nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: West End Part of Speech: name 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end. 2. A neighbourhood of London, England; Usually "the West End", that part of central London to the west of the City that houses shops, theatres, restaurants, museums, art galleries, etc. Example: In a West End town, a dead end world / The East End boys and West End girls 3. The English theatre industry Labels: broadly 4. A small village in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8275). 5. A village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4714). 6. A small settlement in Benington parish, Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3846). 7. A hamlet (and another named Wrentham West End) in Wrentham parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4683) 8. An inner city area of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2473). 9. A region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, composed of the cities and boroughs of Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Cote-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West 10. An inner southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Word: art galleries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of art gallery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longstanding Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of long-standing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Independent developers began airing longstanding grievances, skeletons in the closet, and as-told-tos about Microsoft tactics over the years. Example: Cooper, Candace Owens, Allie Beth Stuckey and Alex Clark all have longstanding ties to conservative media outlets like the Blaze and the Daily Wire as well as the conservative activist group Turning Point USA, which was instrumental in turning out the vote for Trump.
Word: galleries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡæl.ə.ɹiz/, /ˈɡæl.ɚ.iz/ 1. plural of gallery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: look-see Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English look-see. 1. A brief examination, a peek or glance. Labels: informal Example: I’ve had a look-see at your work, and I think you’ve done a pretty good job of things. Example: I'll just take a look-see at the problem and come right back, then we can go to lunch. 2. A person who serves as lookout or scout. Example: Once we have them localized, I can send in some look-sees to get a better idea of how many and whether there's actually a nuke in there with them. 3. An audition attended by an actor or model so that they can be visually appraised. Example: The basic use of the comp is to allow an art or casting director to select the model type needed for a particular assignment. This is generally followed by a casting call or a "look-see" for a more detailed evaluation of the models. Example: J. is dating P. at NYU and modeling on the side. They're planning to meet us in Paris for spring break so J. can go to some look-sees (and eat some escargot, obv.).
Word: look-see Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English look-see. 1. To make a quick inspection, especially as a lookout or scout. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I told Kola and he went down in the p.m. to look-see. Example: When I look-saw my brother's sunstone I knew it was mighty powerful magic.
Word: longhair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + hair. 1. A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie. Example: dismissed as just another band of longhairs at the height of longhair bands Example: Health Food stores began displaying posters saying things like: “The American Indian, You Know, Walked!” It became a common sight to see longhairs and their chicks striding along purposefully eating maize-on-the-cob. 2. A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music. 3. A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts. 4. A cat with hair longer than the norm.
Word: longhair Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From long + hair. 1. Concerning or characteristic of classical music. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable Example: I would rather see a musical, but my wife, who loves longhair music, is dragging me to the symphony again.
Word: sights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sights Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: low-level Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From low + level. 1. Relatively unimportant. Example: The low-level bureaucrat couldn't help us and his boss could have but wouldn't. 2. Not intense. Example: The low-level radiation released won't kill you immediately, but avoid long term exposure. 3. Of, or relating to a program, or to code in which each statement corresponds to a single machine instruction. Example: The assembler generates low-level code. 4. Detailed. 5. Situated or occurring at a lower level. Example: It remains a key part of the busy Strathclyde railway system, with its high-level platforms served by trains to Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and England, and its low-level platforms a key artery at the heart of the busiest commuter network outside London.
Word: lower-class Part of Speech: adj 1. Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class. Example: The lower-class people have little chance of advancement. 2. Unrefined. Example: His lower-class tastes tended to run to three-stooges movies and cheap drink.
Word: lowlife Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From low + life. Pronunciation: /ˈloʊlaɪf/, /ˈləʊlaɪf/ 1. Lacking morality. 2. Seemingly mischievous and troublesome to society.
Word: lowlife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From low + life. Pronunciation: /ˈloʊlaɪf/, /ˈləʊlaɪf/ 1. An untrustworthy, despicable, disreputable, or otherwise immoral person, especially one suspected of being a criminal. Labels: derogatory Example: They say all the lowlifes used to hang out at the docks and plot their despicable crimes, before being elected to public office. 2. A person who is rebuked by their community for their behavior. Labels: derogatory 3. A person of low socio-economic status. Labels: derogatory
Word: crazed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɹeɪzd/ 1. Maddened; driven insane. Example: The crazed look in his eyes made everyone back away. Example: He was crazed with thirst and resorted to drinking seawater. 2. Obsessed with something. Example: We live and work in the heart of tech-crazed San Francisco Bay Area, where use of AI is even greater than in America at large. 3. Covered with cracks (generally applied to porcelain, plastics, and paints). Example: The dark traces of the cracks in the crazed surface of the pot contrasted with the light glaze and were quite attractive. Example: Sunbleached paints and plastics are often crazed and faded.
Word: crazed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹeɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of craze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coeliac disease Part of Speech: noun 1. An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: aroha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori aroha. Doublet of aloha and aropa. Pronunciation: /ˈa.roː.ha(ː)/ 1. Love and compassion. Labels: New-Zealand, uncountable Example: As much as possible, even under threat, mana should be tempered with aroha. Example: They do not come to this meeting house with respect, nor with aroha.
Word: prionaemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prion Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă)bor. English -aemia English prionaemia From prion + -aemia. 1. The presence of prion proteins in the blood. Labels: uncountable
Word: Agatha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɡəθə/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Agatha was as cloddish as her name – plain and thick, pasty-faced.
Word: umu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori umu. Doublet of imu. 1. An earth oven used in New Zealand, Samoa, and other Pacific islands, consisting of a hole dug in the ground and lined with heated stones.
Word: Alexius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Alexius, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios) or Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”). Pronunciation: /əˈlɛk.si.əs/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Word: Ambrose Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin saints' name Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “immortal, divine”). Compare Athanasius. Pronunciation: /ˈæmbɹoʊz/, /ˈæmbɹəʊz/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A city in Coffee County, Georgia. 4. A city and village in North Dakota. 5. A town in Queensland, Australia.
Word: Apollonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Apollōnia, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía). 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. 2. Any of a number of Ancient Greek cities and colonies. Labels: historical
Word: Augustine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Augustīnus, derivative of Augustus. Doublet of Austin. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/, /ˈɔːɡəˌstiːn/, /əˈɡʌstɪn/, /ˈɔɡəˌstin/, /ˈɑɡəˌstin/ 1. A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), a church father and a writer. Example: The ordo amoris can be conceptualized as a series of concentric circles radiating outward from ourselves, beginning with loving God, who is, as Augustine put it, “closer to us than we are to ourselves,” and ending with loving the rest of the world outside our own country.
Word: Augustine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Augustīnus, derivative of Augustus. Doublet of Austin. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/, /ˈɔːɡəˌstiːn/, /əˈɡʌstɪn/, /ˈɔɡəˌstin/, /ˈɑɡəˌstin/ 1. An Augustinian.
Word: Augustine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Augustine, from Latin Augustīna. Doublet of Augustina. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/, /ˈɔːɡəˌstiːn/, /əˈɡʌstɪn/, /ˈɔɡəˌstin/, /ˈɑɡəˌstin/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: Miss Augustine Bishop, 60 years old, of 302 East Fifty-fifth Street, suffocated yesterday morning by smoke which filled her bedroom on the second floor. Example: Miss Augustine Pardee Shaw, daughter of Mrs. Robert Toland of this place and Quincy Adams Shaw Jr. of Boston, was married to Francis Whiting Hatch Jr. of Minneapolis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hatch of Wayland, Mass., today in St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church by the Rev. Nathanael B. Groton.
Word: Benno Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ben + -o. 1. A nickname of the given name Benjamin.
Word: oedipally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English oedipal Middle English -ly English -ly English oedipally From oedipal + -ly. 1. In a manner related to an Oedipus complex. Adverb form of oedipal.
Word: coco-de-mer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French coco de mer (“nut of the sea”), because it was originally known only from its nuts found floating in the water. Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊkəʊdəˈmɛː/ 1. A tall palm tree, Lodoicea maldivica, found in the Seychelles. 2. The woody nut of such a tree.
Word: mackintosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), who patented a type of rubberized cloth in 1823. Former trademark. The letter k is a later addition. Pronunciation: /ˈmækɪntɒʃ/, /ˈmækɪntɑʃ/ 1. A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any waterproof coat or raincoat. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: c. 1924, A.A. Milne, "Happiness", in When We Were Very Young John had great big waterproof boots on; John had a great big waterproof hat; John had a great big waterproof mackintosh -- And that (Said John) is that. Example: The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis. 3. Waterproof rubberized cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kumis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of koumiss. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: swinge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”). Pronunciation: /swɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To singe. Labels: obsolete Example: The scorching flame fore swinged all his face 2. To move like a lash; to lash. Labels: archaic Example: Th' old Dragon underground / In ſtraiter limits bound, / Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, / And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail. 3. To strike hard. Labels: archaic Example: For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly. Example: Sir Fee[ble]. 'Tis—Jealouſie, the old VVorm that bites— [Aſide] VVho is it you ſuſpect? / Sir Cau[tious]. Alas I knovv not vvhom to ſuſpect, I vvou'd I did; but if you cou'd diſcover him—I vvou'd ſo ſvvinge him.— 4. To chastise; to beat. Labels: obsolete Example: O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged. / So, my bones shall be bangedǃ / The porridge pot is stolenː what, Lob, say, / Come away, and be hangedǃ
Word: swinge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”). Pronunciation: /swɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. A swinging blow. Labels: archaic 2. Power; sway; influence. Labels: obsolete
Word: reddening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reddening Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of becoming red or redder. Labels: gerund Example: The cold weather caused some cheek reddening and some nose running. Example: There was some noticeable reddening in her cheeks when she had been drinking.
Word: 1984 Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the title of George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Compare Orwellian. Pronunciation: /ˌnaɪn.tiːnˌeɪ.tiˈfɔː/, /ˌnaɪn.tinˌeɪ.tiˈfɔɹ/ 1. A totalitarian or dystopic society, especially when characterised by intense surveillance of its citizens. Labels: attributive, sometimes Example: literally 1984 Example: Many a thoughtful man, musing over his second Martini and the evening paper, has had the uneasy feeling that 1984 was much closer.
Word: press corps Part of Speech: noun 1. A collective term for all the press members. Labels: uncountable Example: Being in the national press corps in some countries is downright dangerous.
Word: derogative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English derogate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English derogative From derogate + -ive. 1. Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling. Example: "How strange, but then again, he is a strange man." [...] "Don't get me wrong. I did not mean that in a derogative sense." 2. Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
Word: derogative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English derogate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English derogative From derogate + -ive. 1. A derogatory word or word-form. Labels: rare Example: (interposing s, the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives)
Word: press relations Part of Speech: noun 1. The tasks of building, maintaining and exploiting good relationships between an organization and print and broadcast media organizations. Labels: uncountable
Word: pressure bandage Part of Speech: noun 1. A tight-fitting or tightly-wrapped bandage for reducing swelling or blood loss from a wound by applying pressure to the injury.
Word: private judgment Part of Speech: noun 1. Assumption of judgment by individual reason on matters which are not amenable to a lower tribunal than the universal reason of the race.
Word: Priya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā). Doublet of Frigg (and variants). 1. A female given name from India. A common Hindu female name which means beloved. It is usually used in conjunction with another name, mostly those of gods to imply "beloved of ________". Example: Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019. 2. Hindu surname.
Word: Rumanian Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Romanian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rumanian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Romanian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rumanian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Romanian (sometimes used to create a more Germanic feel in text (compare the German word Rumänisch)). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: provisional job Part of Speech: noun 1. A job that can be filled without being appointed from a civil service list.
Word: daydreams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daydream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From puke + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːkə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone who pukes, a vomiter. 2. That which causes vomiting. Example: With cold solanum from the Pontic shore, The roots of mandrake and black hellebore, The griper fenna, and the puker rue , The sweetner faslafras are added too. 3. A person who caricatures the manner of speech of a disc jockey or announcer, using affected, back-of-the-throat speech that is likened to puking. Labels: slang 4. A detestable person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: He's a weasel, the little puker, and no mistake!
Word: simul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of simultaneous. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪməl/ 1. An exhibition in which one (typically much stronger) player plays several games at the same time against different opponents. Example: We're not just starting with Round 1. We're kicking off with a simul. Four simuls to be exact. Example: He could have organized a simul with a rat without blinking an eye.
Word: Ancyra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἄγκῡρα (Ánkūra)bor. Latin Ancȳrabor. English Ancyra Borrowed from Latin Ancȳra. 1. The capital city of Galatia. Labels: historical
Word: faux Cyrillic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From faux + Cyrillic. 1. The usage of Cyrillic letters in place of visually similar (though not necessarily phonetically similar) Roman letters in languages which use the Roman alphabet, to create a more 'Russian' feel for a text. Example: The line 'IБ ТНIБ ТЯIP ЯEДГГУ ИEСEББДЯУ?' (for 'Is this trip really necessary') is a piece of faux Cyrillic found in Frank Zappa's song 'I don't wanna get drafted'.
Word: faux Cyrillic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From faux + Cyrillic. 1. Of or pertaining to faux Cyrillic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: frittata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian frittata, from fritto (“fried”). Pronunciation: /fɹiˈtɑtə/ 1. A crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The classic Italian egg pie, the frittata is an attractive dish that requires no fancy rolling or split-second timing... Much of the preparation for most frittate can be done in advance[.] Example: It was in Giulia Vannoni’s grey Martello tower, on an island off the coast of France, sitting at a marble-topped table eating frittata and drinking Aperol, the honey-coloured aperitif of Florence, that Sydney Tremaine began to believe once more in happiness—as bizarre and unlikely a time and place as any, in which to believe in such a thing again.
Word: Catholic twins Part of Speech: noun 1. Siblings born within twelve months of each other. Labels: plural, plural-normally, slang Example: “Aunt Sissy!” a young voice screeched, then Sissy was besieged by five kids who looked barely a year apart. What his mom would call Catholic Twins. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Catholic, twin. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: &c. Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A use of the ligature & to stand for the et in etc. Compare & cetera. 1. Archaic form of etc.. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: 1739, W. (William) Webster, Remarks on The Divine Legation of Moses, &c. in Several Letters - If I had not done amongst them the Works that no other Man did, they had not had Sin, &c. John 15:24
Word: dystopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dystopia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dystopic From dystopia + -ic. 1. Characterised by dystopia 2. dystopian Example: The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.
Word: straightness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight + -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”). 1. The result or product of being straight. Labels: countable 2. The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual"). Labels: uncountable
Word: tetraplicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plicō (“to fold”) + Ancient Greek τετράς (tetrás, “four”). 1. In or of four identical experiments. Labels: not-comparable Example: The results represent the mean ± S.E. of tetraplicate experimental treatments (n = 4).
Word: tetraplicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plicō (“to fold”) + Ancient Greek τετράς (tetrás, “four”). 1. One of a set of four identical objects, experiments, or copies. Example: All samples were analyzed in tetraplicate on separate TLC plates.
Word: Teutonic Knights Part of Speech: name 1. A German religious order founded in the late 12th century and known for conquering the Baltic Prussians and bringing Prussia under German control; the order exists today as a charitable organisation.
Word: Teutonic Knights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Teutonic Knight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: German Order Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of German Deutscher Orden. 1. Synonym of Teutonic Knights. 2. A decoration awarded by the Nazi Party.
Word: Old Prussian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Old Prussian Part of Speech: name 1. An extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the Old Prussians, the indigenous peoples of the historical region of Prussia (now north-eastern Poland, the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia and Lithuania).
Word: Old Prussian Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Baltic tribe that historically inhabited Prussia; a Baltic Prussian.
Word: disconnected Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/ 1. That is no longer connected. Example: There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone. 2. Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something. Example: I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world. 3. Incoherent; disjointed. 4. That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.
Word: disconnected Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disconnect Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The phone company disconnected my DSL.
Word: New Prussian Part of Speech: name 1. The modern reconstruction of the Old Prussian language, spoken by pilot communities in Lithuania, Poland, and elsewhere. Labels: rare
Word: New Prussian Part of Speech: noun 1. An inhabitant of New Prussia, Ontario.
Word: New Prussian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the New Prussian language. Labels: not-comparable, rare 2. Of or pertaining to the people that speak the New Prussian language. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: monophasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -phasia. 1. A type of aphasia where the sufferer is only able to speak a single word or sentence. Labels: uncountable
Word: cracks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹæks/ 1. plural of crack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cracks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹæks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Baha'i Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Baháʼí. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Baha'i Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Baháʼí. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: almah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning ‘learned, knowledgeable’, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.mə/ 1. An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute. Example: Nostalgia is almah, the Arab dancing girl. She tells me stories of the drowned, the deadest of this world's dead.
Word: workhorse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English werkehorse, equivalent to work + horse. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːkhɔːs/, /ˈwɝkhoɹs/, /ˈwɜːkhoːs/, /ˈwøːkhoːs/ 1. A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse. 2. Someone or something that does a lot of work; someone or something that works consistently or regularly. Labels: broadly Example: Those old machines are not very glamorous, but even 20 years after their introduction, they are still the workhorses of the industry. Example: Captain Harry Kane was the workhorse and creator, while Sterling and Rashford provided the finishing flourishes that put England in dreamland at the interval.
Word: get off the ground Part of Speech: verb 1. To succeed or begin to succeed. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: His big plans to get rich never quite seemed to get off the ground. 2. To make (something) succeed. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He couldn't get George's career off the ground.
Word: coworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher English worker English coworker From co- + worker. Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊˈwɜː.kər/, /ˌkoʊˈwɝː.kɚ/ 1. Somebody with whom one works. Example: He heard from a coworker that the company planned to merge those departments. Example: […] according to her coworker and carpooler, Bill Parker: […] 2. A person in the lowest common denominator, especially regarding popular culture. Labels: Internet, attributive, derogatory Example: This is the most coworker movie I've ever seen.
Word: workmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English -mate English workmate From work + -mate. 1. Somebody with whom one works; a coworker. Example: He loved going to the boozer for lunch with his workmates.
Word: pillock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the middle of the 16th century, the meaning was "penis". Probably from pillicock (“penis; boy, man”), presumably akin to the slang term dickhead (“inept fool”). Alternatively, from the same basis as pillicock (compare regional Norwegian pill (“penis”)) + the diminutive suffix -ock. 1. A stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: What is it now, you great pillock? Example: Take your Typhoon up there and swat the annoying mosquito out of the sky by challenging the infantile pillock to a classic World-War-II-era dogfight like a real man, to show them who the real king of European airspace is.
Word: point of purchase Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where a product or service may be or has been purchased. Example: Near-synonyms: point of sale, point of service, salespoint Example: point-of-purchase advertising
Word: inconspicuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From in- + conspicuous + -ly. 1. In an inconspicuous manner; so as not to attract attention or appear unusual or out of the ordinary. Example: The detective sat inconspicuously in her car, across the parking lot, pretending to read the newspaper.
Word: koda Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of kodo (“kind of millet”). Labels: uncountable
Word: koda Part of Speech: noun 1. The deciduous tree Ehretia acuminata. Labels: Australia
Word: policy institute Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization (typically a non-profit think tank) that conducts original research on issues, makes governmental policy recommendations based on its findings, and disseminates its work to the appropriate audiences.
Word: polyline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line English polyline From poly- + line. 1. A continuous line composed of one or more line segments. Example: If you want to break a polyline into simple lines and arcs, you can use the Explode option on the Modify panel, just as you would with blocks. After a polyline is exploded, it becomes a set of individual line segments or arcs.
Word: polylogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -logue, apparently on the model of dialogue. Attested at least since 1961. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪlɒɡ/, /ˈpɑlɪˌlɔɡ/, /ˈpɑlɪˌlɑɡ/ 1. A speech delivered by several persons.
Word: poodlefaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of poodle-faker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pot-bound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pot + bound. 1. Having outgrown the size of the pot, such that its roots have no more room to grow.
Word: pounamu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori pounamu. 1. Jade, nephrite. Labels: New-Zealand, uncountable Example: “They didn't exactly eat off pounamu plates, but they left quite a bit to us all.” Example: Over time, the hooks became increasingly stylized and now are a popular shape for decorative pounamu pendants called hei matau, the first word indicating that the matau is worn around the neck.
Word: pound-for-pound Part of Speech: adv 1. A comparison of fighters' (usually boxers) skill levels, regardless of what weight class they are in. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sugar Ray Robinson is pound for pound the best boxer ever. Example: Oakland native Ward is now unbeaten in 25 fights and can now claim to be one of the top few pound-for-pound fighters on the planet after a technically dazzling display. 2. Pertaining to how any two things compare when bearing in mind their real or relative, figurative weight. Labels: not-comparable Example: A tin of tomatoes weighing 250 g and costing $2.50 is more expensive, pound-for-pound, than one weighing 500 g and costing $4 (as the former costs $1.00 per 100 g and the latter $0.80 per 100 g). Example: My gal is pound for pound sweeter than chocolate.
Word: polysorbate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English sorbate English polysorbate From poly- + sorbate. 1. Any of a class of emulsifiers used as food additives and in pharmaceutical preparations; they are derived from sorbitan (typically with three polyoxyethylene side-chains) esterified with a fatty acid; they are mostly oily liquids, or soft solids.
Word: sherryvallies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish szarawary (cognate with Russian шаровары ‘wide trousers’), ultimately from Persian شلوار (šalvâr). Doublet of shalwars. Pronunciation: /ʃɛɹɪˈvælɪz/ 1. Thick loose riding-trousers, fastened on the outside of each leg. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only Example: Many years ago, when the facilities for travelling were not as great as now, and when journeys were made on horseback, sherryvallies were indispensable to the traveller.
Word: SPP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of statutory paternity pay - payments made by an employer to a father who is absent from work after the birth of a child. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of single-pin picking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: on call Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Available to be summoned. Example: 1984-1986, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Know I cannot rely on him to do anything for me while recovering from my surgery. But Bridget & Maryellen are very willing to be on-call for me and even Jim/Kathleen are offering their place for me to come over. Example: He spent the weekend on call and couldn't fully relax.
Word: at call Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. available on request Labels: obsolete
Word: speedrun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speed + run. There are isolated attestations of the term as far back as the 19th century, mostly hyphenated as speed-run and in an engineering context; it is unlikely that these cases influenced the modern form. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːd.ɹʌn/ 1. A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with certain prerequisites. Example: In the speedrun of Super Mario Bros. 3, Anonymous Jones finishes the whole game in just 11 minutes. Example: This paper concerns speedruns of Minecraft: Java Edition, and, in particular, speedruns of the category known as "Any% Random Seed Glitchless" (RSG) performed on version 1.16. A brief summary of the relevant mechanics and speedrun strategies follows for the unfamiliar reader.
Word: speedrun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From speed + run. There are isolated attestations of the term as far back as the 19th century, mostly hyphenated as speed-run and in an engineering context; it is unlikely that these cases influenced the modern form. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːd.ɹʌn/ 1. To perform or create a speedrun. Labels: ambitransitive Example: In my most recent attempt to speedrun this game, I almost managed to beat the world record. 2. To do something or undergo some process as quickly as possible. Labels: Internet, broadly Example: John decided to speedrun his trip to the grocery store. Example: Dre said in an interview that he created SCAM to poke fun at other "shitcoins" or cryptocurrencies that are clearly pump-and-dump schemes, but at the same time make some money for people willing to put money behind it without any lofty talk to convince people anything more noble is going on. In doing so, SCAM is speedrunning the path of many cryptocurrencies: It hit a $70 million market cap (the snapshot current value of all tokens in circulation) almost immediately after launching, then slumped to $7 million, then $5 million, and now sits at $2.5 million.
Word: on-call Part of Speech: adj 1. on call Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: The traditional way of dealing with these events was for an on-call traffic manager to review (with the engineering functions) the likely time normal working could be resumed.
Word: zero-dimensional Part of Speech: adj 1. Having zero dimensions; having no extent in any direction. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a base consisting of clopen sets. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chiliagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χιλιάγωνος (khiliágōnos), from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). Equivalent to chilia- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪliəɡən/ 1. A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges. Labels: rare Example: If Kant's claim is just that it is impossible to have a sensory experience of the absence of space, then by contrast it is not impossible to have a sensory experience of a chiliagon.
Word: hectagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hecto- + -gon. 1. A polygon with 100 edges, vertices, and angles. 2. Misspelling of hexagon. Labels: alt-of, misspelling 3. Misspelling of heptagon. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: glassine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English glass Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English glassine From glass + -ine. 1. A light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each illustration was protected by a glassine page that had to be turned delicately. 2. Smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, supercalendered paper. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A small stamp packet made from glassine paper. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually
Word: hectogon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hecto- + -gon. 1. A polygon having a hundred sides. 2. An individual processor in some parallel processing systems.
Word: heptadecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heptadeca- + -gon. Pronunciation: /hɛp.təˈdɛ.kə.ɡɑn/ 1. A polygon with seventeen sides and seventeen angles. Example: The regular 17-sided polygon (heptadecagon) can be constructed with the help of a compass and a ruler.
Word: icosagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰκοσάγωνος (eikoságōnos, “having twenty sides”), from εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). Equivalent to icosa- + -gon. 1. A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles. Example: 1993 The upper half of a regular icosagon frame is folded. - author? - Space Structures 4
Word: reservist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reserve 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 reservist From reserve + -ist. 1. A soldier who is assigned as reserved: after training, no longer on full active duty. Example: One of the men there, a reservist he said he was, told my brother he had seen the heliograph flickering in the west.
Word: infrequent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English frequent English infrequent From in- + frequent. 1. Not frequent; not happening frequently. Example: Such was the station provided for the infrequent services of 1852, when suburban traffic was unheard of, and Hornsey, Colney Hatch & Southgate, Barnet, and Potters Bar were the only intermediate stations on the 17¾ miles between London and Hatfield.
Word: constitutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of constitution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myriagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myria- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪɹɪəɡɒn/, /ˈmiɹiəɡɑn/ 1. A polygon with 10,000 sides. Example: For it differs in no way from the representation I should form if I were thinking of a myriagon, or any figure with very many sides.
Word: pentadecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pentadeca- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛntəˈdɛkəɡən/ 1. A polygon with fifteen sides. Example: In ⊙ O, draw chord AB equal to r. Draw chord AC equal to Vt (which is the side of a regular decagon). CB is now one side of the regular pentadecagon.
Word: inradius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English radius English inradius From in- + radius. 1. the radius of the largest circle that will fit inside any given geometric shape, especially inside a regular polygon 2. the radius of the largest sphere that will fit inside any given polyhedron
Word: circumradius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- English radius English circumradius From circum- + radius. 1. For a given geometric shape, the radius of the smallest circle or sphere into which it will fit. Example: The circumradius of the unit square is one-half the square root of two.
Word: sorbitan Part of Speech: noun 1. a dehydration product of sorbitol having a tetrahydrofuran ring and four hydroxy groups; it is used in the manufacture of emulsifiers Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tetrahydrofuran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Latin furfur Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. ▲ Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehydeclip. English -al English furfural Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English furan English tetrahydrofuran From tetra- + hydro- + furan. 1. A heterocyclic ether having a five-membered ring with four carbon atoms and one oxygen; it is a colourless liquid with an ether-like smell, and is used as a polar solvent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vicarism Part of Speech: noun 1. The production of different species due to isolation. Labels: uncountable
Word: polyoxyethylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English ethylene English polyoxyethylene From poly- + oxy- + ethylene. 1. any polymer of ethylene glycol having a general formula HO-(CH₂CH₂O)ₙ-H; they are used in the manufacture of emulsifiers
Word: stearate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stearic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪəɹeɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of stearic acid.
Word: oleate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of oleic acid.
Word: palmitate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palmitic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of palmitic acid.
Word: ageing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of age Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ageing Part of Speech: noun 1. Commonwealth, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ageing Part of Speech: adj 1. UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging. Labels: not-comparable Example: "The Tees Valley has ageing diesel trains that predate any form of emission control. Example: These two events have exposed the road haulage industry as being reliant on a poorly paid and ageing workforce, dependent on employees recruited from low-wage countries in Europe.
Word: prostanoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prost(ate) + -ane + -o- + -id. 1. Any of the prostaglandins and related compounds
Word: proteome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of protein + genome or proteo- + -ome. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊtɪəʊm/ 1. The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome. Example: Two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis allows the separation of thousands of proteins, and provides the means for separating the proteome (the PROTEin complement expressed by a genOME) of a simple species, or the protein component of a complex tissue. Example: So now the quest is to crack the human proteome – a concept so novel that the term proteome didn't even exist a decade ago.
Word: pseudourea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. French uréeder. New Latinder. English urea English pseudourea From pseudo- + urea. 1. isourea
Word: pyranose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pyran Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English pyranose From pyran + -ose. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹænəʊz/ 1. any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a six-membered ring (based on tetrahydropyran)
Word: water clock Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate. Labels: historical Example: [O]ur captain, or the juragan, gives the course, guided partly by the compass and partly by the direction of the wind, and a watch of two or three on the poop look after the trimming of the sails and call out the hours by the water-clock. This is a very ingenious contrivance, which measures time well in both rough weather and fine.
Word: tetrahydropyran Part of Speech: noun 1. A six-membered heterocyclic ether having five carbon atoms and one oxygen; the core structure of pyranose sugars.
Word: file shredder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Analogous to a paper shredder 1. A software program designed to overwrite the contents of a data file (or other space on a disk) to prevent recovery of the file contents.
Word: high-water mark Part of Speech: noun 1. A mark, such as a line of seaweed, showing the highest level reached by a body of water. Example: This imposing structure, which not only carries the single track branch line but also the gas main supplying the Forest of Dean area, cost £200,000 when it was built in 1879, and at its highest point is 70ft above the high-water mark. Example: Madocks built his model town on land partly reclaimed from the sea, and was justifiably proud of the fact that it stood well below what was still the official high-water mark. Until then, the surrounding area was largely marshland. 2. The peak, apex or acme of something; the maximum level; the furthest or highest point. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The Gettysburg campaign was the high-water mark of the Confederacy's invasions of the North.
Word: quinarene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any mancude assembly of three carbocyclic rings having a six-membered quinonoid ring bonded (in the 1,4 positions) to two odd-membered rings whose size differs by two.
Word: mancude Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See mancude-ring system. 1. Describing a mancude-ring system. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: carbocyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English carbo- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English carbocyclic From carbo- + cyclic. 1. describing a ring, all of whose atoms are carbon Labels: not-comparable
Word: quinonoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone English -oid English quinonoid From quinone + -oid. 1. Of, relating to, or having the structure of a quinone Labels: not-comparable
Word: quinonoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone English -oid English quinonoid From quinone + -oid. 1. Any compound that resembles a quinone but in which the >C=O groups are replaced by carbon-to-carbon double bonds