nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: amortise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of amortize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Within a few days of Sir Brian's lecture we were in Belgium, hearing at first hand from the traction chiefs of the S.N.C.B. that their investments in main-line diesel locomotives have been amortised within six or seven years, although the units do not average more than 260 miles or 15 hours a day in traffic.
Word: Romex Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of bidding in bridge. Labels: uncountable
Word: Romex Part of Speech: name 1. Brand name of a kind of NM electrical cable common in house wiring. Labels: US
Word: monopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -pod. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.nə.pɑd/ 1. A portable stand with one leg, used to support a camera or telescope. Example: Another neat device is a kind of monopod (if we may coin a word), which is adjusted against the hub of the wheel by means of a Y-top, and has adjustable extension to reach to the ground. This sliding brass foot telescopes and shuts up into a length of only about sixteen inches, making a very effective means of turning the bicycle into a rigid camera stand. 2. Someone or something that has only one foot or foot-like projection; especially, a mythological dwarf-like creature with a single, large foot extending from a leg centred in the middle of its body. Example: Vnto what end like wiſe ſhould I ſpeak of thoſe blind Andabates that fight without eyes, or of thoſe great eared people the Faneſii, whoſe ears ſhadowed and couered their whole body? or of the Monopods, which in like manner ſhadow their whole body with one foote? Example: Hence their ſacred Tables, ſome placed before the Images of their Gods in their Temples (as mention’d. Iſai. 65. 11. Ezek. 23. 41) and ſome ſet up for Libations, and other Idolatrous Uſes, in their Houſes: ſome call’d Tripods, with three Feet, ſome Tetrapods, with four; and ſome Monopods with one, in Manner of a Pillar:[…].
Word: sensually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sensual Middle English -ly English -ly English sensually From sensual + -ly. 1. In a sensual manner; in a way that excites the senses; sexily.
Word: separably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English separable Middle English -ly English -ly English separably From separable + -ly. 1. Such that it can be separated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: serfdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From serf + -dom. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːfdəm/, /ˈsɚfdəm/ 1. The state of being a serf. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The feudal system that includes serfs. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: shamefacedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English shamefaced Middle English -ly English -ly English shamefacedly From shamefaced + -ly. 1. In a shamefaced manner. Example: The offending train ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown.
Word: shoddiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shoddy 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 shoddiness From shoddy + -ness. 1. The property of being shoddy. Labels: uncountable Example: What, I wondered, is the defining characteristic of communist shoddiness? It certainly exists, for it is instantly recognizable among all the other possible forms of shoddiness. 2. The result or product of being shoddy. Labels: countable, rare
Word: shoetree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoe + tree. 1. A foot-shaped device placed in a shoe to maintain its shape when not being worn.
Word: shoetrees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoetree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoppe Part of Speech: noun 1. A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness. Example: It's called “Ye Olde Grog Shoppe”, but really it's the new liquor shop and it opened just last month. Example: [T]hey ate delicious food in a delightful dining-room that looked like a Cornish tea shoppe, with vases of flowers and fascinating wildlife pictures all over the walls.
Word: shoppes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoppe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ensis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ensi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jingle bells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jingle bell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monocoque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1914: from the French monocoque. 1. A structure design in which the frame and body are built as a single integrated structure. Example: The body is a one-piece monocoque structure of glass reinforced plastic, with 5in-thick walls, on a steel base tray; [...].
Word: Boston crab Part of Speech: noun 1. A submission wrestling move.
Word: Sebago Lake Part of Speech: name 1. A large lake in Cumberland County, Maine.
Word: Ramsey Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹæmzi/ 1. Any of a number of places, including: 2. Any of a number of places, including: 3. Any of a number of places, including: 4. Any of a number of places, including: 5. Any of a number of places, including: 6. Any of a number of places, including: 7. Any of a number of places, including: 8. Any of a number of places, including: 9. Any of a number of places, including: 10. Any of a number of places, including: 11. Any of a number of places, including: 12. Any of a number of places, including: 13. Any of a number of places, including: 14. A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Huntingdonshire. 15. A male given name transferred from the surname.
Word: bodywarmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From body + warmer. 1. a short jacket, without sleeves and made from thick cloth, that fits closely to the body.
Word: corporatization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English corporate 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English corporatization From corporate + -ization. 1. The process of transforming state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The imposition of corporate values or practices; commercialization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No question—the enterprise was guilty of poor wordplay and naked corporatisation.
Word: Finlay Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh (“fair warrior/hero”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnli/ 1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
Word: corporatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English corporate 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 corporatize From corporate + -ize. 1. To transform state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations. 2. To impose corporate values or practices; to commercialize.
Word: Finley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Finlay. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnli/ 1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A house near Finley burns from the Mendocino Complex Fire on July 30. 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
Word: sink or swim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from the practice of throwing a suspected witch into water. 1. To succeed through one's own efforts without support, or else fail completely. Labels: idiomatic Example: "No matter, we are going, live or die, sink or swim; and I shall expect to meet you, all booted and spurred and fit for the fight, April first," said the unwavering Amanda. Example: "Now, come, Pinto, we're all in this, sink or swim."
Word: Cretacean Part of Speech: adj 1. Cretaceous Labels: not-comparable
Word: Cretacean Part of Speech: noun 1. An animal from the Cretaceous period
Word: cross-contaminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + contaminate. 1. To transfer a contaminant from one source to another. Labels: transitive
Word: cross-contamination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + contamination. 1. The transfer of a contaminant from one source to another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cross-party Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cross- + party. 1. Of or pertaining to two or more political parties. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is cross-party support for the principle of re-establishing the full line from Edinburgh to Carlisle via Hawick. Example: "On behalf of the government and the people of Taiwan, I want to sincerely thank Congressman Frank Lucas, Democrat Vicente Gonzalez, and all the members of Congress who supported this bill," Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung wrote in a statement posted to social media. "This achievement once again highlights the cross-party support of the U.S. Congress for Taiwan’s security and democratic resilience."
Word: dandiya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of dandiya raas. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌndi.ə/ 1. A stick, representing a sword, used in the dandiya raas dance. Example: She started singing a traditional song as she raised her hands and struck her dandiyas on the beat. 2. The music which accompanies this dance.
Word: dandiya raas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ડાંડિયા રાસ (ḍā̃ḍiyā rās). 1. A dance in which the performers carry short sticks which are struck together in time to the music Labels: uncountable
Word: lower quartile Part of Speech: noun 1. The quartile (designated Q₁) having the lowest value; it cuts off the lowest 25% of data.
Word: arithmetic logic unit Part of Speech: noun 1. The section of a CPU that performs calculations and logical operations.
Word: candy cane Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkændi ˌkeɪn/ 1. An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor. Labels: Canada, US 2. A type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata). Example: Candy canes only associate with matsutake, and their presence is as sure an indicator of a thriving matsutake fungus as a matsutake mushroom itself.
Word: Eagle Scout Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has attained the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
Word: candy canes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candy cane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puckfist Part of Speech: noun 1. A puffball (Lycoperdon giganteum).
Word: with baited breath Part of Speech: adv 1. Eggcorn of with bated breath.
Word: Festivus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by Daniel O'Keefe and popularized on the TV series Seinfeld; either borrowed from Latin fēstīvus or else derived from its English descendants festive and festival by adding the Latin suffix -us. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstɪvəs/ 1. A nondenominational holiday featured in a Seinfeld episode, now celebrated (seriously or otherwise) on December 23rd. Example: "Festivus isn't about any specific religion," Doyle said, stating what seemed both obvious and reassuring. "It's inclusive. And funny." Example: 2005, Allen Salkin, Gabi Payn (Illustrator) “Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us”
Word: bort Part of Speech: noun 1. The shards or fragments removed from diamonds during cutting, used for industrial purposes such as abrasives in cutting, drilling or grinding tools; a poorly crystallized diamond. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25, Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.
Word: touchless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English touch Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English touchless From touch + -less. 1. Lacking or avoiding physical contact Labels: not-comparable
Word: litter box Part of Speech: noun 1. A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc. Example: Pregnant women are often advised to have someone else clean the litter box to reduce the risk of contracting toxoplasmosis. 2. A toilet. Labels: humorous, usually Example: The graffiti in the GCN personsroom, with its numerous Add-Ons, may be the only real communication between staff members in that office. For those of you who have missed this marvel at the GCN litterbox, I have attempted to transcribe some of the words of wisdom for your enlightenment.
Word: anorthoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English anorthoscope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anorthoscopic From anorthoscope + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by an anorthoscope. 2. Of or pertaining to the optical illusion produced by one.
Word: anorthoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English anorthoscope From an- + ortho- + -scope. 1. An optical device (often a toy) used to produce a form of anamorphosis or to view distorted figures
Word: secret agent Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential.
Word: shit disturber Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who causes needless difficulties or distress for others; a troublemaker. Labels: Canada, vulgar Example: "To be a fan of Gonzales is to be disappointed often," he says. "It's to be someone who maybe loves the piano album and then goes to a show and is like ‘Why is this guy spitting on us? Why is this guy climbing all over us?’" . . . . "I just have a complicated personality," he adds. "I'm a shit disturber." 2. A person who voices or encourages a viewpoint opposed to the status quo; an iconoclast. Labels: Canada, vulgar Example: The band’s leader, Joe “Shithead” Keithley, shows no signs of slowing down. . . . He’s still an unapologetic shit-disturber, but it’s evident that the veteran antiauthoritarian is turning into something akin to (gasp!) a respected authority figure. Example: You can last longer as a shit disturber if you can locate fellow unbureaucrats within the system.
Word: shipbuilder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + builder. 1. A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats. Example: Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland. 2. A firm that specializes in building ships.
Word: shipbuilders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shipbuilder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shipyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + yard. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪpˌjɑɹd/ 1. A place where ships are built and repaired. Example: To my mind, it appears obvious in the context of total shipwork, the private shipyards are doing very well indeed. It is true that with the dwindling size of the Navy, there will be less repair work. Example: On the Chickahominy, the Hazelwood brothers' fish house at Hicks Island and the Menzel brothers' fish house near the old shipyard thrived by serving local and distant markets. As late as 1977, a Publick Observer article boasted, "If you are served turtle soup in Atlanta or catfish in Ft. Wayne, Ind., chances are good that the main ingredients came from the waters of the James or the Chickahominy."
Word: micro manager Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of micromanager. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either formed anew from ship + -er or borrowed from Middle Low German schipper; compare skipper and Old English sċipere (“sailor”). Piecewise doublet of skipper (“captain, sailor”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪp.ə/, [ˈʃɪp.ə], /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/, [ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩] 1. A seaman; mariner; skipper. Labels: archaic 2. The person or organization that ships (sends) something. Example: The shipper should have paid for insurance on the package, because it was damaged when it arrived. 3. A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.
Word: shipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a clipping of relationshipper. Relationshipper emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. It was shortened to r'shipper, then 'shipper, and finally shipper. By surface analysis, ship (“to create a fictional romantic relationship”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪp.ə/, [ˈʃɪp.ə], /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/, [ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩] 1. A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people. Labels: slang Example: For creative fans and committed 'shippers^([sic]), fanfiction continues the interaction — the dialogue, the conversation, the story […]
Word: shortsightedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English shortsighted Middle English -ly English -ly English shortsightedly From shortsighted + -ly. 1. With short sight; myopically. Example: The teacher peered shortsightedly around the classroom. 2. In a manner that fails to consider the big picture or future effects of an action or decision. Example: He shortsightedly decided not to go to college and instead entered the workforce; so he made more money the first few years, but his earning power was never as great as it could have been.
Word: shorebird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shore + bird. 1. A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.
Word: Canadian English Part of Speech: name 1. The variety of the English language used in Canada. Example: [p 49] Not so, however, is it with the modern refinements of our Canadian English. In referring to such a feat here, it would be said, not that he dived, but that he dove. [p 52] These and a thousand other examples which might be produced, fully justify the use of the term “Canadian English,” as expressive of a corrupt dialect growing up amongst our population, and gradually finding access to our periodical literature, until it threatens to produce a language as unlike our noble mother tongue as the negro patua, or the Chinese pidgeon English.
Word: shuffleboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier shovillaborde (“shovel board”), an alteration of shove-board, from shove + board. 1. A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target. Labels: uncountable 2. The long, narrow board on which this game is played. Labels: countable
Word: shuffler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shuffle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌflə/, /ˈʃʌflɚ/ 1. A person who shuffles. 2. A machine or algorithm that shuffles. Example: an automatic card shuffler 3. Any of the three common American scaup ducks. 4. A trickster. Labels: dated Example: 'You—you're a shuffler, sir,' gasped the furious doctor, 'a poltroon—a coward—a liar—a—a—will nothing induce you to give me your card, sir!' Example: He was abject and a shuffler in the very height of his prosperity.
Word: sickout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sick + out. 1. A labor action where employees refuse to work, claiming they are sick.
Word: phalanxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phalanx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superciliousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English supercilious 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 superciliousness From supercilious + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being supercilious. Labels: uncountable Example: ...and externally more resembling her mother than any of her sisters, though she lacked Lady Anne's commanding height and that cast of countenance which indicated powerful intellect, but was unfortunately mingled with pride and superciliousness, which was the extreme reverse of Mary's expression. Example: His little eyes glittered like mica discs with curiosity, though he tried to keep up a bit of superciliousness.
Word: American wire gauge Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard for the measurement of the diameter of wire, especially of non-ferrous, electrically conducting wire. Increasing gauge numbers denote decreasing wire diameters. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: conducting wire Part of Speech: noun 1. Any metal wire used to carry electricity over a short or long distance.
Word: circuit breaker Part of Speech: noun 1. An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations. Example: From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h. Example: Typically traction packages monitor the supply frequency and if it strays outside pre-set limits open the circuit breaker between the pantograph and the transformer to shut off the power. 2. An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations. 3. Synonym of trading curb. 4. Quarantine measures intended to prevent spread of pandemics, especially COVID-19. Labels: Singapore 5. A design pattern used to detect failures and prevent them from constantly recurring.
Word: circular mil Part of Speech: noun 1. The non-SI unit for measuring the cross-sectional area of an electrical conductor: 1 CM= area of a circle having diameter of 0.001 inch; use capitals to distinguish from centimeter; 0.000 506 7 sq millimeters.
Word: explosion-proof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From explosion + -proof. 1. Designed and constructed to withstand or minimize damage from an internal or external explosion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: factorial experiment Part of Speech: noun 1. An experiment that tests all combinations of multiple parameters or variables.
Word: carolers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caroler Labels: form-of, plural Example: Carolers came by to sing Christmas songs last night.
Word: clusterfucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clusterfuck Labels: form-of, plural Example: Those missions were clusterfucks.
Word: clusterfucks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clusterfuck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clusterfucked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clusterfuck + -ed. 1. Thoroughly or chaotically messed up or disordered. Labels: idiomatic, slang, vulgar
Word: clusterfucked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From clusterfuck + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of clusterfuck Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The meeting was completely clusterfucked because of the incompetent manager.
Word: couplets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of couplet Labels: form-of, plural Example: I enjoyed reading those couplets.
Word: give a damn Part of Speech: verb 1. To be concerned about, have an interest in, to care (about something). Labels: idiomatic, informal, sometimes, vulgar Example: He doesn't give a damn about your child's painting, he's just interested in the gold frame. Example: If she actually gave a damn what the law said, she wouldn't have stolen the car in the first place, now would she?
Word: gumpth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gumph (“nonsense”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Also it remembers your 'place' in the thread. Next time you log on, you don't have to re-read all the same old gumpth<sp?> all over again. Example: 2000 December 9, Barry Glynn, “Re: Conversion Stories?”, alt.christnet.atheism, alt.christnet.theology, alt.religion.christian, and alt.religion.christian.biblestudy, Usenet I was only given the gumpth from the Bible as the Church of England saw it and it was pretty forthright. Fortunately my parents didn'[t] suffocate me with it as well and I made my own mind […]
Word: hammer-on Part of Speech: noun 1. A stringed instrument playing technique performed (especially on guitar) by sharply bringing a fretting-hand finger down on the fingerboard behind a fret, causing a note to sound. Example: The virtuoso guitarist played a number of hammer-ons.
Word: Damien Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, the French equivalent of Damian
Word: experimental probability Part of Speech: noun 1. The probability that a certain outcome will occur, as determined through experiment. Example: Perform an experiment n times; then if the designated outcome occurs m times, the experimental probability of that outcome is m/n.
Word: theoretical probability Part of Speech: noun 1. the probability that a certain outcome will occur, as determined through reasoning or calculation. Example: Given a die which is a regular cube of uniform density, and given that one and only one of its faces is painted black, then if the die is cast, the theoretical probability that the outcome will be the black face is 1/6.
Word: woning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung (“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunungu, equivalent to wone + -ing. Cognate with Scots wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn (“habitation, dwelling, shelter”), Dutch woning (“dwelling, house”), German Wohnung (“dwelling, apartment”), Swedish våning (“floor, apartment, flat”). 1. A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode. Labels: archaic Example: Near it is a timbered house; an old inn close to the bridge is thought to be the "woning" of "Elynor Humming," the famous ale wife, whose "tunning" is celebrated by Hen. VII.'s poet laureate, Skelton. Example: […] ordained as a place and a woning for the Holy Ghost, and as of Christ able and possible for to come to endless bliss.
Word: woning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of wone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: castanet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish castañeta, diminutive form of castaña, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia, “chestnut”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin. Related to the chest in chestnut, formerly chesten. Pronunciation: /ˌkæs.təˈnɛt/ 1. A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string. Labels: in-plural
Word: crotalum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin crotalum, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”). Doublet of crotal. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊtələm/ 1. A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.
Word: doner kebab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish döner kebap (with the second element respelled to match kebab), from döner (“turning, rotating, revolving”) + kebap (“kebab”) Pronunciation: /ˈdɒn.ə(ɹ)kəˌbæb/, /ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/ 1. A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cyathus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cyathus, from Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of kyathos. 1. An ancient Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman ounce of wine and equivalent to about 45 mL although differing slightly over time. Labels: historical 2. A ladle, especially (historical) a small one used for serving wine in ancient Greece and Rome. 3. Synonym of kyathos (“an ancient ladle and serving beaker”). Labels: historical
Word: ferula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”), whose stalks were once used in punishing schoolboys. Doublet of ferule. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹ(j)ələ/ 1. A ferule. Labels: obsolete Example: He humbles with a ferula the tall ones 2. A stroke from a cane. Labels: archaic Example: And Old Barrett has a new way of twisting the note so that you can't open it and fold it again to see how many ferulæ you are to get. 3. The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire. Labels: obsolete
Word: temporale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin temporāle, substantivisation of temporālis (“of or pertaining to time”). 1. A cycle of texts to be read or chanted at liturgical services on particular weeks and movable feasts throughout the year; a book that contains this cycle. Example: The third and final volume of the temporale employs a different stave height and was clearly written later. Example: In the Roman rite, this period of the year is known as ‘ordinary time’ and, like the Old Hispanic rite, mostly uses quotidian materials for the temporale.
Word: temporale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish temporal (“storm”), perhaps via back-formation from the plural temporales. 1. A rainy wind that blows into Central America from the southwest during the summer, often bringing stormy weather. Example: Only two storms, Emily and Jennifer, developed over the Pacific; and of these, Emily formed within a temporale, over southern Mexico, that occurred in the wake of hurricane Camille.
Word: frons Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin frōns (“the forehead, brow, front”). Doublet of front. Pronunciation: /fɹɒnz/, /fɹɑnz/ 1. In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex. 2. The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking, the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Typically it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head. Example: In a generalized insect the frons extends from the vertex to the frontoclypeal (epistomal) suture, between the two anterior tentorial pits. 3. (of Diptera) The postfrons. Example: In most blondeliines (and in most Tachinidae in general), males have a narrower frons than conspecific females […]
Word: chicken-hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chicken + hearted, after chicken heart. Compare hen-hearted. 1. Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly. Example: This chicken-hearted couple, by the light of a rush-candle that burned on the hearth, seeing a stranger burst into the chamber, in such a terrible attitude, were seized with consternation […].
Word: pertness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pert 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 pertness From pert + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈpəːtnəs/ 1. The quality of being pert; cheekiness, impudence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dinwiddie, who did not love her, having indeed undergone a hundred pertnesses from the imperious little lady, […] Example: He was completely bald and had a heavy, Chinese-looking countenance which contained, deeply embedded, two eyes of penetration and pertness, always twinkling on the edge of laughter. 2. The quality of being pert; firmness (usually of breasts). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cavalries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cavalry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magick Part of Speech: noun 1. Actual magic or sorcery in fiction or in e.g. Wicca, neopaganism or modern witchcraft, as opposed to illusion or stage magic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Obsolete spelling of magic. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: magick Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to actual magic or sorcery in fiction or in e.g. Wicca, neopaganism or modern witchcraft, as opposed to illusion or stage magic. Labels: not-comparable 2. Obsolete spelling of magic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: magicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magics Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of magic Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: magicking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of magic Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sheepshank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/, /ˈʃipˌʃæŋk/ 1. A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it.
Word: sheepshank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/, /ˈʃipˌʃæŋk/ 1. To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot. Labels: transitive
Word: surgeon's knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A knot derived from the reef knot, commonly used by surgeons.
Word: monkey's fist Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of knot tied at the end of a rope to serve as a weight, making it easier to throw the line. 2. Something which is difficult to understand; a puzzle. Labels: obsolete
Word: sheet bend Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of knot that can be used to join two ropes of different diameters.
Word: double sheet bend Part of Speech: noun 1. Doubled version of the sheet bend; a strong knot used to tie two ropes of different diameters together.
Word: madrigals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of madrigal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bottle sling Part of Speech: noun 1. A knot that can be used to create a handle for a glass or ceramic container with a slippery narrow neck.
Word: lapsarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lapsus (“fall”) + -arian (“believer, advocate”); compare English lapse. Pronunciation: /læpˈsɛəɹɪən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lapsarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lapsus (“fall”) + -arian (“believer, advocate”); compare English lapse. Pronunciation: /læpˈsɛəɹɪən/ 1. One who believes that mankind has fallen from a better state.
Word: purler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From purl (“a fall”). 1. A headlong fall or tumble. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: He came a purler on the icy path. Example: 1869, “Stonehenge” (editor), The Coursing Calendar for the Autumn Season 1868, Containing Returns of All the Public Courses Run in Great Britain snd Ireland, page 172, Dilston and Savernake: the latter led, and turned, but in trying to kill came down a purler, which completely knocked all the go out of him; Dilston took possession of the hare, and kept it, winning the course in hollow style. 2. A knockdown blow; a blow that causes a person to fall headlong. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: [The horse] falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an ace of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.
Word: purler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1. Something extremely good. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: The greatest game ever played is the one marketed with that tag by Australian Football Video: the 1989 round 6 match at Prince's Park between Hawthorn and Geelong, an awesome display of the skills of the game. It is doubtful whether two such great sides had ever graced a single season as the Hawks and the Cats did in 1989. The return match in September was a bit of a purler too, as I recall. Example: And just when I had a slight thought that there could be a "Lets be nice to George Week" And you come along with that purler.
Word: dartitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English dartitis From dart + -itis. 1. A nervous condition which prevents a darts player from releasing the dart at the optimum moment. Labels: uncountable
Word: yips Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Scottish-American professional golfer Tommy Armour in 1927. 1. A nervous condition which prevents a sportsperson from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: His office is a baseball park and he is a pitcher for the N.Y. Mets—a job guaranteed to give anyone a good case of after-hours yips. Example: Bracing as all this may be to the President, it gives his security and logistical forces the yips.
Word: yips Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Scottish-American professional golfer Tommy Armour in 1927. 1. plural of yip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yips Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined by Scottish-American professional golfer Tommy Armour in 1927. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: amigurumi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 編み包み (amigurumi), a blend of 編む (amu, “to knit”) + 縫い包み (nuigurumi, “stuffed toy”). Pronunciation: /ɑːmɪˈɡuːɹuːmɪ/, /ɑmiˈɡuɹumi/ 1. The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads. Labels: uncountable Example: Noa has been mostly homeschooled, and is poised to graduate high school in this "severely" rural area. She has a self-described "yarn addiction" (does astounding lace work, Amigurumi, and other yarn art), and wants to learn how to work in glass, after graduation. Example: In amigurumi knitting, gauge sense is a little bit different from what it is in most other types of knitting. Since amigurumi doesn't really need to fit anybody, you're not obligated to work at any particular gauge. However, most amigurumi figures are stuffed with fiberfill. If you don't want this fluffy white stuff poking out of your creation, it's very important that you knit at a gauge that is tight for the weight of yarn that you're using. 2. Such a stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from yarn. Labels: countable Example: Pip Lincolne, owner of Meet Me At Mike's in Fitzroy, stocks cutesy, Japanese-style knitted or crochet toys, known as amigurumi. "When we started Mike's, we wanted to sell the things that we loved, which happened to be things with a childlike or nostalgic theme through them," she says. "We wanted to stock handmade items and discovered the Japanese craft movement a few months after. Example: And since most amigurumi tends to be on the small side, you will use these small diameter circular knitting techniques frequently.
Word: diel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dies (“day”) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əl/, /ˈdi.əl/ 1. Having a 24-hour period regardless of day or night. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dupatta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi दुपट्टा (dupaṭṭā) / Urdu دُوپَٹَّہ (dūpaṭṭa)). Pronunciation: /dʊˈpʌt.ə/, /d̪ʊˈpəʈ.ʈɑː/, [d̪ʊ.pɐʈ̚.ʈäː], /ˈd̪ʊp.ə.ʈɑː/, /ˈt̪ʊp.ə.ʈɑː/ 1. A double layer of cloth worn by women as a scarf, veil etc. Labels: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia Example: Her dupatta slipped from her shoulders, as he encircled her waist with one hand. Example: Red bangles are stacked all the way to her elbows and her glittering scarlet dupatta is pinned to the high mound of her hair.
Word: tertian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tertiān, terciān, terciāne (adjective and noun), originally often as part of the collocation fever cum terciane, after Latin febris cum tertiānā. Compare the "third" essence of tertiary. By surface analysis, terti- + -an. 1. Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning). Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the mean-tone temperament, in which major thirds are perfectly in tune. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tertian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tertiān, terciān, terciāne (adjective and noun), originally often as part of the collocation fever cum terciane, after Latin febris cum tertiānā. Compare the "third" essence of tertiary. By surface analysis, terti- + -an. 1. A tertian fever. Example: And although we feele it not, it is not to bee doubted, if a continuall ague may in the end suppresse our mind, a tertian will also (according to her measure and proportion) breed some alteration in it. Example: He died of the slow fever call'd the tertian, / And left his widow to her own aversion. 2. A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity (one-third of a tun's). 3. A Jesuit going through tertianship.
Word: ear bud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear (“a fruiting body of grain”) + bud. 1. An immature ear of maize from which the threadlike silks emerge.
Word: ear bud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear (“an auditory organ”) + bud. 1. An underdeveloped mammalian ear. 2. A cotton swab. Labels: South-Africa 3. Alternative form of earbud. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: earbud Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiɹ.bʌd/ 1. A small earphone designed to be placed in the ear canal for use with portable sound systems. Example: Both have ears plugged with earbuds, delightfully oblivious to the mayhem and destruction unfolding in the background of every shot: fire, car crashes, brain-hungry zombies! 2. Alternative form of ear bud. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bud up Part of Speech: verb 1. To don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: bud up Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of buddy up
Word: Eeyorish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the character Eeyore (in Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne) + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈiːɔːɹɪʃ/ 1. Very gloomy or pessimistic. Labels: UK Example: More important for Brienne than the king's disengagement and eeyorish bad temper, however, was the consistency of the queen's favour. Example: We all know how that particular story ended, of course, and while Her late Majesty never had to suffer the indignity of opening up the accounts from which the project was funded, it could be argued that the occasional brush with realism - however aesthetically distasteful - would do our Eeyorish prince no harm.
Word: fitna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”). 1. Temptation. Labels: uncountable 2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fitna Part of Speech: contraction 1. African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action. Labels: contraction, rare Example: I'm fitna go to the store.
Word: flob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm + gob Pronunciation: /flɒb/ 1. Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: flob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm + gob Pronunciation: /flɒb/ 1. To spit or to gob. Labels: UK, slang Example: Every day she would flob on Zoe’s head from the flats as the little girl walked to school. And every day Tina would laugh, as if it was the funniest thing in the world. Example: I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.
Word: flob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably an alteration of flop. Pronunciation: /flɒb/ 1. To flop; to move or behave in a loose or uncoordinated way.
Word: foot-tapping Part of Speech: noun 1. A rhythmic tapping of the foot, especially in time to music Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: foot-tapping Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an insistent rhythm; catchy
Word: giant slalom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giant + slalom. * (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns. * (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom. 1. An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance. 2. An Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.
Word: granthi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਗ੍ਰੰਥੀ (granthī). 1. The person who reads the sacred scripture at a Sikh religious ceremony.
Word: greigite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Joseph W. Greig, American mineralogist, + -ite. 1. A magnetic form of iron sulfide, Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄, analogous to magnetite, produced by microorganisms and found in lake sediments; Note: half the iron ions are ferrous and half ferric. Labels: uncountable