn.tɹɪk/, /ɪkˈsɛn.tɹɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of eccentric (a disk or wheel with off-centre axis) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: give stick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the literal sense of beating someone or something with a stick (especially a hockey stick). 1. To abuse, insult, or denigrate.
Word: populosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French populosité, from Latin populositas, from populosus (“populous”), or from populous + -ity. 1. Populousness. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: In what bulk or populosity it stood in the old East-angle Monarchy, tradition and history are silent. Example: When we read of the great populosity of ancient Ireland, in so much that she was obliged from time to time, to throw off part of this plethora by foreign invasions, we must naturally explore the causes of this amazing decay of inhabitants, in our own days!
Word: antimafia Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + mafia. 1. Opposing or combating the mafia.
Word: credit note Part of Speech: noun 1. A commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.
Word: C/N Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of credit note. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. construction number (aircraft construction).
Word: precautionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English precaution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English precautionary From precaution + -ary. 1. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution. Example: The port cities were quarantined as a precautionary measure, though no cases of the disease had been found. Example: Fearing attack on the northern ports by the English, he even took precautionary measures by strengthening the defense of Shan-hai-kuan 山海關 and Ch‘in-huang-tao 秦皇島.
Word: precautionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English precaution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English precautionary From precaution + -ary. 1. A precaution. Labels: obsolete Example: Thou seest, Belford, by the above precautionaries, that I forget nothing.
Word: necessarie Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of necessary. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The which is more neceſſarie in that this ſicknes is not painfull to the Patient, but inſenſible, like the lethargic ordead palſie.
Word: came back Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come back Labels: form-of, past
Word: comes on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coming on Part of Speech: adv 1. Almost, nearly, nigh on. Example: I do scouting for record companies. I've been doing that for coming on three years now.
Word: coming on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of come on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: came on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come on Labels: form-of, past
Word: comes out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coming out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkʌ.mɪŋ ˈaʊt/ 1. present participle and gerund of come out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: came out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come out Labels: form-of, past
Word: came through Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come through Labels: form-of, past
Word: comes through Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come through Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coming through Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of come through Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coming through Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to order someone to give clear passage.
Word: comes true Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come true Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coming true Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of come true Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: came true Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come true Labels: form-of, past
Word: comes up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: came up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come up Labels: form-of, past
Word: ethicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ethic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ethicism From ethic + -ism. 1. The application of ethics. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They focused on ethicism in their advertising to appeal to the growing green market.
Word: befalls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of befall Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: befalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of befall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: befalling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bifallinge, equivalent to befall + -ing. Cognate with Dutch bevalling (“delivery, labour”), Swedish befallning (“command, behest, charge”). 1. A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
Word: befalling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bifallinge, equivalent to befall + -ing. Cognate with Dutch bevalling (“delivery, labour”), Swedish befallning (“command, behest, charge”). 1. present participle and gerund of befall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: befalling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bifallinge, equivalent to befall + -ing. Cognate with Dutch bevalling (“delivery, labour”), Swedish befallning (“command, behest, charge”). 1. Appertaining; appropriate; fitting. Labels: archaic Example: Bountie & largeſſe is befalling for kynges.
Word: indeterminism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French indéterminisme, equivalent to in- + determinism. 1. The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will. Labels: uncountable 2. A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously. Labels: countable Example: The classic examples in physics involve relativity theory and quantum theory and the recognition of the indeterminisms underlying those required the genius of Einstein and of Heisenberg. 3. Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance. Labels: countable Example: There is a whole gradation of more or less rigid determinisms and more or less free indeterminisms, as they have been given in various theories. 4. A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process. Labels: countable Example: In detail, an inference strategy has to deal with the following three kinds of indeterminisms: 1. the selection of the initial path, 2. the selection of the next branch B to be expanded, 3. the selection of the next linking step to be performed on B. Example: These indeterminisms confuse a regular bus arbiter in deciding whether a transaction should be aborted or resumed.
Word: sullies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sully Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sullies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sully Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exempts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exempt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exempts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exempt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exempted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exempt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exempting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exempt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bespeaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bespeak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bespeaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bespeak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: durant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French durant, present participle of durer (“to last”). 1. Alternative form of durance (“duration”) Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete 2. A strong cloth in imitation of buff leather. Labels: historical
Word: drops off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of drop off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dropping off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of drop off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dropped off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of drop off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skullfuck Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of skull-fuck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skull fuck Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of skull-fuck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: favori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French favori. Doublet of favourite. 1. A favorite. Example: Into the bargain with Marie, the American girl, who is grace itself, and comes leaping and dancing simply like a wave—like nothing else, and who yesterday was Queen out of the Epiphany cake and chose Robinet (the French Painter) as her favori with the most pretty confusion possible—into the bargain with Marie, we have two little Russian girls, with the youngest of whom, a little polyglot button of a three-year old, I had the most laughable little scene at lunch to-day. Example: With characteristic humour, Ninon divided her admirers into three classes: her martyrs, her caprices and her favoris, and into one or other of these classes fell nearly every gallant in Paris. 2. Sideburns or side whiskers. Labels: archaic, in-plural Example: M. de Whiskerburg was a very young man, very tall, with a very fine figure, and very fine features. In short, a sort of Hungarian Apollo; only his beard, his mustachios, his whiskers, his favoris, his padishas, his sultanas, his mignonettas, his dulcibellas, did not certainly entitle him to the epithet of imberbis, and made him rather an after-representative of the Hungarian Hercules. Example: The Count twisted his favoris, twirled his moustaches, and bit his nether lip; then, taking up the Court Magazine, fixed his eyes on the portrait of the 'Hon. Frances Eleanor de Vere, Wentworth, St. Leger,' and muttered in an audible apostrophe, "How lovely! and how like!"
Word: Salat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Salat. 1. A right tributary of the Garonne in Occitania, France.
Word: dual mandate Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation in which a person has been elected to two different bodies with different competencies, for example being a member of both a national legislature, and of a local authority.
Word: fiestas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiesta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fiestas Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fiesta Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: press agent Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who organizes the publicity for a firm or organization, and acts as an intermediary with the press and other media
Word: necessaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of necessarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throbber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From throb + -er. In sense 1, after version 1.0 of the Netscape web browser, which used an animation of its logo (a big blue N) expanding and contracting, as in a throb. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɒ.bə/, /ˈθɹɑ.bəɹ/ 1. A widget consisting of a static image that animates during execution of a task. 2. An erect penis. Labels: slang Example: One look at that lifeguard's prong gave me a throbber like a baseball bat — not quite that big, of course, but at least that hard! Example: She could feel his throbber pressing into her womanhood. 3. A term of abuse. Labels: slang Example: "A d14? Are you mad? Why not just use a pack of cards Gorman you throbber?" Example: 'Fuck. I didn't know that. I'll throw you a few coins when I see you under the bridge.' 'Cheers Royal, you throbber. That's if I even make it back. The taxi rides between Amman and Baghdad last time were ... entertaining. Not really looking forward to it all again next week. Baghdad had its moments an' all.'
Word: Ankave Part of Speech: noun 1. A people of Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Ankave Part of Speech: name 1. Their language.
Word: filter lane Part of Speech: noun 1. A lane of traffic reserved for those making a specific turn at the next junction
Word: poney Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of pony (“small horse”). Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: “[…] You will have the same walks to frequent, the same library to chuse from, the same people to look at, the same horse to ride.” “Very true. Yes, dear old grey poney.[…]” Example: […] drawn by one or more poney or ponies, mule or mules, to carry 2.
Word: poney Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The poney or youngest hand should collect the cards that have been played, and shuffle them together […]
Word: disproportion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English proportion English disproportion From dis- + proportion. Pronunciation: /dɪspɹəˈpɔːʃən/ 1. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical […] that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face. Example: Then we, the social outsiders, turn around and dictate how men shall treat women (seldom, if ever, how women shall treat men; power in men's rather than women's hands being the excuse offered for this lop-sided arrangement), and how whites shall treat blacks (the same disproportion exists here too). 2. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the disproportion of strength or means to an object
Word: disproportion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English proportion English disproportion From dis- + proportion. Pronunciation: /dɪspɹəˈpɔːʃən/ 1. To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch. Labels: transitive Example: To shape my legs of an unequal size; / To disproportion me in every part. Example: a degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory
Word: freedmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freedman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: true seals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of true seal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grandsire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire. 1. Grandfather. Labels: archaic Example: “I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]" 2. Any male ancestor. 3. Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells. 4. The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather
Word: unpopularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + popularity or unpopular + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˌpɒpjʊˈlæɹɪti/ 1. The property or degree of being unpopular, or the absence or lack of popularity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was built at the Salt River works of the South African Railways in 1926 to the design of Oscar Hulse, and was placed on Cape Town suburban service in 1927, but was soon withdrawn because of its unpopularity. Example: A Maryland Democrat proposed a long-shot bill to impose term limits on Supreme Court judges in the latest reform effort to capitalize on the high court’s historic unpopularity across the political spectrum.
Word: true seal Part of Speech: noun 1. A pinniped of the family Phocidae, characterized by absence of pinnae.
Word: earless seal Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of true seal.
Word: grey seal Part of Speech: noun 1. A seal species (Halichoerus grypus).
Word: cargo cult Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cargo (“Western material goods”) + cult. First used in print by N. M. Bird in an article in 1945. 1. Any of several religious movements among the people of Melanesia that anticipate the arrival of material cargo or cultural restoration, typically through the ritual imitation of the activities of colonial or technological cultures. 2. Any of several philosophies, practices or pseudosciences that are not rooted in experiment, often characterized by an unreflected and ritualistic approach. Labels: also, attributive, figuratively Example: cargo cult science Example: cargo cult software engineering
Word: Saimaa ringed seal Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of seal (Pusa saimensis), living only in Lake Saimaa in Finland, previously considered a subspecies of the ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis)
Word: bootup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from boot up. 1. The process of booting up.
Word: tape off Part of Speech: verb 1. To cordon; to separate from the surroundings using tape or similar material. Example: The police taped off the crime scene.
Word: front-end loader Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of four-wheeled tractor, used in construction, which has a one-man cabin and a large scoop at the front which can be used to dig up dirt or other material. Example: We overcame this difficulty by using a powershift front-end loader as the last unit in the train[.] 2. The subassembly or attachment on such a machine that gives it its name: the bucket, the lifting arms, and the hydraulic circuits that move them. Example: Holonym: backhoe
Word: stirpes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stirpēs, a plural and a collateral form of stirps (“rootstock”). 1. plural of stirps Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of stirp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stirpes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stirpēs, a plural and a collateral form of stirps (“rootstock”). 1. branches, lines of descent, used in the legal expression per stirpes. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: PFK Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Abbreviation of phosphofructokinase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: PFK Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French PFK. From the name of the Quebec division of KFC (“Kentucky Fried Chicken”). 1. Synonym of KFC (geographically restricted to restos in Quebec, when discussing this restaurant) Labels: Montreal, Quebec
Word: hide one's light under a bushel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally a reference to one of Jesus Christ’s parables recorded in Matthew 5:14–15, Mark 4:21–25, and Luke 8:16–18 of the Bible. For example, in the King James Version the passage from Matthew states (spelling modernized): “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill, cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel: but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.” The parable uses the imagery of a candle hidden under an overturned bushel (“a dry-measure vessel with a capacity of eight gallons”), and is interpreted as a call to Christians to set a good example through their actions that other people may come to believe in the faith. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪd wʌnz ˈlaɪt ˌʌndɚ‿ə ˈbʊʃl̩/, /ˌhaɪd wʌnz ˈlaɪt ˌʌndɚ‿ə ˈbʊʃ(ə)l/ 1. To conceal one's positive qualities or talents, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention. Labels: idiomatic Example: O then doe not knit vp your Maſters talent in a Napkin; ſmother not his light vnder a buſhell; […] but aboue all, ſquander not avvay your rich portions by riotous living. Example: VVhen after all, a Man is fully convinced of Truth, and believes it in his Heart; yet, for Fear of Man, he hides this Light under a Bushel, by not confeſſing it before Men.
Word: misdemeanant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English misdemean Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English misdemeanant From misdemean + -ant. 1. Someone convicted of a misdemeanor. Labels: US 2. Someone guilty of misconduct; a wrongdoer. Example: How much more rational, and probably equally deterrent, it would be to mulct a wilful misdemeanant in work-coupons than to shut him up in a dark room!
Word: piratical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pīrāticus + -al, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτικός (peirātikós); equivalent to pirate + -ical. Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹætɪkɘl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates. Example: A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people call work, So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work; Example: He looks piratical, with his beard and long hair and single pearl earring, or like a jumble-sale 17th century nobleman. 2. Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.
Word: disunion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French désunion. 1. Separation (disintegration) of a union; lack of union where union would be desirable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hunger, cold, and mortification, the disunion of families; the separation of those the most fondly attached; youth bowed by premature toil; age wasting the little strength yet remaining:—these are the familiar objects which surround poverty.
Word: probationer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From probation + -er. Pronunciation: /pɹoʊˈbeɪʃənɚ/, /pɹə(ʊ)ˈbeɪʃənə/ 1. One who is on probation. 2. One who is licensed to preach, but not ordained to a pastorate. Labels: Scotland 3. A chorister in their training period before full admission to a choir, whether or not that period is probationary. Labels: UK
Word: hatchway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hatch + way. Pronunciation: /ˈhæt͡ʃweɪ/ 1. A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door. Example: Up through the great hatchways rimmed with racks of heavy shot, the watch below came pouring […] Example: Full-depth, hinged doors are provided on each side of the engine and generator housing, and hatchways are fitted in the roof over the engine.
Word: workingmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workingman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demoniac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English demoniak et al., from Old French demoniaque, from Late Latin daemoniacus. Pronunciation: /dɪˈməʊnɪak/, /diməˈnaɪæk/ 1. Possessed or controlled by a demon. 2. Of or pertaining to demons; demonic. Example: How dark may be the hiding of God's face, Or what demoniac forms may seize the helm Of reason... Example: Animal fury and orgiastic licence here whipped themselves to demoniac heights by howls and squawking ecstasies that tore and reverberated through those nighted woods like pestilential tempests from the gulfs of hell.
Word: demoniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demoniak et al., from Old French demoniaque, from Late Latin daemoniacus. Pronunciation: /dɪˈməʊnɪak/, /diməˈnaɪæk/ 1. Someone who is possessed by a demon. Example: The exorcism was dropped from the second Edwardian Prayer Book, because of its implication that unbaptised infants were demoniacs […].
Word: repayment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From repay + -ment, also equivalent to re- + payment. 1. The act of repaying. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The money or other item that is repaid. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of revenge, an act of revenge. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: discoverable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Latin discooperīreder. Late Latin discoperīre Old French descovrirbor. Middle English discoveren English discover 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 discoverable From discover + -able. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌvɹəbəɫ/, /dɪsˈkʊvɹəbəɫ/ 1. Able to be discovered. 2. Subject to legal discovery; able to be requested by an opposing party through a legal process such as a subpoena.
Word: metaphysician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English methafisicien, from methafisik on the model of fisicien or perhaps from rare and late Old French methafisicien. 1. A philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics. Example: Thomas Aquinas was a notable metaphysician. Example: Professor Jones is an eminent metaphysician; she has produced more than one hundred refereed publications concerning metaphysics.
Word: gray seal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of grey seal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: correctamundo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From correct + -amundo as an intensifier; compare Spanish correctamente. Popularized by the character Fonzie on the sitcom Happy Days. 1. correct Labels: slang Example: Correctamundo. I'll observe her. Example: "I'm assuming today is still Saturday." "Correctamundo."
Word: correctomundo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of correctamundo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: chod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for chodder. 1. A fat person. Labels: Geordie
Word: chods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bell-ends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bell-end Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bellends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bellend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megakaryocytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megakaryocyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: munching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English munch Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English munching From munch + -ing. 1. gerund of munch: the action of one who munches. Labels: form-of, gerund Example: Neither fruit nor flower / Enough to gratify a bee's slight munchings. 2. The sound of one who munches.
Word: munching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English munch Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English munching From munch + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of munch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bumping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bumping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmpɪŋ/ 1. Rocking, excellent, great. Labels: informal
Word: bumping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmpɪŋ/ 1. The sound or action of a bump. Example: There was nothing to be seen, but he could hear loud thumpings and bumpings which seemed to come from the back of the house. 2. The violent boiling when a homogeneous liquid is superheated to the point that the bubbles are formed at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and be expelled from the container Labels: physical 3. Form of racing for coxed fours traditional at Oxford and Cambridge Universities; bumps race Labels: form-of Example: He listened, and with respect too, to Mr. Foker’s accounts of what the men did at the University of which Mr. F. was an ornament, and encountered a long series of stories about boat-racing, bumping, College grass-plats, and milk-punch—and began to wish to go up himself to College to a place where there were such manly pleasures and enjoyments.
Word: twittering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of twitter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: twittering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of producing chirping sounds, or twitters. Example: Once there, he blushingly went through the procedure, having to fold and refold the flag about three times, to the twitterings and gigglings of twelve little girls.
Word: warbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of warble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warbling Part of Speech: noun 1. A sound that warbles. Example: the warblings of birds in the hedgerows Example: the quaverings and warblings in lutes and pipes
Word: hooted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhuːtɪd/ 1. past participle of hoot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hooted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhuːtɪd/ 1. Drunk. Labels: slang Example: “You ladies call me once you're done getting all hooted up,” Jensen said as we stepped out. “Jen,” his sister said. “Ladies do not get hooted.”
Word: tempts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tempt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: steadying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of steady Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: steadying Part of Speech: adj 1. That steadies, stabilizes.
Word: steadying Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of making something steady; stabilization.
Word: gagged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡæɡd/ 1. past participle of gag Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gagged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡæɡd/ 1. Astonished; stunned. Labels: slang
Word: authenticated Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of authenticate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sheet cake Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple, flat, rectangular cake, often vanilla or sometimes chocolate. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Wearing a kelly green tennis dress with white espadrilles, she was carrying a sheet cake resembling a flag, blueberries and strawberries as the stars and stripes arranged across a layer of whipped cream.
Word: reopened Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of reopen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: warbled Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of warble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tingled Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of tingle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pouting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pout + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pout Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pouting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pout + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊtɪŋ/ 1. An expression or motion that pouts; a pout. Example: The muscles about the mouth exhibited puckering movements and occasional pursings and poutings of the lips.
Word: pouting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See pout (Etymology 2) Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊtɪŋ/ 1. A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.
Word: trade fair Part of Speech: noun 1. An exhibition at which members of a specific industry exhibit or demonstrate their products to prospective customers and to each other.
Word: trade show Part of Speech: noun 1. A trade fair.
Word: unsuccessfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unsuccessful + -ly or un- + successfully. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfəli/ 1. Not successfully; without success; to no avail. Example: Thereafter the route of the original line was followed to the harbour, beyond which an extension, a third of a mile long, led to the salt pans and a newly constructed inn, the "Stafford Arms", where Lady Stafford tried unsuccessfully to educate the locals to drink beer instead of a strong whisky. Example: He’s like more successful but equally morally abhorrent right-wing undercover operative James O’Keefe’s non-union Mexican equivalent, a dunce whose one move involves incompetently attempting to frame figures of seemingly unimpeachable moral integrity, like Robert Mueller or good old Mayor Pete, as deviant sex criminals like Wohl’s God Donald Trump by unsuccessfully trying to get people to come forward with bogus sexual assault allegations.
Word: roved Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of rove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fidgeted Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of fidget Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exilitatem, from exilis (“small, thin, narrow”). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsɪlɪti/ 1. Thinness, smallness; a shrunken or meagre condition. Labels: uncountable Example: But from the exility of bones, thinnesse of skulls, smallnesse of teeth, ribbes, and thigh-bones; not improbable that many thereof were persons of minor age, or women.
Word: follow-through Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from follow through. 1. The continuance or completion of a project. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Trump's follow-through on his threat of steep tariffs - which were long speculated to be a negotiation tactic to get concessions on border security - have bewildered Canadians, who have enjoyed close economic, social and security ties to the US for decades. 2. The continued action of a stroke, or of the delivery of a ball, after it has been hit or released. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: follow-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from follow up. 1. A subsidiary action taken in response to an event. Example: A follow-up order placed in 2019 will feature the technology being built into new trams which are due to arrive next year. 2. A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one. Labels: Internet 3. A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved. Example: It could have been much worse for City before the break, but goalkeeper Joe Hart saved Jamie Mackie's long-range shot and Helguson's headed follow-up - although the latter was offside - before Bothroyd hit the post with another header. 4. The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.
Word: follow-up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Deverbal from follow up. 1. Nonstandard form of follow up. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: followup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from follow up. 1. Alternative form of follow-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Not at all...this is one of Eddie's little trickies. He sets the followups to his (or some innocent person's) email address. Ain't he charmin'?
Word: foot-dragging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + dragging, from drag one’s feet, referring to the idea of walking while dragging one’s feet along the ground, either from lack of enthusiasm or to intentionally slow down movement. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtˌdɹæɡɪŋ/ 1. The deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action. Labels: also, attributive, uncountable, usually Example: I am glad to be able to say that common honesty, or some shadowy simulacrum of it, revived presently and sent me back to the hotel, though not without terrible foot-draggings, you may be sure. Example: The tactics of pace-setting, foot-dragging, least resistance or fence-sitting could be used either in the making of policy or, later, in its implementation, reflecting types of adaptation[…].
Word: testaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin testāceus. Pronunciation: /tɛˈsteɪʃəs/ 1. Pertaining to earthenware or baked clay. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]hey were burnt, or only baked in Oven or Sunne: According to the ancient way, in many bricks, tiles, pots, and testaceous works […] 2. Having a shell, especially one which is not articulated. Example: It has a very large head, in proportion to its body, all covered with a shell, like other testaceous Animals […] Example: Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom. 3. Of a dull orange or brownish colour, like brick.
Word: tegument Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/ 1. Something which covers; a covering or coating. Labels: uncommon Example: 1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21) 2. A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument. Labels: obsolete
Word: quitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quicchen, quytchen, quecchen, from Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”). Related to Old English cwacian (“to quake”). More at quake. Pronunciation: /kwɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To shake (something); to stir, move. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To stir; to move. Labels: UK, intransitive, regional Example: With a strong yron chaine and coller bound, / That once he could not move, nor quich at all […]. 3. To flinch; shrink. Labels: intransitive
Word: quitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quich, a palatalized variant of quike, quyke, from Old English cwice, from Proto-West Germanic *kwikwā, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwǭ. Cognate with Dutch kweek, German Low German Queek, German Quecke. Pronunciation: /kwɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed) Labels: uncountable Example: we found the bones and ashes half mortered unto the sand and sides of the Urne; and some long roots of Quich, or Dogs-grass wreathed about the bones.
Word: quich Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of quitch. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: quich Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of quitch. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: incrassate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin incrassare, from in- + crassare ‘make thick’, from crassus. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹæseɪt/ 1. To thicken, condense. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: Some finde sepulchrall Vessels containing liquors, which time hath incrassated into gellies. Example: For since it is of the Nature of Acids to dissolve or attenuate, and of Alcalies to precipitate or incrassate[…]
Word: incrassate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin incrassare, from in- + crassare ‘make thick’, from crassus. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹæseɪt/ 1. Made thick or thicker; swelled out at some particular part, like the antennae of certain insects, or the leaves of the houseleek. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foot-pound Part of Speech: noun 1. foot⋅pound-force, a unit of work, energy, or torque. Labels: abbreviation, proscribed Example: If the F.R. ever expands its administration to include a statistician, his figure for net foot-pounds of elbow grease per trailing ton-mile are going to look quite impressive.
Word: ft-lb Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of foot-pound. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of