nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: handclasp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + clasp. 1. A handshake.
Word: handclasps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handclasp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harelipped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From harelip + -ed. 1. Having a harelip. Labels: not-comparable
Word: huskiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English husky 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 huskiness From husky + -ness. 1. The property of being husky. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I strove vainly to force my fingers down on the triggers, and vainly I strove to say something. "Why don't you shoot?" he asked. I cleared my throat of a huskiness which prevented speech.
Word: humaneness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From humane + -ness. Piecewise doublet of humanness. 1. The property of being humane. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: So, K’ung-tzu says: 'To master oneself and return to propriety is humanity' (Bk 12.1). We see, in this view, that humaneness was a quality which K’ung-tzu believed to be embodied in li, tradition and custom.
Word: hued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hue + -ed. 1. Colored; having a hue. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ruby is a red-hued gemstone. Example: the many-hued rainbow
Word: huffiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English huffy 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 huffiness From huffy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being huffy. Labels: uncountable
Word: humanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English humanize From human + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/ 1. To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human. Labels: transitive Example: VVas it the buſineſs of magic to humanize our natures with compaſſion, forgiveneſs, and all the inſtances of the moſt extenſive charity? Example: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’ 2. To make sympathetic or relatable. Labels: transitive Example: I think they would try to humanize the worst villains in history out of their fear that the audience might not like the central character. Example: The Oscar-winning film The Iron Lady humanised Thatcher. 3. To convert into something human or belonging to humans. Labels: transitive Example: to humanize vaccine lymph Example: humanized monoclonal antibodies
Word: humanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English humane Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English humanize From humane + -ize. Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmeɪn.aɪz/ 1. To make humane. Labels: transitive Example: In China, as in India, Buddhism humanized the government and the people. It was a Chinese Emperor, Ming-Ti (a.d. 58-76), converted to Buddhism that abolished the penalty of death. Example: And consequently he humanized the company. He instituted excellent employee benefits. 2. To become humane or civilized. Labels: intransitive
Word: humanizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English humanize 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 humanizer From humanize + -er. 1. One who humanizes.
Word: humanizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humanizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humbleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English humblenesse; equivalent to humble + -ness. 1. Modesty, humility; the property of being humble. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence.
Word: hurtfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hurtful 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 hurtfulness From hurtful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being hurtful. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: housebound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From house + bound. 1. Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.
Word: hosteler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hosteller. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hostelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hosteler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horribleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English horriblenesse, equivalent to horrible + -ness. 1. The property of being horrible. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: honker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From honk + -er. 1. One who honks. Example: Elmo flat-out ignored me, and Big Bird was busy flipping off honkers in the traffic jam they'd caused. 2. A large nose. Labels: informal 3. A wild goose. Labels: informal 4. A woman's breast. Labels: in-plural, slang 5. Anything impressively large; a whopper. Labels: slang Example: I caught a real honker of a fish. 6. A loud burst of flatulence. Labels: slang Example: I would have given a million dollars to fart a good loud juicy honker, right then and there […] 7. The telephone. Labels: slang Example: He supposed Pangborn was around someplace, and pretty soon old Bill Fullerton would get him on the honker and tell him who was back in town. Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. Example: I kidded him about the length of the call, and he said that he'd also been on the honker with A.R. […]
Word: honer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hone + -er. 1. One who hones. 2. A tool used to hone.
Word: honer Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of honor and honour. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: honer Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of honor and honour. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: databank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From data + bank. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ̯.tə.bæŋk/, /ˈdæt.ə-/, /ˈdɑː.tə-/ 1. A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure). Example: The FBI, in cooperation with states' crime laboratories, has established its own databank called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). 2. An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.
Word: donated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dəʊˈneɪtɪd/, /dəˈneɪtɪd/, /ˈdoʊneɪtɪd/, /doʊˈneɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of donate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: donated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dəʊˈneɪtɪd/, /dəˈneɪtɪd/, /ˈdoʊneɪtɪd/, /doʊˈneɪtɪd/ 1. Having been given freely rather than purchased. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ditched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪt͡ʃt/ 1. Having a ditch Labels: not-comparable
Word: ditched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of ditch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: backfired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backfire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hallucinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hallucinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: remarried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of remarry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: remarried Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has remarried.
Word: remarried Part of Speech: adj 1. being married a second or third etc. time.
Word: faxed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax. Pronunciation: /fækst/ 1. Having a head of hair; hairy. Labels: obsolete Example: A comet is a ‘faxed’ star, that is, a hairy, a tailed star. But ‘faxed’ got corrupted into ‘fixed’ star during the seventeenth century.
Word: faxed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /fækst/ 1. simple past and past participle of fax (“to send a fax/facsimile”) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misjudged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misjudge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: British bulldog Part of Speech: noun 1. A children's game similar to tag in which players try to run from one zone to another without being caught by the catchers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of English bulldog: a breed of bulldog, the original breed. Labels: countable
Word: I spy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the phrase I spy with my little eye used in the game. 1. A game where players have to guess what one can see, based on the initial letter of the object. Labels: uncountable Example: - Let's play I spy! I spy with my little eye something beginning with W. - Is it a watering-can? 2. A children's game of hide and seek, so called from the cry when one is found. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: ubersexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *ubiri German über German über-bor. English uber- English sexual English ubersexual From uber- (“above”) + sexual. 1. A heterosexual male displaying confidence and concern for others. Example: First it was Metrosexuals. Now it's Ubersexuals. Everyone wants to tell men how they should dress, groom themselves and behave.
Word: ubersexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *ubiri German über German über-bor. English uber- English sexual English ubersexual From uber- (“above”) + sexual. 1. Having the qualities of an ubersexual. Example: A comparative study across 13 nations showed that a majority of Indian men were displaying signs of schizophrenia, torn between traditional machoism and the sensitive new age ubersexual male. Example: In the midst of “the crisis,” men tend not to acknowledge or embrace new masculinities — despite discourses regarding metrosexual or ubersexual masculinities — but rather retrench themselves into traditional, essentialized and hegemonic masculine images and embodied performances.
Word: Simon says Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Simon + says. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪmən sɛz/ 1. A children's game where players must carry out only those commands that are preceded by the utterance "Simon says". Labels: uncountable
Word: Simon says Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Simon + says. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪmən sɛz/ 1. Used to indicate which commands must be followed in a game of Simon says. Example: Simon says touch your nose.
Word: pig in the middle Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of monkey in the middle. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: wink murder Part of Speech: noun 1. A children's game in which a designated player attempts to wink at as many people as possible in order to "kill" them, without being caught by the player who has to find out who the murderer is. Labels: uncountable
Word: split up Part of Speech: verb 1. Cease to be together, break apart from the group. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up. Example: The soldiers split up into smaller squadrons to search the building. 2. separate, disassociate, cause to come apart. Labels: transitive Example: The brothers never behaved in class when they were together, so we had to split them up for the exam.
Word: split up Part of Speech: adj 1. Divided or separated. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a person: having long legs. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, slang Example: He should preferably be tall, weighty, well split up in the legs (especially from the hip-joint to the knee), neatly turned at the knee and ankle joints […]
Word: playact Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of play-act. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: criminal procedure Part of Speech: noun 1. The legal process for adjudicating claims that someone has violated criminal law.
Word: aquariums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aquarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: husker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From husk + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌskɚ/ 1. One who husks (as one who removes the husks, leaves, from ears of corn). 2. A fan or supporter of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the sports teams of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Labels: US, slang
Word: huskers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of husker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hummocky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hummock + -y. 1. Having hummocks.
Word: horsewoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + -woman; compare horseman. 1. A woman who is skilled with horses; a female equestrian.
Word: horsewomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horsewoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: few sandwiches short of a picnic Part of Speech: phrase 1. Exhibiting disquiet or unsoundness of mind; not sane; mad. Labels: idiomatic Example: I think the lady down the road is a few sandwiches short of a picnic—you often hear strange bangings at odd hours in the morning. Example: He said to hang on, then went to his bike and came back with a black case. When he opened it I suddenly thought I was dealing with someone a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Word: honorableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English honorable 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 honorableness From honorable + -ness. 1. The property of being honourable. Labels: uncountable
Word: hams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ham Labels: form-of, plural 2. The hamstring muscles; the biceps femoris Labels: slang Example: Powerful hip extension is essential if you hope to squat heavier, jump higher or run faster, making it essential to train the hams using focused hip-extension exercises (like the romanian deadlift).
Word: hellishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hellish 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 hellishness From hellish + -ness. 1. The property of being hellish. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: heinousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English heinous 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 heinousness From heinous + -ness. 1. The property of being heinous. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But again that last scene at Compiegne rose visibly before her; not only his falsehood to her, but his slander of her, came to mind. It seemed as if she had never felt their full heinousness till now—now that with shame she owned that for a moment she had relented in his favour.
Word: heftiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hefty 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 heftiness From hefty + -ness. 1. The property of being hefty. Labels: uncountable
Word: heftily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hefty Middle English -ly English -ly English heftily From hefty + -ly. 1. In a hefty manner; heavily. Example: [A] lightly moustached and heftily corseted matron, true blue and scaresomely indigenous, cried out in reply, ‘Not at all, dear. What's Irish about him? He's a British subject living in Ulster!’
Word: heavyhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heavy + hearted. 1. Alternative form of heavy-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zebrawood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zebra + wood. Pronunciation: /ˈziːbɹəˌwʊd/, /ˈzɛbɹəˌwʊd/ 1. Any wood with a figure (grain pattern) like the striping of a zebra, most often wood of the genus Microberlinia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: zebrawoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zebrawood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lowp Part of Speech: verb 1. To leap. Labels: Cumbria, Northumbria
Word: pre-teens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pre-teen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imperence Part of Speech: noun 1. impertinence Labels: archaic, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: 'Don't go away, Mary,' said the black-eyed man. 'Let me alone, imperence,' said the young lady. Example: I don’t want none of your imperence, young man. I’ve seen you before, — you’ve been hanging about here the whole day long!
Word: wud Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of standard English wood, from Old English wōd (“mad, insane”). 1. Mad; crazy. Labels: dialectal Example: Janet ran to him — she was fair wud wi' terror - an' clang to him, an' prayed him, for Christ's sake, save her frae the cummers; an' they, for their pairt, tauld him a' that was ken't, and maybe mair. 2. Furious; angry. Labels: dialectal Example: When neibors anger at a plea, / An' just as wud as wud can be, / How easy can the barley-bree / Cement the quarrel!
Word: wud Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of would. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, nonstandard Example: I wud proue ’hem Mother beſt be truſt: why doe not I know you Granam? and that Suger-loafe? ha! doe I not Magæra. Example: Was anyone hurted? Sure, they were just trailin' theirselves off the ground. Ye wud have died larfin'. There's Jimmy Hanlon was never his own man since, and I had me nose broke on me—I find it yet—and some says there was a wee girl from Tanderagee got herself killed.
Word: wud Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of what('re) you doing (“what are you doing”). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: arithomancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of arithmancy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: arythmancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of arithmancy. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable
Word: smutch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of smudge, smatch, or smooch. Pronunciation: /smʌt͡ʃ/ 1. To soil, stain or smudge. Example: Why, that’s my bawcock. What, hast smutch’d thy nose? They say it is a copy out of mine. Example: Have you seene but a bright Lilly grow, Before rude hands have touch’d it? Have you mark’d but the fall of Snow, Before the soyle hath smutch’d it?
Word: smutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of smudge, smatch, or smooch. Pronunciation: /smʌt͡ʃ/ 1. A stain, smudge or blot. Example: As let a man sticke a Candle to a stone wall, though the Candle do not burne through it, yet it will leaue a shrewd smutch behind it, soyling the wall, so as it will not easily be wyped out. Thus it is with tentations, though they doe not all the mischiefe they would and might doe, they will yet be sure to leaue an impression of filth and staines behinde them. Example: […] Examine well His milk-white hand. The palm is hardly clean— But here and there an ugly smutch appears. Foh! ’twas a bribe that left it.
Word: ticket tout Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who resells tickets for events at more than the official price. Labels: UK Example: Skinner told the court he was an experienced ticket tout who travelled the world buying and selling tickets and merchandise to sporting events, concerts and festivals.
Word: ticket touts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ticket tout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit and Hindi वीणा (vīṇā). 1. Alternative form of veena. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quarter bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. A bottle of wine containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, one quarter of the volume of a standard bottle.
Word: snipes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /snaɪps/ 1. plural of snipe Labels: form-of, plural 2. Obsolete form of snips (“shears, scissors”) Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: a pair of snipes
Word: snipes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /snaɪps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snipe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clavelin Part of Speech: noun 1. A bottle of wine containing 62 centiliters of fluid, traditionally used for vin jaune.
Word: Marie Jeanne Part of Speech: noun 1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.
Word: double magnum Part of Speech: noun 1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.
Word: Rehoboam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Rehoboam, Judean king, the name of which in Biblical Hebrew was רְחַבְעָם (Rəḥaḇʿām) 1. A bottle of Champagne or Burgundy wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.
Word: Rehoboam Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Rehoboam, Judean king, the name of which in Biblical Hebrew was רְחַבְעָם (Rəḥaḇʿām) 1. King of Israel after Solomon, whose folly split the kingdom in two; the father of Abijah (biblical character) Example: And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen* years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin, in rare use.
Word: vin jaune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French vin (“wine”) and jaune (“yellow”). 1. An unusual white wine made in the Jura region of France from late harvest Savagnin grapes, a local white variety. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tregnum Part of Speech: noun 1. A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle. Labels: rare
Word: tappit hen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed and modified from Scots tappit-hen. 1. A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle. Labels: rare 2. A hen with a tuft of feathers on her head. Labels: Scotland Example: Blyth , blyth , blyth was she, Blyth was she but and ben; And well the loo'd a Hawick gill, And leugh to see a tappit hen
Word: port wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Portuguese vinho do Porto, wherein the city name Porto is etymologically identical to the word porto (“port”). 1. A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: play-by-play Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From play + by + play. 1. Describing a sports commentary in which a commentator describes every action in some detail as it occurs, often assisted by a second commentator who provides background information and other comments. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: play-by-play Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + by + play. 1. A detailed description or analysis of sporting events as they occur in succession, one play at a time. Labels: US Example: So I collected a cross section of play-by-plays, definitely not as many as I'd like to collect but enough to feel pretty comfortable with what I was seeing.
Word: ball-by-ball Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a commentary (especially on the radio) in which a commentator describes every ball bowled, every shot hit, and the positions of the fielders; normally assisted by a summarizer who describes the game as a whole and provides other comments and a scorer who keeps a record of all statistics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Latin cross Part of Speech: noun 1. A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint; the form of the Christian cross: ✝
Word: mailing list Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪlɪŋ lɪst/ 1. A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material (such as letters or junk mail) to multiple recipients. Example: New York, I love you but you're bringing me down / […] / And oh! Take me off your mailing list / For kids who think it still exists 2. An email list.
Word: Ebenezer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”). Pronunciation: /ɛbəˈnizɚ/, /ɛbəˈniːzə/ 1. The stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel. Example: Then Samuel tooke a ſtone, and ſet it betweene Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-Ezer, ſaying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped vs. Example: Here I raiſe my Eben-ezer, Hither by thy Grace I'm come; So I hope by thy good Pleaſure, Shortly to arrive at Home: 2. A male given name from Hebrew taken up by Puritans in the 17th century. Example: "I have none to give," the Ghost replied. "It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men." 3. A ghost town in Georgia, United States. 4. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. 5. A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Ebenezer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”). Pronunciation: /ɛbəˈnizɚ/, /ɛbəˈniːzə/ 1. A chapel or meetinghouse.
Word: blatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin blaterāre. Influenced by other expressive verbs ending in -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblat.ə/, /ˈblæt.əɹ/, /ˈblat.ər/ 1. Blather; foolish talk. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A sound of rapid motion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A hard battering of rain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Between the roar of the thunder and the blatter of the rain there were intervals of an astounding still, of an ominous suspense […] Example: Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.
Word: blatter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin blaterāre. Influenced by other expressive verbs ending in -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblat.ə/, /ˈblæt.əɹ/, /ˈblat.ər/ 1. To blather. Labels: intransitive 2. To hurry or rush noisily. Labels: intransitive
Word: Finnic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Finn Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Finnic From Finn + -ic. 1. Of the branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, Veps, Livonian, Ingrian and Votic. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of the hypothetical Finno-Volgaic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Baltic-Finnic, Sami, Mordvinic and Mari languages. Labels: dated, not-comparable 3. Of the hypothetical Finno-Permic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Finno-Volgaic and Permic languages. Labels: dated, not-comparable 4. Finnish. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: playgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + girl. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪˌɡɜːl/, /ˈpleɪˌɡɝl/ 1. The female counterpart to a playboy: a woman, specially a wealthy one, who devotes herself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities. Example: Lolly Mulberry, a notorious playgirl, was an old flame of Tudy’s and an old enemy of Materkins’.
Word: playroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + room. 1. A room, allocated as a children's play area, in which noisy or boisterous activities are tolerated. 2. A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity. Example: She'll take them to bed with her, and she'll give them stuff to make them feel like lords of creation, and they'll play round games. Then one day they'll wake up in shackles in her playroom.
Word: pleader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly from Middle English pleder, pledere, equivalent to plead + -er; and partly from Middle English pledour, plaidour, from Anglo-Norman plaidur, pledour, Old French plaidëor, pledëor. Pronunciation: /ˈpliːdə/ 1. a person who pleads in court; an advocate Example: “My District's worked by some man at Darjiling, on the strength of a native pleader's false reports. Oh, it's a heavenly place!” Example: ‘Soon after I came out I asked one of the pleaders to have a smoke with me – only a cigarette, mind.’ 2. someone who pleads or implores
Word: parenchymal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parenchyma + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to parenchyma. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pleasureful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pleasure + -ful. 1. That gives pleasure; delightful, pleasurable. Example: Schroeder's film shows that the overt S/M act is no different from the love affair, that pain is inherent in all relationships we prefer to think of as pleasureful.
Word: praiseworthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English praiseworthy 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 praiseworthiness From praiseworthy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being praiseworthy. Labels: uncountable Example: Being motivated to the right things without any conscious grasp of the values involved is not sufficient for praiseworthiness.
Word: prancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prance + -er. 1. A person or animal (especially a horse) that prances.
Word: prater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prate + -er. 1. A person who prates; a chatterer. Example: Dear Kate, take a fellow of plain and uncoined constancy; for he perforce must do thee right, because he hath not the gift to woo in other places: ... a speaker is but a prater; a rhyme is but a ballad. A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curled pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon.
Word: prayerful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prayer + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛːfʊl/ 1. That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent. Example: His extrovert craziness is an interesting counterpoint or safety valve to the ethos of prayerful silence and traditional solemnity which is so much part of Orthodox identity.
Word: preachment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly from preach + -ment, partly after Anglo-Norman prechement. 1. Preaching; sermonizing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have a reason, a new one, for this preachment upon a text you have given me. Example: He refrained too from making the occasion an opportunity for any preachment as to the maintenance of discipline […] 2. An instance of preaching; a sermon or homily. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many of the emerging powerhouses of globalization, like Brazil, are interested in democracy and the rule of law, but not in the preachments of the West, which they regard as laced with hypocrisy.
Word: precancel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cancel English precancel From pre- + cancel. 1. To cancel or frank (a postage stamp) prior to posting it. Labels: transitive
Word: precancel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cancel English precancel From pre- + cancel. 1. A postage stamp or mail item that has been precancelled.
Word: preciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English preciousnesse; equivalent to precious + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being precious. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: By way of love's express / Sending this message out to you / With time and preciousness / Hopin', prayin', oh, it's got to get through Example: In a fascinating growth, when the preciousness of the new fades with no one noticing, the room had changed, evolving into something else.
Word: precipitant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French précipitant, Old French precipitant (“acting hastily, hasty, rash; acting, happening, or moving rapidly; pressing”) (modern French précipitant), and from their etymon Late Latin praecipitans (“hasty, rash”), an adjective use of Latin praecipitāns, the present participle of praecipitō (“to cast down; to throw headlong”), from praeceps (“head first, headlong; (figurative) hasty, rash”) (from prae (“before; in front”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + -ceps (suffix meaning ‘having a head with specified characteristics’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“a head”))). The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /prɪˈsɪpɪt(ə)nt/, /priˈsɪpətənt/, /prə-/, [-ɾənt] 1. Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash. Example: [T]heſe dreams the præcipitant and unskilfull are forvvard to conceit to be Repreſentations extraordinary and ſupernatural, vvhich they call Revelations or Viſions, of vvhich there can be no certainty at all no more then of a Dream. Example: She had good Qualities—is generous—noble—but has ſtrong Paſſions, and is thoughtleſs and precipitant. 2. Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong. Example: [W]ithout further pauſe / Down right into the Worlds firſt Region throws / His flight precipitant, and windes with eaſe / Through the pure marble Air his oblique way / Amongſt innumerable Starrs, […] Example: [H]eedleſs vvhile they [the birds] ſtrain / Their tuneful Throats, the tovv'ring, heavy Lead [i.e., bullets] / O'er-takes their Speed; they leave their little Lives / Above the clouds, præcipitant to Earth. 3. Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected. Labels: figuratively Example: [W]ere the Aer copiouſly mixed vvith the Sap here, as in the Pith, Fruit, and other Parenchymous Parts; it vvould give ſo quick a Ferment to the Sap, as to dilate and amplify the Bladders of the Seed, beyond its preſent compact and durable Texture; and ſo expoſe it, either to a precipitant Grovvth, or ſudden Rot. Example: Shou'd he return, that troop ſo blithe and bold, / VVith purple robes invvrought, and ſtiff vvith gold, / Precipitant in fear, vvou'd vving their flight, / And curſe their cumbrous pride's unvvieldy vveight. 4. That causes precipitation (“formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid as a result of a chemical reaction”).
Word: precipitant Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French précipitant, Old French precipitant (“acting hastily, hasty, rash; acting, happening, or moving rapidly; pressing”) (modern French précipitant), and from their etymon Late Latin praecipitans (“hasty, rash”), an adjective use of Latin praecipitāns, the present participle of praecipitō (“to cast down; to throw headlong”), from praeceps (“head first, headlong; (figurative) hasty, rash”) (from prae (“before; in front”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + -ceps (suffix meaning ‘having a head with specified characteristics’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“a head”))). The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /prɪˈsɪpɪt(ə)nt/, /priˈsɪpətənt/, /prə-/, [-ɾənt] 1. Synonym of precipitantly (“in a precipitant or headlong manner; with foolish or rash haste”). Labels: archaic Example: The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees.
Word: precipitant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French précipitant, Old French precipitant (“acting hastily, hasty, rash; acting, happening, or moving rapidly; pressing”) (modern French précipitant), and from their etymon Late Latin praecipitans (“hasty, rash”), an adjective use of Latin praecipitāns, the present participle of praecipitō (“to cast down; to throw headlong”), from praeceps (“head first, headlong; (figurative) hasty, rash”) (from prae (“before; in front”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + -ceps (suffix meaning ‘having a head with specified characteristics’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“a head”))). The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /prɪˈsɪpɪt(ə)nt/, /priˈsɪpətənt/, /prə-/, [-ɾənt] 1. Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition. 2. A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate. Example: [B]y putting ſome of the arſenical liquor into a ſtrong ſolution of common ſublimate made in fair vvater […] vve had a copious precipitate, ſuch as might have been expected from an alcaline precipitant; […]
Word: preciseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English precise 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 preciseness From precise + -ness. 1. The condition of being precise; precision Labels: countable, uncountable 2. pedantic behaviour Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: precociousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English precocious 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 precociousness From precocious + -ness. 1. The condition of being precocious Labels: uncountable Example: Saucy precociousness in learning.
Word: pregame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game English pregame From pre- + game. 1. A social gathering of friends who get together to drink before going out to a party or a sports game, in order to generate a slight feeling of intoxication before going out for the night. Example: When the Brooklyn Nets are in town, there are office parties and tieless finance guys and pregame groups, like the one that showed up Wednesday night to celebrate the reunion of two old friends with a meal and some basketball (the Miami Heat, led by LeBron James, later trounced the home team). Example: P: And what was going on there at Griffin Suite? Julia: A pregame. 2. A television show preceding a sports game wherein commentators discuss that game. Example: "Hey sport, do you want to watch the pregame?" asked Justin. Example: Izzy had gone to the bar to catch the pregame. 3. A period of time before an important event. Labels: figuratively Example: You can see the entire thing on SpaceX’s website. It looks long—45 whole minutes!—but there’s really only a 20-minute pregame, and then the rocket takes off, and then it flies and the stages separate and then it lands.
Word: pregame Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game English pregame From pre- + game. 1. Taking place before, or in preparation for, a sporting event or other game. Labels: not-comparable Example: Enough already with the predictions. Enough with the pregame analysis. Enough with the sidebars. Enough with the practices. Let the battle begin!
Word: pregame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game English pregame From pre- + game. 1. To consume alcohol prior to an event. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: In some cases, pregaming is a precursor to the “real” drinking that will take place later that night at house parties or bars, but sometimes students pregame in order to get drunk before heading out to social activities[…] Example: After pregaming, Julia heads to the Kappa Alpha party, where she discovers an unopened bottle of vodka in the basement.
Word: prejudgment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English judgment English prejudgment From pre- + judgment. 1. A judgment made before evidence has been presented, a prejudice. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of prejudging; an act of forming a premature opinion or judgment about someone or something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prejudgment Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English judgment English prejudgment From pre- + judgment. 1. Pertaining to or occurring during the period preceding entry of judgment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prejudgement Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of prejudgment. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prekindergarten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + kindergarten. 1. Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prekindergarten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + kindergarten. 1. The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Kate Yourke does not have the heart to tell her daughter Coral she was rejected from the prekindergarten program at Public School 132 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where her sister goes, even though siblings were supposed to get priority. […] This year, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has streamlined and centralized the dizzying array of admission procedures for the city’s prekindergartens and middle schools.
Word: buffer lass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See buff (“to polish”). 1. A young woman employed at a factory cleaning and polishing cutlery. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: gold bug Part of Speech: noun 1. A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal). Labels: informal Example: The swing in equities scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while. Example: Still, crypto has been effectively marketed: It manages both to seem futuristic and to appeal to old-style goldbug fears that the government will inflate away your savings, and huge past gains have drawn in investors worried about missing out. 2. A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard. Labels: informal Example: The swing in inflation scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while. 3. A person who collects gold items. Labels: informal Example: If you see the decorating style in his living room, you'll know that he's a gold bug. 4. A particularly great enthusiasm for gold — whether as an investment, a hoard, a collectible, or otherwise — portrayed figuratively as an arthropod that bites people and infects them, causing a mental illness. Labels: informal Example: bitten by the gold bug Example: He was bitten by the gold bug a long time ago, and some of the venom is still in his veins.
Word: textual harassment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of textual + sexual harassment. The term textual harassment is from Mary Jacobus, 'Is There a Woman in This Text?' New Literary History 14 (Fall 1982): 117-41." 1. Sexual harassment in writing. Labels: uncountable Example: She places the textual harassment experienced by all women writers at her own disposal as evidence of her grace, and hence her authority. Example: Moneypenny reminding Bond of his responsibilities and limitations curtails the textual harassment of the character. 2. Aggressive, distorting literary or textual criticism. Labels: uncountable Example: Iraneus contrasts the unity and integrity of these writings with the distorted, contextless citations of the Gnostics. He describes the code of textual harassment that allows these heretics to chip away at the Scriptures, […]. Example: The process is one of systematic misconstruction, a kind of textual harassment. 3. Sexual harassment by means of explicit text messages. Labels: uncountable
Word: torque steer Part of Speech: noun 1. The pull of a front-wheel drive car's steering to one side (i.e. away from straight ahead) when accelerating. This is an undesirable phenomenon and arises from the driveline components that take the engine's power to the two wheels. Labels: uncountable
Word: motorised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of motorized (“equipped with a motor”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: motorised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of motorise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: text messaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The sending and receiving of written messages on mobile phones, or the technical system which allows or includes such a feature. Labels: uncountable
Word: text messaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of text message Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shortboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + board. Such a board is short in comparison to a longboard and the boards which preceded the shortboard historically. 1. A type of surfboard which is about 6 to 7 feet long (boards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries), and with a tapered pointy nose.
Word: funboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fun + board. 1. A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
Word: mini-mal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- English mal English mini-mal From mini- + mal. 1. A type of surfboard which is similar in shape to a mal (i.e. a malibu, or longboard) but shorter, being perhaps 7 to 8 feet where a mal is about 9 feet (surfboards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries).
Word: gut barging Part of Speech: noun 1. A somewhat comical sport in which two fat men try to push each other off a mat using their bellies. Labels: UK, uncountable