nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: heteronomous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English heteronomy Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English heteronomous From heteronomy + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛtəˈɹɒnəməs/ 1. Arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous. Example: The competitive necessity of economies of action mean that surveillance capitalists must use all means available to supplant autonomous action with heteronomous action. 2. Differing in development or in specialization. 3. Being a dialect of an autonomous language.
Word: hideyhole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hidey-hole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hidey-hole Part of Speech: noun 1. An isolated or secluded place; a hideaway or hideout. Example: "This was Lord Alfred's hidey-hole, I think."
Word: Hiligaynon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hiligaynon Hiligaynon, from Spanish hiligaino + Hiligaynon -non, where Spanish hiligaino is from Hiligaynon Iligan + Spanish -ino, with the root from ilig + -an. Pronunciation: /hɪ.lɪ.ɡaɪ̯ˈn̪on̪/ 1. language of the native people of Iloilo and nearby areas of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros island
Word: Hiligaynon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hiligaynon Hiligaynon, from Spanish hiligaino + Hiligaynon -non, where Spanish hiligaino is from Hiligaynon Iligan + Spanish -ino, with the root from ilig + -an. Pronunciation: /hɪ.lɪ.ɡaɪ̯ˈn̪on̪/ 1. an ethnic group from Iloilo and nearby areas of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros island in Visayas, Philippines
Word: holding action Part of Speech: noun 1. An attack designed to prevent an enemy from attacking, or from moving its position
Word: holly oak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named from a resemblance to the holly plant. 1. holm oak
Word: holm oak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named from a resemblance to the holly plant, also known as holm. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊm əʊk/, /ˈhoʊm oʊk/ 1. An evergreen tree, Quercus ilex, native to the Mediterranean region.
Word: homestay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + stay, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ホームステイ (hōmusutei). Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌsteɪ/ 1. A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price. Example: Whether you’re crossing paths with shepherds in the mountains or staying with a family at a homestay, the warmth of the people will linger in your heart long after your trip ends. 2. A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.
Word: Sesotho Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sotho Sesotho. Pronunciation: /səˈsutu/, /səˈsoʊtoʊ/, /sɛ̀.sʉ́.tʰʉ̀/ 1. A Bantu language spoken mainly in Lesotho and in the Free State and Gauteng provinces of South Africa.
Word: Sesotho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sotho Sesotho. Pronunciation: /səˈsutu/, /səˈsoʊtoʊ/, /sɛ̀.sʉ́.tʰʉ̀/ 1. A member of an African ethnic group who speak the Sesotho language.
Word: Sesotho Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Sotho Sesotho. Pronunciation: /səˈsutu/, /səˈsoʊtoʊ/, /sɛ̀.sʉ́.tʰʉ̀/ 1. In or pertaining to the Sesotho language. 2. Pertaining to the Basotho people or culture, or language.
Word: Laken Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name. Example: The legislation is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year old Georgia student who was killed last year while out for a run. An undocumented migrant from Venezuela was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in the case that reignited a national debate over immigration and crime.
Word: allarme Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of alarm. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: signalman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English signal Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English signalman From signal + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡnəl.mən/ 1. Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway. Example: With extra traffic, numerous boat trains to and from Southampton Docks, and working of empty stock, his job, like that of most signalmen, is no sinecure. Example: The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred. 2. A member of the armed forces responsible for signalling. 3. Somebody employed to direct rigging or crane operations by providing a different point of view.
Word: slam-dunk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slam dunk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Marseille Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Marseille (supplanting earlier Marseilles, derived from the Old French nominative form), from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”). The r was probably retained from Arabic مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”). Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ 1. The capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Word: Marseille Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Marseille. This surname is mostly found in Haiti. Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/, /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪl/ 1. A surname from French.
Word: aphyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 19th century, from New Latin aphyllus, from Ancient Greek ἄφυλλος (áphullos, “leafless”) (ἀ- (a-) + φύλλον (phúllon)). Pronunciation: /eɪˈfɪləs/ 1. Having no leaves; leafless. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Leine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of Irish ancestry. 1. A surname.
Word: grasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grass Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of grasse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: celebrities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celebrity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concretely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English concrete Middle English -ly English -ly English concretely From concrete + -ly. 1. In a concrete manner, physically, definitely Example: The components of Roland's "heroness" can not be contemplated per se. The audience perceives those components or qualities concretely through Roland's acts. Example: More concretely, in his genderfree society — reminiscent of Lake Wobegon — women as well as men would be independent, decisive, and strong, and men as well as women would be cooperative, open, and nurturing (if not good-looking).
Word: minerals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mineral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minerals Part of Speech: noun 1. Testicles, balls, especially in the figurative sense of nerve or courage. Labels: dated, euphemistic, plural, plural-only, slang Example: He wouldn't mess with me. He hasn't got the minerals.
Word: stems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stems Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stem Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decaying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From decay + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of decay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decaying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decay + -ing. 1. The process of undergoing decay. Example: Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God.
Word: philandry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined from Ancient Greek φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”), equivalent to phil- + -andry. Compare philander. 1. A love of, or fondness for, men. Labels: uncountable Example: If a man is philogynous towards his partner, she is more than likely to denote her philandry of fondness, love, or admiration for him.
Word: Linde Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German, Dutch, Jewish, and North Germanic surname, from Linde (“linden tree, UK:lime tree”). Compare Lindy. * As a Spanish surname, from linde (“boundary”). 1. A surname from German.
Word: pulse modulation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of techniques whereby a series of information-carrying quantities occurring at discrete instances of time is encoded into a corresponding series of electromagnetic carrier pulses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Lippe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Lippe. 1. A river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 2. A district (Kreis) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 3. An unincorporated community in Robinson Township, Posey County, Indiana, United States, named after Lippe, Germany. 4. A surname.
Word: pulse modulator Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for the pulse modulation of a radio-frequency carrier signal
Word: push-pull amplifier Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic circuit in which two transistors (one as current source, one as sink) are used to amplify a signal
Word: push-pull Part of Speech: adj 1. Operated by pushing and pulling. Labels: not-comparable Example: I thought he was rather foolish when he selected the revolving door instead of taking the orthodox push-pull door at the side. 2. Operated by pushing and pulling. Labels: not-comparable Example: The coaches require modifications, including work to ensure they can work in push-pull mode with Class 67 locos. Example: That train is Inspection Saloon 975025, better known as Caroline. It's a former Hastings line Class 201 diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) buffet car converted to run in push-pull operation, with large windows at both ends to give a great view of the line ahead. 3. Having two electronic devices in opposite phase. Labels: not-comparable
Word: push-pull Part of Speech: noun 1. An alternation or fluctuation between two opposites; a back-and-forth dispute, a tug of war. Example: In Europe, the debate around abortion access has been regalvanised by the pandemic, and last year Poland passed a near total ban, […]. Elsewhere we’ve seen a swing in the opposite direction, […]. The overall effect of this push-pull is an atmosphere of intense instability as we face up to a new phase in the struggle for reproductive justice. Example: The push-pull puts us more or less in the same shoes as protagonist Lucy (Grace Van Patten), who spends years wriggling on his hook before she’s finally able to cut herself free — and it’s that keen understanding of the psychology driving its central relationship that distinguishes Tell Me Lies from any number of dramas about steamy but doomed romances.
Word: intuitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intuitive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English intuitiveness From intuitive + -ness. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪvnəs/ 1. The state of being intuitive. Labels: uncountable
Word: Minix Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by Andrew S. Tanenbaum as a contraction of mini-Unix. 1. A Unix-like operating system for teaching the principles of operating systems.
Word: crystals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪstəlz/ 1. plural of crystal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footnotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footnote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footnotes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of footnote Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: avoids Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈvɔɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of avoid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bucket brigade Part of Speech: noun 1. The long line of people, in a primitive firefighting technique, who pass buckets of water hand-to-hand from the nearest water source to the site of a fire, in an attempt to douse it. 2. Any process in which something is passed along a chain. Labels: broadly, figuratively 3. A discrete-time analogue delay line that moves a signal along a line of capacitors, one step at each clock cycle.
Word: retrieved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retrieve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: guanylic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. the nucleotide guanosine monophosphate formed during protein synthesis Labels: uncountable
Word: guanylate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guanylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɑːnɪleɪt/, /ˈɡwɑːnɪlət/ 1. Any salt or ester of guanylic acid; the salts are used as flavour enhancers.
Word: mud flat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mudflat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: newel post Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of newel (either of two kinds of supporting post in a staircase).
Word: inosinic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a nucleotide, inosine phosphate, found in muscle tissue Labels: uncountable
Word: inosinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inosinic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of inosinic acid; the salts are used as flavour enhancers.
Word: spick Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /spɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of spic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of spike. Pronunciation: /spɪk/ 1. A nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener). Labels: obsolete
Word: spick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of spike. Pronunciation: /spɪk/ 1. Tidy; fresh. Example: Internally the building bad been modernized and reconstructed to a point where it was doubtful whether its previous tenants would be able to recognize a single room. Outside it had become spick. The yards and sheds had a suburban rather than a rural tidiness and had for years known no form of animal life rougher than a few riding horses and ponies. The farmyard showed no utilitarian sights and gave forth no rustic smells; it had been laid over with close green turf like a bowling green.
Word: spick Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɪk/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of speak. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “Spick Italiano?” he asked. “No.” “Spick Français?” “Oui,” said Dick, glowering.
Word: on site Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At the site of a job, or at the location of the customer of a product or service, as opposed to at the vendor's factory, office, or studio. Example: If we can't figure out how to diagnose this problem remotely, we're going to have to go on site again. Example: The final paint touch-ups will be performed on site, after installation.
Word: maltol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From malt + -ol. 1. a substituted pyranone found in the bark and needles of some conifers and in roasted malt Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: furkid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fur + kid. 1. A pet (normally a cat or dog) that the owner treats as if it were a child. Labels: informal
Word: skid row Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration of skid road (“road along which logs are dragged or skidded; (Canada, US, informal) downtown streets where loggers go for recreation on their time off”). In 1852, skid road was first applied to a slum area at the loggers’ part of town in Seattle, Washington, USA, and before 1900 it had come into common usage in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Over time, the variant skid row came to refer to a district or slum frequented by alcoholics and hobos, even in areas without a lumber industry. Pronunciation: /ˌskɪd ˈɹəʊ/, /ˌskɪd ˈɹoʊ/ 1. An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people. Labels: Canada, US, countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable 2. A situation of great desperation or misfortune. Labels: Canada, US, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable
Word: stairwell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English well English stairwell From stair + well. 1. A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. Example: Photos accompanying the report included the rusty stairwell column that was replaced, the pool corbel’s “loose, cracked, spalled deteriorated concrete” and exposed rebar, water damage to balcony eaves, and other damage to eaves and stucco on the building.
Word: infrarenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- Latin rēn Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal English infrarenal From infra- + renal. 1. Below the kidney. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pararenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English para- Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal English pararenal From para- + renal. 1. Located next to the kidney. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mountain building Part of Speech: noun 1. The geological processes, such as tectonic plate movement and volcanic activity, by which mountains are formed. Labels: uncountable
Word: exhaustive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin exhaustīvusbor. English exhaustive Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus. By surface analysis, exhaust + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/, /ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/, /ɪɡˈzɑstɪv/, /ɪɡˈzoːstɪv/, /ɘɡˈzoːstɘv/ 1. Including every possible element: fully comprehensive. Example: We made an exhaustive list. 2. Causing exhaustion; very tiring. Labels: archaic Example: Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court. Example: Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.
Word: conservative treatment Part of Speech: noun 1. A treatment that does not include any operation or intervention. Example: Operative treatment should be reserved for those patients in whom conservative treatment has failed and who are motivated with regard to sports. Example: For the treatment of humeral shaft fractures, conservative treatment still competes with the operative approach to a much greater degree than is the case for fractures of the long bones of the lower extremity.
Word: valediction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1614; borrowed from New Latin valedictiō, from valedīcō (“to bid farewell”) + -tiō, from valē (“farewell, so long”) + dīcō (“to say”). By surface analysis, valedict + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌvæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/ 1. A speech made when leaving or parting company. 2. The act of parting company. 3. A word or phrase said upon leaving, such as "farewell" or "adieu". Example: Yes, the tide will surely turn, and meanwhile may one who is proud to call himself a partisan, invite whomever may feel disposed to bid the "T14s" adieux, to pause before giving them valediction and accord to them the respect that is assuredly their due. 4. A word or phrase used to end a letter or message.
Word: Fil-Am Part of Speech: adj 1. Syllabic abbreviation of Filipino American.
Word: Fil-Am Part of Speech: noun 1. Syllabic abbreviation of Filipino American.
Word: Fil-Am Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Phil-am. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uninterrupted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English interrupted English uninterrupted From un- + interrupted. 1. Continuing with no interruption. Example: Having departed Inverness on time, I take the advice of several guidebooks and sit in a right-hand-side seat, which should afford me uninterrupted views of the sea as the train winds its way north.
Word: honorary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honōrārius. Pronunciation: /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/ 1. Given as an honor, with no duties attached, and without payment. Labels: not-comparable Example: honorary degree; honorary citizen 2. Voluntary. Labels: not-comparable 3. Unofficial; practically. Describes the holder of an unofficial position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than by normal channels. Labels: not-comparable Example: Megsie is an honorary employee because she helps other customers while she shops here. Example: I consider you an honorary member of our family because you've been with us for so long.
Word: honorary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honōrārius. Pronunciation: /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/ 1. A person who holds an honorary appointment. 2. A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement. Labels: US
Word: honorary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin honōrārium. Pronunciation: /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/ 1. An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.
Word: honorary officer Part of Speech: noun 1. A voluntary, unpaid officer of an organization.
Word: hookgun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hook + gun. 1. a harquebus
Word: hot blast Part of Speech: noun 1. preheated air blown into a blast furnace
Word: blast furnace Part of Speech: noun 1. An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air. Example: Holonyms: ironworks, steelworks Example: Meronym: tuyeres 2. An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
Word: horse power Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of machines that used draft horses as a source of power to an output shaft or sheave. Treadmill types and merry-go-round–like types existed. Labels: dialectal, historical Example: In that era, they powered their corn sheller and their thresher with a horse power. 2. Alternative spelling of horsepower (“unit of power equaling 745 watts or similar figure”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: motive effort supplied by one or more horses. Example: In the 1920s through 1940s, the push for power farming aimed to replace horse power with tractor power on the farm.
Word: horse-power Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of horsepower. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 2. Obsolete spelling of horse power. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hot-brained Part of Speech: adj 1. impetuous and rash; hot-headed
Word: hot bulb Part of Speech: noun 1. An internal combustion engine in which the fuel is ignited by hot, compressed gas rather than a spark
Word: hot cathode Part of Speech: noun 1. The heated cathode of a thermionic valve.
Word: hot chair Part of Speech: noun 1. hot seat
Word: hot seat Part of Speech: noun 1. The electric chair. Labels: slang Example: Looks like you for the hot seat, kid. Come along, both of you. Example: With deep creases slanting across the jowls of his dark bony face from the corners of his wide full mouth, and his sunken dark eyes, he was certainly a prime subject for the artists who sketch candidates for the hot seat for the tabloids, and for three days they had been making the most of it. 2. The seat occupied by a game show contestant at a stage where they are answering questions alone. 3. Any stressful situation. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Now just a minute. You turn up out of nowhere, a routine space shot goes wrong, a new planet appears and you tell us you know all about it. That puts you slap bang in the hot seat, right? 4. A multiplayer game mode where the players take turns playing the game. Labels: attributive Example: In addition to traditional LAN play and online modes, there's […] a hot seat mode in which multiple players take their turns on the same computer […].
Word: hot chisel Part of Speech: noun 1. A chisel designed to cut metal that has been heated in a forge.
Word: hot coppers Part of Speech: noun 1. A hangover. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: […] gets drunk, he wakes up in the morning with a bad headache or with what, in the colonies, are called "hot coppers." Example: The drunkard’s mouth a-wash for something drinkable, The drunkard’s eye alert for casual toppers, The drunkard’s neck stooped to a lot scarce thinkable, A living, crawling blazoning of Hot-Coppers […]
Word: fronting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌntɪŋ/ 1. A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An act of putting on a false façade to impress or intimidate people. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: fronting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of front Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hot cupboard Part of Speech: noun 1. A container, normally of stainless steel, and sometimes portable, in which cooked food may be kept warm until being served; sometimes fitted with a bain marie
Word: hot date Part of Speech: noun 1. A social outing with a current or potential lover which holds the possibility of a sexual encounter.
Word: hot diggety Part of Speech: intj 1. hot diggety dog
Word: hot diggety dog Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Expressive form of hot dog! with alliteration, with the likely nonce element diggety of uncertain origin. 1. Shows delight or enthusiasm.
Word: brown out Part of Speech: verb 1. To experience a partial loss of vision having the characteristics of a brownout, to suffer a brownout. Labels: intransitive Example: The pilot pulled up hard into a tight loop and browned out, losing sight of the target. Example: “I mean, what is she even talking about? Got her pregnant at the Halloween party? What does that mean? I don't even remember that party. I was wasted.” “Yeah, me too. I browned out that evening.” “"browned out"? What's "browned out"?” “Oh, it's when you drink so much that everything goes brown. It's not as severe as a blackout, 'cause I remember bits and pieces. I like to call it "browning out."”
Word: brown out Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brownout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brevirostrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brevi- + rostrate. 1. Short-beaked; having a short bill.
Word: pure finder Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by poor people in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. Labels: obsolete Example: The pure-finders meet with a ready market for all the dogs’-dung they are able to collect, at the numerous tanyards in Bermondsey. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pure, finder. Example: As one commentator has noted, although a pure finder may "induce the purchase or sale of" a security within the meaning of Section 15(a)(1), he or she is not normally a "broker" because he or she effects no transactions.
Word: ching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: ching Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The sound of metal or glass clinking.
Word: ching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck. Labels: countable Example: The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!" Example: "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal. 2. Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount). Labels: slang, uncountable Example: "Supposedly, it was worth millions back then, so it could be worth maybe ten times as much now." Tatorrio whistled. "That's a lot of ching." Example: If there are any people owing you money, it's a good time to drive to their houses and look for your "ching". 3. A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A knife. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: ching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck. Example: The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea. Example: These shadows, black as the earth they emerged from, were wearing what looked like dull German helmets, their webgear and canteens chinging as they ran. 2. To stab. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings. Example: Stickin' 'em, none of my niggas are innocent. (On s-, on s-) On sight man are just chinging him. 3. Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call. Labels: intransitive
Word: ching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Cocaine. Labels: Scotland, slang, uncountable Example: I'll leave the message, but Simon's very much a free spirit, I state to the receiver as I use a fifty-pound note to hoover up some ching. Example: Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.
Word: on the down-low Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In secret or nearly so, on a need-to-know basis. Labels: US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang Example: I'll tell you, but keep it on the down-low. 2. Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner. Labels: US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang Example: And keep it on the down low Nobody has to know 3. Of a man, publicly identifying as heterosexual but secretly having sex with men.
Word: scombral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin scomber, scombri (“mackerel”). 1. Of or relating to mackerel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: confirming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of confirm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: confirming Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of confirmation.
Word: in house Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English in house. 1. Belonging to or part of an organization; internal.
Word: in house Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English in house. 1. Occurring within an establishment, using existing personnel, facilities, and supplies, as opposed to at some external supplier or customer. Labels: not-comparable Example: All of the Disney World character costumes were developed in house, using materials like rubber for Mickey Mouse's face and crushed velvet for his black fur. Example: We like to keep our product and process development in house to help protect our intellectual property rights.
Word: golden ratio Part of Speech: noun 1. The irrational number (approximately 1.618), usually denoted by the Greek letter φ (phi), which is equal to the sum of its own reciprocal and 1, or, equivalently, is the square root of the sum of itself and 1.
Word: compact disk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of compact disc. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: globose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin globosus (“round as a ball, spherical, globular”). 1. Having a globular form.
Word: globous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of globose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reneger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From renege + -er. 1. A person who reneges.
Word: Mangel Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German surname, variant of Mangold. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mangel (“scarcity, lacking, need”). * As an English surname, variant of Mangnall, from Mankinholes in Lancashire, usually said to be from the Irish name Manchán (compare manach (“monk”)) + Old English hol (“hollow”). * As a French surname, variant of Mange, shortened from the personal name Demange, a dialect form of Dominique. 1. A surname from German.
Word: marquise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French marquise. Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiːz/ 1. A marchioness, especially one who is French. Labels: historical Example: In 1986, she appeared in the stage adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuse opposite Alan Rickman, playing the manipulative marquise whose icy demeanour seems to have clung to Duncan's image like frost ever since, even though it is so at odds with her warmth in person. 2. A marquee. 3. An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends. 4. A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement. Example: The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door. 5. A style of parasol of the mid-19th century. Labels: historical 6. A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.
Word: go up Part of Speech: verb 1. To move upwards. Labels: intransitive 2. To be built or erected. Labels: intransitive Example: There are new offices going up in town. 3. To rise or increase in price, cost, or value. Labels: intransitive Example: Bananas have gone up because of a shortage. 4. To be consumed by fire. Labels: intransitive Example: The building went up in smoke. Once the fire got out of the basement, the building went up in minutes. 5. To forget lines or blocks during public performance. Labels: intransitive Example: The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night. 6. To attend university. Labels: UK, dated, intransitive 7. To be imprisoned. Labels: intransitive Example: He went up in the spring. 8. To appeal for a dismissal. 9. To go bankrupt; to be ruined. Labels: intransitive 10. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.
Word: crawl with Part of Speech: verb 1. To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The kitchen was crawling with cockroaches. Example: The scene of the incident was crawling with reporters for days afterwards.
Word: distaste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + taste. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/, /ˈdɪs(ˌ)teɪst/ 1. A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes 3. Discomfort; uneasiness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. 4. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: On the part of Heav'n / Now alienated, diſtance and diſtaste,
Word: distaste Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + taste. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/, /ˈdɪs(ˌ)teɪst/ 1. To dislike. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: How may I auoyde / (Although my will diſtaſte what it elected) / The Wife I choſe, there can be no euaſion / To blench from this, and to ſtand firme by honour. Example: Plato made it a great ſigne of an intemperate and corrupt common-wealth, where Lawyers and Phyſitians did abound, and the Romanes diſtaſted them ſo much, that they were often baniſhed out of theire city, as Pliny and Celſus relate, for 600 yeares not admitted. 2. To be distasteful; to taste bad Labels: intransitive Example: Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons. / Which at the first are scarce found to distaste, […] 3. To offend; to disgust; to displease. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. 4. To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And vvhat auayl'd his Anſvver in that Caſe? / VVhich the time then did vtterly diſtaſte, / And look'd vpon him vvith ſo ſterne a Face, / As it his Actions vtterly diſgrac'd: […]
Word: specific epithet Part of Speech: noun 1. The second (uncapitalized) word in the scientific name of a species, following the name of the genus. Example: Holonyms: species name (the binomial unit), binominal name, binomial name
Word: retrieval Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/ 1. The act of retrieving or something retrieved. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Search dogs assisted in the retrieval of survivors. 2. The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The system allows rapid retrieval of archived documents. Example: data retrieval 3. The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: information retrieval
Word: predetermined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + determined. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹidɪˈtɜːmɪnd/ 1. Determined in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: When you shoot an animal in Mozambique, as in many African countries, you must pay a predetermined sum. Stones offers the menu on his website: impalas ($600) and warthogs ($700) are the bargain basement. He could arrange for you to shoot a crocodile or even a hippopotamus, if you so wish, for a mere $5,800. A leopard – currently classed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature − will set you back $11,650. A lion? $25,000. Lions, Stones noted drily, are “not something you dish out like doughnuts”.
Word: predetermined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹidɪˈtɜːmɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of predetermine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: real-valued Part of Speech: adj 1. Having only real values: having as its codomain the set of real numbers or a subset thereof. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Müller Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Muller. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scrubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scrub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌbi/ 1. Covered with or consisting of scrub. Example: a scrubby landscape 2. Inferior in size or quality. Example: scrubby crops Example: scrubby cattle
Word: scrubby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌbi/ 1. Diminutive of scrubber: a small scrubber for light washing tasks. Labels: diminutive, form-of Example: dish scrubby Example: shower scrubby 2. a loofah. Labels: informal
Word: Ngindo Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: sunna Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sunnah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Ngoni Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a particular ethnic group of East Africa, mainly living in Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.
Word: Ngoni Part of Speech: name 1. The language of these people.
Word: Ngoni Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the Ngoni or their language.
Word: boxers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boxer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boxers Part of Speech: noun 1. Boxer shorts. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: Across the street was the well-adorned window of an underwear store. In amongst the displays of briefs, boxers and boxer-briefs, Forrest detected a square-jawed man staring straight back at him. Example: But right now I'm waiting at the bus stop, waiting to go to work, bundled in two jackets and a coat, briefs under boxers under sweat pants under jeans.
Word: conveyancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conveyance + -er. 1. An attorney who passes transfer of immovable property from one party to another. 2. A pickpocket. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: The wind-up is, that the father becomes bankrupt; the wife and daughters town-traders; the sons Greeks, Fancy-swells, Conveyancers (pickpockets), or Cracksmen (house breakers), and the New Drop is the last drop they ever take. Example: Then will Lincoln's Inn change its sombre hue to Lincoln green. There will be no conveyancers, i. e. no thieves, no pickpockets.
Word: interj Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of interjection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: NEP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New Economic Policy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Energy Program. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of National Election Pool. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NEP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of noise-equivalent power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of nanosatellite engineering professional. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of non-English proficient. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: newline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From new + line, Coined by Bell Laboratories during development of the C programming language and the UNIX operating system. 1. The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape sequence used in a programming language to denote this character. Example: Microsoft Windows uses CRLF to represent a newline. Example: The ugly part is the quote marks on two adjacent lines that mean a newline character.
Word: boxer shorts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the shorts worn by those who engage in boxing, as their elasticity is comparable to that of what boxers must wear for unhindered leg movement. 1. Loose shorts worn as underwear by men. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The average man's wardrobe holds eight pairs of boxer shorts or briefs; the average woman's, twice as many undies. Example: In 1925, boxer shorts were unleashed on the world: loose-fitting underwear for men, featuring an elastic waistband inspired by the shorts worn by boxers. It was underwear for the inner pugilist.
Word: Sycorax Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Caliban's mother in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪkəræks/ 1. A natural satellite of the planet Uranus
Word: line feed Part of Speech: noun 1. On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one or more lines, often simultaneously with executing a carriage return. 2. The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display. 3. A signal that contains the content about to be broadcast on radio or television. Example: It appears that Director Chalmers was the only one who, while reading the final draft, noticed that the wording of one clause required the Post Office to provide a line feed to each station. Example: Playing a “gig” in Toronto at the time, Lombardo and his boys arrived at RB to do a live line feed to New York for their regular dance-band series on CBS, just at a mement when Baker's one and only amplifier was in full use on CFRB's own air, broadcasting a lucrative locally-sponsored program of recorded music.
Word: line feed Part of Speech: verb 1. To advance the page one line at a time, particularly in rapid succession.
Word: sans-serif Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sans serif. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pacifists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pacifist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /kwɒnt/ 1. Quantitative analysis or research. Labels: uncountable Example: We believe there is a role for both qual and quant in professional services. 2. A quantitative analyst. Labels: countable Example: Judy Mills: Oh, and I was very excited to hear about your agency's new emphasis on hard numbers and data. Simon: Excuse me? Judy Mills: Yeah, I heard you hired a quant. 3. Clipping of quantity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 4. Clipping of quantifier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: quant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /kwɒnt/ 1. Clipping of quantifiable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable 2. Clipping of quantitative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable Example: Finally, in the school of education, I found coursework that included qual and quant methodology.
Word: quant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. A borrowing from Latin contus (“long pole”) has been suggested, but the -a- is problematic. Pronunciation: /kwɒnt/ 1. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole. 2. A vertical shaft used to drive a millstone.
Word: quant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. A borrowing from Latin contus (“long pole”) has been suggested, but the -a- is problematic. Pronunciation: /kwɒnt/ 1. To propel using a quant. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: CRLF Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /siː ɑː(ɹ)ɛl ˈɛf/ 1. The two-character sequence carriage return, line feed.
Word: carriage return Part of Speech: noun 1. On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the next line. 2. The control character (0x0D in ASCII, abbreviated as CR) that originally signaled a device to perform a carriage return, but now merely indicates the end of a line of text (newline). Example: […] but it also reduces the likelihood of the "unterminated string literal" error message that can easily occur for seemingly trivial reasons when you're working with long strings — an accidental carriage return or a misnested quotation mark is all it takes. 3. The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer).
Word: contour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French contour, from contourner, equivalent to con- + tour. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɔː/, /ˈkɒntʊə/, /ˈkɑntɔɹ/, /ˈkɑntʊɚ/, /ˈkɑntʊɹ/ 1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. Example: the low drag contour of a modern automobile Example: The semi-streamlined contour of the earlier G.W.R. railcars has been given up in favour of a more utilitarian blunt-nose end, and effective floor space gained thereby. 2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface. 3. a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another. 4. A general description giving the most important points. Labels: figuratively Example: Contours of a deal with conservative holdouts who had been blocking McCarthy’s rise had emerged the night before, and took hold after four dismal days and 14 failed votes in an intraparty standoff unseen in modern times.