nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: subscript Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English subscript From sub- + script. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbskɹɪpt/ 1. A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it. Example: In chemical formulas the number of atoms in a molecule is written as a subscript, so we write H₂O for water which has two atoms of hydrogen for each one of oxygen. 2. An index into an array or hash. Example: If the container is subscriptable and you remember the position where a particular piece of data was stored, you can use the subscript to efficiently retrieve the data.
Word: subscript Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English subscript From sub- + script. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbskɹɪpt/ 1. To provide with a subscript. Labels: transitive Example: As in the chapters on the synchronous model, we use the convention of subscripting a variable by the index of the process at which the variable resides. Example: The elements of these matrices are subscripted with a row–column index, that is, with two integers that give the row and column position in the array. 2. To convert to a subscript form. Labels: transitive Example: If your presentation covers chemistry or some other scientific field, you'll need to subscript and superscript characters (think H2O). 3. To access (an array element) by its index. Labels: transitive Example: Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.
Word: subscript Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English subscript From sub- + script. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbskɹɪpt/ 1. Written underneath. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subsurface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English subsurface From sub- + surface. 1. Something that is below the layer that is on the surface. Example: Before we could lay the flooring we had to lay a subsurface under it to keep it flat and support it. 2. A surface which is a submanifold of another surface. Labels: countable
Word: subsurface Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English subsurface From sub- + surface. 1. Below the surface. Labels: not-comparable Example: variations in subsurface conditions
Word: subtenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English tenant English subtenant From sub- + tenant. 1. A tenant of a sublease.
Word: subtenant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English tenant English subtenant From sub- + tenant. 1. Synonym of sublet. Labels: informal
Word: subtenants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtenant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtenants Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subtenant Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sugarplum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sugar-plum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sugarplums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sugarplum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superciliously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English supercilious Middle English -ly English -ly English superciliously From supercilious + -ly. 1. In a supercilious manner.
Word: supercargo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- (prefix meaning ‘above; superior in position or title’) + earlier supracargo. Pronunciation: /ˈsuːpəˌkɑːɡəʊ/, /ˈsjuːpə-/, /ˈsupəɹˌkɑɹɡoʊ/ 1. Synonym of supracargo Labels: historical Example: [A]t night, when the boat sailed along easily before a light breeze, and the sailors were gathered on the upper deck, while the captain and the supercargo lolled in deck-chairs, smoking their pipes, I saw him dance with another lad, dance wildly, to the wheezy music of the concertina. 2. Synonym of supracargo Labels: obsolete 3. Any overseer or superintendent; also, an agent or representative; or an intermediary; a go-between, a middleman. Labels: figuratively
Word: subteen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English teen English subteen From sub- + teen. 1. Below the age of a teenager, younger than thirteen years old. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subteen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English teen English subteen From sub- + teen. 1. A person younger than a teenager, a child younger than thirteen years old.
Word: summerhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus. 1. A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year. 2. An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather. Example: "When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."
Word: summerhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of summerhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: primary residence Part of Speech: noun 1. The dwelling where a person usually lives. A person may have only one primary residence at any given time, which is used for legal purposes such as determining where a person votes or pays taxes.
Word: primary residences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of primary residence. Note: the primary residence of multiple people since each person can have only one primary residence. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sun-drenched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Since the 1890s or earlier; figurative, conceiving sunlight as if it were a fluid that can drench (immerse) something. 1. Receiving lots of sunshine; bathed in sunlight; (of a place) frequently sunny. Example: Sun-drenched beaches are vacation destinations for sunbathers no matter where the beaches are. Example: Ahead of them were two sun-drenched (all going well) weeks of lazing on the beach.
Word: strip-mine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of strip mine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: strip-mine Part of Speech: verb 1. To mine by creating a strip mine, usually for coal or tar sands. Example: The decision to strip-mine was opposed by environmentalists. Example: Since 1945, approximately 4 million acres of land have been strip-mined, of which only 2 million have been revegetated. 2. To use up all the resources of something. Labels: figuratively Example: This is what success looks like in the creator economy: A group of friends becomes a cast of characters, strip-mines lives and relationships for content and, in the process, turns into a corporation, with payroll to process and liabilities to consider.
Word: strip-search Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of strip search. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: strip-search Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of strip search. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stretchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stretch Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English stretchable From stretch + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃəbəl/ 1. Capable of being stretched. 2. Of a pseudoline arrangement: combinatorially equivalent to a line arrangement, such that one can straighten each line while maintaining the order in which they cross.
Word: stripteaser Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who performs a striptease.
Word: stubbly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stubble + -y. 1. Having stubble. Example: the stubbly ground after harvesting 2. Resembling or characteristic of stubble.
Word: chump chops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chump chop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streptococci Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of streptococcus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streptococcus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically a compound of strepto- + -coccus. They grow in chains or pairs, thus the name — from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós, “twisted, pliant”), like a chain. Compare the genus name Streptococcus. Pronunciation: /ˌstɹɛptəˈkɒkəs/, /ˌstɹɛptəˈkɑkəs/ 1. A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.
Word: stuffiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stuffy 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 stuffiness From stuffy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being angry and obstinate. Labels: uncountable 2. The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close. Labels: uncountable 3. The result or product of being stuffy. Labels: countable, rare
Word: streptococcal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Streptococcus + -al 1. Relating to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: streptomycin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Streptomyces + -in. By surface analysis, strepto- + -mycin. Pronunciation: /ˌstɹɛp.tə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn/, /ˌstɹɛp.təˈmaɪ.sn̩/ 1. An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic C₂₁H₃₉N₇O₁₂ that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces griseus), is active against many bacteria, and is administered via intramuscular injection especially in the treatment of infections by gram-negative bacteria. It was the first drug to be successful against tuberculosis but is now chiefly used with other drugs because of its toxic side effects. Labels: uncountable Example: In brief, Le Chiffre plans, we believe, to follow the example of most other desperate till-robbers and make good the deficit in his accounts by gambling. The 'Bourse' is too slow. So are the various illicit traffics in drugs, or rare medicines, such as aureo- and streptomycin and cortisone.
Word: strep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of streptococcus. Pronunciation: /stɹɛp/ 1. Ellipsis of strep throat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Example: Sore throat is the telltale sign. About one in 10 adults with a sore throat has strep, according to the C.D.C. 2. A streptococcus. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: strep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of streptocarpus. Pronunciation: /stɹɛp/ 1. Clipping of streptocarpus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: I also have a WWW page with pictures if interested: […] look under the Convention '95 page, there are several streptos. Also look under "Take a bite of the strang stuff" for a view of a^([sic]) unifoliate strep. Example: On my arrival at the nursery which (like so many of its kind) is tucked in the back of beyond, Rex was anxious to show me his beloved ‘streps’ (Streptocarpus) and seemed almost disappointed that I should insist instead on viewing his ‘chiris’ (Chirita).
Word: niggers in the woodpile Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nigger in the woodpile. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dual-clutch gearbox Part of Speech: noun 1. A twin-clutch gearbox
Word: twin-clutch gearbox Part of Speech: noun 1. An automatic transmission with separate clutches for odd and even gears.
Word: spinney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spenné, from Middle French espinoye (“thorny thicket”), espinaye, from Latin spīnētum (“thorny thicket”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”). 1. A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds. Labels: UK Example: “H'm !" he said, "so, so — it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]” Example: I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.
Word: spinney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of spinnaker + -y. 1. Synonym of spinnaker.
Word: sequential manual gearbox Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of manual gearbox which can be designed with either a manual or fully-automated clutch system. Gear shifts by the driver can only be chosen in a successive order, and the driver cannot skip gears, like with a standard H-pattern manual transmission. This type of transmission is most commonly used in motorcycles and racecars, and is a form of manual motorcycle transmission.
Word: Multitronic Part of Speech: name 1. A continuously variable transmission, in some Audi cars, that uses a chain instead of a belt.
Word: continuously variable transmission Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several forms of automatic transmission, without specific gears, in which the gear ratio may be changed without any noticeable steps.
Word: gear ratio Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two gears, such as any pair that mesh and, especially, the initial and final gears in a gear train (whose relationship incorporates all the intermediate ones). Example: Two versions exist of the new locomotives, for passenger and for freight work respectively, the technical difference between the two lying in the gearing of the bogies; the passenger locomotives, in light green and pearl grey livery, have a 25:64 gear ratio to haul 12-coach, 450-ton trains at 87 m.p.h. on the level, and the freight locomotives, in the famiiar Italian brown livery, have a 20:69 gear ratio enabling them to move 1,500-ton freights on the level at a consistent 53 m.p.h., with a maximum of 68 m.p.h.
Word: sectarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sectarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sectarianism From sectarian + -ism. Pronunciation: /sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/ 1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis. Example: Our conversation is in French, since he downplays his ability to speak English “out of sectarianism”. 2. A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.
Word: toilet table Part of Speech: noun 1. A dressing table. Labels: dated Example: Her low bed, oak dresser, and toilet-table could be tucked out of view with a flick of her wrist. In the main area, a plain, solid table with four decent chairs took up one wall, the cast-iron stove and window the other. Crockery, china and linens;...
Word: skimpily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English skimpy Middle English -ly English -ly English skimpily From skimpy + -ly. 1. In a skimpy manner. Example: No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […]
Word: skimpiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English skimpy 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 skimpiness From skimpy + -ness. 1. The property of being skimpy. Labels: uncountable Example: Images made public on Thursday of the women’s kit on a mannequin, showing a very high-cut pantyline, triggered criticism from several athletes for what they saw as a decision to prioritize skimpiness over function.
Word: skin-deep Part of Speech: adj 1. Shallow, superficial. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Dead enough; to live thenceforth a galvanic life of mere Stump-Oratory; screeching and gibbering, words without wisdom, without veracity, without conviction more than skin-deep. Example: Would the wicked river drag me down by the heels, indeed? and look so beautiful all the time? Nature’s good-humour was only skin-deep after all.
Word: skinless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English skynles, equivalent to skin + -less. Cognate with Old Norse skinnlauss (“skinless”). 1. Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed. Labels: not-comparable Example: I bought skinless chicken breast because the fat right under the skin is supposed to be fattening; but they don't crisp as much.
Word: skinniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English skinny 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 skinniness From skinny + -ness. 1. The property of being skinny. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: skittishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English skittish Middle English -ly English -ly English skittishly From skittish + -ly. 1. In a skittish manner.
Word: skittishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English skittish 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 skittishness From skittish + -ness. 1. The property of being skittish. Labels: uncountable Example: While the California economy maintains its powerhouse status[…] the state’s most-powerful sectors[…]have struggled to keep their footing, pummeled by high interest rates, investor skittishness, labor strife and other turmoil.
Word: skintight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skin + tight. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪnˌtaɪt/ 1. Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin. Labels: not-comparable Example: He'd have to stow the Gun somewhere; no place to conceal it in the skintight bodysuit. Example: I'mma get your heart racing / In my skin-tight jeans / Be your teenage dream tonight
Word: skimmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skim + -er. 1. A device that skims. 2. A device that skims. 3. A device that skims. 4. A person who skims. Example: Perhaps the greatest stone skimmer is Scotland's own Dougie Isaacs, who has won eight world titles. 5. Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight. 6. Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops. 7. A ballet flat shoe. 8. A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting. Example: Classic, box-pleated skimmers and pantdresses stay crisp and fresh, won't wrinkle or wilt! Example: The utilization of divided dart control—some stitched and some unstitched—is the basis of semifitted styles such as the shift or skimmer dress. 9. Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. 10. A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner. 11. A surface ship. 12. A small, fast-moving spacecraft. Example: Kondric stood beside the skimmer for a moment, looking back at his warriors. They shouted and banged their swords on their shields. He raised his hand in farewell, and followed Violet into the cabin. Example: They said no one landed on other planets. They said there was no such thing as a skimmer. Rocky hadn't believed them. They didn't know everything. He wished they could see the skimmer. 13. Synonym of water strider.
Word: skimmer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Northern variant of shimmer. 1. To shimmer. 2. To move quickly, to flutter. Example: …he was bounding over the heads of the maidens, and making his feet skimmer against the ceiling, enjoying, the while, the most ecstatic emotions.
Word: skimmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skimmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slacks Part of Speech: noun 1. Semi-formal trousers which are less formal than those that are part of a suit but nowadays are considered suitable casualwear in most offices. (Takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair; may be referred to as a pair of slacks.) Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Discipline, that’s what we need. Discipline. How are we going to win the war without discipline? Do you know, sir, some of these fellows come on parade in slacks - so I’ve been told. Can’t expect to win a war that way. Slacks! My God! Example: Not five minutes later, Zooey, with his hair combed wet, stood wet, stood barefoot at the washbowl, wearing a pair of beltless dark-gray sharkskin slacks, a face towel across his bare shoulders.
Word: slacks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sleaziness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sleazy 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 sleaziness From sleazy + -ness. 1. The property of being sleazy. Labels: uncountable Example: He didnʼt look like a gangster or pimp but he carried the sleaziness of someone who did barely legal work.
Word: sledder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sled + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈslɛdə/ 1. A person who rides a sled.
Word: sledders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sledder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleazily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sleazy Middle English -ly English -ly English sleazily From sleazy + -ly. 1. In a sleazy manner.
Word: slasher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English slash Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English slasher From slash + -er. 1. One who slashes. 2. A machine for applying size to warp yarns. 3. A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie. Labels: informal Example: Realizing there was a fresh market for a style of movie that studios had written off as niche material, Scream’s gonzo profits ushered in a wave of subsequent slashers trying to capitalize on a new generation’s discovery of the subgenre, as Gen Xers and Gen Yers alike learned (or re-learned) the fundamental pleasures of a good old-fashioned murder spree by a crazed killer, supernatural or otherwise. 4. A murderer in such a film. 5. One who self-injures by cutting. Example: […] an overdoser, binge drinker, slasher, or sexually impulsive person, is found to act impulsively following some sort of change in a relationship. 6. A tool for cutting undergrowth. 7. One who writes slash fiction and/or supports male/male ships. Labels: slang Example: With the success of the first film and the third one already in production, Warner Bros. is more likely to greet Harry Potter slashers with more takedown orders than tolerance. Example: The same aspects that made buddy shows attractive to relationship-oriented fans also made them attractive to slashers; the fact that these shows were set in an era of tight jeans and unbuttoned shirts, and of the loosening of formerly strict standards of acceptable male behavior, only provided additional evidence for homoerotic interpretation.
Word: sleepiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy 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 sleepiness From sleepy + -ness. 1. The property of being sleepy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: slenderness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English slender 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 slenderness From slender + -ness. 1. The property of being slender. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: England have not beaten their neighbours from across the Channel since 1974 and the slenderness of the scoreline, with the two side’s separated only by Eugénie Le Sommer’s first-half strike, disguises the superiority of a French side now clear favourites to top Group F 2. The quotient between the height and the width of a building. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sleekly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sleek Middle English -ly English -ly English sleekly From sleek + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsliːk.li/ 1. In a sleek manner. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: sleekness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sleek 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 sleekness From sleek + -ness. 1. The quality of being sleek. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sleepily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy Middle English -ly English -ly English sleepily From sleepy + -ly. 1. In a sleepy manner. Example: Igins was studying the habits of a capuchin caterpillar, that, like his betters, was sleepily eating his way through existence on the leaf of a cabbage in the garden […] Example: Lettie's eyes were scarcely open, but she answered sleepily, "Well, papa."
Word: sleeved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *sleved, *isleved, from Old English ġeslīefed (“sleeved”), equivalent to sleeve + -ed. 1. Having sleeves. Labels: not-comparable 2. Made with or having sleeves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sleeved Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sleeve + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of sleeve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sleeplessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sleepless 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 sleeplessness From sleepless + -ness. 1. Lack of sleep; the property of being sleepless; the inability to sleep, insomnia. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hellbound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hell + -bound. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.baʊnd/ 1. Bound for Hell; damned.
Word: sleeplessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sleepless Middle English -ly English -ly English sleeplessly From sleepless + -ly. 1. In a sleepless manner.
Word: slavishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English slavish 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 slavishness From slavish + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being slavish. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Her slavishness came from fear, not respect—she was afraid to disappoint anyone.
Word: short-tempered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, short temper + -ed. 1. Easily angered; frequently losing one's temper. Example: She is so short-tempered that people avoid her company.
Word: sloucher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slouch + -er. 1. A person who slouches. 2. A slouch hat. Example: It was his hat! Old straw plantation “slouchers” were a pride and joy of the Southern Confederacy.
Word: slothfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English slothful Middle English -ly English -ly English slothfully From slothful + -ly. 1. In a slothful manner; lazily.
Word: slothfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English slothful 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 slothfulness From slothful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being slothful. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being slothful. Labels: countable, rare
Word: slovenliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English slovenly 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 slovenliness From slovenly + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being slovenly. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being slovenly. Labels: countable
Word: sluttish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English scluttish, slottesche, slottysch, sluttissche, sluttissh; equivalent to slut + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌtɪʃ/ 1. Like a slut; sexually promiscuous. Labels: vulgar Example: His name was perhaps the least likely ever to have been young: it evoked for me the sunless complexion, unaired suiting, steel-rimmed glasses of a ledger clerk in a vanished age. Or had done so, before I found my beautiful, cocky, sluttish Arthur—an Arthur it was impossible to imagine old. 2. Dirty or untidy; disorderly. Labels: dated Example: […] an air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Example: […] and it was dark and sluttish as all Burmese rooms are, though U Po Kyin had furnished it 'Ingaleik fashion' with a veneered sideboard and chairs […]"
Word: sluggishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sluggish Middle English -ly English -ly English sluggishly From sluggish + -ly. 1. In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly. Example: It hung together in banks, flowing sluggishly down the slope of the land and driving reluctantly before the wind[.] Example: She was not bound in any other way and she lay quiet, her body moving sluggishly with the swaying of the car.
Word: smutty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smut + -y. Related to German schmutzig (“filthy, dirty, smutty”). Pronunciation: /ˈsmʌti/ 1. Soiled with smut; blackened, dirty. Example: She caught up the corner of her skirt and lifted the smutty coffee-pot from the stove. Example: Yechiel Szeintuch, a professor of Yiddish literature at the Hebrew University, rejects any link between the smutty Stalags and the writings of K. Tzetnik as “an original sin.” He insists K. Tzetnik’s work was based on reality. 2. Obscene, indecent. Labels: figuratively Example: And what was it only one of the smutty yankee pictures Terry borrows off of Corny Kelleher. Secrets for enlarging your private parts. Example: Prayter said with a smile to the faces looking down, "Rilly—this train's a joke, isn't it!" A wag yelled, "Yes—a smutty one!" With raucous laughter in his ears, the parson turned and looked for Lace, feeling rather lonely. 3. Affected with the smut fungus.
Word: smutty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From smut + -y. Related to German schmutzig (“filthy, dirty, smutty”). Pronunciation: /ˈsmʌti/ 1. To make dirty; to soil. Labels: transitive Example: […] but went on smuttying her face and fingers at her little table, so littered with powder and blue and whitey-brown serpent cases that it looked like a Lilliputian arsenal.
Word: smuttiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English smutty 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 smuttiness From smutty + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being smutty. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It was exactly the sort of line that brought screeches of laughter on Workers’ Playtime or Midday Music-hall. It was exactly the smoky, faded smuttiness he wanted to put behind him.
Word: smoggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English smog Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English smoggy From smog + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɒ.ɡi/ 1. Having smog. Example: It was another smoggy day in Los Angeles. Example: In Los Angeles, that means relatively cool with few temperature inversions that trap the gases that help make the region the smoggiest in the country.
Word: smelliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English smelly 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 smelliness From smelly + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being smelly. Labels: uncountable
Word: snazzily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English snazzy Middle English -ly English -ly English snazzily From snazzy + -ly. 1. In a snazzy manner.
Word: sneeringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sneering Middle English -ly English -ly English sneeringly From sneering + -ly. 1. In a sneering manner. Example: On the 18th of January, 1856, Commodore Mervine sailed from San Francisco, by order of Mr. Secretary Dobbin, conveyed to him by Mr. G. W. Benson, agent of the American Guano Company, to take possession of Baker and Jarvis Islands, in the name of the United States. He was also to survey the islands, and bring home specimens of the guano. Commodore Mervine, believing this matter one of the first importance, instead of sending a sloop of war, went himself in the Independence, his own ship. His route ought to have been first to Jarvis Island; but he passed by that, and sailed directly to Baker’s Island. Having reached this island, he sailed around what he sneeringly calls “the El Dorado of mercantile and agricultural interests of our country.” “The delusion was transitory,” he writes the Secretary of the Navy, “for, on applying his eye to his telescope,” he made the most marvellous discovery of modern times, viz: that “the island was covered with birdlime in a state of decomposition.” Example: "You know what sort of portrait we want?" "Captain of Industry?" Roger said sneeringly.
Word: sniveler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snivel + -er. 1. One who snivels. 2. A person who whines and complains about small matters. Labels: derogatory Example: In the so-called "golden era" of science fiction, gay/lesbian characters were treated as misfits, sociopaths, villains and "unnaturals" to be pitied and scorned. Gay characters were virtually all weak, effeminate snivelers out to harm the heroes of the story. Lesbians were invariably portrayed as massive, muscular Amazons with sadistic tendencies.
Word: sneakily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sneaky Middle English -ly English -ly English sneakily From sneaky + -ly. 1. In a sneaky manner. Example: But on the occasions that he did do something actively nasty, he was satanically good at insinuating himself so sneakily into your most sensitive spots that if you did not know him well you could end up thinking you were being unfair to him when he annoyed you.
Word: sterling silver Part of Speech: noun 1. An alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper. Labels: uncountable 2. Articles made from this alloy collectively. Labels: uncountable
Word: strip mall Part of Speech: noun 1. A shopping center consisting of a row of stores with separate entrances from the outdoors, typically along a road and/or with a parking lot in front. Labels: Canada, US Example: April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightvillehttp://www.avclub.com/articles/fightville,72589/ Fightville resembles a real-life Foot Fist Way, in that much of the action takes place within the cinder-block walls of a strip-mall gym, this one located next to a Piggly Wiggly in Lafayette, Louisiana. Example: The karate school where she took tai chi was in a strip mall near the Three Rivers depot. There's a convenience store, a bike shop, Happy Joy Chinese, and Caputo's Martial Arts. I got out, walked to the door, opened it a crack. Twenty or so little kids in karate suits stood with their hands clasped as if in prayer. "Bow to the master, bow to the flag," the instructor said.
Word: unrelieved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English relieved English unrelieved From un- + relieved. 1. Utter; complete; without relief. Example: Stock is generally well maintained, and the locomotives and railcars are kept scrupulously clean. The former are painted an unrelieved black, and the latter blue and cream, while the coaches are grey. Example: Part of this movement was driven by a growing conviction among African Americans that they faced unrelieved discrimination.
Word: snobbishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snob Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English snobbish 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 snobbishness From snobbish + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being snobbish. Labels: uncountable Example: Traditional language teaching has backed away from this a bit - especially at degree level - maybe there's been an element of elitism, snobbishness about the Duolingos and the Babbels that they're not for us, but we're becoming very aware of the modern way students want to learn. 2. The result or product of being snobbish. Labels: countable
Word: sneakiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sneaky 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 sneakiness From sneaky + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being sneaky. Labels: uncountable
Word: snappily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English snappy Middle English -ly English -ly English snappily From snappy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsnæpɪli/ 1. In a snappy manner.
Word: bootle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of boodle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snobbishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English snobbish Middle English -ly English -ly English snobbishly From snobbish + -ly. 1. In a snobbish manner.
Word: snappiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snappy 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 snappiness From snappy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being snappy. Labels: uncountable
Word: snappishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English snappish Middle English -ly English -ly English snappishly From snappish + -ly. 1. In a snappish manner. Example: Lucy […] was too happy and excited to notice how snappishly Edmund spoke or how flushed and strange his face was.
Word: snidely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English snide Middle English -ly English -ly English snidely From snide + -ly. 1. In a snide manner.
Word: snooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snoop + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsnuːpə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who snoops. Example: Bradly was embarrassed, detected in the character of a snooper. But he had to come on, short of bolting back in his tracks. Example: Apps like WhatsApp currently prevent any snoopers from reading your messages using end-to-end encryption, jumbling it up in such a way that only the recipient can de-jumble it.
Word: snorkeler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snorkel + -er. 1. A person who uses a snorkel to do snorkeling.
Word: snottily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English snotty Middle English -ly English -ly English snottily From snotty + -ly. 1. In a snotty manner.
Word: snootily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English snooty Middle English -ly English -ly English snootily From snooty + -ly. 1. In a snooty manner.
Word: snorter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snort + -er. 1. One who snorts. 2. Something extraordinary or remarkable. Labels: slang Example: The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper. 3. Something that is extremely difficult. Labels: UK, slang Example: The maths problem is a real snorter, isn't it? 4. A punch on the nose. Labels: slang Example: Both ready, and on their guard; Burke evidently waiting for Byrne to commence; but incautiously putting down his hands to wipe them on his drawers, Byrne, as quick as lightning, popped in a snorter. Example: And thereupon, remembering that he had threatened to wring my nose, I gave him a snorter upon his own. 5. A powerful gale. Labels: slang
Word: snorters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snorter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snore Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English snorer From snore + -er. 1. A person who snores (or is snoring). Example: One snorer can keep a whole room of sleepy people awake. Example: But there, Erskine was not a snorer. And yet to look at him, or hear him sing his song, you would have taken him for a snorer, a great snorer.
Word: snorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snootiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snooty 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 snootiness From snooty + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being snooty. Labels: uncountable 2. The state or quality of being a snoot (word connoisseur). Labels: uncountable
Word: snottiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snotty 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 snottiness From snotty + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being snotty. Labels: uncountable
Word: soapiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English soapy 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 soapiness From soapy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being soapy. Labels: uncountable Example: My new shampoo has a certain soapiness to it that makes it harder to wash out. Example: You have no idea what a useful auxiliary the Black Cabinet of another Power can become — there is no better channel for false news, and in my short experience of the trade, I find oilmen and cheesemongers most indispensable factors of the diplomatic craft, colleagues I highly value, though I don't know what my high and mighty associates in the noble task of "disuniting" Germany would say, if I ventured to trespass on the sacrosanctity of these patented federal snorers (Bundestags Schnarcher) by assimilating my greasy grocers' boys, or my cheesemongering helpmates, to the bestarred and tinselled Excellencies of the Thurn and Taxis Palace, though they would give the former a point or two in soapiness and ignorance (Seifigkeit und Unverstand).
Word: stabber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stab + -er. 1. One who, or that which, stabs. Example: Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails. 2. A small marlinespike.
Word: stably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English stably From stable + -ly. 1. In a stable manner. Example: [K]ing Edwarde [IV] returned, and wͭ much leſſe nũber thẽ [number then [than]] he had, at Barnet on theſtre daye felde [the Easter Day field], ſlewe the Erle of warwik [Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick] wͭ many other great eſtates of yͤ partie, ⁊ ſo ſtably attained the crowne againe, that he peaſſybly enioyed it vntil his dieng day: […] Example: The new procedures for money market operations continue to be in place until the consumer price index (excluding perishables, on a nationwide statistics) registers stably a zero percent or an increase year on year.