nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pincushion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from pin + cushion. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃn̩/, /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃ(ə)n/ 1. A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically. Example: Then for womens cloaths, the cabadge of cloath of ſilver, brancht Sattin, and the like, went for pin-cuſhions, pin-pillows, womens purſes; and if black, Church-wardens capes. Example: Some were condenſing Air into a dry tangible Subſtance, by extracting the Nitre, and letting the aqueous or fluid Particles percolate; others ſoftening Marble for Pillows or Pincuſhions; others petrifying the Hoofs of a living Horſe to preſerve them from foundring. 2. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion. Example: [S]ee how the knowledge of the climate tolerances of one South African shrub, the Saldana pincushion (Leucospermum tomentosum) is integrated with projections of a global circulation model applied to the southern tip of South Africa [...]. 3. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion. Example: Scabiosa, often called mourning bride, pincushion flower, and sweet scabious, is an easily grown, old-fashioned, half-hardy annual. It is very attractive and satisfactory both for cutting and for borders and beds. 4. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion. 5. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion. Example: An abundant wildflower following good winter rains, Fremont pincushion [Chaenactis fremontii] features heads composed entirely of white or pinkish disk flowers. Example: Pebble pincushion [Chaenactis carphoclinia], a delicate annual wildflower with deeply divided leaves, has white or pinkish flowers crowded into heads. If the heads resemble pincushions, then the stamens poking out of the flowers must represent the pins. 6. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion. Example: Alverson's pincushion cactus (Coryophantha vivipara var. alversonii), under status review by the USF&WS for possible listing as threatened or endangered, is reported to occur the along the northwest boundary of the WSA. 7. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion. Example: Marigold pincushion [Navarretia tagetina], however, is widespread throughout the region except along the coast. [...] In eastern Sacramento County, it grows together with downy pincushion (Navarretia pubescens) in small clearings in blue oak woodland. 8. A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: Insulin-dependent diabetics are human pincushions. Example: It took an hour to get there, and by the time the job was done we had collected so many cactus thorns that we felt like human pincushions.
Word: pincushion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from pin + cushion. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃn̩/, /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃ(ə)n/ 1. To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: The target was pincushioned with arrows. Example: [page 290] Then Esther would be constantly making us little presents; little pin-cushions, and purses, and such like, which it was impossible to refuse. [...] [W]e had some very fine old lace, which had belonged to our mother, and we agreed that we would give this to Esther. [...] [pages 291–292] When the transaction came to Aunt Dorothy's knowledge, she was very indignant indeed; and said that we were "two fools to be pin-cushioned out of our mother's old point, which had been in our family ever so long. 2. To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards. Labels: intransitive Example: A monitor is pincushioning when the display appears to have curved sides. Example: [page 42] Flaps, however, ‘pin cushion’ and develop a convex form as they contract. For this reason, flaps are best used to resurface convex surfaces. A skin graft is best for planar or concave recipient sites. [...] [page 282] As the flap contracts, it pin cushions. This trapdoor effect can contribute to a convex shape.
Word: Valvettithurai Part of Speech: name 1. A small coastal village on the northeast coast of the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka's north.
Word: barbless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English barb 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 barbless From barb + -less. 1. Lacking a barb. Labels: not-comparable Example: We used barbless fishhooks in the catch-and-release stream, in order to minimize harm to the fish. 2. Of a feather, lacking barbs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: basalt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39 Pronunciation: /ˈbæs.ɒlt/, /ˈbæs.əlt/, /ˈbæs.ɔːlt/, /bəˈsɔlt/, /ˈbæs.ɔlt/ 1. A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A type of unglazed pottery. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: basaltic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English basalt Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English basaltic From basalt + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to basalt. Example: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter I, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt Even the beneficient rainfall had failed to attract animal life to the basaltic waste, and the genius of silence seemed to brood over all. Example: The island gains its geothermal heat from basaltic magma in the fissure systems of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Word: catch and release Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of angling where the fish are released after capture, as a conservation measure. Labels: uncountable 2. The immigration policy of releasing illegal immigrants while they await a hearing, rather than detaining them. Labels: uncountable 3. The practice of a patent holding company buying a patent, offering a license to its members, and then selling or donating the patent after a certain period. Labels: uncountable 4. The practice by police of apprehending someone but then letting them go without making an arrest. Labels: uncountable Example: "That's an order. And I want you to personally go into that clubhouse over there and arrest somebody." "For what?" "Something illegal, preferably. But anything will do. Catch and release is fine. Just . . . go catch. […] Example: "While it's catch-and-release for domestic terrorists in antifa and BLM, the people who breached the Capitol on January 6 are being abused. Some even being held for 23-hours-a-day ^([sic]) in solitary confinement," [Majorie Taylor] Greene said in May 2021. 5. The practice of replacing artifacts in their original location after examining and cataloguing them. Labels: uncountable
Word: wor lass Part of Speech: noun 1. My wife or girlfriend. Labels: Geordie Example: A cannit wait till A get back hyem te see wor lass
Word: we aye Part of Speech: intj 1. A positive yes, of course. Labels: Geordie Example: We aye man!
Word: tramps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹæmps/ 1. plural of tramp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tramps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹæmps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tramp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embalmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From embalm + -er. 1. One who embalms a corpse; a practitioner of mortuary science.
Word: epidemiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English epidemiology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English epidemiologist From epidemiology + -ist. 1. A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology. Example: In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” Example: “On the inside, it’s absolute chaos,” said one epidemiologist still employed at the CDC.
Word: epilog Part of Speech: noun 1. Uncommon spelling of epilogue. Labels: US, alt-of, uncommon Example: With the exception of the XML and doctype declarations, what's allowed in a document's epilog of miscellaneous information is exactly what's allowed in the prolog: comments and processing instructions
Word: episcopate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin episcopatus, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “watching over”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪskəpət/ 1. Bishops seen as a group. Example: The American Roman Catholic episcopate meets regularly. 2. The tenure in office of a bishop. Example: Bishop Smith's episcopate ran for more than 30 years. 3. A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese. Labels: rare
Word: episcopate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin episcopatus, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “watching over”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪskəpət/ 1. To act as a bishop. Labels: intransitive
Word: etiologic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of aetiologic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unbridgeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English bridge Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unbridgeable From un- + bridge + -able. 1. Unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span. Example: The gap between feather-assisted running and feather-assisted flying seemed evolutionarily unbridgeable. But now again the notion of ground-travel aerodynamics is being given some careful thought.
Word: etiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-der. Ancient Greek αἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογίᾱ (-logíā) Ancient Greek αἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)der. Latin aetiologiabor. English etiology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English etiological From etiology + -ical. By surface analysis, etio- + -logical. Pronunciation: /ˌiːtɪəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ 1. Relating to an etiology
Word: etiologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English etiologic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English etiologically From etiologic + -ally. 1. In an etiological manner; determined on an etiological basis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zaparoan Part of Speech: name 1. An endangered language family of Peru and Ecuador.
Word: evangelicalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English evangelical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English evangelicalism From evangelical + -ism. 1. Lutheranism and continental Calvinism. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Christian fundamentalism. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 4. Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Islamic evangelicalism helped win over Iberian notables […]
Word: inerrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English errant English inerrant From in- + errant. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɛɹənt/ 1. Exhibiting inerrancy; without error. Labels: not-comparable Example: He questions the tenability of regarding the Scriptures as inerrant, since no original copies exist.
Word: Andoa Part of Speech: name 1. A probably extinct Zaparoan language, spoken in Peru.
Word: Arabela Part of Speech: name 1. A Zaparoan language, spoken in Peru.
Word: Záparo Part of Speech: name 1. A Zaparoan language, spoken in Peru and Ecuador.
Word: Lutheranism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lutheran + -ism; eponym from Martin Luther. 1. The Christian denomination based on the beliefs and doctrines developed by Martin Luther and his immediate followers. Labels: uncountable
Word: heor Part of Speech: noun 1. here Labels: Geordie, abstract, uncountable
Word: heor Part of Speech: adv 1. here Labels: Geordie, not-comparable Example: "Heor man, ye radgie!"
Word: fauvism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fauvisme, attributed to French art critic Louis Vauxcelles. 1. An artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors. Labels: uncountable Example: Paris had been the birthplace of the Modernist sensibility during the latter half of the previous century, when its cafés, studios and tolerant atmosphere helped nurture the symbolist school in poetry and impressionism in painting. By the start of the First World War, it had sheltered fauvism, cubism, expressionism, vorticism, and a host of other splinter movements through which the emerging culture gradually took shape.
Word: Mandinka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”). Pronunciation: /manˈdɪŋkə/ 1. A member of a particular people of West Africa.
Word: Mandinka Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”). Pronunciation: /manˈdɪŋkə/ 1. The language spoken by these people, of the Mandé group of the Niger-Congo language family.
Word: therapize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English therapy 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 therapize From therapy + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈθɛɹəpaɪz/ 1. To subject (someone) to therapy, especially to psychotherapy. Labels: transitive Example: "Dora, I'm sayin' this with all the love in my heart: you are not a therapist. Do not attempt to therapize your employees."
Word: tri-band Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tri- Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bandiz Old English bend Middle English band English band English tri-band From tri- + band. 1. Of a mobile telephone: having a choice of three operating frequencies, allowing it to be used in Europe and North America. Labels: not-comparable
Word: firewater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of a Native American language term, probably Ojibwe ishkodewaaboo (“alcohol”), from ishkodew- (“fire”) + -aaboo (“liquid”, glossed in older works as “water”). A number of other Algonquian, Siouan and Athabaskan languages also refer to whiskey with compounds that mean "fire-water" (on which basis noted Algonquianist Leonard Bloomfield even reconstructed a Proto-Algonquian word for it, *eškwete·wa·po·wi, although this cannot have existed). The motivation of the name is not entirely clear: It may refer to the “burning” feeling of ingesting high-proof alcohol, or to its flammability; alternatively, it may refer to how low-quality spirits also often included ingredients such as pepper, which burned. Non-alcohol-related senses are simply fire + water. 1. High-proof alcoholic beverage, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans). Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater. Example: Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan. 2. Water for use in firefighting. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable Example: A continuously circulated firewater line supplies a deluge cooling system in each gathering center for fire containment. Example: A break in a firewater line at BP Whiting Refinery caused water with an oil-like sheen to spread outside the refinery's walls along a section of Indianapolis Boulevard Tuesday night. 3. High-temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Synonym of alkahest. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: twonk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of twit + plonker. Pronunciation: /twɒŋk/ 1. A stupid person. Labels: UK, countable, slang Example: You dozy little twonk, Rodney. You bang again on the roof of my van like that and it won't be Frankie Goes to Hollywood, it'll be Rodney goes to hospital. Example: The absolute state of you, Downey, you utter twonk. Like you have anything to do with the outcome of the bloody match! You need to confine this superstition malarkey to a flaming skip. 2. Nonsense; rubbish. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable Example: What twonk you are talking!
Word: twonk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly onomatopoeic Pronunciation: /twɒŋk/ 1. To hit or slap. Labels: UK, slang, transitive
Word: upskill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + skill. 1. To teach (someone) additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy (firing). Labels: transitive Example: For companies, reskilling and upskilling strategies will be critical if they are to find the talent they need and to contribute to socially responsible approaches to the future of work. Example: "We've also invested £500,000 in new machinery in the last two years, including the engraving machine, so that we can bring £250,000 worth of work in-house that we previously sub-contracted. That's great news for us as it means we have upskilled people and can offer more security of employment." 2. To acquire such additional skills. Labels: intransitive
Word: upskilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upskill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: It could also incorporate the upskilling of existing staff to meet in-demand industry skills.
Word: selkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”). 1. A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin. 2. Either of two similar-looking seals. Labels: Scotland, Shetland 3. Either of two similar-looking seals. Labels: Scotland, Shetland
Word: hairdryer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + dryer. 1. A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air. Labels: UK
Word: haunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haunts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of haunt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: veracious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vērāx (“truthful”) + -acious, from vērus (“true”). Pronunciation: /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/ 1. True. Example: The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious. Example: "It were against all rules, whether of history or romance—whether I look to my grandfather Henri Quatre, or to the less veracious chronicles of Scuderi, and copy Oroondates—to depart without some favour." 2. Truthful; speaking the truth. Example: Now there are two curious circumstances to be observed in this relation of my uncle's, who was, as I have said, a perfectly veracious man.
Word: headsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heddysman, equivalent to head + -s- + -man. Cognate with Scots hedisman, heidisman (“head man; chief; commander”). Compare also Danish høvedsmand (“captain”), Swedish hövitsman (“captain”), Icelandic höfuðsmaður (“captain”), German Hauptmann (“captain”). 1. A chief person; a head man Labels: Scotland, obsolete 2. An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation. Example: And of those base-minded jesters or buffons, some have beene seene, that even at the point of death would never leave their jesting and scoffing. He whom the heads-man threw off from the Gallowes cried out, ‘Row the Gally,’ which was his ordinarie by-word. Example: And made him Headsman, for we said, / "Who's next to be decapited / Cannot cut off another's head / Until he's cut his own off[…]" 3. A labourer in a colliery who transports the coal from the workings to the horseway, and who is oftentimes assisted by a younger worker called a foal. Labels: historical 4. One in command of a whaling vessel.
Word: long paddock Part of Speech: noun 1. The grass verge of a public road, used as a source of pasture for cattle, sheep, etc, in times of drought; the stock route to market. Labels: Australia, colloquial, uncountable Example: However, Bradford insists life on the long paddock is nowhere near as wild as it was at the height of the drought, when the routes were crawling with hungry stock and often being closed to prevent overgrazing. Example: With no grass to eat at home, cattle are heading for the abattoirs or are going droving down the long paddock.
Word: headstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdstoʊn/ 1. A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave. Example: He called the contractor and ordered a replacement headstone with a new inscription. 2. The cornerstone or principal stone of a building.
Word: footstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtstoʊn/ 1. A gravestone placed at the foot of a grave; typically smaller than a headstone, and frequently resembling a large cobblestone.
Word: helices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hematologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hematology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hematologist From hematology + -ist. 1. A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in hematology.
Word: varicosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin varicōsitās, from varicōsus, from varix (“varicose vein”). 1. An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel. 2. A varicose vein. 3. The tortuousness, and the degree thereof, of a set of varicose veins.
Word: perianal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English anal English perianal From peri- + anal. 1. Of or pertaining to the areas immediately around the anus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemorrhoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English emerowdes, emeroides, emeroydez, from Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs), a feminine adjective from αἱμόρροος (haimórrhoos, “flowing with blood”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) and the root of ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). Doublet of emerod. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛməɹɔɪd/, /ˈhɛmɹɔɪd/ 1. An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles. Labels: in-plural, often
Word: bush week Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from an actual attempt to organise a Bush Festival in Sydney in 1919; the idea then being extended to the present figurative use. 1. An imagined or symbolic time when assumedly unsophisticated people from the countryside come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there, or who are unaware of social norms in the city. Labels: Australia, informal Example: What do you think this is, bush week? (= What do you take me for? / Do you think I'm an idiot?) Example: What do you think this is, bush week? (= Why are you not working? / why are you not doing what I asked you to do?)
Word: herniate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hernia + -ate. By surface analysis, herni- + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː(ɹ)nieɪt/ 1. Of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ: to protrude through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained, causing a hernia. Labels: intransitive Example: When the small intestine herniates into the groin, one has an inguinal hernia.
Word: stage-diving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stage diving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: stage-diving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stage-dive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Botany Bay dozen Part of Speech: noun 1. 25 lashes, i.e. strokes of a whip across a person's back as a punishment. Labels: Australia, historical, obsolete, slang Example: If guilty, he is taken to a cart-wheel to receive a Botany Bay dozen, which is twenty-five lashes ;[…]. Example: “Will they be strung up for a Botany Bay dozen like we are if we so much as squeak? Not those fine gentlemen, with their uniforms an' their pockets full o' gold!”
Word: believable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bilevable, beleevable, equivalent to believe + -able. Pronunciation: /bɪˈliːvəbl̩/, /bi-/, /bə-/ 1. Capable of being believed; credible. Example: believable answer Example: believable account
Word: straying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stray Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Wire netting has been erected in many places to stop straying animals, and most of the level crossing gates are locked and broken.
Word: straying Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who strays; deviation or sin, often sexual infidelity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The soul is described as a dove who once nested in God's protective shade, and her strayings from the straight and narrow are portrayed as a descent into the defiling world of corporeality[…]
Word: influencing Part of Speech: noun 1. influence Labels: obsolete Example: My own, my human mind, which passively Now renders and receives fast influencings,
Word: influencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of influence Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bereaved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɪˈɹiːvd/ 1. Having suffered the death of a loved one. Example: bereaved relatives Example: With ironic deference, Brodie takes out the record from the gym bag. “Look, I was sorry to hear about your dad.” Luisa nods, feels grief rise and her defenses stiffen. “Yeah.” “I guess it was . . . a release, of sorts.” True, but only the bereaved can actually say so.
Word: bereaved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈɹiːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bereave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: announcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of announce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adapting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adapt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wiping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wipe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wiping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪpɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is wiped. Example: multiple wipings of a computer's hard disk 2. Material wiped off something. Example: analysis of wipings taken from a suspect's hands 3. A thrashing. Labels: slang
Word: neglecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of neglect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ptilochronology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ptilo- + chronology; coined by Thomas C. Grubb, Jr. 1. The study of feather growth rates as an index of nutritional condition in birds Labels: uncountable
Word: sleeps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sliːps/ 1. plural of sleep Labels: Ireland, form-of, plural Example: Page 35: Andrew: I would believe it, Martin. I used to have very long sleeps myself and very queer dreams. Page 38: Thomas: Rouse yourself, Martin, and don't be talking the way a fool talks. You started making that golden coach, and you were set upon it, and you had me tormented about it. You have yourself wore out working at it and planning it and thinking of it, and at the end of the race, when you have the winning post in sight, and horses hired for to bring it to Dublin Castle, you go falling into sleeps and blathering about dreams, and we run to a great danger of letting the profit and the sale go by. Sit down on the bench now, and lay your hands to the work.
Word: sleeps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sliːps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dwells Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dwɛlz/ 1. plural of dwell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dwells Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dwɛlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dwell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: affirmed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈfɝmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of affirm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: selkies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of selkie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: get one's knickers in a twist Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɡɛt wʌnz ˈnɪ.kəz ɪn‿ə ˈtwɪst/, /ˌɡɪt wʌnz ˈnɪ.kɚz ɪn‿ə ˈtwɪst/ 1. To become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter. Labels: Ireland, UK, humorous, idiomatic, informal Example: Swiss bank gets knickers in a twist over dress code guidelines [title]
Word: Anzac biscuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I. 1. A biscuit made from oats, coconut and golden syrup. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: jello shooter Part of Speech: noun 1. An alcoholic snack served at parties, nightclubs or bars, made from Jell-O but substituting vodka or rum for all or part of the water. Normally cut into small cubes (~1.5 oz.) or frozen and sold individually. Labels: US
Word: exempli gratia Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exemplī grātiā. 1. For the sake of an example. Example: Exempli gratiâ, the venerable London Stone of many fables. Example: Even if the respondents had been liable for their administration to the same extent as private trustees, I should still have thought that it was not only within the competency, but that it was the duty of the Court, before pronouncing any decree, to consider how far the respondents might be entitled to recoup themselves, by taking, exempli gratia, the furniture of the school, or by accumulating the future income of these bequests, and what effect their so doing might have upon the efficient maintenance of the school.
Word: aks Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English acsian (“ask”); see ax for more. Pronunciation: /æks/, /ɑːks/ 1. To ask. Labels: Africa, Multicultural-London-English, West, West-Country, dialectal Example: AKS, ask. Example: Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.
Word: buckeye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name stems from Native Americans, who called the nut "hetuck," which means "buck eye" (because the markings on the nut resemble the eye of a deer). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkaɪ/ 1. Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Seed or fruit of these plants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now there were long periods when he heard nothing except the wind in the trees and the plop of buckeyes on the earth. 5. A native or resident of the American state of Ohio. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 6. Any of species Junonia coenia of butterflies; a common buckeye. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: prevenience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praeveniēns (“preceding, coming before”). 1. The act or condition of occurring earlier, of being antecedent. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something done beforehand in anticipation of a later situation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: preveniently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English prevenient Middle English -ly English -ly English preveniently From prevenient + -ly. 1. In a prevenient manner. Anticipatorily, antecedently.
Word: prevenient grace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See prevenience. 1. An Arminian doctrine distinctive to Methodism and the broader Wesleyan movement. It holds that man is so fallen that he is utterly incapable of perceiving the need for salvation, but God, in His infinite wisdom, has preveniently extended to humankind sufficient grace that we can, through free will, willingly accept salvation. Labels: uncountable
Word: prevenient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praeveniēns Pronunciation: /prᵻˈviːniənt/, /prɪˈviː.ni.ənt/, /prəˈvi.ni.ənt/ 1. Relating to prevenience; antecedent; preceding; coming or happening before. Labels: formal Example: Prevenient Grace deſcending had remov'd / The ſtonie from thir hearts, and made new fleſh / Regenerat grow inſtead, that ſighs now breath'd / Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer / Inſpir'd, and wing'd for Heav'n with ſpeedier flight / Then loudeſt Oratorie: […] Example: They drank and bet and muttered in an air of electric transiency, old men in gaitered sleeves galvanized from some stained sepia, posting time at cards prevenient of their dimly augured doom. 2. Of grace: preceding repentance or faith and preparing the soul for salvation. Example: So that in euery place we may see the mercy of god, eyther prevenient, or concomitant, eyther moving him to pitie us, or manifested in pitieing
Word: stage fright Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stage + fright. 1. A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience. Labels: uncountable Example: I did some guest-speaking at the middle school last year, and I experienced some stage fright before and during my first presentation. Example: I got stage fright while doing a dance show for my school last year. 2. Synonym of paruresis. Labels: euphemistic, uncountable
Word: security forces Part of Speech: noun 1. An army. Labels: euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Word: langs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osteitis pubis Part of Speech: noun 1. An injury to the pubic symphysis, sometimes of athletic origin, to the cartilaginous joint uniting the superior rami of the left and right pubic bones (pubis). It involves the associated musculature. Labels: uncountable
Word: ramus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rāmus (“branch”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪməs/ 1. A small spray or twig. 2. A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels. 3. The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend. 4. A bony projection, particularly of the jaw, but also in the groin area, both subject to the maturing process of symphysis.
Word: symphysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin symphysis. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.fɪs.ɪs/ 1. The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pep talk Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛp tɔːk/, /ˈpɛp ˌtɔk/, /ˈpɛp ˌtɑk/ 1. A rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm and boost confidence. Labels: colloquial Example: It's your turn to give a pep talk to the dispirited miners. Example: Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.
Word: sparkly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sparkle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sparkly From sparkle + -y. 1. Giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery Example: How sparkly the weeds are between the stones, and the moss on the roof—oh, and the flowers! Example: They sailed smilingly into the room, the woman ahead, rustling in a long, sparkly, black dress. 2. Of a liquid: bubbly, effervescent. Example: Then we drifted, with a head over ayther side, peerin' down through the sparkly water. For the world like the days I spint with the pearlers, watchin' the coral banks a-growin' the same as so many gardens under the sea. 3. Of a person: high-spirited and lively. Example: a sparkly personality
Word: fomenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English foment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fomenter From foment + -er. Pronunciation: /foʊˈmɛn.tɚ/ 1. One who incites or promotes.
Word: concensus Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of consensus. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: middle voice Part of Speech: noun 1. A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, having elements of both. Labels: uncountable
Word: responsibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English responsible Middle English -ly English -ly English responsibly From responsible + -ly. 1. In a responsible manner. Example: The country ran shuttles and posted signs encouraging visitors to enjoy the display responsibly, but those precautions didn't prevent rattlesnake bites, twisted ankles, heat exhaustion, Instacelebs and other selfie-takers lying in or otherwise trampling the delicate blooms they'd come to see.
Word: synovium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From false singular of New Latin synovia (“synovial fluid”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈnoʊ.vi.əm/ 1. Alternative form of synovial membrane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin intima, feminine form of intimus (“innermost”). 1. The innermost part of an anatomical structure, particularly a tubular one Example: the intima of a blood vessel
Word: responsibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English responsible 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 responsibleness From responsible + -ness. 1. The state of being responsible; responsibility. Labels: uncountable
Word: restlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *rastō Proto-West Germanic *rastu Old English ræst 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 Old English ræstlēas Middle English restles English restless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English restlessly From restless + -ly. 1. In a restless manner. Example: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
Word: fossy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of phossy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phossy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phos(phorous) English -y English phossy From phos(phorous) + -y. 1. Affected or caused by the presence of phosphorus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phosphorus match Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From their use of white phosphorus. 1. A friction match tipped with white phosphorus, dangerously able to be ignited by strikes against any surface. Labels: historical
Word: microcosmic salt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its alchemical name sal microcosmicum. 1. A white salt, extracted from urine; once used in the preparation of phosphorus, and used in analytical tests for some metals; ammonium sodium hydrogenphosphate (NH₄)NaHPO₄. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: microcosmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English microcosm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English microcosmic From microcosm + -ic. 1. Of, or relating to the microcosm. Labels: not-comparable Example: The total freight rolling-stock on the line numbers 65, as this microcosmic section of British railway is complete even to five privately-owned wagons.
Word: espace Part of Speech: noun 1. space. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: phosphorus necrosis Part of Speech: noun 1. An occupational disease once common in phosphorus match workers. Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphorus paste Part of Speech: noun 1. A paste of yellow phosphorus and water, mixed with flour and used as an insecticide and rat poison. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A paste of white phosphorus used to tip early matches. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phosphorus poisoning Part of Speech: noun 1. poisoning due to the presence of phosphorus; a classic symptom is phossy jaw Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Twinkie defence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the 1979 trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression; his change in diet from healthy food to Twinkies and other sugary food was said to be a symptom of this depression. 1. A legal defense of diminished responsibility based on a claim that irregular behavior is caused by a poor diet or junk food. Labels: US, colloquial 2. Any spurious legal defense. Labels: broadly
Word: phosphoryl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English phosphoryl From phosphor + -yl. 1. the trivalent radical O=P≡
Word: aikido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 合(あい)気(き)道(どう) (aikidō, “aikido”, literally “way of adapting the spirit”), from 合(あい) (ai, “together, unify”) + 気(き) (ki, “spirit; breath”) + 道(どう) (dō, “way”). Doublet of hapkido. Pronunciation: /aɪˈkiːdəʊ/, /ˈaɪkiːdəʊ/ 1. A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws. Labels: uncountable 2. A school of the martial art. Labels: countable
Word: phosphatization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French phosphateder. English phosphate English -ization English phosphatization From phosphate + -ization. 1. the conversion of something into a phosphate 2. the treatment of something with phosphate or phosphoric acid
Word: phosphatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of phosphatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: phosphatized Part of Speech: adj 1. converted into a phosphate 2. treated with phosphate or phosphoric acid
Word: phosphatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French phosphateder. English phosphate 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 phosphatize From phosphate + -ize. 1. to convert something into a phosphate 2. to treat something with phosphate or phosphoric acid
Word: phosphatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of phosphatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: birth rate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of birthrate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), a 600-foot racetrack, a distance of 600 Greek feet. Cognate with French stade. Doublet of stadium, stadion, and estadio. Pronunciation: /steɪd/, /sted/ 1. Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”). Labels: historical 2. A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium. Labels: dated 3. A stage of progress Labels: obsolete 4. A stage of progress Labels: obsolete 5. A stage of progress
Word: stade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish estado, from Latin status (“standing”), in reference to it being roughly the height of a grown man. Doublet of estate, state, status, and estado. Pronunciation: /steɪd/, /sted/ 1. A unit of length notionally based on the height of a grown man, equivalent to a fathom. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of estadio: a traditional Spanish unit of measure equivalent to about 1.67 m. Labels: obsolete
Word: stade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch stad. Doublet of stead. Pronunciation: /steɪd/, /sted/ 1. A chief town in an area or country. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: stade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Stade, a town in Hanover. Pronunciation: /steɪd/, /sted/ 1. Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade. Labels: obsolete
Word: stade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English staed. Cognate with German Gestade (“shore”). Pronunciation: /steɪd/, /sted/ 1. A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf. Labels: obsolete
Word: nouveaux Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nouveau Labels: form-of, plural