nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: executes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of execute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cat-flap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cat flap. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Harry Ufford opened his front door, and his animals, from the yard, came bursting through the cat-flap in the back door and rushed on him. Example: 1985, Derek Albert Pearsall, The Canterbury Tales (in his introduction to Chaucer's Miller's Tale), Routledge (UK), →ISBN, p. 182, We could find our way blindfold about old John's house, with its cat-flap in Nicholas's bedroom-door.
Word: spit-and-polish Part of Speech: adj 1. paying much attention to outward appearance
Word: cheese it Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Unknown, but lexicographer Eric Partridge speculated that it may be a corruption of cease. Originally thieves' cant. In his Vocabulary of the Flash Language, author and former convict James Hardy Vaux (1782-?) defined cheese it as synonymous with stash it and stow it, all meaning to desist or leave off. 1. An imperative used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: Cheese it, the coves are fly; be silent, the people understand our discourse. Example: […] he holds earnest parley with some members of the upper gallery who are beguiling the time by pelting us with nut-shells, and broken pipes. Two or three 'hallos!' and 'now thens!' accompanied by a strong recommendation to 'cheese it' (i. e., act of cessation), cause these trifling annoyances to cease.
Word: tempi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmpiː/ 1. plural of tempo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cat-flaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cat-flap Labels: form-of, plural Example: The pens are equipped with ‘pig-creeps', the porcine equivalent of cat-flaps, which allow the piglets access. Example: Instead, the DJ has just started a phone-in about cat-flaps.
Word: vinifera Part of Speech: noun 1. Vitis vinifera, the common grape vine.
Word: lories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: BFA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Bachelor of Fine Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Remember, the only piece of paper less valuable than one of your paintings is a B.F.A. degree.
Word: IBMer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From IBM + -er. 1. A person who works for the technology company IBM. Labels: informal
Word: K-hed Part of Speech: noun 1. A brief news item in a newspaper consisting of a one-line heading and a single paragraph, especially one of little interest added to fill space. Labels: US
Word: hed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deliberately altered spelling of head, to distinguish the word as not belonging in a journalistic story. Compare lede (“lead, introduction”). Also an archaic spelling. 1. The headline of a news story. Labels: slang 2. Archaic spelling of head. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: hed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Altered spelling of had. 1. Pronunciation spelling of had, representing dialectal English. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: He told me he had got a queer critter that had come to his garden, and to his mind it was very like a little pig—in fact, “fust off he reckoned it was one o’ his young snorkers hed got out.[…]” Example: It hed seven rooms and he ruffed it all over, sides an’ all. / [“Roofed the sides?”] / Thet’s what,—kivered the hull biz with shingles clean down to the ground—an’, Jimminy Crickets! the number o’ little balc’nys, an’ gables, an’ dormant winders, an’ porches thet stuck all over it, was a caution to see.
Word: hed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See heed. 1. simple past and past participle of heed Labels: form-of, informal, obsolete, participle, past Example: They finally hed my warnings!
Word: Metsovon Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Metsovo. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Dodona Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Dōdōna, from Ancient Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē). Pronunciation: /dəʊˈdəʊ.nə/, /dəˈ-/, /doʊˈdoʊ.nə/ 1. A town and religious shrine of ancient in Greece. Labels: historical 2. Dodoni, the present settlement at the site, in modern Greece's Ioannina prefecture. Labels: informal
Word: Dodoni Part of Speech: name 1. A village and municipality of Ioannina regional unit, Epirus region, Greece.
Word: Arta Part of Speech: name Etymology: The place in Greece is from Ancient Greek Άρτα (Árta). The place in Djibouti is from Arabic عرته or Somali Carta. 1. A regional unit in northwestern Greece that is a part of the Epirus region. 2. A city in Greece that serves as the capital of the Arta prefecture. 3. A department of Djibouti. 4. Acronym of Anti-Red Tape Authority. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: Igoumenitsa Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Greece, the capital of the Thesprotia prefecture.
Word: Paramythia Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Greece located in the Thesprotia prefecture.
Word: Paramithia Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Greece located in the Thesprotia prefecture.
Word: muters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Parga Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Greece located in the Preveza prefecture
Word: Preveza Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Byzantine Greek Πρέβεζα (Prébeza), from Albanian prevëzë (“crossing”) or Italian prevesione (“provision, supply”). 1. A city in Epirus, Greece. 2. A regional unit of Epirus, Greece, around the city.
Word: Kefalovryssi Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Greece located in the northern part of the Ioannina prefecture.
Word: Kefalovrisi Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Greece located in the northern part of the Ioannina prefecture.
Word: Kefalovrissi Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Greece located in the northern part of the Ioannina prefecture.
Word: Kefalovrysion Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Kefalovrysi. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Kefalovryssion Part of Speech: name Etymology: Katharevousa spelling of Kefalovrysi 1. Obsolete spelling of Kefalovrysi. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Kefalovrision Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Kefalovrysi. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Kefalovrission Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Kefalovrysi. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: châteaux Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃæːtəʊ(z)/, /ʃæːˈtəʊ(z)/, /ʃæːˈtoʊ(z)/ 1. plural of château Labels: form-of, plural Example: Few cottages, no châteaux, hardly any inhabitants, were to be seen; it seemed as if we were reaching the very end of the world. Example: Villages and woods, meadows and châteaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes.
Word: protein phosphorylation Part of Speech: noun 1. The binding of phosphate to proteins to form phosphoproteins. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: retracted tongue root Part of Speech: noun 1. An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root. Labels: attributive, often Example: The high back retracted tongue root vowel is always further back than its counterpart, rather than further forward, as is the case for the traditional lax back vowels. Example: /ʕ/ is typically realized as an epiglottal stop, gliding as a pharyngeal approximant into a following retracted-tongue-root vowel, as in [ʡˤʊ̙maː] ‘water flowing from a spout’.
Word: survivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Latin supervīvereder. English survive 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 survivable From survive + -able. 1. Able to be survived. Example: The conditions they are living in are harsh but survivable. 2. Capable of surviving an attack, especially a nuclear strike. Example: In order for a weapon system to be an effective deterrent it must be highly survivable. Weapon systems based in the world's ocean waters are the most survivable systems. Example: As Desert Storm demonstrated, heavily defended targets can be successfully attacked by cruise missiles and a limited number of highly capable and survivable aircraft, leaving other targets to be attacked by less survivable aircraft. A recent CNA study reinforced this point.
Word: phosphoprotein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- English protein English phosphoprotein From phospho- + protein. 1. any protein containing bound phosphate or complexed with a phospholipid
Word: blench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blench and blenchen, from Old English blenċan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”). Pronunciation: /blɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off. Labels: intransitive Example: Blench not at thy chosen lot. Example: This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfilment. 2. To quail. Labels: intransitive 3. To deceive; cheat. Labels: transitive 4. To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear. Labels: transitive Example: Yesterday the government proclaimed no turning back, but the lords representing the likes of the disability charity Scope or Macmillan Cancer Support should make them blench. 5. To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil. Labels: transitive 6. To fly off; to turn aside. Labels: intransitive Example: Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.
Word: blench Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blench and blenchen, from Old English blenċan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”). Pronunciation: /blɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. A deceit; a trick. 2. A sidelong glance. Example: These blenches gave my heart another youth.
Word: blench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French blanchir (“to bleach”). Pronunciation: /blɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. To blanch. Labels: obsolete Example: The seasons are come to a stagnant stop, the trees blench and wither, the wagons role in the mica ruts with slithering harplike thuds.
Word: grandbairns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grandbairn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inheritable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enheritable (“inheritable”), from Anglo-Norman enheritable; equivalent to inherit + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/, /ənˈhɛrətəbəl/ 1. That can be inherited. Example: an inheritable estate or title Example: an inheritable disease 2. Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir. Example: By attainder […] the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable. Example: The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
Word: getts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gett Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vapulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vāpulō. Pronunciation: /ˈvæp.jʊ.leɪt/, /ˈvæp.jə.leɪt/ 1. To flog or whip; to beat or strike. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To be flogged, beaten etc. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: In the preface to his Longinus, I can show you blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate.
Word: gaups Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gaup Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fettling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fettle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fettling Part of Speech: noun 1. Repairing; mending; sorting. Labels: UK, countable, gerund, uncountable 2. A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. Labels: UK, countable, gerund, uncountable 3. The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware. Labels: UK, countable, gerund, uncountable
Word: fettled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fettle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rubato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian rubato (“robbed, stolen”), since the time is "borrowed". Pronunciation: /rəˈbɑ.toʊ/ 1. A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato.
Word: rubi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese ルビ (rubi), from English ruby. 1. Alternative form of ruby (“pronunciation guide for Chinese or Japanese characters”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Shinjuku Sketch" demonstrates another of Ryutanji's trademark techniques, which was established in The Age of Wandering: writing English loan words as kanji Chinese character compounds cribbed with rubi to convey a visual sense of international modernism and global culture. Example: Bespoke combinations of kanji can also be created, because the intended phonetic and semantic readings can be supplied by the rubi glosses.
Word: rubai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy). Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈbʌɪ/, /ɹuˈbaɪ/ 1. A quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.
Word: yett Part of Speech: noun 1. Gate. Labels: Geordie, Scotland Example: They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts and aneath the auld portcullis; […] Example: The outer yett was closed, and a torch burned in a socket set in the gatehouse wall beside the archway. A guard stepped up, peered through the yett at Guillaume, and nodded to someone off to the side. 2. A gate made of iron bars, used for defensive purposes in castles and other buildings, which is hinged to open like a door, rather than being raised and lowered like a portcullis. Example: [A] yett was in use along with the portcullis. At Doune we have an example of an existing yett, set about a foot behind the portcullis grooves; of course, it is impossible to say whether the two were contemporary, but it seems[…] Example: ... yett was solid . At Doune, Perthshire, dating from the latter years of the fourteenth century, the main gateway was defended by a portcullis and a yett at the entrance, and, apparently, by another yett, […]
Word: yett Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of yet. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: So when the L. Chauncellor or Keeper passeth anie patent by imediate warrant, yett the fees of the Clerke of the Seale and Signett are ordered to be awnswered, and yett theie doe noething for them.
Word: rubasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rubeus (“reddish”). 1. crystalline quartz coloured red by hematite Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rubies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ruby Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unprosecutable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English prosecutable English unprosecutable From un- + prosecutable. 1. Not able to be successfully prosecuted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Military prosecutors said al-Kahtani would be unprosecutable because of what was done to him during interrogation.
Word: démodé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French démodé. Pronunciation: /ˌdeɪməʊˈdeɪ/ 1. Outdated, old-fashioned. Example: If, in the foregoing rapid summary, it has not always been possible to speak with uniform gravity, it is that, to-day, the main issue of Cecilia’s story has become—as the author’s own Captain Aresby would now have said—a little démodé. Example: “And the Vicar's wife too. Dear, all this is weeks and weeks old; I suppose it has only just reached the Vicarage. Do let us be up-to-date. Physical culture has been quite démodé since last Thursday.”
Word: alberghi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of albergo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poopy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poop + -y. Compare shitty. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːpi/ 1. worthless; unpleasant Labels: childish Example: You don't throw a six-year-old into a sandbox and say: "Hey! You can only make poopy castles!" You know when you take wet sand and just let it drip on top of a pile of sand? It's a poopy castle. 2. Dirty with feces. Labels: informal Example: poopy bottom Example: poopy nappy 3. Resembling or characteristic of feces. Labels: informal Example: a poopy smell Example: a poopy taste 4. needing to poop (defecate) Labels: informal Example: Can we stop the car? I'm poopy. Example: Sorry, i'm also poopy.
Word: poopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English poop Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English poopy From poop + -y (diminutive-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpuːpi/ 1. Faeces. Labels: childish, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: poopy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originated 1957, perhaps by shortening nincompoop or as a euphemism for shitty (see above); see poop. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːpi/ 1. Depressed, weak, or worthless. Labels: slang Example: Who can feel poopy when they wander to the room where hot soup, bread, and cereal regularly make their appearance?
Word: countermelody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English melody English countermelody From counter- + melody. 1. a secondary or supplemental melody played simultaneously with the primary melody.
Word: damnum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p-der. Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm Proto-Italic *dapnom Latin damnumbor. English damnum Borrowed from Latin damnum. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmnəm/ 1. harm; detriment Labels: uncountable
Word: poopie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poop + -ie. 1. Alternative form of poopy Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poopie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poop + -ie. 1. Alternative form of poopy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: choices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɔɪsɪz/ 1. plural of choice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 2-4-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels. Example: As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
Word: 2-8-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by four powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels. Its popular name is "Consolidation" as its appearance coincided with the consolidation of several Eastern coal railroads. The Consolidation was extremely popular, especially in the first quarter of the 20th century. Example: The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing.
Word: 2-8-0+0-8-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Garratt steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted in opposite directions on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler, and each engine having a 2-8-0 wheel configuration.
Word: fretsaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fret + saw. 1. A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts. Example: She led Dr Grimsby out to the workshop, where Peter was at work on the marquetry table. He had the two veneers clamped together and was cutting the inlay pattern with the finest of fretsaws.
Word: fretsaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fret + saw. 1. To cut with a fretsaw. Labels: transitive
Word: fumigant Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance used, in the gaseous state, to fumigate or disinfect.
Word: larn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of standard English learn, possibly continuing Northern Middle English larn, a variant of lernen (“to learn”). Compare Scots larn. More at learn. 1. To learn. Labels: Geordie, Northern-England, especially 2. To teach. Labels: Appalachia, Geordie, Northern-England, especially Example: Larn yersel te taalk propa like! Example: A bump of the boot to the seat, Tom thought, would be the way to larn him.
Word: ozelot sword Part of Speech: noun 1. A decorative plant that is a hybrid of the genus Echinodorus.
Word: bill of rights Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people.
Word: categorizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of categorize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vola Part of Speech: noun 1. A velum of silica in some diatoms 2. The hollow of the hand or foot.
Word: WACC Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wæk/ 1. Acronym of weighted-average cost of capital. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: weighted-average cost of capital Part of Speech: noun 1. A calculation of the overall cost of capital used by an enterprise, made by totalling the cost of each source of capital used multiplied by its proportional share of the total capital used. Abbreviation: WACC.
Word: smugly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English smug Middle English -ly English -ly English smugly From smug + -ly. 1. In a self-satisfied manner. Example: He was smirking smugly at us.
Word: model solution Part of Speech: noun 1. An exemplary solution to an exercise provided for checking one's own solution against.
Word: pisses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪs.ɪz/ 1. plural of piss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pisses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɪs.ɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of piss Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: catto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kattuz Proto-West Germanic *kattu Old English catt Middle English cat English cat English -o English catto From cat + -o. 1. A cat. Example: “I leave my love of all animals, especially doggos, cattos and guinea pigs to Cade Skuse and Madison Snavely.” - Ava Colorito Example: They might look pretty, but many houseplants are poisonous to your doggos and cattos.
Word: guinea pigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guinea pig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doofi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doofus + -i, humorously imitating Latin-derived forms such as radii. 1. plural of doofus Labels: form-of, humorous, plural, slang
Word: hydrofield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Canadian English, from hydro + field. In Canadian English, the word "hydro" can refer to any electricity, regardless of how it was generated. 1. A line of electricity transmission towers, usually in groups, cutting across a city. Labels: Canada 2. The undeveloped land under those towers. Labels: Canada
Word: hydrofields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrofield Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fire hall Part of Speech: noun 1. A fire station, typically one which operates a reception hall. Labels: Canada 2. Such a fire station's reception hall. Labels: Canada
Word: fire halls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fire hall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mayflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mayfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fishfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + fly. 1. A mayfly. Labels: Canada 2. Any insect in the corydalid subfamily Chauliodinae. Unlike most dobsonflies (subfamily Corydalinae) they don't have the enlarged mandibles typical (at least in the males) of that subfamily.
Word: fishflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joe job Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the computing sense, originated from such a spam attack against Joe Doll in 1997. 1. An uninteresting, low-level, low-paying job. Labels: idiomatic Example: Steve Wozniak may be a well-heeled philanthropist and world-renowned tinkerer, but at one time he had a Joe job as an engineer in Hewlett-Packard's calculator division. 2. An act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that person's reputation or to flood that person's e-mail with bounces. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: joe jobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joe job Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yanks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Yanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spikenard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spikenard, spikenarde, from Anglo-Norman spicanarde, from Medieval Latin spīca nardī, from Latin spica (“spike”) + nardi (“nard”). Equivalent to spike + nard. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪknɑː(ɹ)d/, /ˈspɪknɑːɹd/, /ˈspɪknæɹd/, /ˈspɪknəɹd/ 1. A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. Example: All subtle thought, all curious fears, ⁠Borne down by gladness so complete, ⁠She bows, she bathes the Saviour’s feet With costly spikenard and with tears. 2. The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices 3. Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. Smilacina racemosa) Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyza, now Pentanema conyzae). Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hollywood North Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hollywood + north; from the fact that many US movies are filmed in Canada because filming there is less expensive. 1. Canada. 2. Toronto or Vancouver.
Word: North East England Part of Speech: name 1. One of nine official administrative regions of England, comprising Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham as well as a small part of North Yorkshire. Example: Holonyms: Northern England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe Example: Meronyms: Tyneside, Geordieland
Word: calamus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Doublet of culm, haulm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), qalam, and shawm. 1. Sweet flag (Acorus calamus). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices 2. A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Thus, the four distinct feather parts that have been compared as to amino acid content to note whether or not the composition is uniform are rachis, barbs, calamus and medulla. Example: In follicles late in feather growth, after rupture of the feather sheath, this canal contained the upper part of the calamus. 3. A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A fistular stem without an articulation. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”). Labels: historical, uncountable, usually
Word: camphire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Malapropism in the English Bible of the Hebrew כֹּפֶר / כּוֹפֶר (kōp̄er, “henna”) by confusion with camphor. The Hebrew is from Akkadian 𒇒𒌓𒀀 (kupru, “bitumen, pitch”) from Akkadian 𒅗𒉺𒊒 (kapāru, “to smear, to daub on”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæmfaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkæmfaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. Camphor. Labels: obsolete Example: The Wild Valerian is mightily extolled by some for strengthning the Optick Nerves and restoring decay’d Sight tho’ the present Practice does not acknowledge it in any such Intentions; it does sometimes Wonders in Hysterical Affections, especially where those of the fætid Kind are, and where the Spirits are too impetuous in their Motions, so as to occasion Convulsions; being assisted with Camphire and some other things of the like Nature, which are very powerful in breaking thro’ the minutest Obstructions, it has been known to cure obstinate Agues. Example: Câfûr is the name of a fountain in paradise, so called from its resembling camphire (which the word signifies) in odour, and whiteness. Some take the word for an appellative, and think the wine of paradise will be mixed with camphire, because of its agreeable coolness and smell. 2. The fragrant henna flower (or plant) (Lawsonia inermis, syn. Lawsonia alba) Labels: obsolete Example: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices
Word: pruninghook Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pruning hook. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Word: chloroplatinic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An acid, H₂PtCl₆, derived from platinic chloride and hydrochloric acid, used in the analysis of amines. Labels: uncountable
Word: volery Part of Speech: noun 1. A flock of birds. 2. An aviary.
Word: shoggoths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoggoth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marginalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English marginal 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 marginalization From marginal + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑː(ɹ)dʒɪnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌmɑː(ɹ)dʒɪnələˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The act of marginalizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: demonization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English distinct electron motion English -on English demon 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 demonization From demon + -ization. 1. The act of demonizing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something demonized. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: weldability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English weld Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English weldability From weld + -ability. 1. The ability of a metal or other material to be welded under specified conditions
Word: calciner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calcine + -er. 1. A person who calcines. 2. A device or container in which calcination takes place.
Word: beetle-crusher Part of Speech: noun 1. A large, flat foot. Labels: Australia, UK, dated, slang Example: "Think of Arthur, his height! And those great beetle-crushers!" 2. A person with large, flat feet. Labels: Australia, UK, dated, derogatory, slang Example: The Chinese New Year commenced in Sydney yesterday, the Mongolian Empire, and wherever the beetle-crusher of a native of the Flowery Land hops along beneath a bamboo stick and a pair of baskets. Example: [T]he Puddin' merely laughed scornfully, and called Bill a bun-headed old beetle-crusher.
Word: debride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-lbor. French dé- French bride Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French brider French débriderbor. English debride Borrowed from French débrider (“to unbridle, unharness”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɹiːd/, /diːˈbɹiːd/ 1. To remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like). Labels: transitive
Word: tetany Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtəni/ 1. A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The tetany that was epidemic among slaved children was actually the result of severe calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D deficiency caused by chronic malnutrition.
Word: contractility Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The extent to which something contracts or shrinks. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The performance of cardiac muscle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hyperkalemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + kalemia or hyper- + kal(ium) + -emia. 1. The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (above the reference range). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypocalcemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + calcemia or hypo- + calc- + -emia. 1. The medical sign of having an abnormally low concentration of calcium ions in the blood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: calcipenia, hypocalcia
Word: hypomagnesemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + magnesemia or hypo- + magnes(io)- + -emia. 1. The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of magnesium (Mg) ions in the blood (below the reference range). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cricothyroidotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῐ́κος (krĭ́kos) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs)bor. New Latin cricoīdēsbor. English cricoid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English crico- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English cricothyroid ▲ English -o- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English -otomy English cricothyroidotomy From cricothyroid + -otomy. 1. an emergency surgical procedure, a form of tracheotomy, in which a hole is cut through the patient's neck into the windpipe in order to allow air into the lungs
Word: bronchospasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos)der. English broncho- English spasm English bronchospasm From broncho- + spasm. 1. difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
Word: identitarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From identitarian + -ism, 1943. 1. Politics based on social identity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "The radical feminists always wanted in their frantic identitarianism to eliminate the difference between the sexes" (p. 96) 2. Politics based on social identity. Labels: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Example: Needless to add, this augurs badly for the future of the GRECE’s identitarianism, for it now tacitly acknowledges the right of non-Europeans to occupy and partition European lands. Example: Identitarianism is probably the most well-known of these ‘new’ ideologies, despite its fairly recent emergence on the political scene. Employing the lambda symbol, identitarianism has gained increasing purchase amongst youth across western Europe, and France in particular, growing out of the (European) New Right (Nouvelle Droite), which dates to the 1970s and GRECE (Research and Study Group on European Civilization). 3. The set of ideas arising from an ontology of identity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: discriminatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English discriminate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English discriminatory From discriminate + -ory. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkɹɪmɪnət(ə)ɹɪ/, /dɪˌskɹɪmɪˈneɪt(ə)rɪ/, /dɪsˈkɹɪmɪnəˌtɔɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to discrimination (in all senses). 2. Showing prejudice or bias. Example: discriminatory attitude Example: be discriminatory towards/against someone
Word: skis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ski Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skis Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ski Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: batta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi भत्ता (bhattā). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtə/ 1. An exchange rate. Labels: India, countable, dated, uncountable 2. The discount on uncurrent coins. Labels: India, countable, dated, uncountable 3. Extra pay; especially an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Labels: India, countable, dated, uncountable Example: On the day previous to their entry into the place, the men had shown a spirit of insubordination, refusing to proceed until some promise was given that they should get their extra battas.
Word: accessable Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of accessible. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: accessibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accessible 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 accessibleness From accessible + -ness. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛs.ə.bəl.nəs/ 1. The property that someone or something can be accessed. Labels: uncountable Example: The accessibleness of the doctors was thought to be in the best interests of the patients.
Word: accessor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From access + -or. 1. Someone or something that accesses. 2. A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data.
Word: accessability Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of accessibility. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: postal code Part of Speech: noun 1. A sequence of letters or numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail. Example: Don't forget to add the postal code to the envelope, or it won't be delivered on time. Example: Taiwan, for instance, extends its civilian control over Itu Aba as a municipality that is part of Kaohsiung's Cijin District, and it has its own postal code.
Word: kybosh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kibosh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The right plan would be to put the complete kybosh (if I may use the expression) on your chances of becoming an alderman. Example: Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Gob, that puts the bloody kybosh on it if old sloppy eyes is mucking up the show.
Word: kybosh Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of kibosh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scaleless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale 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 scaleless From scale + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪl.ləs/ 1. Lacking anything to give a sense of scale; not having a reference for size. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a surface: free from deposits of scale. Labels: not-comparable 3. Not having scales. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are also some surprises such as Eurotamandua, a scaleless pangolin that looks astonishingly like a South American anteater. 4. Without using a set of scales. Labels: not-comparable Example: scaleless dieting
Word: scantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scant Middle English -ly English -ly English scantly From scant + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈskæntli/ 1. In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided. Example: He scantly filled the bag, increasing his profits but getting dissatisified customers. 2. Barely; hardly; scarcely. Example: We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, / And there is scantly time for half the work.
Word: scantness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scant 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 scantness From scant + -ness. 1. The property of being scant. Labels: uncountable
Word: scarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scary Middle English -ly English -ly English scarily From scary + -ly. 1. In a scary manner. Example: He adores his bedtime baseball stories, even at his ripe old age. “It's called 'The Curse.' Wooooooooo!” Sol sings scarily in a trilly, ghostlike, gradually descending soprano. Example: Her loneliness is made much worse by post-natal depression and delusions – which are represented with scarily plausible simplicity.
Word: scholastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scholastic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English scholastically From scholastic + -ally. Pronunciation: /skəˈlæstɪkli/ 1. in a scholastic manner.
Word: scrapyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrap + yard. 1. A junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold. Example: A steady procession of new Class 421 and '423' electric multiple units to the Southern Region from Derby and York allowed the despatch of many pre-nationalisation 2-BIL and 2-HAL units to scrapyards.
Word: artemisia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/, /ˌɑɹ.təˈmɪ.zi.ə/ 1. Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring. Example: In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian. Example: Our central issue, however, is whether the artemisia of Dioscorides is mugwort. Fuchs in Germany shows no hesitation in accepting the beyfusz of his country, called armoise by the French and Artemisia latifolia or broadleaved artemisia by the Italians, is the artemisia of Dioscorides, Galen, and Pliny, and he quotes them exactly on the plant's medicinal actions.
Word: stupidest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstjuːpɪdɪst/, /ˈstupɪdəst/ 1. superlative form of stupid: most stupid Labels: form-of, superlative Example: "At any rate I'll never go there again!" said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life?" Example: Special Irish Branch was looking for Fenians in South Kensington; going from there to a Catholic church for Easter Mass was very nearly the stupidest thing Eliza could do, short of walking into Scotland Yard and cursing the peelers out in Irish.
Word: scrapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrap + -er. 1. A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer. Example: After the uncle died they sold off most of his rustbuckets to a scrapper and kept one to fix up. 2. A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will. Example: He's a real scrapper, even against impossible odds, he always keeps fighting. Example: "An old scrapper don't find many openings. Chucker-out at a pub with free drinks. Nothing doing there."
Word: vasodilators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vasodilator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: well behaved Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of well-behaved. Labels: alt-of, alternative