nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: finish line Part of Speech: noun 1. A line marking the end of a race. Example: The five exhausted runners crossed the finish line one after the other. 2. The end of a process. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The race to the finish line has started already according to Jürgen Klopp and by those punishing standards Liverpool have faltered badly. Example: “In the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader. “We will not let it go. We will not let it die. This voter suppression cannot stand.”
Word: Kraut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kraut (“cabbage”), alluding to the use of cabbage as an ingredient in German cuisine (namely sauerkraut). First use appears c. 1833–1837, but popularized during the First and Second World Wars. Pronunciation: /kɹaʊt/, /kɹʌʊt/ 1. A German. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: Those Krauts can't hurt you anymore. The only ones left are dead or dying.
Word: kraken Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Kraken. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly: * from Middle English kit, kitte (“wooden bucket or tub; (figuratively) belly”), possibly from Middle Dutch kitte (“wooden vessel of hooped staves”) (modern Dutch kit (“metal can used mainly for coal”)), further etymology unknown; or * from Old Norse kýta (“bag, stomach (of a fish)”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtiz. * from Middle English *kid (attested only in compounds such as kide-nẹ̄re (“kidney; region of the kidneys, loins”)), possibly from Old English *cyde, *cydde (“belly”), cwiþ (“belly; womb”), from Proto-Germanic *kweþuz (“belly, stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- or *gwet- (“rounding, swelling; entrails, stomach”), doubtfully from *gʷu-, *gū- (“to bend, bow, curve, distend, vault”). The English word is cognate with Icelandic kviði (“womb”), kviður (“stomach”), kýta (“stomach of a fish; roe”), Middle Low German kūt (“entrails”), West Flemish kijte, kiete (“fleshy part of the body”). Pronunciation: /kaɪt/ 1. The stomach; the belly. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Example: "You know my father's name?" "It would be strange if I didnae," he returned, "for he was my born brother; and little as ye seem to like either me or my house, or my good parritch, I'm your born uncle, Davie, my man, and you my born nephew. So give us the letter, and sit down and fill your kyte." Example: Don't live like vegetarians On food they give to parrots, Blow out your kite, from morn 'til night, On boiled beef and carrots.
Word: kite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Coptic ⲕⲓⲧⲉ (kite), from Demotic Egyptian qt, from Egyptian qdt. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːtɛ/, /ˈkiːtə/ 1. A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams). Example: […] in the great Harris papyrus, […] precise quantities are recorded by weight in terms of the deben (about 2½ oz.) and the qite (¼ oz.) of gold, silver, copper and precious stones, without any reference to their value. […] Five pots of honey were bought for five qite of silver and an ox for five qite of gold. Example: [I]t was found necessary to employ media of exchange, and emmer wheat and silver were both used for this purpose. The latter was particularly favoured, but it was normally treated by weight, being measured in kite (9.53 g) and deben (10 kite) in purely Egyptian contexts, though foreigners such as the Jewish mercenaries at Elephantine could use their own metrological systems.
Word: kidney bean Part of Speech: noun 1. A common bean of a cultivar of (Phaseolus vulgaris), with a dark-red skin.
Word: keel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English ċēol from a related root. Distantly related to kile. Pronunciation: /kiːl/ 1. A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern. Example: I hear the noise about thy keel; ⁠I hear the bell struck in the night: ⁠I see the cabin-window bright; I see the sailor at the wheel. 2. A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability. 3. In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course. 4. The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg. Labels: broadly Example: The most important ice features are the frequency and extent of downward projections (bummocks and ice keels) from the underside of the ice canopy (pack ice and enclosed water areas from the point of view of the submariner)[…] Example: Bill Roggensack, EBA Engineering Ltd.: So at the end of this particular simulation, presumably the keel of the iceberg is in contact with the seabed? / Chris Woodworth-Lynas: It is just in contact with the seabed. 5. A type of flat-bottomed boat. Example: The ladies remained at the house, while the men walked to the staith on the [River] Wear, and were shown the process of unloading the wagons into the keels by means of the coal-drop. 6. The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge. Example: Metanotum shining, indistinctly punctured at the base in the centre, the sides closely punctured; the areola large, obliquely narrowed at the base, its apex open, there are 2 lateral areas, both widely open at the base on the outerside; the posterior median area bears about 10 stout, transverse keels; on its apical outerside is a triangular area; the spiracular is bounded on the outerside by a distinct keel. 7. The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. Example: Vegetatively it is the nearest to H. translucens with its oblong-lanceolate leaves, with the margins and keel beset with pellucid teeth, but it differs and is characterised by the greyish-black quadrantly positioned globose flowers; […]
Word: keel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English ċēol from a related root. Distantly related to kile. Pronunciation: /kiːl/ 1. To collapse, to fall. Labels: intransitive Example: He keeled over after having a stroke. 2. To traverse with a keel; to navigate. 3. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Word: keel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, to make or become cool”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian käile, köile (“to cool”), Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German Low German köhlen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Danish køle (“to cool”), Icelandic kæla (“to cool”). 1. To cool; make cool; to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: A merrie note, / While greaſie Ione doth keele the pot. 2. To moderate the ardour or intensity of; assuage; to appease, pacify, or lessen. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To become cool; cool down. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: keel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, to make or become cool”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian käile, köile (“to cool”), Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German Low German köhlen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Danish køle (“to cool”), Icelandic kæla (“to cool”). 1. A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
Word: keel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”). 1. Red chalk; ruddle. Labels: Scotland
Word: keel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”). 1. To mark with ruddle. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: keel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Scots kele, keil, keill (“to put to death, kill”). 1. Pronunciation spelling of kill. Labels: alt-of, humorous, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
Word: nontotient Part of Speech: noun 1. An integer that is never a value of Euler's totient function.
Word: Euler's totient function Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783). 1. The function that calculates the total number of integers below a given integer that are coprime to it.
Word: plenary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”). Pronunciation: /ˈpliːnəɹi/, /ˈplɛnəɹi/ 1. Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance. 2. Complete; full; entire; absolute. Example: The method of treating a subject should be plenary or full.
Word: plenary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”). Pronunciation: /ˈpliːnəɹi/, /ˈplɛnəɹi/ 1. A plenary session. Example: After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary. 2. Part of a lesson, usually at or towards the end, designed to review or evaluate the learning that has taken place. Example: Alternatively, the plenary may be used as preparation for the next lesson, and it might support the children to discuss some vocabulary with the TA to help them prepare. Example: A good plenary doesn't just consolidate learning in that one lesson; it provides feedback for the teacher across a period of time and offers the chance to resolve any misconceptions.
Word: halcyon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Alceoun, from Latin halcyōn, alcyōn (“kingfisher”), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn). Pronunciation: /ˈhælsi.ən/, /ˈhælʃən/, /ˈhælʃi.ən/ 1. A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves. Labels: poetic Example: the Halcyon bird, or as some call it Alcedo or Kings-fisher, exceeds all mens conceit. […] Gods decree hath been, that all the watrie wildernesse should be quiet and made calme, without raine, wind, or tempest, during the time the Halcyon sitteth and bringeth forth her young-ones […] Example: Amidſt our Arms as quiet you ſhall be / As Halcyons Brooding on a Winter Sea. 2. A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves. Labels: poetic Example: But novv hovv ſtands the vvind? / Into vvhat corner peeres my Halcions bill? Example: Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their master 3. A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
Word: halcyon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Alceoun, from Latin halcyōn, alcyōn (“kingfisher”), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn). Pronunciation: /ˈhælsi.ən/, /ˈhælʃən/, /ˈhælʃi.ən/ 1. Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher. Example: Renege; affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their masters, 2. Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene. Labels: figuratively Example: Reflections of this kind may have trifling weight with men who hope to see realized in America the halcyon scenes of the poetic or fabulous age. Example: Deep, halcyon repose.
Word: maiden flight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See maiden (adjective). 1. The first flight of an airplane or other airborne vehicle, usually used to test or demonstrate the functions of the systems. Example: The manufacturer's CEO was confident enough to ride as a passenger on the airship's maiden flight.
Word: intestate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intestātus, from in- (“not”) + testātus (“testate”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛsteɪt/ 1. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intestate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin intestātus, from in- (“not”) + testātus (“testate”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛsteɪt/ 1. A person who dies without making a valid will. Example: the surplusages of intestates […]after the expiration of one full year from the death of the intestate is to be distributed : one - third to the widow of the intestate, and the residue in equal proportions to his children ; or if dead to their representatives : that is , their lineal descendants
Word: ice hockey Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball. Labels: uncountable
Word: puck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Norse púki (“devil”) (dialectal Swedish puke). Doublet of pooka. Pronunciation: /pʌk/, /pʊk/ 1. A mischievous or hostile spirit. Labels: archaic Example: William Tyndale allotted this character a role, of leading nocturnal travellers astray as the puck had been said to do since Anglo-Saxon times and the goblin since the later medieval period. 2. The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
Word: puck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861). Pronunciation: /pʌk/, /pʊk/ 1. To hit, strike. Labels: Ireland
Word: puck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861). Pronunciation: /pʌk/, /pʊk/ 1. A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game. Example: In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck’, is used. Example: The game itself, though played by men, was probably meant to enact a mediation of the opposites of male and female, with a circular puck being the feminine symbol and the phallic hockey stick being the masculine symbol. 2. An object shaped like a puck. Labels: Canada Example: He reaches into the urinal and picks up the puck. He then walk over to the sink and replaces a bar of soap with the urinal puck. 3. A pointing device with a crosshair. 4. A penalty shot.
Word: puck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Irish poc (“male adult goat, billy goat”). Doublet of buck. Pronunciation: /pʌk/, /pʊk/ 1. billy goat Labels: Ireland
Word: puck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pike + tuck. Pronunciation: /pʌk/, /pʊk/ 1. A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck. Example: The puck position is allowed during competitions when performing multi-twisting multiple somersaults.
Word: phobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in c. 1790, from words ending in -phobia, ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/, /ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ 1. An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something). Example: I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders. Example: It was when anthropophobia set in, when he was made uneasy by people who walked too close to him, that, sagely viewing his list and seeing how many phobias were now checked, he permitted himself to rest. 2. An aversion or dislike (of something). Example: Some patients have the phobia of light, and others have the phobia of darkness. Another common aversion is that of high places. The phobiac of this type can not sit in the gallery […] Example: For some children and their parents, however, it can be difficult to determine when fears are typical and when they are developing into more serious phobias or anxiety disorders. […] But once fears become debilitating or impair daily function, they can be classified as a phobia or anxiety disorder, said Thomas Ollendick, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Virginia Tech, who is known for his work with children and adolescents.
Word: consultant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French consultant, present participle of consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /kənˈsʌl.tənt/, /kənˈsɐl.tənt/, /ˈkən.səl.ʈenʈ/ 1. A person or party that is consulted. 2. A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted. 3. Synonym of informant. Labels: Canada, US 4. A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: favor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.və/, /ˈfeɪ.vɚ/ 1. A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home. 2. Goodwill; benevolent regard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She enjoyed the queen's favor. Example: to fall out of favor 3. A small gift; a party favor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: wedding favor Example: At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a favor by each place setting. 4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I could not discover the lenity and favour of this sentence. 5. The object of regard; person or thing favoured. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, / His chief delight and favour. 6. Appearance; look; countenance; face. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: This boy is fair, of female favour. 7. Partiality; bias Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A letter, a written communication. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I will now take some notice of your last favour; but being so far behind-hand with you, must be brief. 9. A resemblance, likeness. Labels: Northern-England, archaic, countable, uncountable 10. Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: James probably saw the family treasures, which included a little pair of gloves embroidered with pearls and the device of a lion, a lady's favour, said to have been taken from Harry Hotspur before the battle of Otterburn in 1388. 11. A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The bride favors, or true love knots, ancient symbols of love, faith, and friendship, pointing out the indisssoluble tie of affection and duty, did not, as might be supposed, take their name of true love knots from the words "true" and "love,", but from the Danish verb "Trulofa," that is, "I plight my troth of faith." These knots were formerly distributed in great abundance; were worn in the hats by gentlemen, and consisted of variously colored ribbons, which were chosen by the bride and her maids, sometimes after long and serious discussions. Example: Of all the new war cotillion favors yet devised there is hardly anything more novel than these. Aigrettes that are bunches of ribbons, red, white and blue, designed to be pinned in the hair at once, make up another favor.
Word: favor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.və/, /ˈfeɪ.vɚ/ 1. To look upon fondly; to prefer. Example: And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Example: Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white. 2. To use more often. Example: […] alone, without having to favor his right, uninjured leg, […] 3. To encourage, conduce to Example: These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women). 4. To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward. Example: Would you favor us with a poetry reading? 5. To resemble; especially, to look like (another person). Example: I thought—it doesn't matter—you seemed to favour your ma, Example: You’re complected like your pa. He had red hair. But you favor your ma in your eyes and mouth. 6. To treat or use (something) gently Example: I always try to favor my bad knee.
Word: favour Part of Speech: noun 1. British standard spelling of favor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I need a favour. Could you lend me £5 until tomorrow, please? Example: Can you do me a favour and drop these letters in the post box?
Word: favour Part of Speech: verb 1. British standard spelling of favor. Example: And the Angel came in vnto her, and said, Haile thou that art highly fauoured, the Lord is with thee: Blessed art thou among women. Example: The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
Word: Nanson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Nan + -son (the former is an old diminutive related to Nancy), son of Anne. First noted in Yorkshire, Northern England in the 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈnænsən/ 1. A surname originating as a matronymic.
Word: cheat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Verb from Middle English achetan, variant of escheten, from Old French escheat, past participle of escheoir, escheoiter, from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Displaced native Old English beswīcan. Noun from verb and/or Middle English chete, aphetic form of achete, escheat, eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Anglo-Norman eschete and Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), past participle of escheoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Doublet of escheat. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːt/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪi̯t] 1. To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation. Labels: intransitive Example: My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term. 2. To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship. Labels: intransitive Example: My husband cheated on me with his secretary. Example: After he found out his wife cheated, he left her. 3. To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing. Labels: transitive Example: He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train. Example: I feel as if I've cheated fate. 4. To deceive; to fool; to trick. Labels: transitive Example: My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000. Example: He cheated his way into office. 5. To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: cheat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Verb from Middle English achetan, variant of escheten, from Old French escheat, past participle of escheoir, escheoiter, from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Displaced native Old English beswīcan. Noun from verb and/or Middle English chete, aphetic form of achete, escheat, eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Anglo-Norman eschete and Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), past participle of escheoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Doublet of escheat. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːt/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪi̯t] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception. Labels: countable Example: When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. 2. Someone who cheats. Labels: countable Example: And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; but some went betwixt them, and with much ado and much struggling and cursing they were parted, and it being shown that the dice were not loaded, the son of Corund was fain to make amends to Corinius, and so were they set at one again. Example: The caseworker couldn't understand how I could have stretched out my last bit of money for so long. She seemed convinced that I was "hiding" income from her and interrogated me for I don't know how long […] The system seems based on the assumption that people are "welfare cheats. If you don't speak English or are marginal in some other way, it's worse. I wish they'd put the Defense Department through what we go through. 3. The weed cheatgrass. Labels: uncountable 4. Synonym of bullshit (“a card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies”). Labels: uncountable 5. A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code. Labels: countable Example: I've had a number of requests for a cheat for Turrican the first. Yes, there is a keypress built in […] Example: Unpause the game, then repause the game and enter any of the following cheats: […]
Word: cheat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English chet (“low-quality bread”), of unknown origin; compare manchet. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːt/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪi̯t] 1. A sort of low-quality bread. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The raueled cheat therfore is generallie ſo made that out of one buſhell of meale, after two and twentie pounds of bran be ſifted and taken from it (wherevnto they ad the gurgeons that riſe from the manchet) they make thirtie cast, euerie lofe weighing eightéene ounces into the ouen and ſixteene ounces out[…] Example: Takes part with them, at ſhore: their pureſt cheat, / Thrice boulted, kneaded, and ſubdu'd in paſt[…]
Word: dont Part of Speech: contraction 1. Misspelling of don't. Labels: alt-of, contraction, misspelling 2. Obsolete spelling of don't. Labels: alt-of, contraction, obsolete Example: dont tread on me
Word: Chypre Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several perfumes having a citrus top note and woody base notes.
Word: presentiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pressentiment, from Middle French, equivalent to pre- + sentiment. Pronunciation: /prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/ 1. A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen. Example: A man, my good Sir, has seldom an offer of kindness to make to a woman, but she has a presentiment of it some moments before. Example: A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness, and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together; […]
Word: haute Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of haut and haught (“high; haughty”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: haute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French, extracted from terms such as haute cuisine and haute couture. Pronunciation: /oʊt/, /əʊt/ 1. high (especially in terms of fashion, cookery or anything considered to be typically French) Example: Monessons’s Oz, of course, was the ultimate new concept in Dallas dining: an exclusive, members-only restaurant/disco serving only the finest haute cuisine, wine, and liquor at very haute prices. Example: Over the last five years, Japanese photographer Shoichi Aoki documented these fashion mavens, who combine haute pieces with homemade accessories, and printed them in ...
Word: lace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso. Pronunciation: /leɪs/ 1. A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Labels: uncountable Example: c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Our English dames are much given to the wearing of very fine and costly laces. Example: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher. 2. A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Labels: countable Example: your laces are untied, do them up! 3. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The king had ſnared been in loues ſtrong lace, [...] 4. Spirits added to coffee or another beverage. Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: He is forced every Morning to drink his Dish of Coffee by itself, without the Addition of the Spectator, that used to be better than Lace to it.
Word: lace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lacen, lasen, from Old French lacer, lacier, lasser, lachier, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /leɪs/ 1. To fasten (something) with laces. Labels: ergative Example: When Jenny's stays are newly laced. 2. To interweave items. Labels: transitive Example: to lace one's fingers together Example: Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us. 3. To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Labels: transitive Example: For these and other reasons, you may want to lace a new rim onto an existing hub, or vice versa. For some reason, probably because of the maze and complex angles of spokes, lacing and building a wheel has for years been a virtual mystery to even skilled home bike mechanics. 4. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. Labels: transitive Example: I'll Lace your Coat for ye. 5. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material. Labels: transitive Example: cloth laced with silver Example: Under these windows, white and azure-laced 6. To intersperse or diversify with something. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The throne speech opening the New Democrat government’s second legislative session Dec. 2 was a modest document featuring caution and pragmatism laced with a few tidbits of democratic socialism. 7. To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink). Labels: transitive 8. To cover intricately with bands, strips, or the like, so as to resemble lace. Labels: transitive Example: The world we lived in was wide, and most of it was open to us with little trouble. Roads, railways, and shipping lines laced it, ready to carry one thousands of miles safely and in comfort.
Word: shoelace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: shoe + lace Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːˌleɪs/ 1. A lace used for fastening a shoe. Example: untied shoelace Example: tie up one's shoelaces
Word: zho Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /(d)zoʊ/, /ʒoʊ/ 1. Alternative spelling of dzo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: You can extend the idea of isograms to sentences that don't repeat any letters. Interestingly, there are several English sentences that use each letter exactly once. They're all pretty weird and either borrow from other languages or use acronyms that were later accepted as English words. For example: Veldt jynx grimps waqf zho buck As I'm typing this, my word processor is marking each of the above words (save for “buck”) as spelled incorrectly, though I promise they're real words. Honest.
Word: dzo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan མཛོ (mdzo). Pronunciation: /(d)zəʊ/ 1. A hybrid of a yak and a domesticated cow, especially a male.
Word: za Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from pizza. Pronunciation: /zɑː/ 1. Pizza. Labels: Canada, US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: In fact, not ordering a SUB or ZA (pizza) is almost impossible since places to eat in Sackville include Subway (subs), Ed's (subs), Joey's (subs and za), Pizza Delight (mostly za), The Snack Shop (subs and za) and One Plus One (subs and za). Example: But Chris, using some of his dated terminology, insisted that he wanted "za" for dinner. Back when Chris was a youngster in college, "za" was short for pizza--as if pizza were a lengthy word needing abbreviating.
Word: za Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an apheretic pronunciation of exotic. Compare zaza (“exotic marijuana”). 1. Exotic marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Give me some Za, Percs, drank (Wow) / Lambo starburst paint (Wow) Example: I'm off the za, I'm smoking opps / He tryna run, he catch a shot (Boom)
Word: za Part of Speech: article Pronunciation: /ziː/, /zʌ/, /zə/ 1. Nonstandard spelling of the, mimicking foreign accents. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: za Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From an apheretic pronunciation of wossat or (directly) of what's that. Pronunciation: /zæ˧˥/, /zə˧˥/, /zɑ˧˥/ 1. An expression of surprise or confusion; compare wha, huh, eh. Example: "Really, the best evidence that Liam was under mind control is that everyone here is still alive." "Za?"
Word: woodlouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + louse. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdˌlaʊs/ 1. Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of the suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark. Example: In addition, both the woodlouse and the crayfish possess an unpaired medial nerve which runs along the whole length of the ventral nerve cord, linking adjacent ganglia. Example: Woodlice commonly produce offspring 1-3 times per year, with spring and autumn broods most common. Woodlice often survive for longer than a year, with longevity of 2-5 years not uncommon.
Word: bull-pup Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bullpup. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bull-bitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A female bulldog. 2. A tough, uncompromising person; a hardass. Labels: US, slang Example: "They used to say, if you got something you can't figure out, give it to Mack. Fauna, it's your dice. You're a bull-bitch idear [sic] dame."
Word: car carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. A special ship that transports cars in a garage with ambient control and ventilation. 2. A special railroad car for transporting automobiles. 3. A special semi-trailer for transporting automobiles.
Word: Kienbock's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Dr. Robert Kienböck, a radiologist in Vienna who discovered it in 1910. 1. A painful disease of the wrist that results from loss of circulation to the lunate bone. Labels: uncountable
Word: bouncer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bounce 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 bouncer From bounce + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊn.sə/, /ˈboʊn.sɚ/ 1. A person or thing that bounces something, such as a ball. 2. A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble. Labels: informal Example: At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.] 3. A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head. Example: ‘You try to hit the bouncer that you should duck under. Your bat misses it completely. The ball strikes your temple, whack!’ 4. An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity. Labels: Internet 5. One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving. Labels: dated Example: "Why, I'll tell you, Mr. Simple; he's a good tempered, kind fellow enough, but—" / "But what?" / "Such a bouncer!!" / "How do you mean? He's not a very stout man." / "Bless you, Mr. Simple, why don't you understand English. I mean that he's the greatest liar that ever walked a deck.[…]" 6. A boaster; a bully. Labels: archaic, slang 7. Something big; a good stout example of the kind. Example: The stone must be a bouncer. 8. A bold lie. Labels: archaic, slang Example: "… when he wants to accomplish his purpose, he does not hesitate to invent—I am not quite sure of the word, but I think it is “bouncers.” 9. A liar. Labels: archaic, slang Example: "Why, I'll tell you, Mr. Simple; he's a good tempered, kind fellow enough, but—" / "But what?" / "Such a bouncer!!" / "How do you mean? He's not a very stout man." / "Bless you, Mr. Simple, why don't you understand English. I mean that he's the greatest liar that ever walked a deck.[…]" 10. A bouncy castle. 11. A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down. Example: He shook his head and took up the child—Dilly kicked out her feet in tiny electric jolts to the full stretch of the Babygro.[…]He put the child in the bouncer again. 12. Short for shop-bouncer Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, obsolete, slang Example: Noting a shop where goods are piled on the counter, or within reach, a man goes in called a bouncer, and generally asks to look at some handkerchiefs, selecting a time when there is only one shopman in the way, breakfast-time for instance; whilst this is going on, a well-dressed youth comes in with a blue bag in his hand, asking for shoe-ties, or some trifling article. Now the work begins; […]
Word: etc Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌɛt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/ 1. Alternative form of etc.. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The aim of these tests is the examination of the weld without imparting any damage. These may include x-rays, hydrostatic tests, etc, and are also termed NDE or nondestructive examination and NDI or nondestructive inspection. Example: I visited several neighborhood parks that had extensive feeder operations, trail systems etc, and there were always family groups, often with very young kids as well as abuelas and abuelos, teenage boys and girls birding or hiking- it was really eye-opening to see a people immersed in the natural world around them.
Word: demonstration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin dēmōnstrātiōnem, from dēmōnstrāre (“show or explain”), from dē- (“of or concerning”) + mōnstrāre (“show”). Morphologically demonstrate + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs. 2. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 3. An event at which something will be demonstrated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared. 4. Expression of one's feelings by outward signs. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all sorts of demonstrations and mobilizations in civil society, there's been examples from the people from the Administration being heckled in a restaurant or not served in a restaurant, there's been a growing crescendo of conversation about what that means. Example: Even when there had been hecklers, Victor and other members would focus on setting up their demonstration — signs reading “Let them go now,” and posters bearing the faces of 58 hostages still being held in Gaza. 6. A show of military force. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A proof. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read. Example: If, then, proof from the basic truth is more accurate than proof not so derived, demonstration which depends more closely on it is more accurate than demonstration which is less closely dependent.
Word: biltong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans biltong, from bil (“buttock, hindquarter”) + tong (“tongue, strip”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl(ˌ)tɒŋ/ 1. A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky. Labels: South-Africa, Zimbabwe, countable, uncountable Example: The rest of the buck's flesh we cut into strips and hung in the sun to dry into 'biltong,' as, I believe, the South African Dutch call flesh thus prepared. Example: "P W who …?" Mr William Clark is reputed to have said when he was being quizzed for the job of American Assistant Secretary of State. Well, whatever political reminders he might now have, he will never forget our prime minister [P. W. Botha] after being given so memorable a dish as biltong souffle for breakfast yesterday, backed up by straight biltong and maroela jelly.
Word: sate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of earlier sade (“to weary, satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden (“to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (“to saturate, satisfy, satiate”), Icelandic seðja (“to satisfy”). Doublet of sad. Pronunciation: /seɪt/ 1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up. Labels: transitive Example: At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated. Example: crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities
Word: sate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan (“to sit”). Pronunciation: /seɪt/ 1. simple past of sit Labels: dated, dialectal, form-of, past, poetic Example: And all the day the girl sate trying to think of names to say to it when it came at night. 2. past participle of sit Labels: dated, dialectal, form-of, participle, past, poetic
Word: sate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay sate (“satay”). Pronunciation: /seɪt/ 1. satay Labels: dated, dialectal, poetic
Word: Saul Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Hebrew שָׁאַל Hebrew שָׁאוּלlbor. Ancient Greek Σαούλ (Saoúl)lbor. Late Latin Saullbor. Old English Saulbor. English Saul Borrowed from Old English Saul. Doublet of Silas, which derived from Aramaic. Pronunciation: /sɔːl/, /soːl/, /sɔl/, /sɑl/ 1. The first king of Israel in the Old Testament. Example: And it came to paſſe, when the euill ſpirit from God was vpon Saul, that Dauid tooke an harpe, and played with his hand: So Saul was refreſhed, and was well, and the euill ſpirit departed from him. 2. The Hebrew name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament. Example: Then Saul (who alſo is called Paul) filled with the holy Ghoſt, ſet his eyes on him 3. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: “You got an uncle named Saul?” “I never mentioned him?” “What are you saying —you got some Jewish guy for an uncle?” “He's not Jewish. It's just a name they have back in the old country.” 4. A surname. 5. A village in Fretherne with Saul parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7409). 6. A village near Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. 7. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Word: Friedman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Friedmann, from German Fried (“peace”) + Mann (“man”). 1. A surname from German. Example: Friedman, another NRx entrepreneur-cum-philosopher backed by Thiel's dollars, leads the Seasteading Institute, an organization busy designing permanent (almost Lovecraftian) cities at seas—seasteads—prefigurative gov-corps outside the territory claimed by democratic governments.
Word: seventy-five Part of Speech: num Etymology: Etymology tree English seventy Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-West Germanic *fimf Old English fīf Middle English fyf English five English seventy-five From seventy + five. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛv.ən.tiˈfaɪv/ 1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-four and preceding seventy-six. Example: What exactly is an automall? Pretty much what the name suggests. Kings Automall, upon completion, will feature ten auto dealerships and several auto-related businesses clustered along a cul de sac on seventy-five acres at the Fields-Ertel Road-I-71 intersection.
Word: disco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪskəʊ/, /ˈdɪskoʊ/ 1. Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable Example: Burn down the disco Hang the blessed DJ Because the music that they constantly play It says nothing to me about my life Example: She's always in Causton. Pubs and discos... and boys. 2. A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights. Labels: uncountable Example: And black music became a hot commodity in the form of disco, its lyrics and rhythm laced with a palpable (even ethnic) amiguity, helping people dance and escape their concerns. Even the cry of “burn, baby, burn”, a popular chant during many a 1960s urban rebellion, was co-opted by the times, becoming the chorus for the 1977 dance hit “Disco Inferno.” 3. A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: disco Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪskəʊ/, /ˈdɪskoʊ/ 1. To dance disco-style dances. Labels: intransitive Example: The cause of his ill health is left a little obscure, and no wonder, because shortly before his dreadful deathbed scene he's well enough to join the women in a wild night of disco dancing. You have not lived until you've seen Martin Landau discoing. 2. To go to discotheques. Labels: intransitive Example: Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.