nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: swack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Considered dialect by Wright, but now widespread. Scottish National Dictionary proposes an origin in Old Scots (Middle English) swak ("to throw violently"). Compare Scots swak, swack (“to throw with violent force, dash", also "a hard blow or whack”). Compare also Middle Dutch swacken (“to shake, wave”). Pronunciation: /swæk/ 1. Synonym of smack. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My eighteen holes was simply a long ride in a golfmobile, with me stopping far too many times to take a swack at the ball. Example: She hit Kevin with a hard swack, rudely knocking him to his senses. 2. Synonym of smack. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ball flew between them at incredible speed, hitting off their pads with a swack! that could be heard clearly above the steady splattering of the rain. Example: But with its impact, a sound similar to a swack! emanated from the ring and echoed throughout the gym. 3. Synonym of smack. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And Cyndi Lauper is ecstatic, first leaping up in the air and then, for good measure, racing over to give Fabulous Moolah a swack for good luck. Example: As Molly caught up with him she grabbed the lamprey and yanked. The mouth popped away from J.T.'s body with a swack. 4. Synonym of smack. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An area rug can supply the zing of pattern or a swack of color to a room that languishes from blandness . 5. An attack, a swipe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nothing to say, the oilcloth moans under the swack of Mother's sponge. Example: She's taken a swack at you, accusing you of ruining your child. It is anger. Don't return it. 6. A single attempt or instance of taking action; a crack; a go. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We are certainly delighted to see you take another swack at microfilm and are sending our Chapter 14 on the subject. Example: If we took too much at one time, we'd tip the police that we have operating motor vehicles. Instead, we steal it ten gallons at a swack. 7. Clout; influence. Labels: uncountable Example: You have more swack with their management than they do, the same way you have more swack with foreign leaders than any of the Ambassadors that you talked to. 8. A gulp or hearty swallow. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What the French criticize," says Le Monde, after a swack at Coca-Cola,“ is not so much Coca-Cola, as its orchestration, less the drink itself than the civilization of which it is a mark and the symbol.
Word: swack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Considered dialect by Wright, but now widespread. Scottish National Dictionary proposes an origin in Old Scots (Middle English) swak ("to throw violently"). Compare Scots swak, swack (“to throw with violent force, dash", also "a hard blow or whack”). Compare also Middle Dutch swacken (“to shake, wave”). Pronunciation: /swæk/ 1. To smack. Example: When Oscar charged the tyrant Loth, Their spears both in flinders flew; Syne swacked they swords in deidly wroth, But a churl behind King Oscar slew! Example: The tide was swacking its heart out on the snarls of rocks that intermittently crocheted the coast line. 2. To smack. Example: "Rose" looked upon him with unfriendly eye, as his swacking bill-hook would be likely to affright her game. Example: The windshield wipers were swacking rapidly back and forth in a hopeless attempt to clear away the sheets of water. 3. To consume with hearty enjoyment. Example: At any rate, motoring is not even as you were ”before the war, but a good deal further behind in many respects, buoyed up only by the enthusiasm of released automobilists and neomotorists swacking their fill of new post-war delights. Example: The “swacking" of beer, without more, has no direct probative bearing upon any factual issue in this case. 4. To labour; to exert an effort. Example: Morgan was out of sight as usual, swacking away in the engine room. Example: Becky was a slow reader, patiently swacking her way through every line.
Word: swack Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Considered dialect by Wright, but now widespread. Scottish National Dictionary proposes an origin in Old Scots (Middle English) swak ("to throw violently"). Compare Scots swak, swack (“to throw with violent force, dash", also "a hard blow or whack”). Compare also Middle Dutch swacken (“to shake, wave”). Pronunciation: /swæk/ 1. With a swack, to the point of touching. Example: Pulling away, Brennan felt his shin swack against Glass's shin, but Glass kept moving. Example: Seems to me to be suffin' funny about this 'ere job, doubt but yer an artful young dorg,” and the next moment one of his heavy boots come swack up agin the seat of my trousers.
Word: swack Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /swæk/ 1. A bum or petty thief. Example: Jake explained it to her: “A swack started it, at the last show one night in Hoquiam,” he said. “I just happened to notice it, and so after that I've planted a couple of stagehands in the audience for Hen-Tooth's act every show, to start it again. Example: They look drunk—like a swack holding onto a lamp post.
Word: LBA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of logical block addressing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of logical block address. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: The IDE driver is responsible for sending correct LBAs so as to reference the desired file.
Word: spoiler alert Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spoiler, alert: a warning that plot elements in a drama will be exposed.
Word: spoiler alert Part of Speech: intj 1. An indication, placed in a text, that the plot of a drama is about to be exposed. Example: Spoiler alert: The main character, Mark, succumbs to an illness at the end. 2. Indicates that the speaker is about to reveal something unanticipated or unpleasant. Labels: humorous, often Example: Spoiler alert, these measures have not proved to be very helpful at mitigating the effects of this crisis. Example: At this point, an appropriately impressed Jimmy Fallon asks if her [Millie Bobby Brown's] ear for accents extends beyond Miley Cyrus sitcoms, and—SPOILER ALERT—it definitely does.
Word: Einang stone Part of Speech: name Etymology: The stone is located on the farm of Einang. 1. A runestone, located within the Gardberg site near Fagernes, Norway, which bears an Elder Futhark Runic inscription in Proto-Norse that has been dated to the 4th century.
Word: ogham Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Ogham. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ogham Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Ogham. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oghamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ogham + -ic. 1. In, of, or pertaining to Ogham. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ogamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ogam + -ic. 1. Alternative form of oghamic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Ferner Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Nechtan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from the Pictish ᚅᚓᚆᚆᚈᚑᚅᚅ (nehhtonn). Pronunciation: /nɛx.tæn/, /nɛx.tɑn/, /nɛk.tæn/, /nɛk.tɑn/ 1. A male given name from Pictish. Labels: rare Example: One of the Druids took him to see Nechtan, as one of Nechtan’s roles was to check newcomers’ suitability for entrance to the College.
Word: om nom Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of om nom nom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: om nom nom Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic, attested in 2004, variant of num-num. Originally from the sound Cookie Monster on Sesame Street makes when he eats (from late 1960s and early 1970s), though this was canonically “un num num num num”, with a ‘u’. Popularized since 2007 in Internet use, particularly in meme-based images, especially lolcats and other image macros. See nom for details. 1. The sound made while relishing food. Labels: childish, slang
Word: om nom nom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, attested in 2004, variant of num-num. Originally from the sound Cookie Monster on Sesame Street makes when he eats (from late 1960s and early 1970s), though this was canonically “un num num num num”, with a ‘u’. Popularized since 2007 in Internet use, particularly in meme-based images, especially lolcats and other image macros. See nom for details. 1. Tasty food. Labels: Internet, countable, plural-normally, uncountable Example: Activities include: / Music and Dancing / Speeches / An attempt to bring Tory and WBM to the East Coast / Balloons / Om nom noms / […] Example: > "Guys, I want you to go out there tonight and not give the slightest > thought about defense. None. I want you to see if you can score six > goals, no matter how many the other guys get. You do that, and we all > have dinners at Minneapolis' best steak house on me." […] I like it. Motivate with some OM NOM NOM
Word: om nom nom nom Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of om nom nom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: suicide cables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suicide cable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: American winterberry Part of Speech: noun 1. Ilex verticillata, a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Labels: uncountable
Word: brook alder Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
Word: deciduous holly Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: deciduous winterberry Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: false alder Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: fever bush Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: Michigan holly Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: possumhaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From possum + haw. 1. deciduous holly, Ilex decidua. Labels: uncountable 2. Viburnum nudum Labels: uncountable
Word: striped alder Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: swamp holly Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: Virginian winterberry Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: white alder Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry (Ilex verticillata). 2. Grey alder (Alnus incana). 3. A common alder of western North America, Alnus rhombifolia.
Word: parietal bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parietal bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winterberry holly Part of Speech: noun 1. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: uncountable
Word: frontal bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frontal bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scaphoid bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scaphoid bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: navicular bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of navicular bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semilunar bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semilunar bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lunate bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lunate bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hamate bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hamate bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuboid bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuboid bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: good books Part of Speech: noun 1. Favorable regard; personal approval; kindly treatment. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: If you want to stay in his good books, just don't be lazy or dishonest. Example: We managed to stay in their good books by keeping our noses clean.
Word: Your Holiness Part of Speech: pron 1. An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader, such as the Pope.
Word: Daurian jackdaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Daurian refers to the region of Transbaikal or Dauria located in southeastern Siberia to the east of lake Baikal. See also the etymology section of jackdaw. 1. An Asian bird of the crow family (Coloeus dauuricus) closely related to the western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula).
Word: clairt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of clart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cleck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots cleck, from Old Norse klekja. 1. To hatch (a bird); (colloquial) to give birth to (a person). Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: Poor he might be, but the creature wasn't yet clecked that might put on its airs with him, John Guthrie.
Word: Nagaraju Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá) + राजन् (rājan). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
Word: Narasimha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit नरसिंह (narasiṃha, literally “man-lion”). 1. The fourth avatara of the Hindu god Vishnu. Labels: Hinduism 2. A male given name from Sanskrit.
Word: imbriferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin imbriferbor. Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English imbriferous From Latin imbrifer (“rain-bearing”) + English -ous. 1. Rainy; rain-causing; relating to rain.
Word: Nilus Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ̯.ləs/ 1. Obsolete form of Nile. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: As looks the ſun through Nilus flowing ſtream, Or when the morning holds him in her armes. So lookes my Lordly loue, faire Tamburlaine: […] Example: But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, […]
Word: leap week Part of Speech: noun 1. In the calendar reform, a week added to usual 52, such that every year starts on the same day
Word: tormogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tormogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tailcups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tailcup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leap month Part of Speech: noun 1. In the Jewish calendar or other lunisolar calendars, an extra month added to the usual 12 months because the solar year is slightly longer than 12 lunar months.
Word: intermate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + mate. 1. To mate with a member of another species or group. Example: In that moment the interstices of matter were his, and the interfusings and intermating transfusings of matter and force.
Word: CDer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From CD + -er. 1. cross-dresser Example: I live in the Birmingham, AL area and just started CDing three months ago and I know absolutly^([sic]) no other CDers or even anyplace to go in town. Can anyone tell me of any T friendly places in the area or tell me how I might find some other CDers in the area to talk to? 2. One who participates in civil disobedience. Example: Elliee Rosenberg, an experienced CDer from Boston, summed up her action with these words: "It was great to see all the girls again. And Wall Street was the right place. We were confronting the right people, really confronting them, making them struggle to get into work, making them think about what they do for work."
Word: noseprinting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of noseprint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: noseprinted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of noseprint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outformations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outformation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sectionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sectionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in the club Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Pregnant. Labels: euphemistic
Word: subsisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sequenators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sequenator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unstresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unstress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unstresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unstress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unstressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unstress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unstressfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unstressful + -ly. 1. In an unstressful manner; without stress.
Word: unaccenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unaccent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unaccents Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unaccent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unaccents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unaccent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CDers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CDer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brahms Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from the rhyming slang Brahms and Liszt for "pissed". 1. Pissed, drunk. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: Now if we can all avoid getting Brahms at lunchtime, we'll be fine. Actually that is proving less of a problem the more we gig. No one drinks, snorts or smokes anything (other than fags) before shows.
Word: momma's boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of momma's boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mummy's boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mummy's boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algæcide Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of algicide. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The effect of copper as an algæcide is well known and may be a contributing factor, but the more thorough and more frequent cleaning which these pools receive must also be taken into consideration in the interpretation of this apparent phenomena.
Word: abstrusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin abstrūs-, past participial stem of abstrūdō, + -ive. By surface analysis, abstruse + -ive. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹuː.sɪv/, /æbˈstɹu.sɪv/, /əbˈstɹu.sɪv/ 1. Of abstruse quality. Labels: rare Example: ...and I have given the reader such a dose of mathematics, psychology, and all that is abstrusive, that I fear that he may already have left me,...
Word: inner cores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inner core Labels: form-of, plural
Word: looie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened lieutenant + -ie. 1. Lieutenant. Labels: informal Example: "Dress up that line there," one sergeant with three gold stripes shouted to his company of majors, second "looies," and privates. Example: […] any more than a second lieutenant in Fort Dix will have a direct involvement with the doings of Congress. Even the "employers" of the ISTs, the security council, should remain as distant from the characters as the Joint Chiefs of Staff are from that second looie.
Word: looies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of looie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silent Sam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Silent Sam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trawlermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trawlerman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temescal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish temescal. 1. A sweat lodge or temazcal
Word: Abt system Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the inventor, Roman Abt. Pronunciation: /ɑːpt ˈsɪs.tm̩/, /æpt ˈsɪs.tm̩/, /ɑpt ˈsɪs.tm̩/ 1. A rail system used in mountainous terrain with multiple cograils.
Word: Abt systems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Abt system Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tankie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tank + -ie (diminutive suffix). Sense 1 and, by extension, sense 2 were named for the tanks used by the Soviet Union against uprisings in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ.ki/, [ˈtʰæŋ.ki], /ˈteɪ̯ŋ.ki/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋ.ki], /ˈtɛ̃ŋ.ki/ 1. A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who supported the Soviet Union's policy of crushing revolts in Hungary in the 1950s and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s by sending tanks into those countries. Labels: UK, historical, slang Example: [W]e also desired to shock the staid older party members and the tankies. The tankies and softliners differed as to what sort of magazine Challenge should be. Example: Stephen Well, read the Morning Star and keep up with the tankies. / Max The tankies[…] How the years roll by. Dubcek is back. Russia agrees to withdraw its garrisons. Czechoslovakia takes her knickers off to welcome capitalism. And all that remains of August '68 is a derisive nickname for the only real Communists left in the Communist Party. I'm exactly as old as the October Revolution[…] 2. A supporter of policies and actions by the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, or other authoritarian socialist governments. Labels: broadly, slang Example: Near-synonym: authcom Example: As far as the Sparklies were concerned the new comics were scruffy herberts who shouted ‘Fuck Thatcher’ over and over, while raving Tankie Stalinists hooted indiscriminately in the front row. 3. A soldier from a tank regiment. Labels: slang Example: Obviously a thrust by the tankies over the ridge and through the minefield was just not on, there and then in broad daylight, a fact they appeared to recognise. At that stage the Germans were well positioned to give them a warm reception with their powerful 88s and other artillery. Example: Breakfast was taken alongside a curious tank without a turret. When I asked about it a tankie sergeant said, 'It's a Kangaroo: that's a Sherman without a turret. The Canadians make them.[…]' 4. A tank engine. Labels: slang Example: The "tankies", as they were known, shunted empty carriages from Copley Hill sidings onto the buffers at Leeds […]
Word: tankie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tank + -ie (diminutive suffix). Sense 1 and, by extension, sense 2 were named for the tanks used by the Soviet Union against uprisings in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ.ki/, [ˈtʰæŋ.ki], /ˈteɪ̯ŋ.ki/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋ.ki], /ˈtɛ̃ŋ.ki/ 1. Supporting the policies of the Soviet Union or other Marxist-Leninist governments. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable, slang
Word: claik Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots claik, from Old Norse klaka. Pronunciation: /kleɪk/ 1. To honk or cry like a goose. Labels: Scotland
Word: claik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots claik, from Old Norse klaka. Pronunciation: /kleɪk/ 1. The cry of a goose, or other bird. Labels: Scotland 2. Gossip; a gossip. Labels: Scotland Example: you might hide with your lass on the top of Ben Nevis and have your bit pleasure there, but ten to one when you got up to go home there'd be Mistress Munro or some claik of her kidney, near sniggering herself daft with delight at your shame. 3. The barnacle goose.
Word: claiks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of claik Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweat lodge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sweat + lodge. 1. A structure in which people expose themselves to high-temperature air, often combined with steam or aromatic substances, as in a steam bath or sauna. 2. A ceremony or ritual using such a structure, generally for purposes of purification.
Word: sweatlodge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sweat lodge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Karna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa). 1. Name of a warrior who fought for the Kauravas in the Mahabharata; son of Kunti and Surya. Labels: Hinduism
Word: FCPA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Abukir Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/ 1. Alternative spelling of Aboukir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abukumalite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for type locality Abukuma River (in Japan) where it was mined + -lite. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.bəˈku.məˌlaɪt/, /əˈbu.kə.məˌlaɪt/ 1. A mineral, (Ca,Y)₅(P,Si)₃O₁₂(OH,F), that can contain uranium or thorium. The mineral was renamed britholite-(Y) in 1966 because of its similarity to britholite and because of its yttrium-dominant composition. Labels: archaic
Word: abukumalites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abukumalite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aboulomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aboulia + -mania. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˌbju.ləˈmeɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌeɪˌbu.ləˈmeɪ.ni.ə/, /eɪˌbu.loʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ 1. A disorder characterized by abulia. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hydrid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hydra + -id. 1. Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Hydra. Example: a similarly bright meteor at 12ʰ 33ᵐ was probably an α Hydrid Example: The radiant analysis that included orbits from the Croatian Meteor Network Catalogues of Orbits 2007 to 2010 plus the orbits from the SonotaCo catalogues for 2007 to 2011 revealed a possible new Hydrid stream with radiant running parallel to, but distinct from, the sigma Hydrids.
Word: meadow vole Part of Speech: noun 1. A small rodent (Microtus pennsylvanicus), native to the United States. 2. Any vole of the genus Microtus.
Word: Nārada Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit नारद (nārada). 1. A divine sage who plays a prominent role in a number of the Puranic texts, especially in the Bhagavata Purana. Labels: Hinduism
Word: Nārada Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit नारद (nārada) or Pali Nārada. 1. The name of the 12th of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama.
Word: Baumkuchen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Baumkuchen (literally “tree cake”), because the concentric layers resemble tree rings. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊmˌkuːxən/ 1. A kind of layer cake, traditionally baked on a spit, in which the layers resemble concentric tree rings. Labels: uncountable
Word: makara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sanskrit मकर (makara) 1. An aquatic monster in Hindu mythology.
Word: declared abundance Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɛ(ə)ɹd/, /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/, /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/ 1. An undertaking to take all thirteen tricks with no trump suit. Labels: uncountable
Word: royal abundance Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔɪ.l̩/, /ˈɹɔɪ.jəl/, /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/, /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/ 1. An undertaking to take all thirteen tricks with the suit of the face-up card as trump. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bahá'í Faith Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Baháʼí Faith. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abundant year Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbʌn.dn̩t jɪɹ/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩t jɪɹ/ 1. In the Jewish calendar, a year of 355 days or a leap year of 385 days; perfect year.
Word: abundant years Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abundant year Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isotope effect Part of Speech: noun 1. The effect that differing masses of different isotopes of the same element have on the physical and chemical properties of that element
Word: isotopic labelling Part of Speech: noun 1. The labelling of a molecule with a radioactive isotope so as to track its metabolism in an organism Labels: uncountable
Word: nuclear binding energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy needed to split an atomic nucleus into its component parts; equivalently, the energy value of bringing all the nucleons together.
Word: aburas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aburachan seed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 油瀝青 (アブラチャン, aburachan), from 油 (あぶら, abura, “oil”) + ちゃん (chan, “pitch”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑ.bə.ɹəˈt͡ʃɑn sid/ 1. The seed of a Japanese shrub, Lindera praecox that yields an aromatic oil.
Word: aburachan seeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aburachan seed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aburagiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 油桐 (アブラギリ, aburagiri), from 油 (あぶら, abura, “oil”) + 桐 (キリ, kiri, “paulownia”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑ.bə.ɹəˈɡɪ.ɹi/ 1. A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.
Word: aburagiris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aburagiri Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commission bid Part of Speech: noun 1. A bid at an auction placed by the auctioneer on behalf of a bidder not present in the room up to a pre-agreed maximum.
Word: pre-agreed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + agreed. 1. Agreed beforehand. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nouveau pauvre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau pauvre (“new poor”), modeled on nouveau riche (“new money”). 1. A newly impoverished person; somebody who has recently become poor.
Word: nouveau pauvre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau pauvre (“new poor”), modeled on nouveau riche (“new money”). 1. Similar to or having the qualities of a nouveau pauvre. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nouveaux pauvres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nouveau pauvre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vushka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ukrainian ву́шка (vúška), plural of ву́шко (vúško, “little ear”), diminutive of ву́хо (vúxo, “ear”). 1. Small dumplings from Ukrainian cuisine, typically filled with mushrooms and served in borshch at Christmas Eve dinner. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: Vushka (Tiny Dumplings) (Вушка) Vushka are tiny varenyky about the size of a walnut, having their two corners joined together. This particular shape gives them a peculiar resemblance to tiny ears from which the name “vushka” is derived. Example: Next came borsch with small pieces of triangular-shaped dough called vushka floating in the soup bowls.
Word: unfightable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fightable. 1. That cannot be fought.
Word: frightenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frighten + -able. 1. Capable of being frightened.
Word: unfrightenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + frightenable. 1. Incapable of being frightened.
Word: geneat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ġenēat (“companion, follower, follower in battle; dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord”). Cognate with German Genosse (“comrade, etc.”) 1. A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent. Labels: historical Example: The tenants, cotsetlas, geburs, and geneats, were the highest among the semiservile. Example: The right of the husbandman was a share right, his name was Geneat or sharer in the vill.
Word: geneats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geneat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aburton Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- (“in”) + burton (“athwartship”). Pronunciation: /əˈbɝː.tn̩/, /əˈbɝ.tn̩/ 1. With the length athwartship. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aburton Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- (“in”) + burton (“athwartship”). Pronunciation: /əˈbɝː.tn̩/, /əˈbɝ.tn̩/ 1. With the length athwartship. Labels: not-comparable
Word: a-burton Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /əˈbɝː.tn̩/, /əˈbɝ.tn̩/ 1. Alternative form of aburton. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: a-burton Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈbɝː.tn̩/, /əˈbɝ.tn̩/ 1. Alternative form of aburton. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Cape Part of Speech: name Etymology: English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé. 1. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: Cape Part of Speech: name Etymology: English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé. 1. Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope. Labels: Africa, Southern, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. Ellipsis of Cape Province: a former province of South Africa, split into three in 1994. Labels: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: This is my maat Marius; he just moved to Joburg from the Cape. 3. Ellipsis of Cape Cod. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. Ellipsis of Cape Colony. Labels: Africa, Southern, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical 5. Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral: a peninsula in Florida, United States, where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: withstay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From with- (“back, against”) + stay. 1. To hold back; oppose; withstand. Labels: transitive Example: Death, careful of my learning, hath withstayed His final presence. Example: It filled the passage of the rising glade, And there withstayed the sun in dazzling sheen.
Word: withstrain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English withstreynen, equivalent to with- + strain. 1. To restrain. Labels: transitive Example: Even when this is known, [only] with difficulty is the multitude withstrained from doing sacrifice to a Paul and a Barnabas. Example: The sailors surrounded him, laying hands on him, withstraining him, the while they guffawed and cheered.
Word: satellite phones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of satellite phone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: withdrove Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of withdrive Labels: form-of, past
Word: withdriven Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of withdrive. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Mulder Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Mulder. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌl.də(ɹ)/ 1. A surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Miller.
Word: Scully Part of Speech: name Etymology: Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe. 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: Scully Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named after Dana Scully, fictional FBI agent in the American science fiction series The X-Files, who acts as a skeptical foil to the conspiracy theories of fellow agent Fox Mulder. 1. To be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom. Labels: slang, transitive Example: When she complains in another episode that Giles is refusing for once to consider a supernatural explanation, she says, "I can't believe that you of all people would Scully me," Example: She Scullied me and I'm sure the word “macrobiotics” never made it into my medical file; it's an unexplained disappearance of cancer.
Word: Duchovny Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: metahuman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + human. 1. Superhuman. Example: A metarchy is a government by supers. Almost all the metarchies currently in existence are dictatorships, ruled by a single metahuman. Example: For example, imagine if research offered hope of a different intelligence-enhancing therapy, one that would allow individuals to gradually "upgrade" their minds to a metahuman-equivalent level.
Word: metahuman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meta- + human. 1. Superhuman. Example: Galactic Gates! These six all scan positive for the presence of meta-human ability!
Word: metahumans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metahuman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kurzweil Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Kurzweil. Pronunciation: /ˈkəɹts.vaɪl/ 1. A surname from German.
Word: reinventing the wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of taking the effort to devise a solution to a problem, unaware of the fact that someone else has already devised the same solution to the same problem. Labels: uncountable
Word: reinventing the wheel Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinvent the wheel. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: white supremacists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white supremacist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: HMTD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hexamethylene triperoxide diamine: a high explosive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: drooked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots drookit, of uncertain origin. See drook, drouk. 1. simple past and past participle of drook Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: drooked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scots drookit, of uncertain origin. See drook, drouk. 1. Drenched, soaked. Example: And then a queer thought came to her there in the drooked fields, that nothing endured at all, nothing but the land she passed across […].
Word: Merlots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Merlot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Merlot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, a diminutive of merle (“blackbird”). Pronunciation: /mɝˈloʊ/, /mɛɹˈloʊ/ 1. A dark-blue variety of wine grape. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A dry red wine of a certain French type, made from Merlot grapes. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tochers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tocher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clecked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cleck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: losh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Scots losh. Pronunciation: /lɒʃ/ 1. Expressing surprise, wonder etc. Labels: Scotland Example: and then he said Chrissie! Tired? and she said Losh, no, and my name's Chris, Ewan.
Word: losh Part of Speech: noun 1. An elk hide Labels: obsolete
Word: losh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of loach. 1. The burbot.
Word: wastry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waste + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪstɹi/ 1. Extravagance, wastefulness. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable Example: Syne Chae had the toddy made and he handed a glass to Ewan first, as was right with a man, and another to Chris, with three spoonfuls of sugar in it, Mistress Strachan might have had something to say about that if she'd seen such wastry.
Word: wastry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From waste + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪstɹi/ 1. wasteful, extravagant
Word: oukie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans outjie, via Namibian German Oukie. 1. guy; man Labels: Namibia, South-Africa Example: If you won't take us to the zoo / Then what the heck else can we do / But go on out and moere all the oukies next door
Word: public eye Part of Speech: noun 1. The focus of public attention; the limelight. Labels: with-definite-article Example: The chief function of an English journal is that of all other journals the world over: it must keep the public eye fixed admiringly upon certain things, and keep it diligently diverted from certain others. Example: [T]here had been the heavy work of seeing the interviewers, signing autograph-books, sitting to photographers, writing testimonials for patent medicines, and the thousand and one other tasks, burdensome but unavoidable, of the man who is in the public eye.
Word: Goffmanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Goffman + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Erving Goffman (1922–1982), influential Canadian-born sociologist and writer.
Word: Marcusean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Marcuse + -an. 1. Of or relating to Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German-American Marxist philosopher.
Word: Marcusean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marcuse + -an. 1. A supporter of the ideas of Herbert Marcuse.
Word: line spectrum Part of Speech: noun 1. A spectrum, typically produced by a luminous gas, that consists of separate lines typical of particular elements
Word: cascarón Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cascaron. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: joha Part of Speech: noun 1. A suspension of salvarsan in iodipin and anhydrous lanolin. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: backward compatibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backward compatibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mass fraction Part of Speech: noun 1. The fractional proportion of a substance in a mixture, by weight/mass.
Word: mass difference Part of Speech: noun 1. mass defect
Word: Temple Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Latin. Example: The two known human AIDS viruses are evolving at a rapid rate equivalent to that of influenza viruses, said Dr. Temple F. Smith of Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, an author of a new report on the AIDS virus family tree. Example: Temple Dickson, D-Sweetwater, in a broad attack against cigarette companies, said the bill was needed so that taxpayers will not be paying for diseases caused by cigarettes. 2. A female given name from Latin. Example: Temple Hayes, 35, a minister with the Church of Religious Science of West Palm Beach, told the survivors that support and a positive attitude are important in fighting any type of disease. "In today's times, it is essential that people come together and support each other with like-minded experiences," she said. Example: Dr. Temple Grandin, a university professor who has autism, has plenty of expertise and personal experience with autism, which gives her a unique perspective on the information available. 3. A surname. Example: Wildlife biologist Stanley Temple hypothesised that perhaps the dodo tree was dependent on its seeds passing through the digestive system of dodos in order to properly germinate and that the handful of individuals in the 1970s were the last remaining trees from seeds that passed through a dodo in the 1690s-1700s when they went extinct. 4. Places in the United Kingdom: 5. Places in the United Kingdom: 6. Places in the United Kingdom: 7. Places in the United Kingdom: 8. Places in the United States: 9. Places in the United States: 10. Places in the United States: 11. Places in the United States: 12. Places in the United States: 13. Places in the United States: 14. Places in the United States: 15. Places in the United States: 16. Places in the United States: 17. A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Word: Temple Part of Speech: name 1. Any of the former chief temples to YHWH in Jerusalem, particularly Solomon's Temple. Labels: Judaism, historical 2. Either of two of the Inns of Court in London (the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple), built on a site once occupied by the Knights Templar. Labels: UK Example: Up to his five-and-twentieth year he had been industrious and steady, had kept his terms in the Temple, and studied late and early.
Word: abusua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Akan abusua. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.əˈsu.ə/, /ˌæb.əˈsuː.ə/ 1. A matrilineal exogamous clan among the Ashanti.
Word: abusuas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abusua Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Utsul Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an ethnic group from Hainan, classified as Hui by the PRC but constituting a distinct group, many of whom speak Tsat.
Word: Utsuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Utsul Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abutt Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbʌt/ 1. Archaic form of abut. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: abutts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abutt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ab utili Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ab utili (“from utility”) Pronunciation: /æb ˈju.tl̩.i/ 1. From utility. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Swabe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare German Schwabe. 1. A Swabian. Labels: archaic, rare Example: A Brandenburgher will hardly understand a Misnian, or a Swabe either of them. Example: […] the same horse had once carried two travelling Swabes from Kosteinitza to Sarajewo […]
Word: jeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 전(煎) (jeon). 1. A fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea Example: I had never noticed jeon in my youth, not like I do now. Maybe because they were always there, at every party, holiday, Tuesday night dinner.
Word: jeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 전(錢) (jeon). 1. Alternative spelling of jun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Swabes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Swabe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PPN Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Proto-Pama-Nyungan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Proto-Polynesian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of Pre-Pottery Neolithic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Proto-Polynesians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Proto-Polynesian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lapita Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined 1952 by Edwin Gifford from Haveke xapeta'a (“place where one digs a hole”), believed to be in reference to archeological excavations in New Caledonia. 1. An ancient material culture of Oceania who may have spoken Proto-Oceanic and were the ancestors of many modern peoples in the region.
Word: ni-Vanuatu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bislama ni-Vanuatu, from French né (“born”) + Vanuatu. 1. A citizen of Vanuatu, regardless of specific ethnic group, though usually refers to native Melanesians.
Word: Ni-Vanuatu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of ni-Vanuatu. Labels: alt-of
Word: Ni-Van Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of ni-Van. Labels: alt-of
Word: ni-Van Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ni-Vanuatu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal
Word: migan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Fon mìgán (“migan”). 1. The highest-ranking minister in the Kingdom of Dahomey. Labels: historical
Word: electrical energy Part of Speech: noun 1. Energy made available for consumption or consumed in the form of electricity or electric power; electricity. Labels: uncountable
Word: pussy magnet Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that attracts or is hoped to attract women, such as a fancy car, or a guitar which one can play. Labels: offensive, often, slang Example: Not only did he almost kill his close friend on Sunday when he totaled his Supra; but this accident also marked the end of Hogan's (aka Nick Bollea) "pussy magnet."
Word: Upper Egypt Part of Speech: name 1. The part of Ancient Egypt south of Memphis, so named because the Nile flows south to north.
Word: Lower Egypt Part of Speech: name 1. The half of Ancient Egypt north of Memphis, the Nile Delta, so named because the Nile flows South to North.
Word: pyramidions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyramidion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bride token Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bride price.
Word: legal-size Part of Speech: adj 1. Of paper: in sheets measuring 8.5 × 14 inches (215.9 × 355.6 mm). Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: coldrife Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scots cauldrife, from Old Scots "cauldrife", a compound of "cauld" and the (Scots) suffix "-rife" (compare "auldrife", "warkrife", "spendrife" etc.), from the adjective rife. 1. Cold, chilling. Labels: Scotland Example: Long Rob began to glint his grey eyes at her, he'd have to think of getting married himself, he said, fine it must be to sleep with a slim bit the like of herself those coldrife winter nights.
Word: buchts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bucht Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abv. Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of above. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: abwab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi अबवाब (abvāb), from Persian ابواب (abvâb), from Arabic أَبْوَاب (ʔabwāb, “doors, sources of revenue”), plural of بَاب (bāb, “door”). Pronunciation: /əbˈwɑːb/, /əbˈwɑb/ 1. A tax, or impost, levied by a chief on a landowner. Labels: India
Word: abwabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abwab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abwatts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abwatt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Srikalahasti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit श्री (śrī) + Telugu కాళహస్తి (kāḷahasti). 1. A holy town and municipality of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Word: paralleler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parallel + -er. 1. One who or that which parallels something.
Word: Kailasa Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Kailash. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: squirrelcide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squirrel + -cide. 1. Squirrel suicide, often with connotations of taking human equipment with it. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: After the second squirrelcide (which downed my laboratory's primary computer system for 4 days), SRI established a cogeneration plant that was supposed to guarantee uninterruptible power, with appropriate isolation between the standby generators and the local power utility. Example: each of those assumptions can be vitiated by a wide variety of circumstances -- including insider misuse, penetrations that exploit design flaws and code bugs, and other forms of subversion, as well as nontolerated failures in hardware and software, power failures, interference, acts of God, and squirrelcides.
Word: Polski Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish polski, capitalized according to the standard rules of English demonyms. Popular usage influenced by -ski. 1. Polish (language) Labels: offensive, rare, sometimes Example: 'Da, is it? We don't speak Polski here, mate.'
Word: Polski Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Polish polski, capitalized according to the standard rules of English demonyms. Popular usage influenced by -ski. 1. A Pole (Polish person) Labels: offensive, sometimes Example: Insensitive to Little Bee's evident distress, the guard comments that he has been unable to 'compete with the Polskis ' for jobs in Britain and is now employed by a European corporation