nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dispenser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛnsə/ 1. Something or someone that dispenses things. Example: While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus. 2. Something or someone that dispenses things. Example: a toilet-paper dispenser 3. Something or someone that dispenses things.
Word: dispensers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispenser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: specialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English special 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 specialize 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 specialization From specialize + -ation. Pronunciation: [ˌspɛʃəlaɪ̯ˈzeɪ̯ʃn̩], [ˌspɛʃəlɪˈzeɪ̯ʃn̩], [ˌspɛʃələˈzeɪ̯ʃn̩], [ˌspeʃəlɑe̯ˈzæɪ̯ʃn̩] 1. The act or process of specializing. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. 2. The area in which someone specializes. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: Many MBA programs now allow students to obtain a specialization in sport management. This differs from the joint degree programs in that only one degree, an MBA, is awarded (i.e., a separate master's degree in sport management is not awarded). The MBA with a sport management specialization should be considered as a second option in lieu of the joint degree. 3. The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: Specialization is frequently divided into two categories largely based on methods of study: food specialization and specialization with respect to microhabitat. 4. A proof, axiom, problem, or definition whose cases are completely covered by another, broader concept. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: A triangle is a specialization of a polygon to one with exactly three sides.
Word: specializations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of specialization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prophesied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prophesy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: comprised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɹaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of comprise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: canals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canals Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of canal Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: excellency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sə.lən.si/ 1. Synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stringy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From string + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪŋi/ 1. Composed of, or resembling, string or strings. 2. Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue. Example: The meat was quite stringy. 3. Wiry, lean, scrawny. Example: The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. Example: "I know, I know," said the man who had been addressed as Peeble, a nervous, stringy, dried-up person as he now appeared in the light. 4. Resembling or involving text strings. Labels: informal Example: The context refers to how you use an expression. You've actually already seen some contextual operations with numbers and strings. When you do numbery sorts of things, you get numeric results. When you do stringy sorts of things, you get string results. 5. Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate. Example: There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage. Example: That was how I dipped out on a Tree Pipit! Which, of course, balanced up the stringy Hawfinch, so fair enough.
Word: repulsed Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: repulsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repulse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reminding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of remind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reminding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which somebody is reminded of something. Example: This paper explores the relationship between human activity and remindings. We argue that the type of activity in which a person is engaged influences the kinds of features that trigger remindings[…]
Word: studded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstʌdɪd/ 1. Having studs. Example: She had studded boots. Example: Use of studded tires is regulated in most countries. 2. Having many of some specified thing. Labels: figuratively, in-compounds Example: a star-studded sky Example: a celebrity-studded gala
Word: studded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstʌdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of stud Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unaccustomed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English accustom English -ed English accustomed English unaccustomed From un- + accustomed. 1. Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed. Example: He is unaccustomed to the cold. Example: […] I again conveyed his Key into his Pocket, and counterfeiting Sleep, tho’ I never once cloſed my Eyes, lay in Bed till after he aroſe and went to Prayers, an Exerciſe to which I had long been unaccuſtomed. 2. To which one is not accustomed, unfamiliar Example: Guerrilla warfare opens a field of activity for every local capacity, forces the enemy into an unaccustomed method of battle, avoids the evil consequences of a great defeat, secures the national war from the risk of treason, and has the advantage of not confining it within any defined and determinate basis of operations. Example: He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
Word: unaccustomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unaccustom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English excite 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 excitable From excite + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/ 1. Easily excited. Example: The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture. 2. Able to respond to external stimuli. 3. Able to be promoted to an excited state.
Word: dependable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English depend 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 dependable From depend + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ] 1. Able, or easily able to be depended on. Example: He was a very dependable person.
Word: dependable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English depend 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 dependable From depend + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ] 1. A reliable person or thing. Example: But Datsyuk’s return rejuvenated the old dependables like Rafalski, Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, who consistently outshone Malkin and Crosby.
Word: conjectures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conjecture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conjectures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conjecture Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: curtly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English curt 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 curtly From curt + -ly. 1. In a curt manner; tersely, almost rudely. Example: She greeted me with a bright smile, and said: “Back already? Did you find it?” With a strong effort I mastered my emotion and replied curtly but civilly that the answer was in the negative. “No,” I said, “I did not find it.”
Word: distinguishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English distinguish 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 distinguishable From distinguish + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩] 1. Able, or easily able to be distinguished. Example: Black is very distinguishable against a white background Example: So much does creative wisdom [of Divine Providence] seem to delight in variety, that, tame only a nest of small birds—starlings or sparrows—and you will soon perceive that these birds will not only be distinguishable by bodily appearance, but also by individuality of temper. The same diversity of disposition pervades all creation, even the vegetable and mineral kingdoms, and is far more perceptible in the human species, where the variations are endless and minute, between the two extremes of greatest and least ability and aptitude. Education will always do a great deal; yet where, by infinite labour, you can excite and impress the dull faculties of one brother or sister till they have got versed by rote in any lesson of art or science, another will catch up the idea at once with such aptitude as might make you suppose it intuitive in his or her constitution.
Word: armoured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of armour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: armoured Part of Speech: adj 1. Possessing, wearing, or fitted out with armour. Labels: UK Example: The armoured vehicles rolled into the city. Example: There was a moment before the speech when cameras captured Mr Trump in his armoured limousine, rehearsing his lines. Practice, it seems, made good, if not perfect. 2. Equipped with armoured vehicles. Labels: UK Example: an armoured unit; the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Word: demonstrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English demonstrable, from Old French. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒnstɹəbl̩/, /ˈdɛmənstɹəbl̩/, /dɪˈmɑnstɹəbl̩/ 1. Able to be demonstrated. Example: It is easily demonstrable that water extinguishes fire. Example: Responding, Transport Secretary Mark Harper accused Haigh and Labour of making "unfunded promises of £62 billion of rail spending with no demonstrable means to pay for them".
Word: demonstrable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demonstrable, from Old French. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒnstɹəbl̩/, /ˈdɛmənstɹəbl̩/, /dɪˈmɑnstɹəbl̩/ 1. Something that can be demonstrated. Example: We deal here with imponderables rather than demonstrables.
Word: rainwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten. 1. Rainfall. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay. 2. Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.
Word: caddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caddie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of caddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caddies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of caddy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person 2. third-person singular simple present indicative of caddie Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reproduced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reproduce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inexpressible 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 express Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English expressible English inexpressible From in- + expressible. 1. Unable to be expressed; not able to be put into words. Example: She felt inexpressible contempt for her attackers. Example: That noise, that awful clamour of uncouthness inexpressible, is the love-call of the storm bird!
Word: caddying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of caddy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of caddie Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: caddied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of caddie Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of caddy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pole-vault Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a pole vault Labels: intransitive 2. To vault over something using a pole vault Labels: transitive
Word: pole-vaulter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pole vaulter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: broons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pole-vaulting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pole-vault Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pole-vaulting Part of Speech: noun 1. The sport of performing pole vaults, especially in a competition Labels: uncountable
Word: neurocognition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English cognition English neurocognition From neuro- + cognition. 1. Any form of cognition that is associated with the functioning of one or more specific areas of the brain Labels: uncountable
Word: policyholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English policy Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold English -er English holder English policyholder From policy + holder. 1. The party to an insurance contract who owns the policy and thus transfers a risk to an insurer (i.e., pays the insurer to take the risk).
Word: luminiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lumen, lumin- (“light”, noun) + -ferous [from ferre (“to bear, carry”, verb) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives)]. 1. Producing or transmitting light; luminous.
Word: politicization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English politic 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 politicize 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 politicization From politicize + -ation. Pronunciation: /pəˌlɪt.ɪ.sɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The state of being (or process of becoming) politicized Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This potential politicization of the military comes with opportunity costs to U.S. national security, says Joseph Nunn, counsel in the Liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for Justice, an independent law and policy think tank. Example: Across the country, Democratic voters who have been reeling from Mr. Trump’s sweeping and possibly illegal cuts to government, his head-spinning policy moves, and his politicization of federal law enforcement are growing more and more incensed at their own party’s seemingly feckless response.
Word: politicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English politic 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 politicize From politic + -ize. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/ 1. To engage in or discuss politics. Labels: intransitive 2. To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue. Labels: transitive Example: My parents started politicizing the weather as soon as they opened their snowplow business. 3. To make someone politically active or aware. Labels: transitive Example: The possibility of setting up an educational arm which could politicize gays in Massachusetts through a series of seminars and through the publication of a booklet providing a background on the history of gay rights.
Word: Mackems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mackem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: politicized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of politicize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: politicized Part of Speech: adj 1. politically aware or active (of a person) 2. given political characteristics or overtones (of a thing)
Word: Makems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Makem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: politicking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From politic + -ing. 1. The act of engaging in politics, or in political campaigning. Labels: derogatory, often Example: Is internal politicking a Machiavellian dark art or vital oil for the wheels of higher education leadership? Example: There’s politics, and there’s politicking. Politics relates to the process of governing and making policy. Politicking refers to the tactics needed to acquire or retain the power of politics itself. Politics is an esteemed term, while politicking is usually used in a derogatory way.
Word: politicking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From politic + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of politic Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of politick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: polka-dot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of polka dot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polka-dot Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of polka dot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polka dot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears in the US c. 1857 in the publication Godey's Lady's Book. Named after the polka dance, which was popular at the time (1840–1890). Numerous composites were formed posteriorly, but those names have not endured. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.kə ˌdɒt/, /ˈpəʊ.kə ˌdɒt/, /ˈpoʊ.kə ˌdɑt/ 1. Any of a number of uniform round dots, repeated to make a regular geometric pattern on a fabric. Example: …these have entirely disappeared, and we see them with the old time white polka dot, always pretty clean and neat looking.
Word: polka dot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First use appears in the US c. 1857 in the publication Godey's Lady's Book. Named after the polka dance, which was popular at the time (1840–1890). Numerous composites were formed posteriorly, but those names have not endured. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.kə ˌdɒt/, /ˈpəʊ.kə ˌdɒt/, /ˈpoʊ.kə ˌdɑt/ 1. To cover as with polka dots. Labels: transitive
Word: monkey hangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monkey hanger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pollinator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pollinate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪˌneɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. the agent that pollinates a plant; often an insect 2. the plant that is the source of pollen for cross-pollination
Word: pomander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French pome d'embre (literally “apple of ambergris”), from Medieval Latin pōmum dē ambra: pōmum (“fruit”) (possibly from *po-emo (“picked off”)); ambra (“amber; ambergris”) (probably from ambrosia (“food or unguent of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μβροτος (ắmbrotos, “divine, immortal; belonging to the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥mr̥tós (“immortal”)). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.mæn.də/, /ˈpəʊ.mæn.də/, /pəˈmæn.də/, /ˈpɒ.mən.də/, /ˈpoʊ.mæn.dɚ/ 1. A mixture of aromatic substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet smell or as a protection against infection. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Take red Storar, Nutmegs, Cucubes, Cloues, Nardus ſeed, Lignum Aloes, Indy Spica, and Cinamom, of each one drag. Muſcus and Amber of each one ſcruple, Landanum one ounce, make a Pomander thereof, like as there be many deſcribed in the ſixt part, and is alſo taught how the ſame is to be made. Example: Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge. 2. A small case in which an aromatic ball was carried. Labels: countable, historical Example: Colonel Johnson was talking to her earnestly, leaning over the card-table. On seeing Miss Harrison's gesture he rose suddenly, and attached to the ribbon of his watch was my godmother's silver pomander. Example: In well-known portraits of the period the fashionable pomander is much in evidence. In Plate LV, page 547, the Spanish lady holds a jeweled pomander pendant to her girdle. The girdle, pomander, rings, pendant, tiara, and jeweled fur piece are excellent examples of the various kinds of ornament which prevailed during this century. 3. A perforated container filled with pot-pourri for placing in a drawer, wardrobe, room, etc., to provide a sweet smell. Labels: countable 4. An apple or orange studded with cloves used for the same purpose. Labels: countable Example: Sir Thomas Gresham, in his celebrated portrait by Sir Antonio More, holds in his left hand a small object resembling an orange, but is a pomander. This sometimes consisted of a dried Seville orange, stuffed with cloves and other spices; and being esteemed a fashionable preservative against infection, it frequently occurs in old portraits, either suspended to the girdle or held in the hand. Example: An orange with the pulp removed and replaced by spices and perfumes seems to have been sometimes used as a pomander, and Cardinal [Thomas] Wolsey is spoken of as holding one to his nose while passing among a crowd of suitors.
Word: pompano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish pámpano (“Stromateus fiatola”). Compare pomfret. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒmpənəʊ/ 1. Any of various carangid fish of genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris (African pompano), from coastal parts of the North Atlantic. 2. A Pacific pompano, an edible butterfish of species Peprilus simillimus. Labels: US Example: Monsieur Ratignolle was prepared to take things seriously; the mets, the entre-mets, the service, the decorations, even the people. He looked up from his pompano and inquired of Arobin if he were related to the gentleman of that name who formed one of the firm of Laitner and Arobin, lawyers.
Word: Northumbrians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Northumbrian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pompously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pompous Middle English -ly English -ly English pompously From pompous + -ly. 1. In a pompous manner. Example: When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale - pompously. Example: That young man could offer little information, however. The sky, he explained pompously, was a great mystery that only an adept might communicate to another. He meant that he didn't know about it, Dave gathered.
Word: ponderously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ponderous Middle English -ly English -ly English ponderously From ponderous + -ly. 1. In a ponderous manner; very slowly. Example: Sir Ernest Heavywether rose ponderously. Example: Rooney and his team-mates started ponderously, as if sensing the enormity of the occasion, but once Scholes began to link with Ryan Giggs in the middle of the park, the visitors increased the tempo with Sunderland struggling to keep up. 2. With the appearance of great weight. Example: A narrow and deserted street in deep shadow, high houses, innumerable windows with Venetian blinds, a dead silence, grass sprouting between the stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double doors standing ponderously ajar.
Word: pontifically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pontifical Middle English -ly English -ly English pontifically From pontifical + -ly. 1. In a pontifical manner; in the manner of a pope. Example: He slapped his documents open on the table and seated himself pontifically, with a certain imminent redness lurking behind the formality of his expression. 2. Whilst pontificating; with pontification.
Word: portentously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English portentous Middle English -ly English -ly English portentously From portentous + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛn.təs.li/ 1. In an ominous manner. Example: The cold light of the moon touched every face with unnatural paleness; and the silence was unbroken and portentously profound. Example: At that moment a long, scraggy individual in a checked suit poked his head into the bar, looked around portentously, whistled mysteriously to my informant, and jerked his thumb and head in the direction of the door. 2. In a pompous manner.
Word: possessively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English possessive Middle English -ly English -ly English possessively From possessive + -ly. 1. In a possessive manner. Example: “Besides,” she says, looking possessively at her class of Chinese youngsters, “can you imagine these children going to an ordinary school?”
Word: potently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English potent 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 potently From potent + -ly. 1. In a potent manner; powerfully.
Word: hangers-on Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hanger-on Labels: form-of, plural
Word: powerlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English powerless Middle English -ly English -ly English powerlessly From powerless + -ly. 1. In a powerless manner. Example: Women, accustomed to shivering powerlessly at their desks, cried foul, but several male readers contended that a different sort of injustice was at play — wardrobe inequality.
Word: pompousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pompous 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 pompousness From pompous + -ness. 1. The quality of being pompous. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ponderousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ponderusnes, equivalent to ponderous + -ness. 1. The quality of being ponderous. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: poorness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English poornes, porenes, porenesse, pornes, pornesse, povernesse, powrenesse; equivalent to poor + -ness. 1. The quality of being poor Labels: countable, uncountable 2. poverty Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: populousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English populous 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 populousness From populous + -ness. 1. The quality of being populous. Labels: uncountable
Word: porousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English porous Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 porousness From porous + -ness. 1. The quality of being porous. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The perilous porousness between our online and offline worlds is the spark for Nicolas Padamsee’s tinderbox thriller about two teenage boys.
Word: portliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English portly 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 portliness From portly + -ness. 1. The quality of being portly Labels: uncountable
Word: possessiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English possessive 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 possessiveness From possessive + -ness. 1. The quality of being possessive; the desire to obsessively and exclusively control another person. Labels: uncountable
Word: positiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English positive 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 positiveness From positive + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒzɪtɪvnɪs/, /ˈpɑzɪtɪvnɪs/ 1. The quality of being positive; positivity. Labels: uncountable Example: Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge. 2. The result of being positive Labels: countable
Word: ponderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ponder 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 ponderer From ponder + -er. 1. A person who ponders; a thinker.
Word: pongee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 本機／本机 (běnjī, literally “one’s own loom; home-woven; homemade”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑnd͡ʒi/, /ˈpɒnd͡ʒi/ 1. A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A pale, yellowish shade of brown similar to beige. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pongee Part of Speech: noun 1. Channa striata (striped snakehead)
Word: pongee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of punji. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pontifical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s Proto-Italic *ponts Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Proto-Italic *pontifaks Latin pontifex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin pontificālislbor. English pontifical Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis. Pronunciation: /pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/, /pɑnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/ 1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff. 2. Of or pertaining to a pontiff. 3. Pompous, dignified or dogmatic. 4. Splendid; magnificent. 5. Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome. 6. Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges. Labels: poetic Example: Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.
Word: pontifical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s Proto-Italic *ponts Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Proto-Italic *pontifaks Latin pontifex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin pontificālislbor. English pontifical Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis. Pronunciation: /pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/, /pɑnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/ 1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff. Example: Both ordines are related to an ordo in a pontifical in Reims, the Ordo of 1200 (Ordo XIX). The latter was to be consulted again and again, and its formulas were to have a marked effect upon the French ceremony; […] Example: William Durandus, bishop of Mende in the south of France, compiled a pontifical in three books. William never intended his work to be a universal pontifical, but its clarity of arrangement and quality of substance, along with […]
Word: pontifices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pontifex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bludges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bludge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bludging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bludge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bludged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bludge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dole bludger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dole + bludger. 1. An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang Example: As I said earlier, the Prime Minster and the Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs have unmercifully labelled sections of the unemployed as dole bludgers. Example: People who do not support the common good, such as dole bludgers (social security cheats) fall outside the mateship fold.
Word: so to speak Part of Speech: adv 1. In a manner of speaking. Example: Then Tom girded up his loins, so to speak, and went to work to “get his verses.” Example: This could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak—the sea entering into the life of most men, and the men knowing something or everything about the sea, in the way of amusement, of travel, or of bread-winning.
Word: dole bludgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dole bludger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: touchas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toucha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pull one's weight Part of Speech: verb 1. To contribute fairly and proportionately to a group effort; to do the work that one is obligated to. Labels: idiomatic Example: He isn't really pulling his weight at work. Example: If one shares a flat one should be prepared to pull one’s weight in cleaning it.
Word: pull one's own weight Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of pull one's weight. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pulls one's own weight Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pull one's own weight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pulling one's own weight Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pull one's own weight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pulled one's own weight Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pull one's own weight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pulls one's weight Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pull one's weight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pulling one's weight Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pull one's weight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pulled one's weight Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pull one's weight Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: But relaxation only in the context of first having pulled one's weight, and preferably more. The sense of pride for something done by oneself and for one's family, […]
Word: toons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gaf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From IDGAF (“I don't give a fuck”). 1. Initialism of give a fuck. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar
Word: gaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gaff (“place of residence, house”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stotty cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stotty cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seasonal constellation Part of Speech: noun 1. A constellation that is only above the horizon (and thus visible) for part of the year.
Word: inclosure Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of enclosure. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: The graveyard was an inclosure on the grounds of Mr. Wharton, which had been fenced with stone, and set apart for the purpose, by that gentleman, some years before. It was not, however, intended as a burial-place for any of his own family. Example: The only opening into the inclosure was through a small aperture.
Word: handwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hondwerk, from Old English handweorc (“work done by hand; handiwork”), from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką; equivalent to hand + work. Cognate with Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk, Swedish hantverk. 1. Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: handwork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hondwerk, from Old English handweorc (“work done by hand; handiwork”), from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką; equivalent to hand + work. Cognate with Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk, Swedish hantverk. 1. To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine. Labels: transitive
Word: poolroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pool + room. Pronunciation: /ˈpulˌɹum/ 1. A room with pool tables where pool can be played, usually for a fee. Labels: US Example: We crept through the main poolroom without making a sound. 2. A room in a house or other domestic dwelling set up with a pool or snooker table.
Word: poorboy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of poor boy. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: poor boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Generally agreed to have originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early 1920s; the explanation for exactly how the term arose is disputed, as discussed in Wikipedia at po' boy § Etymology. 1. Synonym of submarine sandwich. Labels: US 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poor, boy: especially, an impoverished male child. Example: Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:pauper Example: I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy.
Word: poorhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poor + house. 1. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged. 2. A workhouse.
Word: poor-mouth Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of poormouth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: throw dirt Part of Speech: verb 1. To fling dust or similar. 2. To make derogatory or malicious allegations, particularly about people in public life. Labels: figuratively Example: 1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at https://web.archive.org/web/20060903061313/http://wesley.nnu.edu/john_wesley/letters/1766.htm on 14 Oct 06. I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.' Example: Jortin however has pithily remarked, "It requires something of a hand even to throw dirt." The Reviewer, though no tyro, is still a bungler in that trade.
Word: poormouth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From poor + mouth. 1. To claim to be poor. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: On the other hand one does not want to arrive “poor-mouthing it” in some outrageous turtleneck and West Eighth Street bell-jean combination, as if one is “funky” and of “the people.”
Word: pop-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of popeyed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: popeyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pop + eyed. 1. having bulging eyes Example: 1994, Kenzaburō Ōe, The Pinch Runner Memorandum, translated by Michiko N. Wilson and Michael K. Wilson, Sharpe, Chapter 4, p. 88, From behind large and sinister-looking frames her popeyed gaze—it could be from hyperthyroidism—swept over us. 2. astonished Labels: broadly Example: Files of women passed balancing vegetable baskets on their heads, and pop-eyed children who stared at the Europeans.
Word: poppa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of papa. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpə/ 1. father, papa. Labels: US, childish, colloquial, sometimes
Word: popularization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular 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 popularization From popular + -ization. 1. The act of making something popular to the general public. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US
Word: populism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus 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 populism From Latin populus + English -ism. 1. A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the early 21st century, the tide of populism in Western countries has been primarily driven by demographic shifts, deindustrialization, inflation, a hostile cultural climate, and a collapse in social cohesion. 2. The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: It is not crass populism or majoritanianism that ratifies the legitimacy of the polity or the administration.
Word: porosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English porous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English porosity From porous + -ity. 1. The state of being porous. Labels: uncountable Example: An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing. 2. A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume Labels: countable
Word: porphyritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English porphyrite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English porphyritic From porphyrite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to porphyry. Labels: not-comparable 2. Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material. Labels: not-comparable
Word: throw dirt enough, and some will stick Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: This proverb dates from c1650, and was popularised by Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] in the 18th century. 1. If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished. Example: 1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at https://web.archive.org/web/20060903061313/http://wesley.nnu.edu/john_wesley/letters/1766.htm on 14 Oct 06. I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.' Example: 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06, But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.
Word: gids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stupefies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stupefy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stupefying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stupefy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stupefying Part of Speech: adj 1. That causes stupefaction. Example: Detectives on Thursday arrested and charged a man and his girlfriend who they allege were running an illegal prostitution racket involving sexual slavery, the administration of "stupefying drugs" and secret filming of the girls with clients.
Word: stupefied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stupefy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stupefied Part of Speech: adj 1. Experiencing stupefaction. Example: One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, / Stood stupefied, however he came there: / Thrust out past service from the devil's stud! 2. Experiencing the influence of an ingested mind-altering substance.
Word: stupefyingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stupefying Middle English -ly English -ly English stupefyingly From stupefying + -ly. 1. In a stupefying manner.
Word: stupefier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stupefy + -er. 1. Someone or something that stupefies.
Word: stupefiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stupefier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stupefiedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stupefied 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 stupefiedness From stupefied + -ness. 1. The quality of being stupid. Labels: uncountable
Word: the other place Part of Speech: noun 1. Hell Labels: euphemistic Example: According to Christianity, when someone dies, they go to either Heaven or the other place. 2. the other house of a bicameral legislature (used by members of one house when speaking in their own house); in the UK, the House of Lords seen from the House of Commons or vice versa; in Canada, the Senate seen from the House of Commons or vice versa. Example: [W]e all trooped from our end of the building to the House of Lords - which I'm told, for some reason, we must never refer to by name. We have to call it 'another place' or 'the other place'[.] 3. University of Cambridge Labels: UK, derogatory 4. University of Oxford Labels: UK, derogatory
Word: replying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reply Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present