nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wardroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ward + room. 1. The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain. Example: There were only about a dozen officers in the great wardroom, six of them in the khaki gabardine working uniform of the U.S. Navy. 2. The commissioned officers of a ship, excluding the captain. Example: The captain rarely referred to his wardroom for advice, and this resulted in their discontent. Example: […] it having also reached the ears of the Ward-room that the work contained reflections somewhat derogatory to the dignity of the officers, the volume was seized by the master-at-arms, armed with a warrant from the Captain.
Word: light-hearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of lighthearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Musicals are lighter-hearted than operas – West Side Story, for example, has a very sad ending, but it also has America and Gee, Officer Krupke. Example: And I didn’t think I would ever write things like infanticide, which you see in Morrison’s novels. I thought I was writing away from that to something lighter-hearted, but I kept getting pulled back.
Word: aerogels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerogel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hellcat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hell + cat. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlˌkæt/ 1. A witch. 2. A spiteful and violent person, especially a woman. 3. A demonic cat of hell. Example: The hellfire abilities were reserved for special kinds of demons. Hellcats, demon princes, and—you guessed it—hellhounds. / Of the three, Vanessa would prefer to not deal with the hellhounds. Unlike hellcats and demon princes, they had the worst attitude, and they usually traveled in small groupings. Example: The Scourge was still a new concept to Logan, but hey, hellhounds and hellcats had to come from somewhere. / “Okay, so what does the ritual entail?” Esme asked. “If you need stuff for it, I’ve probably got it.” / “We’re going to need a Seal of Solomon drawn in blood,” Ceri said.
Word: hellbroth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hell + broth. 1. A brew used in black magic. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bedewed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + dew + -ed. 1. Covered with or as if with dew. Example: “What makes you think that?” I asked, handkerchiefing my upper slopes, which had become considerably bedewed. I didn't like this line of talk at all.
Word: bedewed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + dew + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of bedew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: witling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wit + -ling. 1. A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty. Example: I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […] 2. A person with very little wit. Labels: derogatory Example: "But the witlings of the bunch were those two swaggering there in the popular conception of western dress...." Example: "...only a witling would call a man with my conceit a liar."
Word: displaced person Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From displaced + person. Pronunciation: /dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːsn̩/, /dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜɹs(ə)n/ 1. A refugee, especially of war or of forced migration.
Word: changeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos Proto-Celtic *kambosder. Gaulish cambionbor. Latin cambium 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 Late Latin cambiō Late Latin cambiāreder. Old French changierder. Anglo-Norman chaungerbor. Middle English chaungen English change Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English changeless From change + -less. 1. unchanging Labels: not-comparable Example: Lest men grow weary down on the great Worlds through gazing always at a changeless sky I will paint my pictures in the sky. And I will paint them twice in every day for so long as days shall be.
Word: niceness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nice Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English niceness From nice + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪsnɪs/ 1. Silliness; folly. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was a good Citizen, of an honest-gentle nature, as are commonly fat and burly men; for so was he: But to speake truely of him, full of ambitious vanitie and remisse nicenesse [translating mollesse]. 3. Shyness; reserve. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Methinks a young create of niceness should be less ready to write to one man, when she is designed to be another's. 4. Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.) Labels: Unix, countable, uncountable
Word: woobie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the 1983 film Mr. Mom, in which it is a child's word for his security blanket; perhaps from a childish diminutive of *woob (compare plushie, from plush), an alternative pronunciation of wub, from wuv, a baby talk form of love (cf. luv). Pronunciation: /ˈwʊbi/ 1. Any object, typically a blanket, garment or stuffed animal, that is used simply for its comforting characteristics; a security blanket. Labels: US, childish 2. A term of endearment. Labels: US, endearing 3. A fictional character, often morally grey or a villain, subjected to constant stress and angst, so as to create pathos within the narrative and increase the reader/viewer's emotional attachment to them. Labels: slang Example: The conflicted portrayal of the character reaches its zenith during the sixth episode where Logan’s relationship with his abusive and morally despicable father solidifies his character into the woobie. Example: In some instances, this characterisation then becomes part of a hurt/comfort fan narrative where the pleasure at the woobie's pain is transmuted into relief at their eventual recovery. 4. A poncho liner. Labels: US, slang
Word: woobies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woobie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vesture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vesture (noun) and vesturen (verb), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French vesteüre, from Vulgar Latin vestītūra (“clothing”), from Latin vestītus, perfect passive participle of vestiō (“to clothe”), from vestis (“garment”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈvɛstjʊə(ɹ)/ 1. A covering of, or like, clothing. Example: His broad-brim was placed beside him; his legs were stiffly crossed; his drab vesture was buttoned up to his chin; and spectacles on nose, he seemed absorbed in reading from a ponderous volume. Example: It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.
Word: vesture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vesture (noun) and vesturen (verb), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French vesteüre, from Vulgar Latin vestītūra (“clothing”), from Latin vestītus, perfect passive participle of vestiō (“to clothe”), from vestis (“garment”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈvɛstjʊə(ɹ)/ 1. To clothe. Labels: archaic
Word: guarantor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹəntə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡæɹəntɔː(ɹ)/ 1. A person or company that provides a guarantee.
Word: hyperboreal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, hyper- + boreal 1. hyperborean
Word: photoalidade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English alidade English photoalidade From photo- + alidade. 1. A surveying instrument used to plot lines and measure directions between terrestrial features from photographs
Word: photobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology English photobiology From photo- + biology. 1. The study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes Labels: uncountable
Word: photobiont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English -biont English photobiont From photo- + -biont. Pronunciation: /ˌfəʊ.təʊˈbaɪ.ɒnt/, /-tə-/, /ˌfoʊ.toʊˈbaɪ.ɑnt/ 1. A photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen. Example: It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.
Word: photosynthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English synthetic English photosynthetic From photo- + synthetic. 1. Of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis. Example: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
Word: photobiotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English biotic English photobiotic From photo- + biotic. 1. Dependent on light for life and growth.
Word: photobleach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English bleach English photobleach From photo- + bleach. 1. To become less absorbent, reflective or fluorescent upon exposure to light. Labels: intransitive
Word: photobleaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of photobleach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: photobleaching Part of Speech: noun 1. The destruction of a photochemical fluorescence by high-intensity light Labels: uncountable
Word: waggon Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of wagon. Labels: UK Example: We go on like one of those country waggons, creaking along in the old ruts […] Example: The first waggon was loaded, and moved a few yards along the quay, and the second took its place. There was an order and swiftness over the work that told of a careful preparation. The third waggon took the place of the second and the work of loading it went even faster. Then, at a shout from the Grocer, the loaders threw off their slings, took every man of them a cudgel from beneath his smock, and formed themselves as a guard about the waggons that went away quickly along the quay on their way inland.
Word: waggon Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated spelling of wagon. Labels: UK Example: The ore is firſt waggoned to the river, a quarter of a mile, then laden on board of canoes, and carried acroſs the river, which is there about 200 yards wide, and then again taken into waggons and carried to he furnace.
Word: wain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn. Pronunciation: /weɪn/ 1. A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen. Labels: archaic, literary Example: "The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable. Example: Many roads and tracks crossed the green fields, and there was much coming and going: wains moving in lines towards the Great Gate, and others passing out. 2. A chariot or similar stately carriage. Labels: archaic Example: And the hill-king spake to his footpages twain. Time with me goes slow. — "Put ye the gray pacers now unto the wain," But that grief is heavy I know.
Word: wain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn. Pronunciation: /weɪn/ 1. To carry. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: wain Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of wane. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/urbanfarm15108.aspx
Word: wain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wee one. Pronunciation: /ˈwiː(ə)n/, /ˈweɪ(ə)n/, [weːn] 1. Alternative form of wean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ride roughshod over Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A horse is roughshod if its hooves are shod with horseshoes that have calks (projecting parts to prevent slipping). Thus, something that a roughshod horse is ridden over is likely to be damaged by the projections of its horseshoes. Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪd ˈɹʌfʃɒd ˌəʊvə/, /ˌɹaɪd ˈɹʌfʃɑd ˌoʊvɚ/ 1. To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something). Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: [B]eing in high ſpirits, after dinner, one of them being called upon for a toaſt, gave, „The d——l ride roughſhod over the raſcally part of the creation.” Example: [H]ad the Commons of England been of his way of thinking, Charles [I of England] and his prerogative would have ridden roughshod over their necks at will.
Word: whing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. 1. The high-pitched ringing sound of an object as it whizzes past. Example: "Whing, whing," went the Spaniard's shot, like so many humming-tops, through the rigging far above their heads.
Word: whing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. 1. To move with great force or speed.
Word: whing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See wing. 1. Obsolete spelling of wing. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The fruite is long, flat, and thinne, almost lyke to a feather of a small birde, or lyke the whing of a grashopper. Example: Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
Word: expressionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French expressionnisme, equivalent to expression + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɛksˈpɹɛˈʃən.ɪzm/ 1. A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: water level Part of Speech: noun 1. The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line. Example: There is one feature of interest: at Rendsburg after a not too-easily graded ascent from the plain by means of an embankment, the train crosses the Kiel Canal by a double-track steel bridge 138 ft. above water-level, with, on a clear day, magnificent views over the countryside, and then loops round right, descending to canal level and, parallel with the canal, crossing under the bridge over which it passed a few minutes previously. 2. The level of the water table below ground. 3. The waterline of a ship. 4. (Relating to) an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe. Labels: also, attributive Example: A water level indicator of the float type is provided. 5. Of a route that follows a riverbank or shoreline. Labels: attributive Example: The water-level route, the whistle and the loud staccato exhaust of this great engine recalled most vividly memories of the New York Central Hudsons highballing along the Hudson River between Harmon and Albany!
Word: water table Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtəˌteɪbɫ̩/, /ˈwɔ.dɚˌteɪ.b(ə)ɫ/ 1. The level, underground, below which the ground is saturated with water. Example: In contrast, peatland vegetation may or may not occur in riparian settings in Minnesota. These peatlands find themselves at the water's edge on flat landforms that have paludified—the process by which peat accumulates in response to rising water tables in areas that were formerly terrestrial. As these peatlands grow both vertically and in area, they encircle lake basins or develop their own open-water drainage […] Example: The heavy rain, combined with the high-water table in the flat Fenland landscape, made for difficult working conditions which was already threatening NR's preparedness for the nine-day blockade in September. 2. A molding or other projection in the wall of a building to throw off rainwater. 3. A child's toy resembling a sand table but filled with water instead of sand.
Word: datum line Part of Speech: noun 1. A line which serves as a reference or base for the measurement of other quantities.
Word: subservience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From subservi(ent) + -ence. 1. The state of being subservient. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But bureaucracy, the lack of an obvious champion and the reluctance of the DfT to commit to anything because of its subservience to the Treasury all make life difficult for the group.
Word: cleanhanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of clean-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Further, he was singularly cleanhanded, as Ottoman officials go. Even those who declared that he took bribes in his youth admitted that he refused them in his old age —“unless they were very big,” they added.
Word: clean-handed Part of Speech: adj 1. Innocent and candid; free from corruption. Labels: UK Example: And how there was clearly no escape, no escape compatible with that clean-handed truth from which it was not possible for him to swerve.
Word: crickets Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sense 2 is derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/ 1. plural of cricket. Labels: form-of, plural 2. Used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence where meaningful sound is expected; lack of response; no communication. Labels: Canada, US, figuratively, humorous, often, singular, slang Example: to hear crickets Example: Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just… crickets.
Word: crickets Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See Jiminy Cricket. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/ 1. Expressing mild annoyance or surprise. Example: Seraphina. You have more money, Betsy, than you will know how to spend; all your own. / Betsy. Oh, gracious! Won't I have as much dinner as I can eat every day! / Mrs. Green. Yes, my love, you can have everything you wish for. / Betsy. Oh, crickets! Example: "Oh Crickets! I seen you at the The-ayter one Night," she said. "I was there with Ollie Pozozzle of Minneapolis. Me and him come out just behind you. […]"
Word: forestay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forstay, forstey, vorstey, equivalent to fore- + stay (“a stay, rope”). 1. A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
Word: forestay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forstay, forstey, vorstey, equivalent to fore- + stay (“a stay, rope”). 1. To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay. Labels: transitive Example: Anna decided not to press that subject and forestayed her mind to change tack.
Word: forestay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + stay (“to hold off, postpone, delay”). 1. To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent. Labels: transitive Example: It is reasonable to suppose that further research into the complex bio-chemistry of the blood will result in more satisfactory substitutes for plasma than are now available and thereby death may be more easily forestayed. Example: [...] in our capital construction plan, we might not plan the manufacture of equipment according to storage, thus delaying the sale of our manufactured equipment and forestaying return on investment by equipment manufacturing agencies.
Word: mainmast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From main + mast. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪn.mɑːst/, /-məst/, /ˈmeɪn.mæst/ 1. The tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast; particularly a full-rigged ship. Example: O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls! sometimes to see ’em, and not to see ’em; now the ship boring the moon with her main-mast, and anon swallowed with yest and froth, as you’ld thrust a cork into a hogshead. Example: Then turning to his first Minister, who waited behind him with a white Staff near as tall as the Main-mast of the Royal Soveraign, he observed how contemptible a thing was human Grandeur, which could be mimicked by such diminutive Insects as I […] 2. The second-foremost mast of a non-sailing ship with more than one mast.
Word: cytotoxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English cytotoxic From cyto- + toxic. 1. Of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin. 2. Of or relating to cytotoxicity. Example: A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.
Word: cytotoxic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English cytotoxic From cyto- + toxic. 1. Any cytotoxic substance; a cytotoxin. Example: Current chemotherapies for cancer are mostly cytotoxics with serious side effects and high incidence of drug resistance.
Word: epitope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + -tope. 1. The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response Example: Holonym: idiotope
Word: paratope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, para- + -tope. 1. That part of the molecule of an antibody that binds to an antigen.
Word: endemial Part of Speech: adj 1. endemic
Word: cocked hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A hat with the brim turned up to form two or three points; a bicorn or tricorn Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The triangular space formed by the intersection of the position lines on a chart determined by plotting three bearings; the approximate position of the ship Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins, arranged in a triangle, are used. Labels: uncountable
Word: cockscomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb. 1. The fleshy red crest of a rooster. 2. A red cap once worn by court jesters. 3. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia). 4. An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers. Example: She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket. 5. A conceited dandy. Labels: archaic 6. A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed.
Word: cod-banger Part of Speech: noun 1. A 19th century vessel used to fish for cod using codlines Labels: obsolete
Word: codline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cod + line. 1. a small line made of eighteen threads, once used for cod fishing, and subsequently in place of rope for delicate work onboard ship
Word: collision bulkhead Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong, watertight transverse bulkhead in the fore part of a ship to prevent water flowing aft in the event of a collision
Word: collision mat Part of Speech: noun 1. A large square of canvas, treated with a sealing agent and attached to lines at each corner; hauled over a damaged part of the hull to limit the inflow of water
Word: Bandjalang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Bundjalung. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl Part of Speech: name 1. A variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in parts of Mexico.
Word: Classical Nahuatl Part of Speech: name 1. The variants of the Nahuatl language spoken in central Mexico at the time of the Spanish colonization.
Word: Yatzachi Zapotec Part of Speech: name 1. A variety of Zapotec spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico
Word: drill jig Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of jig that expedites repetitive hole center location on multiple interchangeable parts by acting as a template to guide the twist drill into the precise location of each intended hole center.
Word: soughing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sough Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: soughing Part of Speech: noun 1. A rushing, rustling sound. Example: So she sat, looking at the rain, listening to the many noiseless noises of it, and to the strange soughings of wind in upper branches, when there seemed to be no wind. Example: From the mallee and kurrajong trees came a rowdy chatter of parakeets, while queer soughing of air-currents came from the valley top.
Word: dartboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dartboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proof reader Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who reads proof, copy or other text, looking for errors and making corrections
Word: Negus Part of Speech: name 1. An English surname of unknown derivation.
Word: Negus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of negus (“Ethiopian ruler”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kindergartner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kindergarten + -er, with spelling influenced by German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ/, /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːtnə/ 1. A child who attends a kindergarten. Example: I partnered the older kids with my kindergartners and let everyone get a taste of teaching or learning from someone different. Example: All 50 states have had school immunization requirements since the beginning of the 1980s, with incoming kindergartners needing shots to protect against diseases including measles, polio and tetanus. No states require a Covid-19 vaccine for schoolchildren.
Word: kindergartner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kindergärtner. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ/, /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːtnə/ 1. A person who teaches at a kindergarten. Labels: rare Example: But the heart is generally larger than the creed, as was once strikingly evidenced to me by Louisa Frankenberg, a dear, devout old German kindergartner, who had learned the art of kindergartning [...] Example: [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau rightly insists that man’s education begins at his birth, and that what is acquired unconsciously far exceeds, in amount and importance, what is acquired consciously and through instruction.¹ […] ¹ This is a truth to which kindergærtners ought to give serious heed.
Word: negus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named from Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), its creator. Pronunciation: /ˈniːɡəs/ 1. A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And when he got home he had a glass of hot negus in his wife's sitting-room, and read the last number of the “Little Dorrit” of the day with great inward satisfaction. Example: Esther began […] to cry. But when the fire had been lit specially to warm her chilled limbs and Adela had plied her with hot negus she began to feel rather a heroine.
Word: negus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1590s, borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), itself a loan from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), from the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”). Pronunciation: /ˈniːɡəs/ 1. A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974. Labels: historical Example: Sir, the Negus of Ethiopia is here in person; and this is the day of our death, doe what you can to saue your selfe, for my part I meane here to die Example: In the Abyssinian Language a King is call'd Negus. Their Monarch they stile Negus Negasta, which is as much as to say, King of Kings.
Word: plesiomorphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Ancient Greek πλησίος (plēsíos) Ancient Greek πλησίον (plēsíon)der. English plesio- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morphy English plesiomorphy From plesio- + -morphy. 1. A character state that is present in both outgroups and in the ancestors
Word: shemagh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: British military use, borrowed from Arabic شُمَاغ (šumāḡ). Pronunciation: /ʃəˈmɑːɡ/ 1. A headcloth designed for a desert environment to protect the wearer from sand and heat.
Word: wains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jill off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By analogy with jack off and "Jack and Jill". 1. To masturbate. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: chupa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chuppah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chupa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Philippine Spanish chupa, probably from Malay cupak. 1. A unit of volume equivalent to around 375 mL. Labels: Philippines, historical
Word: make right Part of Speech: verb 1. To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation. Labels: transitive Example: We had some bad blood initially, but in the end it was all made right by talking things over. Example: She wondered how she could ever make it right.
Word: gossipy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gossip Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gossipy From gossip + -y. 1. Prone to gossip. Example: ‘Tell me who you saw and what they said,’ she says, in one of her gossipy moods. 2. Containing much gossip. Example: In examining Capote, Clarke follows the course of the precocious writer's life with painstaking attention to gossipy detail. It's an exhaustive roller coaster of a read, a high-tilt immersion into the social swirl and scandal that accompanied most of Capote's adult life.
Word: rightwing Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of right-wing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.
Word: leftwing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of left wing. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leftwing Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of left-wing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At public and private meetings, in online discussions, independent parliamentary campaigns and other mobilisations, a growing range of leftists, from young ex-Corbynistas to union veterans, are becoming convinced that a new leftwing party is both necessary and timely.
Word: ccTLD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of country code top-level domain, any of the top-level domain names assigned to each country or dependent territory by the IANA. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: mischaracterizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mischaracterize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mischaracterize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)der. Medieval Latin charactērizōder. English characterize English mischaracterize From mis- + characterize. 1. To characterize falsely or mistakenly Example: Our small disagreement has been mischaracterized as a deep rift.
Word: resentments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resentment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crazies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crazy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stiffed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stiff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: oyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman oyer (“hear”). 1. A hearing in a civil case which is based on the content of a document, in which the plaintiff is required to produce the document. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: oyer and terminer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oier and terminer, oyer and termyner, from Anglo-Norman oyer (“hear”) and terminer (“determine”). 1. A commission under which a court is empowered to hear and determine a criminal case. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. The hearing or trial carried out under such authority. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: tinier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of tiny: more tiny Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: naturalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French naturaliser. By surface analysis, natural + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈnæt͡ʃəɹəˌlaɪz/, /ˈnæt͡ʃɹəˌlaɪz/ 1. To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen. Labels: transitive Example: Pakche was destroyed and five years later, Kokuryo was also swept away by T’ang and Silla. T’ang set up An-tontu-hu-fu (Government headquarters) at P’ing jang to rule the former territories of Pakche and Kokuryo. Many refugees from these destroyed states came to Japan and became naturalized as Japanese. 2. To acclimatize an animal or plant. Labels: transitive Example: Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate. 3. To make natural. Example: Custom naturalizes labour or study. 4. To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones. Labels: transitive 5. To make (a word) a natural part of the language, using the native homologue of each phoneme (and often for each morpheme) of the imported word (e.g., native inflections). Labels: transitive Example: In English, foreign words are typically written in italics until they are naturalized. Example: English speakers have naturalized the French word "café". 6. To study nature. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Well, any way, Doctor, we will make an appointment for a whole day here next spring ; we will botanize, herbarize and naturalize to our hearts' content, from morn till night."
Word: nail file Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈneɪl ˌfaɪl/, /ˈneɪl ˌfʌɪl/, /ˈnæɪl ˌfɑel/, /ˈnæɪl ˌfaɪl/, /ˈnel ˌfaɪl/ 1. A small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's fingernails and toenails.
Word: Songun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 선군(先軍) (seon'gun, “prioritizing the military”), McCune-Reischauer Sŏn'gun. Pronunciation: /sɔːnɡʊn/ 1. The official policy of North Korea, by which the military gets first cut on food, clothing, medicine, and other necessities. Labels: uncountable
Word: de nada Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Spanish de nada (it's nothing). Pronunciation: /deɪ ˈnɑdə/ 1. You're welcome. Labels: US Example: 1976, American review: the magazine of new writing: Issue 25, link Mooch-ass grassy-ass! Ha ha, de nada, jefe Example: "I'm really grateful to you for being nice to her." "De nada," he answered with a small bow and a quick swipe to her behind as she passed.
Word: guttersnipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gutter + snipe. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌtɚˌsnaɪp/ 1. A person of the lowest social or economic class. Labels: dated, derogatory Example: Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The guttersnipe you bring us will not be the boy you get back. 2. A street urchin. Labels: archaic, derogatory Example: Never lose a chance: it doesnt come everyday. I shall make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe. 3. A broker who sold securities in the street. Labels: US, derogatory, obsolete, slang
Word: organdie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of organdy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vitrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vitrum. 1. Glass; a glassy material. Labels: obsolete Example: I imagine it to be some small parcel of the Steel, which by the violence of the motion of the stroke […] is made so glowing hot, that it is melted into a Vitrum, which by the ambient Air is thrust into the form of a Ball.
Word: Breda Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɹidə/, /ˈbɹeɪdə/, /ˈbɹeɪdɑ/, /bɹeɪˈdɑ/, /ˈbɹiːdə/ 1. A city and municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands. 2. A village and municipality in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. 3. A minor city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.
Word: Kilkenny Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Cill Chainnigh. Pronunciation: /kɪlˈkɛni/ 1. A county of Leinster, Ireland. 2. A city in and the county town of County Kilkenny. 3. Other places named after Kilkenny, Ireland: 4. Other places named after Kilkenny, Ireland: 5. Other places named after Kilkenny, Ireland: 6. Other places named after Kilkenny, Ireland: 7. A surname.
Word: Newbury Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh. Pronunciation: /njubəɹi/ 1. A place in England: Example: A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed West Berkshire in April 1998. 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States: 9. A place in the United States: 10. A place in the United States: 11. A place in the United States: 12. A small rural settlement near Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand. 13. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. 14. A surname.
Word: Clint Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive of Clinton. The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint. Pronunciation: /klɪnt/ 1. A male given name. 2. A village in Clint cum Hamlets parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2659). 3. A town in El Paso County, Texas, United States, named after settler Mary Clinton Collins.
Word: Courtney Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/ 1. A surname from Old French. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sir Edward Courtney, and the haughty prelate, Bishop of Exeter, his brother there, With many moe confederates are in arms. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "One girl ten, another one eight. Courtney and Ashley. I'd have named 'em something else. Sara and Diane, Patti and Jill, something like that. I don't even understand girls. 4. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Acapulco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Acapulco, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Acapolco, from acatl (“reed”) + -pol (“big”) + -co (“at, to, from”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑ.kəˈpʊl.koʊ/, /ˌæ.kəˈpʊl.koʊ/ 1. A port city on the west coast of Guerrero, Mexico. Example: Going loco down in Acapulco / If you stay too long / Yes, you'll be going loco down in Acapulco / The magic down there is so strong Example: Guerrero state Gov. Evelyn Salgado said all movement in Acapulco and other beach communities was to be suspended at 8 p.m. Wednesday in a post on X, and schools across the state were to remain closed through Thursday. 2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
Word: Tianjin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 天津 (Tiānjīn, literally “heavenly ford; heavenly crossing”). 1. A direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China, between Beijing and the Bohai Bay. Example: The vast majority of factories are state owned. We visited state-owned factories ranging in size from the one thousand six hundred-worker Dong Feng (“East Wind”) Watch Factory in Tianjin to the huge one hundred fifty thousand-worker Anshan Iron and Steel Company in the Northeast. Example: Watch or run in the fourth annual 42-kilometer Tianjin race on a 15-day tour starting October 23 in Beijing.
Word: self-starter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English starter English self-starter From self- + starter. 1. A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness. Example: Purchasing a snowplow transforms Homer into a new man. Mr. Burns' laziest employee suddenly becomes an ambitious self-starter who buys ad time on local television at 3:17 A.M^([sic]) (prime viewing hours, Homer gingerly volunteers, for everyone from alcoholics to the unemployable to garden-variety angry loners) and makes a homemade commercial costarring his family. 2. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand. Example: The grey Bentley convertible, the 1933 4½-litre with the Amherst-Villiers supercharger, had been brought round a few minutes earlier from the garage where he kept it and the engine had kicked directly he pressed the self-starter. 3. An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers. Example: His ancient Cadillac was one of the first self-starters.
Word: photocatalysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English catalysis English photocatalysis From photo- + catalysis. 1. catalysis by a photocatalyst Labels: uncountable
Word: photocatalyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English catalysis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English catalyst English photocatalyst From photo- + catalyst. 1. A substance that absorbs light and, in doing so, catalyzes a reaction.
Word: Guadalajara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Guadalajara, from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”). The city in Mexico was named after the city in Spain by conquistadores. Pronunciation: /ˌɡwɑːdələˈhɑːɹə/, /ˌɡwɑdələˈhɑɹə/ 1. A province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Guadalajara. 2. A city, the capital of Guadalajara, Spain. 3. A city, the capital of Jalisco, in central Mexico. Example: For much of the 20th century, the image of Mexico popularized abroad through film, music, art and literature was, more accurately, a portrayal of Jalisco state and especially its capital, Guadalajara.
Word: Wiesbaden Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Wiesbaden. 1. The capital city of Hesse, Germany, on the River Rhine.
Word: advisement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English advisement, avisement, from Old French advisement, avisement, from adviser, aviser + -ment. 1. Consideration or deliberation. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: He took the situation under advisement, but was able to draw no conclusion. 2. Advice, counsel. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: Her wiſely comforted all, that ſhe might, / With goodly counſell and aduiſement right; […]
Word: adversarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from adversary + -al Pronunciation: /ˌæd.vəˈsɛə.ɹi.əl/, /ˌæd.vɚˈsɛɚ.i.əl/, /ˌæd.vəˈseː.ɹi.əl/ 1. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed. Example: In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial. Example: The White Paper therefore aims to tackle complexity rather then ownership of the railways, and to eliminate "the adversarial relationships between operators, suppliers, NR and government". 2. In which issues are tried through the presentation of evidence and argument by adverse parties, with no or limited inquiry by the court's own initiative. Example: Canada uses an adversarial system of criminal justice, whereas France uses an inquisitorial model.
Word: adroitness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adroit Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English adroitness From adroit + -ness. 1. Skillfulness or ease of ability. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: skillfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English skylfulnesse, equivalent to skillful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being adept or skillful. Labels: uncountable, usually