nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: NUS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Union of Students. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National University of Singapore. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Carnac Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French, from Breton Karnag. 1. A seaside resort town and commune of Morbihan department, in South Brittany, France.
Word: Wilfred Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name of two early Anglo-Saxon saints Wilfriþ, from Old English wil (“will”) + friþ (“peace”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlfɹɪd/ 1. A male given name from Old English, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.
Word: Wilfred Part of Speech: name Etymology: An allusion to the newspaper cartoon strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlfɹɪd/ 1. The Victory Medal. Labels: UK, World-War-I, slang
Word: Wilfred Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlfɹɪd/ 1. A surname.
Word: toasted Part of Speech: adj 1. Cooked by toasting. Example: Would you like a toasted sandwich? 2. Very hot. Labels: slang Example: We got absolutely toasted on the beach today. 3. Drunk or stoned. Labels: slang Example: Night after night we cheerfully drank, squinting there in the dark like bulb-eyed lemurs, and once or twice even got toasted, waking up the next day on a dark, cold morning with the numbed, palsied tongue of dead vodka.
Word: toasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of toast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Nam Part of Speech: name 1. Clipping of Vietnam. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal 2. The Vietnam War. Labels: historical, informal
Word: appartement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French appartement. 1. Misspelling of apartment. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: I am a French student of litterature who would like to visit London during the month of August. Maybe you would like to visit Paris in this period. I propose you to exchange my appartement with yours. I live in the near suburb of Paris (5 minutes from the center by the tube). My appartement is modest, but with all acommodities: to live, to sleep, to cook, to wash, to read, to dream,... Example: The strange woman went right up to my appartement (I live in the highest) and stood right in front of my door. And she was just standing there, staring. Of course, I didn't notice that, so my girlfriend rang me using the intercom and said that a strange women was standing at my door.
Word: finality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French finalité. equivalent to final + -ity. Pronunciation: /faɪˈnælɪti/, /faɪˈnæləti/, /fɪ-/ 1. The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The finality of my father's death suddenly hit me: there would be no more bedtime stories, no more games of catch in the back yard. Example: By way of contrast there is an air of finality about the closure of the Welsh Highland Railway.
Word: finalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sodium acetate Part of Speech: noun 1. The sodium salt of acetic acid.
Word: Dallas Part of Speech: name Etymology: # The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house. # The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæləs/ 1. A placename: Example: The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC’s corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano. 2. A placename: 3. A placename: 4. A placename: 5. A placename: 6. A placename: 7. A placename: 8. A placename: 9. A placename: 10. A placename: 11. A placename: 12. A placename: 13. A placename: 14. A placename: 15. A placename: 16. A surname. 17. A male given name transferred from the place name. Example: The men, 37-year-old Matthew Allison and 34-year-old Dallas Humber, are the leaders of an online White supremacist group called the Terrorgram Collective, prosecutors say.
Word: Northampton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Norþhāmtūn, equivalent to north + Hampton. The earliest reference to Northampton in writing occurred in 914 under the name Ham tune. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Northantone: the prefix “North” was added later to distinguish it from other towns called “Hampton”, most prominently Southampton. Pronunciation: /nɔːˈθæmptən/ 1. A large town, the county town of Northamptonshire, now in West Northamptonshire district, England. 2. A former borough in Northamptonshire, abolished on 1 April 2021 and merged into the district of West Northamptonshire. 3. A civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire district, county of Northamptonshire, first elected in 2021, believed to be the largest town with a town council in England. 4. A number of places in the United States: Example: Northampton is a town of just 30,000 people, with only five distinct neighborhoods. But stats like that obscure the fact that Northampton has long punched above its weight, culturally. 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A parish and community in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. 11. A town, the seat of the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia, named after John Hampton. 12. A local government area north of Geraldton, Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Northampton.
Word: Felix Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”). Pronunciation: /ˈfiːlɪks/ 1. A male given name from Latin. Example: And after certaine dayes, when Felix came with his wife Orusilla, which was a Iew, he sent for Paul, and heard him cōcerning the faith in Christ. Example: She gave birth to a child, a boy, and she called him Felix, which means 'happiness'. 2. A generic name given to a cat. 3. A place name: 4. A place name: 5. A place name: 6. A place name: 7. A place name:
Word: touchpad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From touch + pad. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃˌpæd/ 1. A flat surface which is sensitive to touch, used mostly in laptop computers to control an on-screen cursor.
Word: religieuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French religieuse. 1. A nun. Labels: dated Example: "You must not, my dear sister, give way to curiosity. Do you not recollect it is against the rules for a religieuse to do so?" 2. A type of eclair made of two choux pastry cases, the smaller fixed atop of the other.
Word: equipages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equipage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equipages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of equipage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: entend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Old French entendre, from Latin intendere. See intend. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnd/ 1. Obsolete form of intend. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. To attend to; to apply oneself to. Labels: obsolete
Word: Dominique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Dominique. Doublet of Dominic. 1. An American breed of chicken with a rose comb and a heavy plumage of irregularly striped black-and-white feathers.
Word: Dominique Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Dominique. Doublet of Dominic. 1. A female given name from French. 2. A male given name from French.
Word: jaconet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi जगन्नाथ (jagannāth) / Urdu جگنّاتھ (jagannāth), former name of Puri in India, where the material came from. Compare juggernaut. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækənɪt/ 1. A type of cotton cloth, especially as dyed and waterproofed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin, and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted, the sprigged, the mull, or the jackonet. Example: What! silk for lining at two francs, when you can get jaconet for ten sous, or even for eight, that would do well enough!
Word: whate'er Part of Speech: det 1. Contraction of whatever. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic, uncommon Example: "[…] because I think ye will be rushing off to the nearest bed with whate'er woman is ogling ye at that moment."
Word: whate'er Part of Speech: pron 1. Contraction of whatever. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic Example: 1858, Catherine Winkworth, Whate'er my god ordains is right, translation of Samuel Rodigast's Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (1675)
Word: Dupont Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Dupont, meaning "of the bridge". 1. A surname from French. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: refuser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From refuse + -er. 1. One who refuses. Example: Near-synonyms: recusant, defier, decliner, objector, protester, dissenter, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, renegade
Word: lovest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English love Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English lovest From love + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of love Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Word: Soudan Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic form of Sudan: A country in North Africa and East Africa. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: About February last year two figures were circling round the office of the Pall Mall Gazette, the one writing articles, the other being interviewed; they were those of the two ex-Governors of the Soudan, Sir Samuel Baker and General Gordon, then just returned from Brussels. 2. A census-designated place in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
Word: swamp cooler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See swamp + cooler. 1. Synonym of evaporative cooler. Labels: US, informal Example: Kind of like sitting five feet away from a swamp cooler on a hot day: you feel something approximating a breeze and maybe it’s even cool, but mostly you just end up frustrated and sticky.
Word: polarity Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈlæɹɪti/, [pəˈlɛɹɪɾi] 1. The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion. 2. Either of the two extremes of such attributes. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable Example: positive and negative polarity Example: The experiment tested the polarity of the electrical current. 7. The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable 10. An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable Example: political polarity 12. The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ Labels: countable, uncountable 13. Ellipsis of magnetic polarity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 14. Ellipsis of trilinear polarity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: millwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mill + work. 1. Components for buildings, produced by milling, such as doors and windows (especially prehung ones) and wood or woodlike trim with decorative cross-sections involving curves, beads, grooves, etc. Labels: uncountable 2. Any wooden object manufactured at a lumbermill (sawmill). Labels: US, uncommon, uncountable
Word: mirabilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin mīrābilia. Doublet of marvel. 1. Wonderful or extraordinary things; marvels. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: mirabilis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, from Latin mīrābilis. Doublet of mirable. 1. Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
Word: misthought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought English misthought From mis- + thought. 1. error, mistake Labels: obsolete
Word: mitogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mitogen + -ic or mito- + -genic. 1. Of or relating to a mitogen. 2. Causing mitosis. Example: Cell-mediated immunity is impaired after burn injury, including documented delays in allograft rejection, impairment in mitogenic and anogenic responsiveness of lymphocytes, burn-size-related suppression of graftversus-host activity, suppression of delayed cutaneous sensitivity tests, and diminution of peripheral lymphocytes and thoracic duct lymphocyte concentration.
Word: mixed marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. Marriage between people of different socially-distinguished groups, such as different races, cultures or religions. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A king and a queen of different suits as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em (see marriage (poker slang)). Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: Mkuu Part of Speech: name 1. a dialect of the Rombo language of Tanzania.
Word: Rombo Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken by the Chaga people.
Word: slays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gurneys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gurney Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drafted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of draft Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: drafted Part of Speech: adj 1. of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc. Example: A johnboat is a shallow drafted boat favored by fishermen. 2. conscripted Labels: US Example: I hope you get drafted / I hope you carry a gun / When you come back with no arms or legs / Then you can say war is fun / 'Cause you don't care / What happens to me / As long it don't happen to you / As the world becomes a bomb factory / Your attitude becomes smug / This just creates an atmosphere of war / A world without any love / You know, / I hope you get drafted / I hope you burn and die
Word: filleted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fillet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: filleted Part of Speech: adj 1. Gutted; very disappointed or let down. Labels: UK, slang Example: I was filleted to be honest. It had taken its toll on me ... I'd probably had enough myself by that time in terms of being manager.
Word: grouched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of grouch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gunned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡʌnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of gun Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gunned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡʌnd/ 1. Equipped or bedecked with guns. Labels: not-comparable Example: She was armored and gunned and ready for action.
Word: bedecked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɛkd/ 1. Covered; encrusted; arrayed. Example: The general's uniform was so bedecked with medals that he began leaning to one side. Example: A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield.
Word: bedecked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɛkd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bedeck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bedecking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bedeck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bedecking Part of Speech: noun 1. An ornament. Example: He has titles enough to greatness, without borrowing plumes from the gratuitous bedeckings of prurient writers.
Word: bedecks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bedeck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dactylosymphysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dactylo- + symphysis. Pronunciation: /ˌdæktɪləsɪmˈfaɪsɪs/ 1. the joining of two fingers or toes with a web, often as a hereditary disorder (normal in some birds) Labels: uncountable
Word: endowed chair Part of Speech: noun 1. An endowed faculty position which is supported by the annual payout from a privately funded endowment. The endowment may cover the faculty salary, research and travel stipends or other associated costs and continues in perpetuity. Labels: US
Word: signalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of signal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: signalling Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of signals in communications, especially the sending of signals in telecommunications. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 2. The signals and associated equipment required for their operation. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: johnboat Part of Speech: noun 1. a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off Example: Eddie liked to take his johnboat into the shallow, reedy, sandbars that the out-of-town fishermen, with their big, expensive, fiberglass bassboats, couldn't reach.
Word: johnboats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of johnboat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clambers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clamber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clambering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of clamber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clambering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who clambers. Example: It was his hope that he should find something of archaeologic compensation for his clamberings. He found Noah's Ark.
Word: clambering Part of Speech: adj 1. Climbing Example: Its hills of smiling green swelled gently one above another, crowned with lofty trees of luxuriant growth; some pointing their tapering foliage towards the clouds, which were gloriously transparent; and others loaded with a verdant burthen of clambering vines, bowing their branches to the earth, that was covered with flowers. Example: The panes are ruddy through the clambering vines And blushing leaves, that Summer intertwines In warmer tints than e'er luxuriant Spring, O'er flower-embosom'd roof led wandering.
Word: clambered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of clamber Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pontoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pontoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sniffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sniff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪfi/ 1. Disdainful; haughty. Example: some regard Hanks with a sniffy attitude, seeing his middlebrow Hollywood fare as unfashionable (yes) and reactionary (no). 2. Characterised by sniffing. Example: a sniffy cold that turned into a sore throat
Word: misthink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think English misthink From mis- + think. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈθɪŋk/ 1. To think wrongly or badly (of). Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: Adam misthought of her. Example: Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought For things that others do, and when we fall We answer others’ merits in our name, Are therefore to be pitied. 2. To have sinful thoughts. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: link whore Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who goes to great lengths to get other people to link to his/her website or blog. Labels: Internet, derogatory, slang
Word: screw the pooch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1950s, from earlier fuck the dog (“fritter, waste time”) (1935) (compare fuck around), later sense of “make an embarrassing mistake” (compare screw up, fuck up). Popularized by use by Tom Wolfe in The Right Stuff (1979), and film adaptation The Right Stuff (1983). more The term was first documented in the early "Mercury" days of the US space program. It came there from a Yale graduate named John Rawlings who helped design the astronauts' space suits. The phrase is actually derived from an earlier, more vulgar and direct term which was slang for doing something very much the wrong way, as in "you are fucking the dog!" At Yale a friend of Rawlings', the radio DJ Jack May (a.k.a. "Candied Yam Jackson") amended this term to "screwing the pooch" which was simultaneously less vulgar and more pleasing to the ear. The term, however, did not enter the popular lexicon until Tom Wolfe used it in his book about the space program, The Right Stuff, where it was used to describe a supposed mistake by astronaut Gus Grissom. The phrase's origins come from an old joke. There are various versions, but a drunk man ends up shooting the wife and screwing the pooch (instead of the other way around). 1. to make a large mistake, to fail in dramatic and ignominious fashion. Labels: idiomatic
Word: blackjacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blackjack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blackjacks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blackjack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paving Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪvɪŋ/ 1. The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Interior pavement, as in a cathedral. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paving Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪvɪŋ/ 1. Pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unloved 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 loved English unloved From un- + loved. 1. Not loved. Example: Then, too, there was the mute appeal of this wee waif alone and unloved in the midst of the horrors of the savage jungle. Example: Kidderminster: Work can start on a new glass-fronted station building (double the size), following the demolition of the dilapidated 1968 structure. Always unloved, it was cheaply assembled by BR to replace a mock Tudor building that survived for nearly 100 years before being infested with dry rot.
Word: unloved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unlove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: narcs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of narc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narcs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of narc Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: narcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of narc Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: narced Part of Speech: verb Etymology: see narc 1. simple past and past participle of narc Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: narced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: from nitrogen narcosis 1. Exhibiting impaired judgment while scuba diving due to nitrogen narcosis. Example: On his first dive, Ralph got really narced, and thought he was turning into a sea turtle. Example: While doing a test in a chamber to assess the pressure at which one will get narced seems like a great idea, it is not necessarily an indicator of who will get narced at what depth.
Word: insiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“to walk, go about”). Doublet of amble. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bjʊ.leɪt/, /ˈæm.bjuˌleɪt/, /ˈæm.bjəˌleɪt/ 1. To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs. Labels: formal, intransitive Example: For patients who can ambulate, a bedpan is usually not needed. Example: Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.
Word: ambulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ambulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ambulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ambulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ambulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ambulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: relocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English locate English relocate From re- + locate. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪt/, /ˌɹiːləˈkeɪt/, /ˌɹiˈloʊ̯keɪ̯t/, /ˌɹiloʊ̯ˈkeɪ̯t/ 1. To move (something) from one place to another. Labels: transitive Example: We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door. Example: In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice. 2. To change one's domicile or place of business. Labels: intransitive Example: Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defense industry. Example: On 'prosperity re-distribution', it ignores the prospect that businesses may relocate to be near HS2 stations. So never mind the observable phenomenon of major businesses relocating to Birmingham, with a veritable rash of private sector investment. 3. To lose something and find it again. Labels: intransitive Example: I relocated the bird I spotted last week.
Word: relocates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of relocate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: relocating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of relocate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: relocated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of relocate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: by and by Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English by and by (“side by side, close together, alongside, on and on, continually, again and again, repeatedly”), equivalent to by + and + by. 1. After a short time. Labels: not-comparable Example: O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away! Example: Two anons and a by and by is an hour and a half. 2. After an indefinite period. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sit down, have a rest, and by and by you'll be feeling better. Example: She said herself She would forgive him, by and by, not now — For her own sake then, if not for mine — not now —- But by and by. 3. Immediately; at once. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: When […] persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Word: by and by Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English by and by (“side by side, close together, alongside, on and on, continually, again and again, repeatedly”), equivalent to by + and + by. 1. Heaven; the hereafter. Usually preceded with "the sweet." Labels: uncountable Example: I'm sorry ma'am, but your cat's gone on to the sweet by and by. Example: In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
Word: singly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English senglely. Equivalent to single + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋ.ɡli/ 1. In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion. Labels: not-comparable Example: Singly, they are every one a representation or appearance of some quality, or other accident of a body without us, which is commonly called an object. Example: The cross, reared now above all other objects, and standing singly out against the sky, was greeted with a burst of delight; [… 2. Individually; particularly; severally. Labels: not-comparable Example: to make men singly and personally good Example: Ursula saw that now Bella Watson's chance meetings with him had to be strategically and singly planned by Bella, whose wifely attentions to the bereaved man were markedly meaning. 3. Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed. Labels: not-comparable Example: to attack another singly 4. Honestly; sincerely; simply. Labels: not-comparable 5. Singularly; peculiarly. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: shepherd's purse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alluding to the shape of its seed vessel. Compare mediaeval Latin bursa pastoris, French bourse-à-berger, German Hirtentasche. 1. An edible weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris, family Brassicaceae, native to Europe but now found world-wide. Labels: uncountable Example: To him that hath a flux, of Sheepheards purse he gives Example: Stewed nettles; savoury messes of chickweed sprinkled with nutmeg; he cooks the foliage of shepherd's purse as if it were cabbage.
Word: nekkid Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɪd/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of naked, representing Southern US English. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Instead, what people notice is when you write a perfectly stupid column about ironing nekkid—like this one: I have my reasons for ironing nekkid.
Word: powdery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From powder + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊdəɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to powder. Example: powdery drink Example: We were plowing through great deeps of powdery alkali dust that rose in thick clouds and floated across the plain like smoke from a burning house. We were coated with it like millers; so were the coach, the mules, the mail-bags, the driver—we and the sage-brush and the other scenery were all one monotonous color. 2. Having a lot of powder.
Word: wrenches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of wrench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrenches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wrench Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wrenching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wrench Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wrenching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is wrenched.
Word: wrenched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɛnt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of wrench Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kept woman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kept + woman. 1. A woman who is supported financially by a lover (usually a married man). Example: He said: "Why bother about a career? After all, kept woman is a thoroughly respectable occupation—or can be made so by any preacher or justice of the peace. . . ." "I could not belong to a man unless I cared for him," said she. Example: "I'm a kept woman," she explained. "What else is any woman?"
Word: goat shit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of Yiddish קאָזעבאָפּקעס (kozebupkes, “goat droppings”). 1. Something of no value; nothing. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: The job paid goat shit. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see goat, shit: excrement of goats. Labels: uncountable
Word: phrasing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of phrase Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: phrasing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪzɪŋ/ 1. The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice. Example: But for the Sir Walter disease, the character of the Southerner -- or Southron, according to Sir Walter's starchier way of phrasing it -- would be wholly modern, in place of modern and medieval mixed, and the South would be fully a generation further advanced than it is. 2. The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others. Example: I found myself truly moved by a stage event for the first time in years. I found myself humming tunes that one might not rightfully call tunes. Days later, I still remember these musical phrasings in little swatches of sound.
Word: prog rock Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipped compound of progressive rock. Labels: uncountable Example: Its opening track, Mastermind, offers one possible answer to a theoretical question about what prog rock might have sounded like in the highly unlikely event that it had co-opted Giorgio Moroder’s brand of electronic disco: […]
Word: Indoeuropean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Indo-European. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: justifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French justifiable. By surface analysis, justify + -able. 1. That can be justified. Example: Near-synonyms: defensible, excusable Example: It was at all times clear that, from the point of view of the idea it conveys to us, every motion must be considered only as a relative motion. Returning to the illustration we have frequently used of the embankment and the railway carriage, we can express the fact of the motion here taking place in the following two forms, both of which are equally justifiable: (a) The carriage is in motion relative to the embankment, (b) The embankment is in motion relative to the carriage. In (a) the embankment, in (b) the carriage, serves as the body of reference in our statement of the motion taking place. — 2. Describing an illegal and intentional act that is nevertheless not blameworthy, for example because its positive consequences outweighed the bad. Distinguished from excusable, describing an involuntary illegal act. Labels: specifically Example: justifiable homicide
Word: credulity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English credulite (“faith, belief”), borrowed from Middle French credulité (French crédulité), from Latin crēdulitās. Corresponding to credulous + -ity (compare credulosity). Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈd͡ʒuːlɪti/, /kɹɪˈdjuːlɪti/, /kɹɪˈduːlɪti/ 1. A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These testosterone thumpers have repackaged and exaggerated the study, with a credulity born of zealotry, into articles with shitposty titles like “Trust The Science: Study Links Left-Wing Politics to Lower Testosterone,” casting it as hard proof of their hormonal theories of healthy politics. 2. Faith, credence; acceptance or maintenance of a belief. Labels: countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: Do you think Mr. Allworthy hath more contempt for money than other men because he professes more? Such credulity would better become one of us weak women, than that wise sex which heaven hath formed for politicians. Indeed, brother, you would make a fine plenipo to negotiate with the French. Example: As Challenger spoke of his pterodactyl I glanced at Professor Summerlee, and for the first time I seemed to see some signs of a dawning credulity and repentance. There was no sneer upon his thin lips, but, on the contrary, a gray, drawn look of excitement and amazement. Challenger saw it, too, and reveled in the first taste of victory.
Word: infantryman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From infantry + man. 1. a soldier employed in an infantry role 2. a male soldier of the infantry
Word: infantrymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infantryman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vingt-et-un Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”). Pronunciation: /vænteɪˈʌn/ 1. The card game pontoon. Labels: uncountable
Word: Red Crescent Part of Speech: name 1. A branch of the Red Cross that operates in Muslim countries. 2. The symbol of this branch.
Word: ursolic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a pentacyclic triterpenoid carboxylic acid found in many plants; an isomer of oleanolic acid
Word: oleanolic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of oleanonic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: pentacyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English pentacyclic From penta- + cyclic. 1. Having five rings, especially five fused rings as in many triterpenoids. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a flower: composed of five whorls or organs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brillo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of brilliant + -o. 1. Brilliant; excellent. Labels: slang
Word: close call Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kləʊs ˈkɔːl/ 1. A situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided. Example: He had a close call when a truck ran a red light and almost hit him. Example: there will be Tom Cruise, as spy extraordinaire Ethan Hunt, running as fast as he can, jumping off cliffs and ultimately saving the day after surviving many close calls.
Word: hoar frost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *prustós From Middle English hore frost, horfrost [and other forms], from hor (“grey; greyish-white”, adjective) (from Old English hār (“grey”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness; shadow”)) + frost (“cold spell, freezing weather, frost; hoar-frost; rime”) (from Old English frost, forst, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prustós (“frost”)). The English word is analysable as hoar (“greyish-white; white”, adjective) + frost. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː fɹɒst/, /ˈhoɹ ˌfɹɑst/ 1. Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He [the Lord] geueth ſnowe like woll, & ſcatereth yͤ horefroſt like aſhes. Example: [W]hen vve have, as vve very frequently have, put mixtures of ſnovv and ſalt into vials, and left them in the open Air, vve generally obſerv'd, that the outſide of the Glaſs vvas cas'd vvith ice, or covered vvith hoar froſt, directly over againſt that part of the inſide of the Glaſs, vvherein the frigorifick mixture vvas. 2. Water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces. Labels: countable, specifically, uncountable Example: On Sunday night, January 23, ſeveral things vvere laid out at the Obſervatory, ſuch as ſheets of brovvn paper, pieces of boards, plates of metal, glaſſes of ſeveral kinds, &c. vvhich all began to contract hoar-froſt ſeemingly as ſoon as each body had time to cool dovvn to the temperature of the air. The ſheets of brovvn paper being ſo thin acquired it ſooneſt, and vvhen beheld in candle-light they became beautifully ſpangled over by innumerable reflections from the ſmall cryſtals of hoar-froſt vvhich had parted from the air. Example: This striking fact, of the lower temperature of the surface on which dew and hoarfrost are forming, it was always found difficult to explain; for the transition of a body from the state of vapour to the fluid or solid form is always accompanied with an evolution of heat, […] The surface is not warmer in consequence of the formation of the dew or hoarfrost, but the dew or hoarfrost is deposited because the surface is previously cold; and its low temperature, compared with that of the air above, is owing to the discharge of heat by radiation.
Word: crapaud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French crapaud (“toad”). Doublet of crappo. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæpəʊ/ 1. A toad. Labels: obsolete 2. A French person. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: dishwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dish + water. 1. Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The dishwater drained away slowly. 2. Anything dull and lacking interest or flavour. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: This season's offerings are nothing but dishwater.
Word: scrubbing brush Part of Speech: noun 1. A short brush with stiff bristles, usually handheld, used for scrubbing floors etc. Sometimes with a broom handle like a push broom.
Word: blokey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bloke Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blokey From bloke + -y. 1. Associated with the mainstream male culture, particularly blue-collar. Labels: Australia, UK, informal Example: Tennis isn't a blokey sport.
Word: jollop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of jalap, or julep. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒləp/ 1. A strong liquor or medicine. Example: Do you care to know the ingredients of the jollop?
Word: jollop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See jellop. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒləp/ 1. A jellop (“wattle, dewlap”).
Word: polymastia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -mastia (corresponding to Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”)). Pronunciation: /pɒlɪˈmæstɪə/ 1. The fact or condition of having more than two mammae or nipples. Labels: uncountable Example: Viewed in the light of comparative anatomy, polymastia is interesting, as showing a tendency to re-establish the series of mammae seen in other mammalia; but Darwin has lately repudiated atavism as a cause of this malformation Example: The warts on its skin, you see, remind one of the extra nipples which every she-witch was supposed to have and that goes back (am I boring you, dear boy? How is your glass?) that goes back to the polymastia or superfluity of breasts of the ancients.
Word: budino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian budino (“pudding”). Doublet of pudding and boudin. 1. A sweet Italian dessert dish, usually rich and creamy like a custard or pudding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some budinos are firmed up with the very Italian addition of semolina, while others are more like a baked custard.
Word: incunable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French incunable, from Latin incūnābula (“swaddling-clothes, cradle”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkjuːnəbəl/ 1. Alternative form of incunabulum. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Nerciat rubbed shoulders with D.H. Lawrence, the Large Paper set of de Sade (Illustrated by Austin Osman Spare) jostled an incunable Hermes Trismegistus, and ten different editions of L'Histoire d'O were piquant bedfellows to De la Bodin's Démonomanie des Sorciers.
Word: guv Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative phonetic spelling of gov, short for governor. 1. A form of address to a man, usually a stranger or a superior. Labels: Ireland, London, UK, informal Example: Spare two quid, guv? I 'aven't eaten since yesterday. Example: Right away, guv... I mean, sarge. 2. A male prison officer. Labels: UK, informal Example: We cover up the window so the guvs can't see us.
Word: thanx Part of Speech: intj Etymology: X is pronounced /ks/ in English. thanks + -x. 1. Alternative spelling of thanks. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: What can I say? THANX It was wild!
Word: thanx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: X is pronounced /ks/ in English. thanks + -x. 1. Alternative spelling of thanks. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only, slang Example: Thanx and a tip of the slumber cap to jules henry marr Example: Please accept my thanx and gratitude as a small token of appreciation.
Word: appeasement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English appesement, from Old French apaisement. Pronunciation: /əˈpiːz.mənt/ 1. The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This decision is the end of any attempts at appeasement in our land; the end of urging us to get along with the dictators, the end of compromise with tyranny and the forces of oppression. Example: Senator, Saturday on television, you said that you had always thought that Quemoy and Matsu were unwise places to draw our defense line in the Far East. Would you comment further on that, and also address to this question: couldn't a pull-back from those islands be interpreted as appeasement?
Word: air out Part of Speech: verb 1. To expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you air out your sleeping bag after you use it, it will smell better the next time you get in. Example: If you air it out after you use it, it will smell better the next time you get in. 2. To discuss in the open; to address an issue or conflict that has long been avoided. Labels: broadly Example: She's been nursing a grievance for a while now. It's time to air it out. 3. To shoot up a location, particularly inside a building. Labels: broadly 4. To throw passes, especially long and high passes. Labels: slang
Word: like a cat on a hot tin roof Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: A simile developed from the behaviour of a cat observed on a hot tin roof. 1. Jumpy, nervous. Labels: US, colloquial
Word: HE-double-hockey-sticks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word hell spelled out, referring to the fact that the capital letter L resembles a hockey stick. 1. Hell. Labels: childish, euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only, usually Example: His voice rose about an octave, actually just short of a scream, and he said something to the effect that "it's an HE-double-hockey-sticks-week at work." Example: He's made the mother's life a living HE-double-hockey-sticks, my daughter says.
Word: deader Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dead + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). 1. comparative form of dead: more dead; or at least more evidently dead. Labels: colloquial, comparative, figuratively, form-of, humorous Example: He was deader than a dead dog's bone buried down a blind alley off a dead-end street in a ghost town. Man, he was dead. Example: Oldwick drew the pistol from his shirt. "If he has made up his mind to kill me," he thought. "I can't see that it will make any difference in the long run whether I infuriate him or not. The beggar can't kill me any deader in one mood than another."