nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: overcharge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge. 1. To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Meanwhile, the tolls dispute had gone to the courts, and the E.L.R. was completely successful when, in 1856, the House of Lords awarded it the sum of £30,000 against the L.Y.R. for tolls overcharged. 2. To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity. Labels: transitive Example: Sometimes I get overcharged / That's when you see sparks 3. To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge. Example: The police, fully aware of the reality of plea bargaining, often overcharge (if they don't, then the prosecutor does). The police also may overcharge in order to develop informants. Example: Shadow vigilantism can also be seen in the conduct of officials within the system who feel morally justified in subverting the system because they see it as regularly and indifferently producing failures of justice.[…] It’s also apparent in police “testilying” to subvert search and seizure technicalities (and judicial toleration of it) and in prosecutorial overcharging to compensate for past perceived justice failures. 4. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress. Labels: dated, transitive Example: it serves to no better use but only to labour and overcharge the ships' sides in any grown seas and foul weather. 5. To fill too full; to crowd. Labels: dated, transitive Example: October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh Our language is naturally overcharged with consonants. Example: The result is that the veins become overcharged with blood, and we are taught by physiology that wherever there is overcharge of the venous circulation there results supernutrition, and primarily from that there develops new connective tissue. 6. To exaggerate. Labels: dated, transitive Example: to overcharge a description
Word: overcharge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge. 1. An excessive load or burden. 2. An excessive charge in an account. 3. Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service. Example: I just left out a couple of things. Rust-proofing, transport charge, storage surcharge, additional overcharge, finder's fee, […] floor mats, keys […]
Word: unneeded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English needed English unneeded From un- + needed. 1. Not needed. Example: The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas is one of only a handful of sites around the world that conduct medical research on great apes. Scientists say their research is conducted humanely, but many animal rights groups say testing on chimps is unneeded and unethical.
Word: unmerited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English merited English unmerited From un- + merited. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtɪd/ 1. Not merited. Example: She was tempted to leave him with his illusions. Something in her nature, however, caviled at this unmerited encomium. Example: Since then the bibliography on the central question it addressed—the relationship between nature and the absolutely unmerited destination of us to the face-to-face vision of God—has diminished considerably in volume.
Word: unmentioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English mentioned English unmentioned From un- + mentioned. 1. Not mentioned. Labels: not-comparable Example: The present manner of dress and behaviour of a certain element of B.R. station staff is too appalling to pass unmentioned.
Word: unmentioned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unmention + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unmention Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: primal scene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Urszene. Coined by Sigmund Freud in 1914. 1. In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) his or her parents copulating. Example: 1983, William J. Kerrigan, The Sacred Complex: On the Psychogenesis of Paradise Lost, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 164, The primal scene is the site at which the issues of ego differentiation become translated into the issues of the oedipus complex. Example: 1989, Andrew Samuels, The Plural Psyche:: Personality, Morality, and the Father, Routledge, →ISBN, page 123, The father's presence and image, together with those of the mother, form the raw material of the primal scene.
Word: unmeasured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + measured. 1. Not having been measured. Example: Recall the gradual dark the snow’s unmeasured fall The naked fields the cloud’s immaculate folds 2. Beyond measure; vast; measureless. Example: the unmeasured expanse of the ocean Example: She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. […] His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnowes where he feeds His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants. 3. Unrestrained; without moderation or deliberation. Example: the hasty, unmeasured speech of the defendant
Word: unmarred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English marred English unmarred From un- + marred. 1. Undamaged; not marred.
Word: unmitigated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English mitigated English unmitigated From un- + mitigated. 1. Not mitigated. 2. Total, complete, utter. Labels: emphatic, intensifier Example: Their handling of the recent diplomatic crisis was an unmitigated disaster. Example: Prichard, while keeping school, had the unmitigated gall to teach Greek, although he had never studied the subject.
Word: unmediated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English mediated English unmediated From un- + mediated. 1. Not mediated Example: In choosing to try to give an unmediated presentation of data, and to give equal influences to all voices, Krieger certainly must be congratulated.
Word: unmentionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mentionable. 1. Too embarrassing or shocking to be discussed.
Word: unmentionable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + mentionable. 1. Something not to be discussed in polite society. Example: I'm a lesbian female, 20 years old and my most outstanding features are my pierced unmentionable and my eyes. Example: He was taught from childhood that the world does not condone homosexuality and that it is an unmentionable of decent people.
Word: unmeant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English meant English unmeant From un- + meant. 1. Not meant
Word: unmarketable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English marketable English unmarketable From un- + marketable. 1. Not marketable. Example: "Good Lord! oh, Lord! Why, my dear sir, what duty do you owe to the public? The only duty you owe is to me, your publisher! It is your duty to write what will sell, and I tell you reasons are unmarketable commodities."
Word: unmodified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English modified English unmodified From un- + modified. 1. Not modified. Example: What happens to a protocol after it is prereviewed? Opin. After a protocol is prereviewed, the investigator submits a modified or unmodified protocol that must be processed for formal review by the IACUC.
Word: unmolested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + molested. 1. Not bothered, disturbed, or attacked. Example: Again she felt a return of that utter despondency which had fallen upon her after Guido's death: but then she could indulge in it unmolested, and that was something of relief: now she was forced into exertion... Example: The expected stand was not made by the Americans at Mr. Harrison's, for the British passed through his place unmolested and unmolesting. The destruction of the ship was, probably, the main object of the expedition.
Word: unmoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral English unmoral From un- + moral. 1. Not applicable for moral consideration. Labels: rare 2. Not moral. Labels: rare
Word: unnoticeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English notice 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 noticeable English unnoticeable From un- + noticeable. 1. Not noticeable.
Word: unobservant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- French observantbor. English observant English unobservant From un- + observant. 1. Not observant.
Word: unoffensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + offensive. 1. inoffensive
Word: unpainted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unpeinted, on-poyntid, equivalent to un- + painted. 1. Not painted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: paintless Example: Perhaps the surface of the red brick, long unpainted, had scaled off a little more here and there.
Word: unpatriotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English patriotic English unpatriotic From un- + patriotic. 1. Not patriotic. Example: What is a Christian's duty, when his country is bled and plundered and ground down to the dust under the iron heel of military despotism, when the political fabric of his native land is crumbling, and his countrymen are listless, selfish, sensual, unpatriotic, not unhappy so long as their bellies are filled and their backs covered? Example: Millions of citizens are deeply disturbed that the military-industrial complex too often shapes national policy, but they do not want to be considered unpatriotic. Countless loyal Americans honestly feel that a world body such as the United Nations should include even Red China, but they fear being called Communist sympathizers.
Word: unpeeled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English peeled English unpeeled From un- + peeled. 1. Not peeled. Labels: not-comparable Example: Place whole, unpeeled knobs of ginger in a zipper-lock freezer bag for up to 3 months. Slice or break off what you need and return the rest to the freezer.
Word: unpeeled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unpeel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unperceived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + perceived. 1. Not perceived
Word: unperceptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + perceptive. 1. Not perceptive.
Word: unperformed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English performed English unperformed From un- + performed. 1. Not performed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unperformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unperform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unpersuasive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + persuasive. 1. Not persuasive
Word: unperturbed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + perturbed. 1. Not perturbed.
Word: unpolitical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English politic English -al English political English unpolitical From un- + political. 1. Not political
Word: unpracticed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English practiced English unpracticed From un- + practiced. 1. Not practiced; inexperienced. Labels: US Example: Even to his unpracticed eye, the stitching showed the results of a patient hand. A loudly expelled breath drew his attention to Belle Latchett. Her impressive bosom rose inside a plum-colored brocade dress. A buffont of white gauze trembled ... 2. Not carried out in practice; not usually done. Labels: US
Word: unprejudiced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prejudiced. 1. Not prejudiced. Example: On becoming a member of the College of Physicians, I made a tour of the principal cities of Europe, taking letters of introduction to eminent medical men; and gathering from many theories and modes of treatment, hints to enlarge the foundations of unprejudiced and comprehensive practice, I had resolved to fix my ultimate residence in London. Example: But when it comes to capacity on the road, no unprejudiced observer can deny that Mr. Bulleid produced in these engines two designs that are capable of almost anything, whether in speed or load haulage.
Word: unpressed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unpress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unpressed Part of Speech: adj 1. Not pressed. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unpressed shirt Example: an unpressed button
Word: unprintable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English print 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 printable English unprintable From un- + printable. 1. Not printable; obscene, or unable to be displayed textually. Labels: not-comparable Example: "There was poor old Wadley, of the Zoological Institute. Wadley sent a message: 'The President of the Zoological Institute presents his compliments to Professor Challenger, and would take it as a personal favor if he would do them the honor to come to their next meeting.' The answer was unprintable." "You don't say?" "Well, a bowdlerized version of it would run: 'Professor Challenger presents his compliments to the President of the Zoological Institute, and would take it as a personal favor if he would go to the devil.'" Example: Once a neighbor complained that a Gilbreth had called the neighbor's boy a son of an unprintable word.
Word: unprintable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English print 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 printable English unprintable From un- + printable. 1. Something that is not printable. Example: LabVIEW will interpret one- or two-character codes following the backslash character, as shown in Table 2.1. You can also enter unprintables by simply typing them into the string.
Word: unprocessed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English processed English unprocessed From un- + processed. 1. Not processed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unprofessional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English professional English unprofessional From un- + professional. 1. Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace. Example: unprofessional behavior Example: Pitarch went just days after the coach, Cesare Prandelli. A little before Christmas, Prandelli had held a press conference in which he had declined to answer questions and instead delivered a speech one minute 57 seconds long in which he accused his players of being unprofessional. 2. Lacking a profession. 3. Not relating to professional occupation or employment; nonprofessional. Example: The barber's lad, it appeared, was about to pass a professional judgment on her own, when he was dictatorially ordered by the fur-shop girl to hold what she called his "mug." The barber's lad, who in his unprofessional capacity was the slave of love, showed gloomy allegiance by returning to the shop, where he could be seen peering over the blind with every appearance of contemplating doing something unprofessional with a razor on his own windpipe.
Word: unprofessional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English professional English unprofessional From un- + professional. 1. One who is not a professional. Example: The guests, on the other hand, are unprofessionals, the mere receivers of service, the others. Such is the frame of interaction or the role definitions and how these roles are played out in the service encounters.
Word: unpromising Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English promising English unpromising From un- + promising. 1. Not promising. Example: The main reason for Mr Bush’s enduring popularity is a health initiative he personally championed with the unpromising acronym of Pepfar.
Word: unpromising Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English promising English unpromising From un- + promising. 1. present participle and gerund of unpromise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unprompted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prompted. 1. Not prompted; not urged or instigated; spontaneous. Example: The unprompted, rapid, and reliable emergence of hierarchical relationships within human social groups (Gruenfeld & Tiedens, 2010; Leavitt, 2005) means that differences in social status exist in perhaps all human social environments (Anderson & Kilduff, 2009; Gould, 2002; Ridgeway, 1991). Example: Donald Trump’s frequently bizarre public appearances, which this month have seen the president claim, wrongly, that his uncle knew the Unabomber and rant unprompted about windmills on his recent trip to the UK, have once again raised questions about his mental acuity, experts say.
Word: unproved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + proved. 1. Not proved. Labels: UK
Word: unproved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unprove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unprovided Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + provided. 1. Not provided; not supplied or equipped; unprepared. Labels: not-comparable Example: The shepheards God so wel them guided, That of nought they were unprovided, Butter enough, honye, milke, and whay, And their flockes fleeces, them to araye. Example: Why, sir, you know this is your wedding-day. First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. Fie, doff this habit, shame to your estate, An eye-sore to our solemn festival!
Word: unladylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + ladylike. 1. Not ladylike; ill-mannered. Example: Women enjoy being pursued, but men still don’t! They don’t want anything that seems too easy to win. If the woman takes the initiative—at least if she takes it conspicuously—the world will think her aggressive, and unladylike.
Word: unknowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + knowable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnoʊ.ə.bəl/ 1. Not knowable; not able to be known. Example: Number fourteen: Some of the things you need to know are things that are unknowable. Example: The mascot for the manosphere, Andrew Tate, believes that women belong at home, are a man’s property, and shouldn’t be able to drive. And an unknowable amount of young men are following this rhetoric through sites like Reddit, 4chan, and YouTube. But once they fall down the rabbit hole of the manosphere, is there any getting out?
Word: unknowable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + knowable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnoʊ.ə.bəl/ 1. Something that cannot be known. Example: That night I think of other unknowables. How much love does one need in a lifetime? Is there a quantity of brain space that is allocated to love? And for those of us who have loved less, does this space become occupied by something else? Like cricket, or religion, perhaps.
Word: uninspiring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English inspiring English uninspiring From un- + inspiring. Pronunciation: /ʌn.ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/, /ʌn.ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. Not inspiring. Example: One might imagine that the directors foresaw the somewhat uninspiring appearance of the future Manchester stations, and decided to start as it was intended to go on.
Word: uninvited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English invited English uninvited From un- + invited. 1. Not invited. Labels: not-comparable Example: But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight
Word: uninvited Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English invited English uninvited From un- + invited. 1. One who was not invited. Labels: rare Example: The uninvited came to a Twilight concert! He was old and gray and blase and a cynic. Example: In the future, if you know that you're going to be mixing inviteds and uninviteds while out, call them all ahead of time to caution the inviteds against talking about the wedding and to tell the uninviteds about your guest list so they know you didn't forget about them […]
Word: uninvited Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of uninvite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uninformative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English inform Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English informative English uninformative From un- + informative. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/, /ˌʌnɪnˈfoɹmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv] 1. lacking useful or interesting information Example: That magazine article was uninformative. Example: Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.
Word: sex economy Part of Speech: noun 1. The Reichian theory, progressing from Freudian psychoanalysis, of the energy household of the human organism. Labels: uncountable 2. The way in which society regulates, promotes, or hinders gratification of the sexual needs; also defined by Reich. Labels: uncountable
Word: Reichian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Reich Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Reichian From Reich + -ian. 1. Relating to or influenced by the Austrian psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) and his therapeutic methods. Example: A shocking Riechian ^([sic]) look at how repressed and thwarted sexuality manifests itself in fascist politics. 2. Of or relating to Charles A. Reich (1928–2019), American academic whose 1970 book The Greening of America was a paean to the counterculture of the 1960s.
Word: Reichian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Reich Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Reichian From Reich + -ian. 1. A follower of Reich or his methods.
Word: Nowheresville Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nowhere English -s- Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der. Proto-Italic *weikslā Latin vīllader. Old French ville Middle French ville French villebor. English -ville English Nowheresville From nowhere + -s- + -ville. 1. A geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant. Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang
Word: defenselessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English defenseless 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 defenselessness From defenseless + -ness. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛnsləsnəs/ 1. The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability. Labels: uncountable
Word: pandemics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pandemic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hog-baying Part of Speech: noun 1. a sport in which one or more bay dogs are put into a pen and attempt to contain a wild hog for a defined amount of time. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: g-force Part of Speech: noun 1. The acceleration of a body relative to the freefall acceleration due to any local gravitational field, expressed in multiples of g0 (the mean acceleration due to gravity at the Earth's surface). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: off board Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not on or in a means of transportation. Labels: idiomatic 2. Not participating. Labels: idiomatic
Word: off board Part of Speech: adj 1. Of items or equipment: discrete or separate instead of being integrated or contained within. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sexual literacy Part of Speech: noun 1. Knowledge required to advance and protect one's own sexual health and well-being.
Word: ludus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ludus. 1. A school, in particular: Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical Example: "[…] and I'd just as soon not set foot in another ludus." "I've had my fill of ludi, believe me," he mutters. "But I've falsified a life before. I can do it again." Then he smiles. "I hear Rome is lovely." I wrinkle my nose . " I'd rather live in Pompeii's sewer[…]" 2. A school, in particular: Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical Example: […] the routine of the Roman ludus emphasized strenuous discipline and corporal punishment. An institution for developing the skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic, the ludus was attended by children from the ages of seven through twelve.
Word: flammeous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin flammeus (“fiery”), derivative of flamma (“a flame”). 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling fire; fiery. 2. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling fire; fiery. Example: And that’s why his book lay in front of him, unfinished, though he could vouch for having written all these years, the ink vanishing on the pages each morning, when flammeous daylight broke into the room through a slight gap in the shutters.
Word: sanity check Part of Speech: noun 1. A check to make sure that something does not contain elementary mistakes or impossibilities and is not based on invalid assumptions. Example: Near-synonyms: reality check; sniff test
Word: sanity check Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a sanity check.
Word: g force Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of g-force. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jet machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several devices that use a jet of water or abrasive mixture to clean something.
Word: æolian harp Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of Aeolian harp. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Aeolian harp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Refers to Aeolus, who in Greek mythology was said to control the winds. 1. An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them. Example: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt […] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices.
Word: serologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English serology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English serologic From serology + -ic. 1. Relating to serology. Labels: not-comparable Example: Over the past several months, strong biologic and serologic evidence has been accumulating which links HTLV-III to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Word: galoche Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of galosh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: galoche Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of galoshe Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: galoches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galoche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lhermitte's sign Part of Speech: noun 1. Electric sensations of the spine and limbs induced by flexing the neck forward.
Word: Lhermitte sign Part of Speech: noun 1. Electric sensations of the spine and limbs induced by flexing the neck forward.
Word: gargoyles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gargoyle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spasms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spasm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Chungyang Shanmo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 中央山脈 /中央山脉 (Zhōngyāng Shānmò, “Central Mountain Range”), Wade-Giles romanization: Chung¹-yang¹ Shan¹-mo⁴. 1. Synonym of Central Mountain Range on Taiwan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: The East-West Cross-Island Highway, costing almost $11 million, is completed after nearly four years of labor by 100,000 workers. It opens the Chungyang Shanmo in eastern Taiwan to development by agricultural and logging interests and tourism. Example: Taiwan’s most prominent topographical feature is the Chungyang Shanmo (Central Mountain Range), a ridge of towering mountains that runs for about 270 km (167 miles) of the island’s length and formed by ancient tectonic, and, to a lesser extent, volcanic activity.
Word: rosegarden Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rose garden. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bestialities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bestiality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: your mother Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of yo momma. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In order to keep the teacher from knowing what we were doing, we just cleared our throats and that meant “your mother" (yo momma) .
Word: your mother Part of Speech: pron 1. I, me Labels: Polari, colloquial, derogatory Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:your mother. 2. You; He, she (referring to someone who previously used your mother to refer to herself or himself) Labels: Polari, colloquial, derogatory Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:your mother.
Word: outgun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English gun English outgun From out- + gun. Pronunciation: /ˌaʊtˈɡʌn/ 1. To defeat in terms of firepower. Labels: transitive Example: Two can play at destructive industrialism, and now we out-gun you. We are piling up munitions now faster than you. Example: "Boarding is our only chance here. We are too heavily outgunned."
Word: outguns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outgun Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outgunned Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of outgun Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outgunned Part of Speech: adj 1. Having insufficient guns compared to the enemy. Example: The fighters were hugely outgunned by the regular army. Example: The opposite is true, said Dulcie Flaherty, executive director of the Montgomery County Lands Trust: "We are very outgunned. We need to have funding […] 2. Up against formidable adverse circumstances or (especially) adversarial forces. Labels: figuratively Example: Near-synonyms: outmatched, in too deep, out of one's depth, over one's head
Word: outgunning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outgun Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: buffoonery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English buffoon 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 buffoonery From buffoon + -ery. Pronunciation: /bəˈfuːnəɹi/ 1. The behavior of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […] Example: [W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]
Word: 0-10-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has ten coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.
Word: 2-12-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by six powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels.
Word: 2-10-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by five powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels. Example: From Belgrade the train is hauled by a 2-10-0, and makes good time through undulating country, with vineyards and herds of woolly pigs, over single line to Nish, where the Sofia and Istanbul portion, including through coaches (until recently) from Prague to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is detached. Example: The last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways, No. 92220, a class "9F" 2-10-0, was named Evening Star at Swindon Works on March 18. […] Mr. R. F. Hanks, Chairman of the Western Area Board, British Transport Commission, who presided, said that it was a moving occasion, but also a very proud day for Swindon.
Word: 0-12-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with six axles connecting twelve powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
Word: 4-10-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by ten coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
Word: BEM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of British Empire Medal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: He felt secure and encouraged, had visions of a BEM and made the first payment on a Morris Minor. 2. Initialism of block, element, modifier, a convention for authoring CSS. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Where OOCSS and SMACSS can be seen as a more of frameworks for thinking about structured CSS combined with some handy rules of thumb, BEM is a much more rigid system for how to author and name your styles. BEM is originally an application development methodology from the search engine company Yandex.
Word: BEM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of bug-eyed monster. 1. A stock character in science fiction; a grotesque creature, often an extraterrestrial, that menaces the protagonists. Labels: derogatory, often, slang Example: Incidentally, Mr. Bergey, the BEM's on your latest smear have extremely jovial expressions on their pans to be as tough a bunch of eggs as Friend made them out. Example: This is my first time in active BEM service. They've never let me near the Bugs before.
Word: 2-10-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, ten coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
Word: Decapod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of decapod Labels: alt-of
Word: spigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spic + nigger. 1. A person of mixed Hispanic and African-American heritage. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: spiggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paranoid schizophrenia Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of schizophrenia that is accompanied by delusions, either of persecution, grandeur or jealousy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: six ways to Sunday Part of Speech: adv 1. Thoroughly, completely, in every way imaginable. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He will fry me six ways to Sunday for sending daughters and young mothers off to war—and, quite possibly, for bringing them back in body bags. Example: If she chips so much as one of my porcelain piggies, I'll sue her six ways to Sunday!
Word: heng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of h + eng. 1. The character ꜧ, combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English that includes both [h] and [ŋ] as its allophones.
Word: heng Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Teochew 興 /兴 (hêng¹, “fortunate”) or Hokkien 幸 (hēng, “fortunate”). Compare Thai เฮง (heng), Khmer ហេង (heeng), Vietnamese hên. Pronunciation: /heŋ/ 1. Fortunate, lucky. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Damn heng... The bus tire puncture right before my stop. Bad luck everyone else though. Example: But Sunny very heng [lucky]... No damage on the driver's side.
Word: keng Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of chao keng, from Teochew 臭 (cao³, “dirty, ill-reputed”) + 經 /经 (gêng¹, “to evade; to pass the buck”). Pronunciation: [ˈkeŋ˦] 1. Synonym of chao keng (“to malinger, to shirk military duties by reporting sick”). Labels: Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually
Word: shen Part of Speech: noun 1. A deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
Word: shen Part of Speech: noun 1. In Chinese mythology, a shapeshifting dragon or shellfish-type sea monster believed to create mirages.
Word: 0-4-4-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.
Word: Mastodons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mastodon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pau d'arco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese pau-d’arco (literally “bow wood”). Compare bois d’arc. 1. Tabebuia, the ipê tree. 2. The hardwood of this tree. 3. The inner bark of this tree, used medicinally.
Word: life support Part of Speech: noun 1. An artificial system designed to provide oxygen and other conditions necessary for human life in an inhospitable environment. Labels: uncountable Example: The more immediate concern is the life support systems. Those units are fifty years old—a conservative estimate. If the air scrubbers stop working, we die. If the pressure regulators stop working, we die. Artificial gravity fails? We die. You get the picture. 2. The maintenance of vital functions of a critically ill or comatose person or a person undergoing surgery. Labels: uncountable 3. The equipment and special procedures used for life support. Labels: uncountable 4. A means of sustaining existence or continuation of something, usually in an artificial manner when it should have changed or terminated in its natural environment. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: As we've seen, Belarus is a Soviet time capsule that continues only because Russia is keeping it on life support. Example: In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations. Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."
Word: barchan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Russian барха́н (barxán), from a Turkic language such as Kazakh барқан (barqan); further etymology unknown. The Russian word was first used in scientific literature in 1881 by the Russian zoologist and explorer Alexander von Middendorf (1815–1894). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːk(ə)n/, /bɑːˈkɑːn/, /ˈbɑɹˌkɑn/, /bɑɹˈkɑn/ 1. An arc-shaped shifting sand dune comprising well-sorted (uniformly sized) sand. Labels: also, attributive Example: The sand is usually very well sorted in barchans, for it is constantly re-worked as the dune 'marches'. The marching also causes cross-bedding inside the barchan, with a dip parallel to the sand-fall face. Example: But to follow the dunes around the foot of their slopes is also tedious and one can walk for half a kilometre east or west, finding one barchan linked to another and no easy way through, and the unverifiable suspicion grows that one has been driven by insensible curves actually southwards.
Word: idiopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin idiopathia, from Ancient Greek ἰδιοπάθεια (idiopátheia). By surface analysis, idio- + -pathy. First appears c. 1634, in the publications of Philiatreus (fl. 1630). Pronunciation: /ɪdiˈɑpəθi/, /ɪdiˈɒpəθi/ 1. A disease or condition arising spontaneously or having no known cause. Example: The sterilization that was first conceived as a recourse of limited medical reach came to be considered an efficient eugenical procedure that could prevent descendents^([sic]) with hereditary and transmissible disorders, such as mental deficiency, epilepsy, idiopathies, etc.
Word: boniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bony Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 boniness From bony + -ness. 1. The property or degree of being bony. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: broiling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English broil Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English broiling From broil + -ing. 1. Very hot. Example: But the butterflies were dead. A whiff of rotten eggs had vanquished the pale clouded yellows which came pelting across the orchard and up Dods Hill and away on to the moor, now lost behind a furze bush, then off again helter-skelter in a broiling sun.
Word: broiling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English broil Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English broiling From broil + -ing. 1. A food prepared by broiling. Example: Likewise, when mixed broilings or skewered meats are offered, they can be kept warm or finished on a modest-sized table-top grill. 2. gerund of broil: the act of broiling. Labels: form-of, gerund Example: Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets. And in broiling them the heat must be so intense that the meat surface is quickly seared, the pores sealed and every particle of flavor and rich juices imprisoned. Example: Broiling is the most perfect way of cooking meat and fish. There are three ways of broiling,—what is known as broiling proper, pan broiling and oven broiling. Broiling proper is to broil directly over the coals; the fire must be hot, clear and free from smoke.
Word: broiling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English broil Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English broiling From broil + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of broil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bumbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bumble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bumbling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.
Word: bumbling Part of Speech: adj 1. Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent or inept; showing little or no skill. Example: a bumbling fool Example: The purpose of sharing these accounts – particularly during Women’s History Month – is to show that women, like men, can grow from bumbling neophytes to competent leaders.
Word: packa Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of pack + of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
Word: boardinghouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of boarding house. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boarding house Part of Speech: noun 1. A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals. Example: Yet Clacton, like every other station at a big seaside resort, is bedevilled by the traditional insistence of boarding-house landladies that their clients must arrive on Saturday before lunch and leave on Saturday after breakfast. 2. A boarding school building where boarders live during term time.
Word: bobolink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of its song. Compare Bob Lincoln. 1. An American migratory songbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch. Example: Lethe in my flower / Of which they who drink / In the fadeless orchards / Hear the bobolink. Example: The San's feeders were mobbed with sparrows and jays and the starlings that had just begun to colonize the area, but there was no sign of robin, bobolink or oriole.
Word: bobwhite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeia. 1. Any one of four species of quail in the genus Colinus, of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas.
Word: boccie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bocce. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable