nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: swizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown etymology, 1813. Original sense “alcoholic drink”, possibly a variant of switchel (“a drink of molasses and water, often mixed with rum”), attested 1790, itself of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by swirl or fizz. In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪzəl/ 1. To stir or mix. Labels: informal, transitive Example: She swizzled the milk into her coffee. 2. To turn around. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Mr Penguin and Colin swizzled around on the spot. Someone was standing in the hidden entrance, silhouetted against a harsh electric light. Example: "Why does it have two gears?" I exclaimed as I swizzled around, looking for a brake on the mini vehicle. 3. To drink; to swill. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I checked it all over after Mona got in, while you were swizzling beer in that saloon. 4. To permute bits, or elements of a vector. 5. To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization. Labels: transitive 6. To change a class's dispatch table in order to resolve messages from an existing selector to a new implementation. Labels: transitive Example: If you or a loved one want to implement method swizzling, you may want to consider using a fairly well-tested wrapper package, such as JRSwizzle. Apple may reject applications that appear to use method swizzling in a dangerous way.
Word: frumpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Either from frump or from Middle English frumple + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌm.pɪ/, /ˈfɹʌm.pi/ 1. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable. Example: She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers. Example: Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?” 2. Bad-tempered. Labels: dated
Word: hypophysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó) Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis)lbor. English hypophysis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis, literally “attachment underneath”). By surface analysis, hypo- + -physis. Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɒ.fɪ.sɪs/ 1. The pituitary gland. Example: CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS [PITUITARY GLAND] 2. The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap. Example: All the cells of the suspensor, except one, are eventually crushed and obliterated by the growing embryo; this fortunate cell known as the hypophysis is the one in immediate contact with the embryo and plays an important role in the formation of the root apex.
Word: shake a leg Part of Speech: verb 1. To get busy; to get going; to be productive. Labels: idiomatic Example: Shake a leg! We haven't got all day. Example: C'mon! Let's shake a leg on to Rogueport!
Word: adenohypophysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn)der. English adeno- Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó) Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis)lbor. English hypophysis English adenohypophysis From adeno- + hypophysis. 1. The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.
Word: hypothalamus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English thalamus English hypothalamus From hypo- + thalamus. 1. A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system. Example: To avoid catastrophe, the brain has its trusty control centre, the hypothalamus, which tells the body to cool itself by sweating or to warm itself by shivering.
Word: pituitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pītuīta Latin pītuītāriuslbor. English pituitary Learned borrowing from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”). First attested in the 1610s. First attested as a noun by 1899. The term was adopted as the name for the gland, because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. Pronunciation: /pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/, /pɪˈt͡ʃuːɪt(ə)ɹi/, /pɪˈtuɪˌtɛɹi/ 1. Of or relating to the pituitary gland. Labels: not-comparable 2. Mucous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pituitary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pītuīta Latin pītuītāriuslbor. English pituitary Learned borrowing from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”). First attested in the 1610s. First attested as a noun by 1899. The term was adopted as the name for the gland, because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. Pronunciation: /pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/, /pɪˈt͡ʃuːɪt(ə)ɹi/, /pɪˈtuɪˌtɛɹi/ 1. The pituitary gland; sometimes including together with the pituitary stalk. 2. An extract from the pituitary gland.
Word: best man Part of Speech: noun 1. The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see best, man.
Word: buckra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Efik mbakara or Ibibio mbakara; compare Gullah buckra (“white person”). Doublet of bakkra. 1. A white person. Labels: Caribbean, derogatory Example: As he was going to the stake, he turned about, and addressed himself to Mr. Jeffreys […] and said, “Buckra, you see me now, but to-morrow I shall be like that,” kicking up the dust with his foot. Example: To show the deadly hatred they bore the white people, Thicknesse, who was the first in the town, and the person left with them as a hostage, related, that having taken up his abode with Quao, his children could not refrain striking their pointed fingers at his breast as they would have done knives, had they been permitted, calling out, “Buckra, Buckra.” 2. A poor white person. Labels: archaic, dated, derogatory Example: “Dunno whether he been a buckra or not,” responded, doggedly, my Cerberus in uniform; “but I’s bound to keep him here till de corporal ob de guard come.” Example: 1941, Ed Barber, interview published in Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Washington: Library of Congress, Volume 14: South Carolina Narratives, Part 1, What I think of Abe Lincoln? I think he was a poor buckra white man, to de likes of me.
Word: buckra Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Efik mbakara or Ibibio mbakara; compare Gullah buckra (“white person”). Doublet of bakkra. 1. White. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: a buckra yam
Word: potty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pot (“chamberpot”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒti/, /ˈpɑdi/ 1. A chamber pot. 2. A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children. Example: If you just let him know you want him to go on the potty, or anything, he's miles away. Example: Mothers very often make the baby and themselves unhappy by setting the child on the potty every hour. 3. Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse. Labels: childish, humorous
Word: potty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pot (“chamberpot”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒti/, /ˈpɑdi/ 1. Synonym of go potty. Labels: childish, intransitive Example: If anybody needs to potty, do it now before we go.
Word: potty Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɒti/, /ˈpɑdi/ 1. Insane. Labels: informal Example: The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty. Example: It’s all very well for the Warden to talk about an open mind, but we shall all feel perfectly ghastly wondering what other people are thinking about us, and whether our own conversation doesn’t sound a little potty. It’s the pottiness, you know, that’s so awful. 2. Easy to pot the ball on. Example: The Eastbourne Green is by no means a " potty " one, and happily belies its appearance. Example: "A potty little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.
Word: man magnet Part of Speech: noun 1. A person, especially a woman, who is attractive to men. Labels: slang
Word: toper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu)bor. English tope 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 toper From tope + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊpə/, /ˈtoʊpɚ/ 1. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages a lot; a drunkard. Labels: literary Example: A Toper this! He plied his glass / More strictly than he said the Mass, […] Example: The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.
Word: off one's nut Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Insane, crazy. Labels: UK, dated, idiomatic Example: Old Smith was awfully bucked because he'd taken four wickets. I should think he'd go off his nut if he took eight ever. Example: "[I]f I was to spring this news in Mr. Wright's hearin', why, such a sensitive, high-tempered gentleman as he would go plumb off his nut."
Word: goa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, possibly from Tibetan dgoba. 1. A Tibetan gazelle of species Procapra picticaudata, an antelope that inhabits the Tibetan Plateau.
Word: fingerbang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From finger + bang. 1. To use one or more fingers to stimulate another individual's vulva, vagina, or anus for sexual pleasure. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: I would tell her "Your roommate's really pretty," before moving on to long monologues about ex-girlfriends, every cheerleader I ever fucked, a cousin I fingerbanged at a party in Virginia Beach[…]
Word: fingerbang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finger + bang. 1. The use of one or more fingers to stimulate another person's vulva, vagina, or anus for sexual pleasure. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: north-eastern Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of northeastern. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: I first examined the large series of fine skulls from the Chen-kou-ting district of North-eastern Ssuchuan, close to the border of Shensi and Hupei.
Word: Hongkong Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hong Kong (island). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At 4 a.m. we found ourselves close under the light on the eastern end of the island of Hongkong. We were surrounded by islands, and the morning was dark and thick; so we waited till 5.30, and then steamed on through the Kowloon passage up to the city of Victoria, as it is really named, though it is generally called Hongkong. Example: In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai, viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamer Antelope.
Word: south-eastern Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of southeastern. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: north-western Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of northwestern. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: In Shenmu County, Shensi Province in the north-western part of China, a medical school for barefoot doctors offers a two year programme.
Word: south-western Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of southwestern. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: rajah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rex, rex, and roy. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑː.ʒə/, /ˈɹaː.ha/ 1. A Hindu prince or ruler in India. 2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.
Word: equals sign Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of equal sign. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hangover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: American English; hang + over. First sense was first attested in 1904. Second sense was first attested in 1894. Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋəʊ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɵ̞ʊ̯vəː/, /ˈhæŋəʉ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɐʉ̯vəː/, /ˈhæŋoʊ̯vɚ/ ~ /ˈhæŋɔʊ̯vɚ/, /ˈheɪ̯ŋoʊ̯vɚ/, /ˈhɛ̃ŋoʊ̯vɚ/ 1. Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol. Example: I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon. 2. Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc. Example: Don't go overboard and find yourself with a sugar hangover that lasts for days and makes your diet days that much harder. Example: So today I walk into Dr. Singer's office with a heroin hangover, a headache like hell, vomiting, shaking, jonesing. I cannot bear to admit to her that it's come to this. I've been doing so well. But I missed therapy the whole time I was locked up […] 3. An unpleasant relic left from prior events. Labels: figuratively Example: The one hangover from high school that colored part of my college career was the social requirement of having a boyfriend. Example: While they deny the logic of history and geography, neither Gibraltar nor the Falklands will ever be truly "safe". One day these hangovers will somehow merge into their hinterlands and cease to be grit in the shoe of international relations. This day will be hastened if world governments take action to end tax havens. 4. A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope. Labels: historical Example: At the Twopenny Hangover, the lodgers sit in a row on a bench; there is a rope in front of them, and they lean on this as though leaning over a fence. A man, humorously called the valet, cuts the rope at five in the morning.
Word: discomfort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter, equivalent to dis- + comfort. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌmfət/, /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/ 1. Mental or bodily distress. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] although overcrowding on the trains running via London Bridge has occasioned considerable discomfort to regular travellers, it was noticed that the alternative route was not extensively patronised, and that the trains were seldom more than half-filled. Example: The Western operating authorities are wisely concentrating their main line diesel power at individual sheds, beginning with Laira, so that engine-crews do not have the rather demoralising experience of switching about constantly between the comfort and ease of diesel handling and the relative discomfort and hard work of the steam footplate, as on other Regions. 2. Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee. Example: This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country.
Word: discomfort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter, equivalent to dis- + comfort. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌmfət/, /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/ 1. To cause annoyance or distress to. 2. To discourage; to deject. Labels: obsolete Example: His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us.
Word: Ystad Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Skåne County, southern Sweden.
Word: raja Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑː.ʒə/ 1. Alternative spelling of rajah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beer goggles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally 1980s US college slang, from the notion that consumption of beer and other alcoholic beverages causes people to see things differently, as if wearing a type of goggles. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪə ˌɡɒɡl̩z/, /ˈbɪɚ ˌɡɑɡ(ə)l/ 1. The illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only Example: “Their findings essentially suggest that while intoxication may not have resulted in beer goggles, it did seem to increase liquid courage, in that people were more likely to indicate a desire to interact with attractive others,” said Monk, whose previous research had found some evidence to support the beer goggles effect.
Word: gigantism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gigantisme, from Latin gigans (“giant”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪzəm/, /d͡ʒəˈɡæntɪzəm/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪɡəntɪzəm/ 1. The quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A condition where there is over-production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in a child before the bone growth plates close, resulting in excessive long bone growth, accompanied by muscular weakness and sexual impotence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He [...] may have had a condition called gigantism that explained his notable height.
Word: rani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”). Doublet of Regina. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑː.niː/ 1. The wife of a rajah. 2. A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.
Word: ranee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rani. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: giantism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giant + -ism, coined in the mid 17th century. In the medical or biological sense of gigantism from the 1880s. 1. Synonym of gigantism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spamvertising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spam + advertising. 1. The practice of sending spam email, or of posting similar material on a wiki, blog or notice board, in order to advertise or attract search engines to a website. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: spamvertising Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of spam + advertising. 1. present participle and gerund of spamvertise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: macrosomia Part of Speech: noun 1. The state (of a foetus or neonate) of being abnormally large Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: elegant variation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler in The King's English (1906). 1. The use of synonyms to avoid repetition (regarded as a stylistic fault when done excessively). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A closely related rule for encoding legal texts is the same meaning, same form principle. We saw previously that this rule requires lawyers to avoid elegant variation. Instead, they should consistently use one word if they mean the same thing.
Word: sine die Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin sine diē (literally “without a day”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɪ.ni ˈdaɪ.iː/, /ˈsɪ.neɪ ˈdiː.eɪ/, /ˈsaɪ.ni ˈdaɪ.i/, /ˈsɪ.neɪ ˈdi.eɪ/ 1. Without specifying a date (for a future event); indefinitely. Labels: not-comparable Example: Years ago […] he might have retrieved his position; but he had done what most people will do in such cases—put off the evil day sine die, and gone on increasing his enormous list of debts. Example: In anticipation of Dr Hassiem's release the inquest of Mr Ngubene's death, originally scheduled for 13 April, was postponed sine die.
Word: monorchid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English orchid English monorchid From mono- + orchid. 1. Having only one testicle within the scrotum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monorchid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English orchid English monorchid From mono- + orchid. 1. A person having only one testicle within the scrotum.
Word: antibiotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French antibiotique; by surface analysis, anti- + -biotic. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/, /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/, /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, [ˌɛən.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.ɾɪk], /ˌæn.tə.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ 1. Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system. Example: On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It’s not just that it produces unhealthy food, mishandles waste and overuses antibiotics in ways that harm us all. Example: We selected colistimethate sodium (CMS) as our antibiotic of choice.
Word: antibiotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French antibiotique; by surface analysis, anti- + -biotic. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/, /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/, /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, [ˌɛən.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.ɾɪk], /ˌæn.tə.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ 1. Of or relating to antibiotics. 2. Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist. Labels: obsolete
Word: hols Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of holidays. Pronunciation: /hɒlz/ 1. Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling). Labels: Ireland, UK, informal, plural, plural-only Example: "A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously. Example: [Dr Bullard]'s on his hols. I'm standing in. Anyway, this one's a doddle. Death by strangulation, about five or six days ago at a guess.
Word: Northern Ireland Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)n ˈaiə(ɹ)lənd/ 1. A constituent country and province of the United Kingdom, situated in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland. Example: At the crack of dawn on Wednesday four different groups of scouts will climb the highest peaks in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to light flames and officially mark the start of the Paralympic torch relay.
Word: pissed as a newt Part of Speech: adj 1. Drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: beer ticket Part of Speech: noun 1. Paper money. Labels: colloquial, humorous, slang Example: Near-synonym: beer money 2. A slip of paper which entitles the bearer to obtain a serving of beer.
Word: feisty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1896, American, feist (“small, aggressive dog”) + -y; the term feist (now rare) itself originally meant “stink”, and earlier “fart”, from Middle English, from Old English, from Proto-Germanic, presumably from Proto-Indo-European – see feist for details. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪsti/ 1. Tenacious, energetic, spunky. Example: spirited and feisty Example: She gave a feisty response during the debate. 2. Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage. Example: small but feisty Example: The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday. 3. Easily offended and ready to bicker. Example: feisty attitude
Word: trots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trots Part of Speech: noun 1. Diarrhoea/diarrhea. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: I've had the trots all morning and haven't been able to go out. Example: I, yes, I, had exclusive rights to this platinum goose with a bad case of the trots! Money entered my cavernously empty bank accounts like the North Sea through a Dutch dike. 2. A trotting race meet; harness racing. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, US, informal, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article Example: A lot of people used to go out to the trots at Wayville. You′d see them all dressed up in their beads and bonnets and looking all flash, going off to the trots. Example: ‘Russ drank two bottles of Coruba rum at the races then demanded to be driven to the Auckland night trots. We hadn′t been that keen on going to the trots, but when we dropped him there we figured we might as well stay for a couple of races.[…]’
Word: trots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: monetary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”), from the presence—from 273 BC to AD 84—of the chief Roman mint at the Templum Iunonis Monetae (“Temple of Juno Moneta”), q.v. Doublet of minter. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/, [ˈmʌnɪtɹi], /ˈmɑnɪˌtɛɹi/, /ˈmʌnəˌtɛɹi/, /ˈmɐn.ə.teː.ɹi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear. Example: So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.
Word: polyphagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + -phagous. 1. Eating many types of food. Labels: not-comparable Example: Animals show various degrees of adaptation aimed at taking advantage of available resources, but. . . most can be considered either specialists or generalists. Among plant-eating insects the more specific terms polyphagous, oligophagous, and monophagous are widely employed in relation to the variety of plant species they use. The majority of phytophagous insects are oligophagous. While they differ in their behavior from monophagous insects (which feed on only a single plant species), they are selective as far as which plant families or genera are acceptable. Other factors besides nutritional composition of the plant are important in guiding their behavior. Specialist animals exploit a particular resource: perhaps a particular plant part such as leaves or fruit, or perhaps a single plant species. . . By contrast, humans are extreme generalists. Like other omnivores such as rats, bears, pigs, and many primates, we eat a range of animal and plant foods. For omnivores, not only sensory perception but also the lessons learned from the physiological consequences of ingestion are important in determining food selection. 2. Feeding on many different species of host plants. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2024 WA Government Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development: Agriculture and Food Polyphagous shot-hole borer Euwallacea fornicatus is a beetle native to Southeast Asia. The beetle attacks a wide range of plants by tunnelling into trunks, stems and branches. Polyphagous shot-hole borer has a symbiotic relationship with a Fusarium fungus, farming it inside the tree as a food source for the beetle and its larvae. In susceptible trees, the fungus kills vascular tissue causing Fusarium dieback and tree death.
Word: FMS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of false memory syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of fibromyalgia syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of facial masculinization surgery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: FMS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Federated Malay States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: false memory syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition in which a person's identity and relationships are affected by memories which are factually incorrect but strongly believed. Labels: uncountable
Word: fantasy football Part of Speech: noun 1. A competition in which participants select combinations of football players in a real league and score points according to their performance. Labels: uncountable
Word: frequently asked questions Part of Speech: noun 1. An online document containing a list of the questions most often asked about a particular subject, together with answers. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: home-made Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of homemade. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: He was home, or at least what he had so quickly come to regard as home, and the few women — not a man there — who had come to the burial had had their tea and boiled ham sandwiches, their home-made sausage rolls and their maid-of-honour tarts. Example: Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up.
Word: cached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cache Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cottonmouth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cotton + mouth. 1. An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs. Labels: uncountable 2. A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interlingua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + Latin lingua (“language”). 1. an interlanguage
Word: bask Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe. Pronunciation: /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/ 1. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: to bask in the sun Example: She shivered until she got to the cozy fireplace, where she could bask in the heat coming off it. 2. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: My lizard likes to spend his days basking on the stone near the lamp. 3. To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, usually Example: to bask in someone’s favour Example: I basked in her love.
Word: bask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe. Pronunciation: /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/ 1. The act of bathing in warmth. Example: Most cats enjoy a bask in the sunshine. 2. A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles. Labels: collective Example: The threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to health systems in subSaharan Africa (SSA) can be compared metaphorically to a lake in Africa infested with a bask of crocodiles and the saying “the eye of the crocodile.”
Word: chain gang Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of convicts chained together to work outside the confines of a prison. Example: My idea was to let that chain-gang get out of sight before I climbed the hill. Example: I am presently donating my time and energies unwillingly to the Florida Dept. of 'Corrections', a modern institution on the surface, but a southern style chain-gang below. 2. A group of cyclists riding in a close-knit formation akin to a road race, normally for the purposes of training.
Word: meningoencephalitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meninges + encephalitis. 1. Inflammation of the brain and the meninges. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swizzle stick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1859, from swizzle (“alcoholic drink”, noun). 1. A small utensil, often disposable, used to mix or stir drinks, commonly iced tea or cocktails. Example: The rum-based mixed drink came with a swizzle stick shaped like a pirate's sword. Example: Churn up the mixture with a swizzle-stick, which can be easily made with the assistance of a short length of cane (the ordinary school-treat brand) a piece of cork, a bit of string, and a pocket knife.
Word: razzle dazzle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of razzle-dazzle. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: vitriol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪtɹiəl/, /ˈvɪtɹiɑl/, /ˈvɪtɹiɒl/ 1. Any of various metal sulphates. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: CRYSTALS of Venus or of copper, called also vitriol of Venus, is copper reduced into the form of vitriol by spirit of nitre, or by dissolving verdegris in good distilled vinegar, till the acid be saturated; it is very caustic and used to eat off proud flesh. It is also used by painters, and manufacturers, and sold under the name of distilled vinegar. See CHEMISTRY. Example: The association of the heavenly bodies with known metals and also with human organs and destinies goes back to ancient Chaldea, the land of astrologers. In Chaucer’s words: ‘The seven bodies eek, lo hear anon. Sol gold is, and Luna silver we declare; Mars yron, Mercurie is quyksilver; Saturnian leed; and Jubitur is tyn, and Venus coper, by my fathers kyn.’ […] Corresponding names were bestowed upon salts of these metals by the alchemists, and some of them have persisted down to the present day. Some examples are lunar caustic (silver nitrate); vitriol of Venus (copper sulphate); sugar of Saturn (lead acetate); and vitriol of Mars, or Martial vitriol (ferrous sulphate). 2. oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid). Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 3. Bitterly abusive language. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: For days, online forums sparked with outrage against politicians and race organizers, a tone that turned to vitriol against runners, even from some shaming other runners for being selfish.
Word: vitriol Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪtɹiəl/, /ˈvɪtɹiɑl/, /ˈvɪtɹiɒl/ 1. To subject to bitter verbal abuse. Labels: transitive 2. To dip in dilute sulfuric acid; to pickle. Labels: transitive 3. To vitriolize. Labels: colloquial, transitive
Word: bikeway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French bicyclebor. English bicycleclip. English bike English way English bikeway From bike + way. 1. A bicycle lane or path. Example: Efficient measures have been taken to combine with the native cultural elements. Further, walkways and guardrails are also constructed along the bikeway that has been planned by the county government in order to magnify the sightseeing momentum for Chutien Township.
Word: injuria sine damno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin injūria (“injury”) + sine (“without”) + damnō, ablative singular of damnum (“financial or property loss”). Literally meaning "injury without financial loss". 1. A legal wrong that causes no actual damage or injury to anyone. Labels: uncountable
Word: Falk Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German, Jewish and Scandinavian/North Germanic surname, from the nouns Falke, Yiddish פֿאַלקאַן (falkan), falk (“falcon”). Compare Valk. * As an English surname, variant of Faulks. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They'd spent one evening together sixteen months ago, and Falk was acutely aware that he'd probably airbrushed and edited at least some of it without meaning to. Example: US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are an “epic tag team,” says foreign policy adviser Ophir Falk in a short conversation with The Jerusalem Post. 2. A ghost town and former logging settlement in Humboldt County, California, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ixion Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ixīōn, from Ancient Greek Ἰξίων (Ixíōn, literally “strong native”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsaɪ.ən, -ɒn/ 1. King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning. Labels: Greek Example: As to fitfulness, I have never learnt the art of binding myself to any of the wheels on which the Ixions of these days are turning round and round. Example: The complicated conjunction and adverb “ut” also looms. Mr. Butterfield said that it is “the sort of infernal business that would make Sisyphus and Ixion smile kindly on the job satisfaction they got from their daily toil,” referring to figures from classical mythology forced to labor in pain for eternity. 2. A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX₇₆), once thought to be a possible dwarf planet.
Word: constituent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō (“to establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuō (“to set, place, establish”). Pronunciation: /kənˈstɪtjuənt/, /kənˈstɪt͡ʃuənt/ 1. Being a part or component of a whole. Labels: not-comparable Example: Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. 2. Constitutive or constituting. Labels: not-comparable Example: The skeleton varies in the proportions, and even to a certain extent in the connexions, of its constituent bones. 3. Constitutive or constituting. Labels: not-comparable Example: the Constituent Assembly Example: A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.
Word: constituent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō (“to establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuō (“to set, place, establish”). Pronunciation: /kənˈstɪtjuənt/, /kənˈstɪt͡ʃuənt/ 1. A part, or component of a whole. Example: We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water. Example: Just as a regiment is ultimately made up of soldiers, so the sentence is of morphemes—they are its ultimate constituents. 2. A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs. Example: whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes. 3. A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official. Example: The candidate himself, the son and heir of a peer, feels that he is truly of the same flesh and blood as his constituents; how amiably he smiles!—how bland are his manners!—and with what cordiality does he shake hands with the greasiest and the worst! Example: He had been chief justice of Chester when Delamere, then Mr. Booth, represented that county in parliament. Booth had bitterly complained to the Commons that the dearest interests of his constituents were intrusted to a drunken jackpudding. 4. A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause. Example: But he [Joe Biden] believes that non-college-educated voters, the neglected constituents he wants to take back from the Republicans, hardly know about the big bills emanating from Washington with banal names. 5. One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact 6. A functional element of a phrase or clause. Example: Thus, the postulation of a Noun Phrase constituent is justified on morphological grounds, since it is not obvious how we could describe the grammar of the genitive s inflection in English without saying that it's a Noun Phrase inflection. Example: In the first bracketting^([sic]), old and men are constituents of an intermediate unit old men, and in the second, men, and and women are similarly the constituents of men and women. The units are made up directly of these words: therefore these are, more precisely, their immediate constituents.
Word: separate the wheat from the chaff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The figurative sense is by extension from the literal sense, which is threshing. Because threshing has been an important activity for humans for thousands of years, it is well represented both in folk wisdom and (relatedly) in the Bible; for example, Matthew 3:12. 1. To select only that which is of value. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: As a punishment, Zhemao and her affiliated accounts were suspended permanently. Most of her articles were deleted based on community consensus. Some Wikipedians even wrote to experts, seeking help to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Word: Kuiper belt object Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Gerard Kuiper, who theorized about the belt's existence. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪpəɹ/ 1. A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) (a type of minor planet) that has an orbit in the Kuiper belt (between 30-50 AU) with inclinations consistent with the ecliptic.
Word: cubewano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acronym of QB1 + -o. Derived from QB1 ("cue bee one"), short for (15760) 1992 QB1, the first such object discovered Pronunciation: /ˌkjuːbiːˈwʌnoʊ/ 1. Any Kuiper belt object whose orbit is not determined by resonance with Neptune (orbit ~ 40-50 AU).
Word: trans-Neptunian object Part of Speech: noun 1. Any natural object (usually a minor planet (asteroid) or a hypothetical planet) in the Solar System with all or most of its orbit outside the orbit of Neptune.
Word: KBO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Kuiper belt object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: KBO Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of keep buggering on. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: So Sunak will try to muddle through, adopting Winston Churchill’s wartime mantra “KBO” (keep buggering on). Ministers insist the picture is not as bleak as the headlines about Tory divisions suggest, noting that the unpalatable tax rises in Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement were approved by 318 votes to 223.
Word: Paleolithic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English -lithic English Paleolithic From paleo- + -lithic. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪl.iː.əʊˌlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˈpeɪlioʊˌlɪθɪk/, /ˈpeɪliəˌlɪθɪk/ 1. A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BCE; the Old Stone Age. Example: Holonym: Stone Age
Word: Paleolithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English -lithic English Paleolithic From paleo- + -lithic. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪl.iː.əʊˌlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˈpeɪlioʊˌlɪθɪk/, /ˈpeɪliəˌlɪθɪk/ 1. Of or referring to the Old Stone Age (the Paleolithic period or Paleolithic age). Labels: not-comparable Example: We find material evidences of magical practices in the European caves of the Palæolithic age[.] 2. Antiquated, antediluvian. Labels: excessive, not-comparable Example: Stacked up against ChatGPT’s ability to instantly transform any image into a Studio Ghibli cartoon, Instagram’s photo filters are practically Paleolithic.
Word: Mesolithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -lithic English Mesolithic From meso- + -lithic. 1. Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Mesolithic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -lithic English Mesolithic From meso- + -lithic. 1. Short for the Mesolithic period. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: co-branding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English branding English co-branding From co- + branding. 1. The combination of two or more well-known brands for marketing purposes, to strengthen one another's preference or purchase intentions, or to reach a broader audience. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: momento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of memento + moment. 1. Misspelling of memento. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: adharmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, adharma + -ic, or, by surface analysis, a- + dharmic. 1. unrighteous; contrary to universal law. Labels: Hinduism Example: Anything that represents itself as a method of liberation, and yet promotes that which leads to the opposite of liberation is adharmic.
Word: wardrobe malfunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An Americanism, coined by singer Justin Timberlake in 2004 to describe the incident during Super Bowl XXXVIII in which singer Janet Jackson's right breast was bared. 1. An accidental counterpart of indecent exposure caused by a fault in someone's clothing (especially that of a performer) or by an error made while changing clothes. Labels: euphemistic Example: Monaco, a 23-year-old Argentinian seeded No. 23, survived the most unlikely wardrobe malfunction to save a match point and win a third-set tiebreaker, 8-6.
Word: recidivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism. By surface analysis, recidive + -ism. Pronunciation: /rɪˈsɪdɪvɪzm̩/, /ɹəˈsɪdəvəzm̩/ 1. Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism. Example: Unintended mathwashing occurs when the algorithm is left unchecked, and, learning from historical data, amplifies social bias. The U.S. justice system uses an algorithm called COMPAS to determine a criminal's likelihood to re-offend. COMPAS has been proven by Pro Publica to predict that black defendants will have higher rates of recidivism than they actually do, while white defendants are predicted to have lower rates than they actually do. 2. Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: alcohol(ic) recidivism
Word: mad cow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of mad cow disease. 1. Mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A cow afflicted with mad cow disease. Labels: countable, usually 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mad, cow. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: nothing to it Part of Speech: phrase 1. Easy; simple or straightforward. Labels: idiomatic Example: See? Nothing to it. You just put tab A in slot B and give it a flip. Example: Jem looked at me furiously, could not decline, ran down the sidewalk, treaded water at the gate, then dashed in and retrieved the tire. “See there?” Jem was scowling triumphantly. “Nothin‘ to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it’s mortifyin’.”
Word: cease and desist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cease (“stop”), and desist (“to not do again”). The noun sense can be viewed synchronically as an ellipsis of cease-and-desist order. 1. To stop and not resume an action. Example: We are told to cease and desist or we will cease to exist.