nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: blow the whistle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: When used idiomatically, probably an allusion to a police officer blowing his or her whistle on observing a violation of the law. 1. To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency. Labels: idiomatic, usually Example: In some jurisdictions, it is illegal to fire a person for blowing the whistle on an employer. Example: In recent months, tech journalists at The New York Times have received quite a few such messages, sent by people who claim to have unlocked hidden knowledge with the help of ChatGPT, which then instructed them to blow the whistle on what they had uncovered. 2. To make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.
Word: whistle-blower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whistle + blower, referring to a police officer blowing their whistle on observing a violation of the law. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪs(ə)lbləwə/ 1. One who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer. Labels: US Example: We owe it to a small group of brave whistle-blowers that we know about the infractions at all. Example: As my study proceeded, I began to see that an investigation of organizational morality should also explore managerial dissenters, so-called whistleblowers, many of whom take stands against their organizations on grounds that they define as moral.
Word: tattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Dutch tatelen, tateren (“to babble, chatter”) (modern Dutch tatelen, tateren (“to talk, chatter”)), originally imitative. The word is cognate with Saterland Frisian tätelje (“to talk nonsense, babble”), Middle Low German tāteren, tadderen (“to babble, chatter”) (whence modern German Low German tatern (“to chatter”)), Low German tateln, täteln (“to cackle, gabble”). Compare also Middle English dadel, dadull (“tattling, gossip”), and its alteration twaddle. Pronunciation: /ˈtæt(ə)l/, /ˈtætl̩/, [-æɾl̩] 1. To chatter; to gossip. Labels: intransitive Example: He were an excellent man that were made iuſt in the mid-way between him and Benedick, the one is too like an image and ſaies nothing, and the other too like my ladies eldeſt ſonne, euermore tatling. Example: By this time, My Lord, I doubt not but that you wonder, why I have run off from my Biaſs ſo long together, and made ſo tedious a Digreſſion from Satire to Heroique Poetry. But if You will not excuſe it, by the tattling Quality of Age, which, as Sir William Davenant ſays, is always Narrative; yet I hope the uſefulneſs of what I have to ſay on this Subject, will qualifie the remoteneſs of it; […] 2. Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, intransitive Example: There are some children who just like to talk about others. They are not reporting. They are tattling, telling one negative after another. Their goal is to get others in trouble. […] Children sometimes do not mean to tattle about someone else. They do it because they are having a problem with another child and just don't know any other way to handle the problem. Example: I trapped the girls inside their tent / Someone tattled on me / Put a frog in the bathroom vent / Someone tattled on me / Gave my dinner to a bear / Put a snake in Auntie's chair / And a tick in Gramp's rootbeer / Someone tattled on me 3. To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: But who can give to his leasing a conclusion, and pronounce it without tatelying, like as it were written tofore him, and that he can so blind the people that his leasing shall better be believed than the truth: that is the man.
Word: tattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch tatelen, tateren (“to babble, chatter”) (modern Dutch tatelen, tateren (“to talk, chatter”)), originally imitative. The word is cognate with Saterland Frisian tätelje (“to talk nonsense, babble”), Middle Low German tāteren, tadderen (“to babble, chatter”) (whence modern German Low German tatern (“to chatter”)), Low German tateln, täteln (“to cackle, gabble”). Compare also Middle English dadel, dadull (“tattling, gossip”), and its alteration twaddle. Pronunciation: /ˈtæt(ə)l/, /ˈtætl̩/, [-æɾl̩] 1. A tattletale. Labels: countable Example: We agree on almost nothing, everything is a battle / Every secret from him is kept, his rep is being a tattle 2. Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person. Labels: Canada, US, countable, derogatory Example: Have a special small bucket called the tattle bucket. Make name cards for each child. […] When children have a tattle, instead of disrupting the class, they get their name card and put it in the tattle bucket. Look in the bucket at varying times during the day. If you see a name card, go to the child and say, "I see you have your name card in the tattle bucket. What would you like to tell me?" Many times, children will have forgotten all about the tattle. 3. Idle talk; gossip; (countable) an instance of such talk or gossip. Labels: uncountable Example: Prattles and Tattles, / O'er Bottles, / Shall ſtill cheriſh my Fancy, / Better, and ſweeter, / And greater, / Than dull Tea with Nancy. Example: But, as ill tongues are never wanting to disturb the repose of honest families, there was such a tattle about my wife going to dress the corregidor's victuals, make his bed, and the like, that all the town rang of it.
Word: violations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃənz/ 1. plural of violation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: airman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English airman From air + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.mən/, /ˈɛɹ.mən/ 1. A pilot of an aircraft. 2. A person employed in one of several aviation-adjacent professions other than flight crew, such as a mechanic or air traffic controller. 3. A member of an air force. 4. A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class. 5. A naval seaman, especially one in the U.S. Navy, who works on and/or handles aircraft.
Word: airlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + lock. 1. A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in. Example: At the head of the machine, we are shown the airlock through which people have to pass to work on the cutting head, as it operates under pressure to prevent leakages into the tunnel. 2. A vestibule, foyer or entranceway with doors to the exterior on one end and doors to the interior on the other, functioning to keep indoor and outdoor air, humidity, and air temperatures separate. Labels: informal 3. Alternative form of air lock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: airlock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From air + lock. 1. To secure with an airlock. Labels: transitive 2. To dispose of through an airlock. Labels: transitive Example: Delighted by the unexpected two-pelt bonus, he airlocked the meat. Wookiee tasted oily and foul. Example: I'm glad I hid it when I arrived on board because I'm pretty sure Skylar would've airlocked it along with my trusty cardigan and my dirty sneakers if she found them. 3. To firewall, to maintain an ethical wall. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: […]cosmetics manufacturing enterprises do not want to have wholesalers standing in the middle to mark up prices of their products, and this has in fact affected the competitiveness of the manufacturers and airlocked the manufacturers from consumer dynamics.
Word: whistle blower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whistle-blower. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whistleblower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whistle-blower. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: airwaves Part of Speech: noun 1. Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Radio or television broadcasts. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Our goal has always been to work as allies with women who do not have access to the mainstream airwaves. We have tried to provide a forum where women could speak for themselves about the issues that concern them. Example: ‘Ham’ amateur radio operators in Tiantongyuan, a community in northern Beijing, are using the airwaves to search for an elderly mum who has been missing for over a week.
Word: Taoist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tao Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Taoist From Tao + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊɪst/, /ˈtaʊɪst/ 1. Relating to Taoism. Example: Taoist medicine follows the maxim of "first do no harm".
Word: Taoist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Tao Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Taoist From Tao + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊɪst/, /ˈtaʊɪst/ 1. A follower of Taoism.
Word: shepherd moon Part of Speech: noun 1. A small moon that orbits near the outer edges of a planetary ring or within gaps in the ring. The edge of the ring remains sharply defined owing to the gravity of shepherd moons.
Word: incriminating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From incriminate + -ing. 1. Causing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing. Example: Pridger had been burning books and other incriminating matter now for half an hour.
Word: incriminating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From incriminate + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of incriminate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: planetary ring Part of Speech: noun 1. a ring of dust, moonlets and other matter that orbits a planet (such as Saturn) as a flat disc; gaps in the ring are due to the presence of shepherd moons
Word: shepherd satellite Part of Speech: noun 1. A shepherd moon.
Word: middle-earth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Middle Earth: (archaic) the Earth; (Norse mythology) Midgard. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 2. Alternative letter-case form of Middle-earth: the setting of the Lord of the Rings mythos. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: pederastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pederast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pederastic From pederast + -ic. 1. Relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys. 2. In a manner which suggests pederasty.
Word: cottaging Part of Speech: noun 1. Sexual activity in a public lavatory, especially homosexual activity between men. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable Example: Most homosexuals have at some periods in their lives been out 'trolling' and many of them admitted to 'cottaging' in their earlier days, especially those who lived outside London where this practice seems to be much more widely established. Example: "MSM," a term that is reportedly English social-work jargon for "men seeking sex with men," explores the reasons why men, including heterosexuals, cruise in English lavatories, which are, believe it or not, called "cottages." The text is made up of actual interviews with those who go "cottaging." 2. A seasonal activity involving a prolonged stay at one or more cottages; similar to visiting, but typically for a longer duration and at a seasonal home that one owns or rents. Labels: uncountable Example: This comparison between the commercial cottager and the private cottager begins to give us an insight into differences between the private cottager and the commercial cottager, a difference that has implications for the relation of cottaging to city life.
Word: fluoresce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce Back-formation from fluorescence. Pronunciation: /fləˈɹɛs/, /flʊəˈɹɛs/, /flɔˈɹɛs/ 1. To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength. Labels: intransitive Example: The blinding light did not hurt, it filled him, he glowed, all his veins fluoresced, each one alive with new growth. 2. To cause to fluoresce; to make fluorescent. Labels: transitive Example: During right robotic thymectomy, fluorescence imaging facilitates identification of the contralateral phrenic nerve by fluorescing the pericardiophrenic vessels. 3. Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source. Labels: intransitive
Word: taligrade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin talus (“ankle, heel”) + -grade. Pronunciation: /ˈtælɪɡɹeɪd/ 1. Walking on the edge of its feet.
Word: Emily Part of Speech: name Etymology: English form of Latin Aemilia, a gens name from aemulus (“rival, emulator”). 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale I am thy mortal foe, and it am I That so hot loveth Emily the bright, That I would die here present in her sight. Example: People will please their fancies, and every lady has her favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. - - - Emily, in which all womanly sweetness seems bound up - perhaps this is the effect of association of ideas - I have known so many charming Emilys
Word: terminal velocity Part of Speech: noun 1. The speed at which an object in free-fall and not in a vacuum ceases to accelerate downwards because the force of gravity is equal and opposite to the drag force acting against it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kambuj Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Kamboj. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: riffraff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French rif et raf (“one and all”), of Germanic origin. The first word is from rifler (“to scrape off”) and the last is from raffler, related to rafler (“to plunder”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪfɹæf/ 1. The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position. Labels: derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually Example: They started charging a modest fee in an effort to keep the riffraff out. Example: Agent Beeman (Noah Emmerich): I think we got him. / Special Agent Gaad (Richard Thomas): Who? / Agent Beeman: I-I-I don't know. The guy who killed Chris, the--the Russians, the whole damn thing maybe. / Special Agent Gaad: You want to sit down? / Agent Beeman: The guy from the salvage yard who hocked the ring, and he does business with some riffraff from the projects. 2. Sweepings; refuse. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually
Word: off the deep end Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely angry. Example: I told him that I'd broken the vase, and he went off the deep end. 2. Crazy, erratic, or irrational. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: It used to be a funny comic, but lately it has gone off the deep end. Example: I lost a good friend / Christmastime when folks go off the deep end / His woman took the kids and he took Klonopin / Enough to kill a man of twice his size
Word: canner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English canner (“maker of cans”), originally from the noun canne and equivalent to can + -er (occupational suffix). The modern senses reflect other meanings of the suffix -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkænəɹ/ 1. Someone or something which cans. Example: One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […] 2. A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature. 3. Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling. Labels: US, slang Example: Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day. Example: Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners" bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street. 4. An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning. Example: Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and canners […]
Word: major diameter Part of Speech: noun 1. The outermost or largest diameter of something that has multiple circular, cylindrical, or helical features (e.g. a screw or gear)
Word: outermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English uttermost, uttirmest, uttermast, outemast, alteration (due to Middle English outre (“outer”)) of Old English ūtemest, ȳtemest (“outermost”), equivalent to outer + -most. Doublet of uttermost. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtɚmoʊst/ 1. superlative form of outer: most outer; farthest outside; as far from the center or inside as possible. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: He lived on the outermost edge of the city.
Word: outermost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English uttermost, uttirmest, uttermast, outemast, alteration (due to Middle English outre (“outer”)) of Old English ūtemest, ȳtemest (“outermost”), equivalent to outer + -most. Doublet of uttermost. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtɚmoʊst/ 1. That which is outermost. Example: Observe, the Analytical course is from outermosts to innermosts, from effects to causes […]
Word: California stop Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of rolling stop. Labels: US, colloquial, regional
Word: smoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derives from the height of Oliver R. Smoot, who had lain on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as a fraternity prank at MIT. Pronunciation: /smuːt/ 1. A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters). Labels: humorous
Word: smoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *smote, *smotte, from Old Norse smátta (“narrow passageway, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhtǭ (“narrow path”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“small, narrow”). 1. A small opening built into a dry-stone wall, fence, or hedge to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: pentasyllabic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Late Latin pentasyllabos + English -ic Pronunciation: /ˌpɛn.tə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/, /ˌpen.tə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ 1. Having five syllables. Labels: not-comparable Example: ‘Pentasyllabic’ is a pentasyllabic word.
Word: pentasyllabic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Latin pentasyllabos + English -ic Pronunciation: /ˌpɛn.tə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/, /ˌpen.tə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ 1. A word of five syllables; a pentasyllable.
Word: oh oh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of uh-oh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oh-oh Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈɒ.əʊ/, [ˈɒʔ˦əʊ˨] 1. Alternative form of uh-oh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: minor diameter Part of Speech: noun 1. The innermost diameter of a cylindrical, circular, or helical feature, such as a screw thread, gear teeth, gun bore, etc.
Word: innermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English innermost, innermest, in-nermast, alteration (due to Middle English inner, innere (“inner”)) of Old English innemest (“innermost”), equivalent to inner + -most. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɚmoʊst/ 1. superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: She poured her innermost feelings into her journal. Example: Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
Word: innermost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English innermost, innermest, in-nermast, alteration (due to Middle English inner, innere (“inner”)) of Old English innemest (“innermost”), equivalent to inner + -most. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɚmoʊst/ 1. That which is innermost; the core. Example: […] he had decided to not seek outside of himself where companionship and friendliness might be a soothing submergence. It seemed he had instead chosen to turn deeply inwards, towards the measures and pains of his wracked innermosts.
Word: shish kebab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish şiş kebap, from şiş (“skewer”) + kebap (“kebab”). Pronunciation: /ˌʃɪʃkəˈbæb/, /ˈʃɪʃkəbɑb/ 1. A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “That’s terrible,” Mel said. “That’s a terrible thing, Nicky. I guess they’d just lay there and wait until somebody came along and made a shish kebab out of them.” 2. A crystal structure consisting of a central spine (the shish) and disks or lumps growing out from it (the kebab). Labels: countable Example: The fibrillar crystals, which are known as shish-kebabs, develop when a 0.5% solution of polyethylene in xylene is cooled off at the rate of 1°C per hour with stirring… Example: A shish-kebab polymer crystal usually consists of a central fibril (shish) and disk-shaped folded-chain lamellae (kebab) oriented perpendicularly to the shish as shown in Fig. 18.3a.
Word: arteriole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French artériole, from Latin arteriola, from Latin artēria. 1. One of the small branches of an artery, especially one that connects with capillaries.
Word: infectious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin īnfectiōsus. By surface analysis, infect + -ious. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɛk.ʃəs/ 1. Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne). Example: Cancer is usually not infectious. Example: More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent. 2. Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens. Example: Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious. Example: I doubt that [saliva] is very infectious ... I don't think this is a normal route of transmission. 3. Spreading quickly from one person to another. Example: infectious smile Example: Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious. 4. Memorable and invoking excitement or interest. Labels: informal Example: Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.
Word: arterial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From artery + -al. 1. Of or relating to an artery. Labels: not-comparable 2. Major, important. Labels: not-comparable
Word: arterial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From artery + -al. 1. A high-capacity urban road. Example: Arterial ends here.
Word: dermatitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin dermatītis, from δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”). By surface analysis, dermato- + -itis. Pronunciation: /ˌdɜː(ɹ)m.əˈtaɪ.tɪs/ 1. Inflammation of the skin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: muscovite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In 1850 from Muscovy glass + -ite, from the province Muscovy in Russia. Named by James Dwight Dana. 1. A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Do you enjoy the amber glow seen through the isinglass window of a wood stove? […] Muscovite (colorless, white, or pale red or green) mica is also common[…]; it was named for Moskva (Moscow), where much of Europe's mica was mined. Isinglass, mentioned above, consists of thin, transparent sheets of muscovite.
Word: mormon Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various dark-coloured Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.
Word: eczema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin eczema, from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă, “cutaneous eruption”), from ἐκζέω (ekzéō, “to boil out, break out”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/, /ˈɛks.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/, /ˈɛɡz.mə/, /ɪɡˈzi.mə/ 1. A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 2. A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. Labels: countable, sometimes, uncountable
Word: rectum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛktəm/, /ˈɹɛkˌtʌm/ 1. The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus or cloaca. Example: Using an alcohol enema involves placing a small tube into someone’s rectum and pouring alcohol into the colon. Because the alcohol is absorbed directly into the bloodstream, the recipient gets drunk faster.
Word: latus rectum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin latus (“side”) + rectum (“right”) 1. The chord passing through a focus of a conic section, parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis.
Word: Ltd Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Ltd.. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Ltd Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Ltd.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: all-rounder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier all-round (“versatile”) + -er, sense “versatile person” from 1875. 1. A versatile person, able to do many things well; used especially in reference to being good at various sports. Labels: UK 2. A player who is skilled in both batting and bowling. Example: An all-rounder is a player who can bat and bowl. A genuine all-rounder should be able to make the team on either skill alone. A genuine one is as rare as a punctual Sri Lankan. 3. A shirt collar going all round the neck and meeting in front. Labels: archaic
Word: standee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stand + -ee. Pronunciation: /stanˈdiː/, /stænˈdi/ 1. Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus. Example: Recently I received a letter from Mr. A. H. Maclean, who travelled north by the 11-coach "Flying Scotsman", and remarked that the train "was filled to capacity and we were forced to stand in the corridor"—for nearly 270 miles— [...] Obviously the diesel was working well below her load capacity on this schedule and some addition to the formation ought to have been made to accommodate the standees. 2. A free-standing, rigid print, usually of a person or character (often life-sized), meant as a representation of a 3d object, commonly displayed for advertising and promotional purposes. Example: He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III. 3. A board game piece made of upright cardboard inserted into a plastic base. Example: I've always found the best thing to do with standees is to stick a small strip of clear tape to the edge of the cardboard that will be inserted into the stand. This prevents the shredding/tearing problem. 4. A kind of stackable bunk for sleeping.
Word: tiptoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/, [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰəʊ̯], /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/, [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰoʊ̯] 1. The tip of the toe. Labels: plural-normally
Word: tiptoe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/, [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰəʊ̯], /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/, [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰoʊ̯] 1. Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. Labels: not-comparable Example: Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Example: And ever as they talked Beregond was more amazed, and looked with greater wonder at the hobbit, swinging his short legs as he sat on the seat, or standing tiptoe upon it to peer over the sill at the lands below. 2. Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. Labels: not-comparable Example: with tiptoe step Example: And stole along on tiptoe tread
Word: tiptoe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/, [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰəʊ̯], /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/, [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰoʊ̯] 1. To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. Labels: intransitive Example: We went tip-toeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads. Example: We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.
Word: tiptoe around Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tiptoe, around. 2. To act very cautiously about something; to avoid speaking about a painful or controversial issue.
Word: life-size Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From life + size. 1. The same size as the real thing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many consider the life-size painting of King Peter to be one of the artist's best works.
Word: UNO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United Nations Organization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UNO Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Uno (“card game”). Labels: alt-of Example: To be able to profit from the moment of playfulness we combined the card-game UNO with some additional question cards following the standard rules of the game. We chose this well-known card game as basis, because it is easy to play for children, but also addresses adults. Example: Everybody knows how to play UNO but this time there’s a twist, every time you get a ‘Skip’ or ‘Draw’ card you have to take a shot of this …
Word: tantalate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tantalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of tantalic acid.
Word: DAB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of digital audio broadcasting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DAB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (a pro-Beijing political party in the HKSAR). Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: diss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English respect English disrespectclip. English disparageclip. English diss Originated in Jamaican English or African American Vernacular English, probably originally a clipping of disrespect or disparage, both from the prefix dis-, ultimately from Latin dis-. Pronunciation: /dɪs/ 1. To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour. Labels: slang Example: When a journalistic rival tries to "dis" you And to prejudice you in the public's eyes. Don't stigmatise his charges as a "tissue Of palpable, unmitigated lies."
Word: diss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English respect English disrespectclip. English disparageclip. English diss Originated in Jamaican English or African American Vernacular English, probably originally a clipping of disrespect or disparage, both from the prefix dis-, ultimately from Latin dis-. Pronunciation: /dɪs/ 1. An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect. Labels: slang
Word: diss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of dissertation. Pronunciation: /dɪs/ 1. Dissertation. Labels: slang Example: I've been wondering what happens if I fail my diss. I know i'm allowed to fail 60 credits but I don't think that includes the diss.
Word: diss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دِيس (dīs). Pronunciation: /dɪs/ 1. Ampelodesmos mauritanicus syn. Ampelodesmos tenax, a reedy grass used for cordage. Labels: uncountable
Word: vicereine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vice-reine. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ̯s.ɹeɪ̯n/, /ˈvʌɪ̯s.ɹeɪ̯n/, /ˈvɑe̯s.ɹæɪ̯n/, /ˈvaɪ̯s.ɹen/, /ˈvʌi̯s.ɹen/ 1. The wife of a viceroy. Example: ‘I can't imagine anything I'd like better than to be Vicereine of India,’ said the Princess. 2. A woman who is a viceroy.
Word: double whammy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From double + whammy (“evil spell; curse or hex”), popularized by the American cartoonist Al Capp (1909–1979), in his classic comic strip Li’l Abner (1934–1977). Pronunciation: /ˌdʌbl̩ ˈ(h)wæmi/, /ˌdʌb(ə)l ˈ(h)wæmi/ 1. A series of two events that causes adverse effects; a twofold blow or setback. Labels: informal Example: Australia had looked the brighter side initially, probing for gaps in England’s defensive spacing and taking an early lead via Christian Lealiifano's first successful penalty. Their opponents took a while to make any kind of consistent front-foot impression before [Jonny] May's double whammy inside four minutes banished their jangling nerves. 2. A series of two events that causes positive effects; a twofold boon. Labels: broadly, informal
Word: Downing Street Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for its founder, Sir George Downing. 1. A street leading off Whitehall in Westminster, London containing the residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer 2. The British government. Labels: broadly, metonymically Example: […] both Whitehall and Downing Street are in a blue funk lest they should do the wrong thing, either let the man slip away with the papers or arrest him without them. Example: Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the attack an “appalling incident” that was “deeply concerning”, while Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said she was “saddened” and urged people to avoid comment and speculation. Downing Street is keen to quell rumours spreading online following an incident in Southport in 2024, when the murder of three young girls sparked days of riots across the country. 3. Either 10 Downing Street or 11 Downing Street. Labels: broadly Example: For all his faults and grandstanding, however, Prescott genuinely cared - and his ambitious plans for tram schemes and railway extensions were stymied by lack of support from Downing Street.
Word: BACH motif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: These four notes spell Bach's name; in German musical nomenclature “B” stands for B flat, whereas “H” means B natural. 1. A sequence of four notes (B flat, A, C, B natural), included in a piece of music as a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach. Example: The BACH motif: {bes'a'cb'}
Word: withers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialectal English wither (“against”) (compare wither-) + -s; see with. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”), from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪð.ɚz/, /ˈwɪð.əz/ 1. The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: withers Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪð.ɚz/, /ˈwɪð.əz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wither Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mastoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.stɔɪd/ 1. Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear. Labels: not-comparable 2. Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone. Labels: not-comparable 4. Shaped like a nipple. Labels: not-comparable Example: Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.
Word: mastoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.stɔɪd/ 1. Ellipsis of mastoid process. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. Clipping of mastoiditis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: mastoid process Part of Speech: noun 1. The conical, nipplelike projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone, that is situated behind the ear in humans and many other vertebrates, and serves as a site of muscle attachment.
Word: mastoid bone Part of Speech: noun 1. The mastoid process.
Word: Christine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Christine. Doublet of Christina. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪˈstiːn/, /ˈkɹɪsˌtiːn/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: "Chris?" he repeated after her very softly, his eyes upon her, tenderly indulgent. "Ah! let it be Christine. I may call you that?" "My actual name is Christina, but that's a detail. You can call me Christine if you like it best." 2. A locale in the United States: 3. A locale in the United States: 4. A locale in the United States: 5. A locale in the United States:
Word: tabula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tavla. 1. A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The tabula is here seen to have an irregular structure of coarse mesh whose interstices are occupied by a finer mesh. Example: A.D. Fragment of an inscription in a tabula carved in the rock. 2. A table, index, or list of data. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another tabula on third fly-leaf, and some writing in a later hand. Titles and initials throughout in red and blue. Example: Another tabula represents the rate of morbidity according to different organs and age groups. 3. A legal record. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, as Ugolinus is known as an industrious, honourable man, acquainted with his subject, and who cannot easily be suspected of fraud, there is nothing against assuming the probability that at the publication of his work he had really before him such a tabula. Example: On the other hand, the acquisition of the legal estate merely as a tabula is usually not a transaction for value, and here at any rate the fact that it is conveyed in breach of an express trust will prevail to take it away. 4. A writing-tablet, slate, or similar medium on which to write. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On the tabula of the mind she tried to write the word. Example: Can we send them a message? With your tabula perhaps, the way Olwen did when Moira needed you? 5. A frontal; a drapery for an altar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another tabula in the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. probably belonged to the same textile. Example: Another tabula in Paris shows the same characteristics but even more progressively stylized and is therefore dated to the Arabian period, eighth to ninth century. 6. An ancient Roman game similar to backgammon that was played on a board with 24 divisions. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Readers may like to make a tabula board and try a simple game from France using two cubic dice. Example: A bronze mirror from about 200 B.C. depicts a young man and a young woman playing tabula. 7. One of the transverse plates found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The tabulæ may be well developed, approximately horizontal, remote plates, as is usually the case in Zaphrentis and Amplexus, or they may anastomoze in various ways, and become so intimately connected with one another as to give rise to a species of vesicular tissue. Example: When fully developed (fig. 66), they are transverse plates, which extend completely across the visceral chamber, and divide it into a series of stories placed one above the other, the only living portion of the coral being above the last formed tabula. Tabulæ are found in various of the Zoantharia sclerodermata, in some of the Alcyonaria, and in a great many of the Rugosa.
Word: meg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɛɡ/ 1. Clipping of megabyte Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of megahertz Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Clipping of megajoule Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: meg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /mɛɡ/ 1. a dollar Labels: US, obsolete, slang Example: He could pick out cloth that was thirty meg a yard and get a suit and overcoat for fifteen bucks.
Word: meg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nutmeg. Pronunciation: /mɛɡ/ 1. a nutmeg Labels: colloquial
Word: meg Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of nutmeg. Pronunciation: /mɛɡ/ 1. To nutmeg an opponent. Labels: colloquial, transitive
Word: meg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɛɡ/ 1. A megalodon. Labels: colloquial
Word: fetch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to hold, seize; to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). The English word is cognate with Dutch vatten (“to apprehend, catch; to grasp; to understand”), German fassen (“to catch, grasp; to capture, seize”), English fet (“(obsolete) to fetch”), Faroese fata (“to grasp, understand”), Danish fatte (“to grasp, understand”), Swedish fatta (“to grasp, understand”), Icelandic feta (“to go, step”), West Frisian fetsje (“to grasp”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /fɛt͡ʃ/, /fɑt͡ʃ/ 1. To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. Labels: ditransitive, transitive Example: You have to fetch some sugar in order to proceed with the recipe. Example: I'm thirsty. Can you fetch me a glass of water, please? 2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. Labels: transitive Example: Our native horses[…] were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Example: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price. 3. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. Example: to fetch headway or sternway Example: Meantime flew our ships, and straight we fetched / The siren's isle. 4. To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Labels: intransitive 5. To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh). Labels: literary, rare, transitive Example: The hurt nigger moaned feebly somewhere near by, and then fetched a deep sigh that made me mend my pace away from there. 6. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. Labels: transitive Example: They couldn't fetch the butter in the churn. 7. To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to fetch a man to Example: Fetching men again when they swoon. 8. To reduce; to throw. Labels: transitive Example: The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. 9. To accomplish; to achieve; to perform, with certain objects or actions. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap Example: I'll fetch a turn about the garden. 10. To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. Labels: transitive
Word: fetch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to hold, seize; to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). The English word is cognate with Dutch vatten (“to apprehend, catch; to grasp; to understand”), German fassen (“to catch, grasp; to capture, seize”), English fet (“(obsolete) to fetch”), Faroese fata (“to grasp, understand”), Danish fatte (“to grasp, understand”), Swedish fatta (“to grasp, understand”), Icelandic feta (“to go, step”), West Frisian fetsje (“to grasp”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /fɛt͡ʃ/, /fɑt͡ʃ/ 1. An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. Labels: also, figuratively 2. An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. Labels: also, figuratively, specifically Example: a fetch from a cache 3. The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts. 4. An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves. Example: When a fetch is close to land, this variability will alter anticipated wind directions and velocities. 5. The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction). Example: From recently completed radar maps of the Brazilian Amazon I determined the shape, maximum fetch and width and orientation of all the lakes greater than 100 meters across in the floodplain […] Example: For example, a steady wind of 40-50 kilometres/hour - a Force 6 strong breeze - blowing for 12 hours over an initially calm sea and traversing a fetch of 1000 kilometres could produce a significant wave height […] 6. A stratagem or trick; an artifice. Example: They used cunning fetches to swindle money out of the gullible. Example: Every little fetch of wit and criticism. 7. A game played with a dog in which a person throws an object for the dog to retrieve. Labels: uncountable