nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: parmigiana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/, /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/ 1. Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable, usually Example: Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others. Example: Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.
Word: Dudley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)". Pronunciation: /ˈdʌdli/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage. 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A place in Canada: 6. A place in Canada: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A suburb of Newcastle in the Lake Macquarie council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Dudley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)". Pronunciation: /ˈdʌdli/ 1. A miner's container for water for drinking. Example: […] miner dreamt of the day when he could throw away his Dudley and his pit boots.
Word: Abujmaria Part of Speech: name 1. A Dravidian dialect of the Maria language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.
Word: Acehnese Part of Speech: name 1. A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Word: arrives Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈɹaɪvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arrive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: voyages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voyage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voyages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of voyage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Plymouth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Plym + mouth, referring to the river's mouth. Pronunciation: /ˈplɪməθ/ 1. A placename: 2. A placename: 3. A placename: 4. A placename: 5. A placename: 6. A placename: 7. A placename: Example: Amador County prohibits fireworks in incorporated areas, but cities such as Jackson, Sutter Creek, Ione, and Plymouth are the only areas where fireworks can be lit up. 8. A placename: 9. A placename: 10. A placename: 11. A placename: 12. A placename: 13. A placename: 14. A placename: 15. A placename: 16. A placename: 17. A placename: 18. A placename: 19. A placename: 20. A placename: 21. A placename: 22. A placename: 23. A placename: 24. A placename: 25. A placename: 26. A placename: 27. A placename: 28. A placename: 29. A placename: 30. A placename: 31. A placename: 32. A placename: 33. A placename:
Word: Plymouth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Plym + mouth, referring to the river's mouth. Pronunciation: /ˈplɪməθ/ 1. An automobile of the make Plymouth. Example: He next appeared in a faded Plymouth Fury, the first car he’d ever owned. Our father never abandoned a car. The Plymouth was burgundy and had a convertible top that we always begged him to put down.
Word: salumi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian salumi. 1. plural of salume (“cured or cooked meat”) Labels: form-of, plural Example: City Winery, at 155 Varick Street, is also […] a restaurant with gleaming displays of cheese and salumi, and an event space for classes and tastings. Example: The American Salumi Calendar 2011 celebrates a new generation of cured meat artisans […] Some salumi are made from whole muscles — these include coppa, prosciutto, and guinciale."
Word: salumi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian salumi. 1. Synonym of salume (“cured or cooked meat”). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Knowing when the salumi is ready is also critical, if not downright nerve-racking. While some salumi is sliced as young as three weeks, their best-selling prosciutto is aged for as long as two years. Example: […] cheeses are fresh, clean and with great depth. They are a wonderful accompaniment to our wines. We also selected Gentile, Soprassata and Tartuffo salumis from […] to pair with individual wines from […] These hand made and cured salumis are so flavorful and fun to savor with our Pinot gris, Pinot blanc and Pinot noirs.
Word: salume Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian salume. 1. Cured or cooked meat or sausage, especially in the Italian style. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The menu is from Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy, with […] fans of salume: coppa, mortadella, salami and silky prosciutto di Parma.
Word: pancetta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pancetta, from pancia (“belly”). 1. A cured belly or pork; bacon. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bist, beest, best, from Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to be + -est. Cognate with West Frisian bist (“(thou) art”), Low German büst (“(thou) art”), German bist (“(thou) art”). 1. Used to form the second person singular of be. Labels: Northern-England, UK, West-Country, dialectal Example: Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me. Example: Lookee, thee bist purty, my love; lookee, thee bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.
Word: retour Part of Speech: noun 1. A returning. 2. An extract from chancery of the service of an heir to his ancestor. Labels: Scotland
Word: retour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: re- + tour 1. To tour again. Labels: transitive
Word: continua Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of continuum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jimmies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jimmy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jimmies Part of Speech: noun 1. candy sprinkles (regional) Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A person's feelings (emotional state). Labels: Internet, plural, plural-only
Word: jimmies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jimmy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: baisa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paisa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mortadella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos). 1. A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ashkun Part of Speech: name 1. An Indo-Iranian language spoken primarily in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan.
Word: Badaga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Badaga படகா. 1. A Dravidian language spoken primarily in the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
Word: Badaga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Badaga படகா. 1. A member of an indigenous people of the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
Word: eye patch Part of Speech: noun 1. An opaque patch worn so as to cover an injured or infected eye or an eye socket in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.
Word: Badeshi Part of Speech: name 1. An Indo-Iranian language, spoken primarily in the Northern provinces of Pakistan.
Word: Basaa Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language, spoken primarily in the Centre and Littoral provinces of Cameroon.
Word: psychoacoustics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English acoustics English psychoacoustics From psycho- + acoustics. 1. The scientific study of all the psychological interactions between humans and the world of sound; includes the perception and production of speech. Labels: uncountable
Word: psycholinguistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English linguistics English psycholinguistics From psycho- + linguistics. 1. The interdisciplinary field of study which concerns the acquisition, comprehension and production of language in its spoken, written and signed forms, using concepts and approaches from linguistics, psychology and cognitive science. Labels: uncountable Example: Psycholinguistics is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind and brain: i.e., the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, comprehend, produce and use language. Example: Psycholinguistics began with attempts to test the empirical validity of various formal linguistic concepts.
Word: Bezhta Part of Speech: name 1. A North Caucasian language, spoken primarily in southern Dagestan, Russia. Example: The name Tsez derives from the indigenous self-designation cez or cezi, while the alternative Dido is the Georgian designation. The traditional lands of the Tsez are more or less coterminous with the Tsunta district (cuntinskij rajon) in Daghestan, excluding the Bezhta division (bežtinskij učastok), inhabited by speakers of Bezhta and Hunzib, and the village of Genukh, where speakers of Hinuq live.
Word: pussy whipped Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pussywhipped. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: psychoneuroimmunology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English immunology English neuroimmunology English psychoneuroimmunology From psycho- + neuroimmunology. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌɪkəʊnʊəɹəʊɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒi/ 1. The study of the interactions between behavioural, neural, endocrine and immune functions. Example: It's not bad enough that being sexually abused as a kid puts you at higher risk for acquiring HIV infection, incest and other child sexual abuse may have quite a negative impact on your health. This information comes to us from the field of psychoneuroimmunology, a branch of medicine that studies the impact of emotions, thought-processes and behavior on health. From research that indicates loneliness, depression, feelings of hopelessness, long term stress and lack of social support result in impaired immune functioning, it is possible to extrapolate that incest survivors, as a group, face the AIDS crisis at a significant physical disadvantage. Example: This topic is known as psychoneuroimmunology, and it is slowly inching its way into fashion, mostly resisted by doctors and mostly hyped by faith healers of one kind or another.
Word: back in the day Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days). Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I wanted to do a song that epitomizes the feeling and vibe from back in the day while still being current. Example: Sean May played like they did back in the day, kind of like 29 long years ago, when his father led Indiana to a national championship in 1976.
Word: Bhili Part of Speech: name 1. A Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India.
Word: psychrometrics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psychro- + metrics. 1. The measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour. Labels: uncountable
Word: water vapour Part of Speech: noun 1. British standard spelling of water vapor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bhojpuri Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Bhojpuri भोजपुरी (bhōjᵊpurī). Pronunciation: /ˌboʊd͡ʒˈpʊəri/ 1. An Indo-Aryan language, spoken primarily in India, Mauritius, Nepal, Fiji, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana.
Word: champignon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French champignon. Pronunciation: /ʃæmˈpɪnjən/, /t͡ʃæmˈpɪnjən/ 1. Any mushroom of the genus Agaricus. 2. Any mushroom of the genus Agaricus. Example: Moscow’s food stores, formerly famed for bare shelves and long lines, are now kept stocked with fresh champignons and greens[…]. 3. Any mushroom. Labels: obsolete Example: The Kamtschadales frequently avail themselves, by way of regale, of a venenose species of champignon […]
Word: cauchemar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cauchemar. 1. A demon or witch in French folklore that drains a sleeping person's energy by night.
Word: Home Secretary Part of Speech: noun 1. The British cabinet minister, responsible for law and order, who is head of the Home Office. Labels: UK
Word: cabinet minister Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the executive branch of a government who has been appointed to the cabinet, the group of leading policy makers, advisers, and overseers of governmental departments who report to the prime minister.
Word: couteau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French couteau. Doublet of cuttle. 1. A knife; a dagger. Labels: obsolete Example: "Brave!—brave enough, I warrant you," answered Norman; "I was in the wood at Tyninghame, when there was a sort of gallants hunting with my lord; on my saul, there was a buck turned to bay made us all stand back; a stout old Trojan of the first-head, ten-tyned branches, and a brow as broad as e'er a bullock's. Egad, he dashed at the old lord, and there would have been inlake among the peerage, if the Master had not whipt roundly in, and hamstrung him with his cutlace. He was but sixteen then, bless his heart!" "And is he as ready with the gun as with the couteau?" said Sir William. "He'll strike this silver dollar out from between my finger and thumb at fourscore yards, and I'll hold it out for a gold merk; what more would ye have of eye, hand, lead, and gunpowder?"
Word: recommencer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recommence + -er. 1. One who recommences. Example: Sir Frederic Morton Eden has defended the peace too well for the recommencers of hostile practices.
Word: Home Office Part of Speech: name 1. The British government department, headed by the Home Secretary, responsible for security and law enforcement in England and Wales. Labels: UK
Word: reconnaître Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French reconnaître. 1. Rare form of reconnoitre. Labels: form-of, rare Example: An officer sent forward to reconnaître, returned with the intelligence that they were British troops, for he had seen their red uniforms. Example: His cavalry, whom he sent out to reconnaître close to Hawley’s camp, brought word that they could see no appearance of movement.
Word: Angika Part of Speech: name 1. An Indo-Aryan language, spoken primarily in India, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Malaysia.
Word: home office Part of Speech: noun 1. The headquarters of an organization. Example: I received a directive from home office. Example: In this type of company, the development of capabilities and the decisions to diffuse them globally are essentially made in the company's home office. 2. A room, in a person's home, equipped as an office so that the person may work from home.
Word: traverser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From traverse + -er. 1. That which traverses or moves, such as an index on a scale. 2. One who traverses a region. 3. One who traverses, or denies. 4. A traverse table. Example: As the pithead (Fig. 15) had not been designed for large wide gauge cars it was necessary to replace the usual runround with a traverser. Example: Before I left Paris I had the chance to visit La Chapelle depot. I was fascinated by the place. Basically, the steam depot is divided into two halves, the repair side and the steam side, with a traverser in between.
Word: chauffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French chauffoir, a kind of stove, from chauffer (“to heat”). See chafe. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/ 1. A small, portable stove. 2. A chafing dish. 3. A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.
Word: chauffer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/ 1. Misspelling of chauffeur. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: chauffer Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/ 1. Misspelling of chauffeur. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Konkani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marathi and Hindi कोंकणी (kõkṇī). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔŋkəni/, /ˈkoːŋkəni/, /ˈkɒŋkəni/ 1. A member of the indigenous peoples of the Konkan coast of India.
Word: Konkani Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Marathi and Hindi कोंकणी (kõkṇī). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔŋkəni/, /ˈkoːŋkəni/, /ˈkɒŋkəni/ 1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India.
Word: Magadhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindi मगधीय (magdhīya, “relating to South Bihar”), from Sanskrit मगध (magadha, “Magadha”), a kingdom in southern Bihar. 1. An Indo-Aryan language, spoken primarily in the Bihar and Jharkhand states of India.
Word: bobber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb, bob + -er. 1. One who takes part in apple bobbing. Example: Put apples in a kitchen sink, a bathtub or a large shallow bucket filled with water. Each player must grab an apple with his or her teeth, using no hands. The fun of bobbing is for the bobbers to get wet! So don't forget the towels. 2. A buoyant device (frequently made of cork or hollow plastic) attached to a line so as to suspend the end of the line with the hook (and bait or lure) above the bottom. 3. A style of custom motorcycle with stripped-down bodywork and a shortened (or "bobbed") rear fender. 4. A person who rides a bobsleigh; a bobsleigher. 5. One who has a bob hairstyle. Example: Not to be outdone, another group of students formed the Bobber's Union and wore a much different hairstyle. Example: Newspaper articles from the time describe employers who refused to hire women with bobbed hair […] In Japan, a speaker at a national hairdressers' convention declared, “All bobbers are not dissolute women, but all dissolute women are bobbers.”
Word: pajock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. First attested in the 16th century, in the writing of William Shakespeare and possibly coined by him. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.dʒɒk/, /ˈpeɪˌdʒɑk/ 1. A peacock, a male peafowl, noted for its large and extravagantly coloured tail. Labels: archaic 2. savage, degenerate Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: For thou dost know, O Damon dear, This realm dismantled was Of Jove himself, and now reigns here A very very — pajock Example: “Peace! Your Majesties! My Lords!” said King Lune. “Have we no more gravity among us than to be so chafed by the taunt of a pajock?”
Word: damehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dame Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English damehood From dame + -hood. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪmhʊd/ 1. The fact or condition of being a dame. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: angling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of angle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: angling Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is a speciall point to have the sun and moon before you, for the very motion of the rod drives all pleasure from you, either by day or by night; in all your anglings, both with worms and flyes, there must be a great care of that.
Word: self-incrimination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English incrimination English self-incrimination From self- + incrimination. 1. Act of giving testimony, in a trial, that would incriminate oneself. Labels: uncountable
Word: participatory democracy Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of government in which citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies affecting their lives, rather than through elected representatives. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: treble hook Part of Speech: noun 1. A fishhook where three hooks share a single shank, each point separated by 120º.
Word: Caluyanon Part of Speech: name 1. A Visayan language spoken in the Caluya Islands, Antique in the Philippines.
Word: Eimer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Eimer. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Chenoua Part of Speech: noun 1. The indigenous peoples living in and around Mt. Cheoua. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Chenoua Part of Speech: name 1. A Berber language spoken around Mt. Chenoua in Tipasa, Algeria.
Word: Chhattisgarhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Chhattisgarhi छत्तीसगढ़ी (chattīsagṛhī). 1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Word: Chittagonian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Chittagong Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Chittagonian From Chittagong + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɪtəˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌt͡ʃɪtəˈɡoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A language spoken in the Chittagong District and Cox's Bazar District of south-eastern Bangladesh as well as neighbouring areas in India and Myanmar, often treated as a dialect of Bengali.
Word: Erker Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Erker. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Dahlik Part of Speech: name 1. A Semitic language spoken in the Dahlak Archipelago of Eritrea.
Word: Dameli Part of Speech: name 1. A Dardic language spoken by the people of the valley of Damil-Nasar of Pakistan.
Word: running board Part of Speech: noun 1. A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars. Example: One of the "locomotors", a 72 h.p. machine for light yard shunting which can be driven by a shunter from the running board. [A long step on the side just above rail level] 2. A narrow footway above the driving wheels of some steam locomotives, and along the sides of some diesel locomotives.
Word: ferrotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ferro- + -type. 1. An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film. Labels: uncountable 2. A photograph produced by this means. Labels: countable
Word: ferrotype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ferro- + -type. 1. To produce a ferrotype from. Labels: transitive Example: "He ferrotyped the pictures, and the next morning, bright and early, he mounted each one in an art-folder (bought during a period of prosperity), and then fared forth to sell them to the eager parents of his little subjects."
Word: SKS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of some kind soul (usually in a request for information etc.) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. The SKS rifle. Example: In the area of the tree line from which Routh fled, agents found a Go-Pro, two backpacks, a loaded SKS-style, 7.62×39 caliber rifle with a scope, and a black plastic bag containing food.
Word: feu de joie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French feu de joie (literally “fire of joy”). 1. A bonfire. Labels: obsolete 2. A celebratory salute made by firing guns into the air sequentially along a line. Example: while Platte was rolling over and over on the turf, like a shot rabbit, the watch and guard flew from his waistcoat—as an Infantry Major's sword hops out of the scabbard when they are firing a feu-de-joie
Word: fibroblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fibroblast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English fibroblastic From fibroblast + -ic. 1. of, or relating to a fibroblast
Word: finger painting Part of Speech: noun 1. The technique of painting using the fingers instead of a brush. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A painting made using this technique. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: finger painting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of finger paint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: first-string Part of Speech: adj 1. describing the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)
Word: first string Part of Speech: noun 1. the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on) Labels: uncountable Example: I played first string in the last quarter of the game. 2. the first violinist in an orchestra. Labels: uncountable
Word: fitchew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fitchewes (mistaken as a plural), variant of Middle English fichouse, ficheux, from Old French fissiauls (plural) and fichau, fissel (“polecat”), from Middle Dutch vitsche, visse, fisse (“polecat”), ultimately (via a Northern French dialect) from Latin vissiō (“stench”). Compare French vison (“mink”). 1. polecat Labels: obsolete
Word: fix up Part of Speech: verb 1. To provide (someone) with something; to furnish. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear. Example: Ef you don't fix me up a rake-off I got to scrap roun' fer myself. 2. To set up a date or to introduce people, especially with the intention of a possible romantic or sexual coupling. Labels: transitive, usually Example: Can you fix me up with a date for Saturday night? Example: Please don't fix me up with any of your tycoons 3. To repair or refurbish. Labels: transitive Example: I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays. Example: Creech is flexible enough to hide inside of the old truck that Tripp is fixing up, and Tripp discovers that, with the right tweaking, the oil-guzzling Creech can actually power that truck from the inside. 4. To prepare or provide (something). Labels: informal, transitive Example: His mother will fix up a snack for the sleepover tonight. Example: Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls! 5. To get one's act together; to sort oneself out. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Fix up, look sharp. Don't make me get the blicks out, get dark. 6. To settle up with; reimburse. Labels: dated, slang Example: "If you don't fix me up I'll report you and have your whole shop raided.” Example: I didn't extend credit to other kids, but after he'd become a regular customer he asked me to take some bets for which he'd fix me up later. 7. To get an abortion; to procure an abortion for someone. Labels: slang, transitive 8. To do a dose of a drug, especially heroin; to provide a drug (often alcoholic drink) to someone addicted to it. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: flatbed truck Part of Speech: noun 1. a truck with no sides, used to carry large, heavy objects Labels: US 2. A form of such a truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
Word: retire the side Part of Speech: verb 1. To get the third out of an inning, thus ending the turn of one team (side) for batting and signaling the next turn of the other team (side). Example: […] and that will retire the side [sportscaster patter] Example: Jones steps on first to retire the side.
Word: flatbed lorry Part of Speech: noun 1. a lorry with no sides, used to carry large, heavy objects Labels: UK
Word: petting zoo Part of Speech: noun 1. A zoo that permits or encourages visitors, in particular children, to touch animals.
Word: keeled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkiːld/ 1. simple past and past participle of keel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: keeled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkiːld/ 1. Furnished with a keel. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: It was a deep-keeled yacht.
Word: Anaiah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hebrew ענאיה (“God has answered”). 1. One of the elders who stood with Ezra the Scribe. (biblical character) Example: And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Word: rewriting Part of Speech: noun 1. The process or result of writing again; a rewrite. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rewriting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rewrite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: goona Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guna or kuna, found in many Pama-Nyungan languages. 1. faeces, excrement, stool Labels: slang, uncountable Example: The crows and the birds would have a drink, too, and do a bit of goona. Example: Jalyerri greeted them with his usual flash of white teeth. “Go goot goona bugger dat feller,” he observed, referring to Ed Smith. “What’s goona?” Calum asked Brian. “Shit.”
Word: barkan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of barchan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shortsheet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From short + sheet. 1. To make an apple-pie bed of (a bed). Labels: transitive
Word: dudely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dude Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English dudely From dude + -ly. 1. Of or pertaining to a dude (in various senses). Example: Long before the slinky Miss Shields was a twinkle in her mama’s eye, nothing came between erstwhile Southern belle Elsa Jane Guerin and her dudely duds. Example: 2001, Stephen Beachy, Distortion http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1560239980&id=U1N20gh2p-MC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=dudely&sig=zXwiJUJHq_brxfa-MBKQt4aev-o I love bad whiteboys, the really skanky sort of white-trash ones, you know, the ones that surf or live in the woods or just got out of prison, the dudely ones who’re sort of closeted but really straight-acting, those are the ones I always fall for.
Word: Pandu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit पाण्डु (pāṇḍu). 1. A mytho-historical figure from India, best known as the father of another group of figures, the Pandavas in Mahabharata.
Word: balance sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
Word: balance sheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balance sheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bat around Part of Speech: verb 1. To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning. Labels: intransitive Example: If the teams do not have the same number of players, the team with the greater number of players bats around once per inning, and the team with the smaller number of players will bat an equal number of times as the opposing team,[…]. Example: […]the Braves knocked Bunning out, batting around and scoring six runs in the fourth inning. They then scored four more runs the next inning, batting around once again against Dallas Green[…]. 2. To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning. Labels: intransitive 3. To discuss. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I think we've batted this idea around enough to take a decision. 4. To flit quickly from place to place. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: You must be tired after batting around all day. 5. To waste time; to idle or loaf. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: Fach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Fach, short for Stimmfach. Doublet of fack. Pronunciation: /fax/ 1. A method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, according to the range, weight, and color of their voices.
Word: Fächer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɛçə(ɹ)/ 1. plural of Fach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fust, from Old French fust (“wood; bole, tree trunk”) (modern French fût), from Latin fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”) or *gʷʰen- (“to strike; to kill, slay”). Pronunciation: /fʌst/, /fʊst/ 1. A strong musty smell; mustiness. Example: the fust of old books & older cheese / nobody loves gossip like these salaried dudes Example: Despite having been awake now for more than twenty-four hours – and the comforts of gaol had not been so great that I'd slept quietly there, to say nothing of my troubling dreams – I was curiously refreshed. The brisk air blew away the fogs and fusts of London. 2. The shaft (main body) of a column. Example: Cherici, Giuseppe, & Sons, Volterra. A large alabaster vase, after the Etrurian style; executed in the exhibitors' manufactory in Volterra, […] The vase is placed on the fust of a column of the Tuscan order. Example: Façade of the Benedictines' convent and church wonderfully crowded with ornaments, as likewise the altars generally adorned with twisted pillars flourished all over, and loaden with little puttini, birds, and the like in clusters on the chapiters and between the wreaths along the fusts of the columns.
Word: fust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fust, from Old French fust (“wood; bole, tree trunk”) (modern French fût), from Latin fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”) or *gʷʰen- (“to strike; to kill, slay”). Pronunciation: /fʌst/, /fʊst/ 1. To turn mouldy, to decay. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Sure he that made vs with ſuch large diſcourse / Looking before and after, gaue vs not / That capabilitie and god-like reaſon / To fvſt in vs vnvſed, […] Example: I mowlde, or fust, as corne dothe. Je moisis, sec. conj. 2. Of wine: to acquire an undesirable musty or woody taste from the cask in which it is stored. Labels: intransitive Example: VI. To prevent wine from fuſting, otherwiſe taſting of the caſk, and to give it both a taſte and flavour quite agreeable. Stick a lemon with cloves as thick as it can hold; hang it by the bung hole in a bag over the wine in the caſk for three or four days, and ſtop it very carefully for fear of its turning dead, if it ſhould get air.
Word: fust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Portuguese fusta (“fust”), from Latin fusta (“beam (of wood)”), from fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”); compare Middle French fuste. 1. A type of small galley. Labels: historical Example: The great hoste abode still till noone or one of the clocke, and then arose, not all, but about 80 or 100 ships, as gallies, galliasses, and fusts: and passed one after another before the towne and haven of Rhodes three miles off, and came to shore in a place nigh to land, called Perambolin, sixe miles from the towne. Example: The reſt of our ſhips hearing us ſhoot in that manner, entered into their boats, and made towards them, rowing hard to the thre Indian fuſts, wherein were at the leaſt 100 men, and ſhot amongſt them with their pieces, […] and we handled them in ſuch ſort, that of 200 men there got not above thirty of them to land; the reſt of their fuſts lay far off and beheld the fight.
Word: fust Part of Speech: adj 1. Nonstandard form of first. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable Example: I allude to charcolling. Theirs Miss Creasy the dress maker after having the fashuns reglarly from Parris for some months was indust in a luv tif to shut her self up solus with the prevaling mode, but luckly the charcole went out fust. Example: I was standing, one glorious Autumn morning, looking now up to where the crown of the Fall [Horseshoe Falls of the Niagara Falls], illuminated by the early sun, shone like opal, […] I was suddenly roused from a reverie by a sharp voice: "It's a-bilin' and a-sizzling down there fust-rate!"
Word: fust Part of Speech: adv 1. Nonstandard form of first. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable Example: She'd drink the gin fust and give him her ten commandments artervards, when she'd aggerawated him to try it on.
Word: Feige Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: feuillemorte Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French feuille-morte, feuille morte (“a dead leaf”). Pronunciation: /fɔɪ.mɔɹt/, /fə.jə.mɔɹt/ 1. Of the color of dead or dying leaves: dull yellowish or orangish brown. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inclusively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English inclusively From inclusive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːsɪv.li/ 1. In an inclusive fashion. Example: There are eight principles in all, but three are really important if we want to shift quickly and inclusively toward a longer-term mode of thinking and acting. 2. In a manner which includes every possibility. Example: Huffing and puffing on arrival, he immediately emphasized that he didn't want “no rugheads” taking care of him. By rughead,” he meant black people inclusively—male and female. This constraint would create obvious problems.
Word: Fink Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: cezve Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛzveɪ/ 1. Alternative form of jezve. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parodic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, related to, or having characteristics of parody. Example: All gender is parodic in the sense that it is all imitative, but some forms are more parodic than others because that imitativeness is exposed. Example: From this common background, the G author/redactor seems to have chosen to highlight the more parodic elements in the tradition, while muting the more serious or somber representation of Aesop's heroic end.
Word: parodical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English parody Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English parodical From parody + -ical. 1. parodic
Word: Flegel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Flegel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: congenic Part of Speech: adj 1. (of different strains of an organism) That are genetically identical except for a variation in a limited genetic region or locus Labels: not-comparable
Word: congenic Part of Speech: noun 1. Such an organism
Word: e&oe Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative letter-case form of E&OE. Labels: alt-of
Word: flitter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flytteren, frequentative form of flitten, flytten, flütten, possibly from Old Norse flytja (“to carry about, convey”), equivalent to flit + -er (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈflɪtɚ/, [ˈflɪɾɚ] 1. To scatter in pieces. 2. To move about rapidly and nimbly. 3. To move quickly from one condition or location to another. Example: How she remembered the gray-feathered titmouse flittering about as she stared unbelievingly at the grave of her sister and clung to Reese, then five years old. Example: There were two bugs flittering on either side of her. 4. To flutter or quiver.
Word: flitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flit 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 flitter From flit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈflɪtɚ/, [ˈflɪɾɚ] 1. A fluttering movement Example: A waxing moon riding high in the sky and a flitter of bats about the rooftops, dipping and swerving as they gathered up the gnats that danced there in ephemeral clouds. 2. A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment. Example: Without a flitter of a blanket o'er me Example: But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery. Flitters of perforated starch entwine an ear. 3. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis. 4. A small aircraft or spacecraft. Example: Then all three went out to the flitter. A tiny speedster, really; a torpedo bearing stubby wings and the ludicrous tail-surfaces, the multifarious driving-, braking-, side-, top-, and under-jets so characteristic of the tricky, cranky, but ultra-maneuverable breed. Example: Small flitters were powered and made ready, and everything that carried manual controls was inspected and cleared for action. 5. A small perceptible feeling Example: Hannah couldn't stop a flitter of panic at the thought. Example: He sensed Wheeler tensing, the slightest of tremors in the stillness of the ruined chapel, a flitter of irritation.
Word: flitter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɪtɚ/, [ˈflɪɾɚ] 1. Pronunciation spelling of fritter. Labels: Caribbean, Southern-US, alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling
Word: estate agent Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another. Labels: Ireland, UK 2. A land bailiff. Labels: archaic
Word: valk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. valkyrie Labels: informal
Word: Forst Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Forst. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Forst Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Forst. 1. A town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg, Germany. Official name: Forst (Lausitz).
Word: picquet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of piquet (“card game”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: picquet Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of picket. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Sometimes, it is true, Gertrude's resistance flagged; but this was only the temporary acquiescence of fatigue, and the battle was renewed with the old spirit on the next occasion, and was all to be fought over again. At breakfast there was generally, as I may say, an affair of picquets, and through the day a dropping fire, sometimes rising to a skirmish; but the social meal of supper was generally the period when, for the most part, these desultory hostilities blazed up into a general action.
Word: picquet Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of picket. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Frack Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: altarpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From altar + piece. Pronunciation: /ˈɑl.təɹˌpis/, /ˈæl.təɹˌpis/ 1. a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church Example: I walked across the concrete to examine the altarpiece of the atomic age. A large crack ran through it. Example: “It’s this snaggletoothed, little bird-footed homunculus caricature,” Bourneuf said. “Many artists at this time were trying to make new altarpieces. Klee tended to take a very skeptical distance from the sort of grandiose projects of many of his expressionist peers, so I think it’s actually kind of mocking those hopes.”
Word: advisee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise English -ee English advisee From advise + -ee. 1. someone who receives advice. Example: Camden Citizens Advice colleagues and long-term advisees are here, some in their football gear.
Word: jezve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جزوه (Turkish cezve), from Arabic جَذْوَة (jaḏwa) or جِذْوَة (jiḏwa, “ember”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛzveɪ/ 1. A Turkish coffee-pot with a long handle. Example: As in many countries around the Mediterranean, coffee in Turkey is prepared in long-handled pots called jezve.
Word: athleticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós)bor. Latin āthlēticuslbor. Middle French athletiquebor. English athletic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English athleticism From athletic + -ism. Pronunciation: /æθˈlɛtɪsɪzəm/ 1. The state of being an athlete, or of taking part in athletic events. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It catches an American athleticism and energetic team spirit that still seem to smash European notions of ballet classicism, as does its dancers’ selfless manner and their practicelike costumes. 2. A show of athletic prowess. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Both Alcaraz and Sinner pushed themselves - and each other - to the limit in a classic contest that showcased all of their shot-making, athleticism and resilience.
Word: Funke Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Funke. 1. A surname from German.