nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cut down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: The war was seen by the Foreign Office as a golden opportunity to undo the UN Partition Resolution and cut Israel down to size'. Example: The system cut everybody down to size. I felt small and vulnerable. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, down, size. Example: There is, however, another general approach to cutting the potential client population down to size: establish criteria, grounded in the Bank's basic strategy, that restrict the range of enterprises that the Bank tries to reach. Example: As the plastic moves between the stationary and rotating blades it is cut down to size.
Word: cuts down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cut down to size Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cutting down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cut down to size Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bring down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of cut down to size. Example: It's part of his control-freak sickness, his let's-play-get-the-girl. Let's tell her she's great, beautiful, sexy, fun ... then let's bring her down to size. All the way down until she's somewhere way beneath him, leaving Marcus on top and in a very superior position. Example: For the comic text there is obviously much to enjoy and celebrate in bringing the male predator down to size even though this is achieved precisely by exaggerating his considerable size.
Word: brings down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bring down to size Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bringing down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bring down to size Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brought down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bring down to size Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: knock down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of cut down to size. Example: “Watch it with the delirious power trips, pal,” she warned him. “Keep it up, and I'll have to knock you back down to size." Example: The world is untamed and untameable. Wind, rain, and lightning knock us down to size.
Word: knocks down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of knock down to size Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: knocking down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of knock down to size Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knocked down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of knock down to size Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trim down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of cut down to size. Example: If parents try to trim a 7-year-old egoist down to size with sarcastic quips or disparaging comments, they only add to his sense of inferiority and thereby agitate his continued construction of a defensive front. Example: I seen him trim Ollie Burdette down to size and run him out of town.
Word: trims down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trim down to size Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trimming down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trim down to size Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trimmed down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trim down to size Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prison gay Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of gay for the stay. Example: This activity was mainly the domain of, but not limited to, those who identified themselves as gay, bisexual or transgender: If you are in prison for a long time then you will become prison gay or someone will get a blowjob off of someone. Example: "Yeah, and there's prison-gay, you know, when guys get attracted to other guys cause they haven't been around women for so long, right?
Word: Herzeg-Bosnian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Herzeg-Bosnia + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to Herzeg-Bosnia, the Herzeg-Bosnian people or their culture.
Word: whittle down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of cut down to size. Example: If he starts playing the big, tough hombre on the southside, those boys are just liable to whittle him down to size." Example: She seldom suffered fools. With one withering glance, she could whittle my father, who was a big man, down to size.
Word: whittles down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whittle down to size Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whittling down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of whittle down to size Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whittled down to size Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whittle down to size Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: downstreamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of downstream Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: downstreams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of downstream Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: downstreaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of downstream Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wet mass Part of Speech: noun 1. The mass of a rocket including its contents and propellant.
Word: dry mass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dry + mass. In the liturgical sense, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin missa sicca. 1. The mass of a rocket including its contents but without propellant. 2. A demonstrative celebration of most of the liturgy of the Mass, omitting the consecration of the elements. Labels: historical Example: Alongside the mass as a means of providing access to the consecrated elements, there is the oddity of the holding of masses without any consecration. These ‘dry masses’ are one of the more shadowy elements of medieval devotion, ill-documented and little considered.
Word: wet masses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wet mass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dry masses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dry mass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teaky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From teak + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːki/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of teak. Example: Beyond the Unit and Unicorn exhibit stood some planks of a teaky quality, beautifully polished, and showing numbers of small dark knots, and wavy patterns, which gave a walnuty appearance to the wood.
Word: tough as teak Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First use appears c. 1842. See cite below. 1. Very tough. Labels: not-comparable Example: We could not find that she had sustained any material damage, for thanks to the Hindostane builder, the old Brougham is as tough as teak and nails can make her. Example: Big Salvo was up there with the greatest front rowers of the 90's. Like O'Doherty he had it all. He was as tough as teak, made the hard yards, was a punishing defender, and had amazing ball skills for a man his size. Injury and suspension unfortunately dampened his career, he was somewhat inexplicably dropped as the incumbent test prop after 91. He along with Geyer, Bella, Meninga, etc slaughtered the Kiwi's in that series.
Word: subcolonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + colonial. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌb.kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/ 1. Of or relating to a subcolony. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semiapocryphal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + apocryphal. 1. Partly apocryphal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semidried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + dried. 1. Partly dried. Labels: not-comparable
Word: buttplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butt + plate. 1. The plate affixed to the rear end of a rifle stock.
Word: buttplates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buttplate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: full-course yellows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of full-course yellow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underspeak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + speak. 1. To speak with understatement and/or modesty. Example: Dentists often underspeak and therefore underrate dental conditions. Patients interpret these words to mean there is no problem, only to be surprised later when they learn treatment will be required. Example: He underspoke them. A chanteuse is supposed to “sell” the song. Andy, like Blossom, stinted the standard, gave it less, in order to give (secretly) more. 2. To fail to say enough; to be too taciturn. Example: By a remarkable analysis of what he called Churchill's "peculiar gift of overwriting and underspeaking," Burton also managed to leave us — as after one of Sir Winston's own speeches — with a feeling of love and of thanks for the privilege of living in the same age with Churchill. Example: Ronald Hall, in “Mishearing, Misreading, and the Language of Listening.” focusses on the way Austen's characters underspeak and overhear or overspeak and underhear, causing a comedy of misunderstanding that ultimately resolves itself throuhg the attainment of proper modes of listening. 3. To speak without sufficient emphasis or volume. Example: She was obviously nervous, and consequently underacted and underspoke her part several times ; yet, with her musical speech and natural manner, she should be a considerable acquisition to the company. Example: The surest way to make it seem that an actor is overacting and being too noisy is for all the others in the cast to underspeak, clip their words, and underact—not only in relation to the actor in question, but to underact each other. 4. To speak at the same time as and more quietly than another. Example: Today subliminal messages are sent by “underspeaking" on television, radio, and records and “invisigraph" (invisible messages) on printed ads. Example: A good deal of what transpires is characters at cross-purposes, underspeaking, talking past each other.
Word: underspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + speak. 1. Speech that is characterized by understatement. Labels: uncountable Example: But that really is a piece of marketing underspeak for this fantastic fetid backplot. Example: For some people growing up then, Coward was a bit of a mystery: his later plays were not very good; his pose as a model of cool manners was regarded as effete or snobbish; and the well-intentioned determination to get down to the nitty-gritty left little room for Coward. He and the underspeak of Brief Encounter (45, David Lean) had become dated, and I daresay that hurt him, for a part of him was terribly anxious to be up-to-date (even if he once, à la Wilde, said that no pursuit left you looking more old-fashioned).
Word: underspeaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underspeak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underspeaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underspeak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underspoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past of underspeak Labels: form-of, past
Word: underspoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + spoke. 1. A spoke that is positioned on the underside. Example: For instance, let him take a 5ft. wheel with 3in. dish, and put the underside of his arm at right angles to a perpendicular underspoke, he will find it simply impossible with any ordinary arm. Example: The fact of the spindle of the Collinge axle being parallel necessarily causes the dropping of the outer ends many degrees below the horizontal to accommodate the dish of the wheel and produce a vertical underspoke.
Word: underspokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underspoke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pug and pine Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of wattle and daub used in the early colonization of South Australia, involving light vertical timbers driven into the ground, the gaps being stopped with a kneaded mixture of clay and grass. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: mud and stud Part of Speech: noun 1. A process similar to wattle and daub, once common in Lincolnshire, involving a simple frame of upright studs joined by cross rails at the tops and bottoms, then having thin staves of ash attached, and daubed with a mixture of mud, straw, hair and dung. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: pierrotage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pierrotage. 1. A mixture of clay and small stones used in French Vernacular architecture of the Southern United States to infill between half-timbering with diagonal braces. Labels: uncountable
Word: bouzillage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bousillage. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bousillage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bousillage. 1. A mixture of clay and moss or grass, used in construction as a simpler substitute for pierrotage. Labels: uncountable
Word: fairy ballet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French ballet-féerie. 1. A genre of ballet that developed in the 19th century, featuring fantasy characters and often employing technical effects. Labels: uncountable 2. An individual ballet in this genre. Labels: countable
Word: Longport Part of Speech: name 1. An area within the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8549). 2. A borough on Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. Derived from the surname Long.
Word: geonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geon + -ic. 1. Of or relating to a geon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geoparse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From geo- + parse. 1. To parse (text identifying a place) into an unambiguous geographic reference. Labels: transitive
Word: geoparsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of geoparse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: geoparses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of geoparse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fairy opera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French opéra-féerie. 1. A genre of opera, often with magical elements. Labels: uncountable 2. An individual opera in this genre. Labels: countable
Word: cummerbunded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cummerbund + -ed. 1. Wearing a cummerbund. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fairy operas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fairy opera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gonodactyloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gonodactylus + -oid, from gono- (“joint”) from Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee, joint”) and Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”)), in reference to the species' specialized appendages. 1. Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea Example: The posterolateral margins are usually broadly rounded, but in Harpiosquillidae Manning, 1980, the posterolateral margins are deeply excavate, and in several gonodactyloids, the posterolateral margin is squared. Example: It is possible that in the coral-dwelling gonodactyloids the accumulation of muscle tension and sudden release of the pendulum-like 'hammer' would impose too much stress on the muscles and skeleton of the appendage if animals were larger […]
Word: gonodactyloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gonodactyloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fairy ballets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fairy ballet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gonoforcipes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gonoforceps Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Percilla Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: squilloid Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of that taxonomic family Squillidae. Example: Squilloids, eurysquilloids, parasquilloids and lysiosquilloids burrow in soft, level substrates. Example: In other groups, the midband ommatidial facets are hexagonal, but vary in number from two or six (usually six) in lysiosquilloids and eurysquilloids, always two in squilloids, and two or three (usually two) in parasquilloids; […]
Word: parasquilloid Part of Speech: noun 1. A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Parasquilloidea. Example: Squilloids, eurysquilloids, parasquilloids and lysiosquilloids burrow in soft, level substrates. Example: In other groups, the midband ommatidial facets are hexagonal, but vary in number from two or six (usually six) in lysiosquilloids and eurysquilloids, always two in squilloids, and two or three (usually two) in parasquilloids; […]
Word: eurysquilloid Part of Speech: noun 1. A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Eurysquilloidea Example: Squilloids, eurysquilloids, parasquilloids and lysiosquilloids burrow in soft, level substrates. Example: In other groups, the midband ommatidial facets are hexagonal, but vary in number from two or six (usually six) in lysiosquilloids and eurysquilloids, always two in squilloids, and two or three (usually two) in parasquilloids; […]
Word: parasquilloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parasquilloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eurysquilloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eurysquilloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squilloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squilloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bathysquilloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of taxonomic name Bathysquilloidea. 1. A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Bathysquilloidea. Example: Among the synapomorphies of the bathysquilloids is the elaborate ornamentation of the female gonopore, described in detail by Bruce (1988). This gonopore ornamentation is unique to the bathysquilloids, […] Example: The tergite of the thoracic somites is smooth in most stomatopods, but is variously carinate in squilloids, bathysquilloids, parasquilloids and eurysquilloids.
Word: bathysquilloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bathysquilloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Z-pinch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Z refers to the direction of the current in the devices, the z-axis on a normal three-dimensional graph. 1. A kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.
Word: Z-pinches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Z-pinch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeta pinch Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Z-pinch.
Word: zeta pinches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zeta pinch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Turing tape Part of Speech: noun 1. The infinitely long memory tape on which a Turing machine would operate, consisting of individual cells that can be read or written. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Turing tapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Turing tape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eta Carinae Part of Speech: name 1. A stellar system in the constellation of Carina.
Word: dwarfened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dwarfen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dwarfening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dwarfen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dwarfens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dwarfen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: glowsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glow + -some. 1. Characterised or marked by glowing.
Word: sundrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently from sunder + -ous, modelled after wondrous. 1. Various, sundry. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: For the reaction constants, where the concentrations enter in sundrous powers, it would be still more diffecult^([sic]) to keep the corresponding changes in mind. Example: We recall the sundrous efforts by well-meaning African leaders to resolve the unwarranted crisis in the sub-region.
Word: hermitty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hermit + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː(ɹ)mɪti/ 1. Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hermit. Example: In this Lourdes of independent movies, hermitty young auteurs will schmooze with Hollywood's BlackBerry set. From the ferment of high art and hype art will emerge new faces, new voices and, I can almost guarantee, at least one film […] Example: “I've seen everything now,” Gen said. “I thought teenagers were a bunch of hermitty online gamers. Couch potatoes.”
Word: hermitness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hermit + -ness. 1. The state, quality, or condition of a hermit. Labels: uncountable
Word: hermitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hermit + -tude. 1. Synonym of hermitness. Labels: uncountable Example: Thus Ellis is intrigued by the outlook he labels "hermitude." Example: Not that he abandoned his aspirations to serve his country and resolved to pass his life in idle pleasure and quiet hermitude...
Word: sacrotuberal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sacro- + tuberal. 1. Alternative form of sacrotuberous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: semidesertic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + desertic. 1. Of or pertaining to a semidesert. Labels: not-comparable
Word: septomaxillae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septomaxilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seroindeterminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sero- + indeterminate. 1. Having an indeterminate HIV status Labels: not-comparable
Word: shearography Part of Speech: noun 1. The visualisation of surface strain by means of optical interference Labels: uncountable
Word: silification Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of silicification. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: spiroundecane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spiro- + undecane. 1. Any spiran that has eleven carbon atoms
Word: spiroundecanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spiroundecane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spliceopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spliceopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spurline Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of microwave filter
Word: spurlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spurline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ronstadt Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: flyability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flyable + -ity or fly + -ability. 1. The quality of being flyable Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being flyable Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flyabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flyability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: warp end Part of Speech: noun 1. An individual warp thread in a fabric.
Word: ballet master Part of Speech: noun 1. An employee of a ballet company who is charged with maintaining the skill of the company's dancers.
Word: ballet masters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballet master Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tyndell Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Tynedale. 1. A surname.
Word: Armitt Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: chamber opera Part of Speech: noun 1. A genre of opera written to be performed with a chamber ensemble. Labels: uncountable 2. An individual opera in this genre. Labels: countable
Word: geo-imputation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + imputation. 1. The process of replacing missing values for exact geographical locations with approximate locations derived from associated data. Labels: uncountable Example: If a person's census tract is known but no other address information is available, then geo-imputation may be used to assign that person to a smaller geographic area, such as a census block group.
Word: theta pinches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theta pinch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flag-waver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + waver. 1. A highly vocal and visible supporter of a cause. Example: In every organization exists a number of so-called flagwavers. Their principal stock in trade is a boisterous verbal display of loyalty to the cause […] Example: And the hardcore group of some fifty North Viet flagwavers, they're toting the yellow-star standard as if they owned it! And does General Giap know his battles are being won with the aid of every last boy and girl fluttering their flags […]
Word: flagwavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flagwaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flag-waving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + waving. 1. Highly vocal and visible support given to a cause. Labels: uncountable 2. Undesirable horizontal skewing of frames in an analog video signal. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: They eliminate picture rolls, tearing, flag waving, hue shift, skew error or color streaking. Example: The picture may also show a horizontal jitter at the top left appearing as flag waving.
Word: NGCI Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of no gluten-containing ingredients. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: kandys Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάνδυς (kándus). 1. A kind of three-quarter-length Persian coat, originally a leather cloak with sleeves worn by men, but later a garment worn by Athenian women. Labels: historical
Word: kandyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kandys Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conceptism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of conceptismo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: vendables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vendable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sick to the back teeth Part of Speech: phrase 1. Extremely annoyed, fed up, tired (of or with something). Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: "Passengers are sick to their back teeth of paying for boardroom largesse and eye-watering fares."
Word: invisible minority Part of Speech: noun 1. A minority group that is not visually recognizable Example: February 2019 Greece's invisible minority - the Macedonian Slavs Example: August 2019 Southern Pride: LGBTQ athletes in Kentucky face challenges as an 'invisible minority' Courier Journal maybe someday LGBTQ athletes will no longer feel they are America's invisible minority.
Word: track plan Part of Speech: noun 1. A diagram of the track layout at a particular place.
Word: track plans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of track plan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trackplan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From track + plan. 1. Alternative form of track plan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A New Illustrated History of Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate from 1840 includes more than 280 photographs, illustrations, graphics and trackplans - many of which have never been published before.
Word: trackplans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trackplan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: day-dawn Part of Speech: noun 1. The rising of the sun; the time when the sun rises. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: 1650, Thomas Shepard, Theses Sabbaticæ, or, The Doctrine of the Sabbath, London: John Rothwell, Thesis 54, p. 52, […] Matthew […] affirms that this Day-light or Day-dawn was the End of the Sabbath. Example: At day-dawn I looked thro’ the key-hole of my Beloved’s door.
Word: St Pancras Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Saint Pancras of Rome, whose relics were supposedly housed at the church in this location. Pronunciation: /sənt ˈpæŋkɹəs/ 1. An area of the borough of Camden, in central London, in which St Pancras railway station is situated (OS grid ref TQ3082). 2. A former borough, the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras in the County of London, which became part of the London borough of Camden in Greater London in 1965. Example: Four summonses were brought recently on behalf of St. Pancras Borough Council against the British Transport Commission in respect of the emission of smoke by locomotives standing at Camden Motive Power Depot. (The summonses were dismissed)
Word: Bargoed Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh. 1. A town and community with a town council in Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1499).
Word: Swaythling Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4415).
Word: day-dawns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of day-dawn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dunbridge Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dun + bridge, the bridge over the River Dun. 1. A hamlet in Mottisfont parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3126).
Word: West Dean Part of Speech: name 1. A civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England. 2. A village and civil parish in the city of Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8612). 3. A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the Hampshire boundary (OS grid ref SU2527). 4. Alternative form of Westdean, East Sussex. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Westdean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From west + Dean. 1. A village in Cuckmere Valley parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5299).
Word: East Dean Part of Speech: name 1. A village in East Dean and Friston parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5597). 2. A former civil parish in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. 3. A civil parish and small village in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2726). 4. A village and civil parish in the city of Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9013).
Word: Tianshuihai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 甜水海 (Tiánshuǐhǎi). 1. A lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin. Example: On a vast, dry lakebed called Tianshuihai, we came to a community of sorts, a desperate huddle of concrete and mud structures. My map labeled the region “Soda Plain,” and it seemed a long time since any water had gathered there. It was also, evidently, earthquake country. Buildings, many of them abandoned, had been shaken off their foundations; their walls had cracked and roofs fallen in. The military post and gas depot where Qu stopped to refuel had been shored up by heavy concrete buttresses. Thousands of fifty-gallon drums littered the ground, along with broken machinery, derelict vehicles, chunks of concrete, goat carcasses, cans, bottles, and shit. Example: Woo and Gong had flown out of Tianshuihai and were patrolling a section of the border where China abutted the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, including the disputed region of Askai^([sic – meaning Aksai]) Chin that was under Chinese control. "Could you imagine being posted to this place?" Gong asked.
Word: trepak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian трепа́к (trepák). Pronunciation: /tɹɛˈpæk/, /tɹəˈpæk/, /ˈtɹɛpæk/, /ˈtɹeɪpæk/, /-pɑk/ 1. A traditional brisk Russian and Ukrainian folk dance.
Word: Dun Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Scottish surname, from the placename Dun, Angus, itself probably from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress”). * As an English surname, variant of Dunn. * As a Dutch surname, from the adjective dun (“thin”). * As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of surname 頓 /顿 meaning "pause" or 敦 meaning "sincere." 1. A river in Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, which flows into the River Kennet. 2. A river in Wiltshire and Hampshire, England, which flows into the River Test. 3. An alternative name for the River Don in Yorkshire, England. 4. A river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, alternatively named the Glendun River. 5. A settlement and parish in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6659). 6. A surname
Word: trepaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trepak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: please yourself Part of Speech: phrase 1. Do what you want; behave as you wish.
Word: Tien Shui Hai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 甜水海 (Tʻien²-shui³-hai³). 1. Alternative form of Tianshuihai. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As the characteristic 1.5m height might reflect annual regression of the lake level, we have computed the potential annual evapotranspiration on the basis of meteorological data collected at Tien Shui Hai from 13/08/89 to 11/09/90. Example: Atmospheric pollen content was studied for one annual cycle from September 1989 to October 1990 on the Kunlun mountain at Tien Shui Hai station (35°40'N, 79°30'E; 4850 m. a.s.l) by Van Campo et al. (1996).
Word: Ash Vale Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Ash parish, Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8952).
Word: Tianwendian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 天文點／天文点 (Tiānwéndiǎn). 1. An outpost in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin. Example: (2) On 12th July at 15. 00 hours, one Indian aircraft intruded into the air space over the Chip Chap River vally in Sinkiang, and carried out reconnaissance over China's civilian checkpoint at Tienwentien, and then flew east to Chipchap La for further activities.[...] (11) On 15th July at 12. 35 hours, one Indian aircraft intruded into the air space over the Chip Chap River valley in Sinkiang, and repeatedly circled over China's civilian checkpost at Tienwentien for provocation. Example: Yang Gongcheng [2799 0501 2052], a cadre of Xinjiang Military Region accompanying us told us that the conditions of two frontier stations on Kal Kunlun, Shenxianwan and Tianwendian were amon the worst in the whole army.[…] In Company No.5, we met political instructor Zhen Shaowu [6774 1421 2976], who had just came down from the Tianwendian outpost standing 5,190 meters above sea level. He was a soldier with a strong will.
Word: Dophkah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hebrew דפקה. 1. one of the Stations of the Exodus Example: I have also endeavoured in the same book to show that the resting place called in the Bible Dophkah, is identical with the abandoned mines now called Wadi Maghȃra.
Word: Lalibela Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Amharic ላሊበላ (lalibäla). 1. A town in Ethiopia, in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region.
Word: monochotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -chotomy; formed analogously from dichotomy as if it were from di- + -chotomy. 1. Division or separation into itself.
Word: double degree Part of Speech: noun 1. A program at an institution of higher learning which allows students to work for two academic degrees at the same time.
Word: double degrees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double degree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: huabiao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 華表／华表 (huábiǎo). Pronunciation: /hwɑːˈbjaʊ/ 1. A type of ceremonial column used in traditional Chinese architecture. Example: The most notable example of engraved dragons is on the stone columns of the Temple to Confucius at his birthplace in Chüfu. These are also found in the "cloud pillars" (single stone columns—huapiao in Chinese) outside the Tienanmen, while those at the Ming Tombs are still finer.
Word: huabiaos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of huabiao Labels: form-of, plural
Word: truss bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss or a set of trusses.
Word: truss bridges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of truss bridge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fingerwidth Part of Speech: noun 1. A width approximately one finger wide.
Word: fingerwidths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fingerwidth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: finger width Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fingerwidth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: finger widths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finger width Labels: form-of, plural
Word: small press Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From small + press (a printing press/press company). 1. A small-scale publishing company.
Word: small presses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of small press Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streetlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From street + -let. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹiːtlət/ 1. A small street.
Word: streetlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of streetlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wine caves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wine cave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Blisworth Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7253).
Word: ill feeling Part of Speech: noun 1. A feeling of animosity or resentment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then there was May 2018's timetable chaos, when so much was promised but not delivered. This still causes ill-feeling for Northern, TransPennine Express and Govia Thameslink Railway. Social media platforms really highlighted the anger - some just wanted to rant, but the frustration was real... and justified.
Word: sloggish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slog + -ish. 1. slow, sluggish Labels: not-comparable Example: the tiny, sweet "ladyfingers" of the Carribbean; the sloggish "water bananas" of Equatorial Africa; and the big, yellow Gros Michel, which has become the standby of American, British Isles, and most European markets. Example: With a gurgle and gush And a sloggish slush, I spray the logs and spatter the frogs,
Word: Butterley Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Ripley parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4051). 2. A hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3460).
Word: Old Dalby Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally "Wold Dalby" or "Dalby on the Wolds". 1. A village in Broughton and Old Dalby parish, Melton district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6723).
Word: post-transition metal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + transition + metal; see transition metal. 1. A poor metal, usually including gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, and bismuth, also known as B-subgroup metals, other metals, and p-block metals.
Word: intersexphobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intersex + -phobic. 1. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting intersexphobia. Example: There is an urgent need to unpack the sexism underpinning these transphobic and intersexphobic views of sport; […] Example: Sometimes participants can say or do things that reflect or highlight their heteronormative, gender[-]normative, or intersexphobic beliefs.
Word: Starcross Part of Speech: name Etymology: Surface analysis star + cross. Compare English star-crossed. 1. A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9781).
Word: aldermanical Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of aldermanic. Labels: obsolete Example: The defendant in this case was a gentleman of aldermanical proportions, and a countenance à la mode de Bardolph; his “fair round belly” being embraced by an apron (whose peculiar appearance gave ample proof that, although grease and water may sometimes come together, the former is sure to swim on the top,) and his "shining morning face" being adorned by a profusion of rubies and other gems, by which the charms of nature are too often disguised. Example: The brothers of the boiled dew, Whose secret Hayden though he knew By false translation from the Latin, Who fancied man on air could fatten, That sunbeams had a hidden grease To make the lankest grow obese, Make cheeks of starvelings pale and hectic, Seem purple, bursting apoplectic, Turn spry, gaunt lawyers into slow men, With aldermanical abdomen, And feed on wind the Cassius shapen, Until they seemed pufi'ed out with capon
Word: nuclear physicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nuclear physics + -ist. 1. a scientist of nuclear physics. Example: Certainly it would be better if he were a nuclear physicist. On the other hand, I believe that a team of that sort would give stronger support to industrial work than a team of four nuclear engineers. Example: Explaining the history is a nuclear physicist who is also an accomplished writer.
Word: Towcester Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Tofeceaster, the name of the Roman fort on the River Tove, from Tove + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”). Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊstə/, /ˈtoʊstɚ/ 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6948).
Word: aldership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alder + -ship. 1. The position of an alderman or alderwoman. Example: Thirty of 40 years ago he was selected to the aldership. Example: It is also true that, as Catalbasoglu points out frequently, campaigns are distinct from alderships.
Word: alderships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aldership Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Slatter Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Slater. 1. A surname.
Word: Lean Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McLean. * As an English surname, from the adjective lean. * As a Chinese surname, from 林 (lín) (see Lin). 1. A surname.
Word: alighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English alighten, from a merger of Old English ālīhtan (“to alight, dismount”), from prefix ā- (compare Gothic 𐌿𐍃- (us-), German er- originally meaning "out") + līhtan (“to alight”); and Old English ġelīhtan (“to alight, approach, come, come down, dismount”); equivalent to alight + -en. Pronunciation: /əˈlaɪtən/ 1. To alight, to dismount or get down from. Example: When I alighten at my destination, I saw them going in the rickshaw. Example: Her house was barely half a kilometre away from the nearest bus stage; she alightened with ease and wiped the thin layer of sweat that had accumulated on her forehead. 2. To alight; to land, to descend and rest. Example: The bees always alighten at the bottom of the spike, and, crawling spirally up it, sucked one flower after the other. Example: Both of the two jays that had just moved flew out of the tree and alightened in the boughs of a nearby cedar.
Word: alighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English alighten, from a merger of Old English ālīhtan (“to lighten, relieve, alleviate, take off, take away, alight”) and Old English ġelīhtan (“to lighten, mitigate, assuage”); equivalent to a- + lighten. Pronunciation: /əˈlaɪtən/ 1. To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness. Example: I shivered and shook, and would have screqamed in my fright—but the Fiend,—as he seemed to be, —in a hoarse, croaking voice, charged me to keep silence,—saying that I had lain seven years bound for my sin, and that my soul would speedily be sent on an errand to sinners yet on the earth, to warn them from the evil of their ways, —and that, then, my punishment in Purgatory would be alightened. Example: On the fifth day Mr. Hedly (who first motioned lot-drawing) and another died, whereby their boat was somewhat alightened.
Word: alighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English alighten, from Old English ālīhtan (“to light up, enlighten”); equivalent to a- + light. Cognate with German erleuchten (“to light up, illuminate”). Pronunciation: /əˈlaɪtən/ 1. To make light; to illuminate or brighten. Example: Of those who should be alightened by his faith and sanctified by his grace Christ designed to form a holy society, over which he will reign for ever. Example: Sometimes, indeed, when for an hour or two my spirits are alightened, I glimmer a little into futurity; but my principal, and indeed my only pleasurable employment, is looking backwards and forwards in a moral and religious way.
Word: alightens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of alighten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: alightening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alighten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alightened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alighten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: the devil a one Part of Speech: pron 1. Not a single one, none (of a number of people or things). Labels: dated, idiomatic, regional, slang Example: making great chear with a good deal of vineger, the devil a one of them did forbear from his victuals, it was a triumphant and incomparable spectacle to see how they ravened and devoured. Example: […] she wou’d have corrupted all their Wives; the Devil a one wou’d have made her own Butter, after being acquainted with her. 2. Not; with a singular pronoun, negates the clause. Labels: dated, idiomatic, regional, slang Example: The devil a one of me will ever set foot there. Example: […] I met just as strange a man, and he sitting on his hat on the banks of the Fairy Lake of Lisnavarna, watching the moon’s reflection in the clear waters, and the devil a one of him knew that he was contrary at all.
Word: skinchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skinch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪn.tʃi/ 1. Being, or having the quality of, a skinch.
Word: Holywell Part of Speech: name Etymology: From holy + well, in Eastbourne possibly from holly + well. 1. A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875). 2. A neighbourhood near Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. 3. A number of places in England: 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: 12. A number of places in England: 13. A number of places in England: 14. A number of places in England:
Word: skinchier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of skinchy: more skinchy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: skinchiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of skinchy: most skinchy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: vegetationless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vegetation + -less. 1. without vegetation. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1979, Pennsylvania State University School of Forest Resources, Pennsylvania State University Institute for Research on Land and Water Resources, Pinchot Institute for Environmental Forestry Research, Utilization of municipal sewage effluent and sludge on forest and disturbed land: proceedings of a symposium, Pen State University Press During the second year of operation, however, only the vegetationless area exceeded the guidelines. Example: The vegetationless site also contiguous to the woodlots has remained uncultivated for the past 10 years and barring weed growth has no other vegetation.
Word: Karakax Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur قاراقاش (qaraqash). Pronunciation: /kɑɹ.ə.kɑʃ/, /kɛ(ə)ɹ.ə.kæʃ/ 1. A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: The Xinjiang government said in a short statement on its main news website that the incident occurred just before 5pm in Karakax county, deep in southern Xinjiang’s Uighur heartland. Example: The Xinjiang Discipline Inspection Commission announced the investigation into Hu Jun, 49, party secretary of Karakax county in south Xinjiang, and Zhang Jinbiao, 53, party secretary of Hotan, the prefecture where Karakax is located. 2. A town in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: After 80km and 1½ hours there is finally some green at the turn-off to Píshān, but the desert soon reclaims the road's boundaries, threatening the road itself, until Karakax (Mòyù), about 25km before Khotan, where there are tidy cultivated fields of corn, cotton and rice. Example: 6000 women were recruited for this study from the Karakax County (Karakax town and Zawa, Yawa, Karsay and Kuiya villages) of the Hotan Prefecture (Xinjiang, China). All the participants provided informed consent. The eligible women were aged between 21–60 years, sexually active, not pregnant and had no history of diagnosed CIN, cervical cancer or hysterectomy. 3. Karakash River Example: The road then descends into the valley of the Karakax River, where a detour cuts through to Khotan at the southern extremity of the Taklamakhan Desert on the Silk Route.