nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: remainder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/ 1. A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred. Example: My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder. Example: You can have the remainder of my clothes. 2. The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d. Example: 17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3. Example: 11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1. 3. The number left over after a simple subtraction Example: 10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6 4. Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price. Example: I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder. 5. An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
Word: remainder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/ 1. Remaining. Labels: not-comparable
Word: remainder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/ 1. To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price. Labels: transitive Example: The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer.
Word: penny chew Part of Speech: noun 1. A chew (chewy confectionery) costing (or formerly costing) one penny. Labels: UK
Word: bubbly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bubble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bubbly From bubble + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌbli/, /ˈbʌbəli/ 1. Full of bubbles. Example: Whip the egg white into a bubbly froth. 2. Cheerful, lively. Labels: informal Example: She has a bubbly personality. Example: “Our priority is to make relationships with people,” says Mariana Gomes, a bubbly social worker who methodically jots down whom she meets and what they need in a giant binder. 3. Having the characteristics of bubbles. Example: The architecture of the conservatory was bubbly. 4. Having the characteristics of economic bubbles. Example: China’s economy is too bubbly and will soon slow down.
Word: bubbly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bubble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bubbly From bubble + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌbli/, /ˈbʌbəli/ 1. Champagne. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: We're getting married–this calls for a bottle of bubbly! Example: “[…] Maybe some bubbly for the ladies, since we just bought the house of life, and break camp . . . since they are very appreciative that things got wrapped up so fast.”
Word: evenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English evenly, evenliche, from Old English efenlīċe (“evenly, alike, equally”), equivalent to even + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvənli/ 1. So as to form a flat surface. Example: Spread the icing evenly over the cake. 2. In a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each; equally. Example: To avoid arguments, he divided the sweets evenly between his two children. 3. In a manner that leaves no remainder. Example: 12 is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6. 4. In terms of or by means of even numbers. Example: The oddly counted lords are always out of sync with at least one other evenly counted cycle. These two strange counts assured that at no single moment could all cycles end at the same time for an extraordinarily long time, for at least one odd count threw off all the even ones.
Word: microwave oven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From microwave and oven. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹə(ʊ)ˌweɪv ˈʌv(ə)n/ 1. An oven that uses microwave-frequency energy to heat food or other items placed within it. Example: We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries. We got to move these refrigerators, we got to move these color TVs.
Word: microwave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + wave. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/, /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌweɪv/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ 1. An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves. Example: Many radar systems use a combination of radio waves and microwaves. Example: Microwaves do not follow the curvature of the earth, but travel in a straight line. They must therefore have unobstructed "line of sight" and the dish aerials have to be sited on towers or high buildings, on high ground, or a combination of all three. 2. Ellipsis of microwave oven. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Just put it in the microwave for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat.
Word: microwave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro- + wave. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/, /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌweɪv/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ 1. To cook (something) in a microwave oven. Labels: transitive Example: A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet. 2. To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: microwavable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English microwave Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English microwavable From microwave + -able. 1. Suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: microwaveable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English microwave Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English microwaveable From microwave + -able. 1. Alternative spelling of microwavable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sigmoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid Borrowing from Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs, “of the shape of sigma”), from σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă, “sigma”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”); Equivalent to sigma + -oid. Compare with French sigmoïde. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡ.mɔɪd/, /ˈsɪɡ.moɪd/, /ˈsəɡ.moɪd/ 1. Semi-circular, like the uncial or lunate sigma (similar to English C). Labels: archaic 2. Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma); having a serpentine shape. 3. Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma); having a serpentine shape. 4. Relating to the sigmoid colon.
Word: sigmoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid Borrowing from Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs, “of the shape of sigma”), from σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă, “sigma”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”); Equivalent to sigma + -oid. Compare with French sigmoïde. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡ.mɔɪd/, /ˈsɪɡ.moɪd/, /ˈsəɡ.moɪd/ 1. Ellipsis of sigmoid colon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. Ellipsis of sigmoid function. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: If we had the textbook from a hundred years in the future that contains all the simple ideas that actually work, that take so long to identify in practice — the ReLUs instead of sigmoids — for those of us who’ve been following AI for, like, more than the last couple of years and know what I’m taking about there.
Word: gateaux Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gateau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ennea- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”). 1. Nine. Labels: morpheme
Word: nona- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin nōnus (“ninth”). 1. Nine. Labels: morpheme
Word: nerf net Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with nerf bar. Invented by ATV racer Brian Fry in 1985. 1. A net running between a nerf bar on a vehicle and the vehicle itself, in order to prevent the driver's leg getting caught between the two. Example: Those nerf nets may look weird, but they've saved me a lot of pain.
Word: lieutenant commander Part of Speech: noun 1. A naval officer whose rank is higher than a lieutenant and below that of a commander.
Word: commander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. By surface analysis, command + -er. See command. Pronunciation: /kəˈmændɚ/, /kəˈmɑːndə/, /kəˈmandə/, /kəˈmandəɾ/, /kəˈmaːndə/ 1. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization. Example: I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met. Example: Instead, Korda squeezes Eisenhower’s extraordinary two-term presidency — not to mention his stints as president of Columbia University and commander of NATO forces — into 140 themeless pages. 2. A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain. Example: Shepard: I don't take orders from you anymore, remember? Anderson: Consider yourself reinstated... Commander. 3. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons. 4. A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces. 5. The chief officer of a commandry. Labels: obsolete 6. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. 7. A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour. 8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza. 9. A soldier who has attained the rank of sergeant or higher Labels: Singapore
Word: glass ceiling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glass + ceiling, a metaphor using ceiling to suggest a barrier to upward mobility, and glass to allude to the often unacknowledged or “invisible” nature of this limitation. The term was coined by the American diversity advocate, management consultant, and writer Marilyn Loden (1946–2022), who referred to the “invisible glass ceiling” during a panel discussion about women’s aspirations in 1978. Pronunciation: /ɡlɑːs ˈsiːlɪŋ/, /ɡlæs-/, /ɡlæs ˈsilɪŋ/ 1. An unrecognized or unwritten barrier to further progression or promotion, in employment and elsewhere, for a member of a specific demographic group (originally women). Labels: idiomatic Example: Women have reached a certain point—I call it the glass ceiling. They're in the top of middle management and they're stopping and getting stuck. There isn't enough room for all those women at the top. Some are going into business for themselves. Others are going out and raising families. Example: A recent Wall Street Journal report describes the invisible barrier at the top as "the glass ceiling" and speculates that it is caused by corporate tradition and prejudice—the same factors that had to be dealt with years ago in order for women to make it beyond the steno pool. […] In the spate of recent articles about glass ceilings faced by women, it's been said that men at the top feel uncomfortable with women of equal or nearly equal power. One high-level vice president quoted her boss as saying, "It was his problem, but he couldn't make serious decisions if a woman was in the room." 2. A barrier to progression that is not obvious. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: After several spirited assaults, the FT SE's 3200 glass ceiling finally gave way yesterday, allowing the index to close sharply higher after a day of drifting.
Word: evensong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English ǣfensang, equivalent to even + song. The use of even to mean evening is now obsolete except in poetry. 1. A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On Wednesday last, after taking Evensong at the church, I was leaving the vestry when a lady stepped forward and asked if she might speak to me privately.
Word: episcopal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English episcopal, from Late Latin episcopālis, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “watchman, overseer”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɪs.kə.pl̩/ 1. Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches. Example: Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.
Word: take French leave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From take + French leave, apparently from a French custom, already recorded in the 18th century, of leaving from receptions or other events without formally announcing one’s departure to the host or hostess. Pronunciation: /ˌteɪk fɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈliːv/, /ˌteɪk fɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈliv/ 1. To leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone; to slip out. Labels: dated, idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: As for Ditton, after all his courting, and his compliment, he ſtole avvay an Iriſhman's bride, and took a French leave of me and his maſter; […] Example: Thus through the vveary vvatch of ſleepleſs night, / This learned ploughman plods in piteous plight; / Till the dim taper takes French leave to doze, / And the fat folio tumbles on his toes. 2. To desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission; to go absent without leave (AWOL). Labels: dated, euphemistic, idiomatic, informal, intransitive, specifically Example: That officer […] reminded Burton of the necessity there was that all the officers of the Spitfire should hold themselves in readiness, as a court-martial was sure to be ordered relative to the loss of that ship: that order might possibly be telegraphed down, and he must therefore decline granting any leave, except for a few hours. Here was a disappointment with a vengeance. The first suggestion of the moment was one altogether unworthy of him, which was to incur the imputation of adopting Gallican habits, and taking, what is known by the term, "French leave." Example: In spite of threats and punishment, many Canadians [in the French army] deserted in order to care for their families and to provide food for the coming winter; more than two thousand are said thus to have taken French leave.
Word: Uniform Code of Military Justice Part of Speech: name 1. The code of military law written for the use of the United States Armed Forces. Labels: US
Word: dessert 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- Middle French des- Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *serwos Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *serweyéti Proto-Italic *serwijeti Proto-Italic *serwijit Proto-Italic *serwiō Latin serviō Old French servir Middle French servir Middle French desservir Middle French dessertbor. English dessert Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”. Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century. Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɜːt/, /dɪˈzɝt/ 1. The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert. Example: Can I see the dessert menu, please? 2. A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.
Word: episcopalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English episcopal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English episcopalian From episcopal + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɪpɪskəpeɪliən/, /ɪˌpɪskəˈpeɪlɪən/, /əˌpɪskəˈpeɪliən/, /əˌpɪskəˈpeɪljən/ 1. episcopal: pertaining to a bishop of any church Example: A bishop is entitled to certain episcopalian privileges. 2. Episcopalian
Word: episcopalian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English episcopal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English episcopalian From episcopal + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɪpɪskəpeɪliən/, /ɪˌpɪskəˈpeɪlɪən/, /əˌpɪskəˈpeɪliən/, /əˌpɪskəˈpeɪljən/ 1. Episcopalian
Word: starboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer + board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew). Ships had to dock on their left (port) side because the steering oar on the right would get in the way, which is how the left became known as the port side. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑː.bəd/, /ˈstɑɹ.bɚd/, /ˈstaː.bəd/ 1. The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I see another vessel off the starboard side. Example: We're on starboard tack, so the other boat has to give way. 2. One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: starboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer + board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew). Ships had to dock on their left (port) side because the steering oar on the right would get in the way, which is how the left became known as the port side. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑː.bəd/, /ˈstɑɹ.bɚd/, /ˈstaː.bəd/ 1. To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel. Labels: transitive Example: to starboard the helm
Word: starboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From star + board. The earliest known use was in 2013 on Meta Stack Exchange. 1. A list that shows messages starred in a community space. Example: The unlimited starring power is an arguably useful feature because it enables management of the starboard with notifications and the like, but I see nothing in the informal job description of a room owner that says they have any more right to spam the room than I do. Example: TFHRC#1 indicates a backquote in a chat message using fixed-width formatting, which is (correctly) output literally. FHRC#2 shows that the same backquote is misinterpreted by the sidebar starboard as a formatting character, wrecking the intended look and feel even more. 2. A system that enables such a list. Labels: figuratively Example: In case you don't know what a starboard is, it's basically a system used on Discord that whenever you react with a star emoji, the message is showcased inside of a #starboard channel. Example: We used to do that until someone suggested adding a bot that had a starboard.
Word: watch in two Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of having two alternate watches aboard a ship or vessel.
Word: 8N1 Part of Speech: noun 1. shorthand for "eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit", the most common configuration for serial lines, e.g. EIA-232.
Word: disallow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/, /ˌdɪsəˈlæɔ/ 1. To refuse to allow. Example: The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer. 2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper. Example: The goal was disallowed because the player was offside. Example: England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd. 3. To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council. Labels: UK, historical
Word: Tanya Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːnjə/, /ˈtænjə/, /ˈtɑnjə/ 1. A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) or Tetyana (from Ukrainian). Example: “Did Tanya... why, by the way, was she named Tanya? It's not a Southern name, is it?” “No,” said Fanny, “it's as Russian as Vladimir. But only a few people ever pronounced it correctly. I always did. Most people said ‘Tan-ya’, like the color tan. She and her mother hated it when that happened, and complained. I suggested they replace the a in Tan with an o, but they preferred to make a lifelong habit of correcting people.” Example: CNN and more than a dozen media outlets and groups asked US District Judge Tanya Chutkan for permission to “record and telecast” the March 2024 trial or for the court to “contemporaneously publish on YouTube its internally administered audiovisual livestreams and recordings of the proceedings.”
Word: Tanya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew תַּנְיָא (tanyā), the first word in the book, from Aramaic תַּנְיָא (tanyā, “it was taught [in a Baraita]”). 1. the main work of Chabad Hassidic philosophy, formally called Likkutei Amarim, written by Shneur Zalman of Liadi, first published in 1797
Word: imperial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/, /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/ 1. Related to an empire, emperor, or empress. Example: the imperial diadem of Rome 2. Relating to the British imperial system of measurement. Example: Using imperial units such as pounds makes fresh produce look cheaper than it really is, and it might be luring consumers away from frozen produce, which could possibly provide the same nutritional benefits at lower cost. 3. Very grand or fine. 4. Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence. 5. Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.) Example: Imperial pale ale, Imperial IPA, Imperial pilsner, Imperial milk stout, Imperial lager, Imperial mead
Word: imperial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/, /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/ 1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump. Labels: uncountable 4. Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game. Labels: countable 5. A crown imperial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are who say the sonnet's meted maze Is all too fettered for the poet's powers, Compelled to crowd his flush and airy flowers Like pots of tall imperials, ill at ease. 6. A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III). Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: ...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on the dickey. 9. A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: [T]he imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door. 10. A variety of green tea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bunyip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Wathaurong ban-yib. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌnjɪp/ 1. A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons. Labels: Australia Example: The bunyip here was considered to have a magical power over humans, causing them considerable misfortune. Places where there were many eels tended to be where bunyips lived, as this was their food. On one occasion, Aboriginal people claimed that a bunyip lured a woman to her death by distracting her with a large catch of eels. It was considered extremely bad luck to kill or injure a bunyip. Example: According to the stories, the Bunyip comes in many different shapes and sizes—some are covered in feathers, while others have scales like a crocodile. Most Aboriginal drawings show the Bunyip with a tail like a horse, and flippers and tusks like a walrus. 2. An imposter or con-man. Labels: Australia, obsolete, slang 3. Ellipsis of bunyip bird. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: plethora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “fullness, satiety”), from πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) + -η (-ē, nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈplɛθəɹə/, /ˈplɛðəɹə/, /plɪˈθɔːɹə/, [ˈplɛθɹə], /ˈpleθəɹə/ 1. An excessive amount or number; an abundance. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world. Example: 1817, Francis Jeffrey, review of Lalla Rookh, in the Edinburgh Review He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination. 2. Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Y]our Character at Present is like a Person in a Plethora, absolutely dying of too much Health— Example: The food necessary for the maintenance of his dog, a bull-terrier, in the condition of ferocious plethora to which it was accustomed, he generously declared himself willing to pay for out of his own pocket, […]
Word: on the bubble Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: First appears in the US, c. the late 20th century, from the state of Indiana motor racing. 1. Holding the last qualifying position with qualification still in progress, and thus liable to lose that position. Example: Smith was on the bubble but lost out when Jones was faster by a tenth of a second. 2. Having qualification for an event depend on the upcoming performances of other competitors; hence, at risk of being eliminated, and reversely, being close to qualification; on the verge. Example: The Knights had been on the bubble for the tournament, but played their way in by winning their last five games. Example: Most players play pretty loose on the bubble, much looser than they theoretically should, and even if I saw an opponent sitting out a few hands, it's more likely that he just hit a run of low cards than that he turned into a locksmith at this stage. 3. Uncertain of success. Labels: idiomatic Example: The new bond issue now appears to be on the bubble, with support eroding. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, bubble. Example: Among other aspects of bubble measurement, the researchers were interested in measuring the size of the bubble with a laser scattering technique. A laser is shone on the bubble, which scatters the light.
Word: bubble team Part of Speech: noun 1. A team on the bubble for an upcoming tournament. Example: The Knights are everybody's favorite bubble team this year.
Word: pole position Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 1. The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Smith once again enjoys the pole position. 2. First place. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: The England manager and his players hardly deserve too much criticism after move into pole position in their group, but that comes with the caveat that there will be much sterner tests to come in the months ahead. Example: It has proven that Nexus can undertake big infrastructure projects, putting it firmly in pole position to undertake the reopening of the Leamside line to Washington. [Tyne and Wear]
Word: bubble position Part of Speech: noun 1. The bottom qualifying position in a race, on the outside of the last row at the starting line. Example: Smith is in the bubble position, having barely beaten out Jones for the last spot.
Word: qualifying position Part of Speech: noun 1. The position given at the start of a race, ranked from most favorable to least favorable, awarded according to the times achieved during qualification.
Word: qualification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification. Pronunciation: /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult. 2. An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What are your qualifications for this job? 3. A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 4. A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I accept your offer, but with the following qualification. Example: Before a vowel (as in rib, brake) r is usually pronounced as a fricative consonant by all groups of speakers. But the qualification 'usually' is necessary, for the Negroes tend to weaken r after a consonant; and they omit it, as do illiterate white speakers, in throat, throw, through. 5. A quality or attribute. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: To shew, that these Qualfications, which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.
Word: greens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːnz/ 1. Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: salad greens Example: collard greens 2. Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: starches, meats, and greens Example: Greens are the most basic and prevalent life form on the planet. In the waters, the greens are represented in large and microscopic plant life such as phytoplankton, which grow abundantly in oceans around the world and are the foundation of the marine food chain. On land, the greens can be represented in many green plants and tree foliage with access to sunlight and water. They all contain the pigment chlorophyll for photosynthesis. 3. Leafy plants that are used for decoration. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Yuletide greens Example: Tip greens - the new growth at the ends of branches - are often harvested either for the wholesale or retail market, or for one's own processing. 4. The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Some years ago, moths ruined my greens, and my son, a career Army man, sensed my loss.
Word: greens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːnz/ 1. plural of green Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greens Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of green Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: green party Part of Speech: noun 1. A political party whose principal concern is the protection of the environment.
Word: phish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from phishing. 1. To engage in phishing.
Word: phish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from phishing. 1. A phishing attack.
Word: phisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phish + -er, modeled on fisher. 1. A person who engages in phishing attacks.
Word: acara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese acará, borrowed from Old Tupi akará, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akara. Pronunciation: /ɑːkəˈɹɑː/ 1. Any of a number of Central American and South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae.
Word: jetsam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/ 1. Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris. 2. Discarded or leftover odds and ends. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust. Example: STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
Word: hoplophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Firearms authority and writer Colonel Jeff Cooper claims to have coined the word in 1962: hoplo- (“weapon, arms”) + -phobia (“fear”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɒpləˈfəʊbɪə/ 1. The irrational fear of guns. Labels: uncountable Example: Gun control laws are proposed to control three basic areas: Crime, accidental shootings, and to calm those suffering from hoplophobia — these people generally align themselves with the first two so I won’t even consider that category. Example: You'll be happy to learn that "hoplophobia" (irrational fear of weapons) has been recognized as an illness by the AMA, is treatable, and is now covered by most HMOs. Get thee to a psychiatrist!
Word: flotsam and jetsam Part of Speech: noun 1. The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water. Labels: uncountable 2. That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally). Labels: uncountable 3. A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance. Labels: figuratively, uncountable 4. People considered to be of little worth. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club.
Word: ablutophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ablutio (“a washing”) + Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) (equivalent to -phobia). 1. A pathological fear of washing or bathing. Labels: uncountable Example: Others, such as ablutophobia, or the fear of bathing, are just plain anti-social.
Word: acarophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acaro- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌækəɹəˈfəʊbi.ə/ 1. The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice. Labels: uncountable Example: His acarophobia was obvious from his reaction when I told him he had lice. Example: The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia.
Word: acerophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Proto-Italic *akris Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁-os Proto-Italic *-iðos Proto-Italic *akriðos Latin acerbus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English acerophobia From Latin acerbus (“sour”) + English -o- + -phobia. 1. A fear of or aversion to sourness or sour things. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: This weekend is Halloween. Halloween means Holy evening, the day before all Saints day. Whatever the background and thoughts on its place in modern society, it is and always has been a day that people focus on all that is scary. Did you know that there are hundreds of things to be afraid of? For example, some people have what is called Acerophobia, which is the fear of foods being sour. – slice of lemon, anyone? Example: Acerophobia patients are usually unable to think coherently about their fear for sour foods, and most times, their reason for resisting this food lack logical meaning to them. […] These two play a considerable role in almost all kinds of phobias, and acerophobia is one of them.
Word: achluophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀχλύς (akhlús, “darkness”) and -phobia. 1. The fear of darkness. Labels: uncountable Example: If you have a severe case of achluophobia (fear of the dark), for instance, you may want to wait at the mouth of the cave. Example: When I was little, I had achluophobia and had to sleep with some kind light, any kind of light.
Word: bacillophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bacillo- + -phobia. 1. The fear of microbes. Labels: uncountable
Word: botanophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. The fear of plants. Labels: uncountable
Word: brontophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bronto- + -phobia. 1. The fear of thunder and lightning. Labels: uncountable
Word: atas Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Malay atas. Pronunciation: /ˈɑtɑs/, [ˈatas] 1. High-class, fancy (elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character). Labels: Singapore, informal 2. Arrogant, lofty. Labels: Singapore, informal
Word: cacophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caco- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek κακός (kakós) + φόβος (phóbos). 1. The fear of ugliness or ugly people. Labels: uncountable
Word: cainophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Ancient Greek roots καινός (kainós, “new”) or καινότης (kainótēs, “newness”) + -phobia. 1. The fear of newness and/or of things that are new. Labels: uncountable Example: It is not by means of a social xenophobia and cainophobia that we shall succeed in junking our sawdust goals but only by a sincere and passionate openness to new experience. Example: Sounds like a raging case of cainophobia with a large side helping of gnosiophobia.
Word: catagelophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́ω (kătăgelắō, “to ridicule, mock, jeer”) + -phobia 1. Fear of being ridiculed Labels: uncountable Example: In response to the other July/August request, for a word to describe a "fear of inadvertently throwing something valuable out with the garbage," many, many phobias arrived. Evidently the readers who sent them in suffer from neither doxophobia (fear of expressing opinions) nor neophobia (fear of anything new or novel), and some would even seem to be remarkably free of catagelophobia (fear of being ridiculed).
Word: celery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləɹi/, /ˈsɛlɹi/, /ˈseləɹi/, /ˈsæləɹi/, /ˈsɛləɾe/ 1. A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite. 3. A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ayo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Combination of hey and yo. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/ 1. A greeting. Labels: slang Example: "Ayo, Red. It's the homie Spits on the jack for you, blood." "Ayo, homeboy," said Red as he excitedly picked up the telephone receiver. "What's up, fool?" Example: “Ayo, wassup, girl,” he said to Keisha as he continued to walk toward the back area where I stood. […] “Ayo, wassup, playa? 2. Used to imply that what was said is inappropriate, perhaps sexually so. Labels: slang Example: Ayo, what'd you just say?
Word: ayo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yoruba ayò, an abridged form of ayò ọlọ́pọ́n. Pronunciation: /ˈa.jo/ 1. A type of mancala strategy game played by the Yoruba. Labels: Africa, West, uncountable
Word: imperial system Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of measurement in use in the United Kingdom and certain other countries.
Word: Chaubunagungamaug Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Nipmuck (Loup A) word, translated by Ives Goddard as "fishing place at the boundary" or "lake divided by islands". Chaubunagungamaug is the form used by the US government and it occurs in the earliest local records, according to Goddard. In 1921, a local fancifully enlarged the name to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. 1. A small lake east of Webster, Massachusetts.
Word: old money Part of Speech: noun 1. Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, often, uncountable Example: They found, for example, a significant difference in emphasis as you moved from the “old money” rich, or true elite, to the “new money” rich, or unseasoned elite. The women of “old money” families tend to be relatively indifferent to swings in fashion; and their taste is oriented more to that of the British upper classes than to the French. Example: That girl's a student athlete but she's never played a sport Her parents had a seven-figure wedding and divorce She's stolen from the CVS but her daddy's on the board It's gotta be 'cause she's an old money bitch 2. The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable 3. The imperial system of measurement or Fahrenheit, as opposed to the metric system or Celsius. Labels: Ireland, UK, humorous, uncountable Example: These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?
Word: bagi Part of Speech: noun 1. A voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber. Example: The bar was deserted, but when Max Beauvoir and I entered the hounfour there were three of them, sitting with their backs to the ochre walls of the bagi. Example: The various fronds are fixed in front of the doors of the bagi and the peristyle as well as to the potomitan […].
Word: irritable bowel syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation. Labels: uncountable
Word: hesitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin haereō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō ▲ Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin -titō Latin haesitō Latin haesitātusbor. English hesitate Borrowed from Latin haesitātus, perfect passive participle of haesitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive of haereō (“to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast”). Displaced native Old English wandian. Compare French hésiter. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/, /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/, /ˈhez.ə.tæɪt/ 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination. Labels: intransitive Example: He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Example: September 1, 1742, Alexander Pope, letter to Racine I shall not hesitate to declare myself very cordially, in regard to some particulars about which you have desired an answer. 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Labels: intransitive 3. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. Labels: poetic, rare, transitive Example: Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
Word: waver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English waveren (“to move back and forth, swing; to move unsteadily, totter; to shake, tremble; to wander; (figurative) to be changeable or unstable; to deviate”), and then possibly: * from Old English (compare Old English wǣfre (“flickering, quivering, wavering; active, nimble (?)”)), related to Old English wafian (“to wave”) from Proto-West Germanic *wabbjan (“to cause to weave; to entangle; to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wabjaną (“to cause to weave; to entangle; to wrap”); and/or * from Old Norse vafra (“to move unsteadily, flicker”), probably related to vefa (“to weave”); both from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Doublet of wave. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪvə/, /ˈweɪvəɹ/ 1. An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble. Example: No a bit butterflee on its silent waver, meeting the murmur of the straightforward bee. Example: By turns she sat watching the waver of the candles in the draught, and walked to and fro between the bed and the washhand-stand to keep herself warm. 2. A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter. Labels: figuratively Example: I hear the soldiers talk as I ride by, "There goes the old man. All's right." Not a waver, doubt, or hesitation when I order, and men march to certain death without a murmur if I call on them, because they know I value their lives as much as my own. 3. A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation. Labels: figuratively Example: "Does she mean to accept him?" asked Travice. "Well, she's on the waver. She does not dislike him, and she does not particularly like him. He's too old for her; he's twenty years older than Liz; but it's her first offer, and young women are apt to think when they get that, they had better accept it, lest they may never get another."