nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: buckling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ/ 1. The act of fastening a buckle. 2. A folding into hills and valleys. 3. The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing). Example: Engineers decided not to use hydraulics, to ensure there was no twisting or buckling to the 80-tonne girder structure. Example: The rail might still buckle when it's extremely cold. A signals box, that's a metal box on the side of the right of way, might still overheat. So we need to make sure that our operational capacity to respond to those potential disruptions and address them as quickly as possible is a really robust part of our operations. Rail buckling is kind of part of the business in some capacity. That's what we hear from other transit agencies working in the South for example, with extreme heat.
Word: buckling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ/ 1. Wavy; curly, as hair.
Word: buckling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of buckle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: buckling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English buck Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English buckling From buck + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌk.lɪŋ/ 1. A young male domestic goat of between one and two years. Example: 1994, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Ninth Edition, Sasquatch Books, →ISBN, page 715, If you do have extra milk, then by all means raise your extra bucklings and cull doelings for meat. Example: 1994, Mary C. Smith and David M. Sherman, Goat Medicine, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 429, The newborn doe kids destined to become habitual aborters (and the buckling that carries the trait) are above average in weight and have a very fine haircoat.
Word: buckling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Bückling or Swedish böckling. Cognate with Middle High German bockinc and Middle Dutch bocking (itself from bok (“buck”), referencing the foul smell). 1. Smoked herring.
Word: basso continuo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian basso continuo (literally “continuous bass”). 1. The continuous realization of harmony throughout a musical piece, usually by a harpsichord and/or cello, typical of the Baroque period. Abbreviation: bc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: doeling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doe + -ling. 1. A female domestic goat of less than one year of age. Example: Before your kids are born, decide how many doelings you will keep and stick with it.
Word: caponize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English capon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English caponize From capon + -ize. 1. To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use. Labels: transitive Example: To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done; […]
Word: inarticulable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1825: formed as in- + articulable; compare inarticulate and the slightly earlier (1824) French inarticulable. 1. Not articulable; incapable of being articulated. Labels: not-comparable Example: I add two letters to this class, under the title of anomalous, which are the Arabic qaf (incorrectly written g, in the Plate, instead of q,) and the Hebrew, or Arabic ain, which some suppose to be inarticulable by a European voice.
Word: mumper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mump + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌmpə/, /ˈmʌmpɚ/ 1. A beggar. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: Here for a moment, running my eye along the Piazza, which had its usual fringe of flower girls and mumpers, swearing porters and hackney coaches, I thought my man with the white handkerchief had not come; but shifting my gaze to the Little Piazza, which was darker and less frequented, I presently espied him walking to and fro under cover, with a cane in his hand and the air of a gentleman who had supped and was looking out for a pretty girl.
Word: point break Part of Speech: noun 1. The location where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline. Labels: slang Example: Latigo Beach. Nice point break. Long workable rides.
Word: mump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps borrowed through obsolete Dutch mompen (“to cheat, swindle, deceive”), according to Kroonen, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *mump- (“to stain”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mm̥bʰ-neh₂- Also akin to German mimpfeln (“to mumble”), Icelandic mumpa (“to take into the mouth”). See also English mum. While Kroonen claims Ancient Greek μέμφομαι (mémphomai, “I blame, accuse”) and the Germanic forms are reconcilable and related, Beekes rejects this, stating that Germanic -p- cannot here correspond to Greek -φ- and that this etymological connection is not widely considered reliable. Pronunciation: /mʌmp/ 1. To mumble, speak unclearly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Who mump their passion, and who, grimly smiling, Still thus address the fair with voice beguiling […] 2. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. Example: He mumps, and lowres, and hangs the lip […] 3. To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase. Labels: intransitive 4. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon. 5. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. Example: Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants here; and then went mumping with a sore leg in America, canting, and whining, and complaining of faction, which represented them as friends to a revenue from the colonies. 6. To be sullen or sulky. Example: The Christian also spurns the pinched and mumping sick-room attitude, and the lives of saints are full of a kind of callousness to diseased conditions of body which probably no other human records show. Example: It remained necessary to make a shift at bearing yourself like a man; not mumping, not moping. 7. To nibble. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: mump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps borrowed through obsolete Dutch mompen (“to cheat, swindle, deceive”), according to Kroonen, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *mump- (“to stain”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mm̥bʰ-neh₂- Also akin to German mimpfeln (“to mumble”), Icelandic mumpa (“to take into the mouth”). See also English mum. While Kroonen claims Ancient Greek μέμφομαι (mémphomai, “I blame, accuse”) and the Germanic forms are reconcilable and related, Beekes rejects this, stating that Germanic -p- cannot here correspond to Greek -φ- and that this etymological connection is not widely considered reliable. Pronunciation: /mʌmp/ 1. A grimace. Labels: obsolete
Word: reef break Part of Speech: noun 1. A wave that breaks over a projection from the seabed formed from coral reef or rock shelf. Labels: slang
Word: spurtle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots spurtle, spurtill (“potstick, spatula”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English spatyl, spatule, from Old French espatule (“spatula”). If so, then doublet of spattle and spatula. 1. Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge. Example: "It was till lately believed by the ploughmen of Clydesdale, that if they repeated the rhyme Fairy, fairy, bake me a bannock and roast me a collop, And I'll gie ye a spurtle off my gadend! three several times on turning their cattle at the terminations of ridges, they would find the said fare prepared for them on reaching the end of the fourth furrow." Example: One day they built a fire in the yard and made a black kettle of apple butter so big that when they stood over it and stirred the apple mash with spurtles, the scene put Ada in mind of the witches in Macbeth working at their brew.
Word: spurtle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spurt + -le. According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by poet Michael Drayton in 1606. 1. To spurt, spatter or sputter; to spurt in a scattering manner. Example: Upon the head hee lent so violent a stroke, That the poore emptie skull, like some thin potsheard broke, The braines and mingled blood, were spertled on the wall
Word: souterrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French souterrain, from sous (“under”) + terrain (“ground”). Pronunciation: /ˈsuːtəɹeɪn/ 1. An underground chamber or passage sometimes used as a store, especially one associated with Iron Age settlements. Example: Now when my son saw that I separated them, he secretly built this souterrain and furnished it and transported to it victuals, even as thou seest; and, when I had gone out a-sporting, came here with his sister and hid from me.
Word: cordon sanitaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from French cordon sanitaire. Pronunciation: /ˌkɔːdɒn sanɪˈtɛː/, /kɔːrˌdɔ̃ː ˌsɑniˈtɛr/ 1. A barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease. Example: In accordance with their recommendation, the French Ministry drew a cordon sanitaire round the Spanish frontier. The plague gradually died away with the colder weather of the winter; but the French Ministry did not withdraw the troops who composed the cordon sanitaire. Example: Bubonic plague had been in relative abeyance since the 1660s, and its explosion into Marseille and Provence in 1720 confirmed the ability of government, through quarantines and cordons sanitaires, to hem the disease in and prevent its diffusion across the country. 2. Any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable. Labels: broadly Example: The alternative for such a policy was the isolation of Russia and the construction of a cordon sanitaire, in order to contain Bolshevism in the present area.
Word: runic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *rūnābor.? Proto-Germanic *rūnō Proto-Germanic *rūnǭ Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo) Old Norse rúnbor. English rune Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English runic From rune + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːnɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or written using runes. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a song or verse, mystically or obscurely expressed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then flowered the mead, then leafed all 'Twas caused by the runic lay.
Word: chausson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chausson (“shoe, sock; turnover”). Doublet of calzone. Pronunciation: /ʃoʊˈsɔn/ 1. A piece of armor for the leg and/or foot, chiefly in the form of chainmail covering the thigh above the knee (with the chausse covering the other half of the leg). Labels: historical Example: This leg armour consisted of three parts — the chaussons with the genouilleres attached, the greaves or leg armour, and the solleret or armed shoe. The knee piece formed part of the chausson, and was strapped on the leg […] Example: There is also one pair of mail chaussons, or coverings for the legs. The sabatons were the armed coverings for the feet, which at this period were separate from the leg defences, of which in the early sixteenth century they so often […] 2. A kind of slipper or sock. Labels: historical Example: He leaned down and drew his sabots toward him from their place near the andirons, and slipped them over his chaussons; and as he straightened up, his eyes mechanically sought the mantel above, where in the dusk another pair of sabots stood, little, slender, delicate sabots, carved from red beech. Example: She was on her feet in an instant with wide eyes and parted lips " Mon Dieu ! What agony ! […] her chaussons and stole across the lane in her stocking feet, always alert and watchful. 3. A French turnover (food). Example: Roll out and form the chaussons • Lightly dust a large flat work surface with all-purpose flour. Remove the puff pastry from the refrigerator. Place one sheet of puff pastry on the work surface. Example: But the pâté did not reach its highest excellence until some time afterwards, when Doyen, a pastry-cook of great genius, already celebrated for his chaussons of veal and inimitable apple-puffs, substituted the blacker, larger, and more fragrant truffle […]
Word: pantoufle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pantofle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But I would thou ſhouldſt know, that if he ſhould come in proper perſon to Rome, the Pope would not entertaine him, except he would ſubmit himſelfe and kiſſe his pantoufle. Example: And he ordered the Captain of the Swiſs guards to tell Stouppe, that he had heard of me, and would give me a private audience abed, to ſave me from the ceremony of the Pantoufle.
Word: patisserie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French pâtisser 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 -erieder. French -erie French pâtisseriebor. English patisserie Borrowed from French pâtisserie. 1. A shop that sells pastries and cakes. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: “Whoa. Pastry Pete's Patisserie. Pastry Pete is so brilliant. Did you know he won a Tasty Num Nums Award last year for combining crullers and Bundt cakes? They're called "crunts"!” “Oh, you got a crush on him. Speckle better watch out.” “I do not! Shut up! I'm telling you, you gotta try those sweet, crusty crunts.” “Ew!” “Come on, let's go!” 2. A pastry. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Pastry. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: He had a little wife, he ſaid, whom he loved, who did the patiſſerie; and added, he felt no diſhonour in defending her and himſelf from want in this way—unleſs Providence had offer’d him a better.
Word: Keegan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Mac Aodhagáin (“son of Aidan”). Pronunciation: /ˈkiɡən/ 1. A surname from Irish 2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Word: Keegan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Kalenjin Kigan. Pronunciation: /ˈkiɡən/ 1. A male given name from Kalenjin. 2. A surname from Kalenjin or transferred from the given name.
Word: Kendall Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the placename Kendal in Cumbria, "valley of the river Kent", and Kendale in Humberside, from Old Norse kelda (“spring”) + dalr (“valley”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛndəl/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage. 4. A town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, named after poet Henry Kendall. 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 number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States:
Word: eradiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. English e- English radiate English eradiate From e- (without) + radiate. 1. Said of several types of capitulum that do not have petal-like florets. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eradiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From e- (outward) + radiate. 1. To spread out light rays in all directions. Labels: intransitive 2. To shoot out like a ray of light. Labels: intransitive
Word: Landon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Place names in England, from Old English lang (“long”) + dūn (“hill”). Pronunciation: /ˈlændən/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. An epoch from 34.3 to 21.7 million years ago, a subdivision of the Paleo-Neogene.
Word: resi Part of Speech: adj 1. Clipping of residential. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: resi Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of residential real estate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
Word: Leigh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the nominative case of Old English lēah (“wood, meadow”), 'dweller by the wood or clearing'. Pronunciation: /liː/, /laɪ/ 1. A surname from Middle English, variant of Lee. 2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Labels: UK 4. A number of places in England: 5. A number of places in England: 6. A number of places in England: 7. A number of places in England: 8. A number of places in England: 9. A number of places in England: 10. A number of places in England: 11. A number of places in England:
Word: Lonnie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive + -ie. 1. A pet form of the male given name Alonzo. Labels: US 2. A diminutive of the male given name Lon. Example: But the person I spied on the most was my father, Lon—or, as he was called in the Southern style, Lonnie—who'd commandeer the den into the wee hours.
Word: Lachlan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Lachlann, Lochlann (“land of the lochs, loch or fjord land, i.e. Scandinavia”), said to refer to an immigrant from Norway, a Norseman. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒklən/, /ˈlæklən/, /ˈlɑklən/, /ˈlaxlən/ 1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic mainly used in Scotland, recently also popular in Australia. Labels: countable 2. A river in New South Wales, Australia, noted for having several significant wetlands along its length; named for Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Lachlan Shire. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A locality in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin arrīdēre, from ad + rīdēre (“to laugh”). 1. To please; to gratify. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: A pretty air; in general, I like it well: but in particular, your long die-note did arride me most. Example: Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of mouldering learning.
Word: Mathew Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Hebrew, of occasional usage, variant of Matthew. 2. A surname.
Word: yuppify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English yuppie Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English yuppify From yuppie + -ify. 1. To redevelop (an urban area or commercial premises) so as to attract affluent young professionals as residents or clientele. Labels: derogatory, often Example: This used to be an honest old-fashioned backstreet boozer but, like Fulham itself, the pub has had its soul ripped out since it has been yuppified
Word: affordability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English afford Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English affordability From afford + -ability. 1. The extent or degree to which something is affordable, as measured by its cost relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay. Labels: uncountable Example: First-time home buyers are feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates with mortgage affordability at its worst level for 16 years. Example: Fares would have to increase significantly beyond affordability to cover the costs of lightly used services. 2. A desirable degree of that characteristic: synonym of inexpensiveness. Labels: uncountable
Word: redevelop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English develop English redevelop From re- + develop. 1. To develop again or differently. Labels: transitive Example: They dream of redeveloping the entire downtown. Example: In addition to employment in the area, once you factor in the patronage of people visiting the various sites, it's not difficult to see why it's being redeveloped. The current station building is tiny in comparison to other stations with a similar patronage. 2. To develop again or differently. Labels: transitive Example: to redevelop an unsuccessful product for relaunch 3. To develop again or differently. Labels: transitive
Word: alphameric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of alphabetic + numeric. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.fəˈmɛ.ɹɪk/ 1. Alternative form of alphanumeric. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Nelson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son. * In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas". Pronunciation: /ˈnɛlsən/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Africans of my generation - and even today - generally have both a Western and an African name. Whites were either unable or unwilling to pronounce an African name, and considered it uncivilized to have one. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it had something to do with the great British sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would only be a guess. 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 27. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 28. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 29. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 30. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ammoniacal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ammoniac Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ammoniacal From ammoniac + -al. Pronunciation: /aməˈnʌɪəkəl/ 1. Pertaining to or containing ammonia. Labels: not-comparable Example: A quick scent, sweet and ammoniacal, rose from her pubis. Example: Hawaijar is a naturally fermented soybean food of Meitei people in Manipur or elsewhere. It is alkaline, non salted, sticky and slightly ammoniacal making it slightly pungent.
Word: smites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: annualise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From annual + -ise. 1. To express (a quantity such as an interest rate, profit, expenditure etc.) as if it applied or were measured over one year. Labels: transitive Example: To annualise net profit, divide the year-to-date net profit by the number of completed months, and multiply by twelve.
Word: annualize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English annual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English annualize From annual + -ize. 1. American and Oxford British spelling of annualise.
Word: fuet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan fuet, from French fouet. 1. A type of thin salami from Catalonia made from pork. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: answerphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From answer + (tele)phone. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊn/, /ˈæn.səˌfəʊn/ 1. Synonym of answering machine, especially one built into a telephone. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone. Example: That was the bloody answerphone. She must have left already.
Word: young buck Part of Speech: noun 1. An adventurous or high-spirited young man. Example: Thus young Pen, the only son of an estated country gentleman, with a good allowance, and a gentlemanlike bearing and person, looked to be a lad of much more consequence than he was really; and was held by the Oxbridge authorities, tradesmen, and undergraduates, as quite a young buck and member of the aristocracy. Example: Devereux, indeed, being a fast man, with such acres as he inherited, which certainly did not reach a thousand, mortgaged pretty smartly, and with as much personal debt beside, of the fashionable and refined sort, as became a young buck of bright though doubtful expectations—and if the truth must be owned, sometimes pretty nearly pushed into a corner—was beholden, not only for his fun, but occasionally for his daily bread and even his liberty, to those benovolent^([sic]) doles.
Word: deskill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English skill English deskill From de- + skill. 1. To redesign (a job) so that less skill is required to carry it out, for example through the introduction of new technology. Labels: transitive Example: The impact on workers is fairly obvious but I believe that managerial jobs have also been deskilled by the adoption of controlling systems and procedures. Example: “Word processors are wonderful to make us more productive, but employers tend to take this to an extreme,” she said. “Some secretaries are very pleased with automation, but it's the larger number whose jobs are deskilled, made more redundant.” 2. To change the role of (workers) so that they are no longer required or able to use the skills that they have acquired. Labels: transitive Example: Tragic, too, is the gradual deskilling of teachers, loss of excitement about the profession, and loss of gifted teachers to other pursuits. Example: In this transition from an economy built on energy-guzzling heavy industry toward a 21st century society of energy-sipping high technology, millions of Americans and Europeans are being “deskilled.”
Word: summae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of summa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: summas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of summa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Prince Charmings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Prince Charming. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nose poke Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a selection in a psychological experiment by poking the nose through one of several apertures in order to break a light beam
Word: nose poke Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of this activity
Word: Mbps Part of Speech: noun 1. megabit per second, a measure of data transfer rate 2. million base pairs Example: The main chromosome in E coli^([sic]) is 4.6 million base pairs (4.6 Mbps) in length, ... Example: Firstly, the set of mouse EST sequences having no homology to known mouse mRNAs was used (198323 sequences, 75.2 Million base pairs (Mbps)).
Word: shiz Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃɪz/ 1. shit (in any sense) Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: pistols at dawn Part of Speech: noun 1. A duel. Labels: uncountable 2. A disagreement strong enough to evoke a duel. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: By rights, the making of To Wong Foo should have been fun for Patrick, Wesley, and John, but from the first it was pistols at dawn.
Word: newsflash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From news + flash. Pronunciation: /ˈnuzˌflæʃ/ 1. A brief media report of something that has recently taken place. Example: Television programmes were interrupted by a newsflash announcing that the Prime Minister had resigned.
Word: newsflash Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From news + flash. Pronunciation: /ˈnuzˌflæʃ/ 1. Introduces an obvious fact of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware. Labels: colloquial, often, sarcastic Example: In the 1980s we thought that fat was the root of all evil, but now people are saying that insulin is what is making us fat or that we should eat paleo, like our prehistoric friends (um, newsflash: most people in the Paleolithic era died from starvation).
Word: news flash Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of newsflash. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ratbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rat + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæt.bæɡ/ 1. A despicable person. Labels: slang Example: Then he went and sneaked on me to my boss. What a ratbag! 2. A mischievous person, especially a child. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, endearing, slang, sometimes Example: He says he was a ratbag at school and the entire teaching staff hated him except the English and economics teachers.
Word: recentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English recent 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 recentness From recent + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being recent. Labels: uncountable
Word: stuntman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stunt Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stuntman From stunt + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈstʌnt.mæn/ 1. In films, someone who performs stunts that are deemed too dangerous or physically difficult for the main actors to attempt. Example: During filming a stuntman was injured as he jumped from a railway bridge onto the roof of a train passing below.
Word: Yorkshires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yorkshire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yorkshire puddings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yorkshire pudding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capital equipment Part of Speech: noun 1. Any equipment used by an organization to produce other commodities. Labels: uncountable 2. Any single asset which has an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more and a useful life of more than one year, whether purchased outright, acquired through a capital lease or through donation. It also includes certain constructed or fabricated items and certain component parts (See UW Shared Financial System Accounts and Definitions.) It does not include real property (land), software or library holdings. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: reunited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reunite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reunited Part of Speech: adj 1. united again after being separated Labels: not-comparable
Word: purveyance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English purveiaunce et al., from Anglo-Norman purveaunce. 1. The act of purveying. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use. Labels: UK, countable, historical, uncountable
Word: tuppenny Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtʌpəni/, /ˈtʌpni/ 1. Literally, worth tuppence (two pence); of little value or status. Labels: Australia, UK, not-comparable Example: Half a pound of tuppenny rice, Half a pound of treacle. That’s the way the money goes, Pop! goes the weasel. Example: Then they went off to prepare for the journey […], Peter filling his six-penny pipe with tuppenny tobacco.
Word: tuppenny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʌpəni/, /ˈtʌpni/ 1. A coin or stamp worth two pence. Labels: UK, dated 2. In the children's game of leapfrog, the head (perhaps named from a tuppenny loaf). Labels: UK, dated Example: A Lord High Chancellor is a personage of great dignity, who should never, under any circumstances, place himself in the position of being told to tuck in his tuppenny, except by noblemen of his own rank.
Word: Sumerians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sumerian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pollarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pollard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pollarded Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been cut back heavily in order to produce dense new growth
Word: pollard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward. When used as a verb, it is often used to mean a cut head, which originates from the terms usage in cattle, where "pollarded" is used to mean "headed," as opposed to horned. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.əd/, /ˈpɑ.lɚd/ 1. A pruned tree; the wood of such trees. Labels: attributive, often Example: The enclosure was indeed little beyond that of a good-sized paddock – its boundaries were visible on every side – but swelling uplands, covered with massy foliage sloped down to its wild irregular turf soil – soil poor for pasturage, but pleasant to the eye; with dell and dingle, bosks of fantastic pollards – dotted oaks of vast growth – here and there a weird hollow thorn-tree – patches of fern and gorse. Example: Only a little pollard hedge kept us from their blood-shot eyes. 2. A buck deer that has shed its antlers. 3. A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats. 4. A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish. Labels: obsolete, rare 5. A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed. Labels: Australia 6. A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed. Labels: historical
Word: pollard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward. When used as a verb, it is often used to mean a cut head, which originates from the terms usage in cattle, where "pollarded" is used to mean "headed," as opposed to horned. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.əd/, /ˈpɑ.lɚd/ 1. To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth. Example: I didn't know one could pollard elms. I thought one only pollarded willows. Example: As well as coppicing, other trees were pollarded, or lopped about 6 ft up the trunk so that the resulting growth was beyond the reach of grazing animals. Pollarding lengthens the life of trees, and the frequently made estimate '1,000 years old' could well be true of some sturdy old trunks.
Word: papermaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paper + maker. 1. A person or company that makes paper. 2. A person who gathers rags to sell. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: papermaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paper + making. 1. The craft of making paper. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: inebriety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English ebriety English inebriety From in- + ebriety. 1. The state of being inebriated; inebriation, drunkenness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is a just observation of a very celebrated author, that in proportion as every country is barbarous, it is addicted to inebriety. Were the people of England to be judged of by this standard, it is much to be feared, that our national character would be none of the most amiable. Example: As she thought less of his inebriety, she thought more of his inconstancy and presumption […]
Word: packhorse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pack + horse, possibly (from an uncertain date) via Middle English palhors (read pakhorse). 1. A horse used as a pack animal. Example: The two Indians were finished with their own saddling, the camp gear was packed, and already the extra saddle horses and their one packhorse were haltered so they could be led back to the ranch. Example: Finally they put him on one of De Soto's packhorses, but even on a packhorse his feet hung down to within a few inches of the ground.
Word: purities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of purity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanctities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sanctity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inebrieties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inebriety Labels: form-of, plural
Word: packhorse bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A narrow bridge with low parapets designed specifically for packhorses carrying loads across rivers or streams. Example: An ancient packhorse bridge over the River Derwent leads to the greystone cottages and riverside parish church of Baslow.
Word: fraternities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fraternity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oculi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.jʊ.lʌɪ/, /ˈɑk.jəˌlaɪ/ 1. plural of oculus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sororities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sorority Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mynster (see mynisterie), from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “monastery; solitary dwelling”). Doublet of monastery. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnstə/, /ˈmɪnstɚ/ 1. A monastic church. Example: [F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none. 2. A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
Word: milldust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mill + dust. 1. The fine, flour-like dust produced when corn or wheat is milled Labels: uncountable
Word: maturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation. 1. The process of becoming mature. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of maturating, or suppurating fully. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lightwell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English well English lightwell From light + well. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ̯tˌwɛl/, [ˈlaɪ̯tˌwɛl] 1. An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room. Example: In it a covered porch and vestibule were backed by a vertical shaft or "light-well," which served as a great window both to the vestibule itself, and to the corridors, staircases, and landings that connected it with the upper stories. Example: The sliding glass door with its rolled-up blinds looked onto a lightwell, composed of a glass platform overhead and carefully angled mirrors that were reflecting a confusing cold light into the bedroom.
Word: chastities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chastity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: externalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of externality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: full dress Part of Speech: noun 1. Clothing worn on formal occasions. Labels: uncountable
Word: full dress Part of Speech: adj 1. Requiring a full-scale operation with attention to every minute detail. Labels: not-comparable
Word: full dress uniform Part of Speech: noun 1. The most formal military uniform worn by a member of the military for a formal occasion, corresponding to the civilian white tie dress code. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: full dress uniforms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of full dress uniform Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immunities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immunity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zoology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: singing bowl Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of bronze bell, shaped like a bowl, related to Buddhist and pre-Buddhist religious practice.
Word: piping bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A cloth bag shaped like a cone with a small hole at the tapered end, used with a metal (or similar) nozzle for squeezing out decorative icing and other pastes in cooking.
Word: falsities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falsity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untruthfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English untruthful Middle English -ly English -ly English untruthfully From untruthful + -ly. 1. In an untruthful manner; falsely.
Word: kizami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 刻み (kizami). 1. A shredded form of nori used in Japanese dishes. Labels: uncountable
Word: MICTOR Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of matched impedance connector. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: morphotactics Part of Speech: noun 1. The ordering restrictions in place on the ordering of morphemes. Labels: uncountable
Word: workshy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From work + shy. 1. Disinclined to work; lazy. Labels: UK Example: Workshy benefits claimants should stop watching daytime television and get a job.
Word: baby teeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baby tooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backboned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From backbone + -ed. 1. Having a spine. Labels: not-comparable Example: a backboned animal
Word: background music Part of Speech: noun 1. Any music played in a public space whose main function is to create an atmosphere suitable to a specific occasion, rather than to be listened to. Labels: uncountable 2. Any music in a film, video game, or other medium that establishes mood and is not meant to be the focus of attention. Labels: uncountable
Word: verruga Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of verruca (“wart”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: backseat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + seat. 1. Alternative spelling of back seat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: backseat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + seat. 1. To act in the manner of a back-seat driver or a back-seat gamer.
Word: bedhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + head. Superficially similar to, but etymologically distinguishable from, forms built from -head. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛd.hɛd/ 1. The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Hand was looking flustered with me, though he was still only half-awake and his bedhead was ridiculous […] Example: She always came to the office late because she was an INSOMNIAC, lewd grin, bedhead, and miniskirt, the CEO laughing his head off down the hallway, old word style, but new to have this dirty kind of hilarious brunette.
Word: bedhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bed-head, bedhede (also as beddeshed, beddes hede, beddes heed), equivalent to bed + head. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛd.hɛd/ 1. A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed. Labels: UK Example: Holonyms: bedstead; bedframe (sometimes comeronymous) Example: […] upon this he went up stairs in his shirt, and found the boy hanging in his belt to the staple within the bed-head, and no higher than would admit him to be on his knees, having only his shirt on. 2. The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed. Example: Miss Macspleuchan, with a faint shriek, rang the bell at the bed-head violently; but before she or any one else could reach her, Lady Cecilia had fallen heavily on the floor, where she lay unconsciously, her maid falling down over her as she rushed into the room, alarmed by the sudden and violent ringing of the bell. Example: She turned off the bed-head light in this tiny, low-ceiled rolling home of hers, raised the curtain and watched the specks of light streak by.
Word: latten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”). Pronunciation: /ˈlætən/, /ˈlaʔən/ 1. An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools. Labels: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable 2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any metal in thin sheets. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: gold latten
Word: infectivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English infective Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English infectivity From infective + -ity. 1. The ability of a pathogen to establish an infection Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reputation for low infectivity of rubella was probably based on failure to recognise rashless cases.
Word: inescutcheon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁én From in- (prefix meaning ‘in; within’) + escutcheon. Pronunciation: /ɪnɪˈskʌt͡ʃn̩/, /ɪnɛ-/, /ɪnɪˈskʌt͡ʃ(ə)n/ 1. A small escutcheon (“coat of arms; shield”) (such as an escutcheon of pretence) which is charged (“represented”) on a larger escutcheon. Example: All the quartered Arms that I meet vvith belonging to Scottiſh Families, do not exceed ſix different Coats of Arms, vvhich are marſhalled after theſe three vvays, Plain Quartering, Quartering, and Counter-quartering, of vvhich I have treated and illuſtrate by Examples, vvith their Surtouts and Ineſcutcheons. Example: [A]n Ineſcutcheon is properly the Charge of a Shield, and born vvithin a 'Scutcheon or Shield, […]
Word: indusia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indusium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indusium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin indusium. 1. A protecting membrane, especially that covering the developing spores of a fern.
Word: haywain Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hay wain (“haywagon”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hay wain Part of Speech: noun 1. A large open vehicle, drawn by horses, used to carry loads of hay; a haywagon. Labels: obsolete Example: By the 1870s in England, toy dappled-grey horses were much in favour, some pulled bright yellow carts with tip-up backs, some pulled coal-trucks, others pulled haywains and dust-carts, all of these being a convenient size for a child to pull along on a string.
Word: fridstol Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of frithstool. Labels: alt-of, archaic