nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fundament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/, /ˈfan.də.mənt/ 1. Foundation. 2. The bottom; the buttocks or anus. Example: It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament, and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces. Example: ANOTHER defect that new-born infants are liable to is, to have their fundaments closed up; by which they can never evacuate the new excrements engendered by the milk they suck […] 3. The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.
Word: pests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɛps/ 1. plural of step. Labels: form-of, plural Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
Word: steps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɛps/ 1. a course followed by a person in walking or as walking Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She followed the steps of the girl beside her Example: Her mother was a writer and Con had always determined to follow in her steps. 2. a flight of stairs, especially out of doors Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He clumped up the steps. 3. stepladder Labels: UK, plural, plural-only
Word: steps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɛps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of step Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: AIIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Australian Information Industry Association. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: immigrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/ 1. A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there. Example: Approximately 1.5 million Mexicans are descendants of Irish immigrants. Example: What Alexis de Tocqueville saw in America was a society of immigrants, each of whom had begun life anew, on an equal footing. This was the secret of America: a nation of people with the fresh memory of old traditions who dared to explore new frontiers, people eager to build lives for themselves in a spacious society that did not restrict their freedom of choice and action. 2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
Word: immigrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/ 1. Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gynosexual Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gynesexual. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Where do these arguments leave tango women, with their hetero- and gynosexual interests and practices and their possible gynosocial bondings? Example: I do not say this to question anyone’s firm concept of themselves as either heterosexual or homosexual/gynosexual.
Word: gynosexual Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gynesexual. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: interlocking Part of Speech: adj 1. Linked, locked, or fitted closely together. Example: All societies have three key interlocking elements: Religion, economics, and politics.
Word: interlocking Part of Speech: noun 1. An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings. Example: There was still no attempt to arrange interlocking between points and signals; that came later. In 1856, John Saxby carried out the principle involved in interlocking—the prevention of signals and points being in conflicting positions—and erected apparatus to do that at this same junction. Example: In addition to the usual interlocking between conflicting signal and point levers achieved by electric locks, track circuits, when occupied, hold signals governing entry to the relevant line at danger; [...] The up main through inner home signal was held at danger by interlocking, because the track circuits of a conflicting route ahead of it were occupied by another train [...].
Word: interlocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interlock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: iconify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn)der. Latin īcōnbor. English icon Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English iconify From icon + -ify. 1. To make into an icon. Labels: transitive 2. To add icons to. Labels: transitive
Word: fall guy Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is gullible and easily duped. Labels: derogatory, informal, sometimes 2. A scapegoat. Labels: derogatory, informal, sometimes Example: Clemons's supporters have over the years given a different rendition of events. In the racially heated atmosphere of St Louis in the early 1990s, they say, Clemons was made the fall guy. Of the four men who were charged with the murders, the three black men were all put on death row while the one white man is now free on parole. Example: Marples, who later fled to Monaco to escape prosecution for fraud, was the driving force behind The Reshaping of British Railways report published on March 27 1963. Dr Richard Beeching [who wrote the report] was just his fall guy.
Word: yak shaving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Carlin Vieri in his time at the MIT AI Lab (1993–1998) after viewing a segment at the end of "The Boy Who Cried Rat!" (1991), the sixth episode of the first season of The Ren and Stimpy Show. The segment featured "Yak Shaving Day", a Christmas-like holiday where participants watch for the shaven yak to float by in his enchanted canoe. 1. Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing one to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows one to solve a larger problem. Labels: uncountable Example: I was doing a bit of yak shaving this morning, and it looks like it might have paid off. 2. A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task. Labels: uncountable Example: I looked at a reference manual for my car just to answer one question, but I spent the whole afternoon with my nose buried in it, just yak shaving, and got no work done on the car itself. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:yak shaving.
Word: shelduck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obsolete/dialectal sheld (“variegated”) + duck. Compare typologically Russian пега́нка (pegánka) (< пе́гий (pégij)). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛldʌk/ 1. Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
Word: lorikeet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of lory + parakeet. Pronunciation: /lɒɹɪˈkiːt/ 1. Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.
Word: lory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay luri, name of kind of parrot, said to be a dialectal variant of Malay nuri. Doublet of lourie. Unrelated to Spanish loro. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹi/ 1. Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae. Example: Just as we were going away, a handsome tree, allied to Erythrina, was in blossom, showing its masses of large crimson flowers scattered here and there about the forest. Could it have been seen from an elevation, it would have had a fine effect; from below I could only catch sight of masses of gorgeous colour in clusters and festoons overhead, about which flocks of blue and orange lories were fluttering and screaming.
Word: modus vivendi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin modus vīvendī, from modus (“way, manner”) + genitive gerund form of vīvere (“to live”). Pronunciation: /ˌməʊdəs vɪˈvɛndiː/, /ˌmoʊdəs vɪˈvɛndiː/ 1. A way of living, especially a working arrangement to allow for peaceful coexistence between two parties in spite of differences or unresolved disputes. Example: One would almost have supposed Henchard to have had policy to see that no better modus vivendi could be arrived at with Farfrae than by encouraging him to become his son-in-law. Example: The alien beings desire to know mankind more fully, and to have a few of mankind’s philosophic and scientific leaders know more about them. With such an exchange of knowledge all perils will pass, and a satisfactory modus vivendi be established.
Word: parrakeet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of parakeet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.
Word: razorbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From razor + bill. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪzɚˌbɪl/ 1. A large black and white auk of species Alca torda, native to the north Atlantic.
Word: embosom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English em- English bosom English embosom From em- + bosom. 1. To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure. Labels: transitive 2. To enclose, surround, or protect. Labels: transitive Example: [S]uffice it to record, that blessed with a numerous progeny, Emily found herself completely embosomed in domestic bliss: […] Example: Embosomed in the forest of the canton of La Double, near the road leading from Périgueux to Ribérac, is a monument named Roque Brun.
Word: imbosom Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of embosom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: embosoms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embosom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embosoming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embosom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embosomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of embosom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imbosomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of imbosom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imbosoming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imbosom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imbosoms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of imbosom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English camp English encamp From en- + camp. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkæmp/, /ɛn-/, /ɪŋ-/, /ɛŋ-/ 1. To establish a camp or temporary shelter. Labels: intransitive Example: We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on the col at the foot of it. 2. To form into a camp. Labels: transitive Example: England were encamped in San Marino territory for the entire game and the only disappointment for manager Gareth Southgate will be the fact their finishing was very poor.
Word: encamps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of encamp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encamping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of encamp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transhumance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French transhumance, ultimately from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”) + humus (“ground”). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈhjuːməns/ 1. The seasonal movement of grazing livestock (especially cattle, sheep, or goats) to new pastures which may be quite distant; alpine and nonalpine versions of such movement exist. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are rites of spring in the mountains, and this week I followed the transhumance, the annual movement of cattle, from their lower valley winter quarters up to the higher pastures.
Word: tips Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɪps/ 1. plural of tip Labels: form-of, plural 2. tag (a popular children's chasing game) Labels: Australia, uncountable
Word: tips Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɪps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: suffixion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English suffix Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English suffixion From suffix + -ion. Pronunciation: /səˈfɪk.ʃən/ 1. The process of adding a suffix to something.
Word: irrumation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin irrumō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin irrumātiōlbor. English irrumation Learned borrowing from Latin irrumātiō, from irrumō + -tiō. Pronunciation: /ɪ.ɹʊˈmeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of, or an instance of, thrusting the penis into the mouth; active penetration of a mouth. Labels: uncountable Example: In this setting the thought of self-irrumation occurred to him in May, 1923. Example: He had, back in Cambridge, taken one of Jem Follett’s boys for a penny, an envisioned Tom Walsingham in his head like a god and the motion towards irrumation like a prayer.
Word: pedication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pēdīcāt- (perfect passive participial stem of pēdīcō (“sodomize, assfuck”)) + -ion. Pronunciation: /pɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. Anal sex. Labels: dated, uncommon, uncountable
Word: pintel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pintle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bobcat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bob (short hair; with reference to its tail) + cat. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒb.kæt/, /ˈbɔb.kæt/ 1. A North American wildcat (Lynx rufus), having tufted ears and a short tail. Example: In the course of a single month this year, the following news reports emanated from Florida: […]A father from East Orlando punched a bobcat in the face for attacking his daughter’s dog.
Word: bobcat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericization of the trademark Bobcat Pronunciation: /ˈbɒb.kæt/, /ˈbɔb.kæt/ 1. A multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin.
Word: shanghaied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shanghai Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: verily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English verraily, from verray (“true, very”) + -ly. More at very, -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹ.əl.i/, /ˈvɛɹ.ɪ.li/ 1. Truly; doubtless; honestly; in truth. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. Example: He would weep for hours together, and I verily believe that to the very end this spoilt child of life thought his weak tears in some way efficacious. 2. confidently, certainly Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: ruffed lemur Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several nocturnal lemurs of the genus Varecia, from Madagascar that have white ruffs around the face. Example: Ruffed lemurs inhabit the eastern rain forest from the Masoala Peninsula to just south of Ranomafana (see Figure 2). Example: These ruffed lemur groups engage in loud, barking chorus vocalizations that are regarded as alarm calls, as well as catlike, long, wailing howls that are presumably territorial in nature.
Word: right away Part of Speech: adv 1. Very soon; quickly; immediately. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: This item is urgent, so please start on it right away. 2. The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing. Example: As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
Word: of late Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In the recent past; recently; lately. Labels: idiomatic Example: I have not visited them of late, but I hear they are doing well. Example: Has anyone else read what Lady Whistledown has written of late?
Word: facemask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From face + mask. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪs.mæsk/, /ˈfeɪs.mɑːsk/ 1. A covering used to protect or disguise the face. 2. A covering used to protect or disguise the face. 3. A covering used to protect or disguise the face. 4. A covering used to protect or disguise the face. 5. A covering used to protect or disguise the face. 6. A facial mask (cosmetic application). 7. The part of the helmet that directly covers the face, made of one or more plastic-coated metal bars. Labels: Canadian 8. The foul of grasping it during play. Labels: Canadian
Word: facemasks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of facemask Labels: form-of, plural
Word: face mask Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of facemask. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Many passengers will welcome the advice to wear a face covering. In Transport Focus's latest survey, over half of people say they wouldn't be happy using public transport unless passengers are required to wear face masks," said Transport Focus Chief Executive Anthony Smith.
Word: face masks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of face mask Labels: form-of, plural
Word: face mask penalty Part of Speech: noun 1. A penalty in American football where one player grabs the face mask of an opposing player. There are two versions of this penalty: incidental face mask penalty and the more serious personal foul face mask penalty.
Word: face mask penalties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of face mask penalty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: writs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of writ Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/, /dɪˈtek.ʃən/ 1. The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. Example: “Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]” 2. Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spondee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin spondēus (“spondee”), from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “associated with a libation”) from σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”): spondees were often used in melodies sung at libations. Pronunciation: /ˈspɒndi/ 1. A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.
Word: detections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of detection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detecting Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of detection. Example: Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.
Word: detecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of detect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discovering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of discover Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discovering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/ 1. A discovery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As with all discoverings of the past this is an act that provides useful perspectives.
Word: discovers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of discover Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: discovered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌvəd/, /dɪsˈkʌvɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of discover Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: PlayStation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + station; coined by American multinational software company Sony Interactive Entertainment. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/ 1. A video game console of the PlayStation brand. Example: His dad bought him a Playstation 5 yesterday. Example: Back then, kids didn't have TV or video games, so I guess slaughtering your mom and dad was a bit like the Playstation^([sic]) of its day. 2. The original PlayStation.
Word: PlayStation Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From play + station; coined by American multinational software company Sony Interactive Entertainment. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/ 1. To play on the PlayStation video game console. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Mark Bond, designer “25 years ago I was bouncing around on my Space-hopper, watching Thunderbirds and playing Kerplunk. 25 years later, I have just bought a Sacco bean-bag from Coexistence to sit on whilst Playstationing.^([sic])[…]” Example: Connectix does not claim to emulate all Sony games and even the ones it does accommodate won’t necessarily run smoothly or accurately, but with a fair-sized library of perfectly compatible games, CVGS does “broaden consumer choice,” as it purports to intend, and allows for PlayStationing at work, during a long commute via one’s laptop, or at home when the TV isn’t available.
Word: devalue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English value English devalue From de- + value. Pronunciation: /diːˈvæljuː/ 1. To lower or remove the value of something. Labels: transitive Example: Scotland is beaten only by properties in London, which increase in value by 64% on average when within half a mile of a station - although in some cases in the capital, being near to a station devalues the house. 2. To lose value; to depreciate. Labels: intransitive
Word: devalues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of devalue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: devalued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devalue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devaluation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English valuation English devaluation From de- + valuation. 1. The removal or lessening of something's value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: According to Braverman's thesis, Taylorism, or scientific management, has been the key feature in the devaluation and dequalification of work. 2. The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Depreciation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: devaluations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devaluation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diachrony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -y; historically, see synchronous § Etymology. Pronunciation: /daɪˈækɹəni/ 1. The study of change over time, especially changes to language. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Serbo-Croat Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo- + Croat. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊˈkɹəʊæt/ 1. Synonym of Serbo-Croatian.
Word: Serbo-Croat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbo- + Croat. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊˈkɹəʊæt/ 1. Synonym of Serbo-Croatian. Example: Of the Serbo-Croats, some are included in the Austrian, some in the Ottoman empire, and two small states govern themselves. Example: The Slovenes, geographically neighbours and linguistically akin to the Serbo-Croats, are very different from them anthropologically, the Nordic element being predominant among them.
Word: Serbo-Croat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Serbo- + Croat. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊˈkɹəʊæt/ 1. Synonym of Serbo-Croatian.
Word: digitisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English digitise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English digitisation From digitise + -ation. 1. Alternative spelling of digitization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: digitization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English digit 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 digitize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English digitization From digitize + -ation. 1. The conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Hence, the transformation of a process or system from mainly analogue form to digital form Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: diglossic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to diglossia. Labels: not-comparable 2. Using two languages or dialects together. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus, the prevalence of English in this state-imposed diglossic system has led to a growing concern that ‘English dominance may lead to English monolingualism’, and this may erode the country’s ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity.
Word: diving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, dive + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: diving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, dive + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to dive in any sense. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure an undeserved penalty. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: diving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, dive + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/ 1. That or who dives or dive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dodecicosidodecahedron Part of Speech: noun 1. A uniform polyhedron with 44 faces, 120 edges, and 60 vertices.
Word: dodecicosidodecahedrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dodecicosidodecahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doctrinaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire. Pronunciation: /ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə̯/, /ˌdɑk.tɹɪˈnɛɹ/, /ˌdɔk.tɹɪ.neː/, /ˌdɒk.tɹəˈneə̯/, [ˌdɔ̟k.tɹəˈneə̯] 1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility. Example: And he is not above feeling grave and well-contained satisfaction wherever the socialist doctrinaire has been contradicted by men attempting to practise coöperation in the midst of the competitive system, as in Belgium. Example: Or, shall we play the doctrinaire, and hint that at thirty-four the tides of life are calmer and cognizant of many sources instead of but one—as at four-and-twenty? 2. In France, in 1815–30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain. Labels: historical
Word: doctrinaire Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire. Pronunciation: /ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə̯/, /ˌdɑk.tɹɪˈnɛɹ/, /ˌdɔk.tɹɪ.neː/, /ˌdɒk.tɹəˈneə̯/, [ˌdɔ̟k.tɹəˈneə̯] 1. Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality. Example: Mr. Chapman began to talk in a loud voice about the situation in the House of Commons. He guffawed at his adversaries. The word doctrinaire—word full of terror to the British mind—reappeared from time to time between his explosions. Example: We have been long accustomed to consider growth as applied almost exclusively to size in its various aspects. But Nature, who has no doctrinaire ideas, may equally apply it to concentration.
Word: doctrinaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doctrinaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: practicalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of practicality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: practicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English practical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English practicality From practical + -ity. 1. The state of being practical or feasible. Labels: uncountable 2. The practical aspect of something. Labels: countable, plural-normally Example: They might acknowledge that such practicalities are necessary to sustain life itself, but they would immediately add that culture gives life a value beyond the scope of the merely practical.
Word: feasibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English faisible, from Anglo-Norman fesable + English suffix -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌfiːzɪˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The state of being feasible or possible. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: DB Cargo is understood to be looking at the feasibility of re-gearing some of its Class 66s to allow them to haul the same tonnages as the Class 60s it has taken out of its fleet in the latter part of 2023.
Word: feasibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feasibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dolour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dolour (“physical pain, agony, suffering; painful disease; anguish, grief, misery, sorrow; grieving for sins, contrition; hardship, misery, trouble; cause of grief or suffering, affliction”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman dolour, Old French dolour, dolor, dulur (“pain”) (modern French douleur (“pain; distress”)), from Latin dolor (“ache, hurt, pain; anguish, grief, sorrow; anger, indignation, resentment”), from doleō (“to hurt, suffer physical pain; to deplore, grieve, lament”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”)) + -or (suffix forming third-declension masculine abstract nouns). The English word is a doublet of dol. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒlə/, /ˈdəʊlə/, /ˈdoʊlɚ/ 1. Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow. Labels: UK, literary, uncountable Example: Who dyes the vtmoſt dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his loſſe: / So life is loſſe, and death felicity. Example: But for all this thou ſhalt haue as many Dolors for thy Daughters, as thou canſt tell in a yeare. 2. In economics and utilitarianism: a unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes. Labels: UK, countable Example: Supposedly, utilitarians are able to add and subtract hedons (units of pleasure) and dolors (units of pain) without any signs of cognitive or affective distress […]
Word: inhibition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio. Morphologically inhibit + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/, /ɪnɪˈbɪʃən/ 1. The act of inhibiting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Often the guests, affected by the wine drinking, released all inhibitions and made erotic overtures, particularly to the slave cup-bearers. 3. The process of stopping or retarding a reaction. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A recusal. Labels: Philippines, countable, uncountable
Word: dumbfound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of dumb + confound. Pronunciation: /ˌdʌmˈfaʊnd/, /ˈdʌm.faʊnd/ 1. To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless. Labels: transitive Example: A bunch of nice, middle-class women debated on how to "rescue" prostitutes from their "terrible" fate. By invitation, the conference was attended by a number of prostitutes, who dumbfounded those nice, bourgeois ladies by making it clear that they had no desire whatever to be "rescued"
Word: dumbfounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dumbfound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dumbfounding Part of Speech: adj 1. Bewildering; astonishing.
Word: dumbfounding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dumbfound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dumfound Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of dumbfound. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dumfounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dumfound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dumfounding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dumfound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dumfounded Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of dumbfounded. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: dumfounded Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of dumbfounded. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: graverobbing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grave + robbing. 1. The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: graverobbing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From graverob + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of graverob Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crab apple Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crabapple. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crab-apple Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crabapple. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: B-movie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Analogous to the B-side (i.e. the second side, the primary side being designated A) of a musical recording. 1. A low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values. Example: But as it is, the script is so riddled with juvenalia, borrowed character types and misguided flights of poetic fancy that it feels like the work of a teenager who has seen too many B movies. Example: Full of sly jokes, riddles and metafictional high-jinks, his work had the voltage of a thriller (offering a rare voice of disapproval, the New Yorker critic James Wood accused his works of pedalling a “B-movie atmosphere”).
Word: mise en scene Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mise en scène. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wudu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ). Pronunciation: /ˈwuːduː/, /ˈwʊduː/ 1. A ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer. Labels: uncountable 2. The state of purity that is achieved by this washing. Labels: uncountable
Word: mise en scène Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mise en scène (literally “placing on stage”). Pronunciation: /ˌmizɑ̃ˈsɛn/ 1. A physical environment; surroundings. Example: The smoking-room proper, with its mise en scène of Turkish divans, narghilehs, brass coffee-trays, and other Oriental properties, is no longer considered a necessity in the modern house; […] Example: Keeping the bird low in my field of view emphasized its early post-liftoff flight path and allowed the lake and its far bank to add layers of color to the mise-en-scène. 2. The arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film. Example: Although this mise en scène may sound like a contrived “Twilight Zone” setup, it provides Mr. Powers with the perfect opportunity to show off his virtuosic skills as a writer[…] Example: For reasons explained in the previous volume, noticeably absent are mises en scène representing productions at the Théâtre-Italien.
Word: woodwose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wodwo, from Old English wuduwāsa. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdwəʊz/ 1. A wild man of the woods; a faun or satyr, or a representation of such a being in heraldry or other decoration. Example: The young woodwose had now closed his eyes and was stretched out supine on the pool's marble margin; his Tarzan brief had been cast aside on the turf. Example: 'If the cub has a grievance, let him bring it to the King's judgement,' answered Saeros. 'But the drawing of swords here is not to be excused for any such cause. Outside the hall, if the woodwose draws on me, I shall kill him.'
Word: whitey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English -y English whitey From white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪti/, /ˈʍaɪti/ 1. Alternative form of whity. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: a whitey-brown colour
Word: whitey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English -y English whitey From white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪti/, /ˈʍaɪti/ 1. A white person, a person of Western European descent. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: I can't pay no doctor bills / But whitey’s on the moon / Ten years from now I'll be payin' still / While whitey’s on the moon Example: She's a whitey in jeans / She's an outlaw 2. A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use. Labels: UK, slang Example: (Drug users consuming this much alcohol are either slumpped in the corner having a whitey or already on their way to casualty in an ambulance.) Example: 'Youths' happily do both and they're almost seen as weird if they don't smoke themselves into a whitey with their mates.
Word: wod Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of wood. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it wᵗ nales and hammers, that it moue not.
Word: emigrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Latin ēmigrāns, present participle of ēmigrāre (“to emigrate”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/ 1. Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country. 2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.
Word: minstrel show Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety show performed by minstrels, primarily white people in blackface. Example: After the barbecue Roosevelt was to attend a minstrel show staged by the polio patients at the Playhouse. Hazel Stephens, a physical therapist and the recreational director, coordinated the production. Betty Brown, also a therapist who helped with the patients, assisted her. The curtain was set to go up at 5:30 P.M.[…] Graham Jackson, a black recruiting officer in the Coast Guard at Macon, Georgia, was Roosevelt's favorite musician. He had performed for him on numerous occasions and was scheduled to do so again at the minstrel show. He was equally talented playing the accordion or the piano. A moving photograph of a tearful Jackson with his accordion at the Warm Springs ceremonies was circulated worldwide.
Word: osculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōsculātus, perfect active participle of ōsculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōsculum (“a kiss”) + -or (verbal suffix), from ōs (“mouth”) + -culum (diminutive suffix). See also oscillate. Pronunciation: /ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt/, /ˈɒskjəˌleɪt/, /ˈɑskjəˌleɪt/, /ˈɑskjuˌleɪt/ 1. To kiss. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And in the Olmsted Hotel in Cleveland he surprised a porter and a maid lasciviously osculating in a stairwell. 2. To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact. 3. To make contact. Labels: intransitive 4. To perform osculation. Labels: Vedic 5. To form a connecting link between two genera.
Word: osculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ōsculātus. Pronunciation: /ˈɒskjʊlət/, /ˈɒskjələt/, /ˈɑskjələt/, /ˈɑskjulət/ 1. Relating to kissing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anthropophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der. English anthropo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon) Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos)bor. Latin -phagusbor. English -phagous English anthropophagous From anthropo- + -phagous. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.ɡəs/ 1. Who practices anthropophagy; cannibalistic. Labels: not-comparable Example: an anthropophagous tribe Example: The bullet struck her in the back and killed her, and to this day I am glad that it did, for, as it afterwards transpired, she had availed herself of the anthropophagous customs of the Amahagger to organise the whole thing in revenge of the slight put upon her by Job.
Word: diagonalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diagonal + -isation. 1. In matrix algebra, the process of converting a square matrix into a diagonal matrix, usually to find the eigenvalues of the matrix. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An argument used in proof by contradiction by constructing a supposedly exhaustive list of all members of a class, and then subsequently constructing a new member which differs from each existing member in at least one place and therefore cannot belong to the list. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kips Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: swift boat Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, shallow draft water vessel used by the United States navy for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam War; Fast Patrol Craft (PCF).
Word: swift boat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a campaign in 2004 by the political group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that sought to challenge the legitimacy of each combat medal awarded by the U.S. Navy to presidential candidate John Kerry, and the disposition of his discharge. 1. to put forth sensational negative stories about a political figure as part of a smear campaign against them, especially regarding their military record Labels: US, derogatory, neologism, transitive Example: “There is simply the desire to paint an entire religion as the enemy,” he said. Referring to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the founder of the proposed Muslim center near ground zero, “What they did to Imam Feisal was highly strategic. The signal was, we can Swift Boat your most moderate leaders.” Example: Swift-boating is the new term used to describe a dirty campaign that tries to paint a war hero as unpatriotic.
Word: mined Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /maɪnd/, /mɑjnd/, /mɑend/, /mʌɪnd/ 1. That has been mined (in various senses). Example: The mined block is added to the "blockchain", a big, unbreakable ledger that lives on the bitcoin network and serves as a record of all transactions. Example: Fifteen years after the end of one of Africa's longest wars, Angola remains one of the world's most heavily mined countries. Swaths of Angola are still littered with land mines, some produced decades ago in countries that no longer exist.
Word: mined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /maɪnd/, /mɑjnd/, /mɑend/, /mʌɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of mine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: high-level language Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high-level + language. 1. A programming language requiring a compiler to translate it into a form that a particular machine understands, focusing on user-friendly code development by automating core tasks such as accessing memory.
Word: ACTU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Australian Council of Trade Unions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: double crossover Part of Speech: noun 1. two pairs of railway switches forming two connections that cross over between two parallel tracks
Word: scissors crossover Part of Speech: noun 1. A superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks. Example: Here the line is joined by the Colne Valley branch, and both tracks are carried into Haverhill station upon a high embankment from which the town can be seen on the south side. The twin tracks, after traversing a scissors crossover, become the down and up roads through the station, which possesses an extensive goods yard. Example: Included in the new layout are four new scissors crossovers.
Word: positivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French positivisme, from positif (“positive”). By surface analysis, positiv(e) + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒzɪtɪvˌɪzm/, /ˈpɑzɪtɪvˌɪzm/ 1. A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The goal of positivism is to construct an objective, empirical and systematic foundation for knowledge. Given the above five tenets, it follows that positivists would hold that the world is composed of ‘facts’, or ‘sense data’ (or ‘atoms’). Example: History, and its literary expression, narrative, were not scientific, and so did not deserve the attention that true sciences did. Only science could yield positive knowledge—hence the passion for positivism, and the origin of the term. 2. A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values; i.e., the law is posited by lawmakers (people). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: doorstep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From door + step. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔː(ɹ)stɛp/ 1. An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home. Example: Ailie was standing by the doorstep as he came down the road, and her heart stood still with joy. Example: With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze. 2. One's immediate neighbourhood or locality. Labels: figuratively Example: They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me. Example: As a Hitchin signalman once pointed out to me, when a regulating quandary arises concerning a fast-moving Class A train there is no time to consult Control and get their answer before the express is on one's doorstep. 3. A thick slice, especially of bread. Labels: UK, informal Example: I cut myself a doorstep of bread with masses of butter and went along to see Romanov while I was eating it.