nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: thus and such Part of Speech: noun 1. A placeholder or generic name for something. Labels: idiomatic Example: Anytime he said thus and such, she said the opposite.
Word: governments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌv.ɚ(n).mənts/, /ˈɡʌv.ə(n).mənts/ 1. plural of government Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thus and so Part of Speech: noun 1. A generic thing; a placeholder name. Labels: idiomatic
Word: thus and so Part of Speech: adj 1. in such a way; in some manner (generic). Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He wants everything to be thus and so.
Word: Mexicans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mexican Labels: form-of, plural
Word: and so on Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to indicate that a list continues in a similar manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: Put things where you will use them: sponges next to the sink, knives next to the cutting board, and so on. Example: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.
Word: and so forth Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Dates back at least to Old English and swā forþ. 1. Indicates that a list continues in a similar manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't forget to pack weather items appropriate for the climate: sunscreen, rain gear, and so forth. Example: [David] Wain packs They Came Together with supporting characters, most of them variations on stock rom-com archetypes—the exes, the siblings, the co-workers, the yuppie parents, and so forth.
Word: clock in Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock). Labels: US Example: We clocked in at 7:30, but didn't actually do any work until at least 8. 2. To be measured at. Labels: idiomatic Example: Big Joe clocks in at 384 pounds, far outweighing his opponent. Example: Night falls and on come the Grateful Dead, who begin with St Stephen, a pretty song, largely instrumental, that clocks in at two minutes
Word: clock out Part of Speech: verb 1. To end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work. Labels: intransitive Example: If we clock out now we can be at the bar by happy hour. Example: They stated that the reason they were late was because their relief did not arrive in time for them to return to the guard house and clock out. 2. To officially record a work-termination time for. Labels: transitive Example: I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out. Example: I clocked myself out as soon as I could. 3. To transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock. Labels: intransitive, transitive 4. To die. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: accommodations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accommodation. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accommodations Part of Speech: noun 1. accommodation, lodging Labels: US, plural, plural-only Example: Vumbura Plains was amazing. Almost didn’t want to leave our accommodations!! Example: We booked our accommodations outside of the main town on what was supposedly “the nicest beach on the island”.
Word: clock off Part of Speech: verb 1. to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same. Example: Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work' after being mocked by his colleagues for not wanting to head out to the pub after clocking off
Word: paleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pallidus Old French palebor. Middle English pale English pale Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English paleness From pale + -ness. 1. The condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cold weather intensified the paleness of the landscape.
Word: kernel hacker Part of Speech: noun 1. A developer who maintains the Linux kernel code.
Word: Harvard format Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named because Harvard University was a place where its use was common, at a time when today's generic names for referencing systems (author-date and author-number) hadn't yet acquired any degree of establishment. 1. The author-date method of parenthetical referencing, one of several standard formats for citing information from any source bibliographically. Labels: uncountable
Word: goolies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gooly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːliz/ 1. The testicles. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, slang, vulgar Example: "They should hang him by the goolies from the yardarm." Ouch! Example: "My oath," he said, "here's a man got his goolie chit. And I left mine behind. How fat can you get?" "I've got mine," said Ward quietly, tapping his pocket." "It's not your goolies I'm worried about," said Curnow. 2. plural of gooly: pebbles, small rocks. Labels: Australia, form-of, plural, plural-normally, slang
Word: variations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃənz/, /ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃənz/ 1. plural of variation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radios Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of radio Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: barcodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barcode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epidemics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epidemic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commas Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of comma Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skills Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /skɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skills Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /skɪlz/ 1. plural of skill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: computers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtəz/, /kəmˈpjutɚz/ 1. plural of computer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: computers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtəz/, /kəmˈpjutɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of computer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: absences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abstergents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abstergent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abstractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abstraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absurds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absurd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: academics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪks/ 1. plural of academic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: academics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪks/ 1. Academia. Labels: uncountable
Word: acanthi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkæn.θaɪ/, /əˈkæn.θi/ 1. plural of acanthus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acanthuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acanthus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: have one's wits about one Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain calm, composed, focused, or aware. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was confused, half elated, half disappointed, and had not his wits about him. Example: Luke alone seemed to have his wits about him. He saw that there was not a moment to lose, and, gathering up his strength, dashed to the old lady's assistance.
Word: clue stick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clue + stick. 1. A metaphorical stick used to beat information or understanding into a slow learner. Labels: idiomatic Example: Leadbetter needs to be thwacked with a legal clue stick. The law he's talking about applies only to Internet service providers, not reporters. Example: I think the author needs a good whack with the clue stick.
Word: concussion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin concussiō. Equivalent to concuss + -ion. Pronunciation: /kənˈkʌʃən/, /kənˈkʊʃən/, /ˈkɒnˈkʊʃən/, /kəŋkˈəʃɪn/, /kənˈkəʃn̩/ 1. A violent collision or shock. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air. Example: [Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […] 2. An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Then Concussion, Rapine, Pillories, / Their Catalogue of Accusations fill.
Word: metallurgical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English metallurgy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English metallurgical From metallurgy + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəˈlɜː(ɹ)dʒɪkəl/ 1. Of or relating to metallurgy, the study of metals and their properties.
Word: B.C.E. Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of BCE. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: B.C.E. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of bachelor of civil engineering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: syntopical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syntopic(on) + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a type of analysis in which different works are compared and contrasted. Labels: not-comparable Example: After finishing his syntopical reading of the leaders' speeches, he wrote an essay comparing the language used by Reagan, Carter, Gorbachev, and Qaddafi. Example: A good college, if it does nothing else, ought to produce competent syntopical readers. A college degree ought to represent general competence in reading such that a graduate could read any kind of material for general readers and be able to undertake independent research on almost any subject (for that is what syntopical reading, among other things, enables you to do).
Word: blow out of the water Part of Speech: verb 1. To trounce; to defeat thoroughly, as at a game or in battle. Labels: idiomatic Example: This turn of events sheds a whole new light on the case. Destiny's attorneys seem to have a new pep in their step. They get busy making phone calls and assuring the family that things are about to turn in their favor. "We now have information to blow them out of the water!" the lead attorney asserts vigorously. 2. To rapidly destroy (a vessel) with overwhelming weapons fire. Example: […]And if I open fire - again, reading into the fact they've come clearly cleared for action and there is a mutual defense pact in place - well, I might survive a few fractions of a second longer than I would if I pointed my guns straight at them, but I'm still not really gonna be coming out of this intact, so... I'm not suicidal; I'm not gonna actually fulfill any of my mission objectives by getting myself blown out of the water; so, yeah, I - I would be frantically radioing the Kriegsmarine headquarters, saying "please, could I have some new orders, or, if I am going to have to die, can you please confirm that that's the case?"[…] Example: The somewhat-shattered San Francisco also managed to make it out, although not before she'd come within seconds of being blown out of the water by Helena, as the two had lost contact in the dark and the flagship had loomed back out of the murk with no one and nothing available to answer the light cruiser's challenge - the radio, the whistle, the signal lights, the flags, et cetera, had all been destroyed. Luckily, one of the few surviving signalmen found a small handheld signal light and managed to blink out the ship's hull number.
Word: fubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fub + -y. 1. plump or chubby
Word: sheepshagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sheep + shagger; originally military slang. First used in the 1950s. 1. A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated. Labels: UK, slang Example: "Landlord, you're a lowlander and a sheep-shagger and you come from Gerrard's Cross. Goodnight." Example: I used to know a Rockburn once... He was in the Sheep Shaggers. 2. A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang Example: Shaun: It's so easy to have a go at a bloke who looks like you, you're just easy pickings, and it's... [trails off and shakes his head] Darren: "Sheepshagger" they've said sometimes as well. Shaun: I thought "sheepshagger" was Welsh. Darren: No, it can be Bristol as well. 3. A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang 4. A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang
Word: fire dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. The metal frame in a fireplace, used to hold the logs, or to support the poker and other tools. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: fire guard Part of Speech: noun 1. A mesh screen placed in front of a fire to prevent sparks escaping.
Word: fire screen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fire screnne. By surface analysis, fire + screen. 1. a mesh grill placed in front of a fire to prevent sparks escaping.
Word: backburn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + burn. 1. A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.
Word: backburn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + burn. 1. To light a fire for this reason.
Word: shearer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shear + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪəɹə/, /ˈʃɪɹɚ/, /ˈʃɪəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃiɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃiəɹə/ 1. A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears. 2. A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate. 3. A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.
Word: steal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *stelaną Proto-West Germanic *stelan Old English stelan Middle English stelen English steal Inherited from Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną. Cognate with Bavarian stöhn (“to steal”), Dutch stelen (“to steal”), German and Low German stehlen (“to steal”), Luxembourgish stielen (“to steal”), Danish stjæle (“to steal”), Faroese stjala (“to steal”), Icelandic stela (“to steal”), Norwegian Bokmål stjele (“to steal”), Norwegian Nynorsk stela, stele (“to steal”), Swedish stjäla (“to steal”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (stilan, “to steal”). For the meaning development compare with Russian красть (krastʹ, “to steal”) and Russian кра́сться (krástʹsja, “to stalk, to prowl, to slink”). etymology notes Proposed etymologies beyond Germanic are numerous and include * Proto-Indo-European *ster-: compare Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”) * Proto-Indo-European *stel(H)- (“to stretch”): compare Albanian pë/mbështjell (“to confuse, mess up, mix, wrap up”), Old Church Slavonic стєлѭ (steljǫ, “I spread out (bed, roof)”), Ancient Greek τηλία (tēlía, “playing table”) * Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”): compare Sanskrit त्सरति (tsárati, “creep, sneak up on”) and other forms under Pokorny 5. *sel- "schleichen, kriechen" Pronunciation: /stiːl/ 1. The act of stealing. 2. A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it. Labels: figuratively, slang Example: Near-synonyms: bargain, good value, value for money Example: At this price, this car is a steal. 3. A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team. 4. A stolen base. 5. Scoring in an end without the hammer. 6. A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
Word: wainscot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”). Pronunciation: /ˈweɪnskɒt/, /ˈwɛnskət/, /ˈweɪnskət/ 1. An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. Example: […] this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and like green timber, warp, warp. Example: Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old-fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft. 2. Any of various noctuid moths.
Word: wainscot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”). Pronunciation: /ˈweɪnskɒt/, /ˈwɛnskət/, /ˈweɪnskət/ 1. To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
Word: horologe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English orloge, from Norman oriloge, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium (“sundial”), from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). Cognate with French horloge, Italian orologio, and Spanish reloj. Doublet of Horologium and horologium. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɹəˌloʊd͡ʒ/, /ˈhɒrəlɒd͡ʒ/ 1. Synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day. Labels: archaic, historical Example: He'll watch the horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle. Example: A SOUL is not like wind (spiritus, or breath) contained within a capsule; the ALMIGHTY MAKER is not like a Clockmaker that once, in old immemorial ages, having made his Horologe of a Universe, sits ever since and sees it go! Not at all. Hence comes Atheism; come, as we say, many other isms […]
Word: tourbillon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French torbeil French -on French tourbillonbor. English tourbillon Borrowed from French tourbillon (“whirlwind”). Pronunciation: /ˌtʊə(ɹ)bɪˈjɒn/ 1. A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that significantly compensates for the effects of gravity. Example: Time was vulnerable to the force of gravity. So Breguet came up with the tourbillon, which isolated the balance wheel and escarpment off on a little platform of their own, geared to the third wheel, rotating about once a minute, assuming in the course of the day most positions in 3-D space relative to the gravity of the Earth, so the errors would cancel out and make time impervious to gravity. Example: In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display. 2. A whirlwind. 3. A kind of firework that gyrates in the air. 4. Any part of a machine with a spiral movement.
Word: minute repeater Part of Speech: noun 1. a device, in a watch, in which the current time is announced by means of a combination of sounds that represent the hour, quarter hour, and minute; usually activated by a button
Word: canopic jar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Canōpicus, from Canopus + -icus. 1. An Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed. Example: Had Radulph Tubbs such luck with tombs it is probable that he […] would have uncovered only the four canopic jars containing, respectively, the large intestines, small intestines, heart, and liver.
Word: canopic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a forest canopy. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: At the formal level of public communication it has been the practice with the Forest Departments in recent years to state that the needed massive regeneration of forestry with the objectives of extending canopic coverage cannot[…] Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:canopic.
Word: canopic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Canopic (“from the ancient city of Canopus”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: obambulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1614; borrowed from Latin obambulātus, perfect passive participle of obambulō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈbæmbjʊˌleɪt/, /ɑˈbæmbjʊˌleɪt/ 1. To walk about; to wander aimlessly. Labels: archaic, intransitive, rare Example: While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give. Example: Dreaming of success, wealth and luxury, Deetee obambulated around the set in a leisurely manner. 2. To walk or go up to, so as or as if to meet. Labels: archaic, rare, transitive
Word: carminic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a phenolic quinone that is the main constituent of cochineal Labels: uncountable
Word: Ursa Major Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Ursa maior (“(the) greater bear”). Pronunciation: /ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/ 1. A large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Big Dipper and the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. Example: My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major.
Word: orcein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French orcéine, modification of orcinol. See also orchil. 1. a dye, related to litmus, that is extracted from the lichen Rocella tinctoria; used as a microscopic stain and as a food colouring Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Ursa Minor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Ursa minor (“(the) lesser bear”). Pronunciation: /ˌɝsə ˈmaɪnɚ/ 1. A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.
Word: orchil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English orchell, from Old French orchel, orseil, from Old Catalan orxella (influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)), from Italian oricello, from Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa. The name of the dye was influenced by the visual resemblance of the lichen used in production to a small ear. 1. Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The purple dye, orcein, extracted from them (especially Lecanora tartarea) and often used as substitute for Tyrian purple. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ahemeral day Part of Speech: noun 1. A light-dark cycle that has more or less than 24 hours created artificially for testing the rhythms of organisms.
Word: Big Dipper Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡ ˈdɪpə/, /ˈbɪɡ ˈdɪpɚ/ 1. A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart, and a part of the constellation Ursa Major which includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. The other stars comprising it are Alioth, Megrez, Merak, and Phecda. Labels: US, especially
Word: Little Dipper Part of Speech: name 1. A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris.
Word: Mizar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِئْزَر (miʔzar). 1. A binary star in the constellation Ursa Major; Zeta (ζ) Ursae Majoris.
Word: ahemeral days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ahemeral day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anoia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄνοια (ánoia). 1. Extreme mental deficiency. Labels: uncountable 2. Mindlessness. Labels: literally, uncountable
Word: anomalism Part of Speech: noun 1. the state or quality of being anomalous. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. an anomaly. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. the theory that language was arbitrary in its origin, or without any natural analogy between names and the things named. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swinecote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swine + cote. 1. A pigsty. Labels: dated
Word: Halacha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew הֲלָכָה (halakhá), from the root הלך (“to walk”). Pronunciation: /həˈlʌhə/, /həlɑːˈhɑː/, /ˌhɑːlɑːˈxɑː/ 1. A law or tradition by which Jews live. They are derived from the Torah and from later rabbinic literature. 2. A law or tradition established by the Halacha.
Word: Halacha Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew הֲלָכָה (halakhá), from the root הלך (“to walk”). Pronunciation: /həˈlʌhə/, /həlɑːˈhɑː/, /ˌhɑːlɑːˈxɑː/ 1. Jewish law, taken as a whole
Word: Talmudic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Talmud Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Talmudic From Talmud + -ic. Pronunciation: /tælˈmʊdɪk/, /tɑl-/ 1. Of or relating to the Talmud. Labels: Judaism, not-comparable Example: Talmudic tradition (Shabbat 92a) connects them with a hekesh, teaching that both reached full stature: “Just as the mishkan was ten cubits tall, so too the altar was ten cubits tall.” Example: Various textual analyses are provided by a criminologist, an anthropologist, a researcher in lexicometry and a Talmudic exegete. 2. Of or relating to the era of Jewish history, immediately following the destruction of the Second Temple, during which the Talmud was being compiled (c. 70–500 AD). Labels: not-comparable Example: the Talmudic period Example: post-Talmudic writers 3. Making extremely fine distinctions in a manner reminiscent of the Talmud; (derogatory) casuistic. Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: Enceladus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Enceladus, from Ancient Greek Ἐγκέλαδος (Enkélados). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsɛlədəs/ 1. A giant in Greek mythology. Labels: Greek 2. A moon of Saturn.
Word: kiloware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English kilo Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English kiloware From kilo + -ware. 1. Postage stamps bought by weight, rather than numerical quantity, and commonly still on paper. Labels: uncountable
Word: blubber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English bloberen, bluberen (“to bubble, seethe”); and the noun from Late Middle English blober, bluber (“bubble; bubbling water; foaming waves; fish or whale oil; entrails, intestines; (medicine) pustule”), both probably onomatopoeic, representing the movement or sound of a bubbling liquid, or the movement of lips forming bubbles (compare bleb and blob, thought to be similarly imitative). As both the verb and noun are attested in the 14th century, it is difficult to tell which one developed first; the Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the noun may be derived from the verb. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.2 (“to cause (one’s face) to disfigure or swell through crying”) is influenced by blubber (adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈblʌbə/, /ˈblʌbəɹ/, /ˈblʊbəɹ/, /ˈblʊbə/ 1. Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing. Labels: transitive Example: Here Bliſil ſighed bitterly; upon vvhich VVeſtern, vvhoſe Eyes vvere full of Tears at the praiſe of Sophia, blubbered out, 'Don't be Chicken-hearted, for ſhat ha her, d—n me, ſhat ha her, if ſhe vvas tvventy Times as good.' 2. To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying. Labels: also, archaic, figuratively, transitive Example: Her ſvvollen eyes vvere much diſfigured, / And her faire face vvith teares vvas fovvly blubbered. Example: As God sees the water in the spring in the veins of the earth, before it bubble upon the face of the earth; so God sees tears in the heart of a man, before they blubber his face; God hears the tears of that sorrowful soul, which for sorrow cannot shed tears. 3. Often followed by forth: to let (one's tears) flow freely. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Looke on this tree, vvhich blubbereth Amber gum / vvhich ſeemes to ſpeak to thee, though it be dumb, / VVhich being ſenceles blocks, as thou do'ſt ſee, / VVeepe at my vvoes, that thou might'ſt pitty mee: […] Example: Behold her novv in humble guiſe, / Upon her knees vvith dovvncaſt eyes / Before the Prieſt: ſhe thus begins, / And ſobbing, blubbers forth her ſins; […] 4. To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob. Labels: derogatory, intransitive Example: What weepe? fye for ſhame, and blubber? for manhods ſake, / Neuer lette your foe ſo muche pleaſure of you take. Example: VVhere are you, vvife? my Celia? vvhat, blubbering? / Come, drye thoſe teares, I thinke, thou thought'ſt mee in earneſt? 5. To bubble or bubble up; also, to make a bubbling sound like water boiling. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: blubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English bloberen, bluberen (“to bubble, seethe”); and the noun from Late Middle English blober, bluber (“bubble; bubbling water; foaming waves; fish or whale oil; entrails, intestines; (medicine) pustule”), both probably onomatopoeic, representing the movement or sound of a bubbling liquid, or the movement of lips forming bubbles (compare bleb and blob, thought to be similarly imitative). As both the verb and noun are attested in the 14th century, it is difficult to tell which one developed first; the Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the noun may be derived from the verb. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.2 (“to cause (one’s face) to disfigure or swell through crying”) is influenced by blubber (adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈblʌbə/, /ˈblʌbəɹ/, /ˈblʊbəɹ/, /ˈblʊbə/ 1. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Though their [the hyena whale or pilot whale's] blubber is very thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil. Example: There was a most Monstrous Whale: / He had no Skin, he had no Tail. / When he tried to Spout, that Great Big Lubber, / The best he could do was Jiggle his Blubber. 2. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea). Labels: uncountable Example: There were hundred of slaughtered seals, and it was evident that, as far as the eye could reach, the work of death had been complete. Still something had occurred to prevent the hunters from securing their rich booty, for huge piles of skins, with their adhering blubber, were scattered over the ice, and near one was planted firmly in the floe a boat-hook, with a small flag at the top. 3. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea). Labels: derogatory, informal, offensive, uncountable Example: Are you numbered among the employed yet? I read the unemployment figures and I shudder. You do not have any stored-up blubber to live on. 4. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea). Labels: archaic, broadly, countable Example: You know, Jacob, that the North Seas are full of these animals—you cannot imagine the quantity of them; the sailors call them blubbers, because they are composed of a sort of transparent jelly, but the real name I am told is Medusæ, that is, the learned name. 5. An act of crying or weeping freely and noisily. Labels: countable, derogatory Example: Fassmann gives dolorous clippings from the Leyden Gazette, all in a blubber of tears, according to the then fashion, but full of impertinent curiosity withal. 6. A bubble. Labels: countable, obsolete
Word: blubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blub + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈblʌbə/, /ˈblʌbəɹ/, /ˈblʊbəɹ/, /ˈblʊbə/ 1. One who blubs (“cries or weeps freely and noisily”); a blubberer. Example: [T]hree of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him [Johnson] to school. […] The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible! Example: It was really emotional. I am a blubber at the best of times. I had only been there for 18 months and found it upsetting so it was really hard for the people that had been there for 18 years.
Word: blubber Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of blabber and blobber, probably influenced by blub and blubber (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈblʌbə/, /ˈblʌbəɹ/, /ˈblʊbəɹ/, /ˈblʊbə/ 1. Especially of lips: protruding, swollen. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Henry Blomfield Grocer in Bungay in Suffolk, about 30 years of age, of a middle ſtature, round viſag'd, of a ruddy complexion, having full blubber lips very remarkable, ſhort brovvn hair curling at the ends, on a ſad gray horſe 14 hands high, did on VVedneſday evening the 20 of this inſtant June, leave his Family, and run avvay vvith a Sum of Mony in tvvo black leather Bags. VVhoſoever ſhall diſcover the ſaid Henry Blomfeild,^([sic]) ſo as to be apprehended, and ſhall give notice to Mr. John Uffing at the Green Dragon in Biſhopſgate-ſtreet, ſhall have five pounds revvard. Example: And what like is the Nubian slave, who comes ambassador on such an errand from the Soldan? […] with black skin, a head curled like a ram's, a flat nose, and blubber lips—ha, worthy Sir Henry?
Word: morbidly obese Part of Speech: adj 1. Obese to an extent that is life-threatening. Example: Which raises an interesting question: Is Trump actually morbidly obese?
Word: kennels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kennel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kennels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kennel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sniffler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sniffle + -er. 1. A person who sniffles. 2. A slight breeze.
Word: between the jigs and the reels Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Possibly related to the apparent chaos in Irish dancing. 1. eventually, despite all the confusion. Labels: Ireland, idiomatic
Word: hehe Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English hehe, from Old English he he. Pronunciation: /hɛhɛ/, /hihi/ 1. An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle. Example: And then his trousers fell down, hehe.
Word: fallow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: [Alt: A photograph of a ploughed field.] From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealh, fealg (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgu (compare Saterland Frisian Falge, West Frisian falig, felling, Dutch valg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂ (“arable land”) (compare Gaulish olca, Russian полоса́ (polosá)). Pronunciation: /ˈfæləʊ/, /ˈfæloʊ/ 1. Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. Labels: uncountable Example: Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide. 2. Uncultivated land. Labels: uncountable 3. The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop.
Word: fallow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: [Alt: A photograph of a ploughed field.] From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealh, fealg (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgu (compare Saterland Frisian Falge, West Frisian falig, felling, Dutch valg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂ (“arable land”) (compare Gaulish olca, Russian полоса́ (polosá)). Pronunciation: /ˈfæləʊ/, /ˈfæloʊ/ 1. Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season. 2. Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time. 3. Inactive; undeveloped. Labels: figuratively Example: a fallow period in one's career Example: After two more homeland hits and a fallow two years, Pickettywitch was parked and junked.
Word: fallow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English falowen, falwen, from Old English fealgian (“to fallow; break up land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgōn (“to fallow”). Cognate with Dutch valgen (“to plow lightly; fallow”), German Low German falgen (“to till; dig a hole”). Pronunciation: /ˈfæləʊ/, /ˈfæloʊ/ 1. To make land fallow for agricultural purposes. Labels: transitive
Word: fallow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: [Alt: A photograph of a light brown deer.] From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealu, from Proto-West Germanic *falu, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (compare West Frisian feal, Dutch vaal, German falb, fahl, French fauve), from Proto-Indo-European *polwos (compare Lithuanian pal̃vas (“sallow, wan”), Russian поло́вый (polóvyj, “wan, light yellow”), Serbo-Croatian plâv (“blond, blue”), Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“pale, gray”). Pronunciation: /ˈfæləʊ/, /ˈfæloʊ/ 1. Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun. Example: a fallow deer or greyhound Example: How does your fallow greyhound, sir?
Word: doormat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From door + mat. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːˌmæt/, /ˈdɔɹˌmæt/, /ˈdoːˌmæt/ 1. A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes. Example: Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house. Example: Mr. Simpson adds that the station at Stanmore appears practically unchanged from the time of its opening, even to the L.N.W.R. rubber doormat, which "shows no signs of wearing out." 2. Someone who habitually yields to others' demands or mistreatment, failing to assert their own rights or interests. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: He's such a doormat, he lets everyone walk all over him. Example: If you flipped through certain magazines at this time you could be forgiven for thinking that there was no right way to be a woman, only wrong ones — bimbo or frump, slut or prude, shrew or doormat.
Word: footwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English foot Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear English footwear From foot + -wear. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtwɛə(ɹ)/ 1. Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Yohji Yamamoto's strength was to stick with the sportswear that has inspired him since he teamed up with Adidas to create the imaginative pin-striped or painted-denim footwear that walked his grass-turf runway.
Word: drum head Part of Speech: noun 1. The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin but often synthetic. Example: […] out bounced the pudden itself, hoppin', as nimble as a pea on a drum-head, about the floor. Example: […] I noticed with surprise, that when I struck the ice with the head of my axe, it resounded like a gong for many rods around, or as if I had struck on a tight drumhead. 2. A drumhead cabbage. Example: The Savoy is best for boiling; drum-head and purple for Cole-Slaw.
Word: Solarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sōlāris + -ian, after Lunarian. By surface analysis, Solar + -ian. Pronunciation: /səˈlɛəɹ.i.ən/, /səˈlɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. Of or relating to the Sun. 2. Of or relating to the Solar System. Example: He grinned at the profanity that came out of the communicator-speaker. Then—back at the irreverently nicknamed Galloping Cow which was the base ship of the Extra-Solarian Research Institute expedition to this star-cluster—McRae cut off. 3. Of or relating to the inhabitants of the Solar system. Example: The Solarian one-man ships were even smaller than the Nigrian one-man ships, and some of these did a tremendous amount of damage.
Word: Solarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sōlāris + -ian, after Lunarian. By surface analysis, Solar + -ian. Pronunciation: /səˈlɛəɹ.i.ən/, /səˈlɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. An inhabitant of the Sun. Example: It will be proved that a Solarian, supposing him to have a stature equal to our own, would do as much work as seven of our cultivators; and yet the Solarians are the happiest of beings; their lot is the highest degree of happiness to which we can aspire until the epoch when there shall exist stars of a more exalted rank, that are not yet to be found in our young universe. Example: "There has been another dive since our meeting, Jacob, and on that dive, we are told, only the first and more prosaic species of Solarian was observed. Not the second variety which has caused Dr. Kepler so much concern." Jacob was still confused by the hurried explanations Kepler had given of the two types of Sun-creatures so far observed. 2. An inhabitant of any part of the solar system of the Sun. Example: The small ships of the Nigrians were beginning to take a terrific toll in the thin ranks of the Solarians. The coming of the Rocket Squad had been welcomed indeed! Example: Is it true that all Terrans, and other Solarians are frightfully rich, and go simply everywhere, and do as they please, and that almost nobody works?
Word: earthling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erthling (“farmer, ploughman”) [and other forms] (in glossaries), from Old English ierþling, eorþling (“farmer, husbandman, ploughman”) [and other forms], from eorþe (“ground; dirt; planet Earth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”)) + -ling (suffix forming personal nouns). The English word is analysable as earth + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθlɪŋ/, /ˈɝθlɪŋ/ 1. One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman. Example: Eoꞃðlinᵹ [Eorthling], is a Husbandman, or Earthling. Example: And we have not imagination enough to believe, that either the Danish boors, who were earthlings (yrthlingas) in the country, or the Danish soldiers, who, as history tells us, were dandies at the court of King Canute, could, in the brief space of twenty years, have so overlaid or interlarded the pure Anglo-Saxon with their provincialisms, as to give it a new character, and thus form a new period in its history, as was afterwards done by the Normans.
Word: earthling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Earthling. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθlɪŋ/, /ˈɝθlɪŋ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Earthling. Labels: alt-of Example: VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?
Word: stamp collecting Part of Speech: noun 1. The hobby of collecting and displaying postage stamps and related items. Labels: uncountable 2. Collection of items or information of no intrinsic value. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: All science is either physics or stamp collecting. Example: He really changed the field of paleontology from the stamp-collecting type of science where you just catalog fossils.
Word: garbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of garbage + -o (colloquialising suffix). 1. A rubbish collector; a garbage man. Labels: Australia, countable, informal Example: Then believe it or not, I worked for some time as a garbo, collecting the rubbish in the wee hours of the morning. Example: The referendum papers, accompanied by a strong statement of Council′s position, was to be letterboxed by the Council′s “garbos” (rubbish collectors) and inspectors on a Thursday and collected by volunteers over the weekend. 2. Garbage; something considered worthless. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory, uncountable Example: "Any quartz in the Mountain?" / "Just garbo quartz, not enough to produce any electrical fields." / "No disruption in the magnetic field?" / "No, sir." Example: Then they beat me and burned me and locked me up, before handing me back like a piece of garbo, when I acted up or they got tired of me.
Word: ape shit Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of apeshit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tucker fucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tucker (“food”) + fucker (“one who ruins”). 1. A cook, especially a second-rate one. Labels: Australia, countable, derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: I never made it as a ‘Tucker Fucker’ (a cook), but I made it as a grunt—crap food and buggered and wet, or buggered and dry, all the time. Example: 2003, Gary Blinco, Down a Country Lane, Zeus Publications, eBookIt, unnumbered page, ‘Let's have a cuppa tea,’ he said. ‘The tucker fuckers (cooks) always do a bit extra, the bloody instructors always knock it off.’ 2. A microwave oven. Labels: Australia, countable, slang, vulgar 3. Tomato sauce. Labels: Australia, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: dumpster-diver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dumpster diver. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sniffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sniff + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare snivel. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪf.əl/, /ˈsnəf.əl/ 1. To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing, because of a runny nose. Labels: intransitive Example: Her dad heard her sniffling and passed her a handkerchief. 2. To utter with a whimpering or sniffing sound. Labels: transitive Example: He sniffled a pathetic apology.
Word: sniffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sniff + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare snivel. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪf.əl/, /ˈsnəf.əl/ 1. The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies. Example: I sometimes have a sniffle during allergy season.
Word: sniffles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sniffle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sniffles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sniffle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sniffles Part of Speech: noun 1. Any minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: Many people have suffered from colds, the sniffles and other childhood illnesses. Example: Danny has been having the sniffles and the sneezes all week.
Word: upclomb Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upclimb Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: [F]ar off, three mountaintops, / Three thundercloven thrones of oldest snow, / Stood sunsetflushed: and, dewed with showery drops, / Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse.
Word: gravedigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grave + digger. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvˌdɪɡ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡɹeɪvˌdɪɡ.əɹ/ 1. A person employed to dig graves. 2. A necrophore, or burying beetle.
Word: pipsqueak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pip-squeak. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pip-squeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic from pip + squeak. Cited as early as 1900, the term originally referred to a small artillery shell. In later uses, it became largely onomatopoeic, influenced in part by popular culture, including the comic strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred. 1. A small and insignificant person. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: From day one, I was the school pipsqueak. 2. A form of radio-based navigation used by the British Air Force immediately preceding the development of radar. Labels: historical